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A02364	The Frenche chirurgerye, or all the manualle operations of chirurgerye , vvith divers, & sundrye figures, and amongst the rest, certayne nuefovvnde instrumentes, verye necessarye to all the operationes of chirurgerye. Through Iaques Guillemeau, of Orleans ordinarye chirurgiane to the Kinge, and sworen in the citye of Paris. And novv truelye translated out of Dutch into Englishe by A.M.; Oeuvres de chirurgie. English	Guillemeau, Jacques, 1550?-1613.; A. M., fl. 1598.	1598 (1598)	STC 12498; ESTC S122176	253,267	144

som vvhich are extreame hott a little gentler accordinge as their operatione is tardive Amongst them are numbred the Cantharides the Tartre the common Vitrioll or the calcined the vnslissed lims the Auripigment the Arsenicvm the sublimate the Aqvafortis the Oyle of Vitriolle vvith more others the vvhich vve novvadayes doe seldome vse in such sorte as they are vvith out praeparinge or mixinge of them to make any Fontanelles because that experience hath taught vs some vvhich are farre more convenient lesse daungerouse The vse of the actuall Cauterye The actuall Cauterye is much conveniēter then the Potentiall vvhether it be vve consider on the nature substāce on the healthfullnes festinatione and certayntye in operatione for the fyer is a simple element havinge noe other forces then by the heate therof exsiccation vvithout havīge associated vnto it anye venoumousnes vvherfore the operatione therof is festivous certayne healthfull pearcing deeper therine vvhen vve please vvithout causing anye accidentes in the circumiacent partes althoughe that thervvith vve chaunce to touch them that because of the subtilenes therof and consideringe the virtues of his substance It is an enimye vnto all corruption vvherfor it freethe alsoe from all covruptione putrefactione yea it consumeth all venoumouse matter qvallityes vvhich in that parte might lye occulted and hidden consumeth also all superfluouse humidityes and correcteth alsoe all vntemperate coulde and moysture VVher on the contrarye the matter The vse of the potentiall Cauterye the matter virtues therof and vvherone vve ought to consider vvherof the Potentiall cauteryes are made are oftentimes venoumouse And hovv soever they be praepared yet ther operatione actione is vncertayne retardate and slovve and sometimes alsoe daūgerouse vvithout simplye knovvinge the vittues therofe hovve to limite his operatione Because somtimes it spreadeth it selfe broader then our meaninge is it shoulde and causeth more detriment and harme in corrosione then vvillinglye vve vvoulde it shoulde because it doth not only combure burne the place vvhereone it is applyed But beinge vnited vvith our naturalle caliditye it extendeth and pearceth alsoe deeper in the fleshe then is necessarye it shovlde vvherthroughe that parte beinge by little and little calefyed and vvarmed it imprinteth not onlye one that place his venoumouse nature but extendeth it self farther throughe the circumiacent vaynes Arteryes Synnues in the vvorthye partes spoylinge oftentimes burninge the good vvel disposed complexion of that parte out of the vvhich commonlye follovve verye badde accidentes and vlcerations vvhich therafter verye difficultlye vvilbe cured yea also some times a Gangraena Notvvithstandinge althoughe the Chyrurgians novveadayes are boulde enoughe in the application of actuall Cauteryes novvithstandinge most commōlye they vse the potentialle consideringe the feare affrightednes vvhich the Patientes conceave therofe soe that the actuall Cauteryes are allmost therthroughe relapsede into oblivione It is right true Velvet Cauteryes that the Potentiall Cauteryes vvhich novve adayes vve vse are indeede of velvet verye excellēt vvhere of I never as yet knevve anye badde accident to follovve throughe the longe vse vvherof vve have learned the certayntye hovve to make them VVe must note that in the Potentiall Cauteryes or Ruptoryes vve adde nothinge vvhich hath any venoumouse nature or qvallitye Because they cōsidering their virtues are through our naturall calliditye compelled to doe their operation vvhich by little little suscitateth the redormitinge soporiferouse forces therof soe that it is not possible but that of necessitye this venoumouse nature must imprint some parcell of her venoumousnes in that parte if soe be