Casebooks

RW M^r Meridale of Great Brickhill for his Father \y: 70./ March: 6. h: 1. post merid: 1615. stuffed in his stomacke. pained in his head & backe, hath a cough & cold.

GJ Robert Russell of great Brickhi{ll} 35 y. Decemb. 4 ♂ ho. 8. 20 a m 1604

A payne at his hart and stomake liver and longꝭ shortwynded some part of his stoole very hard & some t loose.

RW Iohn Potter of Hey by|e|yond Bucking{am}. y: 54. d. ♄ hor: 8. ant merid: March: 11. 1615. stuffed in his stomack.

GJ Agnes Ruffehead of this towne 30 y. maij 31 ♂ ho. 6. 45 a. m. 1608

Complaines of her heart a Cough

GJ Iohn Gunthroppe of wolverton April. 11. ☾ ho. 9. 15 a m 1603. Mightily stuffed in his Chest w^th flegme

TG A Man from {illeg}|w|hadon troubled with tussi, et ventriculi {illeg} d. 23 9bris h. 10. 30 Mat. 1631

SRN Margaret Chamberten of S^t needs in Huntington sheire 60. y. August 10. h. 11. a. m. 1635

a Cough of the Lungs is very hott & troubled with the hart Burneinge. her wynd many tymes ready to be stopt.

TG Thomas Claret of Weston 60 y. Mart. 15. ♄. h. 9 a. m. 1634. hath a cough & cold & stuffing in his chest

TG Sara Bishop of tringe Annos 31. calebs melancholica, dolore capitis cervicis, lateris dextri et stomachi adeo mentis gravedine vexata

GJ Richard Greene of Stoke golding 60 y Iune 29 ♀ ho 6 a m. 1604

Stuffed in his chest, sent for a vomitt

GJ Mary Shepperd of Tocester 50 y. Novemb: 11. ☿ ho. 11. a m. 1607. Shortwynded and a heaving in her stomacke

SRN Marian Phelp of Blechly 40. y Septemƀ. 11. ♀ h. 10. a. m. 1635

Much payned in her chest & at her heart very shortwynded swelld & howen in her face hands & Body

\vomitts what she taketh/ hath not bin well since it thunderd & lightend when she came from Stoke goldinge on th{e} Sunday y^t it lightend & thunde{red} so much.

it first tooke her w^th sorenes in her throate

body Costiue. Vryne very thin & frothy, & cleere. hath bin married these 9. y. no child.

RW Ellenor Parkins of Broughton y. 40. d. ♀. h: 0. Apr: 28. 1620. stuff in her stomacke. & hath a great cough for a fortnight: rayseth much flegme would vomite but cannot.

Dorothy Harrison of Cranfeild 24. y. Decemb. 19. ☾. h. 1. 50. p m. 1631.

much troubled w^th her back. cannot sleepe well, is taken w^th a great paine in her right side, w^ch w^th coughinge strikes vp to her eyes. hath beene thus troubled neare 4. y. but more nowe this winter then before. her yongest Childe 4. y. olde. desireth to know whether she bee w^th Childe or not

D^r Astly warden of Alsoules Colledge in Oxford 63. y. Apr. 13. 1. 20. ☾. p. m. 1629

1 Had a colde & an extreame Cough a weeke afore shouetyde {sic} w^ch did much shake & macerate his Body & was freed both of colde & Cough w^thin 3 weekes after. findes a defect in his digestion, in the liuer as hee feareth, w^ch heretofore hath much anoyed him.

2. is \hath beene/ very costiue (saueinge for 3 dayes last past) w^th some forcem^t thereto, yet his Body is temporate for heate & colde.

3 hee is not much thirsty saue at meales;

4 hee sleepes indifferent well, 5 or 6 houres in the night at beast.

5 his stomack seemeth to bee quieted when hee suppeth posset drinke

6 This is his Clymatericall yeare, beeinge 63 yeares at Alhollowetide last.

7 hee desires to knowe howe his Liuer may bee releeved & howe his Body may be loosened.

8 His was water ordinarily keepes in a reasonable lowe Coulour.

9 Hee feares y^t his Body (beeinge old & weake) will not much abide Phisike./

10 his dyet com̄only is veale & broth. & sometimes mutton, his drinke is small Be{e}re

vide April. 13.

D^r Astley warden of Alsolue {sic} Coll. in Oxon 63. y. Apr. 13. ☾ h. 2|1|. 20. p. m. 1629.

Anne Woodwin of Turuy 19. y. Septemb. 11. ☿. h. 3. p m. 1633

hath not them well. shortwinded stomack & leggs swolne

RW Clement Rulie d. ♀. h: 9. 25. p: mer: Feb: 1. 1622. taken suddenly w^th a riseing in \her/ stomacke w^ch is readie to stop her winde: her hands cold; highe coloured in her face & swetteth: hath a heate in her bodie

GJ Thomas Huggins of Stoake golding 44 y. Iune 20 ☾ ho. 11. 45 a. m 1614 Hath had an ague ever since Easter Now hath a great cough and stitche cannot reare the flegme.

Stitche on his left syde.

RW M^ris Godwine of Cardington. y. 39. d. ♂ h: 9. 40 ant: m: Feb: 29. 1620. hath had a cold 3 weekꝭ: & a great cough: w^ch settled to her right |left| side: but is removed frō thence: Cryeth out of her heart: & sayth it swimmeth in water: is much plexed & troubled. cannot sleepe nor take rest for 4 nights now togither. her stomacke is so ill that she can not take anie thinge but posset ale & broths.

GJ Elsabeth Hayes of Turvy 43 y Octob. 18 ♂ ho. 9. 50 a m. 1603. |wind in the stomacke.| A dry Cough An Itche and as it were a dry scurfe. Hath a Childe of 2 yeere old sucking on her, the childe very poore & will take nothing but the brest can neither go nor speake: borne the saturday fortnight after midsomer 1601 betwene 8 & 9 at night quiet in the day but very vnquiett all night. very cold, swelled in the body of late. the mother nunquā habuit menstrua since she had this child.