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CASE70540: Horary consultation concerning Dr Pilkington (PERSON56793)

Question asked by the patient on 20 April 1630 at 19:00

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Richard Napier Th D Pilkington sent me a peece Ap 20 h. 7. p m 1630

hath taken his purge & nowe begyneth to take his dyete drink purging

a pint in the morning & halfe a pint {illeg}|a|t 3 in the after noone

but he loathed the quantity of a pint. desyreth {to} take lesser Draughts & craveth my letter to satisfye him

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 194, p. 272 (bottom part of page)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘CASE70540’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE70540, accessed 19 May 2025.