at the least ther be any venoumousnes mixed thervvith vvherfore most commonlye one this sorte vve praepare it that immediatlye it might shevve forth his operatione VVe make novve adayes Cauteryes in form of Trociskes of divers kīdes of Ashes Saultes The matter of the potentiall Cauteries vvhich novv adayes are in vse limes The ashes are made of Oackē vvood of Figgetreevvoode of VineBranches of Beanestravve of Cabbage stalkes and of Titimallo The saultes are Alcali Salpeter Armoniac Sault of glasse Vitrioll Tartare or Pottashes vvherof vve ether of anye partes of the same make lye out of the vvhich vve extracte a Corrosive sault vvhich may be made strong debile or extreame stronge and acute accordinge vvith all that vvhich commeth in the foresayed lye Mr. Pare Amōgst all Cauteryes vvhich are made that is one of the best vvhich Mr. Paré calleth the Cauterye of Velvet vvhen it is only sodden made as it reqvireth to be done notvvithstandinge it seemed convenient vnto me heere to discribe certayn other Cauteryes vvherof I my selfe have seene divers goode operations Receipte of the Velvet Cauterye Take sault of glasse Potashes vnflist lime of each a povvnde ashes vvhich are burned of the inveterate sydes of a vvynepipe tvvo povvnde Put all these together in a great earthen pott infuse theron 18 or 20 povvnd of cleere vvater and let it so stande soackinge 8. or 10 dayes or as longe till one your tunge you feele the lye to be verye sharpe and tarte or vntill that ther may drive an egge theron vvith a sticke daylye stirringe of the same and then vve must lett it to clarifye sincke vvherof you must defuse the vppermost therof and ether straygne it throughe a thicke close cloute or els throughe a Felt vvithout stirringe of the bottom or foeces therof of vvhich aeqvall parte you must make Trociskes as heer after vve vvill demonstrate An other Cauterye of the disceased Mons r. Cheval Chyrurgiane Of Mons r Cheval Take sault of glasse halfe a povvnd Sal gemmae six ovvnces Sublimate vvhich is smally perfricated halfe an ovvnce Ashes of Vinebranches halfe a povvnde 10 povvnde of common vvater let all this stande and soacke as is above sayed and therof make trociskes addinge in the end thervnto tvvo dragmes of Opiū vvhich is liqvefacted in Aqvavitae An other of Mons r. Rasse Desneux An other of Rasse desneux Take tvvo povvnde of potashes Saul●●f glass and Sal alcali of each halfe a povvnd● 〈◊〉 povvnde of common vvater heerof make a Lixivye as is above rehearsed and alsoe make therof Trociskes An other of Mr. Iaqves de Vile neufve a great practisioner at Mompeliers as I have in the same cittye seene him make An other of Iaqves de Villeneufve Take Sopemakers lye tvvo pounde Vitriol three ovvnces Sublimate one ovvnce make heerof Trociskes addinge in the end thervnto tvvo dragmes of Opium An other of Mons r. de Iovine VVe may also make goode Lixivye onlye of Oackē ashes or of Ashes of Vinebranches vvhē as the same is vvel soddē vvith potashes and of Beanestravve addinge thervnto a little vnslissed lime vvherof vve may make verye excellent goode Cauteryes An other vvhich qvicklye can be made VVe may in one day make verye goode Cauteries taking therto a povvnde of vnslissed lime halfe a

conglutinateth vvith the guttes or entralles is a cause of the bloody flixe vvith payn vvith corrosiō you must thē vvith discretiō vse the urine expulsors or vrine provokīg remedyes because through the vse therof it expelleth the aaquosity throgh the vvhich othervvyse the forsayed viscouse tough Pituita might by chaūce have binne driven out so that thervvith it is made more viscouse and tougher then before for by hovv much the lesse any thick viscouse matter hath adioyned vnto it anye thinne humiditye by soe much it is the vvorse VVe permit some consideringe the imbicillitye of their stomackes to vse drincke a little astringent vvyne Medicamentes vvhich vve must eschevve Farthermore vve must bevvare and take heede of all sharpe mordicant medicamentes as Arsenicum Auripigmentum Antimonium Sal Gemmae manie other such like thinges that because of their to great suddayne evacuationes because they irritate provoacke the dissease Thirdlye vve must consider on the Liver especiallye on the stomacke because all those vvhich are afflicted vvith the bloodye flixe can digest noe viandes The specialle end must be the fluxione or the dissease it selfe The Scopus of the fluxione is to stoppe to diverte the concurrent humors but vve must in the first gentlely easilye reserate the same vvith such consideration as before vve have sayed least that in reseratinge of the same you increase the ague the vvhich vvith reason and experience may chaunce Remedyes vvhich may be taken out of the reason The remedyes vvhich may be taken out of the reason are ether externall or internalle The internall are ether simple or cōpovvnde Simple as Covvemilcke nue Egges vvith Masticke or vvith Ambergreece Poulder of sovver Mulberryes flovvers of Peatches fine Bolus Terra sigillata confited Nuttes Nuttmegges beinge thervvith intermixed Rhabarbarum so acked in Plātine-vvater is alsoe hadde in greate estimatione or in the decoctione of Mirobalanes Syrope of dryed Roses Iulep of Roses Amongst the compounde Remedyes are the Trociskes of Diacorallum Dialectrum De Spodio vvith the iuyce of Endive of Cicorye more other VVe must alsoe content our selves in this dissease vvith sudoriferouse medicaments and vvith easye vomites because throughe diversityes vve may reserate retayne the fluxione This subseqvent poulder is oftentimes vvith great successe administred vsed the vvayght of a Crovvne vvith the yolcke of an Egge rum Boli Armeni terrae sigillatae lapidis Haematites ana drachmas duas picis navalis vnciam semis Coralli rub Margaritarum elect cornu Cervi vsti loti in aqva Plantaginis ana scrup duas Sacchari rosati vncias duas fiat omniū pulvis subtilis capiat drachmam semis vel scrupulos duos mane Admonitione But to commit noe error at all vve must before the reseratione or before the vse of this poulder administer an ounce of Cassie by it selfe or vvith halfe a dragme of Rabarber or vvith an ovvnce of the double Catholicon vvith a decoctione of Plantine of Agrimonye Flovvers of Nenufarre Infusiō of Rubarbe vvith Tamariscus to the refrenatione or bridlinge of this furiouse humoure Or els vve must take a gentle infusione or expressione of Rubarbe made vvith rose-Rosevvater addinge thervnto sixe dragmes or an ounce of Catholicon But besydes all this vve may not reserate restraygne this laske at the first as the common poeple suppose But amongst the externall remedyes Phlebotomye is verye commodiouse for the same but must alvvayes be effected vvith Knovvledge of the cause for that sometimes is more necessarye then all the other remedyes especilye vvhen as the intemperature beinge caused out of the Liver vrgeth vs thervnto but not heerby to debilitate the forces strēgth of the Patient vvhich in this dissease reqvire to be firmed cōforted Phlebotomye must be done vvith discretione the sayed phlebotomye must vvith all discretione be done because the Patient throughe the deprivatione of to greate a qvantitye of Bloode at one time might chaūce to be vvholye superated overcome and fall dovvne deade vnder his packe or burthen For it is knovvn vnto all men that the blood is the treasure of lyfe or the domicille habitatione of the soule Secondly vve may not in Phlebotomizatione be to timorouse fearfull for in place of Phlebotomye yeeldinge ayre to the Vaynes the ague chaunceth sometimes to cōtinue increase alsoe the bloode also gettinge noe ayre is thē polluted vvith some sharpenes or venoumousnes vvhich therafter corrodeth consumeth the entralles The Patient is praeserved by his strengthe throughe goode nouriture feedinge vvhich is easye of digestione throughe the Cordialle corroboratinge medicamentes Amongst the astringent Medicamētes Astringētia ther are the oyles of Quinces of Roses of Masticke oyle of Mirtles beinge intermingled vvith a little astringent poulder in like sorte ther are also confortative Playsters amongst the rest is the cōfortative Plaster of Vigo vvhich vvith cōsideratione must be vsed as before vve have sayed VVe may in this dissease alsoe vse some certayne fumigationes exsiccating Lavamētes Those thinges vvhich are most belonginge to the dissease are the mundificationes and the cōsolidationes of the vlcerationes For the mūdifyinge of all vlcerationes is nothinge els thē to cure to exsic●te to cōsolidate thē VVher fore first of all vve must elavate the vlceratione vvith a clisterye and if the same be profovvnde deepe a little absterge the same mixinge thervnder some confortative thinges to fortifye strengthen the intestines VVhervnto as thē