Casebooks

RN Ihone Persivall of Lo{illeg} 35 yeres about 20 weekes amisse. short winded. hot in her stomack shee hath broken out in her face w^th a flushing heate. payne in her hed her neighbours tell her y^t shee may be breeding of child.. 16 of novemb. die ♃. h. 1.. 1598. broke out in her nose &|f|ace & chin w^th pimpels.

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 Mres Elis: Cob of Fensom 36 y may 19. ♃ h. 1. p {sic} 1631 had. 13. child hath buryed 6 & hath seaven. living was p^rsent head, left syde, chest ill:

Is very weake

a great fayntnes in her stomack & legs as she goeth. feareth consūption a burning in her back

RN An Haman 56 of litle brickhill: sick ever sinc Christmas not hart sick but swollen in her body & in her legs & very stiffe sent to me by her husband. Martij 22. die ♃ ♄ {sic}. 1. 10. 1599. very costive & as if shee were st{oun}ge & cannot rise except shee be lifted. very cold & stiffe & short winded & leekely to die 1599.

RN An Winkles of Hanslop. 60. amisse this 20 yeres: vnd^r her left side pricketh leeke a dagger. cōbred w^th colour. w^th slymy black reping geere. goeth vp to her belly & backe. Apr. 2. die ☾. h. 1. 1599. sad & hevye.

RN Ione Coast of Marsten 8 75. y feb. 21. die ♄ hor. 1: p m. 1601 payned in her hed & eyes ca scarse see.

Alce Wheeler of Cranfild 23. y. d|f|eb. 21. die ♄ hor. 1. p. m. 1601 in her armes & legs cannot styrre. backe.

Samuel Rogers of Moulton 22. y. Mart. 24. ☿. h. 1. p. m. 1630

hath a Swellinge in his Back & RN \genitalibus rūning & in his/ hand cannot hold his water Lame in his Thighe & Hucklebone

M^rs. Margaret Anderson. \of Tringe/ 16. y. Febr 21. ♂. h. 1. 10. p m. 1632

Shee tooke her Phisick w^ch wrought very well, but her Leggs doe nowe swell very much toward night, & pitt into the flesh w^th great paine, her thighes & Belly swell alsoe

Desires to knowe what should bee done:

RN Mres Agnys Hodges of Drayton. 26 y may. 11 ♂ h. 1. p m 1619

5 child, 2 living a son & a wench 3 abortions. kings evill & now grown hard terms but few bleedeth a litle at nose.

a great sorenes in her breast & stomack. w^ch cometh w^th a griping y^t she cānot fetch her breath. |not sick|

cā abyde no potion but pils a Consūption feared a bad stomack. desyreth milk & drink

RN The faukners wife to S^r Rob          of Parsnā Sept 15 h {sic} hor. 1. p m 1627 wheather festured sore & sw in her left arme broken & rūning & swellings about her face & neck all soft taken by hard labour of a child he {sic} wheath^r it be the kings evill as is supposed or a fistula

RN Iohn Snow of Padbery 47 y Decēb. 26 ☾ h. 1. p m. 1614. |a very godly man in his sences rageth & knoweth no mā. when he {sic}|¹

RN Harry Goodin taken lame in his left leg not swollen he cannot styrre his right side. in his leg & huck bone he layd in the fild Downe & being hote tooke a colde. this day or monday was sennet 17 d 16 last Christmas eve. 1598. pater  filio et filius oravit patrē. vt me consulet  morbo. Octob. 29 die ☉ h. 1. 1598. it took him in the fild as if it were prickt with nales. he cryeth out whē it is touched.

RW M^r Meridale of Great Brickhill for his Father \y: 70./ March: 6. h: 1. post merid: 1615. stuffed in his stomacke. pained in his head & backe, hath a cough & cold.

RW Beniamin Hubbins of Astwood y. 26. d. ☾ h: 1: p: m: Novemb. 20 1620. swelled in his left leg: yesterday his right leg was swelled but now it is come into his left leg: payned in his left eare, & so downewards. had a purge 10 dayes since w^ch wrought well & he was much the better for it: now worse then he was. complayneth more of heate then of colde then of heate. did complayne at the first more of heate then of colde. cannot sleepe.

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.

U[1628–30] Thomas write {illeg} was borne on \the next/ satterday at night after on michelmus was twelmounth, betweene a 11 or 12 at|or| i3, a Clock but cam to me at 1 of clock, y^e 14^th: of march 1630./

had a quiuorin & sounding on michelmus last & 3 Dayes the after y^e small pox & then at shroftide & this last night had 3 fitts after the same manner a boue saide, being y^e 13^th Day complaines on the head & heauie & apt to sleepe

M^rs Elizabeth Sanders. of Perry. 25 \32/ y Febr. 20. ☾ h. 1. p m. 1632.

Sicknesse 2 nights, hote & colde by fitts stopping in her stomack, can nether eate not rest well, the great paine in her Back, feares a Consumption makes water very difficultly 6. or 7 weekes

Desires y^t shee may take noe Phisick

RN Iohn Blundell came for my counsell because his eyes are dim & his face breaketh out the 13 of August. h. 1. 7. m. post m 1598. of 10 y

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 Edward fellow 24 yeres old of boy|w|ebrickle sick this moneth. walketh vp & Downe cōplayneth of his stomack hed & back. Decemb. 4. die ☾. h. 1. 10.