payne profyte lytle or nothynge in thys dysease yea the paynes are rather encreased more more Wherfore ther was neuer no such dysease knowen Howe be it Cornelius Celsus speaketh of a lyke dysease of the cure of a leprye called Elephancia and also Hugo de Senis in the .lv. coūcell semeth to speake of a lyke dysease Suetonius in the boke of the lyues of Emperours sayeth that Augustus had a lyke dysease for he sayeth that the sayde Augustus had greuous sondrye and peryllous dyseases all hys lyfe tyme. And he sayeth more ouer that he hadde spottes dyspersed vppon the breste and bellye in maner order and nomber of the sterres of the sygne called Vrsa maior Wherfore it was nedefull for the curation of thys dysease to serche out newe remedyes And so to saye the truth the medicines lately inuented are better in thys dysease then the medicines of olde wryters as for an exāple of payne Anodyne remedyes whych do swage payne resolue profyte nothynge in thys dysease I affirme the same of anodyne oyntmentes oyles bathes fumigations cerotes plaisters Howbeit it hath chaūced sometyme that I haue healed paynes pustules vlcerations scabbes wythin a weake anoyntynge the armes from the elbowe the legges frō the knee wyth a symple vnction fortifyed wyth a lytle quycksyluer To come to our pryncipal purpose I saye that thys dysease hath two curations accordynge to the tyme accordyng to the matter The fyrst yere we vsed one maner of curation the seconde yeare another In the fyrst curation iij. ententions are requyred The fyrst is ordinaūce of dyete that good humours may be engēdred euyl destroyed The seconde is to digeste the matter antecedēt to purge the same beyng digested the thyrde is to remoue the matter cōioynct As touchynge the first entētion we say that the patient may eate veale kyddes fleshe chyckes̄ hennes pertriches lyke as well rosted as sodden Byrdes also the lyue in woodes hylles may be permytted Cōtrarywyse porke hartes fleshe hares fleshe byrdes of the ryuer muste be forborne for they engendre grosse and troublous bloode Moreouer all kyndes of pulse and of colewortes all rootes are forbydden It shall therfore suffyce that the patient vse to eate borage lettuse whyte beetes spynache wyth a lytle perslye myntes sodden in the brothe of the forsaid meates Also a potage made wyth grated breade and wyth the forsayde brothe is conuenient Egges also wyth a lytle veriuyce may wel be permyttted And sometyme ryse sodden in some brothe Fyshe of all kyndes excepte lytle ones of redde colour and in lytle quātitie broyled vppon a gryderne are to be refused and also lekes onyons garlyke all hote salte and peperye thynges for they burne the bloode All frutes also bycause they be soone corrupted in the stomacke except ripe plommes and peaches muste be refused Sometymes also melons and sower cheries moderatly taken maye be suffered All whytmeate is hurtful But pomegranades and the wyne therof and resyns are conuenientlye permytted The seconde entention whyche is to digeste the matter antecedent and to remoue the same shal be thus accōplyshed Fyrst the strength and the age of the patient consydered yf he be sanguyne it is very good to drawe blood out of the comon veyne or out of the veyne called Basilica in the ryghte arme a clyster presupposed thē let the matter be digested the space of a weke by thys syrupe ℞ of syrupe of fumiterrie the lesse ℥ i. of the iuyce of endiue ʒ vi of water of maydenheere of fumiterrie of euery one ℥ i. then let the paciynt be purged wyth thys purgation ℞ of diacatholicon of a linitiue electuary of euery one ʒ vi of reubarbe steped in water of endiue accordīg to arte ʒ i. myngle them together and make a smal potiō with the decoction of cordiall floures and frutes adding of syrupe of violettes ℥ i. ss Howebeit in thys euyll dyspositiō I was wonte in the fyrst dayes to digeste the matter wyth a syrupe magistrale vnderwrytten ℞ of fumiterrie maydenheere buglosse endiue of euery one m̄ i. ss of gallitricū politricū ana of euery one m̄ ss of reysons of sebesten of euery one ℥ i. of damaske prunes nombre .xxv. of sowre apples somwhat broken nombre syxe of the wyne of pomegranades .li. ss of the water of endiue fumiterrie buglosse of euerye one .li. i. ss let them seth all tyll the thyrd parte be consumed then strayne them and put to the straynynge as muche suger as shall suffyce make a syrupe wyth .ij. ℥ of the iuyce of fumiterrie as muche of the iuyce of endyue with an ounce of the iuyce of hoppes wherof let the patient take in the mornyng an ounce and a halfe wyth water of maydenheere endiue and fumiterrie The mater beyng digested wythin .x. or .xij. dayes after the receyt of the said syrupe let the patient be purged with thys purgation ℞ of cassia fystula ℥ ss of diacatholicon ℥ i. of electuarye of roses ʒ ij or in the steade of the electuarye after .vi. monethes put thervnto so muche of the cōfection of Hamech and make a small potion wyth the comon decoction I vsed these two purgations the matter beynge fyrste dygested the space of a yeare and more renewynge the sayde purgations and dygestions euerye seconde moneth And sometyme betwene purgation purgation I gaue the patient the pilles vnderwrytten ℞ of the pylles of mastyke of pylles of hiera de octo rebus of the pylles of fumiterrie of euery one ℈ i. make .v. pilles therof which I was wonte to minister before supper and sometyme after supper accordynge to the necessitie of the mēbers Also I suffered scarifications to be made vpon the shulders thyghes and buttockes wyth application of ventoses chyeflye when the bodye was ful of euyl humours and scabby pustules The thyrde entention whyche is to remoue the matter conioynct is accomplyshed by the administration of locall medecines accordynge to the diuersitie of tymes and of vlceres Fyrste to come to the originall of the dysease that is to saye to pustules whyche are wonte to chaunce in the yarde bycause these pustules chaunce of a primitiue cause there is no better remedy then to vse incontinētlye a sharpe and stronge medicine to mortify theyr malignitie that it spred not thoroughe all the bodye But we ought to do otherwise yf the punules came of a cause antecedente for local medicines are not to be applyed accordynge to the rules of chirurgerie before purgation of the bodye Amonge sharpe mundifycatiue medicines whyche byte awaye fleshe wythout payne our pouder of mercurye is moste principall for besyde other hys vertues it kylleth the malignitie of vlceres and pustules and bringeth the vlcered place to dygestion purgation of the matter wyth mundifycation When the place was mundifyed we were wonte to incarne it wyth an incarnatiue of sarcocolle and myrrhe wrytten in oure antidotarye And thē I
of the borders of the fistula in space of tyme for there must nedes be manye dayes afore a fistula be confyrmed but an hollowe vlcer maye soone chaunce through a wounde euyll handeled The remedyes which are conuenyēt for the one are good for the other and therfore the lotions aforewryttē are mete for fistules The remedyes whiche take awaye the hardenesse of the borders of a fistule are iii. The fyrst is a trociske of miniū the second is vnguentūegiptiacum made with arsenicke and sublimate the thyrd is after this sorte ℞ of oure poudre of mercurye ʒ iii. of arsenycke and sublymate ana ℈ i. of ceruse antimony an̄ ʒ i. of the iuce of celidonye plātayne and agrimonie ana ʒ vi of water of roses and lye ana ℥ iii. seeth them all togyther tyll the lye water and iuyces be consumed than poudre them fynelye and vse them wyth a tente fyrst moystened with spyttle whan the Fistula is mortifyed which thing is knowen by remotion of the hardenesse and appearaunce of good flesh and quyture than ye shall procede with this lotion abstersiue ℞ of barly lentilles lupines beanes ana m̄ ss of honye ℥ ii of redde sugre ℥ i. of barbours lye two pounde seeth them all togyther tyll halfe be consumed than strayne them or make it thus ℞ of wyne one cyathe of lye ii pounde of water of fumyterrye and endiue ana l. ss of honye of roses thre ounces of sarcocolle halfe an ounce seeth them all tyll halfe be consumed and so strayne them whan incarnation shal be requyred ye shall vse this lotion ℞ of honye of roses ℥ iii. of aqua vite of odoriferous wyne ana ℥ ii paucedinis sarcocolle ana ʒ ii of myrre aloes ana ʒ i. ss seeth them all togyther tyll halfe the wyne and water be consumed These remedies are excellent after the mortificatiō of the fistula or hollowe vlcers For cicatrisation ye shall vse vnguentum de minio wyth a lotion of water of alume ¶ A Chapter of paynefull vlcers IN paynefull Vlcers ye must be diligent in swagynge the payne Fyrste ye muste consydre whether the paine procede of an euyll complexion hote or colde of sharpe corrosiue matter or of some aposteme Yf it procede of an euyl hot complexion than ye shall vse onelye thynges that altere as are water of Roses of plantayne of nyghtshade mēgled with a whyte sief without opiū Yf the payne procede of hote matter ye shall vse a decoction of vyolettes mallowes barly quynce seedes lettuse in the fourme of a fomentation or playsters ordeyned agaynste the payne of herisipelas and phlegmon whan the payne is caused of matter reteyned in the botome of the vlcer It is good to mynistre a playstre of barlye floure made in the decoction of malowes and vyolettes with butter and oyle of roses for it prepareth the matter to yssue out and swageth payne A playster of the crommes of breed with mylke is of lyke effecte whan the payne procedeth throughe the sharpnesse of the matter and thoroughe malignitie and corrosion of the same there is no better remedye than oure poudre of mercurye or to wasshe the place with the decoction of roses water of barlye floures of pomegranades lentilles Snmache plantayne knotgrasse sorelle or with vnguentum album camphoratum Yf the payne procede of some apostemation colleryke or sanguine ye shal resorte to the propre Chapiters of the former boke ¶ A Chapter of vlcers wyth the bone corrupte AS touchynge vlcers which are with corruption of the bone they maye be cured by two meanes that is to say by stronge medicines and actuall cauteries The curation by sharpe medicines is conuenyent when the bone is corrupte in the ouer parte but when the corruptiō is depe and caused of colde matter good practiciens open the vlcered place wyth an hote yron or with a sponge so lōg vntyll the bone and corrupte parte be vtterly consumed for a litle cautterisation shulde be of none effecte in this case wherfore it is better that the cauterye be to great than to small After this ye muste procure the fall of the escare as we haue often sayde Yf the corruption of the bone be small ye maye remoue it with oyle of vitrioll or with vnguentum Egiptiacum or with brent vitriolle myngled wyth aqua vite or with water wherewyth siluer is deuyded from golde And for asmoche as sometymes litle peces of bones are found through a prmitiue cause ye shall procede wyth medicynes attractiue for nature casteth thē out easely by the helpe of thynges attractiue And thus at Rome I cured Pomponius whose legge was broken by the stroke of a ferce horse oute of the which legge I toke more than .xii. litle peces of bones with oure poudre and a cerote of minium and so healed the patient Yf the corruption be in some spongious done than ye shall deuyde the whole parte from the corrupte wyth some conuenyent instrument and afterwarde ye shall digeste mundifye and incarne as is sayde in other vlcers And thus endeth this thyrde boke of vlcers and begynneth the fourth booke of remedyes appropriate to euerye membre ✚ The fourthe booke of remedyes appropriated to euerye membre ¶ The fyrst Chapter Of remedyes for the diseases of the heed THere are engendred in the heed sondrye dieases as scalles baldnesse talpa and topinaria Fyrste we wyll declare the remedyes to cure the scalles and they be .ix. The fyrst is a lotion in this fourme The cure of scalles ℞ of the leaues of mallowes vyolettes fumiterrie dockes of branne husked beanes and lupynes ana m̄ i. seeth them in the brothe of a wethers heed tyll the third parte be consumed The seconde is butter and larde ana equall partes beaten and sodden with a cyath of the foresayde lotion The thyrde is to take lynnen cloutes and dyppe them in shyppe pytche and a lytle terebentin The fourthe is vnguentum egiptiacum wythout arsenycke The fyfth is vnguentum mixtum The syxte oure poudre of mercury The .vii. an oyntment of litarge and of the iuce of herbes made in a mortare of leade The eyght vnguentum de minio The .ix. water of alume The maner to applye these remedyes is this Fyrste ye must shaue away the heere and wasshe the heed with the forsayde decoction three or foure dayes twyse a daye and than ye must anoynte the sore places with butter and larde layinge on a leafe of blacke colewortes and afterward to plucke vp the rootes of the corrupte heere 's ye must applye peces of fustian in the fourme of the herbe called houndestonge couered with pytche and terebentine And to remoue the corrupte flesshe ye shall apply vnguētum Egiptiacum And yf the body be delicate it shal suffice to vse our pouder of mercurye or vnguentum mixtum And forasmoch as through the application of sharpe medicines gret inflammation ensueth to ease the same ye shall applye the foresayde oyntment of litarge After that 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
is in the ouer part engendred of grosse and reumatike matter discending froÌ„ the heade The definition of Auicenne agreth here wythall Sebell is a pannicle lyfted vp vpon the paÌ„nicles coniunctiua and cornea through the swellynge of the vaynes of the pannicle coniunctiua caused of grosse flegmatik mater Thys dysease causeth a smoky myst in the paÌ„nicles coÌ„iunctiua and cornea and it is with aboundaunce of teares and ytchynge and rednesse enclynynge to a duskyshe coloure and some time the eye ledes bene hard and scabbye with vlceration and troublynge of the sight The cure of Sebell The cure of thys dysease hath two entencyons of whych one concerneth the admynistracion of vnyuersal thynges the other of particuler As touchynge the fyrste we saye that the remedies written in the chapter of ophtalmia are conuenient in this case The seconde ententyon shal be accomplyshed as foloweth Fyrste ye muste shewe afore hande that when thys dysease is confyrmed it can neuer or verye seldome be healed And thoughe it be newe yet it is of harde curatyon AuyceÌ„ne nombreth thys disease amonge them that come by enherytaunce for often tymes it passeth frome one eye to another Here foloweth a collyrye of ryght excellente operacion An excellent collerie â„ž of the iuce of ashtree leaues of the iuce of celedonie ana Ê’ iij. of the shelles of newe layde egges dissolued in vynegre the space of a weke nomber iiij of myrobalaÌ„s citryne Ê’ j. of tucia preparat of antimony ana Ê’ i. ss of water of rooses Ê’ vi of sarcocolle ℈ ij stampe al these thynges together and afterwarde seethe them in a lytle posnet of brasse till the halfe of the iuces and all the waters be consumed and putte thereunto of the sayd grene water â„¥ ij sethe them agayne vntyll the water be coÌ„sumed and afterward adde thereunto of the syef of sarcocol of whyte syef without opium ana ℈ ij make a fyne poudre to be putte into the eye Thys poudre is desiccatiue mundyfycatyue and resolutyue wyth a lytle bytynge Item for the same entencyon thys water folowynge is conuenyente â„ž of the foresayde grene water â„¥ i. ss of the syrupe of rooses Ê’ ij of the foresayde poudre Ê’ iii. of aloes epatike wel poudred Ê’ i. mingle them and puryfye them and applye them ofte in the eye wyth a lytle cotton for it is a synguler remedye And moreouer it is good for the scabbes of the eye liddes for vngula c. thus we ende thys presente chapiter The .vii. chapter of cataractes and of thynges whereof catarattes shulde come OFten tymes Of the cataractes in the eyes ther descende frome the heade certayne grosse and flegmatyke humoures coueringe the apple of the eye and there remaynynge are ingrossed and made thycke whyche is named of the doctours cataract Thys dysease is caused through the communion of the stomacke replenyshed wyth euell slymy humours wherof certayne vapoures ascende to the head cause colde slimy matter to droppe downe and taryeth longe vpon the pannycles of the eyes and semeth to couer the apple of the eye Item thys cataracte is sometyme engendred by the qualitie of the eye that is to saye whan the eyes ben very moyste and fylled wyth bloode and whan the white of the eye is to aboundaunt At the begynnyng of this dysease the pacyente semeth to see before him lytle flyes flying and he thinketh one thynge to be two the lyghte semeth smaller to hym than it was wonte for because the vysyble vertue is diminished thinges seme to be smaler Therefore the doctours saye that a cataracte hyndreth the vertue of seeinge as cloudes darckene the lyghte of the sunne The sygnes of the confyrmacyon and perfecte maturacion of a cataract is when it suffereth it selfe to be remoued by manuall operacion and when the sight is dyminished and the apple of the eye dilated and yf ye laye youre fynger vpon the apple of the eye it dilateth it selfe and returneth incontinently afterwarde into hys owne colour the colour is whyte or whytish A blacke or duskyshe cataracte enclynynge to grenesse or redenesse and that whyche dylateth not it selfe whan it is touched is incurable that which is not coÌ„fyrmed can not be healed by handy operacyon wherfore ye must procure the confyrmacyon therof geuyng the pacieÌ„te meates that engrosse the blood as are chessenuttes beef and porke and other grosse flesh and thys thynge must be doone whaÌ„ ye fere not that the cataract wyl come frome one eye to another Cure The cure of a cataract not coÌ„fyrmed is accomplysshed by .iiij. entencyons The fyrste is ordinaunce of diete the second is partly to purge and partly to turne asyde the matter antecedent the thyrde is confortacyon of the meÌ„bre frome whence the matter is deryued the fourthe is remotion of the mater conioynt by euaporation and confortacion of the vertue visiue As touchynge the fyrste entencyon ye muste geue the pacyente good meates that engendre good bloode and thynne and whyche are of easye dygestion as are veale lambe kydde capons chyckens partryches wood byrdes and hylle byrdes hys wyne must be of good odoure and of meane strength Item ye maye geue wyth the foresayde flesshe maiorum mynte nepte penyriall parcelye borage bawme whyte betes fenell absteynynge from lettuse for of theyr property they hurt the syghte In lyke maner ye maye gâ—ue the pacient rape rotes and naâ—â—ewes and percely rootes soden wyâ—â— the foresayde fleshe Also ye muste avoyde all thynges that gender grosse troublous and vaporous bloode as are radyshe rootes garlyke oynyons mustard colewortes lettuse beanes c. And also al maner of pulse excepte redde cycers Item ye shall avoyde all falte and hote thynges as peper and other stronge spyces The bread must be of pure wheate well leuened and well baken and if the sayde breade be made wyth fenell it shal be the more conuenyente in thys case as Democritus wytnesseth saiynge Crepynge wormes beinge blynded in theyr holes in wynter come forthe in the springe time and seke for fenel which they eate and rubbe theyr eyes therewith so recouer theyr sight Wherfore fenel is ryght conuenyent in this case for of hys nature it clarifieth the syghte and remoueth the vapours whyche wolde ascende to the brayne and do muche harme The seconde entencyon whych concerneth partly purgacion partly puttyng a syde of the matter antecedente is accomplyshed as foloweth Fyrste the matter muste be degested with syrupe de duabus radicibus wythoute vynegre and wyth syrupe of stycados and honye of rooses wyth waters of buglosse mayden heere and fumiterre or make it thus â„ž of oximel squillitike Digestiue of a syrupe of the iuce of endyue of honye of roses ana â„¥ ss of the waters of fenel betony fumitere anÌ„ â„¥ j. let the pacyente vse thys the space of a weke twyse a daye purgacion and then let hym take this purgacion two houres before daye â„ž of pylles cochye Ê’