vve may vse mellifyed or Honyed-vvater Barlye-vvater vvith the yolkes of Egges Suger Honye of Roses vvith many other such like thinges beinge mixed thervnder and if soe be vve as yet desire more to mundifye the same vve must then vse the decoctione of vvheaten branne of Vetches and if soe be ther be calidity adioyned therūto vve must thē adde thervnto Sap of Roses of Plantine or iuyce of Night shade or Solatri Remedyes to consolidate the vlceratiōs Touchinge the cōsolidatione that is effected throughe the providence of nature or vvith any incarnatinge medicamētes vvhich vve call Sarcotica Vnto cōsolidatione are foure thinges necessarye to vvitt the clisteryes of Plantine of Hogges grasse and of VVillovvleaves vnto the vvhich vve adde Goates suet Butter oyle of Roses or oyle of svveet Almondes vvhervvith the vlceratiōs be internally annoyneted the punctione acuitye of the vlceration is somvvhat diminished vvhich cōtinually soacketh therī VVe may also verye fitlye mixe theramōgst the sealed earth Franckinsence Sangvis Draconis amongst manye other this one incarnateth very much to vvitt the Lachrima Thuris but vve must note that all these Poulders be verye diminutlye pulverisated least that in the vlcerationes of the entralles they chaunce to corrode bite Clisteryes made on divers fashones As touchinge the Clisteryes vve must at the first vse payne assvvaginge clisteryes as ther are those

the skinne once as broade as the apertione is in phlebotomye Some there be vvhich doe this by the innermost anckle or foure fingers above it In vvhat places the scarifications may be made I have sometimes my selfe very luckylye ominouslye done the same above the knees and in the insyde of the hippes in the bagge of the testicles out of the vvhich first of all issueth a little vvaterye bloode but immediatlye therafter the vvater superfluovslye issueth therout vvithout any inflammatione soe that the foresayed scarifications can not shutt or heale before all the vvater therof be issued runne out the patient all moste grovven smaller the bellye evidentlye vvaxed thinner vvhich in short time vvilbe effected vvith out anye troublesome accidentes happeninge thervnto vvithout anye inflammatione in the foresayed partes More over vve are not to expecte anye daunger heerof as vve might vvel doe vvhen as vve open the bellye of the Dropsy Ascites because one this manner the vvater vvith great qvātitye at one time is not dravven of and if soe be the patient after that ther is a great qvantitye of vvater dravven of beganne to be vveak vve may as then restrayne the droppinge of the vvater vvhē as vve cover the scarifications vvith scraped linte or vvith a fevve burned peeces of linnen and soe stoppe it binde it Out of the vvhich scarificatiōs if soe be vve are disposed to dravve more vvater therout vve as then vntye the foresayed place take avvay the linte from the same cause the patiēt somvvhat to vvalke or ride in a vvaggen or koache if it be possible vvith the legge hanginge out To cause the vvater Councell of Hippocrates to dravv of the vvater verye superfluouslye to runne or issue out of the legges Hippocrates comma●●eth vs to rubbe the foresayed scarificatiōs vvith saulte therafter stue them vvith anye fervēte or hott medicamētes vve must allvvayes cōtinually keep opē the same to vvitt vvith medicamentes vvhich are sharpe bitinge because in such scarifications the auncient professors as Aetius Asclepiades Leonides Hippocrates and Archigenes have allvvayes hadde great confidence therin But before vve must come to these scarifications vve must consider one the strength one the age of the patiēt for these apertions are to noe vse or cōmodytye to those vvhich are vvholye overcome of the sicknes nether those vvhich are very oulde macilēte because that as vvell the one as the other of these scarified partes might easylye out of hande be mortifyed vvithout beinge able in any sorte to retayne keepe backe the same vvherō immediatlye follovveth death by the vvhich oftē times the Physicions or the Chyrurgiās are iniuriouslye vvithout right blamed and of all mē hated had in little vvorthe as I my selfe have knovvne it happen vnto some for the vvhich I vvas not a little greeved How that we shall cure the water burst called Hernia aquosa Chap. 5. IN the Scrotum vvhich vve call the bagg vvher in the testicles are contayned is cōgregate gathered together a certayne vvaterishe moysture through the vvhich the fore sayed bagge commeth to svvel vvhich tume factione or inflatione of the Greeckes is called Hydrocele Hydrocele vvhich seemeth to be a particularre kīde of Dropsye must heere note that this svvellinge sometimes cōmeth but in one syde onlye if soe be that this dissease proceedeth out of any antecedent or foregoinge occasions it necessarilye follovveth that the bloode vvhich into all partes of the bodye is sent as nurriture is permutated chaunged into some vvaterye substāce if so be of any blovve or fall it produceth his originalle then is conteyned in the svvellinge a blooddye kinde of moysture This aqvositye remayneth not The signes of a vvater burst in one certayne place onlye because sometimes she is congreated situated betvveen the first secōde membrane of the testicles vve may knovve this vvhen as vve depresse the svvellinge because as then the foresayed moysture agayn by little little runneth therin the bagge as then is more safter nether can vve perceave anye hardenes or tumefaction therin as the vvaterye moysture vvhich is situated vvithin the concavitye of the Scrotum because the foresayed aqvositye is not drivē therin yea also in the same syde vvher the moystnes demonstrateth her selfe there lyeth the svvellinge in forme of an egge or in an ovale figure nether as then can vve ether throughe the sight perceave or throughe the touchinge therof feele any parte of the testicle because the foresayed testicle lyeth therin hidden and vvhen vve assemble liken them both together he appeareth somvvhat greater more svvollen and vvhen as this svvellinge or inflation of the testicles is greate thē is the bagge of the testicles vpvvardes somvvhat longe stretched out and elevated soe that the vpper end of the yarde partlye alsoe vnder the tumefaction lyeth hidden occulte Somtimes alsoe is this vvaterishe humidty secluded in a severall membrane as in a little blather the vvhich onlye for that purpose is constituted ordayned as cōmonlye chaunceth in the tumefactione Ateroma and vvhen it is soe then is the svvellinge rovvnde closelye compacted together soe that it seemeth to be a thirde testicle There is alsoe oftentimes a ventosytye gathered together in the bagge or Scrotum as if it vveare a vvaterye humiditye or moysture vvhich rightlye to discerne knovve the one frō the other vve must consider that the vvindye Hernia Whereby vve may knovv the vvindye Hernia or burst is partlye harde and light and is at one time engendred on the suddayn subitlye cā it leese it selfe departe vvhere to the contrarye the vvaterye Hernia doth not vvholye departe but vvaxeth somtimes a little smaller consideringe anye smalle ague or els consideringe the greate abstinence that especiallye in yonge childrene If so be therfore that there be noe great qvantitye of moysture or humiditye then is the tumefaction soft but if that there be greate qvantitye it causeth then such a renitatione or stretchinge out as a bottle vvhich is full and closelye stopped is heavye in elevatinge or liftinge vp such a svvellinge by little little increaseth the vaynes of the bagge of the testicles svvell vvhē as vvith the fingers vve thrust theron the humeditye flyeth befor the finger spreadethe her selfe rovvnde about the finger that vvheron vve doe not crushe beareth vp it selfe and this vvaterishe humiditye revealeth her selfe over thvvarte as in a glasse or in a blather as easylye vve may espye vvhen as vve houlde a cādle close thervnto one the syde of the svvellinge and looke then one the other syde And soe farreforth as the humiditye therin contayned and occluded be vvaterishe then the inflatione or svvellinge glistenneth is of such a colour as the circumiacent partes therabout lyīge are if soe be it be blodye or like the vvine mother or dregges and faeces of vvine then is the

