Incision If it can not be remedied thereby it is necessarie to cut the skyn vnto the place from whence the bloode issueth And though thys way be harde neuerthelesse Galene sayth yf there be but one way to helth be it neuer so harde we muste vse it After incision you must laye some conuenient medicine vpon the veyne And yf thys fluxe of blood be caused by some putrefaction you shal not applye thynges incarnatyue but ye shal mundifye the rotten place wyth vnguentum egyptiacum or with fyre or wyth our poudre of mercurie And yf you wyll haue a stronge mundificatiue you maye vse a trociske of miniuÌ„ in a litle quantitie But yf thys abundauÌ„ce of blood came not by putrefaction but by remouyng of the eschare bycause the place coulde not be well bounde thaÌ„ thynges incarnatyue ben verie profitable as thys ordinaunce that foloweth whych is good for the fluxe of bloode comynge of incision of veynes R. of alloes he patyke An incâ—â—atiue of frankencense of sarcocolle ana Ê’ ii of terra sigillata of bole armenye of lytarge both of gold and syluer anÌ„ ℈ ii of myrre ℈ i. of hares heares cutte as small as can be Ê’ i. ss of mylduste of floure of beanes barley and lentyles anÌ„ Ê’ i. mengle them together springle them vpon the pustles Also beate the whyte of an egge apply a good quantitie therof with thys poudre vpon the veyne and bynde it well thervnto whan the bloode is staunched purifie the place agayne with a mundificatyue of smallage MuÌ„dificatiue whych is compounde after thys sorte R. of cleare terebentine Ê’ x. of hony of roses strayned of syrupe of roses by infution anÌ„ Ê’ vi of the iuyce of smalage plaÌ„tayne anÌ„ Ê’ ii Let them boyle a lytle and thaÌ„ put to of floure of barley wel boulted Ê’ vi strayne them all adde of sarcocolle Ê’ i. of saffran ℈ i. After thys muÌ„dification for an incarnatyue putte to the sayd mundificatyue of fraÌ„kencense Ê’ i. of aloes Ê’ ii of myrre ℈ i. Finally for cicatrisation vse this poudre R. of litarge of gold Poudre and syluer anÌ„ Ê’ i. of rutia Ê’ ss of bolearmenye of terra sigillata anÌ„ Ê’ i. ss of Myrobalanes citrines of roche alume conbust or burnt anÌ„ ℈ ii MeÌ„gle them and brynge them to a poudre This poudre is of good operation in thys case and also in apostemes of the necke and other places full of synnowes and veynes Moreouer besydes these two accidentes there chaunceth in the sayde place a great inflaÌ„mation so that about the pustle venomous mattier is retayned whych thorow hys poysoÌ„ned nature chauseth awaye the skin and perceth vnto the outwarde part in so much that the heede of the yarde semeth to come out of the hole For the curation of thys inflaÌ„mation you must cutte al the skynne circle wyse And yf ther rest any cankerrous corruption ye shall remoue it with an hote yron or wyth vnguentuÌ„ egiptiacum After the incision of the skyn laye vpon the place a digestiue made with the yolke of an egge and oyle of roses or wyth terebeÌ„tine Afterward for the mundification other intentions ye shall procede as we haue declared in thys present chapiter Thus endeth c. ¶ The .ix. cha of chaufynges and vlcerations called caroles whiche chauÌ„ce to yonge men betwene the skynne and the heade of the yarde Of caroles betwene the skinne and the heade of the yarde THe chaufynges and vlcerations called in latine caroli procede for the moost parte by hauynge company wyth a fylthye woman or that hath had lately the floures For the cure wherof Liniment ye shal vse thys linimeÌ„t thre or four dayes R. of the oyle of roses â„¥ ii of the iuyce of plantayne Ê’ vi of litarge of golde and syluer anÌ„ Ê’ v. of tutia Ê’ iii. of cerusse Ê’ ii of burnte lead Ê’ i. make of al a linimeÌ„t in a mortar of leade If they can not be quenched by thys meane thaÌ„ mortify theÌ„ wyth our poudre of mercury or with vnguentum mixtinn After mortificatioÌ„ ye shal procede wyth the linimente afore written or with vngueÌ„tuÌ„ de minio wythout guÌ„mes A lotion washyng the place alway wyth this lotion R. of the water of plaÌ„tayne roses anÌ„ â„¥ ii of white sief wythout opiuÌ„ Ê’ ii mengle them make a collyry for it is of good operatioÌ„ Lykewise the linimente written in the cha before made of the whyte of an egge water of roses the iuyce of herbes is a preseÌ„t remedy layeng it vpon all the yarde with cloutes Thus we ende c. ¶ The sixt treatise of apostemes of the stones ¶ The first cha of hote apostemes of the stones of osseuÌ„ or the purse of the same called hernia humoralis THe cure of thys Aposteme is accoÌ„plyshed by cuttyng a veyne in the arme called hepatica in the coÌ„trary syde Of hote apostemes of the stones Some doctours commauÌ„de to make a flebotomy minoratyne in the same syde the nexte day in the coÌ„trary side so that ye considre the coÌ„plection repletion strength of the patient In the state they cut the veyne Saphena in the same syde to purge the mattier conioyncte Semblably ye may gyue the patient purgation by the bellye after thys sorte R. of cassia diacatholicon Purgation anÌ„ â„¥ ss of an electuarye de succo rosarum Ê’ ii wyth these thinges and water of endyue make a potion Likewise for the accoÌ„plishment of thys aposteme it is nedeful to applye sondry remedies vpoÌ„ the same At the begynnyng whan the place is enflamed ye maye apply conueniently the white of an egge beateÌ„ with the yolke with oyle of roses and a lytle iuyce of plantayne by the space of thre or foure dayes Resolutiue Item to thys intentioÌ„ the plaister that foloweth is profitable which quencheth heate with resolution R. of roses camomil melilote mallowes anÌ„ mÌ„ i. Let theÌ„ boyle with sufficient water vntyll halfe be consumed in the decoctioÌ„ with beane flour make a styffe playster at the fyre addyng of oyle of roses camomille dylle anÌ„ â„¥ i. Another playster to the same intention Another R. of the leaues of hennebane of the leaues of mallowes anÌ„ mÌ„ i. Seeth them al in water stampe them and in the decoction with the flour of barley beanes make a playster addyng of oyle of roses â„¥ ii of oyle of camomil â„¥ i. Mengle theÌ„ wyth the foresayd stamped thynges This plaister resolueth al hardnes in the stones that cometh of hote mattier it queÌ„cheth inflamatioÌ„ with mittigatoÌ„ of payne as we haue often proued and as Auicenne wytnesseth Item to the same intention wyth greater resolution Another thys playster folowyng is conuenient R. of the leaues of blacke colewortes of the rootes of holihocke of camomille anÌ„ mÌ„ i. of corianders â„¥ ss Seeth all in fatte broth eyther of hennes or of other flesh
ss let the sayd thynges be boyled togyther excepte the tutia with a glasse of water of the decoction of barly vntyl the water wyne be consumed than strayne thē and set them on the fyre agayne addyng as moche whyte waxe as shal suffyce and in the ende the forsayde tutia and of saffran ʒ ss This lynyment is conuenyent in all woundes in which the sinnowes ben hurt and discouered for it appayseth griefe engendreth flesh vpon the synnowes beinge discouered A precious oyle Here floweth a precyous oyle for greate woundes with mundification and incarnation of the synnowes ℞ of gūme elimi of mastyke of newe rosyne of the pyne tree of most clere terebentine ana ℥ i. of armoniake of bdelliū of galban of serapine of opoponax ana ʒ i. ss of earth wormes wasshed with wyne ℥ ii of antimoniū brought to poudre ʒ iiii rosemarye of mylfoyle of centaurie the greater and the lesse of the herbe called horsetayle ana m̄ ss of s Iohns worte m̄ i. of oyle of roses omphacine ℥ i. ss Lette them be brayed all togyther put into a lembike of glasse well stopped and set it on a furnays and stylle the sayde thynges The first destillations shal be after the maner of water the rest in the fourme of an oyle and ye must mengle the .ii. liquores togyther and seeth them on the fyre Than ye must adde vnto it a lytle of fyne grayne and madder and the seede of saynt Iohns worte and of the foresayde herbes a lytle vntyll the water be consumed Than strayne them with a thycke clothe kepe them as preciously as golde for this oyle conteyneth all the secretes and properties that ben requyred to the cure of all woundes in which the synnowes are hurt for it hath vertue to swage payne and it draweth and dryeth with abstersyon which intentions are requisite in this case Moreouer ye must note that all conuenyent remedyes muste alwaye be applyed actually hote yea the bādes wherw t the sore places bē wrapped must not be colde but hote For colde is verye noysome as we haue sayde before we wyll declare some remedye for the pryckyng or foynynge of the synnowes albeit that we haue spoken therof suffyciently in this chapitre that the diligent reader maye haue a more certayne doctrine Fyrst at the begynnyng it is very expedyent to laye a cauterization of oyle of elder being very hote vpon the foyned place An other attractiue Furthermore ye may cōuenyently apply vpon the wounde a medycyne attractyue as is this description ℞ of leuen ℥ i. terebentyne ℥ ii of hennes grese of oyle of lineseed ana ʒ x. of oile of elder ℥ i. ss of the flour of fenugreke barly ana ʒ vi of saffran ℈ ii the yolke of one egge mēgle them and let them boyle a lytle and put in the yolke of the egge in the ende Item to the same intention thys oyntment folowyng is cōmendable A cerote ℞ of whyte diaquilon with gūmes ʒ x. of clere terebentine of gūme elimi ana ʒ iii. of oyle of elders ʒ ii of oyle of euphorbiū ʒ ss of armonyake dissolued in vynegre ʒ i. mengle them and let them boyle a lytle at the fyre and make a cerote we haue in this present Chaptre wrytten sondrye remedyes as well oyles as playsters which ben conuenyent in this case therfore we wyll now speake brefely of the accidentes of these woundes thoughe we haue spokē therof largely hertofore Fyrst we say that there is no surer remedy to remoue a spasme than to cauterise the sore synnowe incontynently with an hote yron and consequently to apply thervpō of oyle of elders being hote And afterward ye shal procede with a lenitiue oyntmente and digestiue to remoue the escare and the heate for we haue often proued thys curation and haue gotten worshype thereby Galene and Auicenne haue wryttē sondry remedyes which ar cōpound of maruelous thynges not vsed of the practisiens of oure tyme and for as moche as we haue not founde greate profyte in them we let them passe for this present we haue proued that the playstre aforewritten of meales lye and syrupe of Roses is conuenyente for the cure of apostemes in the sinnowes and lykewyse the playstre de sapa or of soddē wyne ordeyned in this present Chaptre Fynallye it chaunceth somtymes that besyde apostemation the sinnowes come to putrefaction and than yf ye can not separate them by a digestyue it is necessary to vse an actuall or potentiall cauterie and we haue often separated the putrefaction of the synnowe with vnguentum egiptiacum of the description of Auicenne and with a trociske of minium of our descryption and lykewyse with our poudre of mercurye of which we wyll speake in our antidotary by the grace of god c. ¶ The .xvi. Chaptre Of the cure of a spasme A Spasme after Auicen is a synnowye disease The cure of spasmes by the which the lacertes are brought to the place of theyr begynning are inobedyēt to the verue motyue so that they can not extende them selues after the wyl of the patient vntyll the disease be remoued And there be .ii. kyndes of a spasme namely a spasme proportioned to the matter and not proporcioned That which is proportionat to the matter is double of inanicion and repletion Howbeit some say that a spasme not proporcionat chaunceth sometymes by a cutte or foyne sayinge that the vertue is prycked and hurt by the payn and solution of continuitie chefelye whan the pryck is made by an instrument with a small heed or by styngynge of venemous beastes or by colde Also they grounde them selues vpon Hipocrates which sayeth that colde byteth the skynne and causeth payne rygour and a spasme But in dede this chaunceth seldome and yf if it chaūce the spasme incontinently becōmeth proportionate to the matter by repletion wherfore in the cuttynge or pryckyng of synowes a spasme chaūceth by replecion by reason of the vehemēt payne For payn as Galene sayth is as a ventose drawīg mater to the place by the which the synnowes be hurt replenysshed and the sayd matter is conueyed sometyme to the brayne by the sinnowes And whan the brayne feleth that matter it dryueth it backe agayne by which expulsion the synnowes are fylled with the foresayde matter and are inobediēt to theyr accustemed mouynge And somtyme the spasme is throughout all the bodye somtyme the spasme is caused by putrefaction for whan the hurted synnowes come to putrefaction a venimous matter ascēdeth to the brayne and whan the brayne feleth the sayd venenositie it forceth it selfe to resiste the same and whan it can not resist it a spasme is caused through the venemous qualitie and not by reason of the multitude of it And therfore we haue often sene this spasme to be caused through the coniunctiō of the synnowes as good Mesue testifyeth by the auctoritie of Galene saying a spasme foloweth the pryckyng of the
vessel of glasse Thys colyrye is of a maruelous operation for it mūdifyeth vlcers causeth good incarnation and perfyte curation in shorte tyme. This we ende this present Chapter ¶ The .ii. Chapter Of the spottes or blemysh in the eyes called macule THe spotte of the eyes of spottes in the eyes is engendred of a reumatik matter hote or colde and chaunceth oftē of the aposteme called Ophthalmia when it is not well cured and when the pacyent hath not obeyed the counsayle of the chirurgyen Note here that euerye spotte is with vlceration according to his quātitie for yf the spotte be lytle the vlceration is lytle yf it be great the vlceracion is also greate A spotte called macula macula is a pustle raysed somewhat wythin the eye cheefely in the kyrtyll of the eye and in the skynne called cornea and at the begynnyng it is of a whytish colour and the nerer it is to maturation the whyter it is And when it is come to suppuration it chaungeth his colour and waxeth redde The cure of spottes is accomplysshed by the admynistracyon of sondry locall remedyes obseruacion of dyet and generall purgation presupposed Fyrste ye muste applye maturatiue lenytyue thinges and afterward thinges mundyfycatyue and towarde the end thynges disiccatiue and cicatrizatyue For maturacyon ye shal procede wyth thys maturatyue folowynge chefelye in that spotte that procedeth of ophthalmia ℞ of the substaunce of apples rosted vnder cooles ℥ iij. of womans mylke ℥ ss the yolkes of two egges stampe these foresayde thynges together and seth them a lytle and afterwarde applye them vpon the eye in the fourme of a plaister Another ℞ of clene barlye A good water m̄ ss of the seed of quinces ʒ i. of fenugreke washed with water of rooses ℥ ss of reisyns ℥ j. ss of me lylote m̄ ss seeth these forsayde thynges in the broth of a leane chyckē with oute salte tyll the thyrde parte be consumed then streine them and put ther of into thyne eye warme euerye halfe houre When the maturacion is fynyshed whyche is knowne by the whitenes of the pustle and by the seasynge of the inflamacyon and payne ye shal applye thys mundyfycatiue wythin the eye ℞ of syrupe of rooses ℥ i. of the water of roses ℥ iij. of sarcocole ʒ i Ye muste styll these thynges in a lembecke of glasse and after ward ye shall adde to the sayd water dystylled of suger candye of a syrupe of rooses ʒ iii. put thereof into the eye for it mundyfyeth the place shortlye For cicatrysation ye may vse thys collyrie ℞ of the foresayde water ℥ ij myrobalane citrine ℈ j. of the syef of lead ʒ j. of tucia preparat ʒ ss make a collyrie and putte it into the eye ⸫ The thyrd chapyter which treateth of the dyseases of the eyes called pani THe deseases of the eyes called pani Pani and cycatrices in the eyes cicatrises are alwaye wyth an aposteme or vlceracion spottes and bē engēdred of corrosiue matter The cure ther of shal be accomplyshed by the admynystration of local medecynes the obseruatiō of dyete and purgacion as it is declared in the chapyter of the vlceres of the eyes presupposed Fyrst whā the eye is not enflamed thys water folowinge is conuenyente whych thynneth euerye pannycle euery spot and cicatrise and reducith the eye to a good dysposition ℞ of water of plantayne of water of rooses ana ℥ ij of odoryferous whyte wyne of meane strength ℥ j. ss let them seeth to gether a lytle and then take them frome the fyre and put therto of verdegrece wel poudred ʒ i. of tucia ʒ i. ss of suger candye ʒ i. of myrobalan cytrine ℈ j. myngle them together and pounde these foresayde thynges together and so leaue them the space of two daies and afterwarde strayne and claryfy them put of the liquoure in the eye warme tyll the sore skynne be consumed Item to thys purpose ye maye vse of the stylled water written in the former chapter ℥ j. and of the water written in thys chapter ʒ x. myngle them well together thys myxture is of sure operation and of lytle bytynge The fourth chapter of the ytchynge hardnes and scabbes of the eye lyddes and of the cure therof Of scabbe of the eye lyddes THe scabbes of the eye lyddes commen in the fygure of lytle spottes somewhat raised vp as lytle pymples whych are sometyme wyth greate ytchyng and sometyme yt hath the skynne skalded of wyth inflammacyon and they are engendred of reumatycke matter burned or sharpe and for the mooste parte they happen with the aposteme ophthalmia Kyndes And because there be sondrye kyndes of them sondry remedies are requyred for the cure of the same For some are whote and some cold some moyste some drye some vlcered and some not vlcered but crustye That that is drye for the moost parte comethe of matter hote and burned and lykewyse the crustye and the moyst scabbe is engendred of flegmatike grosse and sharpe matter For the cure therof ye shall ordaine the dyet for the euel matter lykwyse purgation Yf the scabbe be moyste with ytchynge or wythoute ytchynge ye shall fomente the place wyth thys fomentacyon turnynge the eye lydde in warde softelye whyche fomentacyon ye shall vse the space of .viii. dayes ℞ of the rootes of dockes of fumytery of clene barlye ana m̄ ss of lentylles of roses ana m̄ j. of lupines ℥ j. seethe these thinges wyth sufficiente quantitie of barbours lye tyll the thyrd part be consumed and let the place be fomented the space of halfe a quarter of an houre afterwarde incontinentelye ye shall putte into the eye thys collyrye folowynge ℞ of whyte syef with out opium ʒ ij of water of plantaine of water of rooses ana ℥ j. ss of tucia of antymonium ana ʒ j. of burned leade of ceruse of litarge of golde ana ʒ ij of lyme x tymes washed wyth water of plantayne ʒ x. roche alume ℈ ss let the waters seth wyth the alume one boiling then put in the other thinges one after another and make a collyrie and applye it vpon the soore And the sayde collyrie must remayne vpon the eye lyddes the space of a quarter of an houre and afterward washe the place with water of plantayne water of roses and with the decoccion of barlye whyche thynge muste be doone twyse a daye After that ye haue proceded with the foresayde thynges the space of a weke yf greater exiccaciō be requisite ye shall rubbe the place wyth vnguentum egyptiacum of the descryption of mesue layed vpon cotton or of the descryption of Auicenne But ye must be ware that it touche not the eye but onlye the sore place and it muste remaine ther but a pater noster whyle or a litle more and afterward ye must washe the place wyth water of barly tyll the oyntemente be remoued than ye shall apply a lytle of womās mylke warme to
secretlye and healeth rhynges that seme impossyble to the chirurgeons and therefore in this case ye shall procede accordynge to the doctryne declared in the chapyter of penitraunte woundes in the breast c The second chapter of the vlceres of the flākes and armeholes vlceres of the flankes armeholes THe vlcers of these partes by reasone of the thynnes of the fleshe become sone holowe and lyke the apostemes called formice and crustye and they haue nothynge proper by them selues frome the comon cure of other vlceres howbeit we wyll ordayne the cure accordyng to the qualytie of the place and of the vlcers Cure Fyrste purgacion and good dyet presupposed as we haue sayde in many places yf the vlceres be holow my custome was to put into the sayd vlceres thys lyquore folowynge ℞ of the barbours lye ℥ .vi. of oure poudre of mercurye ʒ.iij of honye of rooses ℥ .i. myngle these thynges togyther and putte them into the vlcers a lotion for holow vlcers warme with a sirynge kepinge in the same strayghte waye with youre fynger or with a tente that it maye fulfyl his operation and let the said lyquour be reteyned the space of .xii. houres then mundifie the place and wasshe it by the space of two dayes with lye and red suger or with water of barley and honye of roses And agayne euery second day wasshe the place as is afore sayde vntyll the vlcere be mundyfyed frome all euyll fleshe whiche thynge is knowen by the appearaunce of good fleshe and-good quytture And yf the mouthe of the vlcered place be verye streite ye shal enlarge it by incision or by application of some caustyke medicine as is capitell oyle of coperose or with a trosciske of minio of oure description or with the foresayd pouder poudered vpon the tente and afterward ye maye procede with the fore sayde remedies For incarnation we were wount to vse this oyntment folowyng put tyng it vpon a tent ℞ of honye of roses ℥ i. of moste clere terrebentyne ℥ ii of the iuice of smallage ℥ ss of the iuice of plantayne and wormewood ana ℥ ii Let them seeth a lytle and put therevnto of the floure of barley and beanes well boulted and of the floure of lentyles ana ʒ iii. of sarcocolle of myrrhe ana ʒ ss of frankynsence ʒ.i with this oyntment I put vppon the place a great piece of the oyntmente or cerote vnderwrytten and in the time of incarnation I dyd syringe the place euery day with the wyne of the decoction of hony of roses and a lytle frankynsence or with the foresayde lye and honye of roses cerote of noble opeation The fourme of the cerote is this ℞ of oyle of camomylle oyle of rooses of oyle of lyllyes ana ℥ .iiij. of calues suet cowes suet and wethers suet melted ana lj ss of oyle of lynsed ℥ .iii. of muscilage of psilium holye hocke fenugreke lynseed lj.ij of lytarge of golde and syluer ana ℥ j.ss of minium ʒ.x make a cerote of all these at the fyre accordynge to arte addynge as muche whyte waxe as shall suffyce for it purgeth matter and in resoluing mollyfyeth hardenesse we sealed vp the place wyth vnguentum de minio of oure description washinge the place wyth water of alume soden wyth honye of rooses and rooses by them selfes whyche oyntmente is wrytten in the chapter of a broken skulle Yf the vlceres be corrosyue and malygne ye shall rectyfie them wyth our poudre of mercurye or wyth the poudre folowynge whych I optayned of maister Scipion of Mantua a chirurgien syngulerly lerned ℞ of redde coralles Scipcious pouder of psidia of bytanye of rede roses of fyne whyte suger ana ℥ ss pouder all these thynges finelye and vse it vpon a corrosyue and malygne vlcer for that is of excellent operacyon as the sayde master Scipion shewed vnto me We haue cured manye wyth vnguentum de tucia or of minium vnder wrytten Vnguentum de 〈◊〉 the ordynaunce whereof is after thys sorte ℞ of oyle of rooses omphacine ℥ .ii. of oyle of rooses complete ℥ .iii. of oyle myrtyne of vnguentum populeon ana ʒ.x of the iuce of plantayn ℥ ii.ss and as much of nyght shade of calues suet lj.ss let them seth all together wyth a lytle vynegre tyll the iuces and the vynegre be consumed then strayne them and adde to the streynyng of lytarge of golde and siluer ana ʒ.x of minium ʒ.vi set thē to the fyre agayne and make a softe cerote wyth suffycyente whyte waxe Blacke coloure or lyke blacke it is a sygne that it is perfytelye sodden thys oyntemente is suffycyente for incarnacyon and mundyficacyon and lykewyse it is good to make good cycatrizacion when the vlceres are fyrst washed wyth water of plantayne wherein a lytle alume hath bē soddene Fynallye yf the vlceres bene harde and haue grosse and roughe borders ye shall remoue the sayde roughnesse wyth oure pouder of mercurye aforsayde or cutte a way the lyppes with apayre of sycers and than cauteryse the place superfycyallye or in the stead of a cauterye ye maye mynyster vnguentum egyptiacum Yf the pacyente abhorre an actuall cauterye and incision than ye shal vse oure capytelle of lye whereof we wil make mencyon in oure antidotarie When the lyppes be remoued mundyfye the vlcere wyth vnguentum egiptiacum myngled wythe vnguentum apostolorum the rest of the cure shal be accomplished as it is aforesayde ⸫ The thyrde chapter of the vlceres of the yarde and of the stones ALL kyndes of vlceres are engendred in the yarde Vlceres of the yarde as in other partes of all the bodye Wherefore for the curacion of the same ye shall procede as it is sayde of other vlceres and so forth Howbeit ye shall obserue thys one thynge that is to saye that because the member is hote after that ye haue remoued the malygnitie of the sayde vlceres ye muste applye thinges that coole and before ye vse dryinge medecynes ye muste purge the bodye for ye myghte brynge the abundaunte matter to the flanckes and engender an apposteme called bubo wherefore a purgacyon is necessarye in thys case Cure The cure of vlceres of the yarde of the stones is accōplished by mundifycacion of the same and to mundyfye them there is nothynge better then oure poudre of mercurie or vnguentū apostolorum wyth a lytle of vnguentum egyptiacum and whan great mūdyfycation is not requyred it shal suffyce to vse onlye vnguentum appostolorum or a mundyfycatiue of the iuce of plantayne When the place is mundyfyed ye shal come to incarnatiō whych shal be accomplysshed wyth aloes epathyke myngled wyth sarcocolle and burned dylle wyth a lytle suger And when the place shal be incarned fully for sigillacyon ye shall vse vnguentū de minio written in the former chapter or with vnguentum album camphoratum or vnguentum de tucia Item in thys case
the fyer and styrre them al aboute let them seeth agayne a lytle and vse thys ordinauÌ„ce wyth a brode cloth after the maner of a cerote An other cerote â„ž of the rootes of enula campana soddeÌ„ in water stamped and strayned .li. i. of salomoÌ„s seale of the rootes of walworte of euery one â„¥ iiij of oyle myrtyne of oyle of camomill of ê‘cely of euery one â„¥ i of oyle of terrebeÌ„tyne â„¥ i. ss of colophonia of clere terrebeÌ„tyne of euery one â„¥ ij of the oyle of a foxe spike of lylies of laurell of elders of euery one Ê’ x. of whyte waxe â„¥ i. ss make a softe cerote at the fyer addyng of beanefloure and floure of cycers of euerye one â„¥ iiij ss of liquide storax Ê’ v. of frankensence Ê’ iij. vse thys cerote as it is aforesayde Some chirurgiens allowe that the place be rubbed wyth aqua vite before the application of the cerote whych thynge assuredly we haue perceyued to be of great effecte for it perceth and dryeth straunge moysture whych two thynges are necessary in thys curation Lykewyse other men in the steade of aqua vite prayse fomentacion and bathynge of the place wyth a spoÌ„ge dypped in the decoction vnderwrytteÌ„ â„ž of camomille wormewoode rosemarye sage nepte of the herbe called our ladyes bedstrawe or serpillum of organye of maioram of euery one mÌ„ i. ss of roses sticados myrtilles squinantum of euery one mÌ„ i. of yua muscata of saynt Ihons worte of euerye one mÌ„ ij of the rootes of paucedinis of dytamye of aristologia of ceÌ„taury of policaria of euery one mÌ„ ss of hony li. i. ss of the nuttes of cypresse brayed nombre twenty of cloues of nutmegges of myrrhe of euery one Ê’ v. of salt of roche alume of euery one â„¥ i. ss of branne grownde â„¥ iij seeth them all together wyth a sufficiente quantitie of barbours lye odoriferous wyne tyll the thyrde parte be consumed vse thys fomentation as it is aforesayd I haue founde moreouer that the oyle of ypericon or saint Ihons wort is of singuler efficacitie in all paynes of the huckelbones and of the knee Item the leaues of yuye bouÌ„de vpon the soore membre swageth the payne of all artetyke passions chyefly yf they be colde Nowe we muste speake somewhat of the remotion of the accidentes of the goute that is to saye the hardnes and knobbes whych remayne wythin the ioyntes for the cure wherof ye shall vse thys mollifycatiue folowynge â„ž of oyle of camomill dille roses whyt lylies of euerye one â„¥ ij of the oyle of floure de luyce â„¥ i. of oyle mastyke of oyle of spike of euerye one Ê’ vi of hennes grese and duckes grese of the oile of swete almondes of euerye one Ê’ x. of the marye of the legges of a calfe and of a cowe of freshe butter ana â„¥ vi of liquide storax Ê’ ix of calues suet â„¥ ij of the sweate of shepes woll called isopê° humida â„¥ iij. Sometyme it chauÌ„ceth that the hardnes groweth to an aposteme for the maturation digestion mundifycation and incarnation therof ye shal resorte to the chapter of the cure of flegmon c. ¶ The syxte chapter of the tothe ache The toth ache THe teethe are wont to be vexed throughe a reumatyke matter distillinge froÌ„ the brayne and thorough the faut of the stomake with sondrye passions but seynge that the teeth serue for comelynes for chewynge of meate and for pronunciation therfore they muste be cured wyth all diligence Aliabbas nombreth .vi. dyseases of the teeth payne corosion congelation dormitation fylthynes loosenes They suffer not an aposteme bycause of theyr hardnes but a thynge lyke to aposteme nether haue they felynge by themselues but by the reason of synowes whych come froÌ„ the thyrde payre of synowes of the brayne to theyr rootes and to the gommes whyche thyng Galien affyrmeth also in the boke of vtilitie of the partes thus we maye conclude that they are not apostemed nether fele but by reason of the gommes and the synowes afore sayd whyche thynge is euideÌ„t for when one lytle pece of the tothe is broken the man is not payned and therfore he addeth moreouer sayeng The payne of the teeth chaunceth of the euyll complexion of the synowes or of an hote or colde aposteme wherfore sometyme the payne is swaged when the roote is pulled vp and the matter whych causeth the payne issueth by the holownes of the place where the tothe was and also the synowe is not extended or strayned out where the place is enlarged Fynallye it is a cause why the medicine maye enter in more easelye and ease the paynefull place wherfore Galien sayeth that yf medicines preuayle not for the swagynge of the tothe ache we must descende to the laste remedye that is to saye we must drawe them out by the rootes Corrosion Corrosion chaunceth in the great teeth through roteÌ„nes sharpe and euyll moysture whyche groweth and byteth them ye maye remoue the sayd corrosion wyth trepanes fyles and other conuenient instrumentes fyllynge the concauities afterwarde wyth leaues of golde to preserue the place from putrefaction Congelation Congelation chaunceth to the teeth of outward or inwarde thynges Of outwarde when a man eateth soure thynges of inwarde wheÌ„ sower vapours asceÌ„de from the stomacke Also ther is yelow fylthe styckynge to the teeth and the rootes therof whych cometh of grosse vapours ascendynge from the stomacke and maye be remoued by scrapynge and rubbynge wyth conuenient instrumentes Here foloweth the description of a pouder whych mundifyeth the teeth preserueth the gommes maketh the teeth whyt Pouder for tethe remedyeth the stynkyng of the mouth â„ž roche alume brent Ê’ ij of sarcocolle of terra sigillata of mirabolaÌ„ citrine ana Ê’ i. ss myngle them together make a pouder and rubbe the teeth therwyth in the mornynge fastynge thryse a weeke Sometyme there chaunceth a certeyn dormitatioÌ„ in the teeth by holding cold thinges in the mouth stupefacti medicines in the mouth for the remotion wherof ye shal vse the medicine vnder wrytten coÌ„maundyng it to be holdeÌ„ in the mouth warme â„ž of odoriferous wyne .li. ss of aqua vite â„¥ i. of rosemarye sage camomill ana mÌ„ ss of cloues of nutmegges ana ℈ i. of sandrake Ê’ i. ss let them seeth all together tyl the thyrde part be consumed then straine them vse them as is aforesayd Item aqua vite applyed to the teathe with cotton taketh away the dormytation and congelation of the same Looâ—enes Laxation or loosenes of the teath chauÌ„ceth through the loosenes of the gommes or through debilitation or weakenynge of the rootes or partes that bynde the tethe al which thynges happen throughe rewmes humours descedyng from the brayne and sometyme by corrupte vapours mountynge froÌ„ the stomacke For the curatioÌ„ wherof ye shal vse the medicine folowynge â„ž of syrupe of liciuÌ„ Ê’ x. of roche alume Ê’ iij. of the water of
and syluer of euery one ℥ iii. ss Seeth them and styrre them about tyll they be blacke and then putte to of mooste cleare Terebentyne ℥ vi of Mastyke ʒ x. of whyte waxe as much as shal suffice lette them seeth agayn and make a cerote Thys oyntmente is of good operation in digestynge rypynge and swagynge of payne with subtyle and gentle attraction A cerote or sparadrappe for maligne virulent and corrosyue vlceres of the legges and of the armes is made of thys sorte R. of the oyle of Myrte of oyle of Roses omphacyne of euerye one ℥ ii of Vnguentum populeon ℥ ii ss of calues and cowes suet of euerye one li. ss of swynes grese melted ℥ v. of the leaues of Plantayne nyghtshade and woodbynde of euerye one m̄ ii of the wyne of pomegranades ℥ viii beate them and stampe them all together and so leaue them the space of a daye and afterwardes seeth them tyll the wyne be consumed then streyn them and putte to the streynynge of litarge of golde and syluer of euerye one ℥ iii. of miniū ʒ x. of bole armenye and terra sigillata well brayed of euerye one ʒ vi seeth them agayne styrre them about and make a blacke sparadrap wyth sufficient whyte waxe addyng in the ende of Camphore brayed accordynge to arte ʒ ii of cleare terebenbentyne ℥ iii. ss Vng. de cerusa decoctum Vnguentum de cerusa decoctum after our descriptiō is good for the same intention R. of swynes grese melted ℥ iii. of the wyne of pomegranades ℥ viii of cerusse brayed ʒ xiiii seeth thē all together wyth a softe fyre tyll the wyne be consumed then encrease the fyre and lette it seeth againe the space of an houre stirre them euer aboute afterwarde make a stiffe oyntment wyth sufficient whyte waxe addyng in the ende of clere terebentyne ℥ ii ss Vnguentum de tucia or diapomphilicos Vng. de tutia after oure descriptiō which is good agaynst corosyue cancreous and deceytfull vlcers is thus ordeyned R. of oyle of Roses odoriferous of oyle omphacyne of euerye one li. ss of oyle Myrtyne of Galienes oyntmentes of Vnguentum populeon of euery one ℥ ii of the leaues of Plantayne and nyghtshade of euerye one m̄ ii cut the herbes and stampe them and mengle them all together and so leaue them the space of a weke thē seeth them a litle and streyne them and put to the strenynge sufficient white waxe and make a softe oyntmente and take it from the fyre and styrre it aboute tyll it be warme and laste of all putte thereunto of litarge of golde and syluer well brayed of euerye one ℥ iii. of tucia ʒ i. ss of cerusse ʒ x. of brēte leade ʒ vi of Camphore brayed accordynge to arte ʒ i. Mengle them all together and laboure them in a mortar of leade the space of an houre Here foloweth the description of Vnguentum album camphoratum R. of oyle of roses odoriferous Vng. album cāphoratum li. ss of calues suet melted ℥ iii. make a softe oyntmente at the fyre wyth sufficient whyte waxe whyche done take it from the fyre and styrre it aboute tyll it be warme than adde the whytes of two egges well beaten with an ounce of water of Roses and a dramme of Camphore styrre them about againe the space of two houres for it is a marueylouse oyntmente to coole and quenche hote mattier wyth mitigation of peyne Vnguentum de minio for virulent corrosyue and maligne vlceres and freshe woundes R. of oyle of roses odoriferous li. ss of calues and cowes suet an ℥ viii of oyle myrtyne ℥ iiii of swynes grese melted ℥ ii of the leaues of plantayne woodbynde yarowe weybreyd buglosse sowthystel of consolida the lesse ana m̄ i. stampe them all together and mengle them and lette them lye thre dayes then seeth them a lytle and strayne them putte to the streynynge of litarge of golde and syluer ana ℥ ii of minium of cerusse of terra sigillata of bole armenye wel brayed ana ℥ i. of clerest terebentyne ℥ v. of mastike ℥ i. lette them seeth agayne tyll they be blacke in coloure and make an oyntmente wyth sufficient whyte waxe Vnguentum rosarū after Mesue is of good operation agaynste heresipelas and al inflamatiō and is much vsed in the courte of Rome R. of fresh swynes grese melted ℥ iiii let it be washed ten tymes fyrste with whote water and then with colde afterwarde take asmoche of redde rose leues cut in small pieces and leaue them togyther the space of .vii. dayes then sethe them a lytle streyne them agayne put therto as many more redde roses and so leaue them other seuen dayes and afterwarde sette them on the fiere with a pound of the iuice of roses and ℥ iii. of the oyle of sweete almondes and let them seth agayne with a softe fyer tyl the iuyce be consumed Then strayne them addynge agayne ii ℥ of the iuice of roses and let them seth agayne tyll the iuces be consumed make an oyntmente yf ye wasshe it thries withe rose water it shall be the better Here foloweth an other oyntmente of roses of our description Vigoes oyntment of roses whych is good to quenche al hote complexions of herisipelas and ignis percicus R. of oile of violets of oyle of nenuphar or in the stede therof oyle of roses odoriferous ana ℥ iiii of the oile of swete almōdes ℥ ii of calues suet l. i. of kyddes suet li. ss of swynes grese melted namelye of a bore of two yere olde li. iii. Fyrst melte them and streyne them all wash them ten times wyth hote water of the decoction of barlye of roses of violet floures of lettuse Thē wash them as often with colde water of barlye and afterward take asmuch of stāped roses as the weight of al is so leaue thē the space of a weke and then seth them a litle with a soft fyre put vnto them of the iuyce of white roses li. ss of redde roses somwhat stāped li. i. ss mengle them al together leaue them .x. dayes Afterward seeth them agayne with a soft fire tyll the iuce be cōsumed and streyne them againe put to the streynyng of white waxe ℥ iii. seeth thē agayne one walme last of al let thē be washed with water of violets as much water of roses thys is an excellent oyntmente to coole all inflāmations and is a repercussiue of vlcers wythoute hurte of the vlcered place Item the oyntmente of Galene whych is put in stede of an oyntment of roses and is made after thys sorte R. of oyle of roses omphacyne Vng. Galene li. ss of whyte waxe ℥ ii melte them all at the fyre and washe them ofte wyth hote water and then wyth colde water of violettes and roses and afterwarde wyth vynaygre of roses Thys oyntmente quencheth all inflammations of herisipelas and it is also repercussyue
Holyhocke .li. ij of the rootes and leaues of the ashe tree of the rootes and leaues of consolida the lesse of myrtilles and the leaues therof of the leaues of wyllowes ana m̄ j. stampe them fyrst seeth them with redde wyne and as moche water tyll halfe be consumed with halfe an oūce of myrrhe and as much frankencense than strayne them put to the straynynge of goates tallowe .li. ss of most cleare terebentyne ℥ ij of mastyke ʒ j. lette them sethe agayne wyth the forsayde oyles to the consumption of the sayde decoction than strayne thē and adde of litarge of golde and syluer ana ℥ iij. of bole armenie fynelye braied of terra sigillata ana ℥ ij of minium ʒ x. sette them to the fyere agayne stirynge them euer aboute and make a cerote wyth suffyciente newe waxe after the maner of a sparadrap Here ye shall note ☜ that onlye oyle of myrtyne hathe vertue as Auicenne saythe to restore all fractures of bones Vnguentum of Lyme of oure descryption Vnguentum of Lyme whyche is good agaynste burnynges of fyere ytchynges hote vlceres blysterynges and chafynges is made in thys fourme ℞ of lyme nyne tymes wasshed and fynely poudred ℥ ij of litarge of golde and syluer of euery one ℥ iij. of ceruse ℥ ij ss of Tucia ʒ ij of oyle of Rooses omphacyne ℥ vj. of oyle of roses cōplete odoriferous .li. j. ss of calues talowe melted ℥ viij of the iuyce of plātayne nyghtshade and lettuse of euery one ℥ iiij fyrst let the talowe sethe at a softe fyere wyth the oyles and iuyces tylle the iuyces be consumed than streyne them and putte to the streynynge asmuche as is sufficient of whyte waxe of Vnguentum Rosarum ℥ ij ss lette them sethe agayne a lytle and than take them frome the fyer and styrre them aboute with the sayde myneralles well brayed make an oyntment Oyntmēt for ytchynge Here foloweth an oyntment or linimente for ytchynge and for all the forsayde intencions ℞ of oyle of roses odoriferous .li. iij. of Vnguentum Populeon vnguentum Rosarum vnguentum Galeni of euery one ℥ ij of the iuyce of plantayne and housleeke ana ℥ j. of the wyne of pomegranades ℥ ss of vynegre of roses ʒ ij of litarge of golde and syluer of euery one ℥ iij. of Tucia ʒ ij ss of ceruse ʒ x. make a linimēt in a morter of leade of al these accordyng to art The maner to make thys oyntmente is thys Ye muste put the myneralles in a morter of leade than putte in nowe a droppe of oyle nowe a droppe of oyntmentes and nowe a droppe of the iuyce and styrre them aboute tyll they be well incorporate for it is a synguler remedye for inflammed vlceres of the legges Vnguentū de Calcantho Vnguentum de Calcantho which cureth olde vlceres and mundifyeth euyll flesshe and incarnethe is thus made ℞ of swynes grese of calues and cowes suet of euery one .li. ss of celedonye of alleluya of plantayne of woodbynde of houndestonge ana m̄ i. of lyme thryse quenched with water .li. ss of Calcantum poudred ℥ j. of verdegrese ʒ x. stampe these foresayde thynges and so leaue them together the space of seuen dayes thā put therunto of water of plantayne of the wyne of pomegranates ana ℥ iiij thā lette them sethe wyth a softe fyer tyll the water and wyne be cōsumed and so strayne them wyth a thycke clothe and put to the straynynge of litarge of golde and syluer ana ℥ iiij of bole armeny terra sigillata and minium ana ℥ j. of clere terebentyne ℥ iij. let them sethe agayne and make a blacke cerote wyth sufficient whyte waxe The oyntment folowyng healeth salt fleume scabbes ℞ of vnguentū Populeon of oyle of mastyke ana ℥ ss of oyle of the yolkes of egges ʒ iij. of oyle of lynseed ʒ vj. of calues suet ℥ iiij of black elebore ʒ vij of docke rotes ℥ ij of the leaues of plantaine m̄ j. stāpe thē al fynelye incorporate thē together and so leaue thē iiij dayes than seeth thē with a ciath of water of fumytorie tyll the water be consumed thā strayne thē adde to the scrayning of litarge of golde syluer ℥ v. of ceruse of terra cameli ana ʒ x. of whyte waxe asmuche as shal suffice make a softe oyntmēt Note that the forsayde oyntmēt is good for ytchyng chiefly whā the salt fleume is with inflāmation and payne of the place And yf ye wyl put to thys receyt two ounces of quycksyluer quenched with spytle it shal be of more efficacytie to drye all maner scabbes The oyntment folowynge is good for tetters and ryngwormes Oyntmentes for tetters ℞ of frenche sope of the oyle of bytter Almandes of the oyle of laurell and mastyke of euery one ʒ j. of clere terebentyne ʒ ij of terra cameli of branne grounden of quycksyluer quenched with spyttle ana ʒ ij ss of glasse poudered of litarge of golde and syluer Ana ʒ j. ss of vynegre squillityke ℈ ii of blacke elebore brayed fynelye ʒ ss of cowes tallowe ʒ vi myngle theym all togyther and make an ointmente Vnguentum Corasces Vnguentum cerascos which mundifyeth olde woundes and vlcers and rectyfyeth theym is thus made ℞ of armoniak ℥ j. of bdellium olibanum aristologia sarcocolle ana ʒ v. of myrrhe of galbanum ana ʒ iii. of lytarge ʒ xv of aloes of opoponax ana ʒ ii and ss of verdegrese ʒ x. of rosen of the pyne tree ʒ xiiij dissolue the bdellium opoponax galbanum and armoniak in vynegre and set theym on the fiere and stryene theym and pouder the other thinges fynely and sorte theym whiche done seethe the lytarge with oyle a lytell styrryng it aboute with a stycke and whan it begīneth to incorporate than put to the waxe and the rasene And it is knowē to be soden inough whan a droppe beyng layde vpon an yron or vpon a stone congeleth togyther incōtinently than take it frome the fyere incorporate al to gether last of all put in the verdegrece and styrre it about tyl it be warme and kepe it as a tresure Vnguentum Aureum Here folowethe the ordinaunce of vnguentum aureum which incarneth and consoundeth fresshe woundes R. of yelowe waxe ℥ vi of oyle of roses odoriferous .li. i. of clere terrebentyne ℥ iii. of rasin of coliphonia an̄ ℥ i. of mastyke ʒ vi of frankynsence of sarcocoll and myrrhe ana ʒ ij and ss of wethers tallowe and calues tallowe ana .li. ss of yarowe m̄ ii the floures of rosemarye or the toppes therof of centaurye the lesse ana m̄ ss stampe theym all to gyther besyde the waxe and the rosen with the herbes than incorporate theym and soe leaue them the space of thre dayes afterwarde sethe them with a ciathe of odoryferous wyne tylle the wyne be consumed than strayne theym and make an oyntment at the fyere
and anoynt the blystred place wyth this liniment folowynge ℞ of oyle of roses cōplete oyle of roses omphacyne ana ℥ .ij. of vnguentū populeon ℥ .i. ss of the iuyce of plantayne houseleke nyght shade ana ℥ ss of lytarge of golde syluer ana ℥ .i. of ceruse ʒ.vi of tucia alexandrina of brent leade ana ʒ.ij ss of lyme .vi. tymes washed ʒ.x myngle thē make a liniment in a morter of lead for it is a good medicine in lyght scaldynges or make it thus ℞ of whyte tordes of hennes ℥ .i. ss of lyme washed as is aforesayde ʒ.ij ss of the barkes of elder branches ℥ i. of roche alume ℈ .i. of oyle of roses cōplete .li. ss of vnguentū populeon ℥ ij of the iuyce of plantayne ℥ .iiij. seeth them all together tyl the iuyce be cōsumed then strayne thē put to the straynyng of whyt waxe ʒ x. and seeth them agayne a lytle and labour them two houres in a morter of leade and make as it were a liniment If the skaldynge perce in to the mēbre and produce an escare then ye shall passe .ii. or .iii. dayes with the ii fyrste foresayde remedies and then ye shall procede with thinges that digest and remoue the escare and therfore butter soden with a decoction of mallowes and laboured in a morter of leade and layde vpon the member after the maner of a lynyment wyth colewoorte leaues somewhat dryed hath a maruaylous vertue for it swageth peyne and procureth the escare to falle A digestiue made with oyle of roses and violettes and with yolkes of egges is of lyke efficacytie A dygestyue of terrebentyne wyth the yolkes of egges is not to be disalowed thoughe it byte some what Playsters of meale and malowes ordeyned in the chapter of phlegmon to swage peyne are very conuenyent in this case After the escare is remoued ye shall procede withe the fyrste lynyment written in this present chapiter The reaste of the cure shall be accomplysshed with vnguentum de minio or de tucia or with our sparadrap and lynte and if there be nede of mundification ye shalle applye oure mundificatyue of a sirupe of rooses of the iuyce of plantayne and terrebentyne made with bean floure Lykewyse water of plantayne myngled with a lytle alume maketh good cicatrisatyon and is mynistred with the oyntement aforesayde ¶ A chapter of the wyndynes of the backe bone IT chanceth sometime that through the defaute of vertue assimilatiue and thoorugh corrupt venimous and wyndy matter ther is engendred greate peyne betwene the backe bone and the bone almocatim whiche often tymes corrupteth the bone And it begynneth euen as the peyne of the ioyntes though the payn of the windines of the backe bone be within the bones and the peyne of the ioyntes in the flesshe And albeit that this euyll passion may chaunce in al partes of the body neuertheles for the most part it happeneth in the bones of the legges of the armes and we haue seen often in the frenche pockes with corruption and vlceration of the bone euyl to be cured The cure of this windynes is accomplysshed as foloweth Fyrste ye must purge the matter with conuenient purgations as is this ℞ of diacatholicon ʒ.vi of electuary of roses after Mesne of diaphinicon ana ʒ.i myngle them and make a potion with the cōmon decoction lette the patient take it in the morning this digestion presupposed ℞ of sirupe de duabus radicibus with vynegre of sirupe of fumytory the lesse ana ʒ vi of waters of fumytory endyue and hoppes ana ℥ i. after purgation ye shall come to locall remedies whiche must be resolutyues with familyer repercussion as thys that folowyth ℞ of cleane barlye of lentyles roses benes ana m̄ ss of pomegranates with the ryndes n̄ ii seeth them all togyther with swete water tylle the barlye breake than stampe them adde ther vnto oyle of myrte roses omphacyne dyll and camomyl ana ℥ .ii. of white waxe ℥ .ii. ss let them seth agayn a litle and whan ye take them from the fyer stirre them about tylle thei be warme adde of safron ℈ .i. make as it were a playster if the place seme to require maturation ye shal vse thys playster folowynge ℞ of the rotes of hollyhocke white lillies ana ℥ .viii. seeth them al togyther in the broth of a wethers head cut them stampe them strain them and make a styffe plaister with wheate floure sufficient quantitie of the forsayd water wyth the streynyng adding of cōmon oyle and oyle of vyolettes ana ℥ ii the yolkes of .ii. egges whan the place is come to ripenes whiche is not cōmunlye euydent but is with small swellyng and wtout change of colour in the skyn ye must make incision accordyng to the length of the member and afterward ye shall procede certayne dayes with digestiues and mundificatiues but if the boone be rotten ye shal remoue it as is saide in the chapyter of a rotten bone we haue sometymes seen in this case so gret peyn thorough this wyndynes and multitude of matter that we haue ben constrayned to make incision in the place and to take awaye gret part of the bones of the armes the legges called focilia with raspatoryes and with actuall cauteries for otherwyse we coulde not heale the pacientes Thus by the grace of god the doctryne of this booke is accomplysshed for the which his name be honored and praysed for euer Amen Here foloweth the abrydgementes of the workes of mayster Iohn de Vigo conteynyng brieflye the principal doctrynes declared more largelye in the former boke and many other thinges newely deuised and inuented by the sayde doctour and is deuided into .v. bokes ¶ The fyrst treateth of woundes The second of apostemes The thyrd of vlceres The fourth of proper remedies for euery membre from the head to the feete The fyfte is in maner of an antydotary declaryng certayn remedyes for sundrye dyseases ALbeit that we haue sufficiently treated of a broken scull in a proper chapter neauerthelesse for a more ample doctrine for the profit of the reader I haue determined to write certeyn notable thynges to be obserued in the fracture of the scul a newe maner of percynge the bone of the head for considering the gret danger of percyng the bones of the head by instrumētes inuented aswel by aūcient as later doctours as are trapanes molinelles c. made wythoute warenes for hurtyng the pannicles of the brayne and moreouer considerynge the commotion of the humors and the peyne whyche is caused by rubbing of raspatores I haue found out newe instrumentes by diuine inspiration as I suppose wherwith the boones of the skulle maye be perced without peyne or hurtyng of the pannicles of the brayne Fyrst before ye come to the percing ye muste knowe howe the boone was broken and with what instrumente and than ye shall shaue the head and make a
egiptiacum made wyth wyne of pomegranades and wyth water of plantayne ʒ ii mengle them The thyrde is after thys sorte ℞ of oyle of roses omphacyne oyle myrtyne ana ℥ ii of oyle of swete almons ʒ ii of goates wethers talowe ana ʒ iii. of antimonium of litarge of gold and syluer an̄ ʒ ii of cerusse ʒ i. ss seeth them all together and styrre them about tyl the colour be very blacke and make a cerote wyth sufficient whyte waxe addynge when ye shall take it frō the fyre of tutia preparate of brent leade ana ʒ ii synders of yron ʒ i. mēgle them and laboure them in a mortar of leade the space of two houres Thys oyntmēt dryeth the vlcers of the eares after the mūdification of them Here folowe remedies conuenient to heale the diseases of the eyes and fyrste for ophtalmia comynge of hote causes after this sorte R. the whytes of two rosted egges of water of roses wyth the muscilage of psilium quynces ℥ ii of tutia preparate ʒ i. of womans mylke ʒ vi mēgle them and whē they haue stande the space of two houres streyne them The seconde is goates mylke cowes mylke or womans mylke wyth a lytle suger The thyrd is a whyte sief wythout opium dissolued wyth the fyrst receit The fourthe is a decoction of fenugreke as it foloweth R. of fenugreke washed with reyne water ʒ iii. of quince seedes ʒ i. of the seede of psilium ʒ ss of water of roses ʒ iiii seeth them all together besyde the psilium tyl the thyrde parte be consumed and then when ye take the reste from the fyre put in the psilium and let it so remayn the space of thre houres and afterwarde streyn them all The fyfth fourme is the playster folowyng R. of the meate of rosted apples ℥ iii. of barlye floure of womans mylke of water of violettes and roses ana ℥ ss seeth them wyth a softe fyre styrrynge them about tyl they be thycke and adde the yolke of an egge The sixte fourme is thys R. of mellilote camomille roses an̄ m̄ i. of fenugreke ℥ i. of wormwood of floures of rosemarye ana a lytle Seeth altogether with reyne water swete wyne tyl the thyrde parte be consumed The seuenth fourme is the water folowynge R. of water of roses ℥ iii. of odoriferous whyte wyne ʒ i. of cloues in number foure of aloes epatike ℈ ii of sarcocoll dissolued with womans mylke graynes thre of suger candy of syrupe of roses ℥ i. of mirobalane citrine ʒ ss mēgle them seeth thē together a lytle and then streyne them The eight is a repercussiue made after thys sorte R. of oyle of roses omphacine ʒ ss of the iuyce of plantayne of the wyne of pomegranades ana ℥ i. of vinaygre of roses ʒ ii seeth them al together tyll the wyne vinaygre iuyce be consumed then streyne them put to the streynyng of white waxe ʒ x. of all the saunders ana ʒ ss of terra sigillata of bole armenye ana ʒ i. of beane flour ʒ vi mengle them make a sofee cerote The nynth is a vesicatorie thus ordeined R. of cātarides ʒ iii. of leuē ℥ i. of vinaygre of roses ℥ ii mengle them make a vesicatorie stāpynge thē in a mortar the wynges and heades of the cantarides fyrste beynge taken awaye The tenth is a bathe as foloweth R. of roses of myrtilles of camomyll rosemarye sage wormewood sticados an̄ m̄ i. of corianders ℥ ii of squinantum a litle of honye li. ss of alume and salt ana ℥ i. of maiorū and nepte ana m̄ ss seeth them all together wyth sufficient lye and a lytle odoriferous wyne tyll the fourth parte be consumed Vniuersal remedies are these that folowe The fyrste is diete whyche must be slender from the begynnyng to the state The seconde is phlebotomie diuersiue of the veyne cephalyke on the contrary syde whiche is conuenient from the begynnyng to the augmentation The thyrde is by phlebotomye euacuatiue in the veyne cephalica on the same syde when opthalmia is in the state The fourth is digestion purgation of the euyll matter which muste be vsed at the begynning wyth cassia manna or wyth a lectuarye of roses pilles of assagereth or of hiera wyth agarike The fyfth is applicatition of bloodsuckers vpon the emoroydal veynes and about the eares from the begynninge to the augmentation The sixte is the application of ventoses vpon the shulders The seuenth is a clyster mollificatiue after this sorte R. sufficient quantitie of the brothe of a wethers heade of honye of roses or violettes ℥ i. ss the yolkes of two egges a lytle salt of oyle of violettes or of comune oyle ℥ iii. of cassia ʒ vi or of benedicta simplex ʒ v. These remedies must be thus ordeined Fyrst ye muste vse diuersiue phlebotomye in the contrary part and the daye before ye muste geue the patient the forsayd clyster applieng the particuler remedies as they be afore wrytten and layeng the repercussiue vpon the foreheade and washynge the armes and legges in the last decoction As concernynge digestion and purgation ye shall resorte to the chapter of ophtalmia And when the disease is in declination it is good to applye the water of cloues called aqua gariofilata to consume the matter Item it is very profitable to laye vpon the eye with a sponge the decoction of mellilote ¶ Remedies for ytchynge and burnyng of the eyes THe remedies for these diseases are thre of whyche the fyrst is thys R. of water of roses and plantayne ana ℥ ii of the iuce of housleke ʒ iii. the white of a rosted egge of tutia ʒ i. let them so remayne together the space of a daye then streine them The second fourme is pereles and is thus described R. of water of roses ℥ ii of whyte wyne ℥ i. of mirobalane citrine ʒ ss lette them boyle al together a litle and adde thervnto of verdegrese ʒ i. and when they haue stande together the space of two daies streyne them and put the licour in a glasse Vug. de tutia The thyrde is vnguentum de tutia thus ordeyned R. of freshe butter ʒ ii of larde of tutia preparate an̄ ʒ i. mengle them and labour them in a mortar of leade the space of an houre Remedies that cleare the syght be sixe in nūber wherof the fyrst is thys R. of a goates lyuer l. ss of the iuyce of fenell and basille an̄ ℥ i. of the floures of rosemary m̄ ss of aloes epatike ʒ ii of cloues of nutmigges ana ʒ i. of hony ℥ i. ss of the water of celidony rue verueyne roses eufrage ana ℥ i. of the galles of hennes capons and cockes ana ʒ ii mengle these thynges together leaue them the space of .xxiiii. houres then stylle them in a lembike of glasse kepe thys water in a glasse wel stopped The seconde is Constantines hiera taken two houres before supper The thyrde are
whyte Lyllies â„¥ iiij of Camomylle melilote Ana. mÌ„ ss of branne mÌ„ j. lette them boyle to a perfecte concoctyon than presse them and choppe the rootes of Holyhocke and the rootes of Lyllies and stampe them and strayne them fynely and putte to the thynges vndre wrytten of Oyle of Roses Camomylle dyll and of Lyllies Ana â„¥ ij the marye of the legges of a Calfe and of a Cowe of hennes grece Ana â„¥ j. of whyte waxe â„¥ j. and. ss the substaunce or meate of Apples rosted vndre coales â„¥ iij. and. ss melte them al and lette them boyle on a softe fyere styrre them aboute halfe an howre We haue proued thys playstre to be of good operatyon in resoluynge all hote Apostemes And it is of the composityon of mayster Iohan de Barnardis whyche was of great estimatyon amonge the practysers of Chirurgerye whyche in oure tyme were at Rome And I haue vsed of thys playstre and the other aboue wrytten and haue gotteÌ„ honour and proffyte thereby The fyrste playstre is of the descriptyon of Auicenne and it is also verye fytte to resolue I coulde describe manye other but I shulde be to longe And the foresayde remedyes are suffycyent to resolue anye Aposteme be it of a primityue cause or of an antecedent Whan ye perceaue that the Aposteme enclineth to maturation which thynge is sone knowen by thies sygnes namely by great pulsatioÌ„ hardnes prolonged wyth heate by the reddische couloure of the place than you muste vse maturatiue thynges that it maye be perfectly ryped ¶ A plaistre maturatiue for flegmon A maturatiue TAke the leaues of mallowes and of violettes of eche mÌ„ j. of the rootes of langede beefe tendre and fresche â„¥ ij of the rootes of holyhocke â„¥ iiij lette thies aforesayd thynges boyle seeth perfectlye than choppe them small stampe them and strayne them fynely and afterwarde take a lytle lynsede of fenugreke well beaten and put theÌ„ in the decoctioÌ„ of the sayde herbes and rootes wyth barley floure and make a stiffe plaistre addynge in the ende of commune oyle â„¥ iij. of fresche buttyre â„¥ ij ss of fresche swynes grece â„¥ ij three yolkes of Egges whiche done meÌ„gle them agayne with the foresaid rootes strayned and sette them on the fyer agayne and stirre them about make a plaister and vse it as the other twyse a daye We haue proued this plaister to be good to rype al hote Apostemes And yf you nede a stronger maturatiue vse this vndre wrytten which I durste not vse but in great necessyte after suppuratioÌ„ This is the description of it A stronge maturatiue Take of the floure of linsede and of fenugreke the cromes of rawe wel leuened bread Ana â„¥ j. ss foure drie fygges and fyue snailes wythout shelles and of the playstre aboue ordened â„¥ iij. mengle them and stampe them in a mortare and than lette them boyle a lytle at the fyer and make a playstre I haue founde it profitable layinge it onlye vpon the heade of the Aposteme whan the Aposteme was well nygh rype For it drawethe the matter outwarde and makethe the skynne thynne And I was wonte to put ouer the Aposteme the playstre maturatiue aboue named A fomentation and to fomente or bathe the place wyth thys decoction before I applied the sayde playstre The decoction is thys Take of the leaues of mallowes of violettes of Holyhoc of euerye one mÌ„ j. branne mÌ„ ss boyle them in sufficient quantytie of water tyll two partes ben consumed than strayne them and putte to the decoction a lytle barley floure and of fresche buttyre of commune Oyle Ana â„¥ iij. wyth the yolkes of three Egges and lette them boyle agayne a lytle and fomente the Aposteme therewyth Arzi a lerned man in Chirurgerye sayethe that thys decoction or a lyke is verye conuenient to resolue and rype hote Apostemes and it swagethe the payne and thynnethe the skynne and causethe the mattyere to comme outwarde After the maturation ye must open the Aposteme The maneâ— of openynge an Aposteme wherein certayne doctrynes are to be obserued Fyrste the openynge muste be in the rypest place Secondlye in a lowe place that the heyuy mattyere maye the more easelye be purged Thyrdely the openynge muste be made accordynge to the lengthe of the Muscles Veynes synnowes and Chordes The fourthe obseruatyon is that we make incisyon accordynge to the growynge of the heares and accordynge to the wryncles of the skynne The fyfthe is that after the incisyon ye must not drawe out all the mattier at ones that the strengthe of the patient be not affebled The syxte and last is that the incisyon be made accordynge to the quantyte of the mattyers If the Aposteme be great ye muste make a great incisyon yf lytle a lytle incisyon And also after the lernynge of Auicenna whan the skynne of the Aposteme is lyfted vp on hygh the chirurgien muste open it in the rypest and lowest parte that he canne After the incisyon ye muste put in youre fynger and proue the hollownes of it and than fylle the hollownes wyth conuenient medicyne It is good also to knowe and assaye the hollownes wyth conuenieÌ„t instrumentes so that it be done softely and warely for hurtynge the synnowes and veynes I saye also that in rounde Apostemes incisyon muste be made in the lowest part after the figure of a newe Moone that it maye be the soner healed and to auoyde the daunger of a Fistula Auicenna commaundethe to make two or thre incisyons We haue proued bothe wayes and haue founde more succurre in the incisyon made after the facion of a new Moone And it is to be noted that whan suche an incisyon is made after the fygure of a newe Moone the two poyntes must be vpwarde and the middle benethe that the mattier may be purged more easely The order of procedyng aftâ—r the incisyon After thys incisyon you muste put in tentes moysted in the yolke of an Egge or in Oyle of Roses And afterwarde ye muste procede wyth a dygestiue compouned of the yolke of an Egge and a lytle terebentyne And yf the place be verye paynfull ye muste vse Oyle of Roses in the stede of terebentyne Thys digestyue causethe the payne to cease and it muste be vsed the space of thre or foure daies After the digestyue ye muste clense the place wythe a mundificatyue of Syrupe of Roses cheyfelye whan the Aposteme is aboute verye sensible places and synnowie as aboute the priuie membres The description of the mundificatyue is thys â„ž of Syrupe of Roses â„¥ ij of terebentyne â„¥ iij. let them boyle a litle together Whan they haue boyled adde to them a yolke of an Egge after that ye haue take the sayde thynges from the fier and putte there vnto moreouer of barley floure well boulted â„¥ j. ss wyth a lytle Saffran ¶ Another stronger mundificatyue â„ž of Honye of Roses strayned â„¥ ij Mundification de Apto of cleare terebentyne
all ye shal put in the strayned mallowes apples And note that thys medicine is great and singuler and of oure inuention healeth the sayd Ignis persicus and pruna in appaysing the griefe dryyng the vlceres moderately And it is good at all tymes of thys disease and cheiflye in the state and declinatiō in whych time the matteir hath lost his actiuite Another oyntment to the same intentiō R. of cimolia ℥ i. ss of the iuyce of plantaine ℥ ii of vnguentū populeon ℥ iii. of litarge of golde and siluer an̄ ℥ ii ss of cerusse ℥ i. of bole armenie of terra sigillata of washed lyme an̄ ʒ vi of swynes gresse washed with water of roses moltē ℥ iiii put thē al in a morter of lead as it is aforesayd labour thē in the same the space of two houres make a liniment This oyntment is of merueylous operatiō in thys disease hath the vertue of the oyntmēt declared afore but that it is more desiccatiue Item R. of the leaues of mallowes violettes an̄ m̄ .ii. of cleane barley m̄ .i. of wardens or wyldinges in nōbre .x. Seeth them al in sufficient water til the barley breake than stampe them and straine them let them seeth agayne a lytle put therunto of oyle of roses of oyle of violettes an̄ ℥ ii of hennes gresse of whyte waxe an̄ ℥ i. ss and let them seeth agayne a lytle and take them from the fyer and stere them aboute tyll the linniment be warme Thys oyntment is very good in declination The fourth intention whych is to correcte the accidentes is accomplyshed after the doctrine written in the chap. of Formica wherfore yf Ignis persicus or pruna come to vlceration ye must resort to the cha which treateth of an vlcered Formica we haue also there wrytten remedies to take away the eschare of maligne corrisiue vlceres wherfore let these two cha be redde together ¶ The .xii. cha of bladers and inflation Bledees or inflation OFten tymes in mannes bodye there chaunce lytle blysters ful of water procedynge of the deriuation of a choleryke subtile humoure And the sayde bladers bene ful of clere mattier hauing the coloure of water whā it hath sodden a lytle And this mattier is engēdred of the ebullition or boylinge out of cholere And by reason of hys subtilite it persethe the fleshe whihe is thynne and is holden of the skynne which is thycke And hereby thys bladerynge is caused is ful of water Inflation procedethe of grosser humours and they ben also full of mattier hauynge the coloure of water in which fleshe hath ben washed which is blodye And these inflations bene deper than bladers There is a difference betwene bladers and inflatiōs For bladers bene founde betwene the skynne called hyemall and the trewe skynne and the inflations ben not so ¶ The .xiii. Chapter of the cure of bladers and inflations THe cure of Bladers and inflations hath thre intentions The cure of bledees inflations The fyrste is the ordeinaunce of lyfe The second the digestion of the mattier antecedente and the purgation of the same The thyrde to take away the mattier conioncte The fyrst and the seconde intentions bene accomplyshed in the doctrine of the cure of herisipelas resorte thervnto accordynge to necessitie The thyrde intention whych is to take awaye the mattier conioinct is accomplyshed by the ministration of local medicines that is to saye whyche bene to be applyed vpon the place And the medycines that bene good in the cure of Ignis persicus are good also in thys case Neuerthelesse that it seme not that I haue laboured in vayne in thys presente chapter I wyl describe some remedies The first is thys R. of cleane barley m̄ .i. of fumiterre m̄ ss of mallowes m̄ .i. ss of lentiles m̄ .ii. A plaster of Hypoquistidos of sloes an̄ ℥ ss Seeth them al together wyth smythes water tyll the barley be perfectly sodde than stampe them and strayne them and putte therunto these thynges R. of oyle of roses of oyle mirtyne an̄ ℥ ii of white waxe ʒ x. of calues tallow ℥ iii. melte all and lette them boyle at the fyer halfe an houre euer styrryng them aboute and than playster the place therwyth Thys later playster is good in al tymes of bladeryng and inflation Another playster ryghte good in thys case R. of the middle of breade ℥ iiii of weybreyde of lentiles of the floures of pomegranades an̄ m̄ .i. of the leaues of mallowes leatuce an̄ m̄ ss Seeth them al in sufficiente water than stampe them and strayne them wyth barley floure well boulted asmuche as shall suffice Make a styffe playster addynge of oyle of roses ℥ ii of hennes grece ℥ i. the yolkes of thre egges when they shall be takē frō the fyer of gotes mylke ℥ ii Laye thys ordinaunce vpon the place after the maner of a playster This causeth maturatiō of blysters and inflations breaketh them and appayseth the paine and purgeth the vesication or bladerynge and inflation And yf it chaunce that the place become vlcered malygned eschared as we haue often sene for the cure of the sayd vlceres ye muste resorte to the cure of formica corrosina In whych many good remedyes for the cure of thys dysease ard dyscribed Another good oyntmēt ℞ of the iuyce of plantayne of the iuyce of nyghtshade and leatuce ana ℥ ij of oyle of roses ℥ iiij of swynes grese of calues suete ana ℥ ij and. ss boyle them to the cōsumptiō of the halfe strayne them and put to these thynges vnder wrytten ℞ of litarge of golde and syluer ana ℥ ij of minium ʒ x. of bole armenie of terra sigillata ana ℥ ss of tutia preparate ʒ vi of cerusse ℥ i. lette them boyle agayne at the fyer wyth the forsayd straynynge and styrre thē euer aboute tyll they receaue a blacke fourme adde of whyte waxe asmuch as shal be sufficient and of oyle of roses yf nede be In the ende of the decoction put thervnto of camfore brayed accordynge to arte Thys oyntment healeth merueylously all kyndes of inflation vlcered malygne after that theyr malignitie is ones kylled ¶ The .xiiij. Chapitre of Essara Essara ESsara is a lytle pustel as it were of the quantite of a blader or blyster neuerthelesse there is a dyfferēce For out of a blader some watrines issueth But of Essara there aryseth a certayne carnosite or fleshynes as it chaunseth to a man stongen wyth a waspe or rubbed with a netle And these pustles ryse in one place a few at ones whych cause great ytche so that the patient can scarcely refrayne scratchyng by the whych scratchynge many pustles ben spredde through all the bodye These pustles ben engendred of mater flegmatyke and salte and some tymes of sanguine matter And thys dysease cōmeth souer in the nyght then in the day bycause the pores of
lye described in the same place One thynge is to be noted before ye laye to the foresayde sharpe medicynes that is that ye scarifye the Carbuncle or Anthrax wyth a depe scarificatyon onely vpon the eschared place and to laye aboute the place leechees or bloodsuckers And after thys scarifycatyon ye muste wasche the place wyth the decoctyon of Baurac or hote lye ScarificatioÌ„ Thys depe scarifycatyon hathe two vtilitees The first is that it draweth the venimous mattyer frome the inwarde partes to the outwarde Another vtilite is that the medicine caustyque and corrosyue worcketh the better Lykewyse whan the escare is broken the applycatyon of a caustyque medicyne is good for two thynges The fyrste is that it drawethe the infected bloode frome the pryncypall membre to hys emunctorye The seconde that it mortifyeth and consumeth the mattyere drawen to the sore place Afterwarde ye muste cause the eschare to fall To remoue an Eschare layinge vpon it hote buttyre To remoue an Eschaire or swynes grece or this plaister â„ž of the floure of barley of the floure of wheate Ana â„¥ iij. wyth a decoctyon of mallowes violettes and rotes of Holihocke make a styffe plaister addynge of buttyre of swynes grece melted Ana â„¥ ij the yolkes of two Egges whan the playstere shal be taken frome the fyer mengle them together agayne wyth the foresayde rootes and leaues well stamped and strayned ☞ Thys playster maye soner cause the eschare to falle in one daye than buttyre and swynes grece in three and it appaysethe the payne caused wyth the caustyque medicyne and moreouer resoluethe merueylously the mattier of the Carbuncle Mundificatyue Whan the eschaire is fallen of ye muste mundifye the place wyth thys pleasaunt mundificatyue the space of three dayes â„ž of cleare terebentyne â„¥ iij. of a syrupe of Roses â„¥ j. of honie of Roses â„¥ ss lette them boyle al at the fyer a lytle and put in a yolke of an Egge whan ye take the foresayde ordinauÌ„ce from the fyer of barley floure of wheate floure well boulted Ana Ê’ vj. mengle them and incorporate theÌ„ Thys mundificatyue auayleth much at the begynnynge by reason of the pleasauntnes of it For communelye after that the eschare is taken awaye the place is verye paynfull and enflamed And thys mundificatyue appayseth payne as ye maye knowe by the symples that entre in to it Another muÌ„dificatyâ—e Whan ye haue vsed thre dayes this mundificatyue ye muste comme to a stronger mundificatyue as thys is â„ž of cleare terebentyne â„¥ iiij of honye of Roses â„¥ ij of barley floure well boulted â„¥ j. and. ss of the iuyce of smalage â„¥ ij ss boyle them all at the fyere vnto the consumptyon of the iuyce than take them frome the fyer and put in barley floure and incorporate theÌ„ al together tyl the same be luke warme This mundificatyue is praysed of Guydo and Bischoppe Theodoryke made it Whan the place is mundifyed incarne it and seale it vp as we haue taught in the Chapitre of the cure of flegmon and of Formica Corrosiua Here note that we wolde not wryte the cure resolutyue of thys dysease ☜ bycause that it euer endethe by the waye of putrefactyon and suppuratyoÌ„ And lykewyse we haue not wrytten maturatyon wyth attractyon as some doctours haue done For maturatyon is caused by hote thynges and moyest in hote Apostemes The rayson why we haue not wrytten it is bycause the mattyer is venymous and malygne and some thynge vlcereth wythin And yf we shulde applie moyste thynges we shulde adde putrefactyon to putrefactyoÌ„ For moystnes is the mother of putrefactioÌ„ and heate the father Thys wytnesseth frauncis of pedemounte a renoumed Phisityon in the Chapytre of the cure of Anthrax and we affyrme the same of medicines to muche attractyue and maturatyue For in drawynge the mattyer immoderately they cause the retayned mattyer to be more aygre and more malygne as Theodoryke saythe in the Chapitre of the cure of Anthrax Proued remedies only wrytten wherefore we coulde declare more aydes but bycause we haue founde lytle profytte in them we leaue them wyllynglye and wryte the remedyes that we haue proued The fourthe intentyon is to conforte the harte and to rectifie the ayer of the house where the patiente is Rectifyenge of the ayre And it is thus accomplished as it foloweth Fyrste sprynkle the chambre with water mengled with vinaygre And set in the chaÌ„bre wyllowe bowes roses vyne leaues and other cooling thynges accordinge to the tyme. A cordial confection Conforte the hert wyth thys cordial coÌ„fection R. conserue of roses of buglosse anÌ„ â„¥ iii. of al the sauÌ„ders anÌ„ Ê’ iii. of coralles whyte and red anÌ„ Ê’ i. ss of al fragmeÌ„tes ℈ ii of syrupe of the iuyce of sorell of the iuyce of an orenge called de acetositate citri of syrupe of roses by infutioÌ„ anÌ„ â„¥ i. ss meÌ„gle theÌ„ gyld them The patient must vse thys confection euery morning euery houre whan he felethe hym selfe to be touched of pestilente infection Outwardly it is good to coÌ„forte the herte wyth thys epitheme Epitheme confortatiue of the herte in the maner of a cerote â„ž of oyle of roses omphacine of vnguentuÌ„ rosarum anÌ„ â„¥ .iiii. of white waxe â„¥ i. ss of vinaigre of roses â„¥ ii ss of the water of roses â„¥ ii Seeth them all except the waxe tyl the vinaigre and the water ben coÌ„sumed than put to the waxe and the thynges vnder wrytten R. of all the saunders anÌ„ Ê’ ii of coralles whyte redde anÌ„ Ê’ i. ss of saffran Ê’ ss meÌ„gle them al together and make a cerote Thys epitheme is after the maner of a cerote and ye must sprede it vpon a large cloth and laye it vpon the hert For it coÌ„forteth the herte merueilously It is of our inuentioÌ„ and we haue proued it with worshyp and profitte Item it is good to smel to rose water to vinaigre and to wyne of good odour mengled wyth a lytle caÌ„fore saffraÌ„ Further more it is necessary to kepe the patient waking by cryeng or by delectable wordes that the venomous mattier maye be brought from the inwarde partes to the outwarde For as Galene sayth wakyng calleth out natural heate wakyng slepyng calleth it in A wyse chirurgien muste alwaye comfort the patient and brynge hym in hope of helth The first inteÌ„tion is to correcte the accidentes it is thys accomplished There chauÌ„seth oft in this disease treÌ„bling of the hert vomite sounding a sharpe fieuer and great paine in the place of the carbuÌ„cle an euyll vlcere To take away the treÌ„blyng of the hert the patient must vse thys coÌ„position Tremblyng of the hâ—rt R. of the maw or runnyng of a kydde called coaguluÌ„ of a laÌ„be of an harte of a calfe ana â„¥ ii ss of odoriferous wine â„¥ ii of the stones of a cockke sodden with the water of
sayeth yf the canker can not be cutte to the rootes it must not be cut at all for incision bryngeth the canker to vlceratiō and malignitie But yf the canker be tretable in the begynnynge and of small vlceration and in suche parte of the bodye that it maye seme possible to be rooted vppe by the waye of incision Incision than the Chyrurgien after a purgation made by conuenyente medycynes or by Flebotomye as we haue sayde maye cut it vp by the rootes After incision and extirpatiō and that the melancholyke bloude is taken awaye ye muste laye an hoote yron vpon the sore place tyl ye touch the quycke flesh For as Ouyde sayth all thynges are fyrst to be attempted but an incurable sore muste be cutte awaye that the sincere parte be not infected After this ye must procure the fal of the escarre To remoue an eschare wyth buttyre or swynes grese or wyth thys playstre Take of the decoction of holyhocke mallowes and vyolettes li. ii of barlye floure as moche as shall suffyce to be incorporated with the sayd decoction than let them boyle at the fyre a lytle whyle tyll they bene thycke and adde of oyle of roses and vyolettes Ana ℥ ii and wyth the yolkes of two egges and a lytle saffran make a playstre This playstre appayseth payne as it appereth by the simples of which it is cōpounde And it mollifyeth and resolueth the matter that is about the sore place and was drawen thyther by cauterisation or incision and it hath also vertue to cōforte the place Note that in al tymes of this disease ye muste beware of to moche humiditye or moystnesse For humiditie as Aristotle sayeth is the mother of all corruption and putrificaction wherefore it semeth better to make the eschare fall awaye wyth thys Playstre than wyth butyre or swynes grese After that the escharre is fallen of ye must mundify the place with this mundificatyue A mūdificatyue ℞ of clere terebentin wasshed wyth barlye water ℥ iii. of oyle omphacyne of syrupe of Roses by infusyon Ana ℥ i. ss of the iuyce of plantayn and nyghtshade which is morell Ana ℥ ii of the iuyce of smallage ʒ ii Let them boyle al togyther vnto the consumption of two partes of the thre of the sayde iuyces than strayne them and adde thervnto the yolke of a newe layed egge of barlye floure and lentyle floure well cersed and newe Ana ℥ ss of Saffran ℈ i. mengle them Thys playstre mundifyeth without mordication or bytyng and it is abstersyue wyth exiccation and cōfortation of the place ☞ Note that in all the tyme of this Aposteme it is not conuenyent to vse thynges incarnatyue or thynges ouermoche abstersiue and desiccatiue which bene of hote complexion But the oyntmentes and linimentes in the cure of a canker vlcered muste be of colde and drye qualitie as bene the pryncipall oyntmentes compounde of mineralles and with the iuyce of herbes which must be labored a good whyle in a mortare of leade whyche mortare of leade is praysed in thys poynte of al auctours Nowe wyll we shewe some receytes and oyntmentes And fyrst vnguentum magistrale of our inuentiō Vnguentū magistrale whych heleth vlceres maligne cankerous corrosyue and other lyke howbeit we admonyshe you that ye obserue the doctryne vniuersal and perticuler aboue named This is the fourme of the sayde oyntment ℞ of oyntment of Roses after the descryption of Mesue ℥ ii of Vnguentum populeon ℥ i. and. ss of oyle myrtyne of oyle of roses made of vnrype olyues Ana ℥ iii. of calues tallowe ℥ iiii of the iuyce of plantayne and nyghtshade Ana ℥ ii and. ss of the iuyce of houseleke These bene kyndes of maydēheer of gallitricū and politricū of the croppes of bryers Ana. m̄ i. of wodbinde and grounswell or peny-grasse ana m̄ ss stampe the thynges that ben to be stamped with the said calues suette than let them abyde togyther the space of a daye and afterwarde lette them be boyled togyther vntyll the iuyce be consumed Than strayne them adde to the strayning as moch whyte waxe as shall suffice and thā take them from the fyre and styrre thē about til they be but warm whiche thynge done adde of litarge of golde and syluer well brayed Ana ℥ ii of burnt leade ℥ i. of cerusse ℥ i. of tutia Alexandrina of the poudre of fresh water creuyses dryed in an ouē ana 3. x. of camphore 3. ii of the stone called an amethist ʒ iii. mengle them and laboure them in a mortare of leade An other liniment for the same intention ℞ of oyle of roses A liniment omphacine of vnguentum rosarum Ana ℥ i and. ss of the iuce of plantayne laictuce nyghtshade and purselane ana ʒ ii of litarge of golde and syluer an̄ ℥ i. of tutia alexandrina ℥ ss make a lynimēt of all these accordyng to arte laboryng it and styrryng it in a mortar of leade the space of a daye This liniment is meruelous good to defend the canker from encreasynge swageth payne and auayleth as well agaynst a canker vlcered as not vlcered An other An other ℞ of the muscilage of psillium and quinces ℥ i. ss of the iuce of coriandex or in the stede therof of sorel ℥ ss of oile of roses ℥ ii of litarge of golde syluer ℥ ii of tutia 3. ii of cerusse ʒ ss of burnt lead ʒ iii. the yolke of a new layed egge of womās milk ʒ v. of opium graines .iiii. of camfore graines .ii. mengle them and laboure thēin a mortare of leade sixe houres we haue founde it good to washe the vlcered place with thys decoctiō ℞ of the water of roses of the water of playntayne of the water of nyght shade Ana ℥ ii of Myrobolane citri of floures of Pomegranades Ana. 3. ii of roche Alumme ʒ ss braye fyrste the thynges that bene to be brayed than boyle them all togyther a lytle afterwarde strayne them and wash the place ofte An oyntment to the same intention ℞ of oyle of Roses of oyle mirtine Ana. l. ss of calues suette An other and cowes suette Ana ℥ iiii of the iuyce of plantayne and nyghtshade Ana ℥ iii. let them boyle all togyther tyll the iuyce be consumed than strayne them and adde to the straynynge of litarge of golde and syluer Ana ℥ ii of cerusse bole armenie of terra sigillata of minium Ana ℥ i. sette them to the fyre agayne and styrre them euer and wyth suffycyente whyte waxe make a softe cerote addynge in the ende of the decoctiō of camphore ʒ i. A signe of perfect decoction of this vnguent is whan it waxeth blacke or blakish Thys vnguent putte vpon cloutes and layed vpon the canker is a good remedye Furthermore yf it chaunce after the incision of a canker or cauterisation that there remayn any maligne or superfluous fleshe whiche must be taken away there is nothyng better than our
purse of the stones then it is called a rupture complete The causes that engendre a rupture bene sometymes primitiue The causes of rupture and somteymes antecedente Primitiue bene these a fall from an hyghe place a strype wyth the fyste wyth a staffe wyth a dagger wyth the fote The causes antecedente bene for the mooste parte humours flegmatyke grosse and wyndye sente to the nether partes from the membres nutritiue And thys cause procedethe moste of euell dyete and meates that engendre grosse humours and greate cowghynge Also of coldnes of the feete and greate cryenges as syngers preachers trompetters and other mynstrelles vse All these forsayde thynges cause rupture or burstynge Lykewyse to leape or lyfte heuye burthens causethe rupture and many other thynges whych may chaunce when a man forceth hymselfe to muche Nowe seynge that we haue serched out the kyndes of rupture and the causes of the same it is tyme to come to the cure by the waye of exiccation or dryenge and conglutination or gluynge together The cure The curation of a rupture not complete and complete vnto the age of .xxx. yeares and aboue is accomplyshed by regyment vniuersal and partyculer Vniuersall regiment shall be accomplyshed by good ordynaunce kepte in eatynge Dyete and drynkynge Wherfore the patient muste vse to eate fleshe of good nouryshmēt rather rosted then boyled wyth coriandre and fenell stronge and swete Lette the fleshe be of mutton of a yeare olde of veale of a kydde of chyckens of hennes of capons of faysannes of pertriches of byrdes that lyue in myddowes and hylles Also ye maye gyue the patient egges how so euer they bene dressed chiefelye wyth cynnamon and maioram or wyth a lytle perseley or a fewe myntes lykewyse a suppynge or shewe of borage wyth the leaues of conferye wyth perseleye and a lytle myntes wyth egges or wythoute egges and the brothe of the good fleshe aforenamed is verye conueniente in thys case Also ryse wheate and grated breade bene profytable when they are sodden aparte wyth the sayde brothe The wyne muste be of good odoure of meane strengthe and moderatelye delayed wyth good water also of meane coloure neyther to redde nor to whyte but clarette or yelowe Item thys curation is accomplysshed by the regiment of an vniuersal purgation whych may euacuate euell matter and conforte the membre from whyche the matter is deryued Fyrste lette the patiente take thys syrupe Syrupe the space of a weke ℞ of syrupe de duabus radicibus wythoute vynegre of a syrupe of cicoree or in the stede of it of the iuyce of endiue of euery one ʒ vi of the water of endiuie fumiterre mayden heere of euery one ℥ i. Let the patient take it warme in the breake of the daye When he hathe vsed thys syrupe lette hym take thys purgation ℞ of diacatholicon ʒ vi Purgation of diafinicon ʒ iij. and. ss of reubarbe infused or steeped ℈ i. mengle them and make a small potion with the commune decoction The particuler regiment is accomplyshed by the administration of sondrye conuenient remedyes vppon the place Fyrst yf the rupture be complete when ye haue shauen of the heere 's about the priuie mēbre ye shall reduce the guttes and the zirbus wyth your hāde into hys place and thē ye shall bynde a fyne sponge vpon the rupture accordyng to the quantitie therof or more dypped in the decoction folowynge let the sponge be bounde vpon a trusse made by a good artificer ℞ of stiptike redde wyne .li. iiij of roses of balaustyes or floures of pomegranades of the leaues of myrtilles and graynes therof of sumach of the leaues of plantayne of hypericon or saynt Iohns wurte of woodbynde of euery one m̄ i. of the rootes of the greater consolida called conferie and the lesse theyr leaues of euery one m̄ ss of the rootes of holihocke ℥ ij of the nuttes of cypresse in nombre .xij. of hipoquistidos ℥ ss of roche alume ℥ ij of vynegre of roses ℥ ij and. ss of licium ℥ iij. of myrre of frankencense of euerye one ʒ v. of fyshe glue ℥ i. Let these foresayd thynges be boyled together wyth the sayd wyne vntyll halfe the wyne be consumed then strayne the decoction Decoction and wyth the sponge applye it vppon the rupture and vse a trusse chaungynge it twyse a weke It is requisite that the patiente kepe hys bedde and vse none exercyse of the body When you haue vsed this spoūge the space of fyftē dayes other fyften dayes ye shall vse thys poudre folowynge ones a daye shal make a fumigation of the forsayd decoction and when ye haue sprynckeled the poudre vpon the rupture bynde on the sponge after the maner aforesayde Poudre The ordynaunce of the pouldre is thys ℞ of frankencense mastyke myrre of euery one ʒ ij of aloes of sanguinis draconis sarcocolle mumie of euerye one ʒ i. and. ss of bole armenie of terra sygillata of euery one ʒ ij and. ss of whyte dragagantum brayed of fyshe glue ana ʒ i. ss of balausties or the floures of pome granades of the nuttes of cypresse of a myrobalane citrine of hipoquistidos of euery one ℈ iiij of laudanū wel brayed ʒ iij. and. ss brynge them al to a fyne pouldre This pouldre is of good operatiō in thys case it draweth together the loosed parte it dryeth riueleth or wrynkeleth and incarneth not a lytle After that these dayes bene passed and that ye haue vsed the sayde thynges ye shall procede wyth thys cerote folowynge whyche ye muste sprede vppon a lether and tye it to wyth a trusse chaungynge it frō weke to weke Thus you muste procede vnto fourtye dayes countynge the dayes passed Cerote The forme of the cerote is thys ℞ of the foresayde pouldre ℥ iij. of the iuyce of the roote of cōsolida the greater or conserye and the lesse ʒ x. of cleare terebentyne ℥ ij and ss of oyle of mastyke and oyle omphacine of euerye one ʒ iij. of oyle of terebentyne oyle of myrtilles of euery one ℥ ss of lytarge of golde and syluer of euery one ʒ vi of gotes talowe ʒ v. Let the foresayde oyles be boyled with the lytarge and a lytle stronge vynegre of roses vntyll the vynegre be consumed And then let them boyle agayne with the iuyce of conferie and afterwarde adde the terebentyne and boyle them agayne a lytle wyth a softer fyer and styrre them euer aboute and wyth the foresayde pouldre and whyte waxe make a cerote in a styffe forme whyche we haue proued to oure worshyppe and profyte and haue healed many therwyth Nowe that we haue sene the cure of a rupture by the waye of conglutination and exiccation it is conuenient that we describe the cure that is by handye operation that is to saye by incision whyche muste be done by a man well exercised therin Fyrste a conuenient purgation by clisters presupposed let the patient lye vpon a benche
and of the medicines that cause rotten nayles to falle and of the superfluous flesh growyng in the lyfte and the right syde of the nayles and of the incision of the same THe cure of the apostemes of the fete Apostemes of the fete differreth not from the cure of other apostemes aswell hotte as colde declared in the chap. of the handes of the fete wherfore ye shall resorte to the sayd cha It chaunceth ofte that the nayles of the handes Corruption of the nayles and of the fete come to corrupcyon cheffye in the lower partes and cause great payne wherfore it is necessary to gyue some remedye For if it be in the toes it hyndreth the goynge And yf it be in the fyngers it distroyeth handye workyng wherfore yf the nayle be greatly corrupted in the croune or in the sydes wyth olde vlceration ther is no surer ayde than to attenuate or make thinne the nayle with raspatories And than ye muste pearce it in sondrye places wyth a sharpe instrumente Afterwarde let the place be softened wyth thys mollificatyue the space of three dayes Plaister mollificatiue R. of the leaues of Violettes and Mallowes an̄ m̄ i. Seeth them in water stampe them and strayne them in the decoction wyth wheate floure and the foresayde straynynge make a styffe playster at the fyre addynge of the substaunce of rosted apples ℥ iii. of hennes grese and duckes grese of oyle of violettes of buttyre ana ʒ vi mengle them Thys plaister mollifieth the nayle and prepareth it to falle Afterwarde ye shall applye thys playster Plaister R. of Apium risus fynelye brayed ℥ i. of cantarydes theyr heades and winges beyng taken away ʒ i. of wheate leauen ℥ ii mengle thē and braye them together and make them after the manere of a playster Applye thys playster vpon the nayle vntyl ye perceaue the fleshe vnder the nayle to be corrupted Than procure the nayle to fal with playsters of Mallowes ordeyned before or wyth hotte buttyre whan the nayle is remoued lette the place be wasshed wyth water of barley and Sugre and applye a playster of miniū the space of four dayes Thā a lytle new waxe and oyle of roses with a lytle terebentyne after the bygnesse of the nayle maye conuenientlye be layed on to make the nayle to growe agayne But yf the nayle be corrupted only in one syde or in bothe wyth superfluouse fleshe ye shall cutte it awaye or roote it oute wyth a caustyke medicyne or wyth oure poudre of mercury or wyth a spōge somwhat burnt And yf these bene not sufficiente ye maye vse a ruptorye of Capitell or a trocyske of minium after oure discription After that the deede flesshe is cutten away or remoued cutte the nayle also vnto the hole parte wyth lytle cizars sharpelye poynted After incision ye shall wasshe the place wyth a decoction of roses Myrtyles Alume and stiptyke wyne and seale vp the place with oure poudre cicatrisatiue and a playster of Minium whyche thynges we haue proued often with worshyppe Thus. c ¶ The .v. chappi of an Aposteme colde and hotte in the stomake aswell in the outwarde parte as in the inner THe Apostemes of the stomake bene verye daungerous Aposteme in the stomake chieflye those that bene engendred in the inner part but they that are in the outwarde parte bene not so daungerous Ye shall knowe whan the Apoemes of the stomake are colde or hote by the sygnes declared in the chap. of apostemes vniuersally The cure shal be accomplyshed as it foloweth If the aposteme be hote and in the outwarde parte the obseruation of the vniuersall rules of purgation and diete presupposed it is conueniente to procede wyth resolutyues hauynge somme vertue to conforte the place as is this description R. of oyle of Camomylle ℥ i. and ss of oyle of roses cōplete odoriferous of oyle of Quynces ana ℥ vi Mengle them and at the fyre make a liniment wyth whyte waxe adding of all the Coralles ana ʒ i. and ss of Alabastre of Saunders whyte and redde ana ʒ i. mengle them Thys linimente is of greate efficacitie in thys case for it cōfortethe the stomake and resolueth gentelye Note that in thys place medicines muche repercussyue are not to be applyed bycause of the nobylytye of the stomake and of the lyuer Thys composition folowynge is good also and more resolutyue R. of Camomylle of Dylle ana ℥ i. of oyle of Roses complete of oyle of wormoode ana ʒ vi make a lynymente at the fyre wyth sufficient whyte waxe addyng of saffranne ℈ i. of Cynnamome ℈ ss Annoynte the Aposteme herewyth And yf you wyl that it be more resolutyue with some mollification ye shall adde to the foresayde thynges of the rootes of holihocke sodden and stamped ℥ ii of raisines brused ℥ i. If the sayde aposteme can not be resolued Maturatiue wyth the foresayd thinges than ye shal vse thys maturatyue R. of the leaues of mallowes and violettes ana m̄ i. of the meate of wardens or greate peris or of swete apples or of quynces rosted ℥ iii. of raysynes ℥ ii of wormwoode m̄ ss Seeth the thynges that bene to be sodden in water than stampe them and strayne them and with barley floure make a styffe playster in the decoction at the fyre addynge of oyle of violettes ℥ i. of oyle of swete Almandes of hennes grese ana ʒ vi the yolkes of two egges of saffranne ℈ i. of buttyre ʒ x. make a playster wyth the foresayde straynynge the substaūce of apples menglyng thē al together whan the Aposteme is rype cutte it after the length and neuer after the bredth Incision Than digeste the place wyth a digestyue of terebentyne the yolke of an egge and a lytle saffranne And yf the place be paynful bycause of the sensibilytye therof ye shal adde to the sayd digestyue oyle of roses omphacyne hotte for it digesteth and appayseth griefe mūdificatiue After digestion lette the place be mundifyed wyth thys mūdifycatiue R. of syrupe of Roses of honye of roses ana ʒ vi of cleare Terebentyne ℥ ii and ss of the iuyce of Smalage wormwoode playntayne horsetaile ana ʒ ii boile them a lytle with a soft fyre than adde the yolke of an egge of barley floure well cersed ʒ x. of saffran ℈ i. of sarcocolle ʒ iii. Lette this mundificatyue be applyed wyth a tente and yf ye putte too of frankencense drammes thre of myrre of mastyke ana ʒ ii it wyll be a good incarnatyue Finallye lette the vlcere be sealed vp wyth Vnguentum de Minio of oure description wasshynge it wyth water of alume or vse oure poudre cicatrisatyue If thys Aposteme be ingendred in the inner parte the cure differeth not The cure of an aposteme in the inner parte from the cure of the outwarde Aposteme touchyng resolution maturation and cōfortation of the place but the inner Aposteme can not suffer so stronge a laxatyue medicyne as
is altogether mundifyed then ye maye conuenientlye administer stiptike lotions A stiptike lotion as thys that foloweth ℞ of roses of the floures of pomegranades called balaustie of the croppes of brambles called cyme rubi of myrtilles of sumach of euery one m̄ i. of hypoquistidos of myrobalane cytrine ana ʒ ij of hony of roses ℥ ij let them boyle wyth water of plantayne wyne of pomegranades in sufficient quantitie vnto the consumption of the thyrde parte Let thys decoction be spouted into the wounde that perseth wyth a syrynge For so Auicenne teacheth Item in the same tyme yf the patient be not troubled wyth the coughe and the quytture dryed or mundifyed consoundyng and stiptike thynges are permitted to be receaued by the mouth in a liquide forme or in meates as terra sigillata wyth the iuyce of quinces sumach hypoquistidos roses floures of granades c. Galene affyrmeth the same wyth lyke wordes Furthermore we wyll descrybe a playster abstersiue and mundifycatiue whyche shal serue for those intentions when nede shall requyre ℞ of hony of roses strayned Playster ℥ ij of cleare terebentyne ℥ iiij of the iuyce of smalage ℥ i. Let them boyle altogether a lytle and take them from the fyer and forthwith adde the yolkes of two egges of wheate floure well cersed ℥ ij of the floure of fenugreke and barley of euery one ʒ ij of saffran ℈ .i. For the same intention ye maye applye our cerote wrytten in the chapitre of the cure of the sculle beynge brused It is more attractiue thē this plaister When the intention is to consoūde and to drye you may vse a cerote of minium descrybed in the foresayde chapitre Item yf the sayde wounde resyst greatlye true curation and endureth longe tyme ye maye knowe that the sayde wounde is turned to a fistula whyche receaueth seldome trewe curation howe be it we haue healed many whyche hadde fistules and dydde caste out quytture longe tyme by the orifyce of the wounde after thys sorte The cure of a fystle in the breste Fyrst we washed the wounde with thys decoction Decoction ℞ of honye of roses strayned ℥ iiij of the croppes of brambles of the leaues of wylde olyues of euery one m̄ i. of balausties of the ryndes of granades of euery one m̄ ss of lentyles asmuche of the herbe called horsetayle in latine cauda equina m̄ i. of saffran ℈ .i. Let these forsayd thynges be boyled in the lye of vynebraunches and fygge tre braunches and a lytle wyne of granades vnto the consumption of the thyrde parte then strayne the sayde decoction and applye it often wythin the wounde After the sayde lotion I vsed vnguentum de minio and I caused the patiente to vse drynkes that drye and purge quytture as is the potion descrybed by Mesue destinctione eleuen where he makethe mention of playsters and oyntmentes and the sayd potiō is called a mixture to heale woūdes The forme there of is thys A potion of Mesue hys description ℞ of cloues of the rootes of motherwurte of pimpernell of camomill of synckfoyle of the herbe of violettes of the herbe of redde coalewurtes of hempe of euerye one m̄ i. of madder to the quantitie of all Let these forsayde thynges be boyled in sufficient quantitie of wyne tyl halfe be consumed then strayne them and adde vnto them as muche of cleare and cleane honye as the thyrde parte of the sayde decoction shall be The dose of it is in the mornynge ℥ iiij wyth water of mayden heere and scabiouse Here ye shall note that yf in the stede of wyne the sayde potion were made wyth water of maydē heere and scabiouse and wyne of granades it myght conueniently be gyuē to the patient in a fieuer And briefely to fynyshe thys chapitre we wyll gyue two doctrines profytable in thys case The fyrste is that when the chirurgien is called he must dresse it as quyckelye as maye be And the chāber muste be very warme and manye hote clothes aboute the wounde lest the ayre enter in and yf it enter that it be hote and not colde The seconde is the chirurgien muste pronosticate accordynge to the signes that he shal see that he maye saue his name Neuertheles the Chirurgien shall not refuse to cure anye hurte of the membres contayned in the inner parte excepte the harte For nature by the Chirurgiens ayde workethe so well that oftentymes it bryngethe that to passe that semed impossyble Thus. c. ¶ The .xj. chapytre of penetraunt or persynge woundes of the bellie Of woundes persyng thorow the bellie THe woundes of the bellie as the Doctours affyrme ben daungerous cheyfely those that persewyth the hurte of the membres cōteyned The woundes of the bellie communely are caused of cuttynge thynges as by a swerde or poynted thynges as wyth a darte c. Whan the Chirurgien is called to the cure he must consyder the place of the wounde and whether the conteyned membres ben hurte or no which thynge maye be knowen by the sygnes that folowe signes of stomake hurte The sygnes that declare the stomake to be hurt are thies the patient spettethe bloode and hys meate commethe out by the wounde That the guttes ben hurte it is knowen by the great payne Of the guttes and torsyon or grypynge of the bellie and whan the superfluites of the meate commeforthe by the mouthe of the wounde Of the small guttes The sygnes that the small guttes ben hurte are knowen by the place where the wounde is namelye whan the wounde is aboue the nauell If the wounde be benethe the nauel it is in greate guttes we haue declared in oure Anatomie howe that there ben three greate guttes and three small of whyche the three greate are vndre the nauell the three smalle aboue the nauell Wherefore by the place of the wounde ye maye knowe what guttes are hurte You maye knowe whan the lyuer is hurte by thys Of the lyuer that the wounde is aboute the false rybbes of the ryght syde and the bloode that issuethe out of the wounde is redde and the patient hathe greate payne frome the sayd rybbes vnto the flanke by cause the bloode is deryued frome the liuer all a longe vnto the grynde Whan the mylte is hurte it is knowen by thys Of the milte that the wounde is betwene the false rybbes of the lyfte syde and the bloode that issuethe out of the wounde is grosse Of kydnes and verye blacke The hurte of the kydnees is knowen by the place whan the wounde is somewhat lower than the nauell and the bloode also that issuethe oute is cleare and watrishe It is to be noted that sometymes the woundes of the bellie not penetrant or persynge ben not wythout daunger of deathe namelye whan they are aboute the nauell wythin three or foure fyngers bycause of the great muscles that are knytte to the nauell Furtheremore the woundes whiche are in the hyndre
there be any bledyng in the body ye must geue the patiēt thinges that haue vertue to staūche blood and whych defende apostemation To staunche bloode vnto the .vij. day In whych case we haue often vsed thys ordinaunce ℞ of bole armenie terre sigillate of mūmie ana ʒ i. of reubarbe of mader ana ℈ ij the recepte is ʒ ss with water of plantayne nyght shade a litle wyne of pomegranades Here foloweth an other ordinaunce to resolue bloode mēgled wyth in the bodye An electuary to resolue bloode it muste be administred iij. or .iiij. dayes after the hurte ℞ of reubarbe of madder of coste of centaury of sarcocoll ana ʒ i. of auence hēpe stabiose ana ʒ ij of the syrupe de duabus radicibus ℥ ij of annys of coriander of saffran ana ʒ ss mengle them together make thē in maner of an electuarye The receyt of thys electuarye is the quātitie of a sponeful euery mornynge ye muste vse therof the space of ten dayes To thys entention the potion of gariofilatum wryttē in the chap. of woūdes of the brest is cōmendable Seynge that we haue spoken of medicines conuenient for the inwarde partes it is tyme to come to remedyes for the outwarde partes Fyrst at the begynnynge of the cure yf ye perceyue that the guttes or nutritiue mēbres ben hurte ther is no surer remedye then to rubbe the patientes body with oyle of roses wyth oyle of myrte hote from the brestes to the thighes after the vnction ye shall incōtinently applye vpon the annoynted partes the pouder of roses of myrtilles Also immediatlye after the sayd vnction ye muste wrappe the sore places of the bodye from the canel bone to the flankes in a shepes skynne newly flayne let it be as hote as is possible for we haue oftē proued thys thyng to our worshyp profyte to the patientes And for asmuche as in fallyng stōblyng ther chaūceth oft brusyng of muscules attritiō of lacertes we wyl declare certen remedies for the same To heale cōtusion caused in the lacertes the ioītes Playster we haue proued this playster to be of good operatiō ℞ of the rotes leues of holihoc ana m̄ i. of salomōs seale lyllie rotes ana ℥ ij seth them al in water stāpe them streyne them adde thervnto of oyle of camomil roses dil ana ℥ ss of whyte waxe ℥ ij ss of saffrā ʒ i. mēgle them make a cerote It chaūceth somtyme that the brusynge can not be resolued but cōmeth to maturation to a cācreus dysposition then for the cure therof ye shal resorte to the chap. of cācrena phlegmō Furthermore there chaunceth sometymes hardnes vneasy mouynge of the muscules lacertes chiefly in thextremitie of the ioyntes the cause is that the subtyle matter is resolued and the grosse remayneth For the cure where of ye shal resorte to the cure of the hardnes of ioyntes and thus we make an ende c. ¶ The seconde chap. of woundes caused by brusynge and altered throughe the ayer of the attrition of the lacertes wyth the cure therof ALbeit that in the former chap. we haue sufficiētly treated The cure of of brused woundes by what meane brused woūdes altered by the ayer ought to be cured Neuertheles that we may haue a more certayne doctrine of the same it semed good to make a speciall chapter therof And to come briefly to our purpose ther ben .iiij. intentions necessarely requyred there vnto As touchynge the fyrst the seconde ye shall procede after the doctrine wrytten in the former chap. in the chapter of a brokē skulle The thyrde entētion is accōplyshed by the administratiō of cōueniēt locall medicines fyrst we must with al diligēs procure digestion for otherwyse the contusion or attrition maye quykly growe to a cancrenous qualitie for euery brused wound as Galene saith must nedes rotte and be turned into quytture And bycause this wounde can not be healed by the waye of the firste intention therfore it is nombred amōg compounde woundes for therein is payne and apostemation wherfore let the brused woūd be digested with a digestyue of terebentine with the yolkes of egges Playster leying on this plaister ℞ of the leaues of mallowes violettes ana m̄ i. of holyhocke rootes li. ss seeth them all in the broth of fresh flesh stampe them and strayne them and in the decoction thereof with sufficient floure of barly and wheat and with the foresayde straynynge make a thyck plaistre adding of butter and of cōmune oyle ana ℥ iii. the yolkes of .ii. egges and a lytle saffrā This playster swageth grefe meruelously resolueth humours whiche bene about the wound and sondreth the hole partes from the corrupted which might cause putrefaction and therfore digestion duly administred in brused woundes causeth putrefaction to ceasse for Rasis sayeth that a wounde and a sore come not to perfyte generation of flesh but after putrefaction that is to say after perfyt digestion But yf the sayde woundes can not be brought to perfyte digestion by the forsaid meane but grow to corruption which thynge maye be knowen by the darke colour thereof than ye shall applye vnguentum egiptiacum wryttē in the chaptre of the cure of cancrena Lykewyse a playster of meales with sodden wyne ordeyned in the same place is conueniently permitted in this case For it cōserueth the hole parte and remoueth the deed and rotten flesh And when the sayd woūdes ben digested brynge forth good quitture thā ye must leue the digestiues vse thinges mūdificatiue And for the mūdification of the same woundes altered by the ayre lykewyse for incarnation sigillation ye shal procede accordynge to the doctryne wrytten in the Chapter of hurted synnowes Item yf the wounde be with attrition of the lacertes besyde the intentions aforesayd it is expedient to apply vpon about the wound thinges that apease grefe chefely this plaister which we haue oftē proued to be good ℞ of the rotes of holyhocke li. i of the herbe called Salomōs seale ℥ A playster mitigatiue ii Let them seeth in sufficient water thā cut them stampe thē and strayne them and make a playster at the fyre with sufficient whyte waxe addyng these thynges folowyng ℞ of oyles of camomyl dyl and roses an̄ ℥ ii of erth wormes wasshed with wyne ℥ i. ss thā let thē seeth with a lytle wyne of good odour vntil the wine be cōsumed than strayne thē and with the forsayde strayning waxe make a playster at the fyre as we sayde afore addynge of cleare terebentine ℥ ss of saffran ʒ i. The fourth intentiō which is to correct the accidentes to defēde thē shal be accōplished by the doctrine folowīg First the accidentes Accidentes that may happē in a woūd with attrition ben iii namely payn aposteme corruptiō of the mēbre And
mundifyeth incarneth and draweth euyll matter oute of hollow vlcers â„ž of coÌ„men oye li. i of cowes tallow Oyntment l. ss of greke ptch of shyppe pytche of rasyn of the pyneapple tree ana â„¥ i. of masticke â„¥ ss of swynes grese melted â„¥ .iiii. of lytirge of golde and syluer ana â„¥ .ii. ss of minium â„¥ .i. ss of the iuce of smalagâ— veruen and woodbynde ana â„¥ i. of odoriferous wine â„¥ .iii. Lette the oyâ—es fatte seeth with the iuces and wyne tyll the iuce be consumed thaÌ„ strayne them and set them on the fyre agayn with the other thynges that is to saye the litarge and the minium poudred vntyll they receyue a blacke colour put therunto in the ende of terebentine â„¥ v.ss of whyte diaquilon gummed â„¥ iiii.ss and let them seeth a lytle and make a cerote with a lytle white waxe Item vnguen aploruÌ„ of oure description layed vpon the vlcers with a tent is of great efficacitie And if ye put therunto a lytle of vnguen egip it shal be of greter muÌ„dification for vnguentuÌ„ egiptiacuÌ„ after our or Auicennes descryption doth effecteously mundify hollow vlcers which thing our trosiske of miniuÌ„ doth also Yf the sayde vlcers be in delycate bodyes as of chyldren and of womeÌ„ it is better to aply our poudre of mercurye layed vpon a tente with fastynge spyttle or conueyed in by a syryng in the forme of a collirie or with wyne for it is an heauenlye medicine Also vnguentuÌ„ EgiptiacuÌ„ dissolued wyth lye mundifyeth hollowe vlcers conueyed in by a syrynge After the sayde mundification ye shall yet procede the space of a weke wyth a mundificatiue of smallage or of honye of roses and afterwarde ye shall incarne the vlcers addynge to the forsayde muÌ„dificatiue of myr Ê’ ii of Frankensence of aloes of sarcocolle ana Ê’.i.ss Item the collirie aforewrytten in this present Chapiter is a synguler remedye to incarne and to drye vp After incarnatioÌ„ and sigillation for cicatrisation it is good to apply vpoÌ„ lynte the grene oyntment of alleluia after oure description Also water of alume maye well be vsed in this intention c. ¶ The .ii. Chapter Of chafynges and gallynges or itchynge chauncyng betwene the thyghes through iourneying THe chafynge of the thyghes shal be heled by washynge of the galled place Of chafynge betwene the thyghes with the decoction of roses plaÌ„tayne myrtilles and with the leues of malowes OyntmeÌ„t for chafynges After this washing ye shall annoynt the place with thys oyntment â„ž of vnguen rosarum of oyle of roses omphacine of oyle mirtine ana â„¥ .ii. of vnguen populeon Ê’ x. of litarge of golde and syluer anÌ„ â„¥ .i of ceruse Ê’.vi of the iuce of plaÌ„tayne and of hoseleeke ana â„¥ .i. of the iuce of lymous Ê’.ii of vynegre of roses Ê’.i.ss meÌ„gle theÌ„ togyther and make a linyment in a mortare of leade It is good also to wash the place with water of roses and of plaÌ„tayn sodden with a lytle alume and vinegre for it dryeth and taketh away the itch healeth the galling And afterward ye shal apply the forsayd linniment c. The thyrde chapter of the excoriation of the heele and of the feete caused of colde whiche the genuayes cal malum mule EXcoriations are woÌ„t to cause greate payne to the patient for the remotion where of ye shal vse the plaster folowynge Of malum mule â„ž of the meate of roosted apples or rapes an â„¥ .i. ss of fresh butter laboured in a morter of leade the space of two houres â„¥ ii of oyle of rooses omphacyne â„¥ i.ss lette these forsayde thynges be sodden together a lytle and when ye take them frome the fyre put thereunto the yolkes of two egges and vse these medycines in forme of a playster for it easethe all excoriacions and vlcerations caused of colde as well in the handes as in the feete Ye maye make it also after thys sorte â„ž of freshe butter of odoryferous oyle of rooses of hennes grese ana â„¥ .i. put the oyle the grese and the butter into a hoole of a greate rape and seethe them parfytelye in an ouen and stampe them to gether and laboure them in a mortar of leade the space of an houre Item a decoction made wyth capes camomylle and with the seed of a cytron brayed and wyth apples and a fewe seedes of quynces swageth the payne of these vlceres Playster for kybe Lykewyse thys lynemente folowing is a synguler remedye for the kybes of heales â„ž of butter of oyle of rooses omphacyne of swynes grese of oyle of lynseed of calues talowe melted ana Ê’.ii of whit waxe â„¥ i.ss of frankynsens Ê’.iii of lytarge of golde and syluer ana Ê’.i ss of tucya Ê’.i myngle them together and laboure them in a morter of leade the space of an houre Item vnguentum de minio and vnguentum basilicon of oure descripton are of greate effycasitie in this desease c The fourthe chapter of ytchyng and paynefull burnynge caused of colde in the handes and feete ⸫ THese passions Of tynglyng handes chauÌ„ce to yonge menne and chyldren in the wynter for the cure therof ye shal make a decoctioÌ„ of rapes of apples of pomegranates brused wyth malowes vyolettes and a lytle vynegre wherwyth ye shall washe the feete and the handes and afterwarde ye shall anoynte the place wyth the lynement wrytten in the former chapter .c. The fyfte chapter of the vlceres of the thyghes and legges beinge vyrulent malygne corrosyue c ⸫ THe cure of these vlceres Of vyrulente vlceres of the thyghes and legges is accomplyshed by the administration of locall medicynes Fyrste a conuenyent purgation and good dyet presuposed ye shall mundyfy the place wyth oure pouder of mercury and when the vlcers bene mundified whyche is knowen by the growynge of good fleshe and good quitture Let the place be puryfyed wyth a mundyfycatyue of syrupe of Rooses wrytten in oure antidotatie If the borders of the vlceres beneskalye and roughe and can not be remoued wyth the foresayd pouder ye shal mortifie the same with a causticke of capitelle leying in the wounde all aboute some refrigeratiue onyntement The reste of the cure is parfytelye accomplished with binding and with an oyntemente of minium and linte layed vpon the vlcere and with wasshynge wyth alume water and with thynne pecis of leade rubbed wyth quicke siluer and so forthe The .vi. chapter of the swellynge veynes called varices ⸫ VArices are greate veynes in the thyghes whyche are ful of knobbes they are seene often in them whych beare greate burdens whyche iourneye moche chyefelye in melanckolyke men And these swollen veynes maye be nombred amonge apostemes as hernia for as hernia is a disese in the receptacle or the purse of the stones so there maye be an apostemous disease in the swollen veynes namelye in the receptacle of the same And as Auicenne sayth these veynes procede sometyme of sharpe
burnt Ê’ i. ss of the iuce of hoorehounde â„¥ i. let the oyle terebentyne and iuce be sodden tyll the iuce be coÌ„sumed than strayne them and make a softe oyntement wyth suffycyente whyte waxe addynge the rest fynely poudred Here foloweth the poudre of oure inuention which is of moost excelleÌ„t operation in remouynge superfluous flesh wtout payne Fyrst ye must haue of aqua fortis wherwith golde is seperate frome syluer li. i. ss whyche is made after thys sorte â„ž of vitriolle romayne of roche alume ana li. i. of salis nitri l. i. ss stylle them in a glasse Of this water take as we haue said li. i. ss of quyckesiluer li. i. put the water in a glasse well luted and sette it in the furneys with a couer a receyuer as they vse to stylle in glasse and se they be all well luted that no ayre breath oute and vse a softe fyre tyll yt begynne to droppe than fortyfye the fyre tyll the receyuer be redde afterwarde encrease the fyre by lytle and lytle tyll the water be stylled oute Than breake the glasse and take oute the quycksyluer calcyned whych the alcumystes call precipitate or calcyned and poudre it vppon a marble stoone than put it agayne in the glasse luted as is aforesayde and stylle it tyll all the water be stylled oute whyche done breake the glasse agayne and drawe oute that that is wythin and poudre it vpon a marble stone and put the pouder in a brasse potte on a stronge fyre styrrynge it aboute the space of an houre and an halfe It is a sygne of perfyte decoction when the poudre is redde and lyke minium and somewhat clearer This poudre maye be called a great secrete wherewyth I haue gotten greate gaynes and worshyppe for it mundifyeth all virulente maligne and corrosyue vlcers without payn and prepareth them to incarnation and cicatrization Item a trosiske of minium of oure descryption mundifyeth all euyl and harde flesshe and is good for fystules and flesshye vlcers and is made after thys sorte â„ž of the crommes of rawe breed well leauened â„¥ iiii of mooste stronge sublymate â„¥ i. of minium â„¥ ss stampe them all togyther wyth a lytle rosewater than make trosiskes after the fourme of the kernelles of a pyneapple and put them in an hote ouen vpon a tyle tyll they be drye and so vse them If that ye wyll haue them stronger encrease the vertue of sublymate and yf ye wyll haue them of lesse corrosyon dimynysshe the receyte of sublymate and encrease the quantytye of the crommes Item a trosyske of affodylles Trociske of affodilles after oure descryption is good to kylle a fystula and canker â„ž of mooste stronge sublymate â„¥ ss of arsnyk poudred Ê’ i. ss of ceruse of the iuce of amidum ana Ê’ iii. ss of the iuce of affodilles Ê’ x. of vynegre Ê’ v. seeth them all tyll the iuyce and vynegre be consumed than strayne them fynelye and incorporate them wyth two ounces of the crommes of rawe breade addynge of auripigmentum calcyned Ê’ iiii make trosiskes of them all with a lytle rosewater as we sayde before of minium The maner to calcinate auripigmentum is this To calcinate auripigmentum â„ž of auripigmentum poudred â„¥ ii put them in a glasse and set the glasse vpon hoote cooles and so leaue it tyll all the auripigmentum cleaue to the glasse wyth a reddysshe coloure which done breke the glasse and gather the auripygmentum beynge calcynate and than poudre it and vse it for it is a merueylous good corrosyue wyth lytle payne And it is good for disceytfull corrosyue cancreous and malygue vlcers Here foloweth an other poudre of oure descryption agaynst fystules cancreous and putrifyed vlcers â„ž of ceruse of the iuyce of amidum ana Ê’ x. of whyte arsenycke Ê’ vi the iuyce of plantayne celedonye and of the ryndes of pomegranades ana â„¥ ss of tutia Ê’ ii of camphore ℈ i. of the stone called ematites well poudred Ê’ i. ss Let them boyle all togyther besyde the Camphore tylle the iuyces be coÌ„sumed then poudre them with the caÌ„phore brayed accordinge to arte kepe them in a glasse Item the troscyskes of Andraron are good for the same purpose and the description of them is this â„ž of the ryndes of pomegranades Ê’ x. of galles Ê’ viii of myrre of aristologia rotunda ana â„¥ iii. of dragagantuÌ„ of alume named iamenuÌ„ ana Ê’ ii of vitriol romayne â„¥ iiii poudre them and make trociskes with swete wyne Hote trosiskes of Galenes descryption are good for the same purpose â„ž of vnssecte lyme one part of redde auripigmentum and yelowe of realgar and acatia ana halfe a part pouder them and make trosiskes wyth capitelle Trociskes restricâ—yue Item our trosiskes made to staÌ„che blood with putrifaction are not to be disalowed â„ž of burnte vitriol Ê’ x. of oure poudre of mercurye â„¥ i. ss of the iuce of amidum of gipsum ana Ê’ ii of lye moderatelye wasshed Ê’ v. of myrrhe aloes epatycke brayed ana Ê’ ii ss of our trociskes of minium â„¥ i. braye them all togyther and incorporate them wyth two ounces of the crommes of rawe breed and the iuce of knotgrasse Item oyle of vitriolle is of famylyer corrosyon Aqua fortis wherewith golde is deuyded from syluer consumeth superfluous flesshe and plucketh vp euyll wartes Item the water of our descriptioÌ„ ordeyned to byte awaye superfluous flesshe wyth lytle payne Corrosyue water â„ž of sublymate Ê’ vi of salis gemme of salis nitri of roche alume ana â„¥ ss of verdegrece Ê’ i. of water of roses and plantayne ana â„¥ viii seeth them all togyther besyde the verdegrese tyl the third parte be consumed and put to the verdegrese when ye take the rest froÌ„ the fyre Nowe it remayneth that we speake of putrefactyue medycynes Auicenne sayth that putrefactiue medicynes are those that haue strength to corrupt the complexion of the meÌ„ber and induce an eschare lyke deed flesh and cause great payne and fieuers and they must not be mynistred but in stronge bodyes and to distroy strong deseases as a carbuncle harpes esthiomenos And they ar these arsenicke sublimate realgar and other medicines compound therwith And when they shall be applyed they must be prepared with some thynge that represseth their sharpnesse and venemenesse as realgar and arsnyke must be sodden with the iuce of plantayne nyghtshade and houseleeke and after the maner of the ordinaunces folowynge â„ž of arsnyk and realgar ana Ê’ ii of auripigmente Ê’ i. ss of barbours lye â„¥ vi of water of roses â„¥ iiii seeth them all togyther tyll the water and the lye be consumed and braye them fynelye and adde of the stone called ematites Ê’ ii ss vse thys ordynaunce vpon anthrax Pouder of affodilles and other suche To the same intention the pouder of affodylles descrybed of wyllyam Placentinus is commendable and is made after thys sorte â„ž of the
iuce of the rootes of affodylles li. i. of redde auripigmentum brayed â„¥ ii lyme vnsleckt poudred â„¥ iii. seethe the iuce tyll it be halfe consumed and than putte to the auripigmentuÌ„ and the lyme well poudred and incorporate them all well togyther and drye them at the Sunne and than deuide that myxture in to small peces and laye them vpon a boerde in the sunne tyll they waxe harde And yf ye wyll put to the sayde receyte an ounce of Realgar well poudred it shall be of stronger operation but than it muste not be vsed but in verye stronge bodyes Nowe we wyll speake of caustyke medicynes whyche are called ruptories and albeit that theyr operation is moost stronge and inclyneth to the nature of fyre Neuertheles it is lightlye takeÌ„ away wheÌ„ they are to stroÌ„g whyche thynge chaunceth not in putrefactiue medicynes for when they begynne theyr operation theyr action maye be swaged wyth wyne or water A raptory of capitel and therfore they be more safelye vsed then putrefactyues Fyrst a ruptorye of excellent operation is made after thys sorte R. of lye wherwyth sope is made whyche is called capitel or magistra And yf it be gathered of the fyrst droppes the ruptorie shall be the better it is a signe that the lye is good wheÌ„ an egge doth swymme vpoÌ„ it li. ss of vitrioll romayn Ê’ i. ss of opiuÌ„ ℈ i. Let them seeth all together excepte the opium tyll they be thycke then putte to the opium when ye take the rest from the fyre and putte it in a gâ—asse well stopped and vse it when ye wyll breake apostemes and hole skynne Another R of the iuyce of ciclamen â„¥ i. ss of the forsayde lye â„¥ iiii of vitrioll romayne Ê’ iii. of aqua fortis â„¥ i. salis nitri Ê’ ii ss of opium Ê’ i. seeth them al as it is aforesayd Item the ruptorye whyche Guido speaketh of made of lie of beane braunches c. is of good effecte Howebeit I haue euer allowed more the fyrst receyt Here ye shal note that in the administration of caustike medicynes ye must defende the places lyeng about wyth some colde oyntment as wyth an oyntmente of ceruse and lyke that the caustike medicines worke not but where nede is For whych purpose ye muste make a hole in the myddes of the plaister and by that hole ye muste applie the caustike medicine in the place where ye see nede Moreouer it is requisite that ye applye all about some colde lycoure wyth stoupes weted in water and vinegre to kepe of deriuacion of humours our custome was to vse this ordynaunce folowynge R. of oyle of roses odorife complete of oyle omphacine A defensiue anÌ„ â„¥ i. ss the whytes of thre egges of the iuyce of lettuse plaÌ„tayne ana â„¥ ss shake them all together and vse them as is aforesayd Note that the sayde medicyne hathe wrought sufficientlie when the place is blacke by the effect of the medicyne and comunelye it cometh to passe by the space of halfe an houre Howbeit lette it lye vpoÌ„ the member more and lesse accordynge as necessitie shall requyre After the said operatioÌ„ ye shal procure the fal of the eschare with buttyre swynes grese and wyth the leaues of colewortes or a playster of malowes and violettes or other accordynge to that shal be expedient ¶ The .xiiii. chapter of midicines that blyster SImples that blyster are these apium risus cantharydes ciclamyne oynyons stronge garlyke mel anacardinuÌ„ A vesicatorye the stones or graynes of vitis alba Of these simples many compoundes maye be made wherof thys is one R. of cantharides Ê’ iii. of cromes of raw bread â„¥ ii of vinaygre squillitike Ê’ iiii Take awaye the heades the wynges and the fete of cantharides and stampe them all together and make a paste which ye shall applye vpon the member that ye wyl blyster the space of halfe a day or more when the place is blistred ye shal pricke the blysters in sondrye places and anoynt them wyth buttyre laye on blacke coleworte leaues tyll the bladders be perfitly purged Another of greater strength R. of the rootes of apium risus of the rootes of cyclameÌ„ ana â„¥ i. of the sede of vitis alba of cantarydes ana â„¥ ii of brayed pepper ℈ i. of mel anacardinuÌ„ Ê’ v. of raw breede Ê’ x. take awaye the heades and wynges of cantarydes stampe them al together and vse them as is aforsayde ¶ The .xv. chapter of cauteryes A Cauterie is a necessary thing in the art of chirurgerye there ben two kyndes of it Actuall potentiall An actuall cauterye is of better surer operation then a poteÌ„tial by reason of the simplicitie of the fyre for hys operation hurteth not after application as a poteÌ„tiall cauterye doth which is made by medicines corrosyue putrefactiue and caustyke whiche enflame the partes aboute and induce euyl accidentes as feiuers crampes greate paines And therfore Auicenne sayth that an actuall cauterye moderatelye vsed is a noble remedie to stoppe corruption of members and it rectifyeth the complexion of the members and it resolueth and taketh awaye corrupt mattier and stauncheth bloode Howbe it ye muste beware that ye touche not the sinowes chordes or ligamentes lest the member be weakened or that the crampe ensueth And here ye shall note touchyng coÌ„fortation and rectification of the member that thorowe an actuall cauterye a member euyl complexioned by cold moyste rotted and venomouse mattier maye safelye be rectifyed and conforted therfore the doctours alowe openynge of colde apostemes wyth an actuall cauterye Lykewyse when the mattier is venomous or corrupte as in a carbuÌ„cle herpes and esthiome nos the doctours hyghlye prayse the vse of the sayd cauterye But if the meÌ„ber be euyll coÌ„plexioned thorow hote and drye mattier then ye must vse nether actual nor potentiall cautery for so ye shulde adde dryenes to dryenes heat to heat And therforin hote dry flegmonike apostemes of the nature of herisipelas ye muste vse a lancet that is to saye a colde yron and not a hote Wherfore the chirurgiens do euyl that vse indifferently actual cauteryes in all apostemes Furthermore it is a general rule that vniuersal purgacion of the bodye muste go before perticuler purgation The vtilities profittes of cauteries be these that folow Fyrst it conforteth a cooled member secondlye it taketh away the euyll complexion of the same thyrdly it suffereth not corruptioÌ„ to sprede abrode fourthlye it resolueth drieth the corrupte mattier it taketh also awaye venemnese It seperateth the corrupte parte from the hole it kepeth open the place of apostemes that good cicatrisation maye be made it stauncheth bloode and maketh a depe eschate it emptieth turneth awaye cauterous mattier discendyng to the eyes beyng applyed vpon the coronall comissure it enlargeth holowe vlceres fistles that the mattier maye issue the better out It reducith a rounde fourme of vlceres to a longe whereby they
are more easesy healed it roteth vp supfluous thynges as glandules scrophules c. It turneth a syde matteir or deriueth to the nye partes of the vlcered place whyche muste be done when a mattier must be led frō one place to another As we did sometyme to purge the mattier that was wont to arryue in an vlcere about the insteppe we made an issue vnder the knee And therfore Arnoldus sayeth well that a flowing whyche can not be turned to a natural issue maye conuenientlye be drawen out wyth cauteries There be manye other profittes of an actuall cauterye whyche sondrye doctours haue largelye spokē of we wyll yet speke somwhat Fyrst ye shal vnderstande that an actuall cauterye applyed vpon the coronall comissure aydeth to vapoure out the cauterouse and reumatike mattier of the brayne and turneth it a syde from the partes lyeng aboute Moreouer it cureth the epilepsia and remoueth olde peyne of of the heade and it kepeth of cataractes Some comaunde that the cauterisation be made vnto the boone and some comaunde that the bone be towched and skaled whyche Albucrasis reproueth by reason of the nobilitie of the pannicle tyed to the sayd comissure The place of the sayd coronall comissure is thus knowē Put your hand vpon the nose betwene the two eyes stretche it out towarde the coronal comissure of the heade for where the greate fynger endeth there is the comissure and there ye shall make an issue And the cauterye wherewyth ye must make the issue must be after the figure of an olyue and sometimes we haue done it wyth the caustyke of capitell aboue wrytten Item cauterisation made vnder the temples is good to staunche droppynges of the eyes to kepe of cataractes Item an issue made vpō the huckle bone is good for the sciatica There be many other profyttes of cauteryes wryttē by auncient doctours whyche our men neglecte nowe adayes and therfore we haue declared them that ben moost in vse ¶ The .xvi. chapter of oyntmentes and cerotes ALbeit that in the former chapters we haue spokē sufficientely of oyntmētes and cerotes yet that they maye be the more easely founde we wyll treate of them in thys boke also And Fyrste we wyll describe a cerote for the woundes of the heade of noble operation R. of betanie woodbynd saynt Iohns wort yarow mouseare rosemarye sage sentuarye the greater and the lesse of pinpernell of herbe saynt mary ana m̄ ss of consolida the lesse m̄ i. of cleare terebentyne li. iii. of oile of roses odoriferous made of ripe olyues li. i. ss of mastyke ℥ iii. of rosyn of the pynaple tree of gūme elemi an̄ ℥ iiii Fyrst cut the herbes and stampe them and wyth the rest melted at the fyre incorporate them al together addynge of odoriferous wyne li. ii lette them seeth a lytle at the fyre and sette thē in some vessel a sunnyng the space of a weke styrrynge them aboute euerye daye whyche done sette them on the fyre agayne and lette them seeth til the wine be cōsumed streyn them through a thyck cloth make a cerote at the fyre with sufficiente white waxe than soften the cerote chafe it wyth goates mylke and cowes mylke and the iuyce of the sayde herbes fyrste last of all wyth aqua vite Note that yf ye adde immediatlye to the cerote ☜ some of the sayde herbes fynely cutte and stamped it shuld be of much better operation Another cerote for the heade called Ceroum de minio capitale Cerotū capitale de minio R. of oyle of Roses odoriferous li. i. of oyle of mastyke ℥ ii the suet of a wether and of a calfe li. i. ss of litarge of golde and syluer ana ℥ iiii of Minium ℥ iii. of odoriferous wyne li. i. seeth them wyth a softe fyre at the begynnyng and styrre them aboute and in the ende encrease the fyre tyll the cerote be blacke or blackyshe than adde of cleare Terebentyne li. ss of Mastyke ℥ ii of gumme elimi ℥ i. ss of whyte waxe as muche as shall suffice Another cerote of oure description Recipe of gumme elimi ℥ iii. of Mastyke ℥ ii of newe rosyn of the pyne tree ℥ i. of clene Colophonia ten drammes of cleare Terebentyne ℥ iiii of oyle of Roses odoriferous ℥ v. of the iuyce of Betonye and woodbynde of euerye one li. ss Seeth them all together and put to the streynynge of whyte waxe as muche as shall be sufficiente and make a cerote whyche afterwarde must be malaxed or softened wyth odoriferous whyte wyne Another cerote whyche healeth all woundes of the heade wythoute corruption so that the wounde at the begynnyng be dressed wyth the white of an egge wythoute a tente and we haue healed manye of the sayd woundes applienge onelye a pece of thys cerote R. of oyle of Roses omphacyne of oyle of Roses complete and odoriferous of euerye one ℥ ii of oyle of Mastyke of oyle of Myrte of euerye one ℥ i. of the iuyce of Yarowe ℥ iii. of the iuyce of Betonye ℥ i. of goates suet ℥ i. ss Seeth them al together til the iuyce be consumed then streyne them and put to the streyning of mastyke ten drammes of gumme elimi sixe drammes of cleare Terebentyne ℥ ii ss of whyte waxe as muche as shall suffice lette them seeth agayne a lytle and make a cerote whych must be malaxed wyth mylke after wyth aqua vite A cerot of Peter de ebano Here after foloweth the ordinaūce of Peter de Ebano wherewyth he healed all fractures of the sculle as men saye Howebeit in dede it is not a sure cure for manye practicioners in oure tyme haue bene deceyued therwyth Wherefore it is better to discouer and to lyfte vp the boone before ye applye anye cerote The description of Peters cerote is thus R. of gumme elimi ℥ iii. of rosin of the pine of pure waxe Armoniake of euerye one ℥ ii of Terebentyne ℥ iii. ss wyth oyle of Roses ℥ ii ss Seeth them all together saue the Armoniake wyth a cyathe and a halfe of maluesye tyll the wyne be consumed than putte to the Armoniake dissolued wyth vynaygre and let it be malaxed wyth wyne or aqua vite Vnguentum basilicon whyche is good in all woundes and vlceres is made after thys sorte R. of swynes grese of calues suet Vng basilicon of wethers suet of euerye one li. ss of goates talowe of wormes washed with wine of shyppe pytche of rosyn of the Pyne tree of euerye one ℥ ii of oyle of Roses odoriferous ℥ viii of the iuyce of Plantayne ℥ iiii of the iuyce of Yarowe and woodbynde of euerye one ℥ iii. of the sede of saynt Iohns wort and of the leaues thereof of euery one m̄ i. Lette them seeth all together tyll they iuyce be consumed then streyne them and putte to the streynynge of Minium of terra sigillata fynelye brayed of euerye one ℥ i. ss of litarge of golde