intention whych is to remoue the mattier conioynct and to correcte the accidentes shal be accomplished by the application of medicines vpon the ioynctes accordynge to necessitie and the tyme therof At the begynnyng yf the mattier be hote thys ordinaunce folowynge is conuenient R. of oyle of roses omphacine of oyle of roses complete odoriferous anÌ„ â„¥ ii of oyle of violettes Ê’ vi newelayed egges wyth their whites and yolkes of the iuyce of plantayne â„¥ i. of womans mylke â„¥ ii of barlye floure fynely bulted â„¥ iii. meÌ„gle them and beate them all together and then seeth them at the fyre a lytle and vse the medicine vpon the paynfull place after the maner of a playster for it is of good operation agaynste all hote goutes from the begynnynge to the tyme of augmentation it swageth payne comforteth the part and resolueth gentilly But yf ye wolde put to the said medicine of oyle of camomil â„¥ iii. of beane floure â„¥ i. ss of camomyl and mellilote wel stamped ana mÌ„ ss it wolde be a verye conuenient medicine both in the state and in the declination of thys disease Item to thys intention the ordinaunce folowinge is to be approued Take the myddle of breade and lythe it in cowes mylke or goates milke or in the brothe of freshe veale or of an heÌ„ne and afterwarde presse it beate it wyth the yolkes of four egges and of oyle of Roses odoriferous â„¥ iii. of oyle of violets â„¥ i. of saffran Ê’ ss seeth these thynges a lytle at the fyre styrrynge them aboute and vse therof as is aforesayde Another ordinaunce Take thre egges of the iuyce of plantayne lettuse nyghtshade and of the herbe called lingua passerina or knotgrasse ana â„¥ ss of oyle of roses omphacine of oyle of roses complete and odoriferous of oyle nenufar or in the stede of it of oyle of violettes ana â„¥ i. of womans mylke Ê’ x. meÌ„gle al these thynges together laye theÌ„ warme vpon the membre after the maner of a liniment Or thus R. of the meate of rosted apples â„¥ iiii of the leaues of malowes violettes and heÌ„bane anÌ„ mÌ„ ii wrappe them all in cloutes dypped in rose water and in the wyne of pomegranades and roste them all vnder hote ymbres afterward stampe them all together and streyne them addynge to the streynynge of oyle of violets â„¥ i. of oyle of roses oÌ„phacine of oyle of roses complete odoriferous ana â„¥ ss the yolkes of two egges of womans mylke Ê’ x. of saffran ℈ ii ye shall vse thys playster as it is aforesayde for it helpeth al the peyne of all goutes resolueth the mattier and coÌ„forteth the place Or make it thus Take two egges and of the iuyce of plaÌ„tayne Ê’ vi of oyle of roses omphacine â„¥ ii of oyle myrtyne â„¥ ss mengle them al together and make a linimeÌ„t whyche ye shal vse the fyrst seconde and thyrde daye Lykewyse in the same time and in the same mattier the ioyncte beynge fyrst auoynted with oyle of roses omphacine with the whyte of an egge a lytle iuyce of plaÌ„tayne to laye vpon the sayde paynfull place the leaues of henbane Fyrste ye must laye the sayd leaues vpon a plate of yron or vpon a hote tyle and sprincle them wyth the wyne of pomegranades drie them a lytle before ye vse them Item the leaues of Lettuse or arrage or Violettes vsed as is aforesayde bene of good effecte Moreouer the floure of beanes lentiles and barlye sodden wyth the wyne of pomegranades vntyll they be thycke hauing afterward added to the same sufficient quantitie of hennes grese and oyle of roses omphacine and violettes and a lytle saffran and laied vpoÌ„ the paynful place is a singuler remedy agaynst all grefes of the goute Item to the same intentioÌ„ Ceâ—ote for the gowt ye may coÌ„uenieÌ„tly vse thys cerote folowing R. of oyle of roses omphacine â„¥ ii of oyle myrtyne of calues suet ana â„¥ i. of the iuyce of plantayne of wyne of pomegranades ana â„¥ ss of all the sauÌ„ders ana Ê’ i. of redde roses of the floures of an almonde tree yf they may begoten ana mÌ„ ss of oyle of violettes â„¥ x. lette them seeth all together tyll the iuyce be consumed then streyne them and adde to the streynynge of whyte waxe â„¥ i. ss make a soft cerote this cerote is coÌ„uenient from the begynning to the ende of the augmentation in al hote goutes And if ye wolde putte to the same of oyle of camomylle â„¥ ii ss of the floures of rosemary mÌ„ ss of saffran ℈ i. of odoriferous wyne li. ss sethynge them agayne tyll the wyne be consumed ye may conueniently vse it in all tymes Item in the state and declination it is verye profitable to vse the suffumigation of the decoction fâ—lowyng layenge on the sayd decoction wyth warme cloutes R. of roses camomyl mellilote anÌ„ mÌ„ i. of worme wood of squinantum of eche a lytle of the rootes of enula campana somewhat brused li. ss lette them seeth all together wyth water sufficient and a lytle odoriferous wyne tyl the thyrd parte be coÌ„sumed when ye haue vsed thys suffumigatioÌ„ A liniment annoynt the paynfull place wyth thys linimente R. of oyle of camomille of dylle of roses coÌ„plete odoriferous ana â„¥ ii of rosemarye floures of the sede of S. Iohns worte of roses of wormewood of camomille of euery one a litle of oyle of spike â„¥ i. lette them seeth all together with foure ounces of odoriferous wine tyl the wyne be consumed then streyn them and make a softe liniment wyth sufficiente whyte waxe wherewyth ye shal rubbe the ioynctes an hour before dynner and supper Or make it thus R. of the muscilage of psilium and of quynces made in the brothe of a chyckyn li. ss of the wyne of pomegranades Ê’ vi of oile of roses omphacine â„¥ ii the yolke and the whyte of an egge beate them all together and vse them as is aforesayd Another R. of the muscilage of psilium and quynces made in the water of roses wine of pomegranades li. ss of cassia fistula streyned â„¥ i. mengle them together and vse them wyth a dramme a halfe of womans mylke vse thys ordinaunce for it apeaseth grefe incoÌ„tinentlye Another R. of the leaues of malowes and violettes ana mÌ„ ii of roses mÌ„ ss of cleane barlye mÌ„ i. seeth them all in water stampe them streyn them and put to the streyning of oyle of roses complete of oyle omphacine an â„¥ ii of oyle of violettes of oyle of nenufar yf it may be goteÌ„ anÌ„ â„¥ i. of whyte waxe â„¥ ij ss set theÌ„ on yeâ—re agayn make a meane betwene a cerote and a playster for it is a sure medicyne agaynst vehement payne Here ye shall note touchyng the application of the sayde medicines that ye oughte to vse no stronge repercussyues or medicines compounde with greate quantitie of opium for the vse therof engeÌ„dreth euyl mattier and reteyneth the mattier in
ss a hedde of a wether somewhat chopped and brused lette them seeth all tyl halfe be consumed then streyne them and take of the forsayd decoction li. ss of oyle of camomylle dyl and lillies ana ℥ i. ss of honye of roses ʒ ii of benedicta simplex ℥ ss of the yolkes of two egges a lytle and with a lytle salte make a clyster Marchasita is hote and drye in the thyrde it hathe vertue to consounde woundes and to staunche bloode Melissa is hote and drye in the seconde and it hath vertue to scoure to consume to glewe vlcers together and the wyne of the decoction of melissa of Citron pillis wyth a lytle cynomome conserua roses and buglosse made with the water of buglosse and wine of pomegranades and so streyned swetened wyth suger is a singuler remedye for the passions of the herte and swonyng Mellilote is hote and drye in the fyrste is of the nature of camomyll and it hath vertue to resolue swage the peynes of hote apostemes Moreouer it consoundeth freshe woundes The iuyce of it mengled wyth the iuyce of yarowe mengled wyth clere terebentine and oyle of ipericon and sodden in sufficient quantitie of erthwormes tyll the iuyce be consumed is of maruelous operation agaynst greate vlcers of synnowes and muscles For it swageth peyne and resolueth humours without attraction and mundifieth pleasauntly Malowes bene colde in the fyrst moyste in the seconde and when they ben sodden in the brothe of a henne or a chyckyn with barlye floure and thē stamped wyth yolkes of two egges wyth sufficient quantitie of oyle of violettes and a lytle saffran they heale cholerike and hote apostemes as wel in resoluyng as in rypyng c. Myntes are hote and drie in the seconde and they dissolue confort mēbers throughe theyr aromatyke nature They haue also vertue to confort the stomake when it hathe lost appetyte through colde moyste and grosse mattier ordeyned after thys sorte ℞ of myntes of serpillū of percelye an̄ m̄ ss of peper cynamome galangale cubebes saffran an̄ a lytle of the wine of pomgranades ʒ x. of veriuce of cromes of breade somewhat dryed at the fyre ℥ i. ss comune sedes ʒ vi of blanched almondes of raysons an̄ ʒ v. of whyte suger a lytle braye them all in a mortar of marble and make a sauce Item a liniment made of myntes conforteth the stomake styrreth vp appetyte and it muste be layed vpon the stomake R. of freshe myntes of mugworte wormewood and rue ana m̄ ss of cinamome galingale nutmiges clowes ana ʒ i. ss of calamus aromaticus of sweete fenel an̄ ʒ i. of the oyle of wormewood of the oile of mastike ana ℥ ii let thē seeth al together with a lytle odoriferous wyne tyl the wine be consumed Mumia is the fleshe of a deade bodye that is enbawmed and it is hote and drye in the seconde and therfore it hath vertue to incarne woūdes and to staunche bloode Wherfore it is conuenientlye administred to a bruse caused by a fall wyth mader Reubarbe terra sigillata water of roses and water of plantayne Inward ruptures or breakynges are healed wyth thys medicine bloode also is staunched therwyth Minium is colde and drye and is made of cerusse by adustion or burnyng and it is vsed in cerotes oyntmentes for maligne vlcers Merdasengi is colde and drye it cōsoundeth and is stiptike Millefoliū or yarow is of a temperate qualitie enclinyng to drines and hath vertue to cōsound woundes and to kepe the places lyenge about from swelling Moreouer mengled wyth a litle buttire layed to the teeth it healeth the toeth ache Item the iuyce of it dronken wyth a lytle vinaygre prouoketh vryne chiefly beinge mengled with the wyne of ayger pomgranades Also dronken wyth cassia it is good for thē that are vexed wyth the stone Maiorum is hoote and drye in the thyrde it hathe vertue to conforte by reason of hys aromatyke nature and it resolueth consumeth dryeth with greate heatyng and therfore it is pleasaunte to them that haue Epilepsia and the crampe whā they smel it And the decoction of it receyued at the nose conforteth the brayne and purgeth it from colde humours yf it be made after the maner folowynge R. of maioram of whyte beetes ana m̄ i. of rosemarye of mugworte ana a lytle of cleane licorice ℥ vi of hony ʒ x. of gynger of piretrum ana ℈ i. of raysons ʒ v. lette them seeth all wyth sufficient water tyll halfe the water be consumed thā presse them and vse them as is aforesayd Marrubium prassium or horehoūde is hote and drye in the thyrd by reason of hys bytternes it prouoketh vryne and is abstersiue and hath nature to cōforte and to dissolue and the wyne of the decoction of it ordeyned as it foloweth is good for the strangury and the cholike R. of the leaues of horehounde of the floures of rosemarye ana m̄ i. of swete fenell of the rootes of percelye ana m̄ ss of clene licorice ʒ x. of raysons prunes iuiubes an̄ ℥ i. of comune sedes ʒ v. of syrupe de duabus radicibus ℥ iiii Let them seeth al together wyth water wyne of pomegranades tyll the halfe be cōsumed then streyne them putte therunto sufficient suger let the patient take therof the quantitie of half a cyath Mora celsi or mulberyes are hote and moyst yf they be swete yf they be harrishe they are colde moyste The iuyce of them when they be half rype soddē wyth wyne of pomegranades and a lytle rose water is a good remedy for the quynce and the fal of the vuula for the apostemes of the throte and the two amigdales or almons I affirme the same thynge of wylde mulberyes called morobaci therfore diamorō is good for the same intention Mandragora is cold and moyst as some saye in the seconde and as some thinke in the third His vertue is to depriue a member of felynge wherefore when we wyl cut of a mēber without feling of the patient we playster the sayd mēber a certeyne space with the decoction thereof or wyth the oyle of the boylyng of the same Howebeit thys practise is not without great daūger Mary is hote and moyst it souppleth swageth and rypeth Mel or hony is hote dry in the second it is abstersiue mūdificatiue Memythe is cold dry in the first and it is an herbe lyke popy and of the iuyce thereof there is a laudable syef made verye good for the eyes Plinie sayeth that celidonye the lesse is memythe and there is a controuersie amonge the doctours concernynge his qualitie For Galene sayeth that celidonye is hote in the fourth Howebeit it is very good to clarifie the eyes And therefore some saye that swalowes when theyr byrdes bene blynde brynge thys herbe and geue them to eate and so recouer theyr fyght Mala or apples when they be vnrype are styptyke and
or els bycause the member is depriued of naturall heate other bycause it is weake For these causes I saye it is necessarye to put to the maturatiue medicine an oynyon the roote of cyclamyn garlyke rosted vnder cooles Maturatiue medicines are these that folowe whyte lyllie rootes the rotes and leues of marche malowes branca vrsina the rootes of bryony passenep rootes drye fygges barlye floure resyns dates rosted apples fenugreke lynseede crommes of bread wheate floure beane floure the rotes of langdebeefe c. wherof .iij. kyndes of playsters shal be ordeyned hereafter The fyrst shal be of weake operation and it shal be to rype hote matter The seconde shal be also of moderate maturation and it shal be to rype myxte matter The last shal be of stronge maturation Here foloweth an example of the fyrst ℞ of the leaues of malowes and violettes ana m̄ i. of the rotes of langdebeefe ℥ iiij sethe them all in water stampe them straine them and make a styffe playster in the decoction wyth barlye floure and the foresayd straynynge addynge of oyle of violettes ℥ iij. of butter ℥ i. the yolkes of .iij. egges myngle them ℞ of the leaues of malowes and violettes ana m̄ i. ss of the leaues of lettuse m̄ i. of the seede of quynces ʒ ij of cleane barlye m̄ ij sethe them all together wyth the brothe of fleshe tyll the barlye breake then stampe them and strayne them and put to the straynynge sufficient quantitie of barlye floure and make a styffe playster wyth the forsayd straynynge and adde of oyle of violetes ℥ iiij of cumyn oyle of swete freshe butter ana ℥ i. and the yolkes of .ij. egges Another ℞ of the meate of rosted apples of the leaues of malowes violettes ana m̄ ij of barly floure of crōmes of whyte bread steped in the broth of a henne a chycken or of veale .li. ss roste the leaues of malowes and violettes in weted cloutes vnder hote ymbers then stampe them all together wyth the forsayd thynges and make a styffe playster wyth butter and oyle of violettes addyng the yolkes of .iiij. egges in the ende of the decoction Maturatiue medicines of the secōd order are these ℞ of the rootes of holihockes of whyte lillies ana .li. ss of the leaues of malowes and violettes an̄ m̄ i. sethe them altogether in fleshe brothe stampe them and streine them and make a styffe playster addynge of butter ℥ ij of swynes grese ℥ iij. the yolkes of two egges Another ℞ of the rootes of whyte lyllies and holihock ana ℥ viij of drye fatte fygges in nōbre ten seeth them al in sufficient water and make a styffe playster at the fyer wyth the floure of wheate lynseed and fenugreke stamped wyth the reste of the ingredience addynge of freshe swynes grese .li. ss of butter ℥ ii the yolkes of two egges myngle them and yf ye wyll haue it stronger wyth subtiliation and attraction put to the forsayd playster of newe leuen ℥ iiij of snayles stamped wyth theyr shelles ℥ i. ss Maturatiue medicines of the thyrde order ben these ℞ of the rootes of holihock of lillies of beres breche ana one parte of the rootes of cyclamyne of passeneppes of rapes yf they maye be gotten ana part halfe of drye fygges in nombre ten seeth them al in sufficient watter stampe them strayne them and make a sufficient playster in the decoction with the floure of wheate fenugreke and lynseede addyng of swynes grese .li. ss of butter ℥ iij. Another ℞ of rosted oyniōs and garlyke nombre .iiij. stampe and make a styffe playster wyth the floure of fenugreke and lynseede and wyth the decoction of holihocke addynge of swynes grese .li. ss Yf ye wyll that the playster shal be more mollifycatiue put thervnto of the rootes of holihock ℥ viij and yf ye wyll that it shall haue more attraction maturation and subtiliation adde of drye fygges nombre .viij. of leuen ℥ ij of snayles nombre .x. and thys is the last maturatiue ¶ The .vij. Chapter of embrocations to rype apostemes FYrste for hote apostemes ℞ of the decoction of malowes violettes barlye of the seede of quynces of langdebiefe li. iij. of barly floure ℥ i. ss of oyle of violettes ℥ iii. of butter ʒ i. ss let thē seeth together make a iuyce lyke the brothe of an henne addynge in the ende the yolkes of .iij. egges and leye the lycour vpon the apostemes wyth hote cloutes chaungyng them often for thys embrocation helpeth resolution and maturatiō of hote apostemes swagynge payne and bryngynge the matter to the skynne Afterwarde ye muste applye a maturatiue in the fyrst order of hote matters Another embrocation to rype myxte matter ℞ of the rootes of holihocke and lillies of euery one .li. i. of drye fygges in nombre ten of malowes of violettes of euerye one m̄ i. of hole fenugreke and lynseed of euery one ℥ i. seth them in sufficient water and make a iuyce at the fyer in the decoction wyth a lytle wheate floure and butter and oyle of swete almandes whyche ye shall laye on as is aforesayde wyth cloutes and afterwarde vse a playster ordeyned for thys purpose ¶ The .viij. Chapter of medicines that mollifye all hardnes of synowes and hard apostemes fractures of bones and ioyntes euell restored ALbeit that we haue sufficiētlye spoken of mollifycatiue medicines in the chapter of harde apostemes neuerthelesse for a more ample doctrine we wyll speake some what of them in thys place for a mollifycatiue medicyne is necessarye for sondrye causes Fyrste to mollifye the hardnes whyche remayne ofte in apostemes after the vse of resolutiues Secondlye to mollifye a ioynt whych hath taryed long wythout restauration Thyrdlye to mollifye a dyslocation or fracture euyl restored that afterwarde it maye be brought into his place more easely by handye operation Fynally to mollifye the hardenes of synowes and ioyntes whych is caused by a wounde or by bruse Fyrste we wyll declare a fomentacion to mollifye al hardnes A bathe ℞ the heade of a wether somewhat cutte and brused and the feete of the same and the rootes of holihocke .li. ij of camomille mellilote and dille of euery one m̄ ij of hole fenugreke and lynseede of euery one .li. ss sethe them altogether wyth sufficiēt water tyll the fleshe be separate from the bones then remoue the bones and bathe and suffumygate the place greued and washe and rubbe it therwyth Afterwarde laye the playster folowyng vppon the harde place the space of a weeke ℞ of the floure of fenugreke lynseede of euerye one .li. ss of wheate floure ℥ iiii make a styffe playster in the foresayd decoction and wyth a roote of holihock stamped and strained addynge of butter of swynes grese melted of euerye one ℥ iiij of hēnes grese duckes grese and gose grese of euerye one ℥ i. ss myngle them When the ioynt and broken bones bene mollifyed the mayster muste reduce the same into theyr