svvellinge reddishe of coloure or purple coloured To knovve vvheter the Hernia be one both sydes if soe be vve finde all these signes and tokens in both sydes of the Scrotum or bagge of the testicles it is then a signe of tvvo kindes of Hernia to vvitt in everye syde one All these svvelinges of themselves cause noe payne vnles it vveare great spanninge of that parte might chaunce throughe the great tumefactions and that especiallye vvhereas the vvatery moysture lyeth inclosed betvveen the membranes of the testicles Novve to abolishe such aqvositye there is nothinge more profitable and commodious then to make an apertion therinne on this manner as follovveth and succedeth Havinge shaved avvay the hayre Hovve vve ought to make the apertione rovnde about the privityes if soe bo the patient be noe childe vve must then cause him to lye one his backe ether one a bedde or benche beinge vvel stored of linnē then vve must cause a servant or helper to stande one the one syde of the patient on the other syde of thē vvherin vve vvill make the apertione vvhich foresayed servant must dravve the yarde tovvarde him then must the Chyrurgian vvith his left hande crushe on the inferior parte of the bagge because that parte vvhich he vvill thrust throughe might shevve it selfe the more stretched and fuller of substance and pricke vvith his right hande vvherin he must have a stronge crooked lancett from vpvvardes Inscisione of the Scrotum dovvnevvardes vnto the concavitye of the bagge of the testicles because that the aqvosity may rūne out And if soe be the foresayed humiditye lye inclosed in the mēbranes of the testicles vve must as then most gentlye artificiallye once agayne thrust therin dilligentlye notinge that vve chaūce not to touch the foresayed testicles nether anye of the spermaticke vessels and if the humiditye vveare inclosed in a blather the Chyrurgiane must then vvith his left hande crushe one the inferior parte of the bagge on this manner to drive vpvvardes the svvellinge and the svvellinge beinge there retayned kept vve must cōtinue it in this place least that she sincke dovvnevvardes agayne and vvith the crooked lancet cut in the nethermost part of the foresayed Scrotum vnto the blather or bagge vvherin the humiditye lyeth inclosed let it runne therout as muche as is possible And if soe be it be able to be done vve must take therout some parte of the bagge or blather because it should not heale agayne other vvater therin be engendred then vve must put therin a great tente made of linte vvhich must not be to harde vvounde thervvith to keepe open the vvoūde and not so quicklye heal it for if soe it come to be too soone healed shutt ther might then chaunce to be an other collectione and gatheringe together of vvater soe that it might be right needfull to be sure of the curinge of the same that as much as vve cā vve cause the membranes to be purified and cleansed of all the humiditye and moysture vvhervvith they are throughlye soaked Some there are vvhich applye alsoe in the superior parte of the Scrotum a potentiall cauterye the operatione vvherof beinge done they thē make an inscisione in the Escara vnto the concavitye of the Scrotum vvherin the foresayed vvater lyeth inclosed then suffer the foresayed Escara of her selfe to fall out and separate Such an apertione vvhich is made vvith corrosive can not soe easylye be cured soe that in the meane season the vvater hath time enoughe to issue out therat Apertion by the thrusting through of a silke threde Others dravve through the svvellinge vvith a strong needle a silkē threede in steade of making an inscisione or applyinge of the corrosive in place of a Setō or transforatiō vvher through the foresayed vvater by little little leaketh out But the apertione vvhich is least daūgerous of these three foresayed is the inscisiō vvherof noe or at the least verye small accidentes can ensue if soe be she be done expertlye and one a conveniēt place It appeareth according as vve have above tought in the openinge of Apostemations that the apertion of the Scrotum or bagge reqvireth to be done in the inferior partes of the same The apetione is better to be done above 〈◊〉 vnder notvvithstandinge experiēce teacheth vs that ther happeneth farre more payne inflammation vnto it vvhen the inscisione is made belovve thē vvhen she is done made above tovvardes the flāckes for ther is lesse daūger of hurtinge of the testicles above or ther membrane because it is situated more inferior vvher all the fibers of the foresayed Scrotū doe finishe end vvherfore they are verye sensible paynfull So that Celsus Paulus coūcell vs that vve should make the inscisiō close by the flanckes A dubb●● inscisione in a ●●●ble Hernia VVhē as therfore this species and kinde of Hernia is double vve must then make doe such an operation one both sydes especiallye