Casebooks

RN S^r Walter Leach. of Cadley. for his wife novēb 8 ♃ h 7 p m 1632. boath at Cadley hath a fulnes at her stomack & a litle oppression at her hart & a kind of heaving vnderneath it craveth my helpe

RN M^r Reanolds \a gentl w^th m^r Towers/ came to me Iuly 23. h {sic} hor 3 p m. 1631  Cordis palpitatio{ne} et Iecor

SRN My Cozon Clare wright of Southwarke London. 50. y. Decemƀ 21. ♄ {sic}. h. 11. a. m. 1634.

hath kept her bed this sennight a weake bad digestion. her meate rises sometymes like hard egs w^ch causes a great payne both in stomack & backe.

she can eate little or nothing she desires to haue something to strengthen her stomack. /much troubled with a stitch in her right side with a continuall payne in her stomack.\

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

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 Mres \mary/ Saunders¹ of welford hard by Cole Ashbee 24 myles henc Ap 40. y. Ap 28 ☿ h. 3. 30 p m 1630

she Desyreth her old dyet drinke w^ch I sent her. and a purg gaynst melanch.²

{s} {sic} & a playster for ther splene

RN Goody Marcū \of this towne/ did send for 6\d/ of cynamon water. was sick vnd^r her syde. Octob. 20 ♃ h. 5. 38. p m 1608 /was very sick to day thrice\

RN Iohn Spencer of W|S|^r Robartꝭ Spencers servant. Martij 30 ♂ hor. 8. 9. ant m. 1602. cōplayneth of his left syde & spleene & swelling of his legge.

quærit {illeg}|r|emediū  Aloysia faulkner 23 y. troubled w^th the greene sicknes hath taken many vomits but noone would worke w^th her craveth a vomit sick in y^e stomacke quærit an \an {sic} alce faukner/ virū diligit nec ne.¹

GJ Luce Caper of Stonistratford 50 y. Febr. 22 ☿ ho. 8. 30 a m 1604. A payne vnder her left brest hath beene sicke this sevenight

RN my broth^r Sandy sent me a letter touching M^r Shaxtons cony catching of ve\r/y Cony Catchers indede feb 27. h {sic} hor 4. 30 p m 1608. yet writeth y^t he now will not goe but y^t his fath^r would have him come to Oxford & my broth^r if he cā will get him 20 lib. to goe to Oxford.

quærit vtrū An Stocker peius se habeat ob maritū. eodē tempore/

quærit morbi causā et medla an intollerable itching in the fundamēt ready to pull of her heare.

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

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 my ladye fortiscue of Saldon sent for a quart of bugloes wat^r decē{b} 20 ♀ h. 12. 1605.

& h|M|res francis fortiscue greene sicknes left syde cough

RN Iohn Perce of o^r towne Octob 9 ♂ hor 5. 30 p m 1604 his wife came for {s} {sic} ph{y}sicke.

Goody Perce for her husb. octob. 9. ♂ hor. 5. 30. p m 1604 for an ague swelled in his stomacke./

RN Mres An Goddiar a londyner a widow strang mother fi{ts} {sic} fits 2: y. may 5. ♀ h 7 ant m 1626

Mres An Goddiar \was/ troubled w^th strang fits of the mother mother {illeg} {a} widow her father M^r Bambridg in the Strand agaynst Checker Lane at the signe of the black spread {E}agle may 5 ♀ h 7 ant m 1626

a Daughter of on M^r Iohn Brarmridg now a widow w^th 5 children sent to me 2 y sinc of whom I tooke speciall notes may 5 ♀ h. 7. 30 ant m 1626 mutch like my lady Iennings Daughter Desyreth y^t I should looke over my bookes & send the same things

In the Strand agaynst Checker lane at the blacke spread Eagle

Her name is Anne Goodyeare of the Strand ♀ may 5 ♀. h. 7. ant m 1626

RN The lady fortiscue intending to goe to London D l {sic} & fynding her selfe worse & worse is resolved to take a couse {sic} of physick. {s} {sic} Ap 4 ☉ h. 4. 30 p m 1624 |a wyndy stomack|

RN My Cosen Marsh Iune 2 h {sic}. hor. 7. p m 16i0  causā frigid stomachi inquirit et quo modo medebit^r.

RN M^res \Ione/ Crowly of Newp about 36 y old for a hart burninge what should be good the 8 of Aug. die ♂ h. {illeg} 7. 49. m.

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 Mres Crowly sent a lett^r for a playster march 23 ♀ h. 5 p m 1627 extreme payne in her back & cā take no rest.