Casebooks

RW M^r Edward Birckberd of Astwell \y. 50./ d. ☉. h 10. Feb: 3. 1622. had of late a swellinge in his thighes & leggs, w^ch was taken away by physicke purginge: since that his stomacke is gone: is verie weake: troubled w^th a cough & drouth: cannot sleepe. RN a great difficulty of breath./ cānot rise out of his bed nor stand v nor restRW

RN Edw. Birckberd a spec serv vnto S^r George Sherly M^r Colins houshold physition.

RN Susan Iennings of weston vnderwood 52 y decēb. 7 h {sic} hor 4. 30 p m 16i6 a great wen vnder her left eare w^ch the kings physit call the kings evill very hot pricking sinc the last yere begynning w^th a kernell

M^r. Rous Clopton of Corp. Chri Coll. Oxon 35. y. Mart. 17. ☿. h. 9. p. m. 1630

A greiuous Headache takes him at Midnight sometimes in one te of y^e head & sometimes in y^e other te, but especially in y^e left side of his heade, w^ch makes y^e places outwardly sore where y^e paine hath beene.¹

A continually Noyse in his head w^th a tearinge paine as yf it would pull one skyn from another, w^ch comes sometimes suddenly like a strech, & then is gone in an instant

A dizines in y^e heade & a leapinge, as it were of blacke mothes before his Eyes

This paine hath continued these 6 weekes,

Desires to knowe whether it ceeds from y^e stomack or spleene, from a cold or{illeg} hote cause

Hath beene let Bloud in y^e right arme, & vnder the tongue, & in y^e forehead, beeinge tolde by the Physitian y^this greife was caused by fullnes of Bloud

Hath taken Pills & Electuaryes sundry times, but his paine noethinge deminished

Hath for many years beene troubled w^th a soundinge & noyse in his head, but neuer w^th paine till nowe Feareth a Disposition to the Palsye or Apoplexye Desires Receits & Directions to preuent these two capitall Dangers.

RN It begā on sunday last was senet in y^e morning rising vp into her breast causing her to raspe wynd very mutch & swou{ndeth} w^th her it. feb. 2. ☉ h. 7. ant m 1617.

RN M^r Slatter \physition/ for mres Beake \of haddenham/ sick of this malig feaver 10 days may 20 ♄ in the night after her first sleepe may \but/ sent to me may 31. ☿ h. 9. 45 ant m 1626 /22. y. mayed {sic} 5. yers no child\¹

RN My Honourable Lord of Sunderland. 45 y Ap. 28: ♂ h. 8 p m. 1629.

my lords loosenes increaseth cōplayneth of his physition of a flat mountebancke craveth my consayle wheather he shall recoaver of his loosenes w^ch hath so sorely weakned him

RN M^r Wil Nichol{s} Iudg Nichols his brother may 9 ☿ h 6: 20 p m. 162i /a dangerous long cure\

my opinon {sic} touching M^r mathias a {sic} \the/ g{illeg} G {sic} a surg & physit

M^r More a surg br{ought} vp by thi{s} an Issue thorough the Inward t fleshy of the neck of the bladder.

wheath^r it be a sore or an vlcer.