Casebooks

RN M^r Clarke of {sic} serv. to the lord S^t Iohn march 3. ♂ h. 2. p. m 1629 /a rotten liver & cōsūp{tion}\

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 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 Iohn Cony came for the heate of his stomack & liver. Maij 5. die ♄ h. 12. 1. 1599. p m.

RN The Lady Tyringhā. Iuly 13 ☿ h. 6 p m 163i. /craveth liver hot: water hot\SRN

RN Rob Vilveny. what his disease is or to what inclined & spec. what is good for his liver of 22 y. 9 Aug. h. 2 p m die ☿ 1598.¹

RN Mres Margary Deyrell of lillingstone Deyrell. 45 y. may 24 die ♄. {v} 12. 20. 45. p m. 1600 for a great payne vnder her right syde & a thinge leek a widge in her stomack faynt & feeble a swelling of her liver as it is told her.

RN M^r Brough for a gentlemā a frind of his an {sic} a guest who is troubled w^th the heate of the liver ascendeth vp to his head & throote every night & into his legs as it were a dropsye & voydeth more vpward then downward taken mutch w^th a cold Crampe that he cannot styrre febr. 26 die ♂ ♄ {sic} 10. 30. ant m. 1600 & for Goody Barnes a baker of stony stratford

RN Mres Margaret Franklin of Bonehurst 24 y march 29. ☿ h. 10. 40 ant m 1620 \worst fasting/ hed full & dissye wyndy a cold stomacke hot liver full of melancholy greefe sinc her fathers death. face flushing hot & breaking out /vnmayed {sic}.\ /cold feete hot head\

RN M^r Hunt of Stachdon. 34 y Ap 26 ♃|☿| h. 10. 30 ant m 1620 |face red coloured & budded| /a stoppage about his liver\

RN my old Lady Harington 60 y may. 26. ♃ h. 2. 20 p m 163i

1 her oldest daughter p^rty well /Mres Iane Harrington 21 y\

2 but the younger mutch at on & ill in her stomack as before no appetite to eate cōpl of extreme payne in her syde of the right syde feareth y^t she is liv^r growen

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.

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.

RN M^res Askue of midle Claydon. 40 y. maij 8 die ♀ hor. 12. ant m. 160i

 capitis dolore  3^es annos

Itm’  puella Iane Askue of Middle Claydon 16 y.  greene sicknes.

Itm’ Rich Askue. of midle Claydon. 40 y. hor 12. die ♀.

 lateris dextri dolore et algore et pulsu cedente vti arbitrat^r ex obstructione hepatis.

RN M^r Vilvayne of Exeter colledg m^r of Artꝭ. for his liver & head. heate & choler.

SRN M^rs. Cotta of Coventrey. sent her ler Novemƀ. 14. ♄ h. 10. a. m. 1635.

The vomitt did worke, vpward & 5 tymes downeward. the pills wrought well & she was let blood arme & Foote:

hath not had y^em since March Last, now finds her Liuer distemperd & a payne there. desires the opening drinke or the receipt

RN Mres Cony of Newporte. for the heate & burning of her face pimpled a lean spare woman feareth the heate of her liver. Novemb 30. die ♃ h. 2. 45 mi p m. 1598. with child neere her time & well delivered

M^r. Edmund Vaughan of Corp. Chri Col. Oxon. Febr. 23. ♃ h. 2. p m. 1632

vrina valde bona

Desires to know whether his infirmity come from his Liuer or Brest or otherwise

pained in his Brest; rayseth euery morneing a litle Bloud w^th his flegme, desires to know from whence it proceedes.

RN M^r Taylour at Roes sent his water {illeg} {sic} 36 y march 20 h {sic} hor 7. 20 ant m. 1630 /a Consūpt of y^e longs\¹

RN Mathewe Windmill 30 yeres of age sick this two yeres in liver & milt & hart well by day working but ill always every night lieth hevy hevy {sic} in his chest y^t he cannot sleepe nor tak his rest agaynst weath^r and when he eateth flesh & porrage it heaveth vp his chest. vp from his chest to his harte. it lieth in his the pit of his stomack as if his hart & milte were broken as he him selfe thincketh it payneth him intolerable very cold never better thē when he is working cōplyneth most of chest & harte Novemb. 12 die ☉ at h. 7. 50. mi. 1598. at the first cōming he had a flushing in his hed w^t a gydines but never since