Casebooks

RW Dorothy the mayd of the house. d. ♄. h: 6. 30. ant: m: Sept: 24. 1625. tympanite

RN Mres Leate sent her {sic} \a letter in the behalfe of her/ daughter Iane who hath for this twelfemonthe bene troubled w^th a swelling about her gr{y}|o|yne sometys appearing & sometyms not but gone first white & 2 months since burning red & hard almost as big as an egge

she layd to it a litle wax & butter & now & then a poultis of milke & a weddensday last was senet it broke about the 12 of Ap desyrous to have my counsell the 20^th of Apr h. 5. 30 pm 1620 It is broken & did run & voyd filthy \yellow/ stuffe

RW Vrsula East of Gransden by Cambridge. y: 22. d. ☿. h. 3. 25|0|. p: m. Sept: 14. 1625. hath them well; belly swelled verie big.

RW Goodwife Coxe of stachden. y. 34. d. ♄. h. 2 30. p m: Sept: 24. 1625. her face swelled, & is risen with a tetter

RN Iohn Wylliamson of Steavington 10 y & a halfe Iue {sic} 12 ☾ h. 9 ant m 1620 a month lame & mutch payned & his ankle a litle swelled

RN a womā of Clyfton for a great Belly a tympany 60 y may 10 ♃ h. 3. 30 p m 162i

RN my Lord Purbocks leg swelled & was very paynfull at y^t he could r|t|ake no rest for it Octob. 25. ♀ h. 9. p m 1622

RN a kind letter frō the Countesse y^t she had a cold & a hard iourney Ian {sic} her face not yet come to his first portion & her ankle swelled & willing not to take any more physick as yet but to heare of her sone Ian 21. ♂ h. 9. 30 ant m 1623.

ankle red & swelled

RW Rich: Wells of Woodhill y. 3. d. ♃ h: 1. p: m: Feb: 24. 1620. much payned in the belly, loose bodyed. belly swelleth sometimes: & sometimes in the fit the \priuie/ members are drawne vp into the bodie.

RW Iohn Peckauer of Brackley. y. 38. d. ♄ h: 10. {illeg}|4|0. ant: m: Feb: 26. 1620.

swelleth in her face chest & legs for a moneth. sicke euer since Christmasse

RW M^ris Margaret Sandford of the forrest y. 6 75. ant: m: Feb. 28. 1620. stomacke swelleth: voydeth water & flegme manie times out of her mouth: payned in her righte arme

RW Lydda Carter of Cheshā y. 19. d. ♄ h. 9. 45. ant: m: Martij. 18. 1620. a great swellinge in her breast & in her throate. very extreame ill & keepeth her bed & hath done so a weeke.

RN Thomas Beestone of Bletsoe 34 y march 29 ☿ h. 3. 30 p m 1620

Th. Beeston quærit vtrū venif sit passus mach {sic} 29 ☿ h. 4. p m 1620 /had an ague & it fell downe into his kne sorely swelled y^t he cānot goe vppon it\

RN Th. Deniell of Whaddon 23. y may. 9 ☿ h. 7 38 ant m 162i

nev^r had vomyt nor purg y^t wouldworke very short wȳnded wheeseth mightely heaven a dropsy cānot make water.

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.

RW Martha {Binion} of wooulson. y. 22. d. ☾ h. 9. 40 ant: m: Ian: 15. 1621. shortwinded: legs swelled yet not broken. payned sometimes in her backe & belly. hath them not sinc harvest.

RW Anne Warr of stony stratford y. 46. d. ♂ h: 9. ant: m: Feb. 29 1620. a weake pale water. & windie: a weake stomacke: swelled in her face & head: if shee sitteth vp her feete swell also: desireth to drinke eateth nothinge but broth: & {illeg}|v|seth to sucke her water lettinge none of the substance to goe downe. troubled also with the whites too much: Gonorrhea. hath them too much

RW Clement Rulie d. ♀. h: 9. 25. p: mer: Feb: 1. 1622. taken suddenly w^th a riseing in \her/ stomacke w^ch is readie to stop her winde: her hands cold; highe coloured in her face & swetteth: hath a heate in her bodie