Casebooks

GJ Her husband hath a fistula in his right syde. 63 y. old Sent to know whether he were best to go to Clementꝭ of Ownde{l} or what course he were best to take. /

RN Mres Dorle sent to know the disease of Margery Marye & An. Dorle. Apr 8. an ☿ h. 10 45 ant m 1607.

wheath^r good to heale \vp/ her Issue & to take a vomit or &|a| {sic} \a/ purge D Chanell wylleth her & to heale vp her Issu.

RN Goody Blea did send being in great misery w^th her leg. to Have it lanced it all soft over. & swelleth more at night thē otherwise & is well by fits. Ian 16. ☾|♄| hor. 8. 25 ant m 1613

Iohn Byrd was sent for & he thought it to be a waterish & a wyndy {hu}mour wynd w^th an ague better on day & worse another by fits & vncertenly

RN The lady Ba Elizabeth Barckley for Her sister lady fitzwater taken w^th a lunacye 2 months sent to me to come to her Decēb 9. ♂ h. 10. 30 ant m. 1623. {s}|t|hat ladye sent her letter

& M^r Brūhill hath vndertaken her cure to be ioyned w^th me & to y^t end m^r Bro{m}hall write to me

RN The lady Dimock sent a Letter to me Iuly 22 ♃ h. 4 30 p m 1624

to know wheath^r it weare not very good for her to goe to the Tunbridg & to take of y^t water as D Sanders did consayle her.

RN My Cosen Marsh the older sent me a kind letter to signify y^t after my clyster & blood letting she was well for 4 days & then payned as before in her hed & arme so greevously betwixt 4 & 5 p m cōnoly {sic} Sept 14. ♀ h. 5. 30 p m 1627 she sent to Cambridg to M^r Crane he gave her a pils|l| & also a clyster

had the horse leaches & they were {illeg} naught.

took my pils & Dyet drink & did well for the tyme

her Daughter fond mtch {sic} good by her playster Desyreth a nother & a recept of it

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 M^r Farindon sent to me for my Counsell for his passion of his hart. very s {sic} vsuall & easely cured w^th every small sturring & continueth w^th him 3 dayes. & for the Correcting of the spleene w^ch is supposed by the docters to be the cause therof. becaus he feeleth him selfe not well in the spleen sent his letter. may the 8. die ♂ h. 7. 50 8. ant m. 1599.

RN Cicely of Stony stratford 40 y. marche 17. ♂ h. 8 ant m 1612

on Thomas lie y^t dwelleth not

m^r lea sent for opiū ʒii on Thomas lye y^t dwelleth not far frō. Stony stratford hath taken in hand to heale this mad womā Cicely of Stonystratf{ord}

RN D lapworth wrote vnto me frō Oxford & sent for my tincture of Corall & pearle & there dosis|s|ses for on y^t bleedeth at the nose extremely. march 24 ♂. h. 6/ 5. 50 ant m 1612.

RN The lady fortiscue sent for dictanus creticus or dictād^r I sent ℥j & of myrrha ℥ß for her daughter mres Throckmorton octob. 30 ♀ h. 3. 45 p m 1612. |3 mydwifes sent for.|

RN The Lady Longeville new come to Billen about on weddensday last sent h a letter to me Iuly 26 ♀. h. 2. p m 1622

how her courses be broken downe & y^t her hedach is nothing so bad as it was wont.

RN M^r Iulian

fo cane {sic} for to speak y^t my lord Purbecke might come w^th all speede vnto me to take physick. Aug 28. {illeg}|☿| h. 6. p m 1622.

RN S^r Th. Neavell & his lady novēb 13. ♀ h. 2. 45 p m 1629 |he sent me a physition|

S^r Th is well mended

his lady needeth no greene ginger nor p^rserved nutmegs nor cōserve of barberyes.

would know wheather y^t she \may/ eate pomegranet:

M^rs. Norwood sent her Lady Letter for the Lady Dunsmores Daughter. Oct. 18 ♀. h. 12. 15. pm. 1633

RN ha\r/d to vomyt vppō any occasion D Gifford & d^r Cadymā her former physitions for the greene sicknes after the {sic} had made triall of of {sic} vomyts & saw how vntowardly it wrought followed some other course/

desyreth vomyt purg rath^r then vomyts to clense her hot & drye stomack.

SRN My Lady Ma. Sandys. sent her letters that her husband fell sicke y^t day he should haue come out of London that she was forced to send for y^e D^rs D^r Read. & they hope by this Accident he will doe well agayne is now more sensible then before

Decemb. 5. ♄. h. 9. 30. a. m. 1635.

RN Thomas Gardner of Dunsanger of 62 yeres old y^t pissed blood & was mended by the herbꝭ y^t I sent him in a receipte. sinc y^t time had on Waly who hath w^th his Clisters Done him litle good but is swollen in his belly w^c is growen very harde. & mutch payned in his share & can make but a litle water halfe a sponefull at a time would knowe wheath^r leekly to die or live. went not to ground sinc munday last about 12 a clocke sent to me this 18 of Apr. die ☿. h. 7. ant m 1599 burneth in his yarde.

RN Goody Phylip of Brodwell sente vnto me to know how longe shee should keepe her midwife w^th her for shee loketh every day for a happy delivery w^ch god grainte {sic} her. feb 19. ☉ hor 8. \9./ 30. ant m 1604 /shee sent her wat^r.\

RN Mres Chatterton sent for a dyet Drīk Octob. 16 ♀ h. 5. 25. p m 1607 /the bishop of lincolnes wife.\

shee wrote y^t my lady Dive had healed her sore leg. & how y^t lady cōmended me vnto her & wished her to follow my Direction. & to have a dyet drinke/

RN Yoing {sic} goody Hopkins sent her water hath bene in labour & anys {sic} sinc nuday {sic} night & sent for her nydwife {sic} weddensd ill but thursday all day worse & her labour now ceaseth Ian 9 ♀ h. 8. 20 ant m 1624.