Casebooks

RN The lady Tringhā novēb. 17 ♃ h. 5. 20 p m 163i

for the wyndynes of her belly

Mes Anne Tyringhā had 57 occas. w^th vomyt & purg & besydes 8 occas. by her pils taken to day hath a clyn|t|ching of her teeth & cānot open her teeth nor speake for halfe an houre.

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.

RN Wylliā Tomson of great Horwood 40 y Iuly 16. ♂ h. 3. 25. p. m. 16i6.

of a belly swelled hard like a festered boyle hard & sore would have it broken or to ease it

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

RN Ione Holtome of Saldone 47. y. May 23. {illeg}|♃| h 3. p m. 1622

she was so swelled belly & legs as everyon thought that she would die & yet mended & cane {sic} heather to me

M^rs Mathewe of Braddin 40. y. Febr. 24. ♀. h. 12. 40. p m. 1632

An Extreame fluxe of her Termes the space of a fortnight, they come downe in clotts. desireth to knowe whether shee may safely stop them Before they came downe shee was much pained betweene her Belly & stomack

RN I receaved from my lord p^rsid a kind Hon. loving lett^r craving the same pils because his Honour is mutch bound & swelled in his belly & fumeth vp into his head Iune 19 ♂ {sic} h 5. p m. 1628

RN Ione Lane of this towne Iuly 5 ☿ h. 7. 15 ant m 16i5 sent her water. vtrū sit gravida. loosenes well stopt god be thanked w^th her bynding elect. but sorely gryped in her chest & belly¹

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

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 S^r Robart Napeir the elder sent for physick for his stone cholick & bloody water & wyndynes of his belly Aprill 13. ☿ h. 6. 30 ant m. 1625. |stone Cholick|

RN M^r Iermyn of Exeter colledg & M^r Thomas Harrys 19 y. may Iune 1. ☿ h. 5. p. m. 1614. |m^r Iernyn feareth eyther Dropsy or cōsūption mutch troubled w^th wynd & belly somewhat swelled cānot sleepe. his cordiall I first sent him did him mutch good./|

RN Mres Margaret Noone a londyner y^t came vnto me w^th M^r Iohn lanckford sent me word y^t her 2 clysters wrought but litle but y^t her dyet drinke did worke well & did her some good for her cold stomack. but y^t her flushing in her face cōtinueth still. as also her swelling espec on the right syde of her bellye craveth my furth^r helpe. Sept 5. ♂ h. 12. 1609

M^rs. Margaret Anderson. \of Tringe/ 16. y. Febr 21. ♂. h. 1. 10. p m. 1632

Shee tooke her Phisick w^ch wrought very well, but her Leggs doe nowe swell very much toward night, & pitt into the flesh w^th great paine, her thighes & Belly swell alsoe

Desires to knowe what should bee done: