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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

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?sort=sort-date;f2-practitioner-is-querent=Yes;f3-language=English;f5-document-type=Case;f6-language=Latin;f7-treatment=Yes;f8-deleted=No;f9-patient-consent=Not%20specified;f10-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3ABrain, accessed 20 May 2024.

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