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Medicine, religion, and magic in early Stuart England : Richard Napier's medical practice
\"Explores the work of the astrologer-physician and Anglican rector Richard Napier (1559-1634). Examines Napier's medical and magical practices in their larger context and shows how the physician incorporated both astral and ritual magic into his medicine\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Medicine, Religion, and Magic in Early Stuart England
The astrologer-physician Richard Napier (1559-1634) was not only a man of practical science and medicine but also a master of occult arts and a devout parish rector who purportedly held conversations with angels. This new interpretation of Napier reveals him to be a coherent and methodical man whose burning desire for certain, true knowledge contributed to the contemporary venture of putting existing knowledge to useful ends. Originally trained in theology and ordained as an Anglican priest, Napier later studied astrological medicine and combined astrology, religious thought, and image and ritual magic in his medical work. Ofer Hadass draws on a remarkable archive of Napier's medical cases and religious writings—including the interviews he claimed to have held with angels—to show how Napier's seemingly inconsistent approaches were rooted in an inclusive and coherent worldview, combining equal respect for ancient authority and for experientially derived knowledge. Napier's endeavors exemplify the fruitful relationship between religion and science that offered a well-founded alternative to the rising mechanistic explanation of nature at the time. Carefully researched and compellingly told, Medicine, Religion, and Magic in Early Stuart England is an insightful exploration of one of the most fascinating figures at the intersection of medicine, magic, and theology in early modern England and of the healing methods employed by physicians of the era.
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Medicine, Religion, and Magic in Early Stuart England
The astrologer-physician Richard Napier (1559-1634) was not only
a man of practical science and medicine but also a master of occult
arts and a devout parish rector who purportedly held conversations
with angels. This new interpretation of Napier reveals him to be a
coherent and methodical man whose burning desire for certain, true
knowledge contributed to the contemporary venture of putting
existing knowledge to useful ends.
Originally trained in theology and ordained as an Anglican
priest, Napier later studied astrological medicine and combined
astrology, religious thought, and image and ritual magic in his
medical work. Ofer Hadass draws on a remarkable archive of Napier's
medical cases and religious writings-including the interviews he
claimed to have held with angels-to show how Napier's seemingly
inconsistent approaches were rooted in an inclusive and coherent
worldview, combining equal respect for ancient authority and for
experientially derived knowledge. Napier's endeavors exemplify the
fruitful relationship between religion and science that offered a
well-founded alternative to the rising mechanistic explanation of
nature at the time.
Carefully researched and compellingly told, Medicine,
Religion, and Magic in Early Stuart England is an insightful
exploration of one of the most fascinating figures at the
intersection of medicine, magic, and theology in early modern
England and of the healing methods employed by physicians of the
era.
eBook
Prayer and Physic in Seventeenth-Century England
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Historians have often represented prayer as an instrumental response to illness. We argue instead that prayer, together with physic, was part of larger regimes to preserve health and prevent disease. We focus on early modern England, through the philosophical writings of the physician, Robert Fludd, and the medical records of the clergyman, Richard Napier. Fludd depicted health as a fortress and illness as an invasion by demons; the physician counsels the patient in maintaining and restoring moral and bodily order. Napier documented actual uses of prayer. As in Fludd's trope, through prayer, Napier and his patients enacted their aspiration for health and their commitment to a Christian order in which medicine only worked if God so willed it. Prayer, like physic, was a key part of a regime that the wise practitioner aimed to provide for his patients, and that they expected to receive from him.
Journal Article
Casebooks in Early Modern England
Casebooks are the richest sources that we have for encounters between early modern medical practitioners and their patients. This article compares astrological and medical records across two centuries, focused on England, and charts developments in the ways in which practitioners kept records and reflected on their practices. Astrologers had a long history of working from particular moments, stellar configurations, and events to general rules. These practices required systematic notation. Physicians increasingly modeled themselves on Hippocrates, recording details of cases as the basis for reasoned expositions of the histories of disease. Medical records, as other scholars have demonstrated, shaped the production of medical knowledge. Instead, this article focuses on the nature of casebooks as artifacts of the medical encounter. It establishes that casebooks were serial records of practice, akin to diaries, testimonials, and registers; identifies extant English casebooks and the practices that led to their production and preservation; and concludes that the processes of writing, ordering, and preserving medical records are as important for understanding the medical encounter as the records themselves.
Journal Article
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice. Citation: \"83 FR 31771\" Document Number: \"NPS-WASO-NRNHL-DTS#-25876; PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000\" Page Number: \"31771\" \"Notices\" SUMMARY: The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the significance of properties nominated before June 23, 2018, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Nationwide launches loyalty mortgage scheme
Loyal Nationwide customers will be offered the lowest-priced mortgages on the high street, divisional director of mortgages Richard Napier has announced. The mutual's new Loyalty Rate Mortgages initiative will compare rates for existing residential mortgage customers looking for a new deal against the remortgage rates of the top six high street competitors - NatWest/RBS, Halifax, Santander, HSBC, Barclays/Woolwich and Lloyds.
Trade Publication Article