Casebooks

RN Mres {sic} Crawlys physick wrought well vomyts & pils yet troubled w^th a hot rheme in her|is| left ey & a heavynes hinder t of his head in his ioynts & ankles & kne & right leg may 9 ☿ h. 1. p m 1632

desyrous of a purging dyet Drink.

RN Tho. Ienyns of the Strand his Dyet Drink wrought not well craveth pils.

RN The lady Iennings  filia Eliz in the Strand & her eldest sone M^r Th. Iennings troubled w^th a great cough Ian 28. ♃ h. 6. 30 \20/ p m 1630

RN The Lady Iēnings sent for pils for M^r Th. Ienins for his Dyet Drink wrought to gentlely may 12 ♃ h. 8 an 29 \20/. p m 1631

Mres Elis Ienings craveth pils for her eys

SRN M^r Iohn Tyringham of Henwicke Decemb^r 10. ♄. hor. 12. in merid. 1631. /M^rs Tyringham misit aq vrinā & quærit vtrum sit grauida/.\

The vomitt gaue him much ease for y^e stoppinge of his stomach. The Cordiall hath somewhat abated his Cough he desyres a nother of y^e same He is sometymes troubled with y^e Crampe in his thyghes & legs & feete.

RN I receaved a letter from Mres Shatbolt & the lady Aug. 11. ☉ h. 5. 30 p m 1633

Mres Shatbolt who is to goe into the Contry craveth a letter onc a fortnight & adviseth me to Dirct my lett^r to on M^r Darnell the Apothecary in Souper Lane though but onc a fortnight.

RN Mres Chester of Tylswort M^r Henry Chesters wife 24 y Iune 14. ♂ h. 7 ant m. 163i

terms stopt sinc christas her left leg swelled hot.¹

my pultish made it to blyster. & she applyed Cowe Dung & butter to it

Toke my Dyet Drink & it wroght well for 5 days & abated the swelling & sinc it is cōme agayne |imputeth her swelling to the stopping of her terms|

would know wheath^r good to bleed & in what places.

desyreth to have a good purg. /w^th a fulnes of her stomack.\

RN An Rūbell of Bullingf

An Rūble of Buntingford 25 y y {sic} newly brought a bed a fortnight sinc octob 5. ♀ h. 5. p m 1632.

a great trēbling & panting at her hart mynd troubled w^th fantas. for want of sleepe delivered of a boy on weddensday was fortnight h. 1 at night cā take no rest melancholick

An Rūble of Buntinford 25 y octob. 5 ♀ h. 5. 25 p m 1632

lately brought a bed a trēbling & a panting at the harte cānot sleepe melancholick

TG Ann{illeg}|e| Barrage of stonystreetford 28. y. 7br. 27 h. 10. A m. 1634. stuffed & pained in her chest, sides, & backe, is worse by fits, paroxysmꝯ hysterici.

RN Williā Cauthorne 30 {sic} \29/ y febr 25. ♃ h. 7. 30 ant m 1630

will sweare nutch {sic} & sayth ther is no devill nor witch¹

RN Rich: Write of Stoake golding 20 y f {sic} March a swelling vnder his chyn & neck & a swelling w^th 2 rūing holes

hath bene twice w^th the king & fyndeth litle remedy.

TG Margareth Fitton of Stanford in Betf. 20 y. Februar. 16 ♄. h. 3. 45 p m.

raiseth in her backe till to her stomake is well sometimes 2 or 3 dayes, & this sometimes troubleth her minde.

RN M^r Rogars Nichols 25|6| 23|2| y Iuly 6 h {sic} hor. 4. 20 p m 1633 /extreme paynd in all his body\

he mayed {sic} D Hugs kinswomā & houskee. took a cold & was wet w^th rayne ill all over & offreth to cast

RN Elis Potter of Newp. 21 y mayed {sic} a yere & a month. Aug. 15 ♀ {sic} h 10 ant m 1633

hath not had thē 6 or 7 weekes. head & chest: back weake

TG Gilly|i|an Hartcraft of Fritwck 22 y. Mart. 28 ♀ h. 9 AM. 1634 complaineth of her stomacke & head, cannot sleepe, shortwinded as she cannot goe sometimes was soe since christmasse

SRN Elizabeth Iones. 22. y. servant to m^rs Katharen Tyringhā. Ian. 14 ☿ h. 2. p. m. 1634.

Troubled with y^e greene sicknes Looks pale, faynt, & troubled with a panting at her heart

RN {I}ames Hunt of Chauson in the parish of Roxon 29 y march 15. ♂ h. 9. 30 ant m 163i. /melanch. laborat mente magis quā Corpore vertigine Capitis of long cōtinuance\

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 Andrew Hill of Hardnā 26 ♀ Iune 17. ♀. h. 11. 20 ant m. 1631.

neyther wit nor meanes

fell ill in 30 of may wits & mynd troubled Is watched.

ready to mischance his mother him selfe day was so & did so & night |frater  fratre sine cōsensu|

M^r Edmund Vaghan of C. C. C. Oxon. Apr. 11. ☿. h. 9. p m. 1632

Hee tooke not the vomite y^t was sent. 1 because hee is very vnapt to vomite; 2 because his neck is longe & brest somewhat straite; 3 because vomiteinge once by chance by reason of Tobacco blowne into his mouth it brought vp Bloud w^th it, & hath beene y^e cause of all his infirmity. 4 hee suspecteth his Lunges, for w^ch hee thinkes vomiteing is very hurtfull.

Took his purge w^ch gaue him 12 occasions. Hee desireth a Course to bee vsed for his Brest & Lunges.