made wyth the leaues of myrte willowes sumach roses and a lytle vinegre and salte is praysed of the doctours Some haue thought it good to anoynte the bodye wyth oyle of wylde cucumer Finallye the patient muste watche much and must vse electuaries of trifera the lesse or electuarye of lachar c. ¶ A chapter of a member or bodye extenuate or thynned THoroughe the defaute of the vertue attractiue and assimilatiue and by slender meates and seasynge from excercise and greate thoughte the body is extenuated made leane The cure of thys disease consisteth in two intentions The fyrste is to engender good blood that the vertue attractiue maye drawe it to the member beyng extenuated and that it may nouryshe the same The seconde is to strengthen the retentyue vertue of the mēber that blood beyng drawē and sent therunto may be reteined in the same The fyrste intention whyche is to engender good blood is accomplished by the administration of good diete for as Galene sayeth If ye wyll restore a leane bodye ye shall geue hym grosse and redde wyne and meates of greate nouryshmente Wherefore the diete of them whyche are in consumpsion is conuenient in thys case The seconde intention is accomplished by rubbynges bathes and cerotes The rubbynge of the extenuate members must be vsed nether to soft nor to roughe And after rubbynge the patiente maye conueniently go into a warme bathe Oyles also and cerotes attractiue layed vpon the member are good to drawe nouryshement therunto But for asmuche as the lyuer and veynes are wonte to be stopped by the foresayd thynges therfore ye shall administer thinges that open as capares succurrie asparage lupines c. Lykewyse in thys case the wyne muste not be grosse and sweete tyl the oppilation be remoued but rather thynne and subtile Oximell and waters that prouoke vryne are permitted in thys case Conuenient cerotes to drawe nouryshmente are suche as be made of pytche hote oyles and gummes as thys that foloweth R. of foxe oile of oyle of lillies of the grese of a ducke henne and gose ana ℥ i. ss of shyppe pytche ℥ iii. of greke pytche of rasyn of the pyne terebentyne ana ℥ ii of oyle of euphorbium ℥ ss of oyle of elders ℥ i. of sage of rosemarye an̄ m̄ i. Let them boyle all together and streyne them all and make a styffe cerote with sufficient new waxe which ye shall spreade vpon a lether and lay it vpon the extenuated member Note that rubbyng wyth cloutes must be vsed before the cerote and the bath After that the nourishment is drawē to the mēber it is good to epithime the sayde mēbers with thinges cōfortatiue that the mattier may be reteyned in the mēbers wherof this was wonte to be our ordinaūce R. of roses wormewood sticados nept squinātū maiorū an̄ m̄ ss of rosemarye sage an̄ a lytle camomille m̄ i. seeth them al together wyth sufficient redde wyne tyll the thyrde part be consumed Auicēne saith that it is good to drawe the nourishmēt to the leane mēber by excercising the same carieng some heuy thing therw t by bynding the hole mēber straytlye that the nouryshment may not come therunto but be constrayned to passe to the extenuat member ¶ A Chapter to remoue scarres and roughnes of the skynne SOme auncient doctours saye that Vnguentum citrinū Nicolai remoueth scarres of the face caused thorough a wounde Item oile of the yolkes of Egges laboured in a morter of leade remoueth the roughnes of the face and of the handes and scarres of woundes Vnguentū de tucia of oure description and vnguentum de cerusa sodden and bawme and a sparadrap of oure description made wyth camphore and Tucia amendeth scarres and roughnes of the skynne Furtheremore oyle of elders melted wyth newe waxe and a lytle oyle of wormewoode and a lytle iuyce of a radyshe roote and cumyn and beane floure incorporated after the maner of a cerote and sodden resolueth dead bloode and blacknes of the face and of the eye lyddes in brusyng and stripes Item for the roughnes of the handes and of the face ye shal rubbe thē with almans chewed wyth a lytle lupynes and barley floure Lykewyse the seede of Sisamus chewed wyth nuttes reysons and rubbed vpō the place remoueth blackenes and deade bloode vnder the skynne Oyle of Sisamum is of lyke effecte Furtheremore the roote of a wylde Cucumer stamped wyth honye thynneth a cicatrice and remoueth blacke spottes Fynallye to remoue the roughnes of the skynne ye shall vse thys liniment folowyng ℞ of oyle of swete Almans of oyle of Rooses of euery one ʒ vi of the marye of a calues legge ℥ ss of calues talowe and kyddes talowe of euery one ℥ j. melte them all together and putte them in a holowe rape or in holowe apples and set them in an ouen to boyle and afterwarde stampe thē all together and rubbe the place wyth the sayde rapes or apples for it is a present remedye and also for the chappes of the feete and handes caused of colde ¶ A Chapter of superfluous sweate TO remoue superfluous and stynkynge sweate weakenyng the bodye the doctours thynke conuenient to vse thinges that open and prouoke vryne as is thys decoction folowynge ℞ of annyse ℥ ss of the rotes of asparage bruscus and fenell of euery one m̄ j. of clene liquyrice m̄ ss of the comune seedes somewhat brayed ℥ ij of reysons ℥ j. ss of damaske prumes nomber ten of maidenheare of Cicorie of euerye one m̄ j. ss of the iij. lesse seedes of euerye one ʒ ij of smallage seede ʒ ss lette them seethe together wyth sufficient water tylle the thyrde parte be consumed then streyne them and putte to the streynynge of syrupe de duabus radicibus wythout vynegre ℥ viij of oximell symplex ℥ iij. of whyte sugger .li. j. clarifie them at the fyer agayne and make a longe syrupe wherof the paciente shall vse in the mornynge the space of a weeke and more whyche done ye shall come to retentiues for whych purpose odoriferous wyne of smal strength must be gyuē to the paciēt delaied with water of the floures croppes of mirtilles stilled in a lēbick Item it is very profytable to washe the bodye of the patient two houres before dyner and supper wyth the decoction of mirtilles sumach quynces rosewater sodden wyth equall quantitie of water and wyne and afterwarde ye shall anoynt the body with thys liniment ℞ of oyle of roses omphacyne ℥ iiij of oyle of myrte of oyle of quynces ana ℥ iij. of oyle of mastyke ℥ j. of whyte saunders ʒ vi of water of rooses and plantayne of euery one ℥ iij. of myrobalanes citrynes ʒ ij sethe them all together tyll the water be consumed than streyne them and putte to the streynynge of whyte waxe asmuche as shall suffyce make a lynyment and rubbe the bodye therwyth in the mornyng and at nyght ¶ A Chapter of the stynke of the arme holes FOr the stinke
℥ .ij. pouder them all except the sponge and palea marina whyche must be burned and their ashes must be myngled with the foresayde thynges and tersed and he commaundeth to holde this poudre in the mouthe daye and nyght He thynketh it good also to take thys poudre after digestion before daye and to vse it in hys meates Furtheremore it is good sometymes to take a dramme of pylles cochie Thys is the cure of Arnolde whyche muste be begonne the next thursdaye to the reuolutiō of the moone and so ye must procede to the ende of the moone folowynge And than ye muste cutte the veynes vnder the tonge to dymynyshe the mattier conioynt As towchynge the thyrde intentiō sondrye doctours haue wrytten sondrye resolutiues howebeit they are of small effecte Neuerthelesse ye may applie thys that foloweth ℞ of the rotes of dockes and radyshe of a wylde gourde of saxifrage of the rootes of holyhock ana ℥ .iiij seth them al with wyne and lye and applye them after the maner of a plaister We haue written manye resolutyues whyche are conuenyent in thys case And forasmuch as this swellyng cometh sometyme to maturation for that intentiō ye shal procede with the maturatiues wryttē in the chapter of colde Apostemes And ye may make incisyō according to the lēgth of the neck takyng head that ye cutte not the veynes synnowes For the reste of the cure that is to saye for mundifycation and incarnation sigillation ye shal procede as is declared in the fore alleged place c. ¶ A chapter to remoue a superfluous synger in the hande and the cure of a hande cut of for some euyll facte IT chaūceth sometyme that through aboūdaūt matter in generation a chylde is borne wyth a superfluous fynger for the remotion wherof ye shall procede as it foloweth Fyrste ye shall cut it as nyghe the hande as is possyble with a rasour And afterwarde ye muste cauteryse the place with oyle of elders or oyle of roses brennynge hote Thys cauterisation is good for two causes Fyrst to restrayne fluxe of bloode and to remoue a spasme and payne After cauterisation ye muste playster the place wyth the whyte and yolke of an egge beatē wyth oyle of roses omphacyne and butter and so the payne may be swaged and it dygesteth the escare Yf ther chaūce great bleedyng whych yet happeneth but seldome ye shal cauteryse the place and afterward leye vpon it our redde pouder restrictiue with the whyte of an egge and afterwarde ye shall procure the fall of the escare wyth a dygestiue of yolkes of egges and terrebentyne and ye shall mundifye the place wyth a mundificatiue of a syrupe of roses of smallage or of sarcocoll For the reste of the cure ye shal procede wyth vnguentū de minio or Basilicū other remedyes which are wryttē in the generall chapter of woūdes How be it ye shall note thys one thinge that is to saye that after the tyme of incisyon ye muste leye vpon the arme a defensyue ordeyned in the chapter of hurted synowes vnto the .vij. daye And ye muste anoynt the hande wyth oyle of roses and camomill wherin a lytle saynt Iohns worte and saffran and an ounce of erth wormes washed wyth wyne hath ben sodden A hande or fote beynge cutte muste lykewyse be vsed and in no wyse ye muste cauteryse the place with fyre as some ignoraunt men do for euell accidentes maye ensue c. ¶ A chapter of the preseruacion of a deade bodye that it rotte not A Deade body may thus be preserued from rottynge as Rasis sayth Fyrst ye muste purge the carkas with sharpe clysters as are clysters made wyth wyne vynegre and salte water where in myrre coloquintida salt and alume hath ben sodden Thē ye muste hāge vp the bodye and presse the bellye wyth your handes that the decoction and excrementes may yssue out And ye shal renewe the clyster tyl ye perceiue that the guttes are wel clēsed whych done ye shall put into the bellye a good quātitie of thys description folowynge whyche is of the description of Rasis ℞ of aloes myrre accatia galla muscata nuttes of cypresse saunders lignū aloes cumyne alume of roche myngle them all together after they be poudred wyth vynegre and rose water and put them into the belly and stoppe the condyte with bolsters and bynde it wyth bandes that the lycour runne not oute and afterwarde ye shall caste into the eares mouth and nosethrilles spyced wyne And then ye shall anoynt all the bodye wyth blacke pytche and wrappe it in thys sparadrap folowyng ℞ of black pytche rosen of the pyne colophonia frankynsence mastycke storax gūme arabyke dragagantum melte them al together at the fyer and make a sparadrap wyth the sayd pouder wrappe the legges armes and al the body therwith and bynde them fast Thys is the meane to preserue a leane bodye The meane to preserue a fleshlye grosse bodye is thys Ye muste open the bodye from the pytte of the brest to the bone called pecten aboute the priuye mēbres and ye muste take out al the intrayles then ye must washe the place wyth vynegre and wyth the salte called Baurach and afterwarde wyth aqua vite then ye muste rubbe the partes of the bodye wyth thys pouder ℞ of brayed salt of alume of eche thre partes of cloues nutmegges cynamome al the saūders frankinsence myrre terra sigillata of euery of thē one parte of nepte serpillum rosemary coriander wormewood roses myrtylles of euery one m̄ ss stampe them all together as is aforesayd rubbe the bodye wythin and wythout And afterwarde ye muste fyll the bellye with the flockes or shauinges of cloth dyed with grayne or some other cloth wyth asmuche of the forsayd pouder Then ye muste sowe vp the belly and wrappe all the body in a sparadrap as is aforesayd and laye it in a chest of odoriferous woode yf it may be gottē remembrynge that ye stoppe the seames well wyth hourdes and pytche And ye shall putte into the chest the leaues of rosemary laurell nept wormewood myrte Thus may bodyes be preserued and caryed from one region to another ¶ A chapter of burnynge by fyer boylynge water or oyle SOmetyme the burnyng of fyer is lyght and in the ouermoste parte of the skynne produceth only lytle blysters Sometime it is depe hurteth the muscules The cure of thys scaldynge whether it be wyth water or oyle dyffereth not but in the smaller or greater burnynge Yf the scaldynge be small it suffyceth to mynistre incontinently the whyte of an egge beaten wyth oyle of roses omphacine a lytel iuice of plātaine nightshade house leke cymolea These thynges muste be layd on oftē for they swage payne stoppe the blysters that might aryse afterwarde wyne of pomegranades wyth a lytle rose water plantayne water is of lyke effecte After that the payne is swaged ye muste cut the toppes of the bladders wyth cysers
pilles sine quibus esse nolo and pillule lucis The fourth is water of roses rue celidony eufrage verueyne sodden wyth a lytle suger aloes epatike and a lytle saffran The fyfth is a large lace of lynen or of lether bounde aboute the eye The sixte is an issue made vpon the coronall bone wyth a ruptorie or actual cauterye As concernynge purgation we haue spoken sufficientlye in a proper chapter of the former boke ¶ A chapter of matter reteyned in the skynnes of the eyes through the disease ophtalmia THere be foure remedies for the cure of this disease The fyrste is thys decoction ℞ of cleane barly m̄ i. of the sede of quynces ʒ i. of hole fenugreke ℥ i. of the rootes of buglosse ℥ ss seeth them all together tyll they come to the fourme of a muscilage The seconde is a playster of apples thus ordeyned R. of the meate of rosted apples ℥ iiii the yolke of an egge of womans mylke of the forsayd muscilage ana ℥ ss seeth them wyth a soft fyre tyll they be thycke The thyrde fourme is womans mylke wyth a lytle suger candye The fourth is a colirie in thys sorte R. of whyte sief wyth out opium ʒ i. of sief of frankynsence ℈ i. water of roses ℥ i ss mengle them and make a colliry These remedies cōsume and vapour out humours reteyned betwene the skynnes cornea and coniunctiua And fyrst ye must droppe some of the muscilage in to the eye laye vpon the eye a greate playster of apples And after that the matter is drawen out ye must applye an absterfiue of suger And then to cure the vlceratiō the forsayd collirie is a singuler remedie ¶ A chapter of a fistula in the corners of the eyes IT chaunceth often that in the weping corners of the eyes there groweth a fistula through reumatike matter and subtylle and watrye quytture there reteyned wherby often tymes an aposteme called flegmō is often ingendred For the cure whereof a maturatiue medicine wyth mitigation of peyne inflamation as is thys playster folowyng is cōuenient R. of the meate of rosted apples ℥ iii. of the leaues of mallowes sodden in the broth of fleshe and streyned m̄ ii of barlie flour ℥ ii the yolke of an egge of womans milke ℥ ss mēgle thē and make a styffe playster at the fyre An embrocation of cloutes dipped in thys decoction is good for the same purpose After maturation ye shall vse the foure remedies folowynge of whych the fyrste is oure pouder of mercurye the seconde vnguentum de minio the thyrde water of alume the fourthe a collirie as foloweth R. of water of roses of water of the floures of myrtilles yf they may be gotten ana ℥ i. of aloes epatyke ʒ i. of cloues brayed graynes .ii. of whyte wyne ℥ ss of tutia of whyte sief wythout opium mirabolane citrine ana ʒ ss braye these thynges that are to be brayed mengle them together and so leaue them the space of two houres then seeth them tyll the thyrde parte be cōsumed then streyne them and kepe the licour in a glasse for it is an excellente remedye to drye the moystnes of the corners of the eyes The two other aforesayd remedies maye be applied in stede of the pouder of mercurye puttynge a tente into the concauitie with hony of roses or a mundificatiue of sirupe of roses For cicatrisation ye shal washe the place wyth water of alume and lay vpon the place vnguentum de minio And when the fistule is wyth corruption of the bone ye shal procede as it is sayde in a proper chapter of the former boke ¶ A chapter of virulent and corrosiue vlcers in the inner outwarde parte of the nose HEre folowe remedies for corrosiue vlcers of the nose caused aswel of the pockes as of other diseases both in the inner outwarde partes As touching the vlcers proceding of the frenche pockes there is no thing better then to mundifye them wyth our pouder of mercurie and after mūdification to procede wyth the remidies ordeined in the chap. of the french pockes confirmed And whē they procede not of the french pockes the remedies folowenge are of greate efficacitie wherof the fyrst is vnguentū mixtum the seconde our pouder of mercurie the thyrde the licoure folowynge R. ii hole swete pomegranades half a sower of the leaues of plātayn night shade wyld olyues woodbynd knotgrasse of the croppes of brambles an̄ m̄ i. of synders of yron ℥ i. beate these thynges together so leaue them the space of thre houres then seeth thē with thre ounces of water of plantayne asmuch water of roses tyl the thyrd parte be consumed so streyne them seeth thē agayn tyl they become thick as honye Thys oyntment is good to heale a cankerous polipus all virulent vlcers after the mūdificatiō The fourth is a linimente made as it foloweth R. of oyle of roses omphacine of oyle myrtine of vngm̄ populeon or of roses or in the stede therof of Galiens oyntmente ana ℥ i. of the iuyce of plantayne and nightshade ana ℥ ii of the iuyce of sorel and alleluia ana ℥ ss of roche alume ʒ ss of mirobalane citrine ʒ i. seeth them al tyll the iuyce be consumed and streyne them then put to the streynynge of whyte waxe ʒ v. of tutia preparate ʒ ii of cerusse ʒ vi of titarge of golde and syluer an̄ ʒ iii. of burnt leade ℥ ss of camphore graynes .ii. mengle them and labour them in a mortar of leade the space of sixe houres Thys linimēt maketh a good cicatrise ¶ A chapter of remedies for passions for the throte THe remedies of squinātia are these For squinantia Fyrste is a gargarisiue made of water of barlye wyne of pomegranades and a lytle diameron The seconde is goates shepes or cowes mylke gargarised The thyrde is a lotion of the extreme partes wyth a lotion ordeyned in the cure of ophtalmia The fourth is a decoction of dates after thys sort ℞ of dates iuiubes dry figges an̄ ℥ i. of raysons damaske prunes ℥ i. ss of cleare liquirice ʒ x. of bran and clere barlye ana m̄ ii of redde suger li. i. seeth them all together in water sufficient tyl the barlye breake thē streyne them and let the decoction be gargarised hote The fyfth fourme is a playster of apples after this sort R. holihocke sodden in the decoction of a swallowes neste li. i. of the meate of apples rosted ℥ iiii of the oyle of swete almons and hennes grese an̄ ʒ i. buttyre ℥ iiii stampe these thynges together and seeth them a lytle with a soft fyre and when ye take the iuyce from the fyre take the yolkes of thre egges and mengle them together The sixte is phlebotomye of the veyne called cephalica at the begynnynge and in the state of the veynes vnder the tonge to purge the matter conioyncte These remedies must be administred as it foloweth Fyrst
space of .ii. houres and make a soft cerote with whyte waxe theÌ„ take theÌ„ froÌ„ the fyre styrre theÌ„ about til they be luke warme theÌ„ put therunto of quickesiluer queÌ„ched â„¥ vi of liquide storax Ê’ vi incorporate theÌ„ and styrre them wel together Here foloweth a purgation which is good after the patient hathe vsed the last potion .xii. dayes R. of diacatholicoÌ„ of cassia ana â„¥ ss of electuarii indimaioris Ê’ ii of trifera ê‘sica Ê’ i. ss make a smal potion wyth the comune decoction addyng of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. Here ye shall note that the sayde diseases is not contagious but at the begynnynge when it is the fourme of scabbes Item it is verey good at the begynning that the patient take soÌ„time the purgation folowynge Digestion wyth the lesse syrupe of fumiterrie and the iuyce of endyue wyth waters of endyue fumiterry hoppes presupposed R. of diacatholicon cassia anÌ„ â„¥ ss of an electuary of roses after Mesue Ê’ ii of the confection of hamech Ê’ i. of good reubarbe Ê’ ss make a small potion with the comune decoction adding of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. or make it thus R. of diacatholicon Ê’ vi of electuary of psilium of trifera persica diafinicon ana Ê’ ii of the coÌ„fection of hamech Ê’ ss make a smal potion adding of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. A playster for apostemous woundes of the synnowes R. of husked beanes li. ii seeth them in the broth of a shepes heade or in barbours lye tyl they be wel soddeÌ„ Then stampe them and put vnto theÌ„ of oyle of roses odoriferous and camomylle ana â„¥ ii seeth them agayne tyll they bene thycke addynge the yolkes of two egges of saffran ℈ i. Here foloweth the ordinaunce of pilles of master Nicholas de Furnariis whych ben good agaynst the migryme ophtalmia and swimmyng of the heade R. of myrrhe Ê’ iii. of aloes epatyke Ê’ vi ss of saffran Ê’ ii of all the mirobalanes ana Ê’ ss of agaryke in trociskes Ê’ iii. ss mengle them make pilles wyth water of fenell the receit is Ê’ i. Ê’ i. ss If ye adde to these thinges of trifera perfica Ê’ v. electuarii indi electuarii rosarum Mesue ana Ê’ iii. of triacle Ê’ i. of carduus bnÌ„dictus tormeÌ„tylle Doronike ana ℈ ii they shall be good in the frenche pockes agaynste the pestilence A potion agaynst the styngynge of serpentes bytynge of wood dogges the pestilence R. of tormentylle ditany cardus benedictus ana Ê’ i. of Galenes triacle Ê’ ss of saffran graynes i. of Citron seed ℈ i. of a smaragde one grayn of doronike Ê’ i. of syrupe of the iuce of sorell water of buglosse ana Ê’ vi of the wyne of pomegranades of doriferous wyne anÌ„ Ê’ ss mengle theÌ„ Here foloweth the ordinauÌ„ce of vnguentum basilicum the greater Vug. basilicum R. of oyle of roses odoriferous li. ii of cowes tallowe and calues talowe ana li. ss of swynes grese â„¥ iii. of oyle of camomylle lynseede swete almons of hennes grese and goose grese ana â„¥ ii of anthos yarrow centaury the greater woodbynde saynt Iohns worte ana mÌ„ i. of rootes of madder â„¥ iii. of fyne grayne â„¥ i. ss of the leaues of plaÌ„tayn and ribworte anÌ„ mÌ„ i. of comune oyle li. i. ss stampe these thynges and leaue theÌ„ together the space of a weeke then seeth them wyth a cyath of good wyne and thre ounces of earthe wormes tyll the wyne be consumed so streyne them and put to the streynyng of rosyn of the pyne tre Ê’ iii. of colophony of mastyke anÌ„ â„¥ i. of shyppe pytch Ê’ x. of litarge of golde and syluer ana â„¥ iii. of minium asmuch seeth them tyl they be verye blacke euer styrryng theÌ„ about addyng in the ende of terebeÌ„tyne â„¥ xiiii a sufficient quaÌ„titie of whyte waxe seeth them agayne a lytle and make a softe cerote Thys is the ordinaunce of vngueÌ„tum basilicum the lesse whyche swageth peyne more then the other and is conuenient in woundes of the synnowes R. of oyle of roses â„¥ iiii of comun oyle li. i. of freshe buttyre li. ss of swynes grese calues suet and cowes suet anÌ„ â„¥ v. of yarrowe plaÌ„tayne wood bynde verueyne ana mÌ„ i. of the rotes of madder of earth wormes ana â„¥ ii of shyppe pytche of rasyn of the pyne anÌ„ â„¥ ii ss stampe the herbes and incorporate them wyth the oyles fattes so leaue theÌ„ the space of a weke then seeth them with a cyathe of odoriferous wyne tyll the wyne be consumed so streyne them put to the straynyng of miniuÌ„ â„¥ iiii of litarge of syluer â„¥ iii. seeth them agayne tyll they be black and put to them of clere terebentyne â„¥ vi suffycieÌ„t whyte waxe and make a softe oyntment Here foloweth a liniment good to remoue corrupt flesshe of formica procedyng of the frenche pockes and to drye vp redde buddes in the foreheed or in the necke coÌ„mynge in the sayde disease and to remoue wartes â„ž of the iuce of lettuse and plaÌ„tayne of euery one two ounces of Galenes oyntment â„¥ i. The whytes of .ii. egges of sublimate well brayed Ê’ one beate them togyther and labour theÌ„ a good whyle in a mortare of leade This water is good for the same purpose â„ž of roche alume .iii. draÌ„mes of sublimate Ê’ i of sall armoniacke Ê’ ii of barbours lye a pounde of water of roses â„¥ iiii sethe them all tylle the thyrde parte be consumed And yf ye wyll haue it of greater desiccation adde a lytle verdegrese when y take it from the fyre The iuce of the herbe verucaria whereof we spake in the boke of symples is good for the same purpose Auicenne sayeth that the thyrde parte of a dramme of Squinantum with a lytle pepper comforteth the synowes and muscles And yf ye put thereunto of water of camomylle â„¥ v and make a potion it shal be more coÌ„fortatiue it shall take awaye youxynge commynge of replecyon and werynesse of the membres and wyndynesse of the guttes And therfore the decoction folowynge is good for the same intention And moreouer it swageth paynes of the pockes and breaketh wyndynesse of the matrice â„ž of squinantum Ê’ i. of anthos Ê’ ii of swete fenelle of anyse ana Ê’ ss of lyqueryce Ê’ v. of mugworte nepte ana halfe an handfull of cinamome nuttemigges cloues cubebes ana ℈ i. of good honye â„¥ iiii of syrupe de duabus radicibus without vynegre of sugre taberzet of euery one fyue ounces of water of camomylle wormewoode of euerye one two pounde of water of endiue and fenelle ana l. ss seeth them togyther tylle the fourthe parte be consumed then strayne them and gyue halfe a cyathe of the straynynge actuallye hoote The roote of squinantum comforteth a weake stomacke and the lytle leues that grow aboute the rote are good agaynst venemous bytynges An vnction for a weake stomacke â„ž of Squinantum Ê’ i. of
â„¥ iiij of the iuyce of smallage of the iuyce of plantayne Ana â„¥ ss lette them boyle together vnto the consumption of the iuyce than strayne them and adde to the straynynge of barley or wheate floure Ê’ x. of bole armenie brought in to a fyne poudre â„¥ v. of Minium â„¥ ij of SaffraÌ„ ℈ i. mengle them and incorporate theÌ„ and make a plaister Note that some tymes the place canne not be well clensed wyth thys mundificatiue as we haue seen often tymes in flegmonyke Apostemes beynge great and whan the mattyer hath taried longe before it was purged and whan for faute of openynge it is waxen harde for thyes causes I haue been constrayned to vse a stroÌ„ger muÌ„dificatiue namely our poudre whyche takethe awaye superfluous flesche wythout payne or the oyntment called VnguentuÌ„ EgiptiacuÌ„ or MixtuÌ„ Vnguentum Mixtum And ye must wrappe the tente in thys oyntment whiche is made after this sorte â„ž of VnguentuÌ„ EgyptiacuÌ„ after our description â„¥ i. of VnguentuÌ„ ApostoloruÌ„ â„¥ j. ss mengle theÌ„ together This is the oyntmeÌ„t called Vnguentum Mixtum Here foloweth the discriptioÌ„ of our vngueÌ„tuÌ„ EgiptiacuÌ„ â„ž of verde griece Vnguentum Egyptiacum otherwyse called floris eris â„¥ ij of the hony of roses Ê’ ij ss of roche Alumme â„¥ ij of water of plantayne â„¥ iiij braye or grynde these forsayde thynges let theÌ„ boyle together tyl they ben thyck styrre them alwaye aboute The signe that it is perfytly sodden is when lytle bubbles of the sayd oyntment ryse vp And thys oyntment is called VngueÌ„tuÌ„ EgiptiacuÌ„ of our inuention Thys oyntment and our poudre and the oyntment called vnguentuÌ„ mixtuÌ„ applyed wyth tentes myghtely clense hollowe vlceres and correcte maligne vlcers moreouer consume vnctuous superfluous and hard fleshe After mundification Incaâ—â—tiue ye must incarnate the place after thys forme Take of hony of Roses â„¥ ij of terebentine â„¥ iiij Let them boyle a lytle then adde thervnto fraÌ„kinsence Ê’ j. and ss of mirrhe Ê’ iij. of saffran ℈ i. of aloes hepatike of sanguinis draconis ana Ê’ ij ss of barley fenugreke flour well boulted ana â„¥ ss of sarcocolle Ê’ i. ss mengle them and incorporate them The tente muste be rolled in this oyntment and the playstre muste be after thys sorte â„ž of whyte diaquilon with out guÌ„mes .li. i. of cowes and wethers tallowe ana .li. ss of terebentine â„¥ viij Vnguentum Bassâ—â—â—um magistrate of the marye of the legges of a cowe â„¥ i. and ss of the oyle of roses .li. i. and ss of swynes grece melted â„¥ x. of litarge of golde â„¥ ix of miniuÌ„ â„¥ iij. of shippe pytch Ê’ vi of the iuyce of plantayne .li. ss lette the oyle the gresse and the marye boyle wyth the iuyce of plantayne vnto the consumption of the iuyce TheÌ„ straine them and adde to the straynynge the reste and afterwarde wyth sufficiente whyte waxe by arte and fyer make a styffe cerote euer styrrynge it aboute wyth a stycke Thys oyntment is called vnguentum Basilicum magistrale of our inuention and it is of a noble operation Thys oyntment is good agaynst vlceres commynge of exitures and apostemes A sygne of true decoction of thys oyntmente is when it is thycke styffe and blacke The same oyntmeÌ„t is good for vlceres of the legges Cicatrice And fynally to make a good cicatrice washe the place with thys decoctioÌ„ â„ž of redwyne of the water of ashes .li. i. of the water of plantaine â„¥ viij of roses of the leaues of wylde oliues of mirtilles namely of the graynes and leaues therof ana mÌ„ ss of the floures of pomegranates called balaustie .v. in nombre Of roche alume â„¥ ss braye the thynges that are to be brayed grossely theÌ„ boyle theÌ„ vnto the consumption of the thyrde parte and strayne them and washe the place therwyth And when it is washed drye it wyth a cleane cloth And after that it is wyped and dryed laye to it the oyntment last wrytten puttynge linte vnder the playstre And thus thys present chapitre is fynyshed by the gyfte of God whose name be praysed ¶ The thyrde chapter treatynge of the cure of flegmon when it commeth of a cause antecedent WE haue treated here afore of flegmon coÌ„myng of a primitiue cause The cure of Flegmon In thys present chapter we wyll declare the cure of flegmoÌ„ coÌ„myng of a cause antecedeÌ„te To the cure of thys aposteme there ben requyred .v. intentions Of whych the fyrst is to ordre the lyfe or dyete The seconde to dygest the mater antecedente The thyrde is to purge the mater dygested The fourth to take awaye the mater coÌ„ioyncted The fyfth to correcte the accedens Thynges noâ— naturall The fyrste intention is accomplyshed by the administracion of .vi. thynges not naturall that is to saye of the ayer of eatynge and drynkyng slepyng wakynge of inanition and repletion and of the accidens of the mynde as sadnes ioye anger such lyke And the ordinaunce of these thynges muste enclyne to frygidite or coldnes At the begynnynge he muste vse a brothe of stamped and strayned almandes in the brothe of a chicken wyth a lytle suggre yf the pacient be weake by reason of hys dyscease or by reason of hys nature and coÌ„plection or els ye shall make hym a potage of fyne floure of barley or a broth made wyth barley stamped and strayned addynge euer strayned almandes or commune seedes and it shal be better wyth fyne suggre At the begynnynge of dynner he shall eate cicoree rootes and leaues sodden and some tymes a lytle laictuce And apples and peres rosted vnder coales ben good in the ende of dynner and supper Pomgranades prepared It is good also to vse pomegranades thus prepared Take of swete pomegranades â„¥ vi of the graynes of aygre pomegranades â„¥ i. ss of whyt suggre fynelye broken and put vpon the graynes when they shal be eaten â„¥ i. Let the patient vse thys often cheiflye when he shal be altered Neuerthelesse he muste vse it moderatlye For to greate quantitie may hurte the stomake The wyne of pomegranades is good in thys case You maye gyue whyte wyne boylled wyth water to weake and stegmatyke personnes hauynge thys Aposteme Item you maye gyue them in the fyrste dayes chyckens the fleshe of kyddes or suckynge calues Sirupe The seconde intention is to dygeste the naughtye matter wyth thys dygestiue â„ž of the syrupes of vynaygre called Acetosus of fumiterre of hoppes ana â„¥ ss of the water of endiue of hoppes of fumitterre ana â„¥ i. mengle them After that the patient hath receaued of thys syrupe three dayes twyse a daye that is to saye in the mornynge euenyng he muste take thys purgation Purgation and it is the thyrde intention â„ž of cassia of diacatholicon ana â„¥ vi of an electuarye of roses ordeyned by Mesue of diaprunis solutiue ana â„¥ i. make a
small potion wyth a decoction of cordiall floures and frutes addynge in the ende of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. and. ss The fourthe intention is accomplyshed by mynistrynge sondrye thynges vppon the aposteme Reê‘cussiues be perilous in viii cases Fyrste by mynistrynge familiare repercussiue medicines excepte conditioned cases in whyche by no meanes you muste not mynistre thynges repercussiue The fyrste case is when the matter is venimous The seconde when the matter is in the emunctories or clensynge places Thyrdlye when it procedeth by the waye of termination of some dysease as it chaunceth in continuall fieuers and other Fourthlye when the matter descendeth from one membre to another Fyfthlye when the matter is grosse Syxtlye when the matter is hardened lyke a stone Seuenthlye when an aposteme chaunseth in a body replenyshed wyth humours Eyghtlye when it commeth of brusynge In these cases we muste not applye thynges repercussiue excepte the fyrste daye for the causes shewed in the chapiter before Repercussiues bene the whyte of egges oyle of roses Reê‘cussiue oyle of myrtin beateÌ„ together We wil describe three kyndes of repercussiues whyche we haue often proued The fyrst is thys take two whytes of egges oyle of roses VnguentuÌ„ of roses ana â„¥ i. and. ss the iuyce of plantayne or morell â„¥ vi mengle all together one after another and make as it were an oyntmente and laye it vppon the aposteme wyth a linnen cloute and se that it be luke warme The seconde forme is thys Take three whytes and yolkes of egges and of oyle of roses of oyle of violettes of womans mylke Ana â„¥ i. and. ss lette them be mengled together and be layed to warme Thys repercussiue is good after the begynnynge The thyrde is thys take of the leaues of mallowes and violettes Ana. mÌ„ i. and. ss of roses of hole barleye Ana. mÌ„ ss of the seede of quynces Ê’ v. Lette them be sodden al in sufficient water vnto parfyte decoction Then strayne them and presse them oute vehementlye braye them and serce them fynelye And putte to of oyle of roses after the recepte of mesue â„¥ iiij of Vnguentum rosarum â„¥ i. and. ss of whyte waxe â„¥ ij melte them at the fyer and lette them boyle agayne at a softe fyer wyth the thynges serced a quarter of an houre and euer styrre them aboute And when it is taken from the fyer adde there vnto of barleye floure well boulted â„¥ ii and vse it vpon a clothe as it is aforesayde Thys playstre as ye maye perceyue by the symples that go in to it is good in the ende of the begynnynge and in the myddest of the begynnynge and in the begynnynge of augmentation These three oyntmentes aboue named bene good for hote apostemes that maye be cured wyth resolution Howe to vse reê‘cussiues and also in purged bodyes I saye that they bene profytable after the begynnynge of an Aposteme vnto the encrease And in the encrease of an aposteme enclynynge to resolution ye muste mengle thynges repercussyue wyth molifycatiues For Auicenne sayeth that as longe as an aposteme procedeth in encrease it is necessarye to laye vppon thynges repercussyue and to adioyne mollifycatiues And thys proposition of the sayde AuiceÌ„ne semeth to be agaynst the opinion of al doctours chieflye of Rasis and Galene whyche saye that at the encrease of an Aposteme we muste consyder two thynges that is to saye the thynge done and the thynge to be done To take awaye the thynge done there nedeth resolution And to defende the thynge to come we muste vse repercussyon And so it appereth that an aposteme alreadye made is not healed by thynges mollifycatiue but by thynges resolutiue And the Aposteme that may ensue hereafter must be stopped by thynges repercussiue Neuerthelesse me thynketh that Auicenne hathe better weyed the matter then the other consyderynge the cure more particulerlye then other auctours He sayeth that in the augmentation we muste vse thynges mollifycatiue And it is reason so to do for in the augmentation the mater of PhlegmoÌ„ throughe the layenge to of thynges repercussiue is waxen harde and is retayned wythin the meÌ„bre Therfore we must applye medicines that may mollifye and soften the matter and that maye open the pores And so doynge we prepare to trewe and perfyte resolution egallye by lytle and lytle For otherwyse wheÌ„ sodayne resolutioÌ„ is made the subtyle humour is resolued and the grosse remayneth But resolutiues mollifycatiues bene of thys effecte that they resolue mollify by lytle lytle Wherfore they arne more conuenient then other that ben hote and drye whyche resolue the subtyle humoure and leaue the grosse as we haue sayde Furthermore resolutiues mollificatiues appayse the paine as Auicenne sayeth The reason is bycause they resolue by lytle and lytle whyche thynge a medicine resolutiue hote and drye dothe not For thoroughe heate it draweth humours to the place and causeth payne Lyke wyse in the augmentation and in the state thynges molifycatiue and resolutiue ben conuenient In the ende declination of thys aposteme thynges resolutiue and drye bene agreable as Auicenne sayeth Apud finem et statum c. In thys place Auicenne sheweth that an aposteme hath foure tymes as we haue sayde And euerye tyme is diuided into thre partes namely begynnyng augmentation diminutioÌ„ he sheweth what medicine we must vse in the state of flegmon In the begynnynge in the myddest and in the ende of the state lette the mollifycatiues surmounte the repercussiues and he sayeth afterwarde fac ea pura c. that is to saye in the ende of state we muste vse thynges purelye mollifycatiue we saye then that euery one of the foure tymes hath in it selfe thre tymes begynnynge augmentation and ende Wherfore we conclude that the ende of augmentation hath participation wyth the begynnynge of state and the myddest of state hathe hys trewe tyme and the ende of state hathe participation wyth the begynnynge of declination and so forthe of other tymes In the state of an Aposteme that is in the waye of resolution we haue proued thys composition profytable Ye muste take of the rootes of Holyhocke Resolutiue of the rootes of lillies of Camomil of melilote of euerye mÌ„ v. and put them in a bagge of course lynnen and boyle them altogether in sufficient quantite of water tyll they be well sodden Then stampe them strayne them and serce them puttynge to these thynges vnder wrytten and makyng a cerote in maner of a playster â„ž of oyle of Camomille of oyle of lillyes of euery one â„¥ ij and. ss of whyte diaquilon of the fatte or swete called Isopus of Galenes cerote of euery one â„¥ ij of heÌ„nes grece goce grece of euery one Ê’ x. of whyt waxe â„¥ i. and. ss make an oyntmente Let these latter thynges boyle together at a softe fyer with the thynges aboue named let them be layed to warme ¶ Another playster for the same entention TAke of the cromes of bread steped in a
