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Solve et Coagula / An Introduction
« on: April 22, 2018, 05:28:15 PM »
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Deep within the coils of Eileadora's stony bowels is an iron door recessed into the old masonry around it. Easily mistaken for a long forgotten dungeon or some obscure storage-place, a keener eye might spy the gleaming details that speak to the contrary: there's no rust and little wear, and there are words written in new brass letters on a bolted metal plate over the lintel.

A square slot screeches open where a peephole might have been. There is no glass and no eye on the other side, but instead two rows of straight and dingy teeth set into pale gums that seem, impossibly, stretched behind and into the metal around them.

"Good evening, VISITOR NUMBER #49," a perfectly cordial man's voice thrums from the mouth in the door, which appears to be equipped as well with a grayish tongue and a sickly-purple throat behind its surreal grimace. "Welcome to SOLVE ET COAGULA. My name is JANUS. In order to obtain entry, please look me STRAIGHT IN THE EYE."

There's an eye, alright, at the top of the door, just as worryingly fleshy as the mouth; damp and jaundiced with a pointed stare and a contracting pupil. Its gaze lingers for an awfully long time before it rolls up into its lids and disappears once more against the shadows on the iron around it.

"Thank you for your cooperation," clacks the mouth.

The slot slides shut again, almost loud enough to hide the sound of seven rapid-fire clicks before the door glides open on its hinges. Behind it is a modest interior lit by dimmed sunrods, its drab decorating and clinical presentation rather at odds with what sounds like muffled sobs coming from somewhere below.




WHAT IS THIS? WHERE AM I?

Either you've been invited here, or you've stumbled upon it--or maybe you were dragged here the last time you got drunk and lost.
This is the office of one Herr Doktor Antonius, as well as his more general place of "business."




Excuse me--business.




What exactly that entails will vary significantly between clients and associates, but by all outward appearances, Solve et Coagula seems to be an eccentric private medical practice and alchemical dispensary.

Well, some outward appearances. After all, the door appears to be filled with talking meat. Perhaps it is best to leave it at that...?




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Infirmary / Re: Exceptional Cases
« on: September 28, 2017, 08:20:56 AM »
Here is a dossier of documents penned somewhere in the depths of a laboratory, to which the author has attached a label:

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ITEM 1: "MISTY WINTERS"


Spoiler: PERUSE CONTENTS. (click to show/hide)

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Infirmary / Exceptional Cases
« on: September 28, 2017, 07:09:13 AM »
Locked away with the infirmary patient log is a companion--a leather portfolio labeled 'EXCEPTIONAL CASES.'

The records within detail instances of chronic, contagious, or otherwise remarkable maladies observed in infirmary invalids, and are available for the staff's perusal, modification, and expansion.

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In order for a case to qualify as exceptional, it must:

a) be related to a malady or illness that is persistent in some way, either as a contagion or a chronic condition,
b) have no immediate remedy, and
c) require unusual means to identify and/or resolve.

Strange and persistent diseases, plagues, blood-'curses', and even particularly resilient or dangerous instances of identifiable conditions all fall under the definition of exceptional.

The purpose of this compendium is to consolidate any cases that require research or trial and error to solve; in-and-out visits for odd problems and long recoveries for mundane afflictions are both already documented in the patient log.

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Records may follow any format so long as they contain some basic information:

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  • Identifications for the individual(s) in whom the malady was observed;
  • a description of the malady, including observed signs and symptoms which indicate an anomalous nature;
  • treatments attempted (if any);
  • tests done (if any);
  • recommendations for care or further research;
  • working or proposed solutions (if any).

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Infirmary / Re: Patient Log
« on: September 20, 2017, 12:06:01 AM »
Treating Healer: DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS
Patient Name: DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS

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Patient Ailment:
TORN FOREARM (BITE, HUMAN)

Treatment Issued:
DISINFECTED AND BOUND.

[Antonius has omitted his usual 'further recommendations' field. I mean, of course.]

