Casebooks

RN Marg: Cooke of Cosgrave Ap: 18. ☿ {illeg} 4. 30. p. m |46. y| hart & backe & forceth her selfe to cast & was 12 weekes well. & now as mutch. gnawen as ever before

would be let blood fyndeth no good in physick haven taken it 6 tyms

her S ♃ did her good god be thanked for 10 weekes./

RN Goody Punther of Stonystratford 30 y Decēb. 10 h {sic} hor 10. 30 ant m. 1614

vnd^r her breast & left syde

RN The Lady \Mary/ Hartop cōpl of her miserab estate splene mother back stomack liver & cā take no rest nor walk May 23. ♀ h. 6. p m 1623.

RN Mres Katherin Tyringhā 24 y Ap 27. ♂ h. 4. p m 1630

stopt about her chest desyrous of a vomyte

RN he began to annoynt his body Ian 1{illeg}|8|. ♄ 8 \20/ p m 1606.

RN Goody Hopkins of this towne for her backe Iune 17. ♀ h. 1. 40 p m 1608 quæro {vt}rū empl. derit¹

RN Mres Orpe of London writeth to me to send her more {c}|o|f the Cordiall pils & cordiall electuarie novēb. 28 ♀. h. 8. 40 ant m. 1623

cōpl of her old disease bad longus.

desyreth \her former/ cordiall pils & cor: electuarie

RN my Lord fynding him selfe ill at hart sent to me for a Cordiall may. 27 ♃ h. 5. p m 1630

At this he craved a Cordiall./

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.

RN M^r marsh for a neighbour a Smyth. y^t w^th a kick hath his C{illeg}|bow| {sic} bowels out novēb 1. ♀ h. 3. p m 1633.

wilbe cut for it as a newp surgion vndertaketh for 5 pounds.

wheath^r good to cut him for his bowels

RN M^r Will Bouth for M^r Davenport h a counseller & his kinsmā 2|d|ecēb. 12 ♃ h. 10 ant m. 1622 /thought to have a cōsūption & longs vlcered of Chessome.\ /he sent for balsanū {sic} sulph:\

RN M^r {illeg}|B|letsoe of Rusdon \ vxore vtrū sit gravida/ 22. y. ♃. h. 12. 30 p |m| 1625. /terms stopt about miklemas milke in her breast water & milke.\¹

RN M^r Latch sent me a letter Ian 24. ♃ h. 7. p m 1628

For his franke 4 y old lame of on syde but otherwise well mended

RN Mary Bruer of this towne 36 y feb. 4. ☾ h. 9 ant m 1628

Is lame in all her body & her |left| kne swelled & foot & is lame in it cōplayneth of her backe & syde & is desyrous to be let blood great w^th child quickened at S^t Thomas

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 The lady Twisden of London 51. y. may 27 h {sic} hor. 1 p. m 1626

by her sleeping & scouring she hath nutch {sic} mended sinc S^r will wrote Last y^t is thursday last.

yet the last night was more troublesome then before

this Day cōplayneth of a sournes rising out of her stomake supposeth y^t a vomyt would doe her good yet dare not to adventur it by reason of her weaknes & scowring. w^ch we dare not to stay seing the goodnes of it yet fyndeth no aptnes to cast but a soure belching

desyreth a nother box of the pils 10 and an answ to his lett & to this.

The lady Twisden of London may 27 h 1. p m 1626

very weake & feeble yet sitteth vp & eateth p^rty well. scoureth mtch {sic} hath a soure belching yet no aptnes to cast.

would know wheath^r fit to give her a vomyt considering her \great/ weaknes & sither her scouring Doth her so mutch good craveth an answere to his forme & to this Letter also.

wheath^r any other course for mending of the sourenes will not helpe w^th out a vomyt.

RN Goodman Richardson of of {sic} bowbrickle 60 yeres old. sick for this 5 weekꝭ space. riseth from his bed nowe & then, he scoureth very mutch. is very desirous to have a vomit for the fleume in his Chest novemb. 17. die ♀ h. 1. 9. 1598. well mended of y^t he was

RN Mres Rose Throckmort{on} of Paulusperry 35 y sept 18 ☾ h. 2|3|. p m 1615 a mayden

desyrous to have a vomyt stomack ill/

RN Lewis vpowen of Bric{k}|h|ill sick in his navell sent to me againe for former phisick did but give him 3 stooles and all Downeward. Apr 26. die ♃ h. 11. ant m 1599. water i{illeg}|ve|ry red & thick leeke puddle miserablely tormented. 1599

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/