forsayd decoction namely of lupines soddē wyth lye ana ℥ ij ss seeth them al together and make an oyntmēt Thys oyntmēt hath vertue to take away al corruptiō in Cācrena Ascachilos preserueth the hole partes from corruption And Auicenna sayeth that the propriete of thys oyntmente is to take awaye euyl fleshe and to cōserue good whych we nede in thys cure We may also conuenientlye laye thys defensiue vpon the hole parte and not vpon the vlcers ℞ of oyle of roses omphacine A defensiue of oyle mirtine ana ℥ iij. of the iuyce of plātayne nyghtshade ana ℥ ij let thē seeth altogether tyll the iuyce be consumed then strayne them and put to the straynynge of whyte waxe ℥ i. and. ss of floure of beanes lentiles and barley wel boulted ana ʒ ss of al the sandres ana ʒ ij ss of Bole armenie wel brayed ℥ i. of the pouldre of the leaues graynes of myrtilles ʒ i. whē they be melted labour all with the oyles waxe make a defēsiue in a good forme addīg or minishing the sayd oyle yf nede be Note that this defēsiue is of good operation cōforteth merueylously the membre whervpō it is layd kepeth it from receyuynge corrupte matter suffereth it not to encrease cōfortyng the hole partes wyth some resolution dryeng Moreouer it is very good with the application of vnguentū Egyptiacum layeng vpon the corrupte place a greate pece of thys playster ℞ of the floure of beanes of orobus of lentiles and lupines ana .li. ss of the iuyce of wormmoode so muche salte make a styffe plaister with sufficiēt sodden wyne called sapa The effect of this oyntmēt is to kepe the mēbre frō putrefaction to resolue drye a mēbre corrupted Sapa Note that Sapa whych goeth to thys playster suffereth it not to drye but kepethe it softe so that ye maye stretche it vpon the membre And we haue founde thys playster of greater effecte then that to whyche nothynge goeth but lye And we haue also gotten worshyppe by thys playster It taketh awaye the eschare caused by vnguentum Egyptiacum and swageth payne ☞ Here it is to be noted touchyng vnguentum Egyptiacum and other aforesayde that they muste be applyed so often tyll ye shall knowe the corruption of Cancrena or Ascachilos to be remoued whyche thynge is easelye knowen by the apparaunce of lyuelye fleshe and when the stynke is dyminyshed Yf the corruption canne not be taken awaye by the meanes here declared then ye muste take awaye thys putrefaction by an actuall cauterie or by the water of the decoction of Arsenike or by oure poudre Of whyche remedyes we haue spoken in the chapitre of Formica corrosiua After that the place is mortifyed and purifyed from all putrefaction ye muste procure that the eschare fall awaye wyth swynes grece Remotion of an Escare or freshe buttyre or wyth one of the playsters descrybed in the chapitre of flegmon for maturation When the eschare is taken away clense the place wyth this mundifycatiue Mundificatiue ℞ of cleare terebētine ℥ iiij of honye of roses strayned ℥ ij of the iuyce of plantayne and smalage of euery one ℥ i. Let them boyle al vnto the consumption of the iuyce then take them from the fyer addyng these vndre wrytten namely the yolkes of two egges of the floure of barley of the floure of beanes well boulted ana ℥ i. of saffran ℈ This oyntment in this case is a good medicine to mundifye and we haue proued it After that the place is mundifyed it is cōuenient to incarne it wyth thys incarnatiue Incarnatiue whyche dothe bothe incarne and mundifye with some abstersion ℞ of honye of roses strayned ℥ i. of cleare terebentine ℥ iij. Lette them boyle ones and putte there vnto of the floure of wheate of the floure of fenugreke of euery one ʒ iij. of frankencense of myrre of euery one ʒ i. of sarcocoll of aloes epatike brought into a fyne poudre ana ℈ ij After that the incarnation is done ye muste seale vp the place and make a good cicatrice thys wyse Yf the flesh be vnctuous softe it is good to take it awaye wyth the oyntment called vnguentum mixtum whych is cōpoūde wyth one parte of vnguentum Egyptiacum and of two partes of vnguentum apostolorum addynge some tyme a lytle roche alum burnt and euer layenge to the place this oyntment vndre wrytten ℞ Of wethers tallowe Oyntment of calues tallowe of oxe gotes tallowe ana ℥ iij. of terebentine .li. ss of goose grese ℥ ij of litarge of golde syluer ℥ .iiij. of ceruse of minium ana ℥ i. seethe them all and styrre them aboute with sufficient waxe make a styffe oyntmēt The vtilite of thys oyntment is to heale al vlcerations after that the corruption is taken awaye But before ye laye to thys oyntment it shal be good to washe the vlcered place wyth thys decoction ℞ of whyte wyne of the water of plantayne of lye ana ℥ vi of roses m̄ ss of the floures of pomegranades ℥ ss of myrobalanes citrines ʒ i. ss of hony of roses ʒ vi of roche alume ʒ ij Those thynges that ben to be brayed let them be brayed grossely then lette thē boyle vnto the cōsumptiō of the thyrde parte then strayne them washe the vlcered place therwith This water is souerayne in makyng a good cicatrice in any vlceratiō we coulde declare many other remedies for the curatiō of thies diseases as many doctours haue done but we haue described the most profitable remedies whyche we haue proued to our owne worshyppe and the ease of thies maladies The cure of Esthiomenos Finally yf thys cancrena passe into the dispositiō of Esthiomenos which corruptethe the membre in whyche it is so that oftentymes the bones rotte than it is necessary to seperate and diuide the hole parte from the corrupted wyth a sharpe rasure and the bone muste be sawed wyth a keene sawe and after that it is cutte wyth a sawe it muste be cauterised with an actuall cauterie After whyche cauterization ye must procure that the eschare falle awaye and that the place be mundifyed Than ye muste incarne it and cicatrise it as it hath been declared in thys present chap. of the cure of Cancrena and Ascachilos Also the defensyue aboue wrytten is good to be layed vpon the hole parte And the corruption of Esthiomenos wold be taken away by aygre and stronge medicines afore rehersed But in the cure of Esthiomenos we alowe better an actuall cauterie than a potentiall ☞ Moreouer it is to be noted that in the applicatiō of a caustique medicine potentiall to the disposition of anye of thies three diseases that I saye it muste be stronge or weake accordyng to the strength of the patient and accordynge to the disposition of the membre as in the eyes in the stones whyche canne
not suffre stronge medicines and quyckely receaue putrefaction Wherfore whan the body is weake of a disease not furious and in a membre of delicate complection and of easye putrefaction than the aygre medicines ought to be of smale mordication or bytyng And lykewyse in contrarye dyspositions they muste be strōg And as Cornelius celsus sayth we muste cure an immoderate qualite of a disease wyth a vehemente remedye a meane wyth a meane Hypocrates sayeth that to extreme diseases extreme remedyes ben necessarye c. Thus endeth thys present Chapitre for which the name of god be praysed ¶ The .xviij. Chapitre of Carbunculus and Anthrax CArbūculus is a lytle venimous pustle burnynge the place where it is Carbunculus And it makethe at the begynnynge a blader and than an eschare as yf it hadde been made of fier or seethynge water and it is wyth intolerable payne burnyng and inflammation al aboute whyche pustle is some tymes redde or yelowe some tymes grene or blewe and sometyme blacke And euerye one of thies after the opinyon of Rasis is mortall bycause of theyr venime neuertheles that that is redde or yelowe is not so daungerous as that that is grene or blacke Auicenne sayth that they whych haue a blacke carbuncle escape not deathe howbeit we haue seen manye to haue escaped And thies pustles carbunculus and Anthrax differre not as olde and new wryters testifye but in gretnes and smalnes For as Guillermus placentinus sayth Anthrax Anthrax is nothyng els but a Carbuncle tourned in to malygnite whyche hathe not been well healed And the colour of it is fyrst chaunged from redde in to grene afterwarde becommeth blacke and by that change we see often that the place commethe to a corrosion and great mortification of the membre in whyche Anthrax is Thies pustles ben multyplied in the tyme of pestilence and in pestiferous regions as Auicenna saythe And those ben more suspected in the tyme of pestilence than in other tymes by reason of the infectyon of the ayre They chaunse often in the emunctories or clensynge places by the waye of termination ad Crisim For the noble membres sende the infectiō to places lesse noble And Auicenna saythe that euery Crisis is grod Crisis but in a fieuer pestilentiall Carbūculus Thys pustle is called a Carbuncle bycause the place where it is becommeth redde and burneth wyth great payne as yf a coale were layed vpon the membre Anthrax Anthrax is a greke word and sygnifieth also a coale for it gnaweth and eateth the flesche as a burnynge coale And ye muste note that Anthrax is a malygne pustle hauyng about it certayne lytle yelowe veynes of the coloure of the rayne bowe For the sayde veynes ben sometyme redde somtyme grene and blacke And at the begynnynge the pustle is no greater than a lentile hauynge the poynte fyxed inwarde It causeth intolerable payne wyth cruell accidentes wyth great ponderosite or heuynes as yf leade on the place dydde oppresse it and the patyent hathe great luste to slepe We wyll wryte a specyall Chapitre of Carbunculus and Anthrax and of the Aposteme whyche chaunseth to them that haue the Pestylence called Bubo Nowe it is euydente what dyfference there is betwene Carbunculus and Anthrax namely in greatnes and smalnes Signes of dethe in Carbunculus After thys knowelege We muste comme to the sygnes whych ben fyue Fyrste ye shall note that yf the Carbuncle appeare and than departe and hyde hymselfe wythout greate alyenation or chaunge of the patient it is a sygne of deathe Secondly yf the place in whyche the Carbuncle was drye vp wythout raysonable causes it sygnyfyeth that the patyent is nygh deathe after the sentence of Hypocrates Thyrdlye yf it be right ouer agaynste the harte or the stomake for the moste parte it is mortall The fourthe pronostyke is whā the Carbuncle commethe to the clensynge plases it is mortall bycause hys venimousnes commeth easelye to the pryncypall membres The fyfthe is that amonge the emunctories those of the harte are moste suspected of deathe The reason is euydent to thē that consydre the poysonned nature of the mattyer For it is alwaye the nature of Venimous mattyer to assaute fyrste the harte as the captayne of mannes bodye Thus thys present Chapitre is ended for whych the name of god be praysed ¶ The .xix. Chapitre of the cure of Carbunculus and Anthrax IN the cure of Carbunculus The cure of Carbūculus Anthrax and Anthrax fyue intentions ben required The fyrste is to ordre the lyfe The secōde to purge the mattyer antecedent The thirde to take awaye the mattier conioyncte The fourthe to purifye the ayre of the house and to rectifie it frome daye to daye and to counforte the harte aswell wythin as wythout The fyfthe to correcte the accidentes Diete The fyrste is accomplysshed by the syx thynges not naturall declinynge to coldnes and dryenes as the ayer and meates ce Wherefore the patient muste eate the meates declared in the chapitre of herisipelas as laictuce a ptisane of barley wyne of Granades and al aygre thynges as Limmōs Veriuyce and lyke thynges mēgled wyth hys meates Semblably ye muste gyue hym in the fyrste dayes a brothe of a chickin and flesche altered wyth veriuyce wyth commune seedes brayed Almandes and the cromes of breade well leuenned Ye maye gyue hym also delayed wyne of small strength and that is of the nature of wyne of Pomegranades Neuertheles thys I admitte only yf the bodye be weake and the disease furious and the accidentes euyll For Auicenne saythe in the chapitre of a fieuer pestilentiall They that eate stronglye perchaunse scape the daungier of so great a disease Finally they that haue a Carbuncle or Anthrax lette them be gouerned as they that haue a Pestilentyall fyeuer The seconde intention is to purge the mattier antecedent And it is accomplished by purgyng the humours by conuenient medicines Flebotomye of the same parte and by flebotomie Assone as ye shall perceaue thys dysease to be euydente incontinently cutte a veyne in the sydewhere the Carbuncle is and not in the opposyte or contrarye And before ye cutte a veyne ye muste alwaye vse a Clister lenityue howbeit some saye that ye muste cutte a veyne in the part opposyte or ouer agaynst regardyng more the daungyer of drawynge the venimous mattyer to the sore place than the peryll of the venimous mattier passynge ouer the pryncipall mēbres They that ben of thys opinion doe euyll as a lerned Chirurgien Antonius Gainereus testifyeth sayinge that in the curation of a Carbuncle or of a pestiferous kernell or botche called Bubo a flebotomye must not be made but in the same parte where the Aposteme is And it muste be done without anye tariynge For whan nature perceauethe that a pryncypall membre is hurte she enforceth to sende the infected bloude to the emunctores as hyr enemye wherefore yf ye lette bloode
ventositie the attrition and the payne And we must conclude that in these thinges ioyned together we ought to begynne at that wherof we haue moost feare The perilousest first to be healed If it be euident that payne is the principal accident of the disease and most suspected we must begynne by the administratiō of thynges that swage paine and neuerthelesse we muste not leaue of the cure of the disease Than the remedies that muste be layed vpon thys wyndye Aposteme ought to be moderately resolutyue haue some vertue to comfort the sore place Plaister as thys that foloweth R. of camomil melilote dylle roses an̄ m̄ i of mallowe leaues of wormewoode leaues an̄ m̄ i. and ss of branne m̄ ii lette them boyle al together wyth sufficient water and than stampe them and make a styffe plaister by arte and fyer wyth the crōmes of breade and beane floure in the decoction addyng of oyle of roses myrte camo dylle ana ℥ ii mengle them agayne wyth that that was stamped Thys playster in thys case is a soueraine remedie to swage payn with resolution Furthermore for the accōplyshmente of thys cha after that ye haue swaged the payne ye maye profitably applye the remedyes wrytten for the accomplyshment of the thyrde intention Thus we ende thys chapi for whyche the name of god be praysed ¶ The thyrde treatyse of colde apostemes and hote perticulerly from the heade to the fete THe fyrst cha in whych the cure of all pustles is conteyned and the generation of apostemes and excrescēces in the heades of chyldrē chiefly of the water in the heades of chyldren and of the passion called Talpa and topinaria and of carbunculouse pustles In the heade manye kyndes of diseases maye chaunce Apostemes or pustles in the heade as apostemes colde hote quytterous ful of water glādulous and knotty whyche may be easely knowen by the doctrine declared in the former cha Howebeit we muste note one doctrine touchynge the apostemes of the heade that is Repercussiues are not to be ministred about the heade that we neuer applye vpon the sayde apostemes repercussyue medicines bycause of the nerenes of the commissures For repercussion myght greuously hurt the brayne If the apostemes in the heade ben hote they must be ryped accordyng to the doctrine wryttē in the cha of fiegmon chieflye whan the sayde apostemes ben of a sanguine mattier Incision After maturatiō ye shall opē the aposteme makynge triangulare incision or after the maner of a new moone Than you must digestethe place mundifie incarne and cicatrise it as it is sayde in the fore alleged cha If the aposteme be choleryke for the cure therof resorte to the doctrine wrytten in the chap. of the cure of herisipelas Moderation of colde medicines to the heade Neuerthelesse ye must note touchyng the administration of medicines that ye oughte not to applye so colde thynges as in Herisipelas bycause it chauncethe in another place more noble For I am wonte euer to rubbe the place wherein the herisipelas is wyth oyle of violettes wyth an oyntment of roses after Mesue haue had good successe Furthermore ye shall note touchynge the purgation of the humours of the heade what thynges be appropriate after the qualities of the euyll humours Purgations of hote humours of the heade If they bē hote they must be purged wyth an electuarie de succorosarum by pilles of fumiterre pilles of myrobalanes For these purge the hote humours of the heade If the mattier be cold ye shal purge it wyth pylles of hiera wyth pylles called cochie Of colde humours and wyth pilles named aurce or golden Moreouer somtyme there grow in the heade certayne glādules and knobbes for the curation wherof ye shall resorte to the chap. of nodes and glandules whā there growe in the heade talpes or topinary though Roger lanfrancke and certayne later wrytters say that it is better to appalliate them neuerthelesse myne opinion is which thyng Petre of Arzilata a chirurgien excellētly lerned affirmeth also that they muste be healed after the cure of a broken sculle The cure of Talpes in ministryng vniversall thynges accordynge to the age and strength of the patient Fyrst you must open the place in whych the disease is makynge a thre cornerde incision or after the figure of a crosse as you lust and yf it be possible ye must make the incision of suche quantitie that al the bone be discouered than you muste take awaye the corrupted parte of the bone wyth a sharpe raspatorie Incision or some other conuenient instrumente After that the corruption is taken away it shal be good to cauteryse the place wyth a hote yron yf it may be done wythout hurtynge of the brayne or pannicles therof And forasmuche as in thys disposition it chaunceth oftentymes that an vngtuous soft flesh is engendred vpon dura mater and likewyse about the vlcered place to take it surely away our poudre of mercurie is of merueylous vertue After that ye haue layed to the sayde poudre Ables sig a firre tre or sapinne tre ye may applye thys oyntmēt whyche both mundifyeth and incarneth R. of cleare terebentyne of abietis ana ℥ iii. of honye of roses strayned ℥ ii ss of the iuyce of plantayne of the iuyce of smalage of the iuyce of centaurie the lesse an̄ ʒ vi of wyne of good odour beyng two or thre yeres olde one cyathe let them boyle al together vnto the cōsūption of the iuyce and the wyne than straine them and adde to the straynyng of barley flour well boulted ʒ x. of saffran ℈ ss of sarcocolle of myrre an̄ ʒ ii mengle them together addyng in the ende of aquavite ℥ ss incorporate thē al together Thys oyntmēt in this case is a great remedie Also vnguētū de minio written in our antidotarie may be profitably administred in this case cheifly in the somer A poudre whan the intention is to cicatrise we haue founde thys poudre that foloweth very good R. of burnt alume ℥ ss of roses of the leaues of myrt an̄ ʒ i. of hermodactiles ʒ i. ss of bolearmenie ʒ vi of myrobalanes citrine ʒ iii. bringe them all to a fyne poudre Finallye yf ye fynde the Talpe or Topinarie not vlcered but bendynge to the waye of apostemation lette it be ryped wyth some good maturatyue And after maturation it is conuenient to make incision in the rypest place And yf ye fynde that the bone is not corrupted the place must be digested with a digestion of terebētine and afterward lette the place be mundifyed incarned sealed as we haue sayd in this present cha Furthermore there chaunceth in the heade a kynde of an aposteme called testudo Testudo and it is large whyte softe hauynge a lytle blader as nodus hathe For the curation therof there is no better remedye Incision than to open it makynge incision after the
colour wyth a certaine malignitie The other kynde is of red or white coloure and is not so harde it is hangyng and smal about the roote with out payne and styncke hauinge some humidite The cure of polypus is this Fyrst the catarrhous mattier procedynge from the heade must be purged wyth pilles of iera wyth agaryke Pilles or wyth pilles called cochie or assagereth and the veine called cephalica must be cut as Rasis sayth yf the bodye be sanguine and stronge After thys it is coÌ„uenient to apply thynges mordificatyue or biting or to cauterize the rootes of it wyth a syluer instrumente made lyke a pype There be medicines whyche haue strength to roote vp polypus surely as a ruptorie of capitell vnguentum egiptiacuÌ„ of AuiceÌ„nes description in a styffe fourme After that the polypus is roted vp wyth smal tenacles or wyth some other sharpe instrument or by tyenge a sylke threde to consume the roote of it oure poudre is merueylous good whyche taketh awaye superfluous fleshe without payne It is good also to apply to it vnguentuÌ„ mixtuÌ„ Afterwarde for cicatrisatioÌ„ vse the poudre made of one parte tutia alexandrina and the other parte of terra sigillata wyth burnte roche alume or oure vnguentum de tutia If ye perceaue that the polypus is cankreous by the signes aforesayd thaÌ„ a wyse chirurgien must in no wyse assaye to roote it vp by sharpe or strong medicines but as Rasis sayeth it is better to appalliate it by gentle medicines For the vse of sharpe medidicines shortenethe the lyfe of the patiente And Auicenne sayeth by the auctority of Hypocrates it chaunceth that a canker sometymes may be healed at the begynnyng but yf it be confirmed it can not And often a canker chauncethe wythin an hydde place and that the rectification is that it be not touched wyth instrumentes of yron or sharpe medicines For so the patiente myghte dye sodaynlye But yf ye procede with palliatyue cure ye maye prolonge the lyfe of the patient wythout greate payne as Rasis opinion is Palliatiue cure Palliatyue cure is accomplyshed by the administratioÌ„ of the remedies folowing The fyrst is that ye washe the place often with the whey of gottes mylke addynge a lytle sugre or wyth the decoction of barley and lentiles in to whyche the vertue of lentiles entrethe by the decoction of plantayne and nightshade wyth a lytle sugre candye Thys lotion purgethe and taketh away the sharpnes of the mattier After thys lotion it is good to lay vpon the polypus thys linimente folowynge A liniment R. of the oyle of roses omphacyne â„¥ iii. of vnguente of roses or in the stede thereof of vnguentum Galeni â„¥ ii of the iuyce of plantayne and nyghtshade ana â„¥ viii of litarge of golde syluer ana â„¥ i. and ss of tutia alexandrina of cerusse ana â„¥ ss Lette the iuyces wyth the foresayde oyle and oyntment boyle vnto the coÌ„suÌ„ption of the sayd iuyces thaÌ„ straine them and adde of whyte waxe Ê’ vi and lette them seeth agayne a lytle and putte in the remnaunte of the ingredientes one after another styrrynge them aboute in a mortarre of leade the space of two houres than adde of camphore brayed accordinge to arte ℈ ii Oyle of yolkes of egges To this same intention the oyle of yolkes of egges is verye good For it swagethe payne merueylouslye It muste be laboured a greate whyle in a mortar of leade and yf ye putte to the sayd oyle a lytle litarge of golde and syluer and a lytle of tutia Alexandrina of the preciouse stone called an Ematyte wyth a lytle iuyce of plantaine and morelle or nightshade it shal be of greater efficacitie more desiccatyue and shall better defend putrefaction If ye adde in the ende a lytle camphore it shabe more refrigeratyue Note that yf the polypus be vlcered wyth suche an vlceration that enflameth not the place nether payneth it vehementlye for the remouing and corrosion ye maye vse oure poudre addynge to it some of oure oyntment of tutia aforesayde Moreouer we haue founde the remedy vndre wrytten of good operation whyche is in a liquide forme as it foloweth R. one sower pomgranade and one swete of myrobalanes citrines â„¥ ss of the leaues of plantayne and nyghtshade A decoction of the leaues of wyld Olyues of the herbe called cauda equina or horsetayle anÌ„ mÌ„ ss of consolida minor the thyrde parte of an handfull of sugre taberzet â„¥ ii of sodden newe wyne â„¥ iii. bray them all fynely thaÌ„ seeth theÌ„ one waulme lette them stand al together the space of two houres than strayn theÌ„ and presse theÌ„ set them on the fyer agayne tyll they begynne to be thycke as liquide hony and vse thereof wyth coton dypped in the liquor and put in to the nose in those dayes whan ye vse not the foresayde poudre Furthermore it is to be noted that in thys place sometymes there grow carnosities or fleshye pieces of the nature of emoroides and bene called of the doctours emoroides of the nose which bene healed wyth the curation of polipus not cankreous declared in this present cha For which the name of god be blessed ¶ The .x. cha of the rednes and burnynge in the toppe of the nose as well wythin as wythout procedynge of a lytle aposteme THe burnynge and the rednes whych chauncethe in the toppe of the nose The burnyng ridnes of the nose is euer caused of an hote catarrhous mattier The cure wherof after conueniente purgation wyth cassia and diacatholicon maye be accomplished by the administratioÌ„ of the remedies vndre written The fyrst is thys R. of the leaues of mallowes and violettes of cleane barley A decoction anÌ„ mÌ„ i. of the rootes of langedebeefe mÌ„ i. of the seede of quinces Ê’ iii. of sweete apples .iii. Seeth these foresayd thynges with sufficient quaÌ„titie of the broth of fresh or with rayne water and than presse them strayn them and put into the nostrelles oftentymes some of thys decoction beynge actually hote Thys decoction is souerayne good for maturation and mitigatioÌ„ of the mattier that causeth the burnynge and bytyng Item to the same intention we haue founde thys playster good A plaister maturatâ—â—â— R. of the leaues of mallowes violettes ana mÌ„ i. of cleane barleye mÌ„ i. ss of raysines â„¥ i. Let theÌ„ boyle in sufficient water til the barley breake than stampe them and strayne them and adde to the straynyng of the inwarde partes of rosted apples â„¥ ii of freshe buttyre â„¥ i. ss of oyle of swete almandes of oyle of violettes anÌ„ â„¥ i. lette theÌ„ boyle agayne at the fyer and make a styffe playster addynge in the ende the yolkes of two egges Thys playster rypeth and breaketh without drawing of mattier to the place whan the aposteme is broken ye muste procede after the doctrine wrytten in the cha of ordeolum
therfore of the Anatomistes they are called amigdales that is to saye almādes And oftentymes they receyue apostemation by reason of the catarrhous mattyer that descendethe from the brayne For the curation whereof after conuenient purgation of the mattyer antecedēt aswell by laxatiue medicynes as by flebotomie and application of ventoses vpon the shulders wyth scarification and after ordinaunce of diete as is declared in the former chapitres it shal be ryght expedient to vse some of thyes remedyes vndre wrytten Gargarisme Fyrst at the begynnyng ye shal vse thynges of familiare repercussion as is a gargarisme compounde of one parte of water of roses and two partes of wyne of Pomegranades and an halfe parte of vinegre of roses To thys intention a decoction of barley in whyche a lytle of sumach hath been boyled auaileth much if ye adde there vnto a lytle of Diamoron Thys decoction dryueth backe the mattier merueylously and conforteth the place is good in the begynnyng augmentation state and declination A gargarisme resolutiue Whan the Aposteme is in the way of resolution This gargarisme folowynge helpethe greatlye resolution cheifely in the state ℞ of cleane barley of raisines of dates Ana. M. j. let them boyle all together wyth suffycient quantitie of water vnto the consumption of half than strayne them and adde to the straynyng of honye of roses ℥ ij of syrupe de duabus radicibus ℥ ij lette them seeth agayne one boylynge Item the thynges vndre wrytten ben verye good to turne asyde the mattier namelye byndynge of the extreme partes wasshyng and rubbyng Item to retayne the reume of the heade the application of towe somewhat burnt and suffumigated wyth the smoke of encense is verye expedient It is good in this case to plucke the heare of the patientes heade vpwarde vehemently after the doctryne of Mesue Whan the Apostemation canne not be resolued by the foresayde way yf it growe to maturation Maturatiue ye maye cōueniently applie wythin and without the remedies folowynge for the full rypyng of it Fyrste ye muste applie thys remedye wythout ℞ of rosted apples ℥ viij of buttyre ℥ ij of hennes grese ℥ j. and. ss of womans mylke ℥ iij. of the floure of barley well boulted ℥ j. lette them boyle at the fyer tyll they be thycke addynge in the ende of the decoction the yolkes of two Egges Thys playster applyed to the throte rypeth the almandes easely and swageth the payne Thys decoction folowynge we haue often proued and it is to be ministred wythin the mouthe ℞ of drye fygges of dates of eche in nombre .xij. of raysines ℥ j. of the rootes of holyhock ℥ iij. of cleane barley of branne Ana. M. j. of the sede of quynce ʒ ij of iuiubes in nombre xx Seethe them all wyth suffycient quantytie of the broth of an henne not salted vnto the consumptiō of two partes of the thre than presse them strongly and strayne them and adde to the straynynge of suggre ℥ ij of honye of Roses ℥ j. and. ss and lette them seethe agayne one boylynge The patient shall gargaryse often thys decoction whyche muste be hote whan he vsethe it It is maturatyue and swagethe payne Whan the Aposteme is rype you must open it wyth a lancette mundifye the vlcere wyth the water of a decoction of barley mengled with honye of roses in gargarysyng the same Thus we ende this cha for which the name of God be praysed ¶ The .xvij. Chapi of an Aposteme of the throte called Squinantia or the quynce and of the cure thereof Squinantia IN the throte there is oftē engendred an Aposteme of a catarrhous mattier cōmunely called of the doctours squinantia Cornelius celsus calleth it Angina and it is a dangerous disease causyng the patient sometyme to dye by suffocatyon or chokyng in the space of .xij. houres and sometyme of syx or foure or two Wherefore Hypocrates sayethe that yf the quynce turne to the pype of the lunges the patient shall dye wythin seuen dayes or shal spette out rotten and corrupte geare Squynantia is an Aposteme in the throte whych kepeth the ayer from entrynge in to the pype of the lunges and suffereth not the meate to passe to the stomake whiche thynges ben necessarelye requisyte in mans lyfe And after Galenes opinyon there are foure kyndes of Squinantia Foure kindes of squinātia The fyrst is with great payne and there appeareth no swellynge nether wythin nor wythout And it is betwene the lacertes of the throte Ye shal know it by the difficultie of breathynge and swallowynge of meate and for the most parte it chokethe the patient in the space of foure dayes Whan a man is vexed with thys kynde of squinantia he puttethe hys tonge out of hys mouthe and holdeth hys mouthe open drawynge breathe by courses lyke a weryed dogge thoroughe the heate of the sonne Thys kynde for the moste part is conteyned in the inner parte of the Epiglotte Squinantia Canina and Auicenne callethe it squinantia canina that is dogges quynce The seconde kynde is conteyned betwene the lacertes and appeareth towarde the spondiles so that whā the tonge is pressed downe with some instrument it may be seen betwixte the almandes swollen and redde though no swellynge appeare outwardlye Thys kynde is not so dangerous as the other The thyrde kynde is that that is manifested by swellynge inwardly and outwardly is longer than the other that is to saye it choketh not so sone as the other The fourth is that that shewethe hys generation in the outwarde part onely and it is of surer curation than the other Squinātia is ended by one of thies three meanes folowyng Fyrste by insensyble resolution For seing that the mattyer is lytle and subtyle cheifely an vniuersal or particular flebotomie had and some conuenient gargarisme exhibyted the patient is sone healed For after that the mattier is purged the rest which is subtyle and of small quantytie is resolued insensibly or without feelynge Secondely it is ended by the waye of suppuration and so this Aposteme cāne neuer be turned to any quytture nor ended in foure dayes cheifely whā the mattier is grosse Thyrdely it is ended by permutatyon or chaungynge to some other parte of the bodye And sometymes it is ended in the breste sometymes in the heade but for the moste parte in the stomake Whā it endeth in the brest and that the mattyer commethe towarde the harte tremblynge of the harte and a greate cough ensueth If the mattyer turne to the lunges it causeth diffycultie of breathynge If to the heade it induceth perturbatyon of the vse of reason If to the stomake it causethe vomyte and perbreakynge For euerye permutatyon of a chokyng Aposteme is euyll as Auycenne wytnesseth Signe of permutation A sygne of permutatyon or chaungyng is whan the tokens of an Aposteme appeare and incontinently after departe some pryncipall parte beyng hurted Daungerous sygnes Daungerous sygnes in squinantia ben
oyle of camomyl and Roses ana ℥ ii and the yolkes of two egges Thys composition made in the forme of a plaistre and layed vpō the paynefull place swageth the payne and prepareth the matter to suppuration mūdificatiue After digestyon let the place be mundifyed with thys mundificatiue vnder wrytten chefely whan the Aposteme is aboute the nauyll ℞ of cleare terebentyne ʒ x. of Syrupe of roses ℥ ss the thyrde part of the yolke of a newe layed egge Let the syrupe of roses boyle wyth the terebentyne one boylyng and than adde the part of the foresayde egge a lytle barleye floure and a lytle saffran And for incarnation it is good to adde to the foresayde mundificatiue of sarcole ʒ ii of myr ℈ i. of frankensence ʒ ss whan incarnation is fynyshed seale vp the place wyth vnguentum de minio and wyth the water of decoction of alume spryncklynge often vpō it this stiptyke poudre A poudre ℞ of bole armenie of terra sigillata ana ʒ ss of roche alume burnt ʒ ss of floures of Pomegranades of Myrobalanes citrines fynely brayed ana ℈ ii mengle them and make a poudre Yf the Aposteme of the bellye becaused of a cold matter or mengled for the resolution and maturation ye shall procede after as it is declared in the Chapitre of Apostemes in the necke The rest of this curation shall be accomplysshed accordynge to that that is wrytten afore in this present Chapitre For whyche the name of God be praysed ¶ The .v. Chaptre Of the Apostemes of the flankes THe apostemes of the pryuye membres Apostemes of the flankes procede of one of these thre causes namelye of euyll complexion of vlceracyon of the yarde or vlceration of the extremities we wyll speake in the nexte Chapitre of an Aposteme caused in the sayde place after some longe fyeuer or by bloude of a wounde in the bellye dryuen of Nature to the flankes The foresayde Apostemes which waye so euer they come for the most parte they be caused of hote mattier which we haue euer healed as it foloweth Fyrst the obseruacion of the rules prescrybed in the Chapitre of flegmon touchynge Flebotomie and Purgation by the bellye presupposed we dyd annoynt the place with oyle of Camomyll hote with a lytle of oyle of Roses omphacine layeng vpon the place vnwasshed wolle taken from betwene the legges of a shepe To this intention and for greater resolution a playster made wyth the cromes of breade wyth oyle of camomille and a litle oyle of roses wyth a decoction of mallowes holihocke camomille and melilote Thys playster must be made at the fyre in a styffe forme It is of good operation in resoluynge A cerote mollificatiue Item to the same intention thys cerote mollificatyue and resolutyue that foloweth is of great efficacitie For bisydes the sayde properties it swageth payne R. of the rootes of holihocke li. ss of lillie rootes ℥ ii Lette thē be boyled together wyth the broth of fleshe vnsalted vnto perfecte decoction than stampe them and strayne them and set them on the fyre agayn addynge of oyle of camomille ℥ iiii of oyle of roses ℥ i. of hennes grese ʒ vi of vnttyre ℥ ss of calues grese of white diaquilon an̄ ℥ ii sette them agayne on the fyre and make a cerote in good forme Thys cerote mollifyeth and resolueth and swageth the payne and resisteth not maturation yf nature hath brought the aposteme to the waye of maturation A plaister Item to this intention the plaister folowyng is cōuenient Take wheat floure and barley floure and put thē in the foresayde decoction and boyle them tyll they be thycke addynge of oyle of camomill ℥ ii of oyle of roses ℥ i. of saffrā ℈ i. and the yolkes of two egges If the aposteme cānot be resolued but cometh to the waye of maturation than ye shall applye maturatyue thynges as the playster folowynge R. of the leaues of mallowes Maturatiue and violettes an̄ m̄ ii of the rootes of holihocke being cut according to breadth li. i. ss of white lillie rotes ℥ iiii thā let them boyle wyth water vntyl they be perfectly soddē afterwarde stampe thē all and in the decoction wyth the floure of wheate or barley if the mattier be very hote make a styffe playster at the fyre addyng of oyle of swete olyues of buttyre an̄ ℥ iii. of swynes grese ℥ ii ss the yolkes of two egges mengle them and incorporate them wyth the sayd decoction Note that ye must often make euaporation dippyng cloutes in the sayd decoction beynge hote For it appaiseth griefe and prepareth the mattier to maturation lykewyse ye maye vse the maturatyues wrytten in the cha of flegmon And whan the sayde aposteme is come to maturation ye shal make incision in the rypest and lowest place after the figure of a mone Incision accordinge to the breadth of the bellie After the incision putte in a tente rolled in the whyte and yolke of an egge mengled together Lette not that tente be to longe After thys make a digestyue wyth the oyle of roses and oyle omphacine the yolke of an egge chiefly whan the patient is of a choleryke cōplection whā the mattier is sharp But whan the place is not paynfull procede wyth terebentine the yolkes of egges and a lytle saffran After digestion whych is knowen by good quytture mundifye the place wyth a mundificatyue of syrupe of roses after our description whā the bodye is choleryke or with a mundificatyue of honie of roses yf the body be flegmatyke Note that a playster swaging payne may conueniently be applyed after the daye of incision tyl the thyrde or fourth daye folowyng whyche also hath vertue to resolue to molifye In this case we haue alwayes vsed thys playster A plaister swaging paine R. of the floure of barley and beanes an̄ ℥ iiii with a decoction of mallowes or violettes or els wyth fatte broth vnsalted Let them seeth tyll they be thycke than adde thervnto of oyle of camomill ℥ i. ss of oyle of roses ℥ i. the yolkes of two egges of saffran ℈ i. Thys playster is of good operation For it resolueth the mattier cōioyncte and appayseth griefe and prepareth the mattier to suppuration whan the payn after incision hath bene great and hath vexed sore the patiente by reason of the great sensibilitie of the place and bycause the mattier is sharpe so that it scorcheth the lippes or borders of the vlcere we haue bene constrayned in thys case to take awaye the tent and in stede therof to wasshe the place oftentymes in a daye wyth this lotion R. of cleane barley A lotion of roses an̄ m̄ i. of plantayne leaues m̄ ii of sumach of lentiles an̄ m̄ ss of the sede of quinces ʒ ss Let them boyle in sufficiente water vnto the cōsumption of halfe washe the place wyth this decoction for it taketh awaye the sharpnesse of the mattier and swageth the
the milt An other Here foloweth an other cerote good for the same purpose ℞ of the rootes of holyhocke ℥ iiii of the rootes of whyte lyllyes ℥ ii of the rotes of langedebefe ℥ i. and. ss Seethe thē all in fatte brothe of capons hēnes or other flesh than stampe them and strayne them and adde to the straynynge of oyle of camomyll of dyl an̄ ℥ ii ss of oyle of cappares ʒ vi of hēnes grese of duckes grese ana ʒ x. of calues grese ℥ ii ss of the mary of calues legges ℥ i. of buttyre ℥ iiii of the leaues of Rue m̄ ss of the floures of rosemarye of smalage leaues of euery one the thyrd parte of an handful of vynegre one cyath of the foresayd decoction li. ii Let the grese oyles marye boyle agayne vnto the consūption of the decoction and vynegre than with suffycyent whyte waxe and the foresayde straynynge and diaquilō make a cerote at the fyre in good forme addynge of saffran ℥ i. ss vse it vpon the milte after the maner of a playstre Thus endeth c. ¶ The .vii chaptre Of scrofules and fugilles which bene engendred vnder the arme holes and in the flankes Of scrophules fugils SCruphules and fugilles ben often engendred vnder the arme holes .c. For the curation whereof the remedyes wryttē in the Chaptre of scrophules are sufcyent Neuerthelesse for a more ample doctryne The cure of a fugill we wyll brefely declare the maner of curyng a fugille Fyrste ye shal make a depe hole in the myddest and put in it two graines of arsnyke For it mortifieth the carnositie with the thynne skynne that contayneth it yf it be applyed ones or twyse Also quycksyluer sublimed is of the same vertue whan the place is mortifyed ye must procure the fall of the escare and so procede as in the cure of scrophules The cause of fugylles Fugilles are engendred of grosse and flegmatike matters and they bē lytle depe swellynges of red coloure vnmouable in toutchynge and of lytle payne Sometymes they come to fylth or corruption we haue healed them often after theyr vlceration separatynge the good flesshe from them rounde aboute Incision with a sharpe instrument and putting into the incision of our poudre of mercurie euery daye a lytle vntyll we se the botome Afterwarde we were wonte to plucke vp the fugyle wyth lytle sharpe tenacles hauynge some hollownesse lyke a spone Yf any thynge remayned afterwarde we mundifyed it or rather rooted it vp with a trocisque of minium after oure description or wyth our poudre of mercurie or with a ruptorie of capitel Thus we ende this present chaptre for which the name of God be praysed ¶ Here begynneth the thyrde booke ¶ The fyrst treatyse is of woundes from the heed to the feete ¶ The fyrste Chaptre Of flesshye woundes and of the commune disputation of woundes in generall and of the cure of the same A woūde as aūcient and later doctours testify is a solutiō of continuitye fresh A wounde and blodye and wyth out putrifaction chesti made in softe partes Solution of continuitie is a passyon cōmune to mēbres symple Solution of continuitie and membres compounde neuerthelesse more proprelye to membres symple than compounde as Auerrois testifyeth The other partes of the diffinition that is to saye fresh or newe blody and without putrefactiō ar put for a dyfferēce of vlcers with putrefactiō And we added in softe partes for a dyfferēce of breakynges or brusinges in harde membres wherfore Iohannitius sayth in the diffinition of chyrurgerie that chirurgerie is double one worketh in soft partes the other in harde The kyndes of solutiō of continuitie take theyr dyfferēces of thre thinges The fyrste taketh his dyfference of the nature of the membre in which it is as Galene testifyeth sayinge Some woundes are in sēblable partes some in instrumentall Of those that are in semblable partes some are in soft partes some in harde som in meane where as he sayde in softe partes he vnderstode in the flesshe and in the fatte And by harde partes he vnderstode the bones and the ioyntes and grystles by the meane partes he vnderstode the sinnowes ligamentes arteries and veynes And of woundes that chaunce in instrumentall membres some are in the principal membres as in the hert the liuer the brayne some in mēbres seruyng to the same as trachea arteria meri the blader Some in instrumentall membres not seruynge to the principall membres as in the eares the nose the eyes Causes of 〈◊〉 solution of continuitie The causes of euery solution of cōtinuitie as Haliabas witnesseth are thynges sensible or insensible Thinges insensible are these staues swerdes stones c. Thynges sensible are the bytynges of serpentes or other venimous beastes or of men c. Seing that we haue suffycyentlye spoken of the kyndes and causes of solution of cōtinuitie in mēbres simple cōpounde it is conuenient that we declare the deuysion of the sayde solution of continuitie Solution of continuitie is double namely simple and compound The symple is that that is without losse of the substaunce of the parte where it is For the cure whereof one onely intention is requyred that is to saye vnition or conioynyng of the partes seperated or sondred Compounde is that that is with the losse of the substaunce of the parte where it is To whose cure there are necessarily two thynges requyred One is generatiō of the lost substaunce The other is to ioyne the partes that bene sondred whan the lost substaunce is restored by conuenient medicines Lykewyse we saye generally that euerye wounde is compounde Woundes compounde that hath any thyng ioyned vnto it without remotion whereof the wounde can not be healed as woundes caused by brusynge whiche are apostemous and be with solution of continuitie and therfore for theyr curatiō you must not procede by the waye of the fyrst intention at the begynning bycause of the bruse For Galene sayeth that euery brused wounde must be putrifyed A digestyue 〈…〉 woundes and turned into quytture or mattier For the curation of these woundes at the begynnynge ye shall vse a dygestiue For that swageth payne and seperateth the matter altered through contusion or brusynge from the hole partes After the same maner a wounde that is altered by the ayre must be handled Furthermore there are woundes cōpounde that ben payneful apostemous altered through the ayre all other in which any thīg not naturall is conneyted as a pece of yron a pece of wode or a stone which can not be in the wounde without hurt thereof And of these flesshye woundes some are superficiall some depe The superficial are easely healed for they requyre onely conuenyent byndinge The depe are eyther accordynge to the length of the place or accordynge to the bredth They that are made accordynge to the length are more easelye cured thā the other bē caused by cuttyng thynges as
