Casebooks

SRN M^res Greenvile. To prevent Abortion Aug: 14. ♃ {sic} h. 12. in mer. 1644.

RN Iohannes Farnell for him selfe. maij 3. die ♃. h. 8. ant m. 1599 to p^rvent sicknes. / troubled w^th an itche./.

RN t|T|wo honest men of Naash came to me for my counsell to p^rvent the plaugue Apr 4 h {sic} hor 1. 20 p m 1607

telling me y^t on dyed of the purples y^t sent to me anoth^r sick & dyed yesterday & two oth^r extreme sick who tooke it by on y^t had the sicknes.

RN M^res Stas sent for a Sygill or a Charat agyst {sic} the kings falling sickes {sic} y^t a child of hers hath & she sent me 20^s may 23 30 ☾ h. 5 30 p m 1625.

RN M^r Anson of Westbery to p^rvent the sicknes for him & his houshold Iuly. 30 h {sic} hor. 6. 45 ant m 1625.

M^r Anson of Westbery 45 y Iuly 30 h {sic} hor. 7 30 ant m 1625

2 dyed in his house of y^e plaugue yest being fryday.

RN M^r Iohn Brayfor|yl|d of Northāpton 41 y. ostrober {sic} octob. 24. ♀ h. 1 p m 1628.

to p^rvent a Cōsūption

M^r Iohn Brayfild of Northāpton. 42. y 41: y. octob. 24. ♀ h. 1. p. m. 1628.

RN M^r Iohn Piggot of Gravesnet {sic} to p^rvent y^e pox or|&| to cure the blemishes. of the pox march 2. h {sic} hor 12. 4{5} p m 1622

Mres Briydget Pigot hath thē. & they begyn to skald of.

RN M^r Will: Booth sent a Letter to M^r Baphies at Stony stratford & at 2 months |after a weeke| end send|t| to me Ap 6 ♀ h. 7. 20 p m 1627

sent for pil spl. ʒij & something for his memory a medson to p^rserve the teeth frō rotting |yest 7|8| weekes|

M^r. Rous Clopton of Corp. Chri Coll. Oxon 35. y. Mart. 17. ☿. h. 9. p. m. 1630

A greiuous Headache takes him at Midnight sometimes in one te of y^e head & sometimes in y^e other te, but especially in y^e left side of his heade, w^ch makes y^e places outwardly sore where y^e paine hath beene.¹

A continually Noyse in his head w^th a tearinge paine as yf it would pull one skyn from another, w^ch comes sometimes suddenly like a strech, & then is gone in an instant

A dizines in y^e heade & a leapinge, as it were of blacke mothes before his Eyes

This paine hath continued these 6 weekes,

Desires to knowe whether it ceeds from y^e stomack or spleene, from a cold or{illeg} hote cause

Hath beene let Bloud in y^e right arme, & vnder the tongue, & in y^e forehead, beeinge tolde by the Physitian y^this greife was caused by fullnes of Bloud

Hath taken Pills & Electuaryes sundry times, but his paine noethinge deminished

Hath for many years beene troubled w^th a soundinge & noyse in his head, but neuer w^th paine till nowe Feareth a Disposition to the Palsye or Apoplexye Desires Receits & Directions to preuent these two capitall Dangers.

RN \Robart Stone of Turvy./ a strang disease in t|T|urvy some taken w^th a sorenes in there throate. 2 a greevous hed ach & stitch vnder there right syde. some die w^thin a weeke, some at the weekes end, some 2 weekes some 3. weekes. craveth a p^rvention.