vvhen vve se that they doe not in any sort assvvage THE FIFTH TREATISE OF THE OPERATIon of Chyrurgerye wherin is discoursede and handelede of the disseases of the nose of the mouth contayninge seaven Chapiters Of the Polipus Chap. 1. Of the Haremouth Chap. 2. Of the vlcerationes of the excrescēce of the fleshe of the gummes called Paroulis ende Epoulis Chap. 3. Of the tunge tyinge or of the shortnes or brevitye of the tunge vvhich the Greeckes call Anciloglossum of the vlceration Ranula vvhich is allsoe called Batrachos Chap. 4. Hovve vve ought to cauterise and cutt of the Vvula or pallaet of the mouthe Chap. 5. Of the svvellinge of the almondes of the vlcerations of the same Chap. 6. Hovve that vve ought to dravve breake or cutt of teethe Chap. 7. Of the Polipus Chap. 1. Roote originall of the Polipus SOme men there are vvhich have a certayne excrescēce of fleshe in the nostrells vvhich resumeth her originalle out of the bone Etmoidis or Chribleus out of the bones of the nose This excrescence happeneth or commeth to a man by little little at once and at the last she vvaxeth soe bigge huge in qvātitye that she stoppeth the vvhole nostrells sometimes alsoe hangeth dovvne to the lippes by the vvhich the patient is mervelouslye molested as vvell in speakinge as breathinge Sometimes also shee grovveth in the entrāce or conductione through the vvhich the ayer the breath are dravvne into the throte the vvhich vve may easilye see vvhen as the patiēt openeth his mouthe behinde the pallaet of the mouth in such a greatnes somtimes that she stoppeth the throate vvherthroughe the patient cōmeth in the end to be chōaked if that in time vve doe not prevent it And because such an excrescēce of fleshe most commonlye is softe and pale havinge divers small sproutes not mislike vnto the feet of the fishe Purpura it is therfore of the Greeckes called Polipus

dravvinge the pipe therout the foresayed tunge internally shutteth cleaveth it selfe soe close to the hole as vve may see in a kind of ballon vvhen he is blovven vp Those vvhich are ignorant of this secrete stoppe occlude the hole vvith a little vvaxe vvhich in deede is not so necessarye and needfulle Those little Boxes vvhich are layed in vvarme vvater are aplyed after that vve have putt the flame of the candle therin and must then vvith all expeditione be theron imposed The vse of small boxes The vse of these small Boxes is thre fould Namely thervvith to vvithdravve and repell the blood and humors vvhich are concursed to anye place to dravve forth any particulare thinge vvhich nature cā not expell from her to dravve out or cause to consume any occluded ventosityes in any partes of our body vvherfore vve applye them one divers sundrye places they are very goode and commodious to be placed behīd in the necke agaynst all rheumes vvich are incident vnto the eyes behinde in the middest of the necke are they necessarye to be applyed for those vvhich are shorte of respiratione and troubled vvith the cough one both the shoulder blades agaynst payne and doloure in the heade agaynst Hemicraniam agaynst ophthalmye and payne in the teeth vve apply thē alsoe in place of phlebotomye one the right hippe agaynst bleedīge at the nose in like sorte alsoe close to vvoemens brestes vvhen as there menstruositye too superfluouslye flovveth from them and vvhen there lye included anye ventosityes in the Liver on the left syde vvhen as ther is any vvynde retayned in the Milte on the Navelle aganst the vvynde colicke on the Vreteres to cause the gravell to descēde vvhich is contayned in the kidnyes on the rumpe agaynst the vlcerations and the Hemorrhodes of the fundament on the hippes agaynst all vesicall disseases and of the vvombe and provocation the monethlye sicknes or menstruositye To conclude vve may applye them The Boxes may be applyed one all partes of mans bodye on all partes of mans bodye yea allsoe one the selfe same place vvhere the payn is vvhich vve endevoure to cure to retract and dravve therout all humors vvhich are therī secluded as vvhē vve desire to dravve any humors outvvardes vvhich lye profoundlye deepelye occulted and hiddē or els alsoe any ventositye vvhich in the foresayed parte lyeth inclosed as on anye bitt or pricke of any venoumous creature least that the venoume might chaunce to penetrate and pearce into some of the vvorthyest partes one the