the mouthe with a threde Item in thys case it is a present remedye to applye an actuall cauterye vpon the place yf it be possyble wythout touchynge the synnowes But yf the bleedynge be wyth putrefaction than it is necessarye to applie suche medicines as haue mordication or bytynge and whyche maye take awaye euyll and superfluous flesshe wyth some incarnation as thys ordinaunce A remedie for hemoragia comynge of corruption ℞ of aloes hepatyke of myrrhe Ana ʒ ij of franckencense sarcocolle dragagantum mumye terra sigillata Ana ʒ j. and. ss of gypsum ʒ j. of poudre precipitate ʒ x. mengle them wyth the whyte of an Egge It worcketh asmuche as vnguentum Egyptiacum wythout payne The maner of appliynge thys remedye is ☞ to putte a longe tente in the wounde vntyll it touche the orifice of the veyne rolled in the sayde poudre mengled wyth the whyte of an Egge For yf ye shulde vse in thys case a mundifycatiue and incarnatiue hauyng great mordication or bytynge you shulde hurte the patiente more than profyte hym For it wolde drawe mattyer to the place which shulde hyndre the restraynte of bloode And the foresayde remedye maye be called a medicyne of a noble and excellent operation whyche incarnethe the place mundifyethe and staunchethe the fluxe of bloode lykewyse thys poudre folowynge whych restrayneth the bledyng of a wounde that is wyth putrefactyon Poudre ℞ of the foresayde poudre called precipitate ʒ ij of Trocisque of Minium ʒ j. of franckencense of Aloes Ana ʒ ss of bole armenye of terra sigillata ana ℈ j. Ye shall vse thys poudre as the fore sayde whych is of great effycacitie in thys case Two or three dayes after the administration of thys Medicyne you maye applie thynges incarnatyue as the remedyes wrytten in thys present Chapytre Item to the same intentyon ℞ of vitriole rubifyed or made redde ʒ ij of frankencense mastyke Poudre Aloes Sarcocolle Ana ʒ j. of precipitate ʒ vj. mengle them and vse them as is aforesayde It is ryght good in thys case howebeit it hathe some mordicatyon by reason of the vitriole yea and hys Eschare fallethe more slowly whych thynge profyteth muche Moreouer we haue proued the applicatyon of a sponge somewhat burnte in the forme of a tente vntyll it touche the orifyce of the veyne If it chaunce that the fluxe of bloode canne not be restrayned by the foresayde remedyes it is necessarye to applye an hote yron vpon the veyne makynge a depe eschare or in the stede of the sayde canterye to putte vpon the orifyce of the veyne a Trocisque of Minium in the forme of a tente And it is the moste souerayne remedye that canne be founde Note that in the tyme of the administratyon of thys corrosiue medicyne bycause of the payne of the place ye must applie thinges that swage payne as thys liniment ℞ of the floure of lentiles Oyntement beanes and barley Ana .li. ss make a solyde playster at the fyer wyth the decoction of Holyhocke and a lytle lye addynge of oyle of Roses Omphacine of oyle Myrtine Ana ʒ ij of Saffran ℈ j. Or els make it after thys maner ℞ of oyle myrtine of oyle of roses Ana ʒ ij of whyte waxe ℥ j. and. ss of saffran ℈ j. of all the saunders ʒ j. and. ss make a liniment at the fyer Playster Item to the same intention thys description folowynge is profytable ℞ of swete aegre Pomegranates in nombre ij of roses lentiles Ana. m̄ ss Seeth them all wyth lye and water than stampe them and strayne them and adde to the straynynge of the floure of beanes and lentiles Ana ℥ ij lette them boyle agayne tyll they comme to thycknes and putte to of Oyle of roses of oyle myrtyne Ana ℥ j. For the same purpose a playster of floure after the forme folowynge is not to be disalowed ℞ of beane-floure of the floure of orobus of the floure of lentiles Ana .li. ss make a styffe playster at the fyer wyth a sufficient quantitie of lye and of syrupe of roses wyth a lytle vinegre Thus we ende thys present chapytre ¶ The thyrde chapy of the woundes of the heade aswell by cuttynge as by brusyng vnto the ende called Almocatim Of the woūd of the heade THe heade is often hurte by cuttynge thynges brusyng the cure whereof we wyll declare as breifely as we canne The woundes of the heade caused by cuttynge or brusynge vnto the pannycle called pericraneū are cured as other wondes that is to saye by the administration of thynges desiccatiue or driyng Wherefore it is good to vse aqua vite the poudre made of one parte of Aloes Hepatyke and the other of myrrhe addyng a lytle frākensens Moreouer a cerot of betonie and of minium wrytten in the nexte chap. is to be alowed Note that yf the wounde be large and the incarnation doubtefull and the skynne eleuate or lyfted vp than ye muste sewe together the sondred partes leauynge in the lower parte of the sayde wounde a conuenient orifyce or hole to purge the bloode and quytture whyche is in the botome of the wounde For the other intentions namelye for digestion mundification incarnation and sigillation ye shall procede wyth the remedies wryttē in the next chapytre of the breakyng of the sculle But yf the wound be caused by brusyng The cure of a wound of brusynge ye shall in no wyse vse a desiccatiue medicyne for a wound caused by brusynge commeth necessarely to matture and corruption Wherfore at the begynnynge you must applie thinges digestiue as a digestiue of Terebentine wyth a yolke of an Egge and a lytle Saffran And yf the bodye be Cholerycke ye shall applie a digestiue of oyle of roses wyth the yolkes of Egges and after digestion it is conuenient that you mundifye the place with this mundificatiue Mundifycatiue ℞ of cleare terebentine ℥ ij of honie of Roses ℥ j. of the iuyce of smalage ℥ ss lette them boyle all together a lytle whyle and putte to the yolke of an Egge of barley floure well cersed ℥ ss of Saffran a lytle And yf ye dydde adde to the sayde thynges of myrrhe ʒ ij and asmuch of aloes hepatyke and a lytle sarcocolle it wolde be a good incarnatiue for the sayde wounde Also for incarnation and sygillation ye shall vse the oyntmente of Minium wryttē in the chapytre of the breakynge of the sculle Thus we ende c. ¶ The .iiij. chapytre of the breakynge of the sculle and cure of the same OFtentymes by a falle or by some stroke the scull Breakyng of the sculle or braine pāne is broken in sondrie sortes For somtymes the breakynge is litle so that it semeth a rieft or thincke lyke an heere and this breache is caused by a falle or strype of some brusyng thyng It chaūceth also that in this maner of brusyng the bone is brokē with depressyō of the bone of the fyrst and second
heere beyng fyrst clypped of the chirurgien muste laye vppon the bone lyntes dypped in warme wyne somewhat pressed or wronge And let the concauitie or hollowe place of the wounde be fylled with tentes and bolsters of hurdes of flaxe dypped in the whyte of an egge Yf it chaunce that greate quantitie of blood yssue out then it is cōuenient to putte to the whyte of the egge some of oure poudre that restrayneth bloode wyth the heere 's of an hare small cutte puttynge the sayde lynte in the corners of the wounde so that the nexte daye after the remouynge of the fyrst medicine the lyppes or borders of the woūde be founde reflected or bowed backe to the outwarde parte Whyche done yf the cracke perce vnto the inward parte it is necessarye to rase or scrape vpon the bone and to plucke vp the same vnto dura mater workyng fyrst with great raspatories and so to come successiuely to lytle ones so that diligente hede be taken that the commyssures be not touched For through scrapynge and raspynge the panicle called dura mater myght be caused to fal vpō the braine After that the bone is remoued wyth raspatories and other conuenient instrumentes vnto the seconde table thē ye muste remoue the same wyth an instrumente of syluer or yron conynglye made Then remoue all roughe and sharpe peces of bones wyth instrumentes called lenticula and ranula whyche myght hurt pia mater This done take a lytle piece of sylke named syndall smothe or fyne and odiferous cutte after the maner of a rosemary lefe or in the stede of syndall ye maye take a piece of fayre smothe lynnen moysten it in oyle of roses Omphacine beynge actually hote putte it betwene dura matter and the bone wyth a prouette of syluer and agayne put of the sayde syndall weted in the oyle vntyll the bare bone be couered And after that fylle the wounde wyth lynte dypped in a digestiue made wyth yolkes of egges and the oyle of roses omphacine and a lytle saffran laynge on a large piece dipped in the sayd digestiue Note that after the seconde daye of the eleuation or remouynge of the bone in the stede of the sayde digestiue we haue founde thys oyntemnt folowynge to be of a merueylous operatiō in digestynge mundifyeng swaging griefe when lintes are rolled in it so applyed Vnguentum basilicum capitale And it is called vnguentum Basilicun capitale whyche is of our description ℞ of oyle of roses ℥ vi of oyle of mastyke ℥ ij calues suet swynes grese ana ℥ iiij the leaues of plātain woodbynd betonie pimpernel mouse eare of the floures of rosemarye Philozel of euery one m̄ ss brose them altogether let thē boyle with a cyathe of odoriferous wyne vntyl the wyne be consumed then strayne thē and adde there vnto of mastyke of gumme elemy of the rasine of a pyne tre ana ℥ i. of lytarge of golde and syluer ana ℥ ij of minium ʒ x. Let them boyle agayne at the fyer and styrre thē aboute vntyl they ben blacke of colour then put to of cleare terebentyne ℥ iiij of whyte waxe as muche as shall suffyce make a softe cerote This oyntmente is pryncipal and aboue all other oyntmentes in thys case To thys intention also vnguentum de minio ordeyned aboute the ende of thys chapytre is expedient Moreouer it is good to applye a defensiue aboute the wounde whych is made of oyle of roses of bolearmenie and a lytle whyt waxe Note that it is cōuenient to procede wyth the foresayd thynges as lōge as you shal be sure of non apostematiō For in thys case bycause of humours boylynge out thorough the touchyng of yron instrumentes there chaunceth often an aposteme in the wounde wherfore it is not good to vse medicines attractiue cerotes though some of the auncient and later doctours be of a contrarye opinion For Auicēne sayeth thus whē thou hast rubbed the place administer the capitall poudre and it suffyseth Neuertheles Dinus a mā of great authorite in the arte of chirurgerie expounynge the texte of Auicēne sayeth that the poudre muste not be administred but after that the daūger of apostemation is passed In thys cure it is expediēt to haue sene the workyng of cūnyng chirurgiēs After that you haue vsed the forsaid remedyes foure dayes after the eleuation of the bone ye shall vse these remedyes folowynge Fyrst ye shall applye vpon dura mater the mundifycatiue that foloweth whych is gentle swageth griefe The maner of applyenge of it is none other wyse mūdificatiue then we haue said of a syndal dipped in wine ℞ of cleare terebentyne ℥ i. of oyle of roses omphacine ℥ ss of hony of roses strayned ʒ iij. of saffran ℈ i. of fyne grayne ℈ i. of odoriferous wyne ℥ iiij Let them boyle altogether vntyl the wyne be consumed then adde of the sede of saynt Iohns wurte ℈ ij Let them boyle agayne one boylynge and straine them In the same case ye may vse hony of roses strained And to worke more surely wyth hony of roses it is better to procede wyth thys lyquor folowyng ℞ of syrupe of roses by infusion ʒ x. of the floures and leaues of saint Iohns wurte of the floures of rosemarie of fyne graine of euery one a litle of terebētine ʒ iiij of odoriferous wyne ℥ ij let them boyle altogether vntyll the wyne be consumed and then strayne them Here you shall note that after that the bone is remoued with raspatories that some bloode is foūde vpon dura mater altered or enclynynge to putrefaction so that the hurte of the same is to be doubted then ye shall laye vpon the sayd pannicle honie of roses with a lytle oyle Omphacine chiefely when the said alteration is but small For yf the pannicle be full of corruption matture then you muste onely applye honye of roses afterwarde the cerote vnderwrytten whych is of excellent operation to drawe matter frō the inner partes to the outwarde moreouer to mundifye incarne with confortation of the place ℞ of betonie woodbynde saynt Iohns wurt milfoile mouse eare ana m̄ ij of rosemary sage A cerote cētorie the greater the lesse pimpernel verueyne arsmarte ana m̄ ss of consolida the lesse m̄ i. ss of cleare terebētyne .li. iij. of oyle of roses odoriferous made of rype grapes .li. i. ss of mastyke ℥ iij. of rasine of the pynetre of gūme elimi ℥ iiij The maner to make it is this You must cut the forsayd herbes smal then stampe them in a morter incorporate thē with the other forsayd thinges melted vpon the fyer styrryng thē euer aboute addynge thre poūde of good odoriferous wine And after that the wine is put into the vessell wyth the sayd thynges they must boyle agayne a lytle Thē set altogether a sonnyng in some vessel that space of seuen dayes styrryng it euery day a lytle And after the eyght
the breache of the scul obseruation of diete as we haue taught in this present Cha. and rubbynge of the extreme partes c. presupposed at the begynnyng ye shal fyl the woūd with this water folowynge and afterwarde ye shall laye on the poudre folowyng and couer the sayd woūd with a playstre of minium or in the stede thereof our cerote of betonie The description of the water is this The description of the water ℞ of aqua vite ℥ x. of myrrhe ℥ i. of aloes ℥ ii of saffrā ℈ i. of sarcocolle of It resteth that we speake of the cure of the cōtusion or brusyng of the heedes of chyldren with depression of the sculle without breakyng of the secōd table or hurte of the skyn For the bone of the first table is somtimes cracked without the brech of the seconde table In the cure hereof thre intentions bene requyred The fyrste consysteth in ordinaunce of diete The second is to preserue the brused place from apostemation The thyrde is to resolue the mattier and to reduce the depressed bone to his propre place Diete The fyrst is thus accomplysshed You shall gyue the patient grated breed made with the broth of a chyckyn to eate His drynke shal be the wine of swete granades delayed with water and a lytle sugre Yf the patient be weake the chirurgien shall gyue hym at the begynnyng chyckins and wyne moderately delayed For if naturall strength fayle there can be no curation The seconde intention is accōplysshed by rubbyng of the extreme partes Playster and by the administratiō of thys composition folowynge ℞ of oyle of roses of oyle of myrte and camomyl ana ℥ ii the white and yolkes of two egges Shake them al togyther and let them boyle togyther a lytle with the floure of barly and beanes and a fewe myrtilles and make it after the maner of a playstre This oyntment must be vsed the space of thre dayes onely Yf the chylde do sucke it shal be good that the nourse be purged with some gentle laxatyue as with manna cassia diacatholicon And aboute the bruse ye shall laye the defensiue wrytten in the former Chaptre For these two remedyes defende apostemation of the place The thyrde intention which is to resolue the bruse of the bone and to reduce it into his owne place shal be accomplysshed by the administratiō of the remedyes vnder wrytten of which the fyrst is after this sorte Playstre ℞ oyle of mirte roses and wormwod ana ℥ i. of oyle of camomyl ℥ ii of red poudre restrictiue ʒ x. of beane floure ℥ i. of branne wel brayed ℥ ss of the nuttes of cypresse well brayed of calamus aromaticus ana ʒ vi of camomyl wormwood mirtilles both of the graines and leaues thereof ana m̄ ss of cumyne ʒ i. ss of whyte waxe ℥ i. ss Let them be all brayed togyther as fynely as may be and with suffycient sodden wyne make a styffe plaister at the fyre This plaistre as ye maye perceyue by the symples hath vertue to resolue the bloode with confortation of the place But if it chaunce that the bloode vnder the skyn Decoction can not this waye be resolued ye must daylye vse a spunge dypped in the decoction folowynge ℞ of red wyne li. iii. of barbars lye li i. ss of the nuttes of cypresse sōwhat brayed in nōbre .x. of mirtilles roses wormwood an̄ m̄ ss of roch alume ℥ ss of coriāders cumine calamus aromaticus an̄ ʒ ii let them seeth vntyll the thyrde parte be consumed And than let a sponge weted in the same be dayly bounde vpon it for it resolueth meruelouslye dryeth vp the bloode issued out of the veines and bringeth the bone agayne into his place But yf the bloode be so moche cōgeled that the forsayde remedyes cā not resolue it thā ye shal make depe scarification apply one of the resolutiues afore wrytten And if these remedies wil not suffice it is necessary to open the place to digest mundify incarne and cicatrise it with the medicines declared in the cha of woundes caused by contusion or brusynge But yf this contusion chaunce in the heed of a chylde that is passed .x. yere olde and yf ye perceyue that the bone is broken than you must make incision of the place accordyng to the doctrine gyuen in the former Cha. But Auicēne sayeth that it chaunceth often that the sculle is broken not the skynne yea that it is apostemed that is to saye that at the tyme of the strype the place swelleth wyth an apostemous swelling by reson of blood the cōmeth thyther in the forsaid cōtusion And he sayeth moreouer that whan a man is occupyed in the curation of the swellyng and cōmeth not to the curatiō of the cracke of the bone it chaunceth that betwene the lowest table and the rime dura mater there is engendred a putrefactiō And therfore he saith that before the swelling be resolued the patientes amende And after the resolution they waxe worse at ease and euil accidentes come vpō them as feuers trēbling of the hert and losse of the vse of reason c. wherfore it is necessary that the place be opened and cured after the curation of a broken sculle He sayth also that the sayde accidentes happen sometymes before the generation of matture sometymes after the same Thus to auoyde many wordes we ende c. ¶ The .vi. chaptre of woūdes of the face and partes of the same Of woundes of the face THe woundes of the face are not daūgerous for they may be restored by the way of the fyrste intention chefely yf they ben without losse of the substaunce wtout contusiō or brusing depenes The curation therof is accōplisshed by thre intētions The first is by vnition or cōiunctiō of seperated or soūdred partes The .ii. is to cōserue the partes ioyned The thirde shal be accōplisshed by subtile slendre diete at the begynning that the sayde woundes come not to apostemation For the accōplishment of the fyrst intention ye shall wasshe the wounde at the begynning with wyne of decoction of roses a lytle frankensence After that you haue wasshed the wounde with the foresayde wine incontinently ye shal sewe it with a conuenient seame Sowyng of a wounde remēbring that ye make no great distaūce betwene the stitches that the cicatrice maye be lytle and fayre whā the seame is made ye muste couer it with cloutes moysted in the white of an egge oyle of roses omphacine mēgled togither For the seconde intention A paste the next day after the making of the seame ye must applye cloutes after the length and bredth of the wounde playstred with this composition ℞ of mastike brought to a poudre of sāguinis draconis an̄ ℥ i. ss of frankensēce ʒ i. of dragagātū brayed ʒ iii. of bole armenie ʒ iii. ss of mil dust of beane flour an̄ ʒ i. ss
the whyte of an egge of rose water â„¥ ss mengle theÌ„ all togyther bring them to the maner of a paste vse them as aforesayde This done renue agayne the cloutes and lay theÌ„ vpon the wounde being moysted in the foresayde whyte of an egge and oyle of roses and lay it vpoÌ„ with fethers Note that by the menes of this seame made as it is here figured the cicatrice is moch fayrer Yf ye doubt whether there be any humiditie in the botom of the wouÌ„d ye may loose accordiÌ„g to necessitie the sayde seame and drawe the blood out of the wounde dayly After fyue dayes ye may conueniently applye vpon the wounde vngueÌ„tum de minio wrytten in the cha of a broken sculle or els thys cerote Aterate R. of the oyle of roses oyle myrtyne anÌ„ â„¥ i. of cleare terebentyne â„¥ ii talues sewet melted Ê’ x. mastyke â„¥ i. ss of odoriferous wyne one cyath yarrow cosmary plaÌ„tayn consoliâ—a the lesse reÌ„taurye the greater anÌ„ mÌ„ ss Seeth them together vntyl the wyne be coÌ„sumed ThaÌ„ strayn them and make a cerote wyth whyte waxe Diete and malaxe it in cowes mylke The thyrde intention whiche consisteth in the ordinaunce of dietie is thus accomplished Fyrst at the beginnynge vnto the fourth daye the patient must be coÌ„rent with grated bread sodden in water with almandes and a litle sugre or he shal haue a supping made wyth barley floure water suger and he shal vse sugre of violettes and roses wyth water in the stede of a syrupe For the purgation of the patientes bodye Syrupe ye shal procede as it foloweth First let the patient take this syrupe the space of foure dayes R. syrupe of roses by inâ—uâ—ion â„¥ i. syrupe endyue â„¥ ss mengle them and with water of endyue and vnglosse make a syrupe Afterwarde let hym be purged with this purgation Purgation R. of choseÌ„ maÌ„na â„¥ i. electuary lenitiue Ê’ vi with the comune decoction make a potion addynge of syrupe violettes â„¥ i. ss for his driÌ„ke he may vse water alone sodden with fyne sugee or a iâ—â—eâ— of violettes Item you may vse scarification ventoâ—es applyed vpon the shulders at the begynnyng to turne awaye the maâ—tier And whan the bodye is sangaine ful of humours ye may cuâ—â—e the beyne called caphatica in the opposite syde For it is good to turne aside euacuate the mattier which myght cause apostemation The wouÌ„des of the nostrilles The cure of the woundes of the nose and eares and eares ben duely cured by the foresayd remedies except only that the seame must not so lyghtly be taken awaye as in other partes For by reason of the gristles those partes receaue not a seame so lyghtly The woundes of the eyeliddes ben cured semblably If the wouÌ„de be in the substaunce of the eye A wound in the eye ye shal apply vnto the coueth daye a collyry made wyth the whyte of an egge water of roses and white sief wythout opium After the fourth day vnto the .vii. it is expedient to vse rose water wyth the whyte of an egge and whyte sief wythout opiuÌ„ and a litle aloes he patike washed with rose water and a lytle sarcocolle After the .vii. Collirye incarnatiue day you must incarne the wounde by the administration of this colliry R. of rose water â„¥ ii of odoriferous wyne Ê’ ii of Sief of frankencense Ê’ i. of sarcocolle of aloes hepatike of sugre candy anÌ„ Ê’ ii mengle them together and make a colliry accordyng to arte Finally ye shall seale vp the place wyth thys collirye R. of rose water â„¥ ii ss of Sief of lead Collirye sâ—gillatiue ℈ ii of tutia preparate Ê’ ss of Myrobalane citrine Ê’ i. the whyte of an egge somwhat sodden Braye these foresayde thynges and leaue them together the space of a day Than strayne them and put therof into the eye only a droppe at ones it shall sone make a good cicatrisation If ther chaunce great paine with the wouÌ„de ye shal put in to the eye womans mylke To the same intention the white collirye dissolued in the muscilage of quyncesede made with rose water may wel be vsed Thus we ende c. ¶ The .vii. cha of the woundes of the nother throte of the cure of the same THe wouÌ„des of the necke of the throte are very dauÌ„gerous bycause of the great issuiÌ„g of blood whan some veyne is cutte Of woundes of the necke and throte and also by reason of the concatenation or linckynge together of the synnowes chordes other partes and also by reasoÌ„ of the nuke and trachea arteria wherfore I wyll breifly declare the cure of theÌ„ The foresaid places are ofteÌ„ hurte by a bruse as with a stone a staffe c. And somtimes by cuttyng thiÌ„ges as with a swerd a knife c. Somtimes by poiÌ„ted thiÌ„ges as by a dart an arow c. The curatioÌ„ of the wouÌ„d caused of a cutte is accoÌ„plyshed as it foloweth Fyrst you must considre whether the wounde of the necke be with the hurt of the nuke or not If the nuke be not hurte ye shall make a seame incontinently leauing an orifice in the lower part of the seame And whaÌ„ the wouÌ„de is depe it is conuenient to procede with a degestyue made wyth terebentyne and the yolke of an egge and a lytle saffran putting in to the sayd mouth a tent rolled in the sayd digestiue Defensiue with oyle of roses hote or oyle of hypericoÌ„ vnto the fourth day layeng also rouÌ„d aboute a defensiue made with oyle of roses bole armenie and white waxe And whan quytture is engendred in the sayd place you may in no wyse apply thinges digestiue But in stede therof you muste administer thys muÌ„dificatyue R. of cleare Terebentyne â„¥ ii of hony of roses â„¥ i. of the iuyce of plantayne MuÌ„dificatiue and smalage ana â„¥ ss Let them boyle all together one boylyng and whaÌ„ ye take it from the fire adde thervnto the yolke of an egge and of barley floure well cersed Ê’ vi of saffraÌ„ ℈ i. And if you dyd putte to thys mundificatyue of myrrhe â„¥ ss of frankencense Ê’ i. and as muche sarcocolle after mundification it wolde be a good incarnatyue For sigillation cicatrisation you may coÌ„ueniently administer vnguentuÌ„ de minio after our descriptioÌ„ written in the chapi of the breache of the sculle To the same intention it is good to vse stoupes dypped in wyne as it is declared in the rehersed cha But yf the nuke be hurte the synnowyes and chordes of the necke it is necessarye to defende a spasme and to study for the mitigation of the payn The accidentes that happen by the hurte of the nuke bene lyke vnto them which come by the hurt of the braine A spasme is prohibited by the vnction of oyle of Camomylle Prohibition of a spasme and dylle wyth hennes grese wyth a decoction of earth
the administration of locall medicines Fyrst yf the wound be made after the length of the membre ye muste ioyne together the soÌ„dred partes with a coÌ„uenient seame procede wyth thynges moderately desiccatyue Also you must digest the wounde with a digestyue made wyth oyle of Roses yolkes of egges the space of two or thre dayes layeng about the same a digestyue magistral ordeyned in the chap. of the cure of the woundes of the adiutorye whaÌ„ the digestion is ended ye shal mundifie the wounde wyth a mundificatyue of syrupe of roses of our description And yf nede be ye may put a tent in the lower parte that the mattier may be purged the better After mundification ye must incarne it adding to the sayd muÌ„dificatiue a lytle aloes hepatike and a litle sarcocolle And for the sigillation you maye coÌ„ueniently vse VnguentuÌ„ de minio described in the cha of the fracture or breaking of the sculle Ye shal procede lykewise whan the wounde is made after the breadth of the membre whan the wounde is caused by coÌ„tusion or brusyng it is coÌ„uenient that the wound be digested a longer time bycause that euerye wounde that is made by coÌ„tusion necessarely cometh to putrefaction As Galene sayeth oeÌ„ vnlnus c. For the other intentions ye shal procede after the doctrine written in the former chapiters Thus. c. The .xiiii. chap. of the woundes of the thyghes and of the legges of theyr partes with the cure of the same woundes of the thighes legges and their partes THe wouÌ„des of the thighes and legges muste be cured as the woundes of the armes of the bones called adiutoria But the pronostications ben diuerse For the woundes of the thighes and the legges are more daungerous than the other bycause of the multitude of the great synnowes veynes muscles chordes and ligamentes whych bynde together the ioynctures And in the former parte of the knee there bene two synnowes verye sensible whyche descende from the brayne and whan they chaunce to be hurt great payne and euyll accidentes ensue as a spasme a fieuer aposteme ê‘turbatioÌ„ of reason c. whiche oftentimes bryng the patient to deth because of the comunion coniunctioÌ„ that they haue wyth the brayne wherfore AuiceÌ„ne sayth in the cha of wouÌ„des that induce a spasme ther ben vlcers in the nuke vlcers in the higher part of the knee And the lacertes of those partes beÌ„ very sinnowie therfore the wouÌ„des induce a spasme sodayne deth Lykewyse within the legge and without they ben very dauÌ„gerous bicause of the gret veines which beyng cut issewe of blood foloweth For the stauÌ„chyng wherof you muste resort to the cha of the fluxe of bloude For the blood of those partes can not be easely restrayned Moreouer they are more daungerous than thother bicause they bene lower the higher meÌ„bres sende humours to the lower that is to say to the thyghes and legges cause ofteÌ„ apostemation in the said places which thing chaunceth not in the armes And therfore it is profitable to hold the meÌ„bre eleuate lyfted vp with the rest of the body wherin the comune prouerbe of ItaliaÌ„s is verified namelye Lamano al pecto la gamba al lecto that is to say the hande on the brest the fote in the bedde Likekewyse whaÌ„ the wouÌ„de is vndre the knee that the dauÌ„ger of apostematioÌ„ is passed it is expedieÌ„t to bynd the legge from the foote to the knee For Guydo sayeth that the diseases of the legges haue nothynge propre by them selues and deferynge from other diseases of the bodye but byndyng that the antecedent mattier be not deryued to the sore place To the cure of the forsayde woundes the intention alleged in the former chaptres are requisyte Concernyng the fyrst and seconde intention ye shall so procede as it hath ben ofteÌ„ sayde in the former Chaptre The thyrde shal be accomplysshed by the application of conuenient medicines vpon the sore place wherfore obseruation of conuenyent dyete vniuersall purgatyon presupposed there is nothyng better to defende apostemation than to admynistre thiÌ„ges that swage payne For as Galen sayeth payne in woundes draweth humours to the place as a veÌ„tose wherfore we wyl declare certayne remedyes to ease payne and those onely which we haue proued Fyrste this liniment is good to be layed aboute the sore ioynctures A liniment whiche is of our description â„ž of the oyle of camomyll of the oyle of roses ana â„¥ ii of hennes grese Ê’ x. of erthwormes washed with wyne â„¥ i. ss of saffran ℈ i. of calves suete â„¥ i. Let the forsayd thynges be boyled togyther a lytle than put to of whyte waxe â„¥ i. Lette them boyle agayne a lytle strayne theÌ„ IteÌ„ we are wont to put this oile to the wounde whiche is of merueylous operation in wouÌ„des of the ioynctures â„ž oyle of terebeÌ„tin of oyle of roses oÌ„phacine anÌ„ â„¥ ii of moste clere terebeÌ„tine Ê’ x. of erthwormes â„¥ i. ss of mastike Ê’ vi of guÌ„me elimi armoniake dissolued with wyne Ê’ i. ss of saffraÌ„ ℈ i. of the floures of s iohns wort mÌ„ i. ss of ceÌ„taurie the greter mÌ„ i. of oyle of lineseed Ê’ vi let these thinges be boiled together a litle afterward strayne them through a cloth thaÌ„ set them a suÌ„nyng in a glasse the space of a moneth and putte into the vessell a fewe floures of saint IohaÌ„nes wort chaunge them euerye seuenth daye Thys oyle as it maye appeare by the simples is of great excellentie in the wouÌ„des of the synnowes ioynctures For it easeth payne it draweth gentlely dryeth moderately which intentions are requisite to the cure of the said wouÌ„des Likewyse you may apply vpon the wound plaisters that swage griefe wrytten in the former chapiters Item thys vnguent folowynge is good to be applyed in all times vpon the sayd woundes Vnguentum basilicuÌ„ magistrate which is of our description and is called vnguentuÌ„ basilicuÌ„ magistrale R. of the oyle of camomylle and roses anÌ„ â„¥ iii. of the oyle of linsede â„¥ ii ss of the oyle of swete almandes â„¥ i. of hennes grese calues suet anÌ„ â„¥ ii of cleare terebentyne â„¥ iiii of mastyke Ê’ x. of wethers suet â„¥ i. ss of erth wormes washed wyth wyne â„¥ ii ss of saffran ℈ i. of the muscilage of holihocke li. ss Let them all boyle together besyde the terebeÌ„tyne vnto the consuÌ„ption of the muscilage than strayne them adde to the straynynge of litarge of golde siluer anÌ„ â„¥ i. ss of miniuÌ„ Ê’ x. lette them boile agayne wyth a softe fyre stirre them about And then encrease the fire let theÌ„ boyle agayn til they become black of colour than adde the foresaid terebentine of rosyne of the pine tree Ê’ vi of shippe pitche Ê’ ss of white diaquiloÌ„ wyth guÌ„mes â„¥ iii. Let them boyle agayne a lytle wyth sufficiente whyte waxe
these .iii. thīges bē kept of by conuenient diete by laxatiue medicynes by fleb on the cōtrary part Flebotomie by the aplicatiō of a defēsiue about the woūde as that which is written in the cha of woūdes in fleshy places And if it chaūce that the brusing grow to corruptiō of the mēbre thā ye shal resort to the cha of the cure of cancrena of askakyllos in which there bene many doctrines declared expedient in this case And for swaging of payne remouing of an aposteme ye shall peruse the chapiter of flegmon procedyng of a primitiue cause And if the aposteme be colerik ye shall resorte to the chaptre of Herisipelas And lykewyse to take awaye the payne ye may procede to that that is wrytten in the fore alleged chap. An thus we ende c. ¶ The .iii. Chaptre of woundes made by hacquebutes woundes made with gonnes gūnes and lyke instrumentes ALbeit that the auncient and later doctours haue written nothyng of woundes caused by gūnes other instrumētes of fire neuerthelesse we haue cōsydred that it is profytable to declare such remedyes as we haue proued to be good in this case And before we come to the principall cure it is necessary to declare the nature of suche a wounde And fyrst we saye by the auctoritie of Galen that he is in dede a phisiciō or chirurgiē which cā hādle thynges that hath not bē handled afore can also rightly vse such thīges as bē taught of aūcient doctours wherfore we affirme that those woūdes are cōpoūd of iii. kyndes Firste it is called a brused woūde bycause of the roundnes of the ston Secōdly it is called a brēt woūde bycause of the fyre Thirdly it is called a venymous woūd by resō of the poudre And forasmoch as these kyndes bē cōtrary dyuers they cause the woūd to be of hard curatiō For brusing burnyng nede moysture venemnes nedeth desiccation or drying To com to the tru cure we say by the auctoritie of Galen that whē .ii. or mo diseases bē ioyned togyther the intention of the chirurgiē must be to he le the more daūgerous not vtterly forsaking also the other But seing the most daūgerous thinge herin is venym caused by the poudre the pryncypall intention shal be to cure the same The cure The cure of the sayd woūdes is accomplysshed by .iiii. intentions The fyrst is ordinaūce of diete The .ii. euacuation the thyrde administration of local medycynes accordyng to the cōposition of the woūd The fourth is correctiō of accidētes Fyrst whā the chirurgien is called to thys cure he must cōsydre whether the woūde be made with a great instrumente or with a small or a meane And forthermore he must cōsidre the place that is hurt that is to say whether it be vpō synowes or no whether the bones be hurt or no also whether the stone remayneth wtin the body or other mēbres for tru iugemēt is takē of the hurted place As touchyng the fyrst .ii. intentiō he shal procede accordynge to the doctrine wtin the Cha. of fleshy woūdes And it is to be noted that though thys wound haue parte of venym neuerthelesse cutting of a veyne is cōueniēt at the begynning chefely diuersiue that is to saye which turneth awaye humours that they be not deryued to the sore place For the venenositie proceding of poudre is not so daūgerous as the venenositie of a carbuncle The third intention which concerneth the administration of local medicines according to the tyme of the hurt done shal be accōplished as it foloweth First there is no better remedy than to vse in the sayd woūde an actual cauterie which may touch all the partes of the wound or to apply vnguen egip after the description of Auicen Also in the stede therof a mā may vse a cauterization of oyle of elders boylyng hote for cauterization kepeth the woūd frō putrefyīg which might come through the bruse of the stone After the sayd cauterisation the chirur shal procede with thinges mollificatiue leinge aboute the wounde a defensyue wrytten in the Chapter of the cure of flesshye woundes Itē yf the wounde be depe ye must vse depe cauterisatiō And yf it be not depe ye must aply therin a digestyue which is vnderwrytten Also ye must after cauterization put in the botom of the wound melted butter hote with a syryng vntyll the escare be remoued the deed flesh be sōdred from the good and yf the sayd woūd be in a very synnowy place after cauterisation ye shal put into the same water of barly sodden with erthwormes a lytle holyhocke and redsugre with the foresayde butter and without it Lykewyse in this case a digestyue of terebentine made with oyle of roses and the yolkes of egges And this plaister mollificatiue folowinge whiche swageth payne may be conueniently applyed Playster ℞ of the decoction of vyol mal holyhock li. iii. and with the flour of barly beanes make a styffe plaistre at the fyre addynge of oyle of camomyl ℥ ii of butter of oyle of roses of hēnes grese an̄ ℥ i. the yolkes of .ii. egges This playstre is of excellēt operatiō for besyde that it swageth payn it procureth good digestiō of the woūd and prepareth the mater to issue out whan the woūd is come to good digestion it is cōuenient to apply thinges mūdificatiue a mundificatyue as is this plaistre folowyng ℞ of hony of roses ℥ ii of clere terebentine ℥ iiii let thē seeth all at the fyre one boylyng afterwarde adde therevnto the yolke of .i. egge of saffran ℈ i. of the floure of wheat wel bulted of barly floure ana ʒ v. mēgle them This emplaistre is mūdificatiue An other chefely whan the woūde is in a flesshye place Here foloweth an other cōuenient mūdificatiue whan the sinnowes ligamentes bē hurt and whan the wound is in a place full of muscles ℞ of clere terebentin ℥ ii of hony of roses ℥ i. of the iuce of plantayne of the iuce of smalage ana ℥ ss Let them seeth a lytle adde thervnto of the floure of lupines of the floure of barly an̄ ʒ iii. of sarcocol ʒ i. of safrā ℈ i. mēgle thē This plaistre is of excellent operation to mūdify the sayd woundes in synnowye places After mundification ye muste incarne and seale vp the place accordyng to that we shal declar in the cha folowynge Furthermore if the stone be within the mēbre ye must wysely behold the place remoue it making incision with a rasour or some other cōuenient instrument takyng hede that ye touch not the sinowes afterward ye shal heale the place according to the doctrine declared before we haue sene some that haue caryed the stone a great whyle which thought them selues to be heled and also the chirurgyens had closed vp the wounde but manye haue dyed therby For the membre wherin the stone is cōmeth to
vlceres Fyrst bycause we haue often spoken of the accidentes of all euyll vlceres we wil now onely speake of paynfulnes for in some vlceres ther is vehement gryefe so that it causethe euyll accidentes and sometymes bryngeth the patiente to deathe wherfore yf there be vehement gryef than ye shall applye thynges aboute the vlcere that be stupefactiue as a playster made of the leaues of whyte popie and of henbane wrapped in wete cloutes and putte vnder hote ymbres Playster stupefactiue and afterwarde stampe them and strayne them and adde oyle of Roses Omphacyne and vnguentum Populeon and make a playstere wyth a lytle waxe Item to thys intentioÌ„ vse the oyntmente folowynge â„ž the leaues of mallowes and of henbane Ana. mÌ„ ij sethe them in water and afterwarde stampe them and strayne them and adde vnto them of oyle of Nenuphar oyle of popye as muche as shall suffyce set them on the fyer agayne and make an oyntmente addynge of Philonium Persicum Ê’ vj. Item vse this recepte â„ž oyle of Popie oyle of Camomylle oyle of Violettes Ana â„¥ j. of whyte waxe Ê’ vj. make a lyniment at the fyere addynge of womans mylke â„¥ ss of opium ℈ j. of Saffran Ê’ j. the yolke of an Egge and styrre them aboute in a morter of leade the space of an houre If the dyfficultie of healynge seame to procede thoroughe the euyll complexion of the vlcered parte ye muste consyder whether the sayde complexion be hote or colde materiall or ymateriall yf it be hote lette it be cured wyth local mediâ—ynes and that haue vertue to cole as vnguetuÌ„ de cerusa A colliry made with water of roses plaÌ„tayne and with whyte sief wythoute opium is of good operation Further the difficultie of healynge chaunceth of the quantitie or qualitie of bloode if it be in quantitie it is other superfluous or diminished yf it be in qualitie it is in complexion hote or colde moist or drye c. If the bloode be superfluous the cure is accomplyshed with slender diete and wyth cuttyng of a veyne by administration of bloodsuckers If the bloode be diminished ye shall remedye it wyth grosse diete of good iuyce and by drawyng nouryshment to the vlcered place by rubbynges vnctions and fomentations and suche fomentations that swage payne so continuynge tyll the member waxe redde and begynne to swelle If the blood be of an yl qualitie as of a hote materiall coÌ„plexion let the hote mattier be purged yf it be thinne with rubarbe Myrobalanes Tamarindes pulpe cassie wyth water or wyne of pomegranades made after the maner of iuleb c. And yf nede be let the mattier be purged wyth the iuyce of roses psilio or sebesteÌ„ c. Yf the mattier be grosse throughe adustion let it be purged with a lectuary lenitiue of hamech diasene cassia strengthened with sene pillulis indis c. Note that hote mattier beyng subtile must be digested before purgation with sirupe of roses endyue vinaygre simple occisaccaruÌ„ syrupe of violets with the waters of endyue violets sorell or other like If the mattier be grosse through adustion it must be digested wyth a sirupe of apples of buglosse of hoppes with a iulep of violettes of fumiterre or other suche Here ye shal note thys one thing that in eating drinkinge in other thynges not naturall ye kepe a proportioÌ„ according to the defaut in these other coÌ„plexions which are found with an vlcere If there chaunce a fieuer in the vlcers so much more ye shal encrease the forsayde thinges in the degre of coldnes or diminish the same as the fieuer shal seme stronger or weaker If the blood be of a hote coÌ„plexioÌ„ simple or coÌ„pounde wtout mattier theÌ„ the foresayde digestiues shal onely suffice wtout purgation If it be of a colde complexion material theÌ„ let the mattier be purged If it be flegmatike with aloes agarike polipody turbith electuary de dactilis pillule de hiera pillule cochie or other like alway directyng the mattier with syrupe de bisantiis with oximel sirupe of vinaygre coÌ„pouÌ„de with hony of roses with waters of fenell borage smallage maioruÌ„ mint worwood or other such These thynges one after another are good in an euel colde coÌ„plexion not material wythout purgation Lyke curation shal be in colde mattier moyste materiall but if the coÌ„plexion be moyst wtout mattier onelye digestyues are conuenient but if the coÌ„plexioÌ„ be drie material the mattier muste be purged the meÌ„bers that engendre the same rectified If it be not materiall the cure shal be wyth hote moyst thinges Hitherto we haue spokeÌ„ of the cure of euil blood Furthermore we saide that the roundnes of vlcers hindreth curatioÌ„ wherefore the chirurgien shal reduce it froÌ„ a rouÌ„de vlcere to alonge vlcere with an hote yron or with a caustike medicine briefly it is a generall rule in the cure of these vlcers that if the difficultie of their curation do coÌ„sist in yl blood that then ye minister meate whiche engendreth good bloode contrary to that that hyndreth the cure If the cause be in slender nouryshmente the bloode shall be multiplyed by dilatynge the waye wyth good meates But yf the cause be mollifitation thorowe fylthye mattier than it shall be healed wyth the cure of a fylthye and softe vlcere If superfluous dryeng be the cause so that it be not a fistulous vlcere it shall be cured wyth moyst thynges and herin it auayleth muche as AuiceÌ„ne sayeth to perfume the vlcered place wyth some thynge of gentle moysture and by administrynge medicines of lytle exiccation or drieng and therfore AuiceÌ„ne saith perchaunce it is good to administer cloutes dypped in warme water If some cankerouse corruptioÌ„ be the cause of difficultie then cure that accidente as it is sayde in the cure of a canker Lykewyse yf a fistula be the cause resorte to the cure of a fistula For the remouynge of other causes that letteth the curation of vlcers resort to the second chapiter of thys presente boke Nowe I wyll begynne to declare certayne remedyes as I promised afore Oyntment And to speake generally of oyntmentes whyche helpe vlcers that ben harde to cure these ben they Fyrst R. of oyle myrtyne oyle of roses omphacine anÌ„ â„¥ iii. of goates suet of calues suet anÌ„ â„¥ ii of Plantayne leaues of woodbynde of the tender partes of bramles of the leaues and graynes of myrtilles of the leaues of wylde olyues of the herbe called Horsetayle ana mÌ„ i. of Hypocistidos Ê’ x. two sower pomegranades of the herbe called alleluya of sorell anÌ„ mÌ„ i. ss of vnguentum populeon oyle of roses complete ana li. ss stampe all these foresayde thynges together and let them seeth wyth a cyathe of water of plantayne and as muche of water of Roses tyll the waters be consumed theÌ„ strayn them set the liquor vpon the fyre agayne put thervnto of ceruse â„¥ ii of Litarge of gold and syluer anÌ„ â„¥ i.