this ℞ of oyle of roses omphacine oyle of violettes oyle of roses odoriferous ana ℥ ii myngle them labour them in a morter of leade the space of .ii. houres anoynte the place with fethers moysted in this oyle The third forme is after this sort ℞ of malowes violettes barlye and lettuse ana m̄ i. ss of branne m̄ ii of husked beanes ana m̄ ii ss seth them al with sufficient brothe of vnsalted flesshe tyll the barly breake and then epitheme the place with hote cloutes The remedies which swage peyne caused of hote moyst matter are after iiii sortes wherof the first is in the forme of a linimēt ℞ of oyle of roses odoriferous oyle of camomyll ana ℥ ii of the iuice of plantane ℥ ss the yolkes whytes of .iij. egges of saffron ℈ i. mingle them laboure them in a morter of leade the space of an houre and an halfe The seconde fourme is this ℞ of the cromes of bread steped in the broth of flesshe .li. j. ss of oyle of roses odoriferous oyle of camomylle ana ℥ ii the yolkes of ii egges of saffran ℈ i. make a stiffe playster The third forme is thus ordeyned ℞ of the leaues of mallowes of husked benes ana m̄ ii of the leues of violettes of clene barly ana m̄ i. of the crōmes of broune bred .li. i. of camomil melilote ana m̄ ss seeth them al with broth or sufficient rayne water til the barly breake then stampe them streyn them put to the streining of oyle of roses and camomyl of barlye floure ana ℥ ii seth them all agayne tyll they be thicke The fourth fourme is a fomentation in a hote and drye cause Wherevnto there is added of camomyl and mellylote ana m̄ i. Furthermore remedies ordeyned to swage peyne caused of coolde mattier are in fyue fourmes whereof the fyrste is a playster of sapa thus ordeyned ℞ of beane floure .li. i. of camomylle mellylote stamped ana m̄ i. of brayde branne m̄ ii seethe theym all togyther with suffycient sapa a lytle barboures lye and a lytell odoriferouse wyne tylle they bene thycke addyng of oyle of camomylle roses and myrte ana ℥ i. The seconde is this ℞ of husked beanes of the cromes of broune bread ana .li. ii seeth them with the broth of a wethers head tylle the beanes be sodden then make a styffe playster with oyle of roses camomylle and dille The .iii. fourme is cromes of bread steeped in mylke and after made in a playster with oyle of roses camomyl yolkes of egges and a lytle saffron The fourth is a fomentation administred with a sponge or with vnwasshen wolle after this description ℞ of cammomyl mellilote wormwod roses sticados ana m̄ i. of the sede of fenugreke of lynsede ana ℥ i. ss of hony ℥ iii. of rosemary floures m̄ i. of sapa .li. ii seeth them all with sufficiente water and a lytle odoriferous wyne tyll the thyrde part be consumed The fifte is an oyle magistral whiche is excellent to swage peyne caused in woundes thorough the coldnes of the ayer and is thus ordeyned ℞ of oyle of ipericon camomyll dylle and spike ana ℥ ss of agrippa and dialthea ana ℥ i. of foxe oyle ʒ x. of anthos iuamuscata mugworte maioram sticados ana m̄ ss of earth wormes wasshed with wyne ℥ ii of the rotes of enula campana of the rootes of wallwoorte ana ʒ i. seth theym all togyther with a pint of odoryferouse wine one ciath of water of camomil sage tyl halfe the wyne the water be consumed then strayne them and presse them strongly and let them seth agayne tyll the wyne and waters be vtterly consumed then adde of most clere terebentyne ℥ i. ss let them sethe agayne a lytle and vse thys decoction actually hote wyth hote cloutes boūd vpon the member when ye shall perceyue that the aposteme cometh to maturation ye shall resorte to the former boke to the peculier chapters ¶ A chapter of venemous woūdes of the styngynge of venemous beastes and of a wounde by a gonne and remotion of the .vi. fynger IN our former boke we haue declared that the clawes and teeth of beastes are venemous and that a wounde caused by a gōne hath parte of venymenes by reason of the pouder The cure of the sayd woundes dyffer not from other woundes but in as muche as they be more or lesse venymous To come to the cure yf the woūde be caused by an horse an ape a madde dogge c. ye shal bynde the mēber streytlye in the ouer part cauterise it with an hote yron afterward with hote oyle of elders whervnto a lytle of Galienes triacle is added And then ye shall laye vpon the place after the maner of a playster with the lefe of a black colewort scabiouse stāped with butter yolkes of egges onyons boyled in an ouē anointynge the partes lyeng about with triacle vynegre terra sigillata thus ye must do vnto the .vij. daye And after the vij daye let the place be dygested with thys dygestiue ℞ of clere terebentyne ℥ ij of the iuyce of scabious ℥ i. seth them al together tyl the iuyce be consumed and then put thervnto the yolke of an egge After dygestion let the place be mundifyed wyth this mūdifycatiue ℞ of terebentyne ℥ iij. of the iuyce of smallage scabiouse and wormewood ana ℥ ss seeth them all together tyll halfe be consumed and then put thervnto of the floure of lupynes lentilles well bulted ana ʒ vi of sarcocolle ʒ v. of saffran ℈ i. When the place is mundifyed for incarnation ye shall adde to the sayd mundificatiue of myrrhe aloes ana ʒ v. Finally for cicatrisation ye shall procede wyth an oyntment of minium water of alume our pouder cicatrisatiue wrytten in the additions But yf the woūde be venemose large caused of an horse or dogge or some lyke thynge it shall be sufficient to cauterise the place wyth the forsayd oyle and triacle But yf the wounde be caused of a gonne then ye shall only cauterise it wyth oyle of elders or oyle of lynseed And successiuelye ye shall fyl the wounde .iij. dayes wyth vnguentū egiptiacū made with out arsenike leynge vpon the hole mēber to auoyde cancrenositie thys playster folowynge that many dayes ℞ of the floures of beanes barlye and lupynes ana .li. ij of the iuyce of wormewood smallage and scabious ana ℥ ij seeth them all together wyth sufficiēt sapa barbours lye tyl they be thyck and vse thys ordinaunce vnto the .xiiij. daye or more and vse the sayd vnguentum egiptiacum vnto the fourth daye And afterwarde let the place be mundified incarned and cicatrised as it is aforesayd Item it is very good to vse the potion wrytten in the additions agaynst the styngynge of aspys and bytynge of a madde dogge Concernynge the remouyng of the vi fynger and cure of a hande
a dramme an halfe of roche alume ʒ ii seeth thē all togyther tylle the thyrde parte be consumed than strayne them The eyght is a poudre cicatrisatiue whose ordinaunce is this ℞ of terre sigillata the flours of pomgranades of mirabolane citryne of lytarge of syluer ana ʒ iii of alume of roche burnt ʒ i. The nynth is a sponge dypped in this decoction ℞ a pynte of redde wyne and a quarte of lye made with asshes of vyne braunches of wormewood roses myrtyles woodbynde of the rootes of madder ana m̄ ss of the nuttes of cypresse brayed nombreten of roche alume ℥ i. of honye ʒ x. of fyne grayne ℥ iiii seeth them all togyther tylle the halfe be consumed and then strayne them For diete and purgation ye shall resorte to the chapter of Vndimia takynge this waye that the patiēt be purged with hiera cumagarico and that he vse in the mornynge fastynge honye of roses and after meate corianders or of the confection of quinces ¶ A Chapter of crusty scalles in chyldernes heedes or of apostemes in the neckes of the same FOr the cure of these scalles yf the chylde be yet suckynge it is good to purge the norice with cassia or māna and to wasshe the chyldes heed with a decoction of malowes violettes fumiterrye branne rubbyng afore it the scalde heed with the yolke of an egge and if nede be ye shall remoue the heere 's which done ye shall annoynte the heed with butter wasshed with the foresayde decoction and laboured in a mortare of leade leyinge vpon the heed the leaues of blacke coole wortes beetes or lettuse And when the crustes shall be mundifyed ye shall onelye laye fayre lynnen cloutes thereupon and annoynt the heed with the foresayde butter and fynallye for perfyte curation and desiccation ye shall admynister thys linyment folowynge ℞ of buttyre wasshed as is aforesayde of vnguentum album camphoratum an ounce and an halfe mengle them and laboure them in a mortar of lede the space of two houres Yf the chylde be not suckynge it maye be purged with cassia or manna As touchynge apostemes in the neckes of chyldren procedynge of the sayde crustes they are for the mooste parte of the nature of phlegmon and ende by suppuration And therfore ye must procede with maturatiues as is this that foloweth R. the leaues of mallowes sodden in the broth of flesshe or in swete water two handefull of crommes of breed halfe a pounde stampe thē and incorporate them togyther and make a styffe playster in the decoction of the sayde mallowes with wheate floure addynge of buttyre of cōmune oyle of euery one two ounces the yolkes of an egge Item it is good to embroke the place wyth hoote cloutes dypped in thys decoction And for as moche as communelye these apostemes breake by theyr owne accorde ye maye procede wyth the sayde maturatiue vnto perfyte maturation whan it is broken ye shall vse digestiues the space of thre dayes mūdifyinge it afterwarde wyth syrupe of Roses or with vnguentum basilicum or diaquilon wythout gūmes of our description For cicatrisation ye shalle applye vnguentum de minio and yf anye superfluous flesshe growe there ye may easely remoue it wyth our pouder of mercurie Remedies whych are conuenient for the diseases of the eares are these And first to swage the payne of them oyle of yolkes of egges and buttire laboured in a mortar of leade with oyle of swete almondes is a singuler remedye Lykewise womans mylke or cowes mylke is good in thys case And so is thys suffumigation folowyng R. of barly branne malowes violettes ana m̄ ii of camomylle mellilote ana m̄ ss of the sede of quynces ʒ iii. of spelta m̄ i. the head of a wether somwhat broken seeth these thynges tyll halfe be consumed For the same intention we vse the oyle of chestwormes whyche is thus made ℞ of oyle of roses odoriferous oile of violettes an̄ ℥ i. of vinaygre of roses ʒ i. ss of saffranne graynes .ii. of water of roses ℥ ii of womans mylke of chestwormes whyche are founde vnder wood in moyst places The oyle of chest wormes and drawe them selues arounde together an̄ ʒ x. of earth-wormes of snayles ana ʒ ii of freshe buttyre ℥ vi seeth them al together tyl the vinaygre and water be cōsumed then streyne them vse this oyle hote And yf ye wolde labour it in a mortar of leade the space of an houre it shuld the better swage peyne and inflāmation These forsaid remedies ar good when the mattier is hote but yf the matter be colde it is good to vse oyle of bytter almondes mengled wyth oyle of the yolkes of egges or buttyre boyled wyth an apple or in an oynyon puttynge the buttyre into the eare actuallie hote and layenge the apple rape or oynyon vpon the eare in the fourme of a playster Thys fumigation is also conuenient for the same purpose ℞ of fenugreke of lynsede ana m̄ i. of camomil mellilote dylle ana m̄ i. ss of swete fenell of licorice ana ʒ vi seeth them all together wyth sufficient broth of a wethers heade tyll halfe be consumed And yf ye wolde seeth herwythall of cumyne ʒ vi of corianders ʒ iiii of maiorum ʒ ii of honye ℥ ii it shulde be a singuler remedye agaynst wyndynes and soundyng of the eares The remedyes conueniente to rype hote apostemes of the eares bene of thre sortes of whyche the first is this R. of oyle of violettes oyle of sweete almons of the marye of a calues legge ana ʒ iii. of freshe buttyre or hennes grese ana ℥ ss of the decoction of malowes violettes quynces psilium fenugreke one cyathe seeth them all together tyll the decoction be consumed put therof into the eare actually hote The seconde is thys R. of the meat of rosted apples ℥ iiii or in stede therof of cromes of breade of the leaues of malowes sodden in water and stāped ℥ iii. of womans mylke ℥ i. of buttyre ℥ ii of barlye floure ʒ x. of oyle of violettes ʒ vi mengle them and seeth them alytle styrryng them about and adde in the ende the yolkes of two egges The thyrde is after thys sort R. of the leaues of malowes violettes and lettuce ana m̄ i. of barlye and branne ana m̄ i. ss of camomyll mellilote an̄ m̄ ss of the rotes of holihocke ʒ ii seeth them al together wyth sufficient rayn water tyll halfe be consumed streyn them minister thys decoction vpon the eare wyth hote cloutes Remedies to heale the vlcers of the eares are of thre sortes also whereof the fyrst is made of one parte of honye of roses and halfe a part of the oyle of yolkes of egges and the thyrde parte of terebentyne and the fourth of sarcocolle And it is a singuler remedy for newe vlcers of the eares The seconde is good for olde vlcers of eares and is in thys fourme R. vnguentum apostolorum ʒ iii. of vnguētum
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
them agayne a lytle addyng of verdegrese brayed ʒ xiiij of aloes frankēsence myrrhe sarcocolle lytarge of syluer wel brayed of euery one ℥ iij myngle them and styrre them aboute Thys is vnguentū apostolorū maius Item to remoue superfluous fleshe of vlceres it is good to myngle one parte of vnguentū egiptia Vnguentum Egiptiacum ij partes of the sayd oyntmēt Vnguentū egipti after our descriptiō is thus made ℞ of verdegrese of roche alume ana ℥ ij of hony of roses ℥ i. of water of plantayne wyne of granates an̄ ℥ ij ss seeth thē styrre thē about tyll they be thycke as hony Here foloweth a pouder to cause a good cycatrise ℞ of mirabolanes citrines ℥ i. of roche alume burut ʒ ij of terra sigillata of floures of pomgranates ana ℥ i. ss of lyme tenne tymes wasshed ℥ iii. of ceruse of lytarge of syluer ana ʒ ii ss myngle theym and make a fyne pouder This lotion is of lyke effecte ℞ of water of plantaine of odoriferous wyne ana .li. ss of roche alume brent ʒ vi of hony of roses ℥ ii sethe them a lytle A dygestyue of sanguyne apostemes is thus made ℞ of clere terebentyne ℥ ii the yolke of an egge of saffron ℈ ss myngle them This is a digestiue of a choleryke aposteme R. the yolke of an egge oyle of roses omphacyne ℥ ss mingle them and labour them in a morter of leade the space of an houre puttyng in the oyle droppe by droppe A mundificatiue of a sanguyne aposteme is thus made R. of clere terebentyne ℥ ij of honye of roses ℥ ss of sirupe of roses ʒ vi seeth them a litle and putte therevnto the yolke of an egge of barly floure ℥ i. of saffran ℈ ss A mundificatyue of a choleryke aposteme R. of clere terebentyne ℥ ii sirupe of roses ℥ i. ss the iuyce of plantayne ʒ ss seeth them a lytle and adde thervnto the yolke of an egge of barlye floure ʒ x. and if ye adde of frankynsence myrrhe sarcocoll aloes of euerye one ℥ i. ss it shall be a good incarnatyue A digestiue of a flegmatyue aposteme R. of clere terrebentyne ℥ ii of honye of roses ℥ ii of the iuyce of smallage horehounde scabiouse cole woortes wormewood of euery one ℥ ss seeth them all tyll halfe the iuyce be consumed addyng of the floure of wheate ʒ x. of bean floure and lentilles ana ʒ v. of sarcocoll ʒ vi myngle them Here foloweth a cerote to remoue the hardenes of the mylte and lyuer and the stomake ℞ of diaquilō magistrale thre ounces of Galenes cerote of isope ℥ i. ss of armoniake dissolued wyth vinegre an ounce a halfe of the iuyce of ireos thre drammes of the iuyce of smallage and rue of euerye one thre drammes of the rootes of cappares and asparage of euery one sixe drammes of camomylle mellilote wormewood of euerye one m̄ ss of odoriferous wyne and whyte vinaygre ana cyathe halfe seeth them tyll the wyne and vinaygre be consumed then streyne them and putte thereunto of the rootes of Holihocke soden and strayned four ounces a halfe of newe waxe asmuche as shall suffice sethe them agayne and make a styffe cerote addyng in the ende of safron ℈ ii Here foloweth a good fomentacion to resolue the aposteme of the armes and legges called vndimia R. of Camomille Mellilote of the leaues of myrte of euerye one m̄ ii of wormewood squinantum sticados roses mugworte of euerye one m̄ i. of coriander swete fenell of euerye one an ounce of hony halfe a pounde of salt of roch alume of euery one ℥ ii ss seeth them all with barbours lye tylle the thyrde parte be consumed A corrosiue water to mortifie a carbuncle to remoue wartes and superfluouse fleshe in the pockes is thus made ℞ of sal gemme vitrial romayne ana ʒ ii of sublimat arsenike an̄ ʒ i. of verdegrece ʒ ss Seeth them to gyther be sydethe verdegrese with a cyathe of barbours lye and halfe a ciath of water of roses tylle halfe be consumed and whan ye take this ordynaunce from the fyer put in the verdegrese This is a great secrete A mundificatiue of a carbuncle of our inuention R. of honye of roses ℥ iii. of sapa ℥ j. of terrebentyne .li. ss of the iuyce of woormewood smallage and scabious of euery one ʒ vi of the floure of barlye and wheate of euery one ℥ ii seeth them tylle they be thycke addynge of saffron ℈ i. of sarcocolle ʒ iii. An oyntemente to mortyfye a carbuncle and to mundifie cancrena and ascachillos ℞ of honye ℥ ii of roche alume ℥ ii ss of sal gemmae ʒ ii of sublimate ʒ i. ss of the iuyce of scabiouse ʒ vi of verdegrese ʒ xiiii of vynegre of roses ℥ iii. ss seeth them tylle they be thycke An oyntment to incarne woundes of our inuention ℞ of clere terebentyne ℥ iii. of oyle of mastyke and roses ana ℥ i. of calues tallowe ℥ ii of rasine of the pyne of mastyke of euerye one ʒ x. of frankensence of mirrhe of euerye one ʒ iii. of newe waxe ℥ j. ss of anthos yarowe centaurye the greatter of euery one m̄ i. of odoriferous whyte wyne one ciathe stampe the herbes a lytle and seethe them togyther tylle the wyne be consumed then strayne them and malaxe the straynyng with mylke Here foloweth a sparadrap to cure corrosiue maligne and virulente vlcers ℞ of vnguentum populeon .li. ss of an oyntmente of roses or of Galiens oyntment ℥ iii. of oyle of roses .li. j. ss of calues suet ℥ viii of swynes grese ℥ ii ss of the iuyce of plantayne and nyghtshade of euery one ℥ iii. Seeth them all tylle the iuyce be consumed than strayne them and put to the strayning of ceruse ℥ vj. of lytarge of golde and syluer ana ℥ ii of terra ligillata of minium ana ʒ x. seeth all togyther tyll they be blacke in colour addyng sufficient white waxe and of camphore brayed ʒ i. ¶ Of suppositories and clysteres of honye TAke honye ℥ iiii seeth it tyl it be thycke styffe make suppositories lyke a candel labour them betwene your hādes anoynted wyth oyle and yf ye wyl haue them to be of strōger operation adde of salgemme ℥ ii of bn̄dicta simplex ℥ ss of ireos stāped incorporated in the ende ʒ v. Here foloweth another fourme of our descriptiō ℞ of the rotes of flour deluyce stāped li. i. of the leaues of camomyl mellilote dille ana m̄ i. of white sope cut in smal peces ℥ i. of the rotes of holihocke li. ss of garden saffran polipodie swete fenel ana ʒ x. of cumyne ʒ iii. sal gemme ʒ v. of comune salte ʒ vi seeth these thynges with fyue pounde of reyne water tyl halfe be consumed then streyn them and make lytle roūd peces aboute the bygnes of great pilles wyth suger coriander the sayd streynynge and put thre or fyue
