Reference code
DWL/RB/iv.123
Level of description
item
Title
Case of conscience regarding a woman who caught gonorrhea from her husband
Date
undated
Extent and Medium
Extent:f 405, 205 x 160 mm.
Scope and content
Anonymous case of conscience, concerning a woman who had come from the Plantations to be cured of a disease acquired of her husband. The consultation was to be at ‘Mr Case’s’. Quarto.
'Sir I must entreate you for a speciall friend to be one of the 3 or 4 that shall meet at Mr Cases for the resolving of this case of conscience (secretly). A pious woman in the plantations hath a sensuall husband, and Adulterer, but lamenteth it an loveth his wife; she catcheth the Gonorrhæa Virulenta of him: She cometh over into England to be cured and is cured:’ f 405v: ‘For Mr Silvester’
Finding aids
Argent / Black iv.123; Thomas p.28
Publication note
For Thomas Case (bap 1598-d1682) see Corr 50, 1011, ODNB, ODCC and CR.
Personal name