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Payment:
QUITE.
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DOKTOR'S NOTES:
CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE MEASURES IN CASE OF FUTURE INCIDENTS.

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Infirmary / Re: In Case of Emergency
« on: June 19, 2017, 12:46:14 AM »
Should your character have an emergency at a late hour, Herr Antonius regularly takes the evening and night shift to ensure that someone's in the infirmary even when Ania is asleep.

If you would like to encounter him, you can contact me in the following ways, either for an OOC settlement or to arrange a scene:

Whisper ALCHEMIST on Furcadia, or
look for HERR ANTONIUS in the Eileadora Discord. (Feel free to tag or DM me for my attention.)

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Infirmary / Re: Patient Log
« on: June 18, 2017, 07:17:36 PM »
Treating Healer: DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS
Patient Name: "THEU"
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Patient Ailment:
MODERATE HEAD TRAUMA; FRACTURED SKULL.
SUPERFICIAL SCRAPES AND BRUISES.
A FRACTURED RIB (MINOR.)

Treatment Issued:
FOLLOWING BASIC FIRST AID, THE PATIENT WAS TESTED TO ASSESS FUNCTION OF THE BRAIN. NO APPARENT ANOMALIES WERE DISCOVERED AT THE TIME.
THE PATIENT HAS BEEN ADMITTED FOR EXTENDED BEDREST, AND GIVEN AQUA VITAE TO DIM HIS PAIN.

Further Recommendations:
REFRAIN FROM STRENUOUS ACTIVITY FOR 3-4 WEEKS TO ALLOW FOR HEALING OF THE FRACTURES. UNTIL SUCH A TIME AS THE RIB IS FULLY HEALED, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE PATIENT EXERTS THE LUNGS AT LEAST ONCE AN HOUR (COUGH, DEEP BREATHS) IN ORDER TO AVOID COMPLICATIONS.

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Payment:
7 GOLD, UNPAID.
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DOKTOR'S NOTES:
THEU WILL BE DETAINED FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS. HIS ABILITY TO PROCESS BASIC CEREBRAL FUNCTIONS MUST BE RE-ASSESSED ONCE EVERY THREE HOURS DURING THAT TIME. IF HE IS SLEEPING, WAKE HIM. IN THE EVENT OF COMPLICATION, PROCEED IMMEDIATELY TO TREATMENT FOR SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA.

THE PATIENT WILL REQUIRE REGULAR PAIN MANAGEMENT UNTIL SUCH A TIME AS HE IS DISCHARGED.

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Infirmary / Re: Patient Log
« on: June 14, 2017, 11:43:07 PM »
Treating Healer: DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS
Patient Name: JASPER (Jaspur)
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Patient Ailment:
EXCESSIVE BLOODLOSS THROUGH THE NOSE, EARS AND MOUTH; NO WOUNDS OR APPARENT TRAUMA.
MINOR INTERNAL BLEEDING.

Treatment Issued:
SANGUINE DRAUGHT ADMINISTERED TO RECOVER LOST BLOOD.
INTERNAL BLEEDING HAS BEEN JUDGED MINOR AND LIKELY TO HEAL ON ITS OWN. THE PATIENT HAS NOT BEEN OPERATED UPON.
PATIENT HAS BEEN ADMITTED FOR EXTENDED BEDREST.

Further Recommendations:
REFRAIN FROM STRENUOUS ACTIVITY, INCLUDING SHAPE-SHIFTING MAGIC, UNTIL A FULL RECOVERY IS MADE.

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Payment:
7 GOLD, PAID.
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DOKTOR'S NOTES:
CAUSE OF CONDITION IDENTIFIED BY THE PATIENT AS "A BAD SHIFT."

PATIENT MAY BE RELEASED AS SOON AS HE FEELS WHOLLY RECOVERED. ASSESS HIM FOR ANY IRREGULARITIES OF THE PULSE BEFORE DISCHARGE.