maiorum mynte wormewood mugwort nept of euery one a lytle of oyle of mastik spyke quynces ana ℥ i. ss of odoriferous wyne cyathe one seeth them til the wyne be consumed then strayne them and put to the straynyng of the spyces of aromaticum rosatū of the spyces of diaradon abbatis ℥ iiii of white waxe as mochas shall suffice make a liniment A potion for sharpe feuers and for the breakynge of the skulle it maye be gyuen without tamirindes Take of reysons two ounces of damaske prunes of cleane barly of euery one ℥ ss of tamarindes ʒ ii of the wyne of pomegranades ℥ iiii seeth them all wyth syxe pound of rayne water and syxe ounces of fyne sugre til the third parte be consumed than strayn them A potion for all fystules For fistula ℞ of agrimonye m̄ iii. of plantayne m̄ two of the leaues of a wylde olyue an handfull of ielefloures ℥ ss of honye ℥ iii. seethe them in wyne of good odoure wyth a lytle scabiouse tyll the fourth parte be consumed and gyue it in the breake of the daye in the quantitie of halfe a cyathe An artificiall iuce to mortifye a fistule ℞ of the iuce of agrimonye ℥ iii. of the iuce of affodylles two ounces of the iuce of celidonye ℥ i. of cōmune salte of sal armoniacke ana ʒ iii. of sublymate ʒ ii of verdegrese of roche alume ana ʒ i. ss of aqua vite ʒ x. seeth them tyll halfe the water and iuce be consumed and cast the licoure into the fistule wyth a syrynge After mundification of a fistule this lycoure is conuenyent ℞ of the iuces of agrimonie and plantayne ana ℥ ii of the rootes of paucedinis stamped ℥ ss of alowes myrrhe ana ʒ ii of salte of roche alume ana ʒ ss of honye of roses ℥ ii of aqua vite ℥ i. ss seeth them togyther tylle halfe the water and iuce be consumed and applye this lyquour as is aforesayde For a trociske of minium agaynst fistules resorte to the eyght booke of corrosyues The maner to make the poudre of mercurye is declared in the eyght boke A linimente conuenyente for a spasme procedyng through the hurte of the synnowes is thus made ℞ of the seede of Saynt Iohns worte m̄ ii of anthos m̄ i. of fresshe buttur li. ss of oyle of roses dylle camomyll violettes ypericon of euerye one two ounces of calues suete ℥ iii. of the mary of cowes legges ℥ ii of the oyle of swete almondes ℥ i. ss of goose grese duckes grese hennes grese ana ℥ ii ss of earthe wormes washed with wine thre ounces an halfe of good wyne cyathe one and an halfe seethe them tyl the wyne be consumed thā strayn them and make a liniment wyth suffycient whyte waxe and dyppe cloutes therein in the fourme of a sparadrap and bynde them vpon the sore place A good oyle for prycked synowes ℞ of the oyle of ypericon elders euphorbium ana ℥ i. of brayed brymstone ʒ x. of armoniacke bdelliū serapyne an̄ ʒ i. of whyte vynegre halfe aciath of erthwormes washed with wine ʒ i. ss seeth them togyther tylle the vynegre be consumed than strayne thē and applye the oyle actuallye hote The oyntment folowyng is good for the same purpose and draweth oute the matter that causeth a spasme ℞ of the forsayde oyle ℥ i. of terebentine halfe an ounce of gootes and calues tallowe of euerye one thre ounces of whyte diaquilon gummed ʒ x. of armoniake of bdellium dissolued wyth vynegre ana ʒ ii of rasyne of the pine tree of colophonye shyppytche ana ʒ v. make a cerote with suffyciēt new waxe Here foloweth an oyle of oure description which is good for all goutes caused of colde and myxt humoures and also swageth payne commynge of the crampe ℞ of cōmune oile l. i. ss of oile of roses odoriferous oyle of camomyll ana li. i. of oyle of a foxe spyke ypericon ana ℥ ii of oyle of dylle ℥ i. ss of the iuce of camomyll wormewoode anthos mugwoorte calamynt ana m̄ i. of squinantum m̄ ss of the seede of ipericon an handfull and an halfe of goose grese duckes grese ana ℥ iii. of the marye of a calues and a cowes legges an̄ ʒ x. of the rootes of enula campana and walwoorte somewhat broken ana ℥ iiii eyght quycke frogges of earth wormes wasshed with wyne ℥ iiii mēgle these thynges togyther with a quart of good wyne and so leaue them the space of a daye than seeth them with a softe fyre tyll the wyne be cōsumed than strayne them addynge of cleare terebētine ℥ ii ss of saffrā ℈ ii seeth thē a lytle and reserue this oyle as a treasure And yf ye wyll make it in the fourme of a cerote ye must adde two ounces of newe waxe A playstre agaynst the goute ℞ of husked beanes sodden in the broth of flesshe ℥ iiii stampe them strayne them addynge of oyle of Roses and camomylle of buttyre and swynes grese ana ʒ ii myngle them make a softe playstre with the yolkes of .ii. egges and of saffran ℈ i. Here foloweth the ordynaunce of vnguentum de minio whyche is good to heale vlcers of harde curation ℞ of oyle of roses odoriferous li. i. ss of oyle myrtyne of vnguentum populeon ana ℥ iiii of hennes grese ℥ iii. of cowes and wethers talowe ana li. ss of swynes grese seuen ounces of litarge of golde and syluer an̄ ℥ ii ss of ceruse ℥ iiii of minium thre ounces seeth them tyll they be black and styrre them about increasing the fyre afterwarde halfe an houre and put to of clere terebētine ℥ x. with sufficient quantitie of whyte waxe make a softe cerote and let it seethe agayne a lytle An oyntmente to coole good for chafynge of the yarde and other members and kylleth ytchyng ℞ of oyle of roses odoriferous ℥ iiii of Galenes oyntment of vnguentū albū cāphoratū vnguentū populeon ana ℥ i ss of the iuce of plantayne and nyght shade ana ℥ vi of litarge of gold and syluer ana ℥ ii mengle them make a liniment in a mortare of leade The maner to make the liniment is thys whan ye haue put the myneralles in a mortare ye must put in the oyles the iuces by lytle and lytle one after an other styrrynge them euer about tyll they be well incorporated and so put to the oyntmentes Vnguentū de tucia which is good for cankers and hoote vlcers is thus ordeyned ℞ of oile of roses ōphacine of oyle of roses complet odoriferous ana li. ss of calues and gootes tallow of vnguentū rosarum Galeni of vnguentū populeō ana ℥ ii ss of iuces of plantayne nyghtshade and sorelle ana ℥ i. ss of the wyne of pomegranades ℥ ii ss seeth thē all wyth a soft fyre tyll the iuce and the wyne be cōsumed than strayne them and put to the straynynge of ceruse of litarge of golde and syluer
cerote called Isope it oughte to be thus redde of Galenes cerote of fat called Isope or of Galenes cerote of Isope Ireos The Apothecaries vse the genitiue case for the nominatiue Iris is the roote of the flouredeluyce when it is put in receites Iua Iua muscata is thought to be a kinde of chamaepitys Loke for chamepitys The Germaines calle Iua or Ibiga vergessemeinit that is forgette me not Iuleb Iuleb is made of â—uâ—ed waters or of iuyces and sugâ—â— Iuiubae Iuiubae are frutes whiche the latines calle zizipha Howbeit Brasâ—â—olê° saieth that they 〈◊〉 rather thaÌ„ frutes The phisicions vse them in decoctions for the breste Lacea LAcha is a gumme or liquor of a tree in Arabie hauing a pleasaunt odour some calle it cancamum Lacertes Braunie synnowes Lanciola Vigo sayeth that Lanciola is hote and drye in the fourth degre therfore I thinke he meaneth speare worte LaÌ„ciolata signifieth the lesse plantaine Lapis lazuli Is a stone of blewe colour whiche as Dioscorides sayeth is digged out of brasse mynes in Cypres The french men calle it pierre dazur that is the stone of azure Laudanum Resorte to Hypoquystidos Lethargus Lethargê° is a disease which bringeth a merueilouse necessitye of sleeping and forgetfulnes of al thynges Lethe in Greke signifieth forgetfulnes argia ydlenes slouthfulnes Leuitiue That that soupleth is called lenitiue Ligamentes Ligamenta come of ligando whiche signifieth to bynde Lingua passerina Lingua passerina is the female of wylde tasell Peruse Vigon in virga pastoris Lignum aloes Lignum aloes otherwise called agal lochon is a wood brought out of India and Arabia spottie of stronge sauoure and somewhat bytter in taste Liniment Liniment is an oyntmeÌ„t linire signifieth to smere to annoynte Litarge Litargyrion spuma argenti that is to saye the fome of syluer is made partlye of burnte syluer and partly of burnt leade That whych is of yelow coloure is called litargyrion auri litarge of golde Local They cal that local that perteyneth to a place that muste be applyed vpon some outwarde parte of the bodye Loch Loch is vsed for an electuarie in a liquide fourme wyth some slymines that it may tariesome whyle before it synke in to the stomake Lotions Lotions washynges Lunaria The dutch men cal lunaria moone-kraute that is moone worte bycause the leafe therof resembleth the halfe moone Some thynke it to be a kynde of nyghtshade as we haue shewed in Manicon Lupines Lupinus is a kynde of pulse soÌ„what bytter excepte it be steeped in water The floure of lupines hathe vertue to discusse to drye to open c. Lutum sapientiae LutuÌ„ sapientiae is made of wheate floure and moyste paper small toosed and wyth the whytes of egges beaten Licium Licium is a tree ful of pryckes and it beareth frute lyke pepper of blacke coloure and bytter in taste A iuyce is gathered out of the rootes stamped wyth the other partes of the tre which is much vsed in confections Maculae MMaculae ben wheÌ„ throughe a strype bloode is gathered betwene the skynnes of the eye litle spottes appearing in the outwarde parte Malaxe Malasso in greke signifieth to soften to mollifie MalabathruÌ„ There bene two kindes of malabathrum One is the leafe of a tree in Siria whereout an oyle is strayned The other swymmethe vppon marysshes in India without a roote The apothecaries calle malabathrum folium Indie Malum mule I thynke that malum mule is the kybe called in greke cheimallon bycause it commeth in the wynter Manicon There bene foure kyndes of nyghtshade The fyrst groweth in gardens and is called morrell The seconde is that that is called Alkakengi The thyrde is called lunaria The fourthe manicon bycause it bryngeth maddenes For mania in greke is madnes Malignitie Though malignus be properlye illiberall yet they take it comunelye for wycked mischeuous c. Manna Manna is a dewe thicked and fallynge in certayne places vpon trees so gathered and vsed for purgations It is brought from the mount libane Some cal it mel aerium that is honye of the ayre Maturatiue That that hathe strength to rype is called in latine maturatiuum Maturation Maturation rypynge Mesenterion That parte whych is sette in the myddeste of the entrayles and is tied to the backe is called Mesenterion or Mesaraeon To whych mesareon ther descende veynes from the gate of the lyuer whyche veynes the lyuer vseth as handes to brynge hym iuyce from the stomake Mediastine From the skynne that gyrdeth and enuironeth the ribbes there growe out two thinne skinnes one froÌ„ the right and the other froÌ„ the lyfte syde which as it were make an hedge and deuide the middle of the bodye And thys is it that they cal Mediastinum Marchasita Marchasita is a stone wherwyth brasse is tryed out It is lyke brasse wheÌ„ it is strycken sparkes of fyre flye out therfore it is called pyrites in greke For pyr signifieth fyre Thys stone hath vertue to scour awaye such thinges as darken the syght Merdasengi Merdasengi is vsed for litarge or burnte leade resorte to lithargyrion Minerals are thynges digged out of mynes Memithe Some thynketh that memithe is the iuyce of the great salendine or celidony But Leo. Fuchsius other lerned meÌ„ affirme that they are deceiued say that it is rather glauciuÌ„ which as Dioscorides sayeth is the iuyce of an herbe growynge about the citie hierapolis in Syria hauynge leaues lyke vnto poppie and a iuyce of yelowe coloure which cooleth and is ministred in me dicines for the eyes Melissa Melissa in greke signifieth a bee It is taken for an herbe wherein the bees delite Some call it baume Mercurie Mercurie is vsed somtyme for an herbe of that name and somtimes for quyckesyluer MiliuÌ„ solis Lithospermon for it is iudged to be milium solis hath leaues like oliue leaues but they bene longer and broder The brauÌ„ches ben streyght smal and woody The seedes are smal and stonie and beynge dronken with whyte wyne they breake the stone Milium Milium is a kind of corne It hath vertue to coole and to drye to make thynne as some thynke Minium Dioscorides sayth that minium is made in Spayne of a certayne stone mengled wyth syluersande The paynters call vermillon whych is made of brimstone and quyckesyluer minium whiche is in dede cenabriuÌ„ or cinober Vigon sayth that it is made of cerusse through burnynge Antonius Musa sayeth that in the veynes of quycksyluer there is dygged out a clotte of red coloure whych hath redde dust about it that duste is minium after the sayde auctours opinion Minoratiue That the diminisheth or maketh lesse they call minoratiuuÌ„ Mirtilles The seedes of myrte are comunelye called myrtilli Howebeit Iohn VigoÌ„ often tymes byddeth to take the leaues and graynes of myrtilles vsyng myrtilles for myrte Mirach Vnder the vpper skynne of the bellie there is another skynne whych the Arabians call Myrach the latine abdomen and sumen the grecians epigastrion After the muscles of
god be praysed and thanked ¶ The fourth Chaptre of Herisipelas WE haue declared in the former chapitres of Phlegmon what it is what maner curatiō ther to belongeth In thys present Chapitre we wyll traycte of a choleryke Aposteme called Herisipelas Herisipelas Thys Aposteme is caused of choleryke bloode The sygnes of Herisipelas bene these grefe burnyng and inflammation And they ben wythout great eleuation of the place For the matter is not depe And therfore Anicenne sayeth that true Herisipelas ia a pasiyon of the skynne And this Aposteme is wyth great heate and wyth a greater fyeuer than is in Flegmon neyther is there great pulsation And it is with a pryckynge and bytynge payne and not so extensyue or stretchynge as in Flegmon Herisipelas begynneth oft in the face and sometymes in the nose and spredeth throughout all the face Sometyme it chaunceth in woundes euyll cured or whan the patient wyll not obeye the Chirurgien nor good coūsel The colour of Herisipelas a signe thereof Herisipelas is of red coloure enclynynge somewhat to yellowe And the chefe sygne of Herisipelas is that whā it is pressed down wyth the fynger the rednesse vanyssheth awaye and returneth incontynently The reason is bycause the mattier is subtyle I coulde declare howe manye kyndes of Herisipelas there bene and in what mattiers they are engendred but of the kindes of Apostemes and howe they bene engendred we haue sustyeyently treated in the former Chapter in whiche there are manye poyntes verye profytable for the doctrine of this Chapter and other treatyses of apostemes Thus we ende this Chaptre ¶ The .v. Chaptre of the cure of Herisipelas IN the cure of Herisipelas there bene foure intentiōs requyred The cure of Herisipelas Te fyrst is ordynaunce of lyfe and diete The seconde digestion of the mattier antecedent The thyrde remedye of the mattier conioyncte The fourth correction of the accidēt The fyrst intention is accomplysshed by thynges enclynynge to coldenesse and moystnesse as the ayre meates and drynckes The meate of them whiche haue Herisipelas must be of wheate or of barlye brayed and sodden in water and made wyth almande mylke cōmune seedes and sugre and with no broth of fleshe For they that haue Herisipelas muste auoyde all fatte hote salte and eygre thynges It is very good to abstayne from wyne in this disease Let the pacient vse Laictuce borage gourdes purse lane and other colde thynges engrossynge bloude Furthermore the patient must chose out a colde ayre enclinynge to moystnesse and rectifyed with a decoctiō of the leaues of willowes roses and vyolettes and vineleaues sprinklyng the chambre with this decoction A clistre or kepynge in the chambre the forsayde thynges Lette the patient kepe his bellye souple with thys clystre ℞ of the leaues of mallowes and vyolettes an̄ m̄ .ii. of barlye of branne ana m̄ .i. of the seedes of quinces ʒ ii Let them boyle in suffycyent water to the consumption of the third parte than of the decoction make a clistre adding of oyle of violets ℥ iii. of hony of vio ℥ iii. the yolkes of ii egs a lytle salt Syrupe digest the mattier with this syrupe whyche is for the accomplishment of the seconde intention ℞ of syrupe of vyolettes of roses by infusyon of hoppes An̄ ℥ ss of the water of violets of hoppes an̄ ℥ i. ss mēgle them whan he hath vsed this syrupe foure dayes lette hym be pourged wyth this purgation whyche is the accomplyshment of the thyrde intention Purgatyon ℞ of Cassia of Diaprunis not solutyue Ana ℥ ss of chosen Manna ℥ i. of Reubarbe lythed accordyng to arte ʒ i. make a small potion wyth a decoction of cordyal floures and frutes addynge in the ende of syrupe of vyolettes ℥ i. and. ss You must vnderstande that cuttynge of a veyne is not conuenyente in this case excepte it be Herisipelas Flegmonides that is to saye an Aposteme compouned of Cholere and bloude in whyche Cholere hath domynion And the morowe after that he hathe receyued thys purgation it is a generall rule that he take a lenytiue clistre And afterwarde let the place be Epithemed with this famylyer resolutyue Resolutyue Take the whyte of thre egges of the Oyle of Roses after the descryption of Mesue ℥ ii of Vnguentum Rosarum after the descryption of the sayde Mesue of the iuce of plantayne or Morell Ana ℥ i. of vnguentum Galeni ℥ i. and. ss Lette them be mengled togyther and make a playster wherewyth ye shall playstre the greued place Thys playstre is verye good An other playstre resolutyue for the same intention ℞ of the leaues of Mallowes and Vyolettes and cleane barly Ana. m̄ .i. whan they ben all sodden stampe them and strayne them and putte to the straynynge of the seede of quynces of Mucilage of Psillium Ana ℥ i. ss of Oyle of vyolettes of Oyle of Populeon of Vnguentum Rosarum Ana ℥ i. mengle them and melt the thynges that are to be melted and make an oyntment in a leaden mortare wyth a lyttle whyte waxe This medicine is good in all tymes of this Aposteme An other ℞ of the oyle of vyolettes of the oyle of Roses Ana ℥ i. of Vnguentum Galeni ʒ vi mengle them and make an oyntment in a leden mortare An other playstre for the same intention Take of oyle of Roses of vyolettes Ana ℥ vi the whyte of an egge and mengle them togyther wyth an ounce of the Iuce of Plantayne and wyth cōmune oyle make them after the maner of a Playstre and laye it vpon the Aposteme Item Oyle of Roses is verye good for thys Aposteme And also Vnguentum Rosarum of the description of Mesue is well praysed of the same auctoure and I haue proued it often in my selfe and in other to be ryght good specyallye in thys case of the Herisipelas Otherwyse ye maye make it this Take of the Oyle of Roses of Vnguentum Rosarum and of oyle of Vyolettes of whyte Saundres Ana ʒ ii of the iuce of Plantayne of the iuce of Morell Ana ℥ i. and. ss of the mucilage of Psillium of Mallowes and vyolettes An̄ ℥ iii. Lette them boyle all to the consumption of the mucilage than make a softe cerote wyth suffycient whyte waxe Ye maye applye this cerote at all tymes and it is verye good and proued in thys Aposteme The fourth intention is to correct the accidētes and is thus accomplisshed A very colde oyntment Yf it chaunce that through gret heate the place commeth to vlceratiō as we haue sene ofte and Auicenne sayeth that some tyme thys Aposteme produceth lyttle bladders Than I saye we must applye thys oyntment ℞ of oyle of vyolettes of the oyle of Roses Ana ℥ ii of vnguētum rosarum ℥ i. and. ss of the iuce of Plantayne of the iuce of houseleke Ana ℥ ss of litarge of golde and syluer Ana ʒ x. of Tutia ʒ ii of Cerusse ʒ vi in the composition
