Casebooks

RN M^r Will: Co{l|e|}lles Colles of Parke berrye of 58 troubled sick this i6 yeres & hath had the Counsell of the most exte phisitions troubled w^th a windy cause as he sayth cōming from his backe by a great heate & obstruction from my liver. also w^th a bad stomacke elevating winde into my hed. w^ch causeth gydines or streming in my head w^ch cometh as he thinketh by the ascending vp of bad & melancholy humours & w^th a shaking in my left hand mightely as it were the palsye but always very hotte. nowe of late w^th the brevity of wind in my stomacke & chest & lately w^th a mūmnes {sic} & tinckling in my hands. lips & sydes & face. this 15 of may. die ♂ h. 4. 45. p m. 1599.

RN Henry fish^r of Eastcot a serving mā to my lord Harrington 40 y febr 28 ♃ hor. 9. ant m 1605. crased in braine put out of service by his Mres for the love of a mayd.¹

he sent only to knowe when he should fynd me at home y^t he might come over vnto me./

RN R. N. quærit morbū et morbi causā. Aug. 17. die ♃ h 4 |5.| 50 hor. 5. 50 m.  colica et lapide et strang: 1598. et ilioꝝ dolorē cruciatū ex vento intruso a greeping of the guts

RN Andrew Knighte of Newport 36. for the winde cholicke this moneth. & stone red sand & changeth it into blood as big as a {fe}tch somewhat yellowe. forced to \purge/ fleme yellowe Chollour in great abundanc right syde of the reanes of his back & so rūneth to the bottome of his belly. vrine hot & cōplexion w^thout the fit. Novemb. 8. die ☿ h. 3. 2. 52. m. p m. 1598. extreeme payne in side & backe.

RN Iames Greenewood of water eaton Doct^r Sparkꝭ tennet {sic} 50 yeres old. complayneth of his of h an old dysease of his harte now well & lusty but not long sinc almost ded in it. troubled w^th a stitch on his right side & cometh over his hart ready to swounde. very cold w^th it. of a high colour. stuffed in his Chest y^t he can scarce tak his winde quærit Decēbr. 2. die ♄. h. 10. 15. mi. 1598. his hart trembleth muday {sic} last sick lame.

RN Will Young of Illing beyond S^t yeedes 58 y novēb. 9 ♂ h. 3. p m 1619.

an aguish thick red water. / sick the thursd before S^t Nich his day. a twelfemonth something smyt him on the chest le{illeg}|n|ing {sic} \leaning/ agaynst a tree by w^th mutch gryping in his belly a swelling in his body sometymes hot & sometymes cold w^th a nūmnes in his legs y^t he cānot goe for it. loose body. cānot eate nor drinke by fits.

is vp every day more or les.

Is so swelled in his body y^t he cā scarce get his cleathes togeath^r by fits his legs

RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 ♃ h. 6 p m. 1628

writeth for a gent mā

first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all y^t he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction

Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā y^t having taken an extreme cold & p^rsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost y^t he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of

cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled w^th any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick y^t he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman

RN Iohn Farre of Litle Brickhill 48 y Aug. 15|4| ☿ h. 9 ant m 1633.

swelled in his leg. & thigh in his left syde 3 weekes but was ill 7 weeks before & very mutch wasted in all his body w^th sweates & burning |no stomack all this while bellye wyndye| /litle cough\

RN Radolp: french. 46. s minister of Stock hamon. 9 of november. die ♃. h. 11. 45. 30. for his reume & his wife. arising frō his belly to his chest leeke led hard & hoven in his belly full of winde |1598|

an his wife an ach & gydines in her hed.

RN Goodman Honour of Newport for his wife who hath bene longe sick & is nowe very exceeding ill h {sic} as her husband telleth me. hanc male suspicant^r de veneficio

Elisabeth Buckingham. Otherwise Honour about 50. a great pulling in her left syde w^c maketh her to Crye/

shee is not able to styrre no meate will tary w^th her. shee goeth not onc in a sennet to ground very costive & mutch bounde. 27 of Decēb. die ☿ h. 8. 45. ant m. 1598. /complayneth of her hart chest left arme.\

RN Iohn Risely of Rawnson sent onc againe to me for my counsell his pain lieth now in his Cods {w^c} are swollen as big as ons hed & as hard as a borde he was wont to haue them swollen very big but then lasted but 5 houres & nowe swelled ever sinc weddensday he cannot eate sleepe or goe to ground. troubled w^th the wind Cholicke a paine in his backe st{illeg}ry Desirous to take a stro{illeg} but Doubteth he ca shall be able Decēb. filius  patre cū consensu. Decēb 30. die ♄. h. 10. \9. 45./ 1598 his water cold red & thi{ck}

RN Rich Vmny otherwise Carter. about 3 quart^rs of a yere sick & taketh his hart thenc ariseth to his chest ready to stop his winde. rattle in his throote w^th fleume & water & a great aking of his hart & the bones of his arme. cannot take his winde so stopped in his chest & stomack the 16 of March. die ♀. h. 7. 10. 1599.

RN Iohn Scriven of Hanslop. 46. a maried man had|th| a disease y^t holdeth him as an ague. & mutch Disquiteth him in his belly chest & head. very faynt & feeble & Did sweate mutch could not tary vp frō his bed a great griping in his belly Ap. 28 die ♄ h. 10. ant m. 1599.

RN Arthur Smithe of Woulverton. 36. payned in the bodye nowe & lims & knees. & hath a great hote stomack and mutch bounde. arms this 7 yeres & hath spent mutch monye. faynt & feeble. maij 1. die ♂ h. 9. {illeg}|3|0. ant m. 1599.

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

RN M^r \Edward/ Plūmer of Holcot 50 y. 40 y feb 12 h {sic} hor 3. \20/ p m 1620

about cristmas face & hands mutch swelled as big as two stomack weake cā scarc keepe any thing. I {se}aled blood onc sinc y^t mutch payned in his head & mēbers at the end of making water it prickes & throbs w^th extreme payne

feareth an vlcer for it is as matter y^t cōmeth frō him & maketh it often. 4 tymes in an houre it hindereth slepe.

RW Ioane Parkinson of Pirton in Hartfordsheire. y. 20. d. ♂. h: 3. 30. p: m: Maij. 1^o. 1627. moopish this tweluemoneth, distracted of her witts: fell ill first vpon a beatinge by her dame: no sence or vnderstandinge at all, nor a word frō her can be gotten vnlesse they anger her, & then she bids a rat on them they trouble her. hath them well. eateth vnreasonably m^r Hamond wrote for her in her behalfe a lustie wench

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 Mathewe Windmill 30 yeres of age sick this two yeres in liver & milt & hart well by day working but ill always every night lieth hevy hevy {sic} in his chest y^t he cannot sleepe nor tak his rest agaynst weath^r and when he eateth flesh & porrage it heaveth vp his chest. vp from his chest to his harte. it lieth in his the pit of his stomack as if his hart & milte were broken as he him selfe thincketh it payneth him intolerable very cold never better thē when he is working cōplyneth most of chest & harte Novemb. 12 die ☉ at h. 7. 50. mi. 1598. at the first cōming he had a flushing in his hed w^t a gydines but never since

RN Richard Foster of Dunsainger 48 yeres. Ian. 8 die ♂ h 11. ant m. 1600. it rūneth leeke a bloode vp into his ioyntꝭ into his armes & belly w^th a pricking & into his head & then his eyes runne & in the raines of his backe & out of his yarde matter white rūneth. the rūning of the reanes.