of minium ʒ x. of bole armenye terra sigillata ana ℥ i. Let them seeth wyth a softe fyre and styrre them the space of two houres thē encrease the fyre and lette them seeth agayne tyll they become verye blacke in coloure addynge in the ende as muche white waxe as shal suffice Thys oyntment is of greate efficacitie in all Vlcers of harde curation An other of greater dryenge R. of oyle omphacyne oyle Myrtyne ana ℥ ii ss of shepes talowe calues talowe and goates talowe an̄ ℥ ii of swynes grese melted ℥ iii. of the iuyce of Plantayne Nyghtshade and housleke ana ℥ i. ss of Roche alume of Lyme thre tymes quenched in water and washed ana ʒ vi of floures ryndes of pomegranades of Myrobalanes citryne ana ʒ vii Verdegrese ʒ v. synders of yron ʒ x. of Sarcocolle ʒ ii stampe these foresayde thynges and leaue them so together the space of a daye and then boyle them in water of plantayne and afterwarde strayne them and take that that is strayned and sette it on the fyre and putte therunto a sufficient quātity of white waxe and make a softe oyntment addynge of litarge of golde and syluer ana ʒ x. of cerusa ʒ vi of burned leade of synders of yron ana ʒ v. ss of antimoniū ℥ i. of quycksyluer quenched ℥ i. when these thynges are added therunto ye shall putte them in a mortar of marble and styrre them aboute the space of an houre addynge in the ende of Camphore brayed ℈ i. Thys oyntmente is desiccatyue and of great efficacitie in venomous maligne and corosyue vlcers whyche bene harde to be healed for it dryeth the straung moysture whyche hyndreth consolidation and generally these two oyntmentes bene good in all kyndes of vlcers before wrytten After that ye haue administred our poudre which remoueth euyll fleshe it is good also to wash the place somtymes wyth water of Alume with colde and stiptyke thynges as bene roses wyth the floures of pomegranades and plantayne we haue onely declared those remedyes whyche we haue proued Thus we ende this chapiter c. ¶ The .viii. chapiter of fistules and of the cure thereof A Fistule after the doctrine of Auicenne is a holowe vlcere A fistule hauing a lytle mouthe depe in the botome wyth harde fleshe compassyng the sam And there be four kindes therof The fyrst is called fleshy and groweth in fleshye places Kyndes of fistules the seconde is called a synnowy fistule and groweth in synnowye places the third is that whyche is engēdred in a place ful of arteries and veynes the fourth is called boony which beginneth in a boone Of these some growe in the region of the spiritual members as in the breaste and some in the heade there is ioyned to them the corruptiō of the boone and they be called talpe Some are engendred in the iawes some in the bellye and some in the corner of the eye and some in the fundamēt and some in the ioynctes which bē of most hard curatiō as Salicete witnesseth sayeng the fistula that goeth to some of the rybbes or spondilles or to some ioyncte is euer suspected of euil termination The fistules that growe in fleshye places though they haue manye holes be not so harde to be healed Howebeit they be of the worse curatiō bicause they are hidde and depe Item the fistule whyche is in noble mēbers or nye to them and pearceth vnto the inwarde parte as in the brest in the belly or in the bladder is daungerous and bryngeth oft the patient to death The cure of fistules is accomplyshed by foure intentions of whyche the fyrst is ordenaunce of diete the seconde vniuersal euacuation The cure the third is confortation of the members the fourth is administration of conuenient medicines accordynge to the tymes and places of the fistule The fyrste shal be accomplished by the administration of suche meates as in substance or qualitie are contrary to the causes whyche hynder consolidation whereof we haue spoken in the former chapiters The seconde shal be accomplished by the administration of a laxatiue medicine accordyng to the euyl humours a digestion of the sayd humours presupposed wherof we haue spoken in the chapiter of venomous and corosyue vlcers and in the boke of apostemes The thyrde entention whiche concerneth confortynge of the inner membres shall be accomplyshed by administration of certeine potions in thys case conuenient whych we haue ordeined in the chapiter of woundes that perce into the breste in the chapiter of a fal or stomblyng whereunto ye shall resorte The fourthe intention whych concerneth the administratiō of local medicines shal be accomplyshed by thinges that haue vertue to enlarge the mouthe of the fistula vnto the botom of the same And after that the mouthe is enlarged ye muste mortifye the place and remoue the hardnes whiche is in the botome and in the lyppes whyche when it is remoued ye shal procede wyth a mundificatyue medicine and after mundification ye muste incarnate and seale vp the vlcere and make a good cicatrice Touchynge the enlargynge of the mouth of fistules there is no better remedy then to cauterise the place or to cutte awaye the corruption vnto the botome so that it maye be done with out hurte of the veynes and arteries Ye maye also enlarge the place wyth trociske de minio of oure description or wyth vnguentū egiptiacū wyth a lytle arsenycke of oure description or wyth our poudre of mercury or some other sharpe lotion whereof we wyl speake in oure Antidotarye more at large Some commaunde to enlarge the mouth of the fistule wyth a tente of gentiane of ditanye of bryonye or of dragons or with a tent of a spōge leauyng thē wythin the mouth halfe a day and after that the place is mortifyed and enlarged ye shall mundify it wyth thys mundificatyue mūdificatiue R. of terbentine washed wyth aqua vite ℥ iii. of honye of roses strayned ℥ i. ss of aristologia rotunda ʒ ii of the floure of lupines ℥ ss of the iuyce of smalage of the iuyce of houndes tongue an̄ ʒ vi seeth the terebētine and the iuyces wyth the hony of roses tyl halfe be cōsumed and afterward put therto the other thinges and apply them wythin the fistula And note that if ye adde vnto this mundificatyue a lytle of mirre of sarcocol of paucedinis of flouredelice it shal be very expedient for incarnation of fistules puttynge onely some of the sayde incarnatiue vpon the tente lykemaner to incarne fistules with a lytle desiccation and cōfortyng of the place we haue founde thys collirye most auaylable R. aqua vite ℥ ii of malueseye Collitie ℥ i. of hony of roses ʒ x. of myrre and paucedīs braied an̄ ʒ ii of sarcocolle of aloes epatyke an̄ ʒ i. ss Mēgle them all together and let thē seeth a lytle Oyntmentes conuenient for this intention which may be applied in
take awaye the inflamaciō and sharpenes of the oyntement and afterwarde ye shal applye the forsaid collyrie and ye muste renewe the sayd remedyes tyll the hardenes and skabbes be vtterly remoued And ye muste consyder one thynge that is to say when this disease is ioyned wyth some euell accidente as is peyne and euell complexion or ophtalmia or some other ye must remoue the same before ye come to the cure and yf the scabbes be dry ye shal moysten them wyth a moystyng medicine hauynge resolucyon and abstercyon as is thys lotion ℞ of the rotes of holye hockes and dockes Cure of drye scabbes of the leues of malowes vyolettes and plantayne ana m̄ i. of sower apples nombre thre of lentylles of barly of branne ana m̄ i. ss of roses m̄ ss seeth these thinges in sufficyent quantitie of reyne water tyll two partes of .iij. ben consumed and than washe the place therewyth as we sayde befor the space of a weke twyse a daye and afterwarde applye the collyrie aboue wrytten After a weke ye shal washe the place with this grene water that foloweth ℞ of water of plantayne of water of rooses A precious grene water ana ℥ ij of odiferous whyte wyne ℥ i. ss of tucia of antimonium ana ʒ i. ss of verdegrece of roche alume ana ʒ ss of lytarge of golde of lycium ana ʒ iij. seeth the waters with alume a lytle and pouder the reste and putte thē to the waters when ye take them from the fire After that ye haue washed the place wyth thys water ye shal apply the abouenamed collyry in maner aboue sayde And if nede be of greater exiccacion ye shal repayr to that that is wrytten in thys presente chapter And for as muche as in thys case there chaunceth great ytchyng which is engendred of salte fleme to remoue the same ye shal vse the forsayd grene water wyth an vnction made of lard of tucia and of the water of rooses for it taketh awaye itchynge and healeth the sorenes of the eye lyddes c. thus we ende thys presente chapter The .v. chapter of the dysease of the eyes called vngula VNgula after the doctoures Of vngula in the eyes is a pannycle of coniunctiua somewhat reysed vp whyche appereth for the most parte in the the wepyng parte of the ryghte syde howebeit somtyme it chaunceth in the lefte syde and at the begynnyng it is small and afterward extendeth it selfe vnto the commissure of the pannycle called cornea And because the matter causynge thys pannycle sometyme groweth in the ouer parte of the kyrtylle of the eye and somtime in the nether part of the same whan it is in the ouer part it apereth to be somewhat redde because of the veynes whyche are wythoute and when it is in the nether parte it is of a whytyshe coloure The causes of thys disease are grosse and flegmatyke humours engendred of euell dyete dyscendynge frome the heade by the veynes and conduites to the kyrtyll of the eye The cure of these dyseases is accōplyshed by the admynistracion of localle medycynes hauinge vertue to resolue and drye and to byte somwhat Fyrst obseruation of the dyet and purgacyon as it is declared in the chapter of ophthalmia presupposed we wyll ordayne ii pryncypall remedyes of whych the fyrst is thys ℞ of the iuce of horhound of the iuce of sowre pomgranades of the iuce of lyqueryce of myrabolanes cytryne well poudred Collorye ana ʒ i. of liciū ʒ ss of aloes epatike of tucia preparate ana ℈ ii of the grene water descrybed in the former chapter ʒ vi of the sief of memyte of whyt sief wythoute opium ana ʒ ss of odoryferous whyte wyne ʒ x. make a collyrye accordynge to arte Thys collyrie applied in the eye is verye good in all kyndes of vngula of sebell and other dyseases of the eyes Item to thys entencyon this water folowynge is conuenyentlye vsed ℞ of the iuce of saladine ʒ v. of the iuce of sowre pōgranates wyth the rindes ℥ iij. of the iuce of liquerice carwaies ana ℥ ss of cumin ʒ ss of sirup of roses of hony of roses ana ʒ iiii of water of rooses ℥ ij of myrobalanes emblyke and cytryne ana ℈ ij of antimonium ceruse ana ʒ v. of roche alume ʒ j ss of oxe galle and of capons and of partryches ana ʒ ij of cloues of nutmegges ana ʒ ss of tucia of lyme tenne tymes washed with water of plantaine sorrell ana ʒ iii. let the harde thynges be pounded before ye myngle thē wyth the other and afterwarde putte them all to gether in a lembicke of glasse and whan the water is stylled kepe it in a glasse well couered and ye muste applye therof into the eye one droppe at once for it is an excellente water and consumeth superfluytees and is desiccatiue and resolutyue and yf ye wyll that the foresayde water shall more strongelye consume superfluous fleshe ye shall take of the sayde water ℥ iij. of odoriferous whyte wyne ℥ j. of water of rooses ʒ x. of tutia and antimonie ana ʒ j. ss of verdegrece wel poudered ℈ ij heate the waters a lytle at the fyre than put to the reste applye therof in the eye as it is sayd Yf the desease be so rooted that yt cannot be drawen oute wyth these remedyes ye muste come to handye operacyon thoughe thys curacyon be hard and daungerous for in pullyng vp the vngula yf the chirurgyen be not experte he maye plucke vp the pānycle called cornea and so marre the apple of the eye Wherefore the frendes of the pacyente are to be admonyshed of the daunger and the matter is to be taken in hande wyth greate feare and cyrcumspection howbeit my counsayle is to leue suche thynges to the vacabounde toothdrawers Neuerthelesse I wyll declare my mynde herein fyrst ye muste haue an ynstrumente of syluer made after the maner of smalle tenacles or pynsones croked take the vngula by the parte that is towarde the ende and not towarde the root that is to saye toward the pannicle called cornea and as ye hold it wyth the sayde instrument ye must haue another sharpe cuttynge instrumente and cutte it by lytle and lytle into the roote And after that the vngula is remoued ye muste dygeste the place with womans mylke and suger candye of a syrupe of vyolettes to swage the payne ye must put vpon the eye a plaster made wyth rosted apples wryten in the chapter of the cure of ophtalmia After that the payne is swaged yf there reste anye superfluytie ye shall procede with the forsayd waters collyryes which haue vertue to consume superfluous fleshe thus we ende this presente chapter c. The syxte chapter of Sebel and of the cure therof SEbell Of Sebell in the eyes after Iesu haly is a replecyon of the veynes of the pannycle of the eye called con unctiua and it
duckes grese â„¥ i. ss staÌ„pe them and make a playstre when the pustles be rype ye shall open them with a launcet and muÌ„dify them with this oyntment â„ž of clere terebeÌ„tine â„¥ i. of hony Ê’ x. of the flour of lupynes Ê’ vi of sarcocoll Ê’ ii mengle them togyther this oyntmeÌ„t purgeth the grosse matter conteyned in them To the same inteÌ„tioÌ„ serueth this cerote folowyng â„ž of the muscilage of holyhocke of fenugreke and of figges li. ss of the oyle of lyneseede â„¥ iii. of clere terebeÌ„tin â„¥ i. ss of heÌ„nes grese of duckes grese ana Ê’ x. of lytarge of golde â„¥ i. ss set these thynges vpoÌ„ the fyre with sufficyent quantitie of whyte waxe and make a cerote as whyte diaquilon and vse it for it mundifyeth and purgeth the matter and maketh the colour of the face fayre and cleare ¶ The .xviii. Chapter Of a fistula in the corner of the eye OFtentymes there is a Fystle engendred in the corners of the eyes Of a fistule in the corner of the eye of an aposteme growen in the sayde place And the sayde Fystula commeth sometymes to greate maligninitie so that it rotteth the grystles of the nose and the bones and bryngeth the patientes to death To come to the cure hereof we say that a purgatioÌ„ as it is declared in the chap. of ophthalmia presupposed there is nothynge surer than to enlarge the mouth of the same Fyrst with our poudre of mercury and afterward with a trosiske of miniuÌ„ of our descriptioÌ„ and last of al with a spunge or a tentmade of a dried gourd And when the place is enlarged ye shall cauterize it with a smal sharpe cautery and ye must put it in through a pype of syluer tyll the bone be perced in the inner parte of the nose For the sayd pype kepeth the borders of the fistula that they be not hurt of the actual cautery And coÌ„sequently apply agayne an other cautery more grosse after the large fygure of an oliue tyll all the corruption of the bone be cauterifyed and then let the bone be bored through with a quadrate poynted cauterie Howbeit ye muste fyrste put in the syluer pype that the hole flesh be not hurte with the cauterye And this was the practise of master wyllyam Placentin wherwith we haue healed many people But ye must beware that the cautery touche not the corner of the eye for it wolde deuyde the corner from the eye lydde whych wolde be a very euyl fauoured thyng wherfore wife chirurgiens couer the â—ye with a syluerspone wheÌ„ they applye the sayde cauteries After cauterisation to remoue the eskare ye shall procede with thinges mollificatiue as I haue wrytten in sondrye places The brent bone thorowe cauterisation must be cured accordynge to that that is wrytten in the Chapter of the cure of rotten bones And after that the corruption of the bone is remoued ye must procede certayne dayes with a muÌ„dificatiue of syrupe of roses whiche is wrytten in manye places And afterwarde let it be incarned with this incarnatiue folowyng â„ž of clere terebentine â„¥ ss of myrre of sarcocolle ana Ê’ ss of frankensence Ê’ i. of beane floure Ê’ i. ss of honye of roses Ê’ ii of aloes epatik ℈ i. This incarnatyue is suffycient for the incarnation of the place And for sigillation ye shall procede wyth vnguentuÌ„ de minio and ye shal wash the place with water of alume For the cicatrisation ye shall applye the poudre called cicatrisatiue wrytteÌ„ in the forsayde Chapiter and manye other places ¶ The .xix. Chapter Of the cure of gutta rosacea GVtta rosacea after the doctrine of auncient and later writers Gutta rosacea is a straunge rednes whiche is engendred in the ball of the chekes and sometyme about the nose it hath crustye pustules and the doctours saye that it is a signe that declareth the begynning of a lepry This disease is engendred of a grosse corrupt and somewhat burned bloode And it is of the nombre of the diseases that ben contagious and for the most part it appeareth in wynter for thaÌ„ the vapours are restrayned in ascende out of grosse blood The cure herof shal be accoÌ„plished by thre inteÌ„tions the fyrst consysteth in ordinaunce of dyete the seconde in purgation of matter antecedent the .iii in administration of locall remedies As touchyng the fyrst and seconde intentioÌ„ ye shal procede according to the doctrine declared in the chap. of a canker or of sephiros chauÌ„sing in the dugges For the accoÌ„plishmeÌ„t of the .iii. intention the remedyes wrytten in the Chap. of saphatie and serpigo of a morphew are coÌ„uenieÌ„t in thys case Neuerthelesse for a more ample doctryne we wyl descrybe certayne approued medicines and fyrste an epithimie after this fourme â„ž of dockes rootes of the rotes of affodyl ana â„¥ ii of venegre squilliticke â„¥ i. of orpimente Ê’ ii of brymstone Ê’ x. stampe these forsayde thinges and lay them vpon the gutta rosacea for it dryeth the pustles and remoueth the rednes therof To the same ententioÌ„ it is good to beate the whyte of an egge with rose water and the iuce of plantayne and of dockes and addyng a lytle of sublimate Item it is very conuenient in this case to seeth vynegre with bran and water of roses and to washe the place often therewith Also oyle of grayne and lupynes layed vpon pustles helpeth very moche And forasmoche as the sayde remedyes be somwhat corrosyue after that ye haue proceded with them til the crust and malignitie be remoued ye shal apply this lynimeÌ„t folowing which taketh away the euyll colour and roughnesse of the skinne and causeth good cicatrization â„ž of the iuce of dockes plantayne of affodyl anÌ„ â„¥ ii oyle of yolkes of egges Ê’ x. cleare terebentine â„¥ ss of the iuce of licoresse Ê’ iii. of roche alume brent Ê’ i. of quyck syluer quenched â„¥ ss of oyle mirtyne of oyle omphacine ana Ê’ v. ss stampe these forsayd thynges togyther and styrre them aboute in a mortare of leade except the quyksyluer whyche must be put in in the ende let this liniment be often applyed for it hath the forsayd vertues Item to this intention the epithimie folowynge is profytable â„ž of whyte syef without opium Ê’ i. ss of the iuce of licoreis â„¥ ss of the wyne of pomegranades somewhat thicked at the fyre â„¥ i. of verious of vinegre of roses ana â„¥ ii of tutia ceruse ana Ê’ ii ss of litarge of golde syluer ana Ê’ iii. mengle these thinges and shake them well togyther and make them after the fourme of a colirie and apply it often vpon the place for it is of good effect ¶ The .xx. Chapter Of the cure of the vlcers of the nosethrylles THe vlcers of the nosethrylles are very daungerous Vlcers of the nostrylles bycause of the humoures descendyng from the brayne which hyndre the operacyon of local medicines and therfore the sayde
vlcers growe oft to a canker To come to the cure thereof purgation of the matter antecedent good diet as it is sayd in the former cha presupposed ye shall procede with locall medicines which dyffer nothing froÌ„ the coÌ„moÌ„ cure of vlcers in general That is to saye if the vlcers be venimous they must be cured after the cure of venemous vlcers yf they be corrosyue like corrosyue vlcers Neuerthelesse I wyll speke of some remedyes which haue beÌ„ ê“ued First if the vlcer be venemous and corrosiue ye shal muÌ„dify the place with our poudre of mercurye or vngueÌ„ apploruÌ„ meÌ„gled with vngueÌ„ egip And when the place is muÌ„dified ye shal put this licour into the vlcer â„ž of swete and soure pomgranades in noÌ„bre .ii. of licium â„¥ i. of myrobalan câ—â—yne â„¥ ii water of plantayne water of roses anÌ„ â„¥ i. ss of the herbe called horsetayle of the tendre partes of braÌ„bles of the herbe called knotgresse of the leaues of plantayne ana mÌ„ i. ss staÌ„pe all these thynges togyther and presse them and afterwarde let them seeth tyll they become thycke as hony thaÌ„ strayne them put of the lycour into the vlcers with cotton or with softe teÌ„tes Item to thys entention wyne of pomegranades newely pressed out sodden with the iuyce of plantayne wyth the iuyce of houndes tongue a lytle roch alume is very expedient It must seeth tyll it be thycke must be applyed wythin the nose for thys decoction dryeth incarneth and consoundeth vlcers Oyntment for vlcers in the nose In lyke maner here foloweth a singuler oyntment for all vlcers of the nosethrilles â„ž of the liquor described in the fyrst ordinaunce â„¥ i. of oyle of roses omphacine styrred aboute in a mortar of leade tyll it be thycke â„¥ i. ss of tutia of burned lead of antimoniuÌ„ ana Ê’ iii. of ceruse Ê’ ii ss of litarge of golde and syluer anÌ„ â„¥ ss of myrobalane citrine wel brayed â„¥ ss of the iuyce of the teÌ„der partes of brambles or of plantaine draÌ„mes .ii. mengle them and styrre them aboute in a mortar of leade the space of two houres Liniment Item in thys intention the liniment folowynge is conuenient â„ž of vngmÌ„ album camphoratum of oyle of the yolkes of egges anÌ„ Ê’ vi of vngmÌ„ rosarum Ê’.x or in stede therof as muche of vnguentuÌ„ galeni of litarge of gold and syluer of tutia anÌ„ Ê’.iii of burned lead of antimonium anÌ„ Ê’.i.ss of the iuyce of the great and lesse plantaines of the iuyce of nyghtshade anÌ„ â„¥ i.ss meÌ„gle them together and make a liniment in a mortar of leade ¶ The .xxi. chapiter of vlcers of the face and the cure therof THe vlcers of the face are cured as the Vlcers of the nosethrilles vlcers of the face And bycause the face beautifieth the bodye the chirurgien must make good cicatrization therof namely not to hye nor to low nor to brode yf it may be For the cure of the sayd vlcers vngmÌ„ de minio of our description is coÌ„uenient and produceth good cicatrice And for as much as they haue nothinge proper ye shall resorte to the generall chapiters of vlcers that is to saye yf they be venomous resort to the chapter of venomous vlcers if corosiue to corosiue c. ¶ The .xxii. chapiter of the vlcers of the mouthe of the guÌ„mes of the rofe of the mouth of the almons THe Vlceres of the mouth of the gommes Vlcers of the mouth and of the partes therof muste be cured accordyng to the generall cure of other vlcers that is to say yf they be rotteÌ„ or venomous they muste be cured after the order of the same c. Neuerthelesse for a more certayne doctrine we wyll describe some medicines which we haue proued Fyrst to heale corosiue and cankerous vlcers of the guÌ„mes vnguentuÌ„ egiptiacum mengled wyth the wyne of pomegranades is very good A peculiar decoction IteÌ„ the decoction folowing is coÌ„uenient in thys case â„ž of the wyne of pomegranades of the water of plantayne anÌ„ â„¥ .ii. of the leaues of olyues somewhat stamped mÌ„ ss of vngumÌ„ egiptiacuÌ„ after the description of Auicenne Ê’ x of liciuÌ„ Ê’.i seeth them all together tyl two partes of thre ben consumed then strayne them and vse them rubbynge the place therwyth Item to thys intention and for the vlceration of the almons and of the vuula thys gargarisme folowyng is of singuler remedy â„ž of clene barlye of sumach of the floures of pomegranades of the leaues of olyues of the tender partes of bramles of the leaues of plaÌ„taine and lentiles anÌ„ mÌ„ ss of both the kyndes of pomgranades nombre two of water of roses of water of plantayn anÌ„ li. ss of licium of diameron of hony of roses anÌ„ â„¥ .ii. of roche alume Ê’.x of myrobalane citrine â„¥ ss of the herbe called horsetayle mÌ„ ss stampe them al together seeth them tyll the thyrde part be consumed than streyne them and vse them as is aforesayd ¶ The .xxiii. chapter of the chappes of the lyppes THe chappyng of the lippes maye be healed by-y e application of vngmÌ„ album camphoratum Chappes of the lyppes Also vngmÌ„ de tutia oyle of the yolkes of egges the wasshyng of barlye water wyth plaÌ„tain water is very coÌ„mendable Here foloweth a singuler remedy for chapping of the lyppes â„ž of oile omphacine of the oyle of the yolkes of egges anÌ„ Ê’ x. of ceruse Ê’.ii of burned leade Ê’.vi litarge of gold siluer anÌ„ Ê’.x of aÌ„timonium of tutia anÌ„ Ê’.iiii.ss of calues talowe cowes talow anÌ„ â„¥ .i. of the iuyce of plaÌ„tayn of the iuyce of nyghtshade anÌ„ Ê’.x seeth the iuyces wyth the oyles and talowe tyl the iuyce be coÌ„sumed and afterward put in the other thynges beynge poudered and sette them on the fyre agayn and make an oyntment wyth whyte waxe wherewyth ye shall often rubbe the lyppes Thys is a singuler remedye for chappynge betwene the fingers and the toes Also water of alume made wyth the water of plantayne is very good in thys case before ye applye the sayde oyntment ¶ The .xxiiii. chapiter of the cure of noli me tangere THere chauÌ„ceth often in the face chiefly aboute the nose a kynde of a coÌ„sumynge and eatynge vlcere Noli me tangere called of the later doctoures noli me tangere and it cometh often tyme of a warte hauynge a large fote and a rounde figure whyche comunelye is harde and of blackyshe colour wyth some payne and sometyme there apeare certeyne litle veynes ful of melancholy bloode And when thys disease cometh to vlceration in shorte tyme it encreaseth excedynglye and the accideÌ„tes of a canker are multiplyed wyth thys vlcere The cure of thys disease muste be accomplished accordynge to the doctrine The cure declared in the chapter of a canker For we haue sene that this vlcere hath had hys begynnynge of melancholy paynfull pustules of a rounde figure and
very profytable to applye thys decoction ℞ of the rootes of a whyte and a blacke vyne called vitis alba et nigra bearynge grapes of euerye one ℥ .i. of wormewoode m̄ i. of oxe galle of hares galle of euery one ℥ .i. of the fatte of a foxe ʒ.vi of the fatte of a wesyll or of elys ʒ.x of castorium of blacke elebore of euery one graynes .ij. of vynegre of odoriferous wyne of euerye one ℥ iij. of oyle of nardus ℥ .i. of oyle of laurell ℥ ss lette them seeth together tyll the wyne and vynegre be consumed then strayne them and put therof into the eares It is also good that the patient exercyse hym selfe in grauelye places Item contynuall purgations of the heade make muche to the purpose Yea the foresayde remedyes are not to be administred before the purgation of the bodye and of the heade Lykewyse in the tyme of the administratiō of the same they oughte not to be nother to hote nor to colde Furthermore it is the duetye of a good chirurgion to prouyde that the medicines that enter vnto the synowe planted wythin hurte not the same It is moreouer to be remēbred that medicines of the eares muste not be styffe but liquide that they may perce into the inwarde parte Item the medicynes muste be often chaunged namelye euerye fourth houre and the pacient muste lye on the cōtrary syde a certayne space after the application of the medicine stoppynge hys eare that the ayer enter not in The beste maner of administryng medicines for the dyseases of the eares is that the eare be clensed from all superfluous thynges before the application of the sayd medicines c. ¶ The .x. chap. of water and stones and wormes graynes or such lyke thynges entryng into the eare WOrmes Of wormes and other noysome thynges in the eares and other thynges enter into the eares and hynder hearing may be knowen by the relation of the patientes whyche fele a bytynge and mouynge in the eares heuye paynfulnesse The cure therof Cure is to drawe out the sayd thynge And to come to oure purpose bryefly some doctours saye that water whyche is entred into the eares maye be drawē out easely with instrumētes wherwith great wyndy balles be puffed vp whych are after the maner of a syrynge The way to draw out the sayd matter is thys Fyrst ye muste bathe the eare wyth wyne of the decoction of nepte of maiorum afterward ye muste put the instrument into the eare vnto the botome whyche muste be stopped with cottō that the instrumēt may drawe the water frō the botome vnto it selfe And thys ye shal do so often tyl ye perceaue the water dryed vp whych is knowē by the remotion of the accedētes that were ther before Some allowe that the water be drawen out wyth the woode of a palmetre or drye elder Ye muste put one ende of the woode into the fyer and the other in the eare and the woode muste be thre cubites longe for they say that by reason of the fyer the wood draweth the water vnto it selfe Lykewyse some vse thys meane to drawe out the water After a suffumigation the patiente muste iompe wyth the fote that is on the sore syde in leapyng he must strike his eare of ten with hys hande afterwarde they put into the eare a see spōge thē cause the patiēt to slepe vpon the same eare Lykewyse ye may drawe oute the water wyth such a syrynge as the surgeons vse to drawe vryne oute of the bladder puttynge it into the eare wythout payne and suckinge out the water at the other ende wyth youre mouthe Fynallye the doctours haue descrybed few remedyes in thys case for they knewe that instrumentes were more fytte to draw out the sayd water then locall remedyes Howe be it Auicenne sayeth that the iuyce of oynyons put into the eares easeth the heuynes of the heade and draweth out the water Arsilata and Platearius saye that the sayde iuyce mēgled wyth gose grese and put into the eares is of the same effecte Nysynge also prouoked by arte is conuenient in thys case As touchynge the drawynge oute of lytle wormes and suche other thynges yf it be possyble they muste be drawen oute wyth lytle pynsons or some other conuenient instrument enlargynge the conduyte of the eares And yf ye can not drawe them oute on thys meane Medicyne to kylle the wormes in the eares ye muste procede wyth localle medicines Fyrste to kyll the lytle wormes ye shal poure into the eare oile of bytter almondes dyssolued wyth a lytle aloes epatyke and oxe galle afterwarde ye shall make a suffumigation of thynges anodyne that is to saye whyche swage payne For within the space of a fewe dayes the wormes shall appeare to youre eyes and then ye shall take them oute wyth some conueniente instrumente Lytle stones and graynes beyng entred into the eares muste be drawē out after that that is wrytten in thys present chapter concernynge drawynge out of water excepte that when the greyne is in the eares ye muste not vse oyle and suffumigations but when ther is greate payne for they enlarge the greyne Wherfore it is better to drawe it out wyth some conuenient instrumente somewhat croked And bycause that sometyme the stone or the greyne stycketh so in the eare that it can not be drawen oute then ye shall breake the stone or the grayne wyth small sharpe tenacles made for the purpose And for asmuch as often tymes the sayde thynges can not be drawen oute but they cause greate payne and brynge the place to an hote apostemation some haue counsayled to make incision vnder the eare that so the sayde thynges maye be drawen oute by the cutte place Neuerthelesse my councell is that no incisyon be made in the sayde place bycause it is noble and synnowy excepte a sygne of apostemation appere vnder the eare but to leaue the cure to the workynge of nature whyche is euer myghtye in her operation Yf apostemation appeare vnder or aboue the eare ye shall further maturation therof wyth a playster maturatiue and attractiue afterwarde ye shall open the place in the forme of a newe moone before it come to maturation For mundifycation incarnation and sigillation ye shall procede after the doctrine declared in a peculier chapter of the vlceres of the eares c. ¶ Here begynneth the fourthe treatyse of the fourth booke ¶ The fyrste chapter of the vlceres of the belye vlceris of the belye THE cure of vlceres of the belye that perce not dyffereth nothynge frō the common cure of vlceres of other partes of the bodye Wherefore yf the vlceres be virulēt or venemous they muste be cured after the cure of the sayde vlceres and so of other But if suche vlceres bee penetrante and percynge or fystulous than they are verye harde to be cured howebeit the cure must not be refused for nature worketh sometyme
Parietarye of the leaues of Holihocke of Tapsus barbatus wyth the rote an̄ m̄ ii of quynce sedes ʒ vi of cleane barlye m̄ i. ss of branne m̄ iii. of lynsede of Fenugreke ana ℥ .iiii. of peres wylde or swete somewhat brused nombre twelue of lingua passerina or knotgrasse of wyld Tasyll ana m̄ i. seeth them all together with sufficiente water and adde of Camomylle Mellylote Dylle ana m̄ i. ss Lette them seeth tyl the thyrde parte be consumed and vse them after the maner of suffumigation and fomentation A good liniment for the same purpose R. of cowes buttyre ʒ.x of the oyle of yolkes of egges ℥ ss of duckes grese ʒ.iii of the iuyce of plantaine of tapsus barbatus ana ʒ.ii mengle thē and laboure thē in a mortar of leade halfe a day make a liniment which ye shal put into the fundamente with your fynger or wyth lynte Item ye shall administer thys playster folowyng after suffumigation R. of rosted apples ℥ iiii of buttyre ℥ .iii. the yolkes of two egges and laboure them in a mortar of leade the space of thre houres wyth oyle of Violettes oyle of swete almons hennes grese duckes grese an̄ ℥ ss of womans mylke ʒ.xii of freshe barlye floure wel bulted and of beane floure ana ℥ .i. of the iuyce of the roote of tapsus barbatus and of the leaues therof ʒ x. Let them seeth all together besyde the oyle and the yolkes of egges vntyl they be thicke then put to the oyles and the yolkes of egges and lette them seeth agayn one boylynge and putte therunto in the ende of saffranne ʒ.ss applye thys medicine vpon the place after the maner of a playster for it mollifyeth the hardnes and resolueth the mattier and swageth payne Another R. of the Muscilage of holihocke of malowes of the sede of quynces of psiliū of fenugreke prepared li. ss of whyte dragagantum stamped and layed in the water of roses the space of a night of beane floure ℥ iii. of oyle of camomylle of oyle of lynsede an̄ ℥ i.ss of butter laboured in a mortar tyll it be blacke in colour ʒ.x of oyle of violets of duckes grese ana ℥ ss of the meate of rosted apples ℥ iii.ss of the iuyce of plantayne of houndestonge langdebefe of tapsus barbatus an̄ ℥ .v. Let them seeth all together tyll they be thycke and styffe and put in the ende of saffran ʒ.i wyth the yolkes of egges and vse them after the maner of a playster Item white dragagantū lythed in water of roses with the muscillage of psiliū laboured in a mortar of lead the space of an houre resolueth the swellyng of emoroydes swageth paine Itē byttilles chestwormes sodden in oyle of camomyl buttyre oile of linsede oyle of chrisomeles of euery one ʒ vi whyche afterward ye must streyn labour the space of an hour wyth the yolke of an egge and a lytle saffran it is a presente remedye agaynst the payne of the emoroydes Lykewyse oyle of lynsede freshe buttyre in equall quantitie laboured in a mortar of leade the space of an houre and cōueyed in with a syringe warme swageth the peyne of the emoroydes with oute fayling which thynge the sayde oyle alone dothe perfourme And therfore Mesue sayeth that oyle of lynsede is a greate medicine in al deseases of the fundament Item the oyle of the yolkes of egges is of the same operation lykewise buttyre boyled in a great holow rape in an ouen or boyled in a great apple and stāped together is of lyke efficacitie And buttyre boyled in a whyte oynyon hath the same vertue as Rasis sayeth Item thys remedy folowynge is cōmendable R. of oyle of chrisomeles ʒ vi of freshe buttyre of the oyle of lynsede ana ℥ ss of serapyne ʒ.ss of wyne of pomegranades of the iuyce of tapsus barbatus an̄ ℥ i. of byttylles nombre sixe lette them seeth all together and streyne them vse them wythout and wythin Here foloweth a plaister that resolueth the swellyng of the emoroydes and swageth payne R. of camomyll mellilote ana m̄ i. of cleane barlye of the leaues of malowes and violets of horehounde ana m̄ ss of the rotes of Holihocke of the leaues of Coleworte of the leaues of holihocke ana m̄ ss of swete apples nombre x. of clene barlye of lentilles ana ℥ .ii. of the rotes of tapsus barbatus and the leaues therof ana m̄ ii of lynsede ℥ i. ss the heade of a wether and the fete therof somewhat broken The maner of makynge the plaister is thys First ye must seeth the heade the fete together tyll the fleshe be well sodden and afterwarde lette the foresayde thynges seeth in the brothe onely tyll they be perfitely sodden then presse them stampe rhem and streyne them and afterwarde ye must take the stamped thynges and as muche of the brothe wherein they ware sodden and sette them on the fyre agayne and make a solyde playster addynge of the floure of beanes barlye and cycers ana ℥ .i. of oyle of Camomylle of oyle of Roses complete of oyle of Dylle of oyle of lynsede ana ℥ .i. of hennes grese duckes grese of oyle of Violettes an̄ ʒ.x of saffrā ʒ.i the yolkes of thre egges whyche muste be putte in when the reste shal be taken from the fyre Item the cerote vnder written is profitable to resolue harde emoroydes knottye peces of fleshe that are wont to rise about the fundament through the payn of the emoroydes R. of oyle of camomyl dyl lynsede an̄ ℥ .iii. of the oyle of chrysomeles swete almons butter ana ℥ i.ss of cowes talowe of calues talow an̄ ℥ .ii. of duckes grese of hennes grese of gose grese ana ℥ .i. of Muscilage made of the sede of holihocke and of the rotes therof and of the sede of psilium and lynsede of malowes and violettes li. i.ss litarge of golde and syluer ℥ iiii make a soft cerote accordynge to arte addynge of cleare terebentyne ℥ ii.ss Thys cerote is a singuler remedye to resolue and mollifye all swellyng of emoroydes chiefly yf it be applyed after the payn be swaged Whyche thynges administred for the accomplishmente of the thyrde intention yf the mattier cōioynct cā not be resolued and that the pyles be grosse as ben those that ben lyke mulberies it is conueniente to drye them wyth sharpe medicines as wyth oure poudre of mercurye or wyth a caustyke or capitelle so that the partes aboute be not towched therwyth But yf the emoroydes be warty or lyke figges ye shall cutte them of and cauteryse the rootes wyth some sharpe medicines Some doctours cōmaunde to bynde them whyche is paynfull and not so good as the foresayde waye But yf they be lyke grapes stones bladrye in bodyes that are wonte to haue purgation of the emoroydes at certayne tymes then ye shall applye bloode suckers to drawe out the melancholye bloode or in stede therof ye shall cut a
the woman hathe had apostemation in her brest before the sayde vlcers and had no lyst to eate nor to drynke thaÌ„ must ye procede with cure palliatyue Hugo senensis sayeth there was a woman in venyce which lyued .xx. yere by cure palliatiue hauynge the matrice vlcered with a cancreous vlcer For this cure palliatiue my custome was often to wash the place with thys decoction â„ž of clene barlye of lentyles of roses of nyghtshade of gallitricuÌ„ pollitricuÌ„ of the leaues of plaÌ„tayne ana mÌ„ i. of water of plaÌ„tayne of water wherin yron hath ben quenched ana li. iii. of water of roses li. ss of lingua passerina or knotgrasse of wylde tasyll ana mÌ„ i. stampe them all grosly togyther and let them seth tyll the thyrde part be consumed thaÌ„ strayne them and adde to the straynynge of syrupe of Roses â„¥ iiii of a white sief without opium or with opiuÌ„ yf the payne be great Ê’ v make a collirie wherof ye shal conuey often into the place with a siringe SoÌ„tyme also cowes mylke in the stede of this collirie with a lytle whyte sugre is conuenyently admynystred After that ye haue vsed this collirie A pessarie ye shall apply this liniment with a pessarye vpon the vlcered place â„ž of stamped dragagantum lythed in rose water of water of plantayne nyghtshade Ê’.vi Lette them all so remayne the space of halfe a day than labour them in a mortare of leade iii houres wyth oyle of roses omphacyne and equall portion of the foresayde thynges addynge of litarge of golde and siluer of ceruse ana Ê’.vi of tutia of brent leade ana â„¥ ss of camphore ℈ i. of whyte syef with opium well brayed â„¥ ss of the iuyce of plantayne Ê’.ii of nyghtshade Ê’ iii. of the iuce of henbane Ê’ iii. ss of saffran Ê’.ss laboured in a mortare of leade vse this remedye with a pessarie for it is an excellent thyng ¶ The .iii. Chapter Of the itchyng of the matrice and of the secrete partes of women GReat ytchyng chaunceth often in the necke of the matrice Of Itchyng of the matryce which procedeth of burned coler and salte fleame To the cure wherof purgation of humours and conuenyent dyet presupposed shal be accomplyshed by the application of vnguentum albuÌ„ camphoratum wyth the iuyce of purslane and plantayne and lytarge of golde and syluer or make a lyniment in this maner â„ž of oyle of roses omphacine of vnguentum rosarum vnguentum populeon ana â„¥ .ii. of the iuce of plantayne ana Ê’.vi of vynegre of roses of wyne of pomegranades ana Ê’.ii of litarge of golde and syluer ana â„¥ .i. of ceruse â„¥ ss of tutia Ê’.iii mengle them togyther and make a lininiment for it easeth the ytche of the sayde places Item to the same intention the collirye folowynge is conuenyente whyche must be applyed wyth a pessarye â„ž of water of plantayne water of roses ana li. ss of the wyne of pomegranades of the iuce of limons ana â„¥ ss of the iuce of houseleeke Ê’.x of white sief without opium Ê’.v mengle them togyther and make a collirie c. ¶ The .vii. treatise of the vlcers of the haÌ„ches hyppes legges and the partes therof ¶ The fyrst Chapter Of the vlcers of the hanches c. The vlcers of the hanches THe cure of the vlcers of these places differ not froÌ„ the coÌ„mone cure of other vlceres perticuler And they ought to be cured after the curatioÌ„ of the vlcers of the armes and of the boones called adiutories Howbeit the curation of the vlcers of the legges differ somwhat from the cure of other meÌ„bres namely in byndyng and quiete rest of the sayde places The cure To come to the cure fyrst ye muste purge the body accordynge to the euyll humours by losyng of the belly or by cuttynge of a veyne and afterwarde ye must vse locall medicines And yf the vlcers ben corrosiue they must be cured as it is wrytten in the chapter of corrosiue vlcers and so-forth in other kyndes Neuerthelesse ye shall note .ii. thynges in this Chapter the fyrst is that in hollowe vlcers of the hyppes liquide medycynes and lotions conueyed in with a syryng are profytable by reason of the thycknesse of the muscles The mouth also must be enlarged and bowed downewarde that the mattier maye easely be purged and yf ther be corruption in the bones though it be litle it is harde to be cured bicause of the grosse muscules And yf the corruption perce to the marye of the bones it is impossyble to be healed wtout remotion of the boone and of the mary bycause of the great muscules synnowes and veynes Auicen sayth that when there is corruption in the bone of the hanche or in the spondils of the backe we must forsake the cure therof And Galene sayeth to the same purpose receyue not the cure of euyll diseases lest ye obteyne the name of an uyll chirurgyen But the corruptioâ— of bones in the sayde places by reaon of the aliaunce of many musculâ—s and synnowes coÌ„myng froÌ„ the bacâ—e bone maye be reckened among euyl diseases wherfore those that wyl dye leaue them to priestes How be iâ— I wyll declare some perticuler remedyes for the curation of vlcers of the hippes and legges and the partes herof And fyrst as we sayde afore in the cure of these vlcers byndyng of the legges must begynne froÌ„ the hele to the knee drawynge it by lytle and lytle tyll ye come to the forsayde place Lykewyse in the vlcers of the hyppes the byndynge must begynne from the knee to the flanke that matter be not sent from the vpper meÌ„bres to the nether parte Yf the foresayde vlcers be in the hyppes wyth corruption of the bone then ye muste cure them as is wrytten in the chapter of curation of the rotten boone that is to saye ye must remoue the flesh from the bone by incision or some familier caustike or by the application of a sponge then ye shal procede with scrapyng tyll ye come to the hole parte of the bone then cauteryse the same with an hote yron After cauterisatioÌ„ ye shall applye therupon honye of roses and an oyntmeÌ„t of smalage touchynge the bone twyse a weke wyth oyle of vitriole To remoue the rotten bone after that ye haue clensed the bone ye shall apply vpon it the collirye folowynge whiche I haue often proued â„ž the iuce of paucedinis â„¥ ss of the iuce of floures de lice Ê’.ii of hony of roses Ê’.x of aqua vite â„¥ .ii. Let them seeth all togyther with a softe fyre vntyll the thyrde parte be consumed then put therunto of myrhe Ê’.iii of frankensence â„¥ ss of aloes epatyke Ê’.ii mengle them togyther strayne them and vse them this collirie must be applyed with a syrynge thyse or foure tymes a daye it incarnthe marueylouslye and couereth the bare bone Item ye shall apply vpon the vlcered place this oyntment folowynge for it
