Casebooks

RN Iohn Risely of Rawnstyn 63|7|. {sic} 67. hath bene sick on weddensday last 6 weekes sound in body but bursten this 16 weekes. he was wont to be troubled w^th a wind Cholick. nowe last of l {sic} all w^th an issue on his navell eaten in an Inche deepe but nowe growen vp againe saving that it hath a litle hole in it w^c when they went to stoppe it put him in danger of death. sent his sonne to me he kepeth his bed nowe & then payned in his back & pricking & shooting in his navell {virs} an end. bleedeth every foote & wetteth a handkerchir. Decemb. 18. die ☾. h. 8. 40: mi. 1598. goeth ill to ground

RN Ihone Smith came to me for a remedy & for my counsell demaunding of me wheath^r it were good to let her bloode. for shee is payned in boath of her armes. backe y^t shee ca scarce remove her cloathes being a bed. 1598 Apr. 22. die ♄. h. 8. 6. mi. a swimming in the heade

RN Elisabeth Risely of Rawnson mill 25 y Aug 24 {sic}. ♂ hor 8. ant m 160i

twelfe days since delivered of a daughter. but very ill ever sinc full of payne & swounded onc or twice on sunday last was ill. head chest bound & costive this 6 days. heavy of sleepe & slepeth not /burneth.\

RN M^r Blundell enquireth what his disease the cause therof & the remedy & he cōplayneth of the winde cholick & seemeth to be troubled w^th stone & strangury. August the 12 die ♄. h. 8. ant m. 1598.

M^r Blundell

Goodman Blundell enquired in his owne son & was well when he enquired Aug. 12 die ♄ hor. 8. 1598¹

RN Will Smith \of haversham/ cōplayneth of his head & hart & chest & cannot sleepe & pineth and consumeth in his flesh. Sept 13. die ☿ h. 8. 45. m. verius.

RN Iane Bachouse of Hansloppe 7 yeres old. sick this twelfmoneth. cōplayneth in her bodye aches in her lims. pined away. speaketh very hartely & eateth her meate well. hath a great laske for this 2 moneths Marche 12 die ☾ h. 8. 56. ant m. cōplayneth of her hart & brest 1599. her lims will hardly beare her.

RN Rich. Ellys of Hansl. 46: t Apr 24 die ♂ h. 8. 15. ant m. 1599. troubled w^th cordis calore stomachi ardore. ariditate Linguæ et a stomacho ascendit ad caput illud male afficit affligit

RN Susan fuller 10 y of hanslop at the same tyme shortwynded. & hath a great cough ever sinc chrismas & sick w^th it every where.

Susan fuller 10 y. of hanslop 10 y hor 8. 45 ant m. 1603. very exceding shortwynded troubled w^th a very great cough & sick every where w^th it. ever sinc christmas hed. back. chest.

RN Ian. 20 die ♄ hor 8 I went to see a sick woma swollen in her legs & thighes for that shee hath not her courses. hed ach 1599.

RW Roger Neale of shelswell y. 38. d. ☉. ho 8. 26. ant: m Novemb: 7. 1619. taken vpon Fryday last with a giddyenesse in his head & with a prickinge in his head & face: something ready to stop his wind in his throate, vomiteth mutch all that hee taketh. RN |Squincy feard| RW

RN my lord Mordants litle child ten weekes on satt last it was borne the 19 of marh {sic} last betweene 10 & 11 in y^e morning. it was healthfull vntill weddensday last. may 25. h. 4. 30 ant m it was taken w^th a stretching out of the arms a galling of the eys & skryking & trēbling of all tes vppon may 26. it had 3 fits 2 in y^e morning. & on at noone. & hath an arising in y^e throte w^ch is seene & felt. & by holding downe by hand hath some ease & it riseth moore. the left syde of the throate. sent to me Iune 2. ♃ h. 8 ant m. 1625.

RN W. V. 1598 Ap. 23 die ☉. h. 8. 15. for an itch in his legs body & breaking out in his neck & legs.

GJ Elsabeth Radford of North Crowley 18 y. Octob. 18 ♂ ho. 8. 45 a m. 1603 payne in her head and stomacke shortwynded and faynt

nunquā habuit menstrua

greene sickenes /the caryers maid\

RN Sara Kendell of Woburne 10 y Aug 2 ♃ hor 8. 30 ant m 1604. satterday hed harte stomacke belly left syde.

RN Goody Coo \of newport/ 40 y. Iune 1. ♀ h. 8 ant m 16i0.

every where./ cānot rellish any water.

Thomas Wythers of newport 3 quarters old Iune 1. ♀ h. 8 ant m 16i0

a great cold extreeme sick cā eate or take any thing

Goody Coo quærit an sit gravida cānot rellish anye thinge. ill this moneth.

RN tooke at shrovetyde in her armes w^th a pricking & shooting w^th a swelling in her bed the 11 of febr in the night. about 9 or 10

RN On of Stonystratford 30 y. Sept 16 ☿ h. 8. 30 ant m 1607.

 morbo gallico sore in his lyms thighes toes

RN Deborah. Williams of old Stratford 11 y Iune 11. ♀ h. 8 15 ant m 1619 a great stitch \on the right syde/ & like a hard bunch w^ch fell downe a yere sinc after an ague. & groweth bigger & bigger downe to the belly. & belly hard so two yeres./

RN my Cosen hee marsh. for S^r Arthur Harrys his Daughter of 17 or 18 y. Iune 22|3| ☿. h. 8. 40 ant m 1619 /strangly troubled w^th melanch ready to desp & to make her selfe awey.\

RN M^r Anderton taken w^th a fore flatulent melanch. passion w^th a sore beating of his stomack ill after meate & after his first sleepe eating very litle at all tyme a bad Digest stomack full of wynd & choler was taken w^th a sore fit Decēb. 11 ♃ h. 12. 30 p m. 1629|8|. 1628.