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Infirmary / Re: Patient Log
« on: June 11, 2017, 08:54:16 PM »
Treating Healer: DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS
Patient Name: "SQUALL"
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Patient Ailment:
WOUNDED--MODERATE AND MAJOR LACERATIONS AND TEARS ON THE LIMBS AND SHOULDERS.
RIGHT FOREARM SIGNIFICANTLY TRAUMATIZED, RADIAL ARTERY PUNCTURED.
ENVENOMED AT THE TIME OF ARRIVAL.

Treatment Issued:
ANTIVENOM ADMINISTERED.
SUFFERING ARTERY LIGATED.
WOUNDS CLEANED, STITCHED, SALVED AND BOUND.

Further Recommendations:
MAINTAIN PROPER HYDRATION AND NUTRITIONAL INTAKE FOR THE FULL RECOVERY OF LOST BLOOD.
REFRAIN FROM STRENUOUS ACTIVITY FOR A MINIMUM OF SEVEN DAYS.

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Payment:
7 GOLD, UNPAID.
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DOKTOR'S NOTES:
CONFINE PATIENT FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO TO THREE DAYS BEFORE DISCHARGE; OBSERVE FOR SIGNS OF DAMAGE DUE TO SUFFOCATION.
ASSIGN PRIORITY CARE TO THE TREATMENT OF THE MAULED LIMB.


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Treating Healer: DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS
Patient Name: TRINNEAN
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Patient Ailment:
SEVERE BLOODLOSS.
MISSING FLESH AND MAJOR MUSCULAR DAMAGE TO TRAPEZIUS.
SIGNIFICANT AVULSION AND CRUSHING INJURIES SUSTAINED TO LEFT HAND.

Treatment Issued:
FLEISCHWEBER ADMINISTERED: MISSING FLESH AND BLOOD REGROWN WITHOUT COMPLICATION.
ADMITTED FOR OBSERVATION AND BEDREST.

Further Recommendations:
MAINTAIN PROPER HYDRATION AND NUTRITIONAL INTAKE FOR THE FULL RECOVERY OF LOST BLOOD AND THE PROPER INTEGRATION OF REGROWN TISSUE.
REFRAIN FROM STRENUOUS ACTIVITY FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO WEEKS.

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Payment:
28 GOLD, UNPAID.
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DOKTOR'S NOTES:
TRINNAN MUST BE MONITORED CLOSELY TO ENSURE THAT NO ADVERSE REACTIONS OCCUR. IN THE EVENT OF DEFORMATION OF THE NEW TISSUE, FURTHER DISCOLORATION, HIGH FEVER, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED BLOOD PRESSURE, OR COMPLAINTS OF SEVERE VERTIGO, CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY.
DISCHARGE MAY BE PERMITTED AFTER THREE DAYS IF NO COMPLICATIONS ARISE IN THAT TIME.
PATIENT WILL REQUIRE PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR THE FULL RESTORATION OF FUNCTION TO FINGERS.


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Treating Healer: DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS
Patient Name: HASHENN
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Patient Ailment:
UNCONSCIOUSNESS.
MISSING LEFT THUMB.

Treatment Issued:
THUMB SURGICALLY REATTACHED.
PATIENT ADMITTED TO A COT TO RECOVER.

Further Recommendations:
PATIENT APPEARS TO BE SUFFERING STILL FROM PRIOR BLOODLOSS, AND MUST BE TREATED APPROPRIATELY, OR RISK A THIRD RETURN TO THE INFIRMARY.

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Payment:
2 GOLD, UNPAID.
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DOKTOR'S NOTES:
HASHENN HAS DIM AND ERRATIC VITAL SIGNS. I SUGGEST EXTENDED BEDREST UNTIL A FULL RECOVERY IS MADE; HOWEVER, I WILL DEFER TO A COLLEAGUE WHO IS MORE FAMILIAR WITH HIS STRANGE BIOLOGY ON THE MATTER OF HIS CARE.