the matter conioynct Diete The fyrste intention is accomplysshed in gyuynge to the pacyent meates declynynge to coldenesse and moystnesse lette hym vse therfore a gruell of breade sodde in water or in the brothe of a chycken sodden wyth Laictuce and a lytle cleane barleye And herewyth it is good to vse a fewe Almondes blaunched or commune seede called Semina communia stamped wyth a lytle sugre Also the patient maye vse at the begynnynge the brothe of a Chekyn sodde wyth Borrage Endyue Purselane Betes and Spynnache For drynke he maye vse the wyne of Pomegranattes that is not sharpe but well mengled wyth water The seconde and thyrde intention is accomplysshed by takynge of this syrupe ℞ of syrupe of vyolettes Syrupe of vynagre of the iuyce of Endyue ana ʒ iiii of the water of Endine hoppes and vyolettes Ana ʒ i. mengle them After that the pacyent hathe vsed thys syrupe thre or foure dayes he must take thys purgation in the mornynge ℞ of Electuarye lenitiue Purgation of Cassia Ana ʒ ss of Electuarye of Roses after Mesue ʒ iiii wyth the water of Endyue and hoppes make a small potion addynge in the ende of syrupe of vyolettes ʒ i. ss An other purgation Recipe of the wheye of gootes mylke ʒ iiii of electuarye De psillio ʒ ii and ss of Diacatholicon Diaprunis non solutini Ana ʒ ss mengle them and make a potion Yf it be Formica Corrosiua we muste digeste the matter after thys sorte ℞ of syrupe of Fumiterye of hoppes Ana ℥ ss of water of fumiter hoppes and Buglos Ana ℥ i. After that he hath vsed this syrup as it is sayde of the other he muste take this purgatiō ℞ of Cassia that is newlye drawen out of Diacatholicō an̄ ℥ ss of the cōfectiō of hamech Purgatyon ʒ iii. make a potion of fumiter adding in the ende of it syrupe of violettes ʒ i. 7. The fourth intention which is to take away the matter conioynct shal be accōplysshed with the medycines vnder wrytten of whiche the fyrst is this ℞ one Pomegranade aygre of Lentyles A playstre of cleane barly of plātayn called Arnoglossa or shepes tonge or waybredth ana m̄ i. of the rotes ofred dockes called Lapathiū acutum ℥ iiii of lupines ℥ ii seeth these thynges in suffycient water with a lytle vynegre tyll the barly be broken thā stampe them and strayne them and sette them agayne vpon the fyre the space of a quarter of an houre and putte to these thinges of oyle of Roses omphacine of oyle Mirtine Ana ℥ ii of whytewaxe ℥ x. make a composition whiche shall be betwene the forme of a cerot and of a playstre This plaistre is a present remedy to resolue all kyndes of Formica ambutiua and Corrosiua An other resolutyne for the same intention ℞ of oyle of roses of vnguentū Populeon Ana ℥ ii of oyle Myrtyne ℥ i. and. ss of the iuce of plātayn and nyghtshade Ana ℥ i. of roch alumme ʒ i. of the floures of Pomegranades m̄ ss of the seede of roses ℥ i. of docke rootes ℥ ss of vinegre ℥ ii Lette them boyle all vnto the consumption of the iuces and vynegre than sturre them aboute in a mortar of leade an houre and put therevnto of litharge of golde and syluer Ana ℥ ii of cerusse ℥ i. of Tutia ʒ ii yf nede be of greater exiccation or drying ye maye well adioyne of the refuse of yron called Scoria ferri fynely serced ʒ ii of verdegres ʒ i. and ss and so moche lyme that hath bene ten rymes wasshed This plaistre hathe so greate vertue in hys operation that there is no poynte of Formica but that it maye be resolued by the same And yf it so chaunce that the Formica can not be resolued but that it spreadeth it selfe in sondrye places wyth malignitye and vlceracyon we fynde these two remedyes vnder wrytten present and good to mortifye the sayde Formica bothe Corrosiua and Ambulatiua The fyrste is thys A poudre ℞ of Arsenicke of Auri pigmentū Ana ʒ ii of the iuyce of Plantayne of the iuyce of Nyghtshade of the iuyce of coolewortes an̄ ℥ ii of the rinde of a walnut yf it can be gotten ℥ ss or in the stede of it of Celidonye otherwyse called Salendyne ℥ ss lette them boyle all in a brasen vessell vnto the consumption of the iuyces thā stampe them fynely addynge of Camphore brayed accordynge to arte ʒ ss of Opium ℈ i. The seconde remedye ℞ of Arsenycke of Auripigmente Ana ʒ i. stampe them wel and let them boyle wyth a pynte of lye vnto the consumption of two partes and putte there into of Rose water li. ss and let them seeth one boylynge more In the application of these two remedyes ye must regarde this meane namelye that the place be wasshed wyth lynte made after the maner of a bolster plonged and steped in the decoction aboue wrytten and layde too twyse or thryse Thys water hath infallibly vertue to take awaye the malignite of an vlceratiō cōming of formica The fourme of administration of the poudre The poudre aboue ordeyned hath the same vertue whan it is layde to the place in the fourme folowing The vlcered place must be wasshed wyth a decoction of barley or of rose water incontinently you must putte the poudre in the sayde vlcered place not wypyng the place whyche thyng done ones or twyse yf ye perceyue the malignite of the vlcere to be mortifyed whyche thynge is easely knowen by the swelling of the place than ye must procure to make the eschare to fal away and to appayse the payne To remoue an Eschare inflāmation by thys meane Take of the leaues of mallowes and violettes an̄ M. ii and boyle them tyl they ben perfectly sodden than stāpe them wyth barley floure And with the decoction make a styffe playster addynge of freshe buttyre of swete oyle an̄ ℥ ii and two yolkes of egges put in to the foresaid thinges incontinētly after that they bene taken from the fyer Thys playster is principall to appayse gryefe caused by stronge medicines Ye may also profitably foment or bathe the place wyth thys decoction before ye laye to the sayd playster with cloutes weted in the decoction and it muste be layed too as hote as the patient canne suffre it And afterwarde whan they eschare shall be taken away the sayd vlcere shal be healed wyth the oyntment aboue wrytten which is compouned of the iuyce of herbes and of litarge or wyth vnguētum de Minio written in our antidotarie or wyth the oyntmēt aboue named in this present chapiter in the whych is tutia Item our poudre remouyng superfluous fleshe wythout payne hathe a prerogatyue aboue other to take away the malignite of vlceres and hath lyke effecte in thys aposteme The auncient doctours and also the later haue wrytten sondrye remedies in which I haue founde lytle vtilite and therfore I haue ouerpassed them and
haue wrytten those onlye whych I haue founde true ¶ The .viii. chapter of Formica milliari SEynge that we haue spoken sufficiently of Formica ambulatiua Formica milliaris and Corosiua it remaineth that we treate of the thyrde kynde called Formica milliaris bicause it is lyke to the graynes of a pulse named milliū both in the couloure quantitie of lytle pustles Thys formica is engendred of choleryke mattier and somtyme of a mengled humour that is to say of colere wyth fleame And somtymes it is engēdred of burnt cholere and melancholy Somtymes by the cōmixtion of fleame wyth melancholie and that is of more slowe resolution than the other The reason is bicause that flematike and melancholyke humours mengled together obeye not digestiō bicause of their grosnesse and coldnes Somtymes Formica milliaris engendred by a choleryke humour and melancholyke aduste or burnt maketh corrosion vlcers whych bene ryght harde to cure as it appeareth to them whych consider the nature of the humour that causeth Formica milliaris The signes of thys kynde of Formica bene these The signes of formica milliaris namely the coloure enclineth to yelownes bicause of cholere and somtymes it is whyte enclinynge to a duskesche coloure The secunde is that thys kynde is more wtin thā without which signe is not in other formices And it is engēdred betwene the fleshe the skinne bicause of the grossenes of the humours that receaue cōmixtion And vpō the skyn there is alwaye the semblaunce of a grayne of milliū betwene the fleshe and the skinne as lerned Arzi sayth there is a notable cōcauite The third signe is that for the moost parte this Formica is without inflāmation bycause that fleame which is colde and moyst is mengled wyth cholere and represseth the heate therof ¶ The .ix. Chap. of the cure of Formica milliaris THe cure of formica milliaris is accomplyshed wyth thre intentions The cure of For. milliaris The fyrst is ordinaūce of lyfe The second purgation of the matier antecedent Howbeit alwayes digestiō muste go before purgation as Hipocrates sayth The thyrde intention is to take away the mattier cōioinct by application of conuenient medicines vpon the sayd pustules The first and the seconde intention bene accomplyshed in vsyng thinges declared in the chap. of the cure of Formica And ye muste haue recourse thyther as touchyng diete and digestion But that we maye worke more surely we wyl ordeyne a digestiō and purgation of thys humour The digestion is this R. of the greater syrupe Digestiue of fumiter of syrupe of vinaigre of the iuyce of hoppes ana ℥ ss of the water of fumiterre of hoppes of endiuie an̄ ℥ i. After that the patient hath vsed thys syrupe thre or foure dayes let hym be purged with this purgation R. of diacatholicon Purgatiō diaphenicō an̄ ʒ iii. of the confection of Hamech of diaprunis non solutiui an̄ ʒ ii wyth the decoction of hertes tonge of mayden heare of Polipodie of the coddes of sene of the herbe called Epithimū of cordial floures and frutes make a smal potion adding in the ende ℥ i. ss of syrup of violettes In geuyng purgations we must alway consydre the age and strength of the patient For whan the patient is weake ye must not gyue so greate quātitie of a laxatyue but ye may wel giue a drāme of these pilles R. of pilles called agregatiue of pylles of fumiterre an̄ ʒ i. of agaryke made in trocishes ℈ ii Pales of turbit preparate ℈ i. wyth syrupe of vinaigre called acetosus make pylles after the facion of peason These pylles bene good for thys disease as it maye appeare to hym that considereth the cōpoundes of this purgation and they purge both matier subtile and grosse Auicenna sayth the cheese wheye wyth scāmony is good to purge all matier causynge any kynde of Formica In the stede of this water of cheese we haue often proued this medicine and haue gotten worshyp by it The forme is thys R. of conserue of roses and buglosse an̄ ℥ ii of scāmonie prepared in an apple or wyth paste ʒ ii of turbit preparate ʒ i. ss of the iuice of roses ʒ x. of fyne suggre ℥ i. and ℈ mengle them The patient must take of thys medicine in the mornyng the quātite of a chestnutte It hath great vertue to purge the matier that causeth Formica And the patient must take of it more or lesse accordynge to hys strēgth And he must begynne againe the sayde purgation nether must he be cōtented with one only The third intention whych is to take away the matier conioynct is accomplyshed by the administration of sondrye thynges vpon the sayd pustules whyche bene declared in the cha of the cure of Formica And ye shall resorte to the sayd cha accordyng to the necessite Neuerthelesse we wyl declare some remedies necessarye to the cure of thys kynde An oynntment whyche bene not wrytten in the cha aboue named The fyrst is good to take awaye the malignitie of vlceres proceding of Formica as wel corosiue as ambulatiue it is in thys fourme R. of verdegrise of roche alume of honye an̄ ℥ i. of the water of roses and plātaine of the iuyce of salendine an̄ ℥ i. of whyte arsenike well brayed ʒ i. Let thē al boyle together sturre them euer aboute make an oyntmēt The signe of this oyntmēt that it is perfectly sodden is whan bubbles ryse aboue Another oyntmente to thys intention R. of the iuyce of salendine of the iuyce of plantayne and nyghtshade of the iuyce of walnutte rindes an̄ ℥ i. of lyme quenched wyth water ℥ ss of cerusse ʒ vi of auripigmentum of Arsenyke an̄ ʒ ii of verdegrise ʒ ii stampe them and seeth them al together tyll the iuyces ben cōsumed and afterwarde braye them in a mortar as fynely as maye be put too of cāphore ʒ i. of the stone called an Ematite ʒ iii. Thys poudre hath a prerogatyue in takynge awaye corrosion and the malignite of al kindes of Formica After that the malignitie is taken awaye ye muste cause the eschare to fal away as we haue sayd about the ende of the former cha Than ye must mūdifye the place and incarne it and seale it vp as we haue sayd To thys intention our poudre is good whych takethe awaye deede fleshe wythout payne The preparation wherof is wrytten in the chap. of corrosiue medicines in our Antidotarie Finally if the sayde Formica milliaris can not be healed by the declared remedyes it is good to vse our cerote described in the cha of the frenche poxe whiche is made to be layed vpon the armes and legges The profytte of it is to take away mattier antecedente that causeth the vlcere corrosiue venomous and maligne makynge it to passe awaye by the bellie by the mouth by swette And know that we haue healed herwyth many maligne and hollowe vlceres
the body ben shutte in the nyght But when the pores ben open in the daye tyme the matter passeth and breatheth out wherfore Rasis sayeth that this dysease payneth the patient more in the nyght then in the daye And therfore a bayne of thynges aperitiue or openynge aydeth thē whyche bene troubled wyth thys dysease Note that when the matter is sanguine and occupyeth a greate parte of the body yf thē ye procure not a veyne to be cutte it is no merueyle yf a fyeuer tertiane ensue Wherfore at the begynnynge yf the strength and the age of the patient wyll suffre it auayleth muche to cutte the lyuer veyne or the cōmune veyne ¶ The .xv. Chapitre of the cure of Essara THe cure of thys dysease is accōplyshed by two intentions The fyrste The cure of Essara is to order dyete The seconde to purge the matter antecedent that causeth the Essara The fyrste is accomplyshed by those thynges that ben sayde in formica touchyng dyete The seconde is accomplyshed by euacuatiō of the naughtye humour And yf the matter be sanguine Digestiue let it be dygested with thys syru ℞ of syru of fumiter of the iuice of ēdine of a siru called acetosus sīplex ana ℥ ss of water of endiue of hoppes of fumiterre ana ℥ i. After that he hath takē of thys syrupe iiij dayes Purgation purge him with this purgatiō ℞ of Cassia ʒ x. of an electuarie of roses after Mesue ʒ ij ss vnto ʒ iij. accordynge to the strength of the patient wyth the cōmune decoctiō make a potion addynge of syrupe of violettes ℥ .i. and. ss Also it is very good to take of thys wyne vnder wrytten euery daye ℥ iiij ss whych is of Auicennes dyscription in thys forme Take two poūdes of aygre pomegranades swete with the skynnes that diuide one part from another and of fyne suggre ℥ vi stampe them together and presse thē myghtelye and vse thys wyne as we haue declared It is a ryght good medicine in thys case And yf it be sette abrode in fayre dayes wyth suggre it wyll haue a more laxatiue vertue A bayne The bayne conuenient in thys case cōpouned of thynges aperitiue is this ℞ of the leaues of mallowes and violettes of brāne ana m̄ .iij. of cleane barley m̄ .ij. ss of sower apples in nōbre xx of beanes m̄ .i. of suggre ℥ iiij Let them boyle all in sufficiēt water vnto the consumption of the thyrde parte washe all the bodye therewyth in a warme bath Thys bayne is synguler for the sayd pustles and for many other kyndes of pustles Purgation Here foloweth a purgation verye good in thys case ℞ of the floures of violets of the floures buglosse borage ana m̄ ss of hoppes of endiuie of the croppes of vynes of maydē heere ana m̄ ss of sebesten of iuiubes of clene barley ana ℥ i. let them seeth al in the decoctiō dissolue of cassia ℥ ss of diacatholicō ℥ i. of tamarindes ʒ ij of an electuarie of psilliū ʒ i. ss dissolue them al adde thervnto of syrupe of violets by infution ℥ i. Thys medicine is of good operation in essare whē the matter is sanguine And yf the mater be mēgled with grosse fleame salte the patient muste be purged with thys laxatiue medicine that foloweth Digestiue But fyrst the mater must be digested with this syrupe ℞ of the greater sirupe of fumiterre of hoppes of vinegre called acetosus an ℥ ss of waters of fumiterre of mayden heere of endiuie ana ℥ i. mengle them And whē he hath vsed thys syrupe the space of syxe dayes Purgation let hym be purged with thys purgatiō ℞ of cassia of diacatholicō ana ʒ vi of the cōfectiō hamech ʒ ij ss vnto iij. make a small potion with the decoctiō of maydē heere of gallitricū politrichū of polipodie of cordiall floures frutes addyng of syrupe of violets ℥ i. ss This later purgatiō purgeth the subtyle humour the grosse the salte the adust or burnt Pylles Another purgatiō cōmēdable in thys case ℞ of pilles aggregatiue of agarike in trociskes ana ʒ i. ss of turbit preparat ℈ i. make pilles with the wine of pomegranades lyke pease The dose of geuynge of these pillules is frō ʒ i. vnto ʒ i. ss according to the strēgth of the patient they must by gyuē in the morning Here ye shal vnderstāde that the doctours make no mētiō of locale medicines in these diseases The cause is that whē the matter antecedēt is euacuated the mater cōioyncte is easy to be resolued we wyl folowe the aūcientes touchyng the curatiō of the sayd dyseases Neuertheles we wyl shewe one remedye which auaileth to take away the itching of the pustles ℞ of vnguentū Galem freshe buttyre .x. tymes washed with water of barley ana ℥ ij of the iuyce of limmons or citrons ʒ ij of water of roses ℥ ss of litarge of golde ʒ vi of oyle of roses ʒ iij. mēgle thē make an oyntmēt accordinge to arte in a morter of leade styrryng it aboute halfe an houre with a pestel Thē adde of the substāce of rosted strained apples ℥ ij of freshe hennes grece melted of gose grece ana ʒ vi agayne stirre thē aboute altogether in the forsaid morter the third part of an houre ¶ The .xvi. Chapitre of Cancrena and of the dyfference betwene Cācrena Ascachillos Esthiomenos Cancrena CAncrena is not takē for fleshe deade altogether but for that whyche begynneth to putrifye by lytle and lytle hauyng yet some felynge wyth blacke coloure and intolerable payne and burnynge The skynne rounde aboute is bluishe And it is called Cancrena bycause it is like a canker For as a redde canker gnaweth byteth corrupteth the places aboute Ascachissios euē so doth Cancrena Ascachillos is an entiere priuation of felyng whych was in Cācrena and it is called Ascachillos of Asca whyche sygnifyeth in the Arabike tonge corruption and chilos a Greke worde sygnifyeng iuyce Thys Ascha is a corruption of the fleshe and synnowes vnto the bones Estiomenos Estiomenos is a confyrmed adustion or burnyng of the nouryshynge humours and of the spirites and of the symple and cōpounde membres in whyc it is And it is called Esthiomenos of Heste in Arabie an enemye It commeth of a greke worde Esthiomai to eate and menos a man so Esthiomenos then is the enemye of man And the corruption of Esthiomenos spreadeth it self vpon the membre gnawynge it and corruptynge it as fyer consumeth drye woode And thys corruptiō is engēdred of one of these thre causes The fyrst is bycause the vytall spirites bene prohibited to come to the hurted place The seconde is by reason of the corruption of the payned mēbre The thyrde by reason of these two causes both together alledged before Thys corruption and prohibitiō of vytale spirites
maye chauÌ„ce thorough sondrye causes Some tymes through a cause primitiue and some tymes thorough a cause antecedent It commeth of the cause primitiue thoroughe brusynge or breakyng In brusyng it chauÌ„seth bycause the chirurgieÌ„ procedeth with thynges to colde whyche engrosse the matter and so cause putrefaction Sometymes the pores or passages ben stopped by whych nature sendeth the nourishement and lyfe to the membre And by reason of that stoppynge the vytale spirites can not come to the meÌ„bres So the membres beynge destitute of the vytale spirites do corrupte and rotte It chaunseth moreouer some tymes to them that go in the snowe Some tymes thoroughe to strayte tyenge of the membre For by reason there of the spirites can not come to the membre As we haue sene often thoroughe the strayte tyenge of a broken bone of the thyghe the legges or the armes We haue sene also Esthiomenos to haue chaunsed throughe vndiscrete application of sharpe medicines in whych arsenike realgar lyke entre And lykewyse thorough applicatioÌ„ of thynges stupefactiue and coolynge Of the cause antecedent Esthiomenos chaunseth often as of some venimous pustle not wel cured at the fyrst of the chirurgieÌ„ as we haue ofteÌ„ sene to haue chauÌ„sed in Anthrax carbo We haue sene moreouer thys prohibition of spirites to haue chaunsed through the corruption of some particuler meÌ„bre procedynge of greate Apostemes flegmonike froncles Foruneâ—â— In whiche oftentymes grosse and harde matter is engendred lyke a synnowe halfe rotteÌ„ In whyche apostemes the wayes and pores bene shutte oftentymes and by reason there of nouryshement and lyfe can not come to the membre and so the membre rotteth and dyeth We haue sene thys putrefaction in the handes and fete of them whyche haue ben longe in sharpe fieuers so that theyr bodies beyng destitute of natural heat became leane drye the extremitees of theyr bodyes cheflye theyr legges were reduced to suche colde and congelation or stupefaction cheflye in the wynter that it semed that the membres were altogether depriued of naturall heate Neuertheles though the membres semed colde the patient complayned of great payne and heate and inflammation as yf actuall fyer hadde bene there Also we haue sene it chaunse wythout payne goynge before wythout inflammation wythout inflatioÌ„ wythout liuidite or bleunes wythout blacke coloure of the place as it chauÌ„sed in Cancrena ☞ in a noble woman of the cytie of Genue called Saluagina de Grimaldis whyche fell in to thys corruption after a loÌ„ge dysease Thus it is euidente to euerye bodye what esthiomenos is Of the cause antecedent Estiomenos chaunseth not often but by the corruption and putrefactioÌ„ aboue named And it maye come by one of these thre causes as Auicenne sayeth that is to saye thoroughe the cause that corrupteth the complection of the membre and the spirite animall whyche is in the same membre or by some other cause defendynge the vitall spirite to come to the membre or by some thinge that gathereth together the two intentions as we haue declared in thys present chapitre and as it chauÌ„seth often by applyenge some locall medicine that is not conuenient and lykewyse by some venimous pustle corrumping the naturall complextion of the membre and dystroyenge the animall spirite whyche is in the membre so that the vytall spirites sente of nature to conserue the naturall heate of the meÌ„bre can not come to the