agues by the waye of crysis and somtime they appere in women after theyr delyueraunce of chyldren The sygnes are manifest in syght and in touchynge for some tyme they are harde and stretched oute chefelye when they be full of bloode and the coloure of them is blackyshe and sometyme they come to vlceracyon cause greate payne and are harde to be cured and there ensueth often a fluxe of bloode which is also of harde curacyon and though it be cured it commeth agayne with more malignitie so that when we wolde cure the sayde vlceration we haue ben constrayned to purge the matter by the places that lye aboute namelye by an issue Lykewyse besyde the saide vlceration the veines so swel are fylled sodēly with grosse melancholicke and burned blood that the sayde bloode congeleth together and commeth by lytle and lytle to putrifaction and so there ascend vp euell vapoures and fumes to the brayne cause euell accydentes in the brayne and in the harte whereby the pacyent often tymes dyeth Wherfore the cure of these veines wyth vlceration or wythoute vlceration chefely yf they be confermed cānot be accomplysshed wythoute euydent daunger of the paciente I speake of vlcered veynes because the matter whyche was wounte to dyscende to vyle places and there to be purged throughe the curation of the varyces is retayned and cōueyed to the nobler members as the harte the stomacke and the brayne and so the dysposition thereof shulde be the worse wherfore Hipocrates saith that yf ye heale emoroides leuynge notone open daunger of the dropsye tysyke and frenesy shall ensue Wherefore in such dyspositions that is to say in emoroydes and swollen veynes it is better to leue them open then to cure them For they that be cured dye quyckelye but they that be not cured but palliated lyue a long season For Arnoldus de villa noua sayeth when there is an vnnatural issue in a mās body by the which some mater is wonte to be purged it cannot be stopped wythoute greater incommodyties excepte the matter be purged by a place nye to the sayde issue And therefore wise chirurgiens in thys case make an issue wyth an actuall cauterye or potencyall foure fyngers vnder the knee that the mater be purged by the same by whych meane we haue healed manye The cure of swolne veynes not vlcered by insicion is very daungerous for great fluxe of bloode foloweth the sayde incision whiche is harde to be retayned and sometyme when nature cannot deryue the bloode and matter to the wounded place the same blood beinge kepte in growethe to cankerdnes Wherefore I was wonte in the cure of swollen veynes fylled wyth melancholyke bloode a conuenyente purgacion of the bodye wyth the applyinge of leches vpon the emoroydall veines presupposed to euapoure oute the bloode wyth thys decoction folowynge ℞ of the rootes of holyehocke lj ss of hoorehounde of cammomylle of mellylote of dylle ana m̄ j. of branne of cleane berlye ana m̄ ii of honye lj i. ss seethe al these thynges at the fyre and make a bathe thereof where wyth ye shall washe the whole legge and make euaporation wyth sponges dypped therein Also we were wonte to make a cerote of the decoction of holyhocke and wyth the thynges vnderwrytten and wythe these two thynges for the most parte we euapoured oute the bloode and resolued it perfytly ℞ of holihok soden cutte and stamped lj ss of oyle of comomylle dylle ana ℥ .ij. of freshe butter and hennes grese ana ℥ i. ss of gose grese and duckes grese ana ℥ i.ss of calues talowe ℥ .iii. of the marye of of the legges of a calfe and of a cow ana ʒ.vi make a soft cerote of al with the foresaye straynynge and wyth suffyciente whyte waxe addynge of saffron ʒ.i Furthermore to open a veyne aboute the knee the member beynge fyrst bounde strayned that the congeled and corrupte bloode maye only yssue oute perchaunce it shall not be vnprofytable for by the euacuacyon of bloode sometyme the foresayde accidentes are remoued Afterwarde vpon the cutte place ye shall leye thynges that staunche bloode as the whyte of an egge beaten wyth pouder restryctiue The curation of the vlceres of swollē veynes dyffer not frome the curation of vlceres of the legges and of the thyghes declared in the former chapyter But for as muche as suche vlceres are ioyned wyth vehemente payne and malygnitie therefore for the remouyng of the same we wyl descrybe certayne peculyer remedyes and fyrst a fomentation to swage the payne A synguler fomentation ℞ of the leaues of malowes violettes of the leaues of plantain ana m̄ i. of clene barly m̄ ii of the seed of quinces somewhat brayed ℥ ss of scabyouse m̄ i. ss of butter lj ss let them be sodden altogether wyth suffycyente water tyll the thyrde parte be consumed and vse thys remedye after the maner of a fomentacyon After ye haue washed the place with a sponge ye shall take the yolcke of a newe layde egge and of butter ℥ .i ss whych ye shal laboure in a mortar of lead and applie them with cloutes And yf ye put to thys medecyne an ℥ of vnguentum populeon yt shal be verye good we haue some tyme remoued the payne and malignitie of the sayde vlceres by apliynge oure pouder of mercurye ones or twyse and afterwarde leying vppon the same thys sparadrappe folowyng and thyn plates of leade vsynge a conuenyente maner of byndynge from the insteppe to the knee and whan the place was paynefull we washed it wyth the water of plantayne and water of alume Lykewyse we founde that the iuce of plantayne and of houndestonge boyled wyth a lytle suger tyll halfe be consumed and applyed vpon the vlcered place is of good operacyon The leues also of the sayde herbes and the leues of woodbynd layed vppon the vlceres in steade of an oyntemente or sparadrappe bryngeth great ease to the pacyente The myxture of the sayde sparadrap is ℞ of the iuce of plantayne nyght shade ana ℥ .ii. of the iuce of knotgrasse houndestonge and wodbynde ana ℥ .i of oyle of rooses omphacyne of oyle of rooses complete of oyle myrtyne ana ℥ .ii. of calues talow ℥ .iiij. of swines grese of gootes talowe ana ℥ .ii. ss of cowes talowe ℥ .iii. of vnguentum populeon ℥ i.ss of lytarge of golde and siluer ana ʒ.i.ss of minium ʒ.x of bole armenye fynelye poudred of terra sigillata ana ℥ ss let the fattes the oyles and the iuces seeth together tyll the iuces be consumed then strayne them and adde the reste to the straynynge and lette them seethe at the fyre and styrre them aboute tyll they be blacke in coloure than make a sparadrap or a soft cerote wyth suffycyente whyte waxe addynge in the ende of the decoction of camphore brayed accordinge to arte ʒ.ii of tucia ʒ.x vse thys medecyne in all vlcers for it is of excellente operation Item vnguentum camphoratum some
the ioynctes maketh the same vnfitte to be resolued And Auicenne sayeth that when the peynfull part is weakned it draweth humours to the meÌ„bers lieng about Antonius Gaynerius sheweth Note the story of a Iewe that a certeyn Iewe was called to a weke and leane man vexed with the goute the Iewe strayghte way no purgatioÌ„ going before layed vpon the paynful place cloutes weted in cold water by the application whereof the peyne increased and afterwarde the Iewe layed vpon the place stupefactiue and repercussyue medicines whereby the mattier became grosse and maligne and within the space of ten dayes the membre grewe to cancrena and estiomenos and thus the poore patiente was healed of the goute for euer Nowe that we haue wrytten conuenient remedies for the goutes procedyng of hote mattier Cure of colde goutes we wyl come to the remedyes that heale the goute caused of colde mattier In the begynnyng a conuenient purgation of the body by solution of the belye or cuttyng a veyne goynge before applye thys playster vpon the place R. of the middle of broune breade lythed in goates mylke or cowes mylke li. ii of oyle of camomille and dylle ana â„¥ iii. of oyle of roses complete â„¥ i. ss the yolkes of thre egges of saffran Ê’ ss make a solyde playster of all these thynges Another R. of the rootes of enula caÌ„pana li. i. of holihocke li. i. ss seeth theÌ„ all in water stampe them and streyn theÌ„ put to the streynynge of oyle of camomylle lillies dille and swete almondes ana â„¥ i. ss of goates suet of calues suet anÌ„ â„¥ iii. of oyle of roses odoriferous â„¥ ii ss of whyte waxe Ê’ ss make a soft cerote at the fyre addyng of beane floure well bulted â„¥ ii hermodactilles â„¥ i. ss of saffran Ê’ ss of camomylle mellilyte wormewood fynely stamped of euery one a lytle vse thys cerote for it is a good medicyne agaynst colde mattier of the ioynctes Another R. of oyle of spike wormewood and of myrte ana â„¥ ii of oyle of roses coÌ„plete â„¥ i. ss of camomylle mellilote sticados wormewood ana mÌ„ ss of yua muscata of the floures of rosmarye of eche a lytle of goates suet â„¥ iii. of odoriferous wine li. ss Let theÌ„ seeth all together tyll the wyne be coÌ„sumed then strayne them and put to the straynyng of whyte waxe as much as shall suffyce make a lynement and rubbe therwith the ioyntes before ye vse the forsaid cerote An other cerote of ryght good operatioÌ„ â„ž of the rootes of enula campana of walwort of euery one â„¥ iij. of the rotes of holihock .li. i. ss seeth them all in water stampe them and strayne them and make a softe cerote wyth sufficiente whyte waxe and wyth the composition vnderwrytten â„ž of oyle of roses odoriferous of oyle of camomill spike or wormewood of euery one â„¥ iij. of oile of ypericon â„¥ i. ss of oyle of lyllies â„¥ ij of the floures of camomil mellilote rosemary sauine of euery one a lytle of squinantum of wormewood of yuamuscata of euery one mÌ„ ss of the nuttes of cypres brayed nombre .iiij. of calues suet of hennes grese and gose grese ana Ê’ x. of the rotes of enula caÌ„pana walwort ana â„¥ ij ss of quycke frogges in noÌ„bre foure let them sethe all together wyth a softe fyer in .ij .li. of good odoriferous wyne tyll the wyne be consumed then strayne them vehementlye and wyth the former straynyng make a softe cerote whose offyce is to remoue all olde paynes of goutes to resolue the matter to coÌ„forte the weake parte And though it maye be administred in all tymes yet it semeth to be better in the state declination of the dysease There happeÌ„ often paynes and goutes in the knees of mengled matter wherwyth Iuly the seconde was wonte to be vexed in the sprynge tyme and in haruest Wherfore by the counsell of hys phisitions we vsed verye often the vnction folowynge â„ž of oyle of roses omphacine of oyle of roses complete odoriferous of euery one Ê’ ij of oyle of camomille â„¥ i. and. ss of earthe wormes washed wyth wyne â„¥ ss of the wyne of pomegranades of womans mylke of euery one â„¥ ij of saffran ℈ i. of the iuyce of plantayne of the iuyce of the rootes of enula campana of euery one â„¥ i. of calues suete and of the marye of the legges of the same of euerye one Ê’ viij lette them seethe all together tyl the wyne and the iuyces bene consumed then strayne them laye thys vnction vpon the place thre or foure tymes a daye byndynge thervpon a clothe dypped in the forsayde oyntmente for it is a presente remedye and after thre dayes ye shal laye vppon all the knee thys cerote folowynge â„ž of the floure of beanes and lentylles of euery one li. ss braÌ„ne well grounde mÌ„ ij of camomille of mellilote stamped of euery one mÌ„ i. of stamped wormewood of the floures of rosemarye of euery one mÌ„ ss of roses â„¥ i. make a styffe plaister of al these wyth sufficient sodden wyne a lytle wyne of pomegranades addynge in the ende of the decoction of oyle of roses complete of dille of euery one â„¥ i. ss of oyle myrtyne oyle of camomil anÌ„ â„¥ ij of gose grese of calfs suet of euery one Ê’ x. of whyte waxe â„¥ i. ss Thys playster is good after augmentation vnto the ende and yf ye wolde put thervnto of goates douÌ„ge brayed â„¥ v. of odoriferous wyne â„¥ iiij it shulde be of greater effecte Vse thys ordynaunce vpon the knee after the maner of a playster Item the forsayde playster made of the crommes of breade and cowes mylke and saffran is of good operation in all tymes Nowe we wyll come to the cure of the goute called sciatica of the huckelbones Fyrst Cure of sciatica the humours must be digeste and purged and the humour that causeth thys dysease for the moste part is cold namely flegmatike wherfore the purgation muste be suche as purgeth flemme After purgation the playster folowyng is coÌ„uenient wherwyth we haue healed many â„ž of the floure of barlye lupynes cicers beanes lentilles ana â„¥ iiij cowes donge and goates donge ana .li. ss of camomille mellilote ana mÌ„ i. of braÌ„ne wel grounde mÌ„ ij of sticados of the floures of rosemarye of euery one mÌ„ ss of mugworte wormewood roses myrtilles nepte of euery one mÌ„ i. of squinantum a lytle of coriaÌ„ders of swete fenell of euery one Ê’ vi pouder them all that maye be poudred as small as maye be and seeth them wyth sufficient sodden wyne tyll they ben thycke and styffe theÌ„ put thervnto of oyle of roses complete of camomil of dille of spyke of euery one â„¥ i. ss oyle myrtyne of oyle of laurel of ê‘cely of terbeÌ„tine of iuneper of euery one Ê’ vi of agrippa of dialthea of euery one â„¥ i. of whyte waxe â„¥ i. ss myngle them melte the waxe and the oiles at
oyle maye be compared to the balsamum The ordynaunce of it is after thys sorte R. of oyle omphacyne two pound of storax calamita Oâ—â—um benedictum of laudanum of olibanum of saffranne of gumme arabyk of mader of gumme of the yuye tree of aloes succatryne of mastyke of cloues of galingale of cynamome of nutmigges of cubebes of euerye one two ounces of gumme elimi li. i. of myrrhe of bdelium of euerye one â„¥ i. ss of galbanuÌ„ sixe ounces of spike of lignum aloes of euerye one â„¥ i. rasyn of the pyne of armonyke of opoponax of euery one ten draÌ„mes poudre the thynges that bene toke poudered and mengle them wyth the sayde oyle and then put them in a lembike wyth hys heade and receyuoure and stille them accordynge to arte and let all the vesselles be stopped wyth luto sapiencie Fyrste put the lembike vpon a softe fyre the space of xii houres encreasinge the same from .vi. to .vi. houres tyl all be stilled whyche done pouder the residue of the spices agayne and wyth the forsayd oyle beyng stilled as is aforsayd let them be stilled againe and so at the laste ye shal haue an oyle lyke vnto bawme Here foloweth an artificiall oyle of bawme Bawme artificial which is a great and a noble secrete to conserue health R. of cynamome cloues nutmigges ginger zedoar longe blacke peper of the graynes of iuneper of the ryndes of limons and orenges of laurel beryes of the leaues of sage basille rosemarye rounde mintes of penyrial geÌ„cian calamint of the floures of elders of the floures of rosemary of spike narde of lignum aloes of wild cubebes of cardomomuÌ„ of calamus aromaticus of stichados of saint Iohns wort of germaÌ„der of mirre of mastike of olibanuÌ„ of aloes epatike of the sedes leaues of dylle of the seede of motherworte ana â„¥ i. of fatte drye figges of raysons of the meate of dates of swete almons of kernelles of a pyneaple of euerye one ten drammes of white hony â„¥ vi whyte suger asmuch stampe them all and stille them renewe them thries at the lest wyth the spices remayning in the botom Another oyle of bawme of oure inuention whyche is of the same effecte that the other is and healeth greate and freshe woundes R. of moost clere terebentyne li. ii of oyle omphacyne li. ss of guÌ„me elimi â„¥ vi of newe rasyn of the pyne of colophonia of euerye one â„¥ iii. of myrrhe aloes epatike fraÌ„kynsence of sarcocolle mastyke armonyake dissolued with vinagre of euerye one â„¥ i. ss of cloues nutmigges cubebes cynamome of euery one thre draÌ„mes of the seede of saynte Iohns worte of mader of fine grayne wherwyth scarlet is died of euerye one ten drammes of earth wormes washed wyth wyne â„¥ viii poudre the thinges that be to be poudred and mengle theÌ„ all together addynge of maluesye li. i. ss stille them in a glasse as it is aforesayde ☞ Note that the water which shall come out of thys composicion is verye good for the woundes of the heade thoughe the sculle be broken wythoute discouerynge of the boone and administred wyth cerotes and the poudre wrytten in the chapter for the breakynge of the sculle Thys oyle maye wel be compared wyth bawme and hathe all the vertues requisite to heale woundes perfytlye and chieflye those whyche are in synnowy places For as Auicenne sayeth a medicyne apte to heale woundes of synnowes must be hote and dry of fine partes and temperate heat wythout mordication Oyle of yolkes of egges Oyle of yolkes of egges is good to smoth the roughnes of the skynne and also to remoue tetters and ryngwormes and chappes Item it swageth payne of colde vlceres in synnowye places and of vlcers of the eares and it is made as it foloweth Take the yolkes of twenty egges wyth the shelles soddeÌ„ with water then staÌ„pe theÌ„ in a mortar and sette the yolkes only on the fyre in a lytle brasse panne and styrre them aboute tyll they begynne to heaue vp froÌ„ the botome of the panne wyth fome then putte them in a weted thycke clothe and presse them stroÌ„glye in a presse and vse thys oyle for it is a present remedye in all the forsaid passions Here foloweth the ordinaunce of an oyle magistrale of our description whyche we haue proued to be verye good Oyle magistrale agaynste all colde passions of the sinnowes and ioynctes for it heateth moderatelye and dryeth and resolueth straung humidities of the synnowes of ioynctes and therfore it cureth the palsye and crampe comynge of a moyste cause Item it remedyeth swymmynge in the heade epilepsia and apoplexia yf ye annoynte the coronall comissure therwyth And it is thus made R. of oyle of nardus of costus of oyle of a foxe mastyke flouredeluyce lillies of euery one two ounces of oyle of roses odoriferous li. iii. of newe brycke li. iii. Then burne the brycke and putte it hote into the sayde oyles and afterwarde stampe them and braye them and stylle them with the oyles in a lembicke and kepe the distillation for the sayde infirmities The oyle of yperycon or saynte Iohns worte is wrytten in the boke of simples whereunto ye shal resorte An artificial oyle of bawme Oyle of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is singuler for woundes of the synnowes and for diseases coming by colde humours and to remedie the crampe the palseye the epilepsye beynge layed vpon the coronall seame is thus ordeyned R. of terebentyne a pound of whyte frankynsence of laudanum of euery one foure ounces of mastike of galingale of cloues of cinamome of zedoar of nutmigges cubebes of lingnum aloes of euery one two ounces of gumme elimi sixe drammes of oyle of roses omphacyne li. ss of oile of mastyke â„¥ ii ss of earthe wormes washed wyth wine thre ounces mengle them all together and stille them in a glasse as is aforesayde Oyle of swete almons smotheth the brest and the longes and suppleth the hardnes dryenes of the ioyntes and swageth thyrst and therfore it is good for them that haue the ptisike and peynes of the eares caused of mixt matter The oyle of bitter almons easeth the paine of the eares caused of colde matter for it driueth awaye the wyndynes and hissynge of the same and amendeth defenes Moreouer it remoueth spottes of the face and softeneth hardnes of the synowes kylleth wormes through his bitternes Oyle of peches is of lyke effecte Oyle of lynseed hath greate vertue ageynst all passions of the fundament and it is conuenientlye administred in medecynes ordeyned for the crampe Item it is a goode medecyne for the roughnes of the synnowes paynes of the ioyntes Oyle of laurell by reson of his aromatick nature is good for the colik caused of colde matter it comforteth cooled and weakened synnowes and also the crampe and fynallye all colde synnowy diseases Oyle of roses complete that is to saye made of roses and olyues perfitlye
of colde mattier and agaynste a catarrat and they are thus made R. of the spyces of hiera simplex ʒ vi of turbith of sticados ana ʒ iii. of trociskes of coloquintida ʒ ii ss of diagridium ana ʒ ii of agaryke in trociskes ʒ v. make pilles with the iuyce of wormewood in the quātitie of peason The receyt of them is ʒ i. Pilles whyche olde men reumatyke and of dymme syghte vse They purge all euyll humours sharpen the syghte repare hearynge strength the other sences mundifye the brayne are thus made R. of washed aloes ℥ i. ss of diagradium ℥ ss of all the mirabolanes of reubarbe of mastyke of sene of wormewood of dodyr of euerye one ʒ i. ss of agaryke in trociskes of the spyces of hiera simplex of diarrodon abbatis ana ʒ iii. make pilles wyth the iuyce of fenell in the quantitie of peason the receyt of them is ʒ i. Pillule auree purge cholerike humours in the stomake in the brayn and cure choleryke diseases ben good agaynst wyndynes Pillule lucis are verye good for cold diseases of the eyes they bryng forthe euyll and duskysh humours Moreouer they resolue vapoures in the brayne darknyng the syght they strengthen the spirites and vertue of seynge R. of eufrage ʒ vi of agaryke of sene ana ʒ v. of all the mirobalanes ana ℥ ss of roses violettes trociskes of coloquintida of turbyth of cubebes of calamus aromaticus of nutmigges of spike of epithimū of xilobalsamum of carpobalsamū of siler montanum Rue squinantū assarū cloues cynamome annyse fenel smalache cassia lignea saffran mastyke an̄ ʒ ii of aloes ℥ ii make a past wyth water of fenell the receyt is ʒ i. ss Pilles of fumitory are verye good aagaynst all scabbes morte mall canker leper frenche pockes cancrena Item they purge all coleryke burnte and bytynge humours salt fleume Pilles agaynst the frenche pockes whyche muste be ministred in stronge bodies in the somer whē the disease is confirmed for they purge salt fleume burnte cholere Pilles for the pockes and wyndy humours from the ioynctes and from farre places are made after thys sorte R. of al the mirobalanes an̄ ʒ iii. of trociskes of coloquintida of mastyke of diagredium ana ʒ ii ss of nigella of organy of cumyne ana ʒ iii. of blacke elebore ʒ ii of spyke of euphorbium of a hartes horne brente of sall gemme ana ʒ ss of maydenheare of the coddes of sene of politticum and gallitricum of the floures of rosemarye of hartes tonge of epithimum ana ʒ i. ss of corianders of annyse of polipodium an̄ ʒ v. of good triacle ʒ vi of agaryke in trociskes of washed aloes ana ʒ x. of the spices of hiera de octo rebus of the spyces of diarrodon abbatis ana ʒ viii make a paste of pilles wyth the iuce of fumitory and honye of roses the receyt is ʒ i. Pillule inde haue lyke vertue Pillule fetide haue vertue to purge corrupte grosse raw slymye and choleryke humours from farre places from the ioynctes Therfore they be geuen to them that haue goutes and be scabbie Pilles of euphorbiū haue lyke vertue Pilles of harmodactiles the lesse are vsed in hote goutes the greater in colde goutes for they purge grosse humours of the ioynctes Pilles of liquiryce or bechichie take away the roughnes of the throte and helpe them that haue a stronge hote coughe smothinge the brest and causynge spitle to issue out easelye ¶ The .xxi. chapter of waters and fyrst of magistral waters WAter called the mother of bawme Mother of bawme is thus compounde ℞ of terebentyne li. ii of frākincēce ℥ ii of lignum aloes ℥ i. of mastyke of cloues of galingale cynamome nutmigges cubebes ana ℥ i. ss of gūme elimi ℥ vi as muche good aqua vite as the quātitie of all the forsayd is stampe the thynges together and putte them in a stillatorye after one daye and stille them wyth a softe fyre the water that shall come forth is called the mother of bawme which beynge mengled wyth as much of aqua celestis herafter wrytten and stilled agayne shal haue marueilouse vertues agaynste colde passions and also hote it is called the ladye of all medicines A singuler water whyche is called the water of bawme A singuler water or oyle of bawme is made as foloweth R. of terebentyne li. iiii of frankincence of mastyke ana ℥ ii of aloes epatyke of laudanum of castoreum of date stones of the rootes of ditanye and of consolida the lesse ana ℥ i. stille them al in a lembike of glasse wyth a soft fyre The fyrste water shal be clere as the water of a sprynge The second shal be yelow swymmeth aboue the other in the vessell The thyrde shal be reddesh as good saffran and when it begynneth to be red and thycke as honye than begynneth the thyrde water The fyrste water is called water of baume the seconde oyle of baume the thyrde artificyall baume And some call it the ouercomer of baume for it is stronger than baume The fyrst burneth lyke a candle the secōd curdeth mylke If ye put the thyrde into a glasse of clere water with the poynt of a knyfe one droppe at ones it wyll go downe to the botome wtoute sondrynge of it selfe and whan it hathe bene there an houre yt wyll mount vp to the toppe as true baume doeth The fyrst is good the seconde is better the thyrde is best and hath the vertues folowynge Fyrste yf ye wash your face twyse or thryes a day with it and chefely the nosethrylles it cureth a reume descendynge from the brayne and clarifyeth the syght And yf ye rubbe the hyndre parte of the heed therewith it comforteth the remembraunce and sharpeneth the spirites of man Item yf ye put it in a violle well stopped with odoriferous herbes and so leaue it syxe dayes it wyll drawe the vertue of the sayde herbes vnto it and so ye maye make sublymed wyne puttyng into a glas full of wyne two or thre droppes of thys water and so the wyne shall haue the coloure sauour and odoure of the herbes and spyces wherewith it was mengled Item flesh and fysh put in this water rotte not and yf it be rotten it byteth awaye the tottennesse and preserueth the hole parte It induseth appetite comforteth the stomake and consumeth fleme in the botome of the stomake Taken wyth a lytle wyne it cureth a stynkynge breath Yf ye put a serpent or a toode in a cloute wette therwith they shall dye incontinentlye And it hathe lyke vertue agaynst all venymes euen as true baume hath And it is like in operation to fyne triacle and consumeth all apostemes vlcers fystules swellynge pustles woundes emoroides brusynges c. And it is repercussyne of colde humours deficcatiue and cōsumptyue Item if ye wash the teeth with it twyse or thryes it shal heale mundifye and strengthen them It healeth also
the palsye and fortifyeth all the membres and is hoote aboue all thynge that maye be founde and of so great percynge that yf one drop be put into the hande it wyll pearce through the same wythout hurte Item in swellynge of the feete or of the legges and paynes of the ioyntes yf ye wash the sayde places therwith and playster them with a lynnen cloute it shall cure all diseases commynge of colde matter and rotten blood Fynally it is a synguler remedye for synnowes drawen togyther yf ye bathe them thre or four tymes therewithall The thyrde water whiche hath the colour of blood is of such vertue that yf a leprous man vse therof xv dayes halfe a sponefull euerye mornynge he shal be healed Item it preserueth youth yf it be receyued in the mornynge with a grayne of wheate with a sponeful of floures of borage Aqua celestis is of two kyndes Aqua celestis as we wyl declare in this present chapiter Yf ye mengle with it asmoch of the water called mother of baume stylle it agayne ye haue the treasure of al medicynes And yf ye wyll ye may sondre the foure elementes one from an other Fyrst we wyll speake of the vertues of these two waters The fyrst water is of suche vertue that yf it be put into a fresh wound it healeth it in .xxiiii. houres so it be not mortall And it healeth maligne vlcers cankers noli me tangere olde woundes within the space of .xv. dayes yf ye wash them with the sayde water euery thyrde daye And yf ye putte a droppe of it vpon a carbuncle it mortifyeth the malignitie of the same shortly Item yf ye put of the sayde water into the eye that hath lost his syght so that it be not vtterly lost it shall be recouered within thre dayes or .viii. at the vttermoost And if a man drink a droppe of it with a lytle good wine it breaketh the stone in the space of .ii. houres whether it be in the reines or in the blader It mollifyeth hardned synnowes yf ye wash thē therewith and manye other vertues it hathe whiche for breuitie we ouerpasse The seconde water hath colour of bloode and is mooste precyous it preserueth the bodye from diseases and comforteth the weake membres chefely of olde men It restoreth remēbraunce sharpeneth the spyrites comforteth the herte purifyeth blood consoundeth the longes healeth all dyseases of the mylt and kepeth the ioyntes from goutes causeth good digestion purgeth colde and rotten humours healeth all agues and brefely it conserueth and comforteth al the partes and membres of mans body This water must be vsed from the monethe of Nouember tyll the moneth of Apryll and ye must take but halfe a sponefull at ones nor oftener thā ones a weke The maner to make it is this Fyrst ye must haue a vessell of glasse a cubyte hye or ther aboute and fylle it with aqua vite made of good wyne and se that it be wel stopped than couer it in horsedonge or in grape shales or in doues donge so that it be not to moyste nor to hote lest the glasse breake and ye must leue the necke of the glasse without in the ayre The glasse through the heate of the donge wyll boyle myghtelye so that the water wyll ascende to the neck of the same and descende agayne to the botome through the coldenesse of the ayre and so it wyll come to perfection within the space of thirty days than drawe oute the glasse and putte the thynges folowynge into the water and stop the mouth that it breath not out and so leaue it eyght dayes Laste of all put the glasse in balneo marie with sande settynge on a heed wyth a receyuer well stopped and make a softe fyre and gather the first water while it semeth to drop down clere But when ye se the water turne into a redde coloure immedyatelye chaunge the receyuer for this is the second water whiche ye shal kepe in a glasse well stopped The spyces that enter into this water be these ℞ of good cynamome of cloues of nutmygges of gynger galingale zedoarye longe pepper and rounde of the ryndes of a citron of spyke narde lignum aloes cubebes cardomomum calamus aromaticus germander saynt Iohns wort maces white frankensence rounde tormentyl hermodactiles of the pythe of whyte walworte of iuniper and laurell beryes of the seed of mugwort of smalage of fenell of aneys of floures of basyle of rosemarye of sage leaues of maiorum mynte penyryal sticados floures of elders of red roses whyte of rue of scabiouse of lunarie the lesse of agrimonye of tentaurye of fumiterrye of pinpernel daundelion of eufrage of maydeheere of the herbe called caput monachi or ēdiue of the seed of sorelle of yelowe saunders of aloes epatik ana ℥ ii of ambrosyne of fyne reubarbe ana ʒ ii of drye fygges of reysons of dates wtout stoones of swete almondes of graynes of the pyne ana ℥ i. of aqua vite made wyth good wyne to the quantytie of them all and foure tymes as moche sugre as they ben all that is to saye for one pounde of ingredience foure pounde of sugre of whyte honye two pounde than put to the vnderwrytten of the rootes of genciane of the floures of rosemarye of nigella that groweth in the corne of bryonia of the roote of the herbe called panis porcinus of the seede of wormewoode ana ʒ ss This water is called aqua celestis but before ye styll the water ye must quenche in it an hoote plate of golde oftentymes and putte to it orientall peerles and so stylle the water and take hede that the peerles remayne not aloone wythoute water for yf they be sette on the fyre without water they wyll loose theyr coloure ¶ Of the vertues of sondrye waters THe water of buglose or baume called melissa and the floures of Borage reioyse the hert of man water of the floures of elders is good for the hardnesse of the milt and it openeth the wayes of vryne and scoureth the face water of rosemarye is good for all colde passyons of the synnowes water of plantayne is good for bledynge with refrigeratyon and stipticitie water of synkefoyle prouoketh vryne and grauellye water water of scabiouse is good for the passyons of the brest as a cough a canker .c. water of the rootes of bruscus asparage fenell percelye smallage is good for the stoone For these herbes open the veynes and prouoke vryne The water of the herbe called gramen kylleth wormes openeth opilations and prouoketh vryne water of nyghtshade or morell is good for an hote lyuer and is very refrigeratyue water of madder openeth the veynes of the matrice water of the floures of camomylle swageth inwarde paynes water of myntes comforteth a colde stomake water of betonye openeth the veynes of the matrice water of saxifrage breaketh the stone in the reynes and in the bladder and dryueth out grauellye water ¶ Here endeth the
a paÌ„ne wyth a lytle butter The thyrde is parietarye dressed in lyke maner The fourthe is thys cerote folowynge â„ž the rootes of Holyhocke sodden in the broth of fleshe and stamped li. ss of the meate of rosted apples â„¥ iiij of oyle of Camomyll â„¥ ij ss of oyle of violettes and dylle ana â„¥ ss of hennes grese and butter ana â„¥ j. of oyle of swete almons Ê’ v. of calues and wethers suet of euerye one Ê’ x. make a cerote with suffycient waxe addynge of Saffran Ê’ ss ¶ Of the diseases of the bellye and the stomake FYrst for the colyke ye shall vse this decoctioÌ„ wyth a sponge For the Colyke or with rawe threede â„ž of Camomylle dylle mellilote mugwort of euery one mÌ„ j. ss of fenugreke â„¥ ij of coryander anyse cumyne of euery one â„¥ ss of hony â„¥ iij. of miliuÌ„ branne husked beanes of euerye one mÌ„ j. of floures of rosemarye of sauerye maiorum wormewoode nept wylde myntes of euery one mÌ„ ss of asshes li. ss sethe them all in sufficient quantitie of water wherin a wethers heade hathe ben sodden vntyll the thyrde part be consumed and applye it as is sayde Item it is good to make a clyster of the sayd decoction with oyle of Camomylle dylle and diafinicon An oxe bladder also fylled with the sayde decoction and layed hote vpon the bellye is of good operation and so is thys playster folowyng â„ž of beane floure li. ij of branne and milium brayed of euerye one mÌ„ j. of Camomylle Mellilote Dylle ana mÌ„ ss make a styffe playster wyth sufficient sapa and a lytle of the foresayde decoction addynge of oyle of camomylle and dylle ana â„¥ ij of whyte waxe â„¥ j. ss Also a clyster of pure wyne is good in thys case Remedyes whyche remoue yoxyng caused of replecion be hiera constantyni hiera symplex Galeni with a lytle reubarbe which purge fleume chyeflye after the exhibicion of thys vomytiue â„ž of the waters of fenell and sorell ana â„¥ ss of the iuyce of a râ—dyshe roote â„¥ ss of dylle coryander swete fenel of euery one Ê’ ss of syrupe of vynegre of oximell symplex ana â„¥ j. sethe them all together tylle the .iiij. part be consumed ¶ A Chapter for the peyne of the backebone FYrste oyle of spyke mastyk and lillies and the oyle folowynge are conuenient in thys case â„ž of oyle of lillies dylle Camomylle of euery one â„¥ ij of oile of a foxe of agrippa and dialthea ana Ê’ vi of oyle of ypericon â„¥ j. of the iuyce of wormewoode â„¥ ss of squinantum Ê’ ss of erthwormes â„¥ j. ss of good wyne one ciathe sethe them to the consumption of the wyne than sethe them and strayne them and make a lynimente wyth whyte waxe Item thys cerote folowynge is good for dislocacion of the reynes caused by liftyng of an heuy burthen â„ž of oyle of rooses omphacyne oyle myrtyne of euerye one â„¥ ij of oyle mastyke â„¥ j. of roses wormwoode myrtylle graynes and leaues ana mÌ„ ss of rosemary floures a lytle of odoriferous wyne li. i. let them all sethe besyde the oyles tyll the thyrde parte of the wyne be consumed than strayne them and putte to the straynynge the sayd oyles and lette them sethe agayne a lytle tyll the wyne be consumed addynge of pouder of myrtylle leaues and graynes ana Ê’ vi of al the saunders ana Ê’ ij And yf ye put therunto of terebentyne â„¥ j. ss of mastyke â„¥ ss it shal be of greater confortacion and cleuynge ¶ Of the remedyes of the flankes TO rype hote Apostemes in the flankes ye shal vse this playster â„ž of mallowes sodden in the brothe of fleshe mÌ„ ij of wheate barley floure ana â„¥ iiij make a styffe playster wyth the forsayd mallowes addynge of butter of comune oyle â„¥ ij ss the yolke of two egges whaÌ„ the aposteme is cold let it be ryped with this plaister â„ž of the rotes of white lillies of holyhockes ana â„¥ iiij sethe theÌ„ in water stampe them and afterward make a styffe playster with the floure of lynseed and wheate addyng of butter and swynes grese ana â„¥ ij and whan ye shall take the iuyce from the fier put theruÌ„to the yolke of an egge and yf resolutioÌ„ be requyred in a hote matter ye shall applye a playster of cromes of bread dypped in the broth of flesshe wyth oyle of Camomylle and rooses and a lytle Saffran And yf the Aposteme be colde resolutiue shal be of thys sorte â„ž of the cromes of bread li. j. ss of the decoction of the seconde receyt asmuche as shall suffyce of oyle of Camomylle and roses of euery one â„¥ ij of butter â„¥ j. of Camomyll mellylote branne brayed mÌ„ ss make a styffe playster of them We wyll speke nothynge of repercussiue medicynes for they ought not to be applyed in the emunctoryes For other intentions ye shall resort to the fyrste booke If the Aposteme come to formication or stynkynge ye may remoue the borders wyth a ruptorye of capitell puttynge in to the Aposteme vnguentum de Cerusa that the ruptorie towche not the vlcered partes After the remotion of the borders ye shall procede wyth a digestiue of terebentyne and butter For the rest of the cure ye shal resort to the generall chapter of Apostemes ¶ A Chapter of the diseases of the yarde FYrste for the chafynge and swellynge of the yarde ye shall vse the whytes and yolkes of egges beateÌ„ wyth oyle of rooses the iuyce of plantayne and lettuce or vnguentum Populeon laboured in a mortar of leade And to take awaye the swellynge spedely it is good to make a playster of beanes sodden wyth mallowes and lettuce in the brothe of flesshe wyth oyle of Rooses and the yolkes of Egges And to take awaye the maligne pustules of the yarde oure pouder of mercurye or vnguentum Myxtum is a presente remedye Vnguentum Egyptiacum made wyth wyne of pomegranates remoueth the cancrene of the yarde The grene water vnderwrytten dryeth vp the vlceration that is wont to chaunce betwene the skynne the heade of the yarde â„ž of water of plaÌ„tayne .li. ss of water of roses of whyte wyne ana â„¥ ij of roche alume â„¥ ss of syrupe of rooses â„¥ j. of verdegrese Ê’ ij sethe them all together a lytle besyde the verdegrese and than put in the berdegrese whan ye take the rest froÌ„ the fyer Item vnguentum Egyptiacum dissolued wyth water of plantayne and conueyed in wyth a syryng is a conuenient medicyne If a venemous pustule riseth betwene the yard and the skynne than ye shal vse an actuall cauterye or vnguentum Egyptiacum or a trociske of Minium If the yard be chafed or excoriated through hote mattier and Choleryke a whytesief of water of roses and plantayne or vnguentum de Tucia is a good remedie Water of plantayne also with a lytle alume dryeth the vlceracion of the yarde But for an vlceration and excoriacion in the conduyte of the