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Infirmary / Re: Patient Log
« on: May 31, 2017, 04:26:46 PM »
Treating Healer: DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS
Patient Name: JAYCE ITHIL
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Patient Ailment:
ELECTIVE SURGERY.

Treatment Issued:
VASOVASOCTOMY.

Further Recommendations:
[Herr Antonius has included a copy of an extensive set of instructions for post-surgical care and follow-up which has been omitted here for decency.]

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Payment:
5 GOLD
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DOKTOR'S NOTES:
PATIENT HAS BEEN ORDERED TO RETURN TO THE INFIRMARY IN TWO WEEKS FOR AN ASSESSMENT.

*Ania note - Payment of 6 gold given to Ania, passed on to the Doktor.

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Infirmary / Re: Patient Log
« on: May 31, 2017, 04:09:43 PM »
Treating Healer: DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS
Patient Name: RILEY KELLER
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Patient Ailment:
NIGHTMARES.

Treatment Issued:
TINCTURE OF VALERIAN FOR NIGHTLY CONSUMPTION.

[Antonius has omitted his usual 'further recommendations' field.]

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Payment:
3 SILVER
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DOKTOR'S NOTES:
LAUDANUM INITIALLY RECOMMENDED; PATIENT DECLINED.

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Infirmary / Re: Patient Log
« on: May 18, 2017, 10:18:22 PM »
Treating Healer: DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS
Patient Name: TRINNEAN
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Patient Ailment:
RETURN VISIT FOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED DAMAGE (SECOND-DEGREE BURN, DORSAL, INFECTED.)

Treatment Issued:
WOUND CLEANED AND RE-SALVED.

Further Recommendations:
NO CHANGE FROM PRIOR PRESCRIPTION.

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Payment:
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DOKTOR'S NOTES:
PATIENT HAS BEEN ORDERED TO RETURN IN TWO WEEKS FOR ANOTHER ASSESSMENT.

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Infirmary / Re: Patient Log
« on: May 14, 2017, 10:54:56 AM »
Treating Healer: DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS
Patient Name: TRINNEAN
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Patient Ailment:
SECOND DEGREE BURN SUSTAINED FROM MAGICAL SOURCE: BACK, INFECTED.
MUNDANE DAMAGE.

Treatment Issued:
WOUND IRRIGATED AND DEBRIDED.
ANTISEPTIC SALVE APPLIED.

Further Recommendations:
HYDRATE.
REFRAIN FROM UNNECESSARY EXERTION.
THE INFECTION MUST BE ALLOWED TO DRAIN.

PATIENT HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO RE-APPLY SALVE TWICE A DAY.


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Payment:
5 GOLD, ACCOUNTED FOR.
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DOKTOR'S NOTES:
TRINNEAN HAS BEEN ORDERED TO RETURN TO THE INFIRMARY SO THAT THE STATUS OF INFECTION AND THE REGULARITY OF TREATMENT MAY BE ASSESSED.

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Infirmary / Re: Patient Log
« on: May 14, 2017, 10:36:14 AM »
Treating Healer: DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS
Patient Name: LADY IDANI
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Patient Ailment:
OVERDOSE (OPIUM, COCAINE)
MINOR BRUISING AND ABRASION SUSTAINED TO THE SCALP.

Treatment Issued:
NEUTRALIZING AGENT ADMINISTERED.
FLUIDS ADMINISTERED.
WOUND CLEANED.

[Antonius has omitted his usual 'further recommendations' field.]

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Payment:
5 GOLD, ACCOUNTED FOR.
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DOKTOR'S NOTES:

OVERNIGHT STAY ON THE DAY OF ADMISSION.

THE LADY IDANI HAS REQUESTED IMMEDIATE DISCHARGE, AND WILL BE OBLIGED.

STANDARD RECOVERY PROCEDURES WILL BE OVERSEEN DOMESTICALLY.

