Casebooks

RN May 17. h {sic} hor 6 a|p| m 1606.

a mā came to me for a bruise w^th a cart & syde & legs swelled to know wheath^r good to let him blood.

RN M^r Hales the Earlle of Kents baylye Ian 26 ☿ h. 11 15 ant m 1625. /had a vomyt & a purge of me\ head litle mended 49. y. yet pils he took of M^r Windg every night paynd in his head about seaven

RN my Neece & lady Earsfild for her daughter 3 y March. 10 h {sic} hor 7 ant m 1632

\grpes {sic} in the pit of her stomacke belly & sydes/ a very hard belly worms suspected¹

Alooes mxed {sic} w^th rub did her no good

nor a bag {illeg}|o|f wormewood steeped in vineg w^th nutmeg applyed nor my oyntment of Savyn & wormewood

What I think of it & what may doe her good

RN M^r Bowles sept 10 ☿ h. 3. 30 p m. 1623

a purg for itch & scabs & choler.

RN goodlyBagly {sic} at {illeg} leachāsteed mendded being lett blood 6 ounces in her arme & not bef{ore} being mutch in her cas{illeg} is payned lately w^th a pricking about her hart her legs have red spots her purges never did her good nor any thing sent her./

desyres to be let blood/

RN Mres Muskot of Earles Barton 40 y octob 13 14 ☉ h 3 30 p m 1627 |a burning feaver|

paynd w^th a payne about her belly & navell. back weake vseth to high mtch

1 her vomyt wght {sic} well \2/ had a Cordiall

would know wheath^r she should be let blood

vide Octob. 11.

I receaved a nother lett^r frō Mres Neale in her behalfe

SRN Elisabeth Studhall of Gilden Morton 55. y. eod. tem

Complaynes of a payne & riseing vp to her stomack was wont to Cast & found ease when she had vomited vp the water frō her stomack

desires t she had a vomit w^ch did her very much good. yet does not desire to take any vomit but some Comfortable thing

RN The lady Twisden of London 51. y. may 27 h {sic} hor. 1 p. m 1626

by her sleeping & scouring she hath nutch {sic} mended sinc S^r will wrote Last y^t is thursday last.

yet the last night was more troublesome then before

this Day cōplayneth of a sournes rising out of her stomake supposeth y^t a vomyt would doe her good yet dare not to adventur it by reason of her weaknes & scowring. w^ch we dare not to stay seing the goodnes of it yet fyndeth no aptnes to cast but a soure belching

desyreth a nother box of the pils 10 and an answ to his lett & to this.

The lady Twisden of London may 27 h 1. p m 1626

very weake & feeble yet sitteth vp & eateth p^rty well. scoureth mtch {sic} hath a soure belching yet no aptnes to cast.

would know wheath^r fit to give her a vomyt considering her \great/ weaknes & sither her scouring Doth her so mutch good craveth an answere to his forme & to this Letter also.

wheath^r any other course for mending of the sourenes will not helpe w^th out a vomyt.

RN at this time Mary Pen of Straford sent me her water. w^ch was full of motes & scales & had gravell in the bottome. her former phisick I gave her wrought vpward. hath a great gydines at in her heade hart feeble bellye.

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.

RN The Earle of Kent Ap 24 ♀. h. 11. 38 ant m 1618 ill after his dyet drinke /hed belly gryped\

RN M^r Luke Faldoe of Bedford 50|5| \45/ y Ap 28 ♂ h. 9. 2|5|0. ant m 1629

in great payne in his thigs & legs craveth a Locall application for the payne of his legs. scarce able to goe

Is cheerfull & Lightsome

Craveth salt of wormewood frō me

RN S^r Walter Leach. of Cadley. for his wife novēb 8 ♃ h 7 p m 1632. boath at Cadley hath a fulnes at her stomack & a litle oppression at her hart & a kind of heaving vnderneath it craveth my helpe

RN Thomas Barnesey of P|S|teppo{illeg}|n|. 72 y Ian 15 h {sic} hor. 3. p m 1625.

had the palsye but not now & hath lost the vse of boath armes of a red & highe cōplexion

would knowe wheath^r good to let blood 4 or 5 ounces hath a short ptysicke.

Thomas Barnesye of Steaphington 72 y Ian. 15 h {sic} hor 3. 15 p m 1625 |a very leane mā|

wheath^r good to let blood hath no vse of his arme a palsy 6 weekes

RN M^r Reanolds \a gentl w^th m^r Towers/ came to me Iuly 23. h {sic} hor 3 p m. 1631  Cordis palpitatio{ne} et Iecor

RN Ioane Leavins of Imly 22 y a wench Decēb 23. ☿ h. 5 \4. 40/. p. m 1629¹

her secreat places burne exceedingly & swell w^th sutch payne y^t she cā hardly make water & yet maketh very litle

hath a Droutch y^t nothing well quench her thirst

hath a hot & a dry liver & a cold stomack

craveth a cooling playster for her liver hath 2 dig

wheath^r she shall vse her cels of pouder every day or oth^r day cānot make water/

RN my deere Cosen she Marsh sent vnto me Iuly 17. ♂ h. 5. p m. 1627. /deus benedicat Cognatæ meæ\

\no good of y^e oyntnent {sic}/ her head ill & mutch payned, the vayns in her tēples swelled & arme so weake y^t she cānot vse it & the vaynes be sore to her foote

extremely payned

desyrous to have williā Rufhead to let her blood

would have something to incease {sic} good blood

desyrous to know when to send her coach.

RN Mres francis Blowfild {illeg} of flitwick 50|4|. y. may 10 ☿ hor 4. p m 1626.

she is clogged at her stomack ready to stop her wynd

her flux downward somwhat stayd yet voydeth mutch thick blood at her nose in clotters

she Desyreth some of her old syrop y^t she had in may Last

RN M^r Boath for M^r Mānering who feareth a Consūption. my lord Kees purse bearer Ap 15 ♃ h 6 p m 1624

To have pils of the extrat of sulph. for the cough of the longs

he desyreth to have 2 Doses of pils but to have more ruberbe in them. & an ex|bals|ome of br{u}pstone for the longues.

RN Mres Osburne \of Chicksand/ of 56 y Iune 14 ♂ {sic} h. 5. 30 p m 16i5 /a lame arme & a palsye very fearfull\