Casebooks

RN M^r Will: Co{l|e|}lles Colles of Parke berrye of 58 troubled sick this i6 yeres & hath had the Counsell of the most exte phisitions troubled w^th a windy cause as he sayth cōming from his backe by a great heate & obstruction from my liver. also w^th a bad stomacke elevating winde into my hed. w^ch causeth gydines or streming in my head w^ch cometh as he thinketh by the ascending vp of bad & melancholy humours & w^th a shaking in my left hand mightely as it were the palsye but always very hotte. nowe of late w^th the brevity of wind in my stomacke & chest & lately w^th a mūmnes {sic} & tinckling in my hands. lips & sydes & face. this 15 of may. die ♂ h. 4. 45. p m. 1599.

RN Goodman \Edward/ Banes of Newport 52. for a payne & ache in his knees & to his back & so to his head & the flesh about the knees is cōsumed. hot ther{s}about but cold in his feete & & benūmed about his thighes & hath scarc any feele in them. not able to goe. lyeth about the sinewes veines & hām strings & not in the flesh. the 20 of March. die ♃ h. 12. 20/ 1600

RN Agnes Rutland of Newnton Longfild. 53. sick this day fortnight. payned in her hed harte & all the body over. cannot abide vp: costive onc in 2 or 3 days. maij 1. die ♂ h. 12. 10. m. 1599.

Ambrose Rudland of Newton her husband. a payne in his stomack & eyes. a Corpulent man & fully faced. eodem tempore/

Iohn Rutland w^th a payne in his Chest & stomacke wyndye & a stitch in his syde

RN Iames flavell of layton bussard 56 y. Deceb. 17 \10/ ♃ hor 3: p hor 4. p m. 160i sodenly taken in his cheeke l {sic} armes legs & hands {illeg} {sic} at his Dore benum̄ed & hath no feele in them nor cānot sit vp. nor any take any rest.

RN Henry Mon of Woulv^rton for his wife swelled every where belly legs {a}rms yet {tady} now & {th}{en} Decēb^r 4 ☾. h. 1. 3{illeg} {p} m. 1626

Michael Paradice of Potterne in Wiltshire 56. y. Apr. 30. ♀. h. 5. 45. p m. 1630

A Great winde runinge vp & downe sometimes betweene the Skin, sometimes in all places of the Body, sometimes in y^e heade & sometimes swellinge downe into the twist & into the Codds, as yf hee were bursten, a great rumblinge & noise in the gutts, & is worst at the full of the Moone: many Phisitians haue tryed but none could doe him good y^e winde is soe stronge, & p^rualent. hee desireth Counsell & helpe yf God bee soe pleased.

RN mich Paradyse.

RN Rich. Burten of Olny payned in his hed & {sic} but specially in his armes w^th a pricking 20 feb. die ♂ h. 1. 15. 1598|9|. armes & neck & shoulders best in faire weathr {sic}.

RN Williā Bale 50 y of Woburne Apr 25. ♂ hor 1. p m. 1603.

hed & stomacke

RN David Iaunson of bedford. 57. y. martij 7. ☾ hor. 11|2| 54 ant m 1603.¹

RN Edmund Lane of lawnden 54 y maried Ian 4 ☿ hor. 12. 40 p m 1603|4|.

not sicke but rūneth vp & downe his should backe

RN M^r Blundell of our towne for his chest & pit of his stomacke at the same tyme.

RN Goodma Blundell 50. Ap. 25 die ♄ hor 2. 40 p m. 160i

head & stomacke.

RN M^r Blundle of o^r towne 5{4}|6| y martij 7 ♀ h. 5. p m 1606. head & eyes

RN S^r Arth Throck for his lady march 13 {sic}. ☾ h. 2 \1. 45./ p m 1618 a payne & stuffing in her head w^th a weaknes & werynes in all her body & a heate in her hands & feete.

RN Cicely foster of hanslop 43 y may 20 ☾. h. 4. 39 ant m 1622 had no child this 20 y was swelled in her legs a quarter of a yere & now quite gone vpward & her belly is mutch swelled & her thigh & mutch gryped about her navell and casteth for this halfe yere y^t w^ch she taketh most cōmonly & keepeth her bed this fortnight desyreth but my prayers./

RN Edward Brodley 50 y. may 26 die ☾ h. 2. 25 p m. 1600 for an ache in his \left/ shoulders /legs lims {eare}\

RN Thomas Walker gardyner to {G}. Chaterton. 56 y Iune 27 ☾ h. 2. 30 p m 1614 a black sanguyne cōplex. payned in his chest. swolne in his body & legs it tooke him 16 days since. /of S^t yeedes\

RN Will: Seere of haversham. 53 yeres old sitteth vp by the fier, very stiffe & hardly to {ground} onc in 24 houres complayneth of his body & lims & legs most in on of his sides all over his left syde ever sinc March last: first amisse not able to goe over the Dore threshall. sinc Alhalloutide. sent his wife to me Decēb. 21. die ♃. h. 12. 45. 1598. on of his legs the left wonderfully swelled. a very diseased body & hath had a greate cough.¹

RN M^r \Edward/ Plūmer of Holcot 50 y. 40 y feb 12 h {sic} hor 3. \20/ p m 1620

about cristmas face & hands mutch swelled as big as two stomack weake cā scarc keepe any thing. I {se}aled blood onc sinc y^t mutch payned in his head & mēbers at the end of making water it prickes & throbs w^th extreme payne

feareth an vlcer for it is as matter y^t cōmeth frō him & maketh it often. 4 tymes in an houre it hindereth slepe.

RN Iohn Hobs of great Horwood 50 y. Ian 19. |lungs|