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Infirmary / Re: Patient Log
« on: April 06, 2017, 06:37:32 PM »
Treating Healer: DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS
Patient Name: KIKAI
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Patient Ailment:
THORACIC CAVITY PUNCTURED BY BARBED ARROWS, COLLAPSED RIGHT LUNG WITH SUCKING WOUNDS; TWO ENTRY WOUNDS IN THE CHEST, TWO EXIT WOUNDS ON THE BACK.
OXYGEN DEPRIVATION.
SEVERE BLEEDING CAUSED BY REMOVED ARROWS AND ANTICOAGULANT.
TRANSFIGURING BIOLOGY--SOMETHING APPROXIMATING BOTANICAL.

Treatment Issued:
DUE TO THE PATIENT'S CRITICAL CONDITION, UNUSUAL MEASURES WERE TAKEN TO SAVE HER LIFE.

BLOODBLOCK (1 GP) GREATER WOUNDSMEND (1 GP) AND THE SANGUINE DRAUGHT (5 GP)

CONTROLLED INCISIONS ARE PRESENT WHERE THE WOUNDS WERE. THESE HAVE BEEN CLEANED, SALVED AND BOUND AND MUST BE TREATED LIKE NORMAL INJURIES.

Further Recommendations:
THE PATIENT ONLY BARELY RECOVERED FROM A VERY CRITICAL CONDITION. STRENUOUS ACTIVITY IS ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN.
MONITOR PATIENT FOR ABNORMALITIES IN BREATH AND PULSE.
ENGAGE REGULARLY IN SIMPLE SOCIAL CONTACT TO ASCERTAIN AWARENESS AND ANY PRESENCE OF BRAIN DAMAGE DUE TO ASPHYXIATION.
CHECK AND CLEAN INCISIONS OFTEN.
UNAUTHORIZED ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE THE PATIENT FROM INFIRMARY CARE UNTIL FORMALLY DISCHARGED SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE GUARD.


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Payment:
10 GOLD, UNPAID.
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DOKTOR'S NOTES:
PATIENT MAY BE HOSTILE TO HANDLING. SEDATIVES MAY BE ADMINISTERED, SPARINGLY: PRIORITIZE THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND DISCERNMENT OF MENTAL AND SOCIAL CAPABILITIES WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

PATIENT ATTUNED TO AN 'ELEMENT' THAT SEEMS TO BE BOTANICAL IN NATURE AND APPEARS AT TIMES OF CRITICAL INJURY. THIS MAY HAVE SAVED HER LIFE, BUT IS ULTIMATELY DETRIMENTAL AND AN INSUFFICIENT REPLACEMENT FOR PROPER MEDICAL ATTENDANCE. IF ENCOUNTERED AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, DO NOT ALLOW IT TO ADVANCE.

MADAME KIKAI'S EFFECTS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE STORAGE ROOM.

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Infirmary / Re: Patient Log
« on: April 01, 2017, 11:47:20 PM »
Treating Healer: DORAX
Patient Name: SEVANT
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Patient Ailment:
ASSESSMENT UNCERTAIN. FULL-BODY BRUISING, INTERNAL TRAUMA.
AN ORNERY ATTITUDE.

Treatment Issued:
MAGICAL HEALING ADMINISTERED BY DORAX.
AN UPSIDE DOWN FLOWER POT, ALSO ADMINISTERED BY DORAX.

Further Recommendations:
REFRAIN FROM STRENUOUS ACTIVITY UNTIL BRUISING HAS SUBSIDED.

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Payment:
7 SILVER AND TWO SACKS OF POTATOES, TO BE PAID BY RILEY KELLER.
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NOTES:
KEEP THE PATIENT RESTRAINED AND SEDATED.
LIBERAL USE OF FLOWER POT TO REDUCE SCREAMING RECOMMENDED.

Records updated by Ania - Payment made by Riley Keller.

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