Venus botches or Bubones one the venoumouse Pestilentialle Parotides But desiringe to applye them agaynst anye superfluous efluxione of bloode vve must then situate them on the contrarye syde consideringe the allyance communitye of the vaynes vvhich is betvveene them throughe the vvhich the bloode is retracted dravven backe It chaunceth also somtimes that vve nether applye the Boxes on the disseased or dolorouse place nether one the contrarye syde therof but one that parte vvhich nexte and proximately thervnto is situated as vvhē vve desire to suscitate and provoacke the retayned and kept backe mestruosityes vve as then place the Boxes one the bone Pubis in the flanckes and allsoe one the flatnes of the hippes The Boxes or hornes are sōtimes applyed vvith scarificationes and somtimes vvithout If soe be vve applye them vvithout scarificationes they then onlye dravve certayn dampes vnto them but if ther be anye badde humors in those partes vve as then scarifye it And the dissease proceedinge out of vvindes and ventosityes vve then applye them vvithout scarifications but vvhen vve are minded to scarifye anye parte vve first sett the Boxes therone and havinge agayne removed and taken the same of vve thē pricke or scarify therin ether vvith a lancet or vvith the poyncte of a rasor vvhether it be deepe or not deep accordinge as vve suppose and iudge the bloode to be grosse or subtile but allvvayes vve must note not to scarifye deeper then the skinne touchinge the number of the foresayed scarificatiōs if soe be vve are not intēded to dravve much blood ther out vve may not as then make manye scarificatiōs but if vve intend to dravve much blood therout vve must then make many scarifications vvherō vve must agayn applye the boxes soe that vvhē vve desire to dravve much blood therout vve must applye the foresayed boxes tvvo or three times theron everye time scarifye the place especially vvhen ther is contayned in that part anye venoumouse ventositye or grosse and corrupt bloode In delicate and dayntye persons vvhich are tender of fleshe and have an aperte or open skinne in such persons vve must scarifye but once notvvithstandinge must apply the boxes tvvo or three times after other theron vvhich beinge finished and havinge vviped and dryed the parte vve must then apply one the scarlficatione the Cerotum Galeni or els the Vnguentum Rosarum THE SEAVENTH TREATISE OF THE OPEratione of Chyrurgerye Contayninge sixe Chapters Of the Caries or of the corruptione rottinge of bones Chap. 1. Of the fistles of the Privityes or fundamente Chap. 2. Hovv vve ought to dravve forth Childrene out of their mothers bodye vvhich of themselves can not be borne Chap. 3. VVherfore the externalle partes or ioynctes of the bodye must be extirpatede as Armes and Legges vvheraboutes the same must in the fore sayed ioynct be done Chap. 4. Hovv vve ought to effect the extirpation or dissection of any ioynct restraynge the bloode after vve shalle have layed dovvne the patient Chap. 5. Hovv vve ought to extirpate the spoylede superflvous fingers hovv vve shall separat those fingers vvhich are combinede grovven together Chap. 6. Of the Caries and corruptione of the bones Chap. 1. Disctiption of the naturall bones The bones are as vvell subiected vnto all māner of disseases as is the fleshe THe bones not being spoylede corrupt are of natur vvhyt smooth solide They are accordinge to the sayinges of aunciente Chyrurgianes and our dayly experience subiected vnto all evell dispositions vvhich the flesh is subiected vnto yea allso vnto apostematiōs Celsus avouchethe that all bones vvhich have any impedimēt are ether hurte corrodede corrupted burst broken crushed plettered or out of ioyncte VVe may praeiudice the bones to be altered To knovv the corrupted bones throughe sight or polluted throughe our sight feelinge matter and impuritye vvhich therout issueth vvhē vve perceave it to be yellovv or purple and at the last blacke as verye learned lye discretlye the sayed Author vvriteth first the corrupted bone vvaxeth fattye then blacke Through feelinge or putilaginous that is corroded vvhen as in touchinge vvith the privet or searchinge irō vve feele the bone to be rugged and not playn and the privet entereth therin as if it vveare a peece of corrupted vvorme eaten vvoode especially vve knovvinge the same not to have binn bared of his fleshe