membre bycause the place is mortifyed and eschared And thus necessarelye foloweth prohibition of the vytall spirites that they can not come to the places and also there foloweth mortifycation and corruption of the complection of the membres and of the vytall spirite remaygnynge therin Yf Esthiomenos maye come by one of the three causes aforesayde it maye much more come by two knytte together c. ¶ The seuententh chapitre of the cure of Cancrena Ascachilos and Esthiomenos AFter that we haue sufficientlye declared what Cancrena Ascachilos The â—ure of Cancrena and Esthiomenos is and the dyffereÌ„ce of the same in thys presente chapitre we wyll make mention of the cure of them The curation of these three dyseases dyfferre not but in the greater or smaller corruption for the one is a waye to the other We wyl declare after oure power the cure of these three dyseases whych is accomplyshed by three intentions The fyrste is the ordynaunce of lyfe The seconde to purge the mater antecedent The thyrde is to take awaye the matter conioyncte and corrupte and to kepe the hole partes from corruption The fyrste intention that is to saye the dyaete is accomplyshed accordynge to that that is spoken in the chapitre of Herisipelas Thys one thynge I saye that in thys case the brothe of a chekyn wyth herbes as beetes laictuce borage buglosse cicoree is verye good The seconde intention shal be accomplyshed wyth cut tynge a veyne called commune or the lyuer vayne or some part ouer against the hurted place so that the strength and the age of the patient be consydered Digestiue Afterwarde the mater shal be digested wyth this syrupe taken warme in the mornynge â„ž of syrupe of vyneaygre called acetosus symplex of syrupe of the iuyce of endiuiae and of fumiterre ana â„¥ ss of water of fumiterre buglosse and hoppes ana â„¥ i. when the patient hath vsed this syrupe the space of foure dayes Purgation let hym take thys purgation minoratiue â„ž of cassia of diacatholichon ana â„¥ i. make a smale potion wyth a decoction of cordiall floures and frutes and put there vnto syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. and. ss Thys I I saye yf the dysease make truce wyth the patieÌ„t giue time to euacuat the mater After that he hath takeÌ„ the sayd minoratiue two dayes after it shall be good to euacuate the naughtye matter wyth thys potion â„ž of cassia fistula of diacatholicon ana Ê’ vi of an electuarye of roses after Mesue Ê’ ij make a small potion wyth the coÌ„mune decoction adde of tamarindes â„¥ i. ss of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. The thyrde inteÌ„tion whych is to take awaye the matter antecedente and to kepe the place from rottynge is accomplyshed in this maner At the begynnynge when the place waxeth blacke then there is no better remedy then to scarifie the blacke place Leeches wyth sondrye scarifications and depe layenge leeches or bloodsuckers aboute the place corrupted And then to washe the place wyth lye wherin Lupines haue ben soddeÌ„ in good quaÌ„rite For as Galene Auicenne saye the vertue of them taketh away rooteth vp all cancrous vlceres And we haue often proued thys decoction in thys case and haue founde it good for the patientes wyth the application of vngueÌ„tuÌ„ Egyptiacum of our description washynge the vlceres wyth the sayd decoctioÌ„ The descriptioÌ„ of vnguentuÌ„ EgyptiacuÌ„ is after this sort â„ž of verde griece of roche alume of honye ana â„¥ .ij. of whyte vinaygre Vnguentum Egyptiacum of the
copyously at the begynnynge accordynge to the age and strength of the patient The profyte of flebotomy there comme thereby two great profytes to nature The fyrste is that the corrupted bloode is drawē from a principal membre to the emūctories which thynge nature enforced hyr selfe to doe The seconde is that nature hathe discharged hyr selfe of thys venimous mattyer so that afterwarde suche corruption canne not extende it selfe vpon the membre wherefore ye ought to be ware that ye lette bloode none otherwyse than we haue sayde For yf the Carbuncle be founde in the emunctories of the brayne as in the ryght syde yf nowe ye open the veyne cardiake or basilike in the lyfte syde ye shal drawe the infected bloode to the harte or lyuer And yf the Carbuncle be vndre the ryght arme hole and ye open the lyfte Cardiake or lyfte Basilyke ye shall drawe the venimous mattyere to the pryncypall membres If the Aposteme be in the flankes and ye open the veyne called Basylyke it draweth the mattyer to the lyuer Therefore whan the Aposteme is in the Flankes it is better to open the veyne Sciatyke or Saphena For in drawynge the sayde bloude ye shall ayde nature greatlye Wherefore it appeareth that in thys case to committe any error is the cause of deathe Furthere it is to be noted that yf ye canne not lette bloode thorough the weakenes of the patient or for some other cause Than in the steede of Flebotomye it is good to boxe or cuppe the place wyth depe scarificatyon Boxinge or applicatiō of Ventoses as for the emunctoryes of the heade ye muste boxe and make scarificatyon vpon the necke For the emunctoryes of the harte ye muste laye the same ventoses vpon the shulders For the emunctoryes of the Lyuer boxe the buttockes or the thyghes Thus we conclude that we muste euer lette bloode in the sore place for the alleged causes After lettynge of bloode dygeste the mattyer after thys sorte Digestyue yf the disease gyue leysure to take a medicine ℞ of Syrupe of vinaigre of the iuyce of endiuie and of Syrupe of vinaygre called Acetosus symplex or fumiterre Ana ℥ ss of the waters of Endiuie buglosse and hoppes Ana ℥ j. Purgation mengle them After that the patient hath vsed thys Syrupe foure or fyue dayes lette hym take thys potyon yerlye in the mornynge ℞ of Cassia of diacatholicon Ana ʒ v. of electuarye of Roses after Mesue ʒ ij and. ss wyth the decoctyon of cordiall stoures and frutes addynge of Syrupe of Violettes ℥ j. and. ss The nexte daye after the takynge of thys medicine it is verye good to take a clyster Lenityue Whan the mattyer is malygne and furious so that it is not a Carbuncle but Anthrax the mattyer muste be purged wythout digestion bycause Anthrax gyueth no leysure to the patient to digeste the mattyer Wherefore Hypocrates sayde wel that we shuld purge thynges digested and not moue rawe thynges excepte it were verye expedyent Ye shall note that there ben foure cases Howe a purgatyon maye be geuē without a digestiue in whyche ye maye gyue a purgatyon wythout digestyon goynge before The fyrst is whan the mattyer is in great quantyte The seconde whan the mattyere is furyous The thyrde whan the mattyer is venimous as in Anthrax other diseases procedynge of venimous mattier The fourthe is whan the disease is caused of mattyer deryued of a pryncypall membre hurtynge the same As it chaunseth in the pestilence whan a noble membre is touched of infectyon it sendethe the same infectyon to the emunctoryes and ingendreth in them a Carbuncle or Aposteme by the waye of mutation or chaungynge Whan the mattyer is minished ye maye comme to the dygestion of euyll humours and afterwarde to purgatyon Here foloweth a purgatyon verye good for hym that hath Anthrax ℞ of Cassie of diaprunis non solutiui Purgatyon of Diacatholicon Ana ℥ ss of the confectyon of hamech of electuarye de Psillio Ana ʒ j. and. ss wyth a decoctyon of cordyal floures and frutes wherin hathe been sodden of Terebentyne and dittanye Ana ʒ j. of scabiouse of sorell and of the iuyce of Pomegranades make a smalle potion addynge of Syrupe of Vyolettes ℥ j. and. ss The thyrde intentyon whyche is to take awaye the mattyer conioynte is accomplysshed through applicatyon of conuenyent thynges aswell in the hole partes as in the sore And whan the Chyrurgyen hathe perceaued the Carbuncle or Anthrax by euydent sygnes Cornelius Celsus sayethe that there is no greater remedye nor surer waye than incontinentlye to burne the Carbuncle wyth an hote Yron comprehendynge the corrupted parte Cauterie vnto the hole or els to vse a potentyall cauterie so that ye maye see a cyrcle rounde aboute the Carbuncle For a cyrcle aboute the Carbuncle is a sygne of the termynatyon of the venimnes after the opinion of Arzi But we ought euer to be ware that the nygh and sanguine partes be not touched of thys cauterye For it wolde grieue the place wythout profytte and as Galene sayeth that shall not helpe that hathe hurte in it selfe Payne The greate payne caused by aygre medicines vpon the hole place is an euydent cause of drawynge mattyere to the sayde hole parte wythout anye succoure yea it is a cause that malignyte is ioyned to malygnyte For payne is as a cuppynge glasse drawyng humours to the paynfull place And to comme to practyce it is conuenyente to ordeyne the maners and formes whyche be requyred in the curatyon of a Carbuncle or Anthrax Fyrste laye vpon the hole parte thys defensyue Defensyue ℞ of Oyle of Roses of Oyle Mirtine Ana ℥ ij of the iuyce of plantayne and nyghschade of whyte vynegre Ana ℥ j. and. ss lette them boyle all together vnto the consumptyon of the iuyce than putte to of whyte waxe ℥ j. of all the faunders Ana ℥ j. of bole Armenye of terra Sigillata Ana ℥ ss of whyte Coralle and redde Ana ʒ j. mengle them Whan ye haue layed thys defensyue vpon the hole parte laye vpon the sore parte a playstere of floures wyth sodden wyne and a lytle lye whyche is described in the Chapitre of the cure of Cancrena and Ascachilos Also vse the corrosyue medicynes whyche shal be rehersed in thys Chapytre vntyll ye perceaue that the venimnesse of the Carbuncle is mortifyed We haue foūd thyes corrosyue medicines to be of gret vtilitie Corrosyue medicines Whan the bodye is stronge ye maye vse an actuall cauterye so that the Carbuncle be not in a Synnowie place Ye maye also vse a potentyall cauterye begynnynge at the easyest as is Vnguentum Egyptiacum of our descriptyon wryten in the Chapytre of the cure of Formica Corrosyua or with Vnguentum Egyptiacum whyche hathe in it the vertue of Arsenyke and is declared in the same Chapytre or wyth Trocisques of Minium descrybed in oure antidotarye in the Chapytre of corrosyue medicines or wyth a ruptorie of
before thys playster be layed to it shall be very good to laye vpon the botche cloutes steped in the decoction of holihocke and lyllyes sodden in a lytle water with a lytle wheate flour swete oyle of oliues buttire This decoctioÌ„ helpeth much to maturatioÌ„ Whan the botche is rype perce it wyth an instrument of yron or a cauterye actuall or potentiall as it shall seme good Afterwarde the vlcer must be ordred concernyng digestion muÌ„dification incarnation and cicatrisation as it is writteÌ„ in the cha before where vnto ye shal resort as necessitie shal requyre Nowe that we haue declared the cure of carbunculus Anthrax and of a pestiferous botche The cure of the pestilential fieuer lette vs come to the fieuer pestilentiall And fyrste we wyll declare the cure of a trewe pestilence whiche cure is acomplyshed by the ministration of the electuarye beneth writen which we haue ofteÌ„ proued with worship profitte Hys vertue operatioÌ„ is right noble it dryueth venomous mattier froÌ„ the principall membres causeth it to be deriued to the emuÌ„ctories or cleÌ„serres And it is of oure inuention Electuarium magistrate in thys fourme that foloweth R. of the graynes of iuniper of cloues of nuttemyges of the rootes of Enula campana anÌ„ â„¥ i. of Aristologia loÌ„ga rotuÌ„da of gentiane anÌ„ â„¥ iii. of the seed of purcelane of the rotes of tuneceis of doronike of the seede of sorell of whyte ben and red anÌ„ â„¥ ss of spodiuÌ„ of the bon of a stagges harte of lignum aloes of al the coralles of the shauing of euory of laurel beryes of mastike ana Ê’.iii of rue Ê’ ss of nuttes of drye figges of dates of raysines anÌ„ â„¥ .iiii. of saffran Ê’.ii and ss of tereben of cardus benedictus of dittanye ana â„¥ .i. ss of the commune seedes of swete almandes of the kernelles of the pyneapple of hasell nuttes ana â„¥ .iiii. ss of sinnamome of liqueritie ana â„¥ ii of agaryke in trocisques â„¥ .ii. and ss of Peucedanum â„¥ .i. of terra sigillata of bole armenye ana Ê’ x. of corianders prepared of mumia anÌ„ Ê’.ii of zedoarie Ê’.vi of caÌ„fore Ê’.i of that thre saunders of the spices of diarodon abbatis â„¥ .i. of the rindes of an orenge and the seed of the same of the fragment of Saphyr anÌ„ Ê’ iii. of muske Ê’.i ss of tamaryndes â„¥ vi of the triacle of Mithridates â„¥ two and ss of the leaues of ermolyne â„¥ .i. ss bray them all fynely and make a magistral electuary with the vndre wrytteÌ„ syrupe R. of vinaigre of roses Syrupe of water of scabiouse of sorel of roses and buglosse ana â„¥ viii of red roses of al the saunders ana â„¥ ss of bole armeny of terra sigillata of terebentyne of dittanye ana Ê’.vi of the leaues of Hermolyne or albyne ana Ê’.x of syrupe of the iuyce of sorell of the iuyce of an orenge of rybes of granades ana li. ss of the iuyce scabiouse of the iuyce of the leaues and rootes of smalage of the iuyce of fenell of rue of purcelane of the iuyce of sower pomegranades of the iuyce of sower apples and limmons ana â„¥ .iii. ss Let them seeth all together wyth sufficient suggre and make a syrupe Thys electuarye made wyth thys syrupe is an excellente medicine And the electuarye alone is sufficiente to heale a man that is infected wyth the pestilence Also these pilles vndre wrytteÌ„ ben of noble operation and muste be taken in the mornynge twyse a weke in the quantitie of a dramme wyth a lytle rose vinaigre and as muche sorell water and in other dayes he muste take but one pille euery morning Pilles for the pestilence and thys is the description of them R. of the foresayde poudre agaynste venym â„¥ .i. ss of aloes he patyke â„¥ iii. of myrre â„¥ .i. ss of saffcaÌ„ â„¥ .i. make pilles of all these wyth asmuche of the foresayde syrupe electuary as shall suffice Here foloweth a description Electuarie laxatiue of an electuarie laxatyue R. of the confection of Hamech of an electuarie of roses after Mesue ana â„¥ .i. of diacatholicon diaprunis non solutiui ana â„¥ .i. ss of an electuarye magistrall a foresayde or againste the peâ—tilence â„¥ iiii mengle them The maner to heale a man infected wyth the pestilence is this As sone as a man feleth hym selfe to be touched wyth the venimme of the pestilence let hym take thys remedie vnder wrytten that is to saye two whyte oynions and make an hole in the toppe put in an once of the electuary afore named than bake them in an ouen tyll they bene sufficientlye bake Than stampe them and straine them and put to the strayning of the electuary laxatyue aboue wrytten of cassia of manna anÌ„ â„¥ ss wyth water of sorel of scabiouse by equal partes asmuche as shal suffice The eâ—fect of this potioÌ„ is to soÌ„drye the venym froÌ„ the principal meÌ„bres and to sende it to the emunctories and to cause it to passe away by swettes by the belly And assone as it is possible the patient must vse this potion without regard of digestion bycause thys syckenesse gyueth no leysure to vse digestion If it shal be necessarye to take the potion agayne ye must alway consydre the streÌ„gth of the patient Also it is a souerayne good ayde to take thre graynes of our poudre aboue wrytteÌ„ washed wyth rose water and incorporated with halfe an once of suggre of roses makynge of it thre morselles wyth whyte suggre to be receaued in the mornynge Puiuis precipitatus Thys poudre prouoketh somtyme swette sometyme vomyte and somtime purgation by the bellye And it is called puluis precipitatus After that the patient hathe taken thys potion the nexte daye it shal be good to vse thys syrupe R. of syrupe of the iuyce of orenge Sirupe of the iuyce of endiue anÌ„ â„¥ ss of the waters of endiue of sorel of buglosse anÌ„ â„¥ .i. meÌ„gle theÌ„ whaÌ„ he hath taken of thys syrupe the space of thre or foure dayes Purgation it shal be good to take thys purgatioÌ„ R. of chosen maÌ„na of diaprunis non solutiui anÌ„ â„¥ .i. of cassâ—a â„¥ ss make a small potion wyth the water of sorell endiue violettes addyng â„¥ .i. ss of syrupe of violettes For the coÌ„fortation of the hert it is good to vse the composition written in the cha goyng before whych is called electuariuÌ„ cordis coÌ„fortatiuuÌ„ Also ye may gyue the patient a lytle triacle with a lytle of the electuary written in this present chap. wyth syrupe of vinaigre or syrupe of the iuyce of orenges in the quaÌ„tite of a chestnut vi houres before dinner Thys medicine preserueth from the pestilence healeth the pestilence Also at the begynnyng it auayleth much to rubbe the extremities of the bodye and lykewyse to minister clysters lenityue As coÌ„cernyng the regiment
whan ye presse it downe with your fynger a concauitie or holownesse remayneth whych thynge foloweth not in an Aposteme eleuated that is engendred of grosse vapours and flegmatyke and than that vndimia is of the kynde of eleuation that is to saye of the kynde of wyndye apostemes by eleuation Vndimia is coÌ„menty resolued This Aposteme for the most part is ended by the waye of resolution coÌ„meth not often to suppuration yf the patient be wel haÌ„dled as we wyl declare in the Chaptre folowynge This Aposteme hath four tymes begynnyng encrease state and declination And it is engendred of a cause primitiue antecedent and conioynct The primitiue cause is a fal a stroke euyll regiment The cause antecedeÌ„t is repletion of flegmatyke humours The cause conioynct is a flegmatyke humour gathered to the place of the Aposteme ¶ The .iii. Chapter of the cure of Vndimia The cure of Vndimia THe cure of a softe Aposteme called Vndimia which is engendred of fleame hath four intentions The first is accomplisshed by gouernaunce of diete The seconde by purgation of mattier antecedent The thyrde by resolution of mattier conioynct and for the most part as we haue sayd it endeth by the way of resolution as olde and newe doctours testifye so that conuenient thynges be layed to The fourth intention is accomplyshed by correction of the accidentes The fyrst intentioÌ„ which is to ordre diete is accomplysshed by the administration of the syxe thynges not naturall as is the ayre meates drinkes and other Diete The meates must enclyne to hotenesse and drynesse and therfore the patient must eate muttoÌ„ rather rosted than boyled and also veale capons hennes byrdes of the woode and not of ryuers his wyne must be claret delaied or white wine of good odoure And as I sayde the meates which the pacient must vse muste be somewhat bendynge to hotenesse as Ryse sodden wyth the broth of flesh or grated breed with the broth of the sayde flesh Al kyndes of poulse as beanes peasen c. must be auoyded and lykewyse rotes except carat rootes fenel and parselye rootes which ben admytted in this case The seconde intention which is to digest the mattier antecedent and after digestion to purge it Syrupe is thus accomplyshed Fyrste let the mattier be digested with this syrupe â„ž of syrupe of the iuce of endyue of oximell composituÌ„ of syrupe de duabus radicibus anÌ„ â„¥ ss of the water of fenell scabiouse and cicorie Ana â„¥ i. meÌ„gle them After that he hath vsed this sirupe the space of foure dayes Purgatyon lette hym be purged with this purgation â„ž of Cassia Diacatholicon an Ê’ vi of electuarii indi maioris diafinicon ana Ê’ i. and. ss make a small potion with the coÌ„mune decoction addyng â„¥ i. ss of syrupe of viol Pilles Also to this inteÌ„tioÌ„ ye may vse pilles of hermodactiles or called pil fetide The dosis or gyuing of them is Ê’ i. somtimes ye maye take afore dynner a morsell of pure Casia or ye may make suche pylles â„ž of agaryke in trosisques of pylles called fetide et aggregatiue Ana. ℈ i. make .v. pylles wyth the water of fenell These pylles muste be taken at one tyme. The thyrde intention which is to take awaye the matter conioynct is accomplysshed by mynystryng thynges conuenyent vpon the aposteme Yf the vndimia procede of a cause antecedent without payne coÌ„mixtion of an hote humour it auayleth moch in the fyrst dayes to laye this oyntement vpon it â„ž of the oyle of camomyl dyll of mixte and roses AnÌ„ â„¥ ii Oyntement of the nuttes of cipres of wormwod camomylle dyll of squinantuÌ„ sticados ana mÌ„ ss Let the thynges that be to be brayed be brayed after a grosse maner than let them seethe with a suffucyent quaÌ„tite of wyne of good odour vnto the consumtion of halfe the wyne than strayne them and let the straynyng boyle agayne wyth the foresayde oyles and a lytle vynegre vnto the consumptioÌ„ of the hole sâ—raynynge This done make a linimeÌ„t with suffycyent whyte waxe adding in the ende of litarge of golde and syluer ana â„¥ iii. of bole armenie â„¥ i. ss Note that before ye applye this oyntmente it shal be good to wasshe the place wyth thys decoction that foloweth after foure dayes of the begynnynge of the Aposteme â„ž of camomyll roses myrtil wormewood sticados mÌ„ i. and. ss of squinantium sauyn rosemary ana a lytle of salt of roche aluÌ„me ana â„¥ i. and. ss of honye â„¥ iii. These sayde thynges muste seeth with a suffycyent quantitye of lye made wyth okeasshes and a lyttle vynegre vnto the consumption of the thyrde parte These two foresayde remedyes maye begynne after the begynnynge vnto the encrease ☞ Moreouer yf ye adde a lytle branne and fresh sope in the sayde decoction it shal be verye good in the state and declinatioÌ„ of this aposteme we haue moreouer proued it good to take a sponge A sponge to dyppe it in the sayde decoction and bynde it vpon the Aposteme with a large bande so that it embrace the hole aposteme AuiceÌ„ne sayeth that in the sponge there is a vertue resolutyue and deficatyue which two thynges bene requyred in the cure of this aposteme An oyntmeÌ„t An other stronger vnction â„ž of the oyle of dyll camomyl and lyllyes anÌ„ â„¥ ii of the oyle of rue â„¥ i. of the nuttes of cypresse in noÌ„bre .iii. of sauine Ê’ iii. of cyperus Ê’ i. of quenched lyme â„¥ vi of roche alume Ê’ i. and. ss of wyne of good odoure one cyath of whyte vynegre Ê’ i. stampe the thynges that beÌ„ to be stamped after a grosse maner than let them seeth togyther vnto the consumption of the wyne and than strayne them and adde to the straynynge of whyte waxe as moche as shall suflyce of Litarge of golde of Bolearmenye Ana â„¥ i. mengle them Yf it chaunce that the Vndimia is wyth grefe ye must consydre whether it be engendred of a cause Prymityue or antecedent Yf it procede of a cause primityue ye must laye to somewhat that appayseth payne and resolueth mattier wyth exiccation as this playstre folowynge â„ž of the floure of beanes barleye and lentyles A playstre of branne well boulted Ana .li. ss wyth suffycyent new wyne and a fewe greate Mallowes make a sâ—yffe Playstre at the fyre addynge in the ende of the decoction of Oyle of Roses Camomylle and of Oyle Myrtyne Ana â„¥ ii and. ss Thys Playstre hath vertu to swage griefe wyth resolution and exicration and comforteth the Apostemed place An other Playstre for the same intention â„ž of the rootes of greate Mallowes .li. ii seeth them in water and strayne them and lette that that is strayned seethe agayne and adde in the ende of Oyle of Mirte of oyle of Camomylle Ana â„¥ ii of whyte waxe â„¥ ii and. ss of Beane floure boulted of Barly floure Ana â„¥ i. and ss mengle them Of these foresayde make
