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CASE50624: Prescription for Mrs Elizabeth Dutton [Bird] (PERSON9759)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 22 April 1601 at 05:30

RN for Elis Burd of haversha for gr sick. Ap 22 die ☿ hor. 5. 30 ant m. 1601

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 404, f. 84v (bottom right part of page)

Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)Mrs Elizabeth Dutton [Bird] (PERSON9759)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Green sickness)

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

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CASE50596: Interrogation (Treatment) concerning Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Question asked by the patient on 4 December 1600 at 08:00

RN Rich. Sandy calculo et ardore renū accepit Decēb. 4 die ♃ hor. 8 ant m. 1600

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 206r (bottom right part of page)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Kidneys)

Medical >Illnesses (named) >Stone and strangury (Stone)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Burning)

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

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?f26-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f27-recipe=Yes;f28-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20asked%20in%20person, accessed 21 February 2025.

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