Casebooks

RN Iane Witmell of 7 y for a burning ague./ & a hard bellye.

RN Goody Blea for her litle child of 2 y. Ap. 11 die ♄ hor. 11. 45. ant m 160i swelled in y^e feete & face.

RN my ladyes Daught^r cōplyneth of a sorenes in her bellye. & is somewhat harde.

RN my lady Kniveton for her \eldest/ sonne M^r Androw Aug 30 ♀ h. 4. 30 p m 1622 |full of spots & knobs a hoarsnes|

SRN Goody Godfrey of Stony strattf{ord} for her Broers Child. 3. y eodē tempore.

belly swelled & hard, no stomack to its meate

RN my lady fortiscue sent for me to come to her wench {sic} \Daughter/ who was mightely hoven in her belly face stomacke wat^r good francis fortiscue 9 y decēb 28 ♄ |27 ♀| 1605.

they sent her wat^r in the morning h 8 30. ant m 1605.

RN my Neece & lady Earsfild for her daughter 3 y March. 10 h {sic} hor 7 ant m 1632

\grpes {sic} in the pit of her stomacke belly & sydes/ a very hard belly worms suspected¹

Alooes mxed {sic} w^th rub did her no good

nor a bag {illeg}|o|f wormewood steeped in vineg w^th nutmeg applyed nor my oyntment of Savyn & wormewood

What I think of it & what may doe her good

RN Elisab Dudley of Mutch Brickoll 35. her {owne} broth^rs daught^r Agnys linge 7 y. troubled w^th a swelling vnd^r their left syde & very sore troubled w^th y^e wind cholick ever sinc \weddensd before/ East^r when they boath sickned Ap. 3|2|5. h. 12. po ant m. 1600.

RN On of Newp

Goody potter for her meade servāt m of 16 y yo {sic} ma\r/ch 25 ♂ h. 7 \25/ ant m 1606.

a swelling on her |left| cheeke like the quenes evyll this 2 yeres.

Also her daught^r of 4 y mach {sic} 25 ♂ h 7 \25/ ant m 1606.

vomiteth vp clūpers of blood & cleere blood & reatcheth mutch somtymes blood y^t is very blacke

RN Mary Harvey of Olny a young widow 24|6| y may 12 h. 2. 15 p m 162i

for her legs swelled red eys dym & her litle child w^th hot red eyes

child sent

RN Mary Ashburnour a yere old of Olny Ap 14. troubled w^th swelling over all her body leg left leg. hard |a hard thing in her left syde.|

Agnys Ashburnour of Olny. 40 y.

RN The lady Butler touching her child y^t is well amended of his fits ye{d}|t| weake & not able to goe feets & legs swell still & cānot sleepe a weeke togeath^r till after a eleaven in y^e morning |marh {sic} 13 h {sic} h 12 30 p m 1624| sent for her neighb vrsula Clarke 50 y March 13 h {sic} hor. 12. 30 p m 1624

GJ Elsabeth Hayes of Turvy 43 y Octob. 18 ♂ ho. 9. 50 a m. 1603. |wind in the stomacke.| A dry Cough An Itche and as it were a dry scurfe. Hath a Childe of 2 yeere old sucking on her, the childe very poore & will take nothing but the brest can neither go nor speake: borne the saturday fortnight after midsomer 1601 betwene 8 & 9 at night quiet in the day but very vnquiett all night. very cold, swelled in the body of late. the mother nunquā habuit menstrua since she had this child.