of the fleame vaporethe out and the grosse remayneth of that knobbes beÌ„ engeÌ„dred The cause conioyncte is the mattyer gathered and conteyned in the place Note that ye nede not to care gretly for names so that ye haue true curations ¶ The .v. chapitre of the cure of nodes or knobbes The cure of nodes THe cure of nodes hath three intentioÌ„s The fyrst is the ordinauÌ„ce of diete that a good humour maye be engendred and the euyll destroyed The seconde is purgation of the mattier antecedent The thyrde is to take awaye the mattyer conioyncte Diete As touchyng the first they that haue nodes muste eate mutton rosted and veale and hennes pertriche and faysantes euer rather rosted thaÌ„ boylled And in the brothe of the sayde flesshe ye maye seeth persley fenel ryse and grated breade The patyente muste obstayne frome all poulses called in Latyne Legumina Lykewyse al disshes made of paest ought to be auoyded Lette not the wyne be sharpe but of good odour and moderatly delaied The seconde intentyon whyche is to purge the mattier antecedent is thys accomplisshed as it foloweth Fyrste lette the mattier be digeste by vsynge certayne dayes thys digestyue â„ž of Oximellis simplex of Syrupe dede duabus radicibus of honye of Roses Ê’ vj. of the waters of fenel cicoree and Fumiterre Ana â„¥ j. mengle After that he hath vsed thys digestyue thre or foure daies lette him take this purgatyon â„ž of Diacatholicon â„¥ j. of electuary indi maioris of Diafinicon Ana Ê’ ij make a shorte potion wyth the commune decoction addyng of Syrupe of violettes â„¥ j. and. ss It is good also to take euery daye a litle of thys confectyon â„ž of Diacatholicon â„¥ j. of honye of roses Ê’ x. of Diaturbit â„¥ ss of Agarike in Trocisques Ê’ j. of suggre asmuche as shall suffyce make a confectyon addynge a lytle Gynger The thyrde intentyon whych is to take awaye the mattyer conioynte is accomplished by one of the foure meanes vndre wrytten The fyrste is by waye of resolutyon The seconde by pressyng made wyth a place of leade and conuenient byndynge The thyrd is by incisyon The fourthe is by applicatyon of some caustique medicyne vpon the nodes The node Melline is that Mellyne that produceth a quytture lyke honye and ye must mollifye the place and laie vpon it a playstere of Diaquilon magnum Oftentymes it is holy resolued in laiynge vpon the place plates of leade wyth good coÌ„pression and conuenient ligation or byndyng as we haue said before After that the nodes ben mollifyed it is good to assaye to breake the sayd nodes pressyng your thombe vpon them For the resolutyon of nodes Melline folowethe oftentymes the breakynge of the blader called Cistis If the sayde nodes canne not be resolued Incisyon it is necessarye to cutte them after longytude or lengthe and that warely lest the skynne whych is lyke a purse be cutte For yf it be possyble ye muste drawe it out hole wyth the mattyer that is in it For whan anye parte of that remaynethe the node wyll returne Wherfore it is necessarye to fylle the node whan it is opened wyth Vnguentum Egyptiacum of oure descriptyoÌ„ or in the stede of thys oyntment ye shall putte in of a trocisque of Minium the quantyte of a grayne of Pinapple and it shall take awaye the hole node wyth the skynne called Cistis After thys ye muste procure that the eschare falle of wyth buttyre or wyth a digestyue made of Terebentyne Afterwarde the place muste be mundifyed incarned and cicatrised as we haue often sayde in the Chapytre before The same cure maye be vsed in nodes in whyche there is a mattyere lyke a chawed chestnutte and also in them whiche ben fylled with sanious or fylthie mattyer Fleschie node But for fleschie and knottie nodes we haue another curatyon In the curatyon of a fleschie node after a purgatyon and good regiment as we haue shewed we muste comme to the rootynge vp of the same wyth some caustique Medicyne In thys case the descryptyon of the caustyque folowynge is verye good A caustyque Medicyne Take a pounde of Capitell or of lye wherewyth sope is made of that that is called Magistra and droppethe fyrst in to the vessel of Vitriol Romayne or coppresse Ê’ j. of sal Armoniake Ê’ ij of roche alume Ê’ j. and. ss boyle thyes thynges together in a lytle brasen posnette tyll they ben as thycke as salt The maner of appliynge thys caustique we wyll declare hereafter as we haue proued it the yeare of oure Lorde M. CCCCC vj. in the curatyon of suche a fleschie node that Iulye ij had aboute the greatnes of a chestnutte in hys ryght hande betwene the rynge fynger and the lytle fynger That node was harde at the begynnynge and of a rounde fygure and of a duskysche coloure And it contynued .vj. monethes without payne or encresment and wythout the applycatyon of anye medicyne But in the ende whan the Bischoppe toke hys iorney to Bononye in the citie of Castellane the sayde node beganne to vlcer of hym selfe and nothynge issued out but blacke bloode wyth virulente or venymous mattyer The frenche poxe was homelye with the moste holye Father And by reason of iorneyinge we differred and palliated the cure tyll we came to Foroluue nether could we so haÌ„dle the node but that it came to a paynfull vlceratyon and augmentatyon of carnosyte vnto the bygnes of a great chest nut Than we beganne the rootynge vp of the node in thys maner Firste we applyed Vnguentum EgyptiacuÌ„ whyche of hys vertue gnaweth euyll flesche and conseruethe the good as Auicenna testifyeth Howbeit that oyntment coulde not take awaye the superfluous flesche of the node but caused greate payne and asmuche as the oyntment toke away in one day nature restored in another And he feared the application of the oyntmeÌ„t bycause of the payne Whan I perceaued that hys holynes could not endure the medicine I beganne to despeare of the cure and of necessyte souÈt some new remedye to auoyde the daunger of the sinnowie place At the last I ordayned thys remedye whych is of our inuentyon A goodlye lynte ☜ Take of fyne lynte of olde cloth â„¥ ij of the cromes of whyte breade well leuened â„¥ iij. of sublymate brought to a fyne poudre â„¥ ss of water of plantayne of water of Roses of eche a pounde seethe them in a brasen vessel to the consumptyon of two partes of the three Than presse the lynte and lette it drye in an ouem metely hote and toose it agayne and kepe it iÌ„ a boxe of wood wel stopped With this remedie we healed the sayd carnosyte of the node perfectly in the space of a monethe wythout greate payne whyche thynge the chirurgieÌ„s of Iulius merueyled at and cheyfely mayster Archangel which wolde not coÌ„sente to take away the sayd node by incisyon allegynge the texte of Auicenne whyche sayeth that
of a Melon and some tymes to the greatnes of a courde And it hathe sondrye names accordynge to the places in whyche it is engendred as we haue sayde of Testudo but we nede not to passe for the names so that we haue the true intentyon of healynge All thies kyndes of eminences ben engendred of a cause primityue antecedente and conioyncte The cause primityue is euyl regiment in eatyng and drynckynge The cause antecedent is the multytude of fleame hardened and dryed The cause conioyncte is the humoure gathered to the place Scrophiles As concernynge Scrophiles some ben paynful and haue part of an hote humour and ben redde and not verye harde Thies maye be healed by resolutyon or by suppuratyon Sometymes they ben greate and olde and haue coniunctyon wyth synnowes and veynes and are of euyll coloure Take no cure of thē for they comme often to a Canker Ye maye haue the same iudgement of glandules whan they comme to malignitie and cancrosytie Consydre wel theyr sygnes that ye maye knowe whan they ben euyll There chaūce in the emunctories certayne harde emynences called Bubo and fugile and they haue coniunction wyth the synnowes ¶ The seuēth Chapitre of the cure of Scrophiles glandules and lyke emynences THe cure of glandules The cure of glandules c. Scrophiles and excrescences of the same nature is accomplisshed by foure intentyons The fyrste is good regiment of diete The seconde is to take away the mattier cōioyncte by medicines resolutiue The thyrde to purge the mattyer antecedent The fourthe to take away the mattyer cōioyncte by handye operatyon or by the applicatyon of a caustyque medicyne whan they canne not be healed by resolutyon The fyrste intentyon is accomplisshed accordyng to that Diete that is sayde in the Chapitre of the cure of nodes In thys case the patyent must endure hōgre asmuche as is possyble and kepe hym selfe frome eatyng vnto vomite He muste haue hys heade layed hygh nether muste he slepe grouelyng whā he slepeth lykewyse he must not speke muche nor laughe whan he speaketh For the accomplisshement of the seconde intentyon lette the mattyer be thus digested ℞ Oximel compositū Digestiue of Syrupe of Sticados of honye of Roses Ana ℥ ss of the waters of scabiouse Endiuie and Fumiter Ana ℥ j. mengle thē After that he hath vsed this digestife let hī be purged with this purgatiō Purgation ℞ of Diacatholicon of Diaphenicō of electuarij indi maioris ana ʒ ij make a small potion wyth the cōmune decoction addynge of syrupe of violettes ℥ i. and. ss Eyght dayes after that he hath vsed thys medicine to euacuate the matter antecedent it is good to take euery daye in the mornynge one of these pilles Pilles by the space of fourtye dayes excepte the two dayes whē the moone chaungeth ℞ of Euphorbiū of ginger of turbith of the iuice of the rootes of Ireos of Agarike ana ʒ i. make xl pylles wyth the sayd iuyce Also it shal be very good to take euery euenynge a lytle of thys compositiō ℞ of hony of roses of syrupe of sticados ana ℥ iiij of suggre ʒ iij. of agarike in trocisques ʒ ss of salis gemme of spike of cinnamome of galangale ana ℥ ij of cloues of macis ana ʒ i. of polipodie ʒ i. ss of turbith preparate ʒ ij of longe pepper ℈ ij make a confection of al these wyth the wyne of quynces The receyte of thys is ℥ ss It is of excellent operation to take away an euel flegmatyke complexion in any bodye it rectifyeth the euyll qualite and purgeth the grosse humour The thyrde intention whych is to take awaye the matter conioynct is accomplyshed by the administration of locale medicines whych maye resolue thys matter and mollifye it Of whych thys is one of good effecte A cerote resolutiue ℞ of the muscilage of holyhocke of fenugreke linsede of drie fygges .li. i. of cōmune oyle of oyle of lillies and camomille ℥ ij of capons grece gose grece and swynes grece melted of cleare terebentine of wethers tallowe melted ana ℥ ij and ss of lytarge of golde well brayed and cersed ℥ viij Let thē boyle al together to the consumption of the iuyce muscilage thē wyth sufficient newe waxe make a cerote clāmysh and cleauynge addynge of armoniake Iris sygnifyeth a flouredeus of galbane dissolued in vynegre ana ʒ i. of newe ireos well brayed ℥ i. and. ss seeth them altogether and make a cerote after the maner of diaquilon Thys cerote is souerayne to resolue scrophules and all other glandules procedyng of flegmatyke matter Another remedy to thys entētiō Playster ℞ of whyte diaquilon of great diaquilō of the swette of shepes woulle called isopus humida ana ℥ i. of ysope of galenes cerote ʒ x. of the iuyce of flouredelys ℥ ss of the iuyce of affodilles ʒ i. of the muscilage of holihocke ℥ iiij Let them boyle altogether vnto the consumptiō of the muscilage then put to of cleare terebētine ʒ vi of whyt waxe asmuch as shall suffice make a cerote Item to the same intētion ℞ of galbanū of serapine of Opopo armoniake ana ℥ ss of the decoction of flouredelis ℥ ij of whyte vynegre ℥ ij and. ss dissolue thē altogether and boyle them vnto consumption of the iuyce and decoction then adde of oyle of lillies of cleare terebentine of whyte waxe ana ʒ iij. let them boyle agayne one boylyng put to of brayed flouredelis ʒ ij Another ℞ of the rootes of lillies ℥ iij. of the sedes of water cresses of ireos cutte accordynge to breadth ana ʒ i. boyle thē in sufficiēt water tyll the sede of the watercresses be broken then presse them and stampe them Whych thyng done make a plaister in the muscilage of the foresayde thynges wyth branne well brayed and sodden wyne asmuche as the muscilage shal be Thys playster is excellēt to resolue scrophules so that they be not paynful and suspected of a canker A cerote To the same intētiō ℞ of armoniake and galbane dyssolued in vynegre and adde a lytle terebentine and a lytle mastique gūme and a lytle of the rootes of flouredelis wel brayed of oyle of lyllies of hēnes grece ana ʒ iij. reduce these thynges to the forme of a cerote vpon the fyer accordynge to arte It is a good remedye for scrophules Yf it chaunce that the scrophules cā not be resolued by the medicines aforesayde but that they come to the waye of maturation it auayleth muche to helpe the maturation forward Maturatiue The maturatiue of scrophules must be such ℞ of the rootes of holihocke of lillie rootes ana .li. ss when they ben soddē in sufficient water stāped strained put vnto them of garleke headdes rosted vnder the coales ℥ iij. asmuche of whyt oynions rosted after the same maner of oyle of lillies buttyre ana ℥ ij of swynes grece gose grece ana ℥ ij ss whyche
to purge the same wyth coÌ„uenient medicine The thyrde is to take away the matter conioyncte by application of agreable thynges vpon the aposteme The .iiij. inteÌ„tioÌ„ is to correct the accideÌ„ts The fyrst intention is accoÌ„plyshed by the administration of good meates drynkes ¶ The patient therfore muste vse meates that engendre good subtyle bloode as veale kyddes flesh mutton of a yeare olde hennes pertriges chyckens faisantes byrdes lyuynge in bushes and trees He muste abstaine from water foule such as haue great bodyes as cranes geese bittardes suche lyke For they engendre grosse melancholyke bloode ye may seeth in the broth of the forsayde fleshe herbes that engeÌ„dre good subtyle bloode as laictuce borage buglosse endiuie persely in smal quaÌ„tite Lykewyse ye may gyue the patient potage made of wheate or ryse sodden with the foresaid fleshe In lyke maner al brothes made with borage ben good in this case He must abstaine from all poulse that engendre grosse melancholyke bloode as peasen beanes lentyles c. Also from marryshe fyshes and feÌ„nie and drye oystres and all other fyshe excepte them that haue redde coloure and them that lyue amonge stones as perches and other lyuynge in stones or rockes of the See which ben of a bright colour and haue lytle bodyes neuertheles creuises ben permyted Fynally he muste forbeare all meates that engendre grosse blood as beefe porcke c. Ye maye moreouer gyue to the patient meane wyne well delayed and it ought to be whyte and of good odoure The patient must not vse to great exercyse and watchinges Brefly let hym lyue moderately in all thynges For as we haue sayd there is nothynge better then to lyue honestly and merely The seconde intention whych is to digeste the matter antecedent is accoÌ„plyshed in vsynge thys dygestiue Syrupe â„ž of syrupe de duabus radicibus of hony of roses strayned of syrupe of vynaygre called acetosus symplex ana â„¥ ss of the water of fumiterre buglosse ana â„¥ i. After that the patieÌ„t hath vsed this syrupe the space of .viij. or .x. dayes let him be purged with thys purgation â„ž of diacatholicon Purgation of cassia ana Ê’ ss of agaryke in trocisques of diaphinicon ana Ê’ i. ss wyth the decoctioÌ„ of epithymuÌ„ sene polipodie hertes toÌ„ge of cordial floures and frutes make a smal potion addynge of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. and. ss Item it is good to vse these pylles after that the patient hath vsed the foresayd digestiue â„ž of agarike in trocisques Ê’ ss of pylles aggregatiue of pylles called fetyde the greater ana ℈ i. meÌ„gle them make .v. pilles with aqua vite In this case we haue fouÌ„de it good to vse thys electuary folowynge Electuary â„ž of agaryke in trocisques â„¥ i. of turbith preparate Ê’ ij of the coddes of sene of epythymuÌ„ ana Ê’ i. of the spyces of diarodon abbatis Ê’ iij. of mirobolanes calied kebuli emblici bellirici ana Ê’ i. make an electuarye in morselles wyth sufficient suggre The patieÌ„t must vse thys electuarye ones a weke takynge in the mornynge the quaÌ„titie of a nut and that after digestion ☞ Note that in thys case the phisition muste not be contented to vse one or two purgations but muste renue the same beware that he gyue no stroÌ„ge purgation Mesue sayeth folowynge Galene that it is a poynt of a wyse phisition not to purge exquisitly in melancholyke grosse matter but euer moderatly to procede by lytle lytle The same doctour sayeth also that it is a generall rule in melancholyke dyseases not to purge ones or twyse onely but oftner by interpositioÌ„ of tyme by moderat medicines that nature may rule the euacuatioÌ„ not contrary wyse the euacuation nature Pylles lazulus Pilles of the stone called Lazulus in thys case ben praysed of doctours The thyrd intention whyche is to take away the matter coÌ„ioynt shal be accoÌ„plyshed in layeng vpoÌ„ the aposteme resolutiue medicines hauynge vertue to mollifye coÌ„forte the sore place as Auicenne testifyeth The reason is bycause that yf we proceded in thys case only with thynges mollifycatiue there shulde be daunger lest the moystnesse myght brynge the aposteme to a caÌ„ker Lykewyse yf we shuld procede with thinges pure resolutiue ther myght ensue dauÌ„ger of resoluyng the subtyle matter the grosse remaynynge turnynge to lapidifycation or stonines Wherfore to auoyde these accidentes it is better to vse remedyes hauyng vertue resolutiue with some mollifycation coÌ„fortation of the place then to vse thynges of one only vertue And Arzi a man of great authorite sayeth that to procede with one inteÌ„tion without errour shulde be very hard Wherfore those medicines ben better that haue two effectes that is to saye to resolue to molifye with some lytle repercussion at the begynnynge and in the encrease as thys cerote vndre wrytteÌ„ Cerote both resolutiue mollitiue whych he must vse from the begynning of sephiros to the encrease â„ž of the rootes of holihocke li. i. and. ss of quinces hole fenugreke lynsede ana mÌ„ i. when they ben al sodden in water cutte onely the rootes of holihocke and strayne theÌ„ and to that that is strayned adde of oyle of camomille dille roses ana â„¥ ij of the marye of the legges of a calfe of duckes grese ana â„¥ i. and. ss of the oile of swete almandes Ê’ x. make a softe cerote with sufficient whyte waxe Thys cerote is a sure medicine in this case it resolueth by lytle and lytle and mollifyeth and comforteth the sore place as it appeareth to hym that consydereth the ingredientes Another remedye for the same intention â„ž of the floure of barley beanes and wheate ana â„¥ iiij of camomil of mellitote well staÌ„ped of fyne braÌ„ne ana mÌ„ ss of lensede and fenugreke wel brayed ana â„¥ i. make a styffe playster at the fyear wyth the decoction aforesayde in the fyrst ordination wyth as muche sodden wyne called sapa as the decoction is addynge in the ende of the decoction of oyle of camomill and dil ana â„¥ ij of oyle of roses â„¥ i. and. ss of calues and wethers tallowe ana â„¥ iij. of buttyre â„¥ i. When thys aposteme is in the state ye maye vse thys cerote â„ž of the rootes of holihocke .li. i. of the rootes of buglosse â„¥ ij of the rootes of flouredelis â„¥ ss of lillye rootes â„¥ iiij seeth them all in sufficient water theÌ„ stampe them strayne them adde to the straynynge of oyle of camomill and dill ana â„¥ ij ss of oyle of lillies of oyle of agrippa of Dialthea ana â„¥ vi of Isopus humida of isopê° of the cerote of Galene ana Ê’ x. of whyte diaquiloÌ„ â„¥ iij. make a soft cerote wyth whyte waxe and yf you wyll haue it of greater resolution adde of armoniake dyssolued in vynegre Ê’ iij. in the ende of the decoction We
haue founde often thys playster to be of souerayne operation to resolue al harde apostemes wyth some mollifycation Also to the same intention we haue proued thys cerote folowyng to be of lyke efficacitie of whych we haue gotē worshyppe and haue profyted poore patientes ℞ of the decoction of mallowes holihock of the rootes of lāge debuefe of fenugreke and lynsede of the sede of quynces of psillium of drye fygges of dates raysins ana asmuch as shall suffyce of lytarge of golde and syluer of calues tallowe cowes tallowe and bores grese ana ℥ iij. of buttyre ʒ x. of duckes grese gose grese capons grese and hēnes grese ana ʒ x. of oyle of camomille dille and lillies ana ℥ ij of oyle of violettes roses and of swete almandes ana ʒ vi make a softe cerote at the fyer styrre it about wyth sufficiēt quantitie of the forsayd decoctiō and wyth whyte waxe Another good playster ℞ of the fatte called ysope of Galenes cerote ℥ iij. of playster of mellilote ℥ iiij of great diaquilon ℥ iij. and. ss of calues tallowe ℥ i. and. ss of the marye of calues legges of hennes grese and duckes grese ana ʒ x. mengle them and make a softe cerote wyth sufficient whyte waxe Also in thys case a playster of melilote of diaquilon magnum of ysope of Galenes cerote bene ryght good in ministrynge them one after another Lykewyse after application of the foresayd playsters and cerotes it shal be good to make embrocation wyth clouttes weted in the foresayde decoction and to laye them on hote For thys euaporatyon before the applyenge of the playster or cerote it preparethe the matter to resolution and maturation The fourth intention whyche is to correcte the accidentes is accomplyshed by the administration of local medicines whyche remoue accidentes namelye payne inflāmation beatynge griefe and pryckyng and appearaūce of veynes full of melancholyke bloode whyche accidētes as we haue shewed in the former chapitre sygnifye the cōmynge of a cankreous matter Item greate hardenes chaunseth in thys aposteme A mollitiue cerote for the mollification whereof we haue vsed thys cerote ℞ of the rootes of Holihockes .li. i. of fenugreke and lynsede of euery one m̄ ij the heade and the fete of a wether two fete of a calfe and halfe hys head bruse them all a lytle and seeth them in suffycient water tyll the bones ben sondered from the fleshe and let the Holihocke onlye be stamped and strayned to the whyche straynynge adde of oyle of lillyes camomill and dille of ysope of Galenes cerote of cleare terebentine of euery one ℥ i. and. ss of hennes grese duckes grese and gose grese of euery one ℥ i. of diaquilon magnum ℥ ij make a softe cerote of all wyth sufficient whyte waxe wyth the forsayde straynynge The sayde cerote is verye good to mollifye all stonye hardnes ☜ But ye muste alwaye foment the place wyth the decoction that remayneth of the forsayde thynges in the cerote namelye wyth clouttes weted in the sayd decoction And yf it chaunce that the aposteme come to quytture ye muste rype the place wyth a playster of marche mallowes wrytten in oure antidotayrie and make incision after the doctrine declared in the chapitre of incision of apostemes in generall And digeste the aposteme mundifye incarne and cicatrise it as it is wrytten in the same chapitre whan it chaunceth that an Aposteme commeth to a cankerdnesse it must be cured after the curation of a canker which we wyll wryte hereafter by the grace of god whose name be praysed ¶ The .x. Chaptre of a canker A Canker as Auicenne sayeth is an Apostem of adust or burnte melancholye through the adustion or burnynge of cholere and not of pure feculent or dreggysh melancholye as Brunus sayeth The melancholy that causeth a canker commeth to adustion two maner of wayes The one is by adustyon of subtyle cholere For whan pure cholere commeth to adustion the subtile parte is resolued and the thycke and erthye remayneth and receyueth a burnte qualitie Melancholye This melancholye is called maligne melancholye procedyng through adustion of cholere Otherwyse melancholye is called aduste whan it procedeth of naturall Melancholye and so cōmeth to adustion And that melancholy commeth to adustion by the cōmixtion of choler with melancholye and of that melancholye aduste a kynde of a Canker is engendered which hathe lytle payne and lytle vlceration The fourme of a canker A canker is at the begynnynge a litle Aposteme and for the most part rounde and somtyme it begynneth throughe a pustle lyke a beane It is harde and of duskyshe colour rounde aboute wyth the appearaūce of veynes full of melancholyke bloude And there bene two kyndes of cākers Two maners of cankers that is to saye a canker vlcered and not vlcered At the begynnynge as Auicenne sayth it is of an hydde and priuye disposition for the most parte at the begynnynge it is to be doubted what it shulde be but afterwarde the sygnes of a cankered aposteme appeare Auicenne teacheth vs in this place how a cāker begynneth and whan it is confyrmed by signes as by grefe .c. And Galene also sayinge we maye haue a reason and waye to knowe a canker as we haue to knowe herbes growynge oute of the ground For whan herbes growe out of the earth and bene small it is harde to knowe them And as these small herbes can not be knowen at the begynnyng by vnexperte gardyners so a canker at the begynnynge is not knowen of an vnlearned Chirurgyen A canker is deuyded after thre maners It is fyrst deuyded after the dyuersitie of the cause For some canker is caused of melancholye whych is adust by adustion of melancholye naturall And it is of slowe vlceraciō of small payne and of smal increasement That that is called of adustiō of cholere is of vehement malyce of great grefe and corrupteth swyftly wherfore Auicenne sayeth that this melancholye burnte by adustyon of choler is more malicious and vehementer than any other kynde of melancholye And that chaunceth by reson of his sharpnesse and caliditie or heate wherfore this melancholye induceth stronger and vehementer accidentes than thother melancholye aduste procedynge of naturall melancholye Moreouer it is deuyded according to the diuersitie of mēbres For one is ēgēdred in soft mēbres as in the flesh an other in meane as in synnowes and ligamentes some in harde membres as in boones and grystles Thyrdly it is deuyded accordynge to the diuersitie of tyme. For one is newe an other olde It is sone knowen whan it is olde by the tyme coloure for it is blewe and blacke and also by the borders whyche ben grosse and harde and by the greatenesse of the place vlcered A canker after the later doctours is only deuyded acordynge to the dyuersitie of kyndes takynge name of hys place For accordyng as it is engendred in sondrye places it receyueth sondrye names As whan it
chaunceth in the face Noli me tangere it is called noli me tangere If it chaunce in the thyghes or in the legges it is called lupus Lupus in other partes it is called a cāker And they assygne an other dyfference and qualitie of complexion and they saye that a canker called lupus or woulfe is caused of more burnynge choler than Noli me tangere But touchynge the distinction of the later doctours we haue founde nothynge in auncyent wryters A canker taketh hys name for one of the two causes folowynge as Auicenne sayeth namelye bycause it stycketh to the membres of the patient as a creuyce or a crabbe called in latyne cancer in the hande of hym that holdeth it or it is called cancer bycause of the rounde forme and bycause that all aboute there bene sondrye veynes as it were the feete of a crabbe or creuyce This canker as Rasis wryteth to kynge Almansor is a disease in whiche is greate laboure and werynesse Fynallye of the dyfference bytwene a canker and Sephiros we haue playnly wryttē in the Chaptre of Sephiros Note this one thynge that a canker is engendred by the way of cōmencement or begynnynge Sephiros by the way of cōsequution or folowynge Thus endeth this chaptre for which god be praysed ¶ The .xi. Chaptre of the cure of a canker and hys kyndes WE haue shewed in the former Chapter what a canker is The cure of a canker in this chaptre we wyll speake of his cure aswel eradicatyue as palliatyue There ben foure intentions necessarye in this disease The fyrste is accomplysshed by the ordynaunce of diete The seconde by digestyon of the mattier antecedent The thyrde by purgation of the mattier antecedent The fourth by a gentle resolution of the matter conioynct wyth a comfortation of the sore place The fyrst and the seconde intention is accomplysshed after the doctryne wrytten in the Chaptre of the cure of Sephiros The thyrde intention which is to purge the matter antecedent after digestion is accomplysshed by medicynes that purge euyll humours Fyrst let the matter be thus dygested ℞ of syrupe of fumiterye Digestyue of the iuces of sorell of buglosse Ana ℥ ss of the water of fumiterre Buglosse and maydenheere Ana ℥ i. mengle them whan the Pacient hathe vsed thys Syrupe the space of tenne dayes let hym be purged with thys purgation ℞ of electuarie lenitiue of Diacatholicon Ana ʒ vi of the cōfection of Hamech ʒ iii. Make a smal potion with the decoction of cordyal floures and frutes of myrobolanes called Kebuli and emblici Note that ye ought not to be contented wyth one purgation as we haue sayde for the matter is melancholyke Neyther muste ye proceade with a stronge medicyne as Galene testifyeth sayinge whan the matter is melancholyke ye must purge it by lyttle and lyttle wherfore we haue wrytten sondrye remedyes to digest and purge melancholye in the Chapter of Sephiros Haliabas is of the same opynyon touchyng the purgation of this matter sayinge be not content with one purgation in the mattier that causeth a Canker but purge it ofte tyl ye perceyue that the sayde mattier is clene euacuated Flebotomie Galene and Auicenne saye that we may sometime vse Phlebotomie chefely in a yonge and stronge body And in this flebotomie large incision must be made that the grosse melancholy bloude maye easely yssue out Purgation we haue proued the purgation folowyng in this case and afterwarde the purgation aboue named And this is the forme of it ℞ of the coddes of sene of epithimum Ana ʒ i. of the confection of Hamech ʒ ii of iuleb of vyolettes of roses by infusion of Buglose Ana ℥ ss of gootes whey ℥ ii mengle them Gyue this to the patiente in the mornynge and thys small purgation must oft be renued The fourth intention whiche is to take away the matter conioynct shal be accomplysshed by the administration of conuenyent medycynes vpon the canker And those shall be gentle resolutyues resoluynge by lytle and lyttle the mattier conioynct and they are pryncipally good whan the canker is not vlcered Resolutyne The fyrste ordynaunce is this ℞ of the oyle of Roses omphacine of the oyle of vyolets Ana ℥ ii of vnguentum rosarum of Vnguentum Populeon Ana ʒ x. of the iuce of Plantayne and nyghtshade Ana ℥ ss of the decoction of malowes vyolettes and holyhocke of the seede of Quynces of Psillium sodden accordynge to arte li. i. of calues tallowe ℥ iiii of the mary of calues legges and of an oxe legge of duckes grese of oyle of camomylle Ana ℥ i. Let them boyle all vnto the consumption of the iuce and decoctiō and than strayne them and put vnto the straynynge of whyte Diaquilon ℥ iii. of lytarge of golde well brayed ℥ iiii of tutia Alexandrina ʒ x. And make a softe cerote with whyte wax by arte and fyre styrrynge it about This cerote is very good in this case resoluynge matter and comfortyng the place with some mollification Also to the same intention the descryption folowynge is cōmendable An other ℞ of Oyle of Roses ℥ ii of Oyle of Vyolettes ℥ i. of calues grese ʒ x. of the iuce of nyghtshade and plātayne Ana ℥ i. let them boyle vnto the consumption of the iuyce than strayne them and styrre them about in a mortare of leade two houres Yf it chaunce that the canker be engendred in suche a place that it may be roted vp without cuttyng of great veynes and synnowes and if it be in a stronge bodye you maye vse incision or cauterisation and it shall be a true curation Anicenne sayeth that a canker at the begynnynge maye be healed but whan it is confyrmed it receyueth not true curation And it chaunceth often in the inner partes so that hys generacyon is hyd and than it maye be easely rectifyed The rectification is that it be not moued wyth a stronge medycyne For yf it be moued wyth a stronge medicyne it maye brynge the pacient to sodayne death But yf ye procede wyth gentle medicynes it is possyble that the lyfe of the patient maye be prolonged and some health recouered in palliynge the canker It is euydent by the aucthoritie of auntient men that an olde and malygne canker canne not be healed by true cure that is to saye by incision or cauterisation or application of medicynes wherfore Albucazar coūsayleth this whan a canker is olde and confyrmed meddle not wyth it And he sayeth moreouer that he neuer sawe nor hearde that anye bodye was healed of an olde canker Thys it appereth that Hipocrates doctrine is true ☞ whiche sayeth it is best not to take cure of them that haue hydden cankers but to vse a cure palliatyue Yf ye stoppe the canker the humours which were wonte to come to the vlcered place wyll go to the princypall membres Yf it chaunce that ye wyll make incision in this disease ye must do it wysely For as Auicenne
poudre of mercurie or quick syluer which is of excellent operatioÌ„ and byteth away all maligne super fluous and corrosiue flesshe and the lippes or bourders of the vlcer which ben harde and shellye wythout anye payne of the patient That that I saye of this pouldre semeth incredible bycause we fynde in no writers of corrosiue medicines that saye that there is any corrosiue medicyne whyche maye take awaye superfluous flesshe wythout payne Neuerthelesse this pouldre doth so of whyche we wyll speake in our antidotarie by the grace of god in the Chaptre of medicines corrosiues Thus endeth the doctryne of thys Chaptre for which the name of god be blessed ¶ The .xii Chaptre of wyndie Apostemes OF a Flegmaryke melaÌ„cholike humour Wâ—ndye Apostemes there is engendred a grosse ventosite or windinesse which being meÌ„gled with Flegmatike moysture engendreth a wyndye aposteme by eleuatioÌ„ which Aposteme as Auicene sayeth is like a softe Aposteme that is to saye to Vndimia And bycause it is lyke vndimia it is cured after the cure of vndimia and it is knowen by the sygnes of vndimia wrytten in the chaptre of the same Aposteme Amonge other signes this is one that yf ye presse your fynger vpon it ther remayneth an holownesse in the place as in vndimia but not so gret whan any membre commeth to this Aposteme throughe grosse vapours onely Auicenne calleth it a wyndye Aposteme by inflation And the sygnes bene these whan ye presse your fynger vpon thys wyndy Aposteme suche holownesse is not caused as in Vndimia but whan ye touche it it dryueth backe the fynger and the holownesse doth not continue as in the other The reason is that in Vndimia there is no ventositie or wyndinesse And in this the ventositie is gathered into one place which refuseth the pressynge of the fynger as whan a maÌ„ toucheth a blader ful of winde And therfore AuiceÌ„ne sayeth that it goeth and commeth by courses And sometyme bycause of the multitude of the wyndye mattier and by cause of the place in which this mattier maye be easely assembled whan the matter is touched it souneth like a taborette and therefore Auicenne sayeth trewlye that it resysteth the preassynge or strykyng of the hande and chiefly whan thys ventosite fyndeth space in whych it may be gathered in great quantitie it exteÌ„deth the place and souÌ„deth whaÌ„ it is touched wherfore the sayde Auicenne hathe ryght wel declared the nature of this aposteme sayeng this soundynge is caused by some veÌ„tosite gathered together in some place apte to receaue the same Places apte to receaue wyâ—de as in the stomake the guttes and in the place that is betwene the pannicles whych compasse about the bones and betwene bones coÌ„passed aboute wyth lacertes For in all these places there is a certayne vacuitie or eÌ„ptie space in whych veÌ„tositie maye be assembled and moreouer in the roume whych is aboute the chordes Furthermore ther chauÌ„ceth somtymes so greate veÌ„tosite in certayne great ioinctures that often it maketh the ioinct to go out of hys place And thys veÌ„tosite abydeth in the place of the ioincte and it is not easely resolued whych thynge chaunceth by reason of his grossenes and by reason of the thycknes of the membre in which the veÌ„tosity is conteined and bicause the poores ben shutte And Auicenne sayth that it is not lyghtly resolued that it is enclosed betwene the ioinctures and thynneth and deuideth the membres conioyncte or knytte together and puttethe them oute of theyr propre places as we sayd before we haue often sene thys ventositie assembled in some place in so greate quantitie that whan a man thrusteth it downe pressynge one fynger lyftyng vp another he shal perceaue the sayd ventositye to heaue vp betwene hys fyngers as we perceaue the redoundynge of quytture in certayne apostemes we haue sene thys thing to haue chauÌ„ced in cankreous sephiros and in windy apostemes by the inflation of great ioinctes Auicenne declareth the forsayd signes in the cha of a wyndy aposteme and saith moreouer that a man thinketh oftentymes that he hathe an aposteme vpon some membre as vpoÌ„ the knee that nedeth to be persed but whan it is persed nothyng commeth out sauynge wynde wherfore in such case make no insition wtout good coÌ„syderation leste ye be deceaued as other haue bene Thus we ende thys present chapiter for whych the name of God be praysed ¶ The .xiii. chapi of the cure of a wyndye aposteme by inflation WE haue sufficientlye declared in the former chapiter The cause of windie apostemes what wyndye apostemes bene in