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CASE63934: Prescription for an Anonymous (PERSON40460)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 26 May 1627 at 15:00

RN D Hunton purge for her melanch. may 26. {illeg}|h| {sic} hor. 2|3| p m 1627

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 104r (upper left part of page)

Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)Anonymous (PERSON40460)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy )

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

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CASE57293: Interrogation (Treatment) concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39756)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 17 October 1623 between 16:00 and 17:39

RN a mayden of Kempson 20 y melanch had a Sig of ♃ h. 4. p m 1623

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 7r (upper right part of page)

Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)Anonymous (PERSON39756)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy )

Personal affairs>Astrology/Alchemy (Sigils)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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?f19-time-of-day=PM;f20-practitioner-is-querent=Yes;f21-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy, accessed 13 February 2025.

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