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CASE73266: Interrogation (Treatment) concerning Sir Kenelm Digby [Mr Kenelm Digby] (PERSON22921)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 28 October 1631 between 09:30 and 11:00

RN Sr Kenelme Digbie \being wth me/ had of me 2 glasses of the pul philosoph ♄ & on glas cū liquore ♄ sufused on the pulvis octob 28 ♀ h 9 30 ant m 163i |for vertigo & cōfort thīgs for ye breane|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 258 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)Sir Kenelm Digby [Mr Kenelm Digby] (PERSON22921)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Vertigo)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Brain )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment

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CASE20219: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Question asked by the patient on 10 January 1602 no earlier than 10:00

RN R N cerebro male se habebat Ian 10 ☉ hor 10 intr legendū in publico cætu deo favente quærit causa. 1602.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 262r (upper right part of page)

Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Brain (passions)Uncategorised)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Brain )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Astrological Chart

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?expand=volume-name;f3-practitioner-is-querent=Yes;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3ABrain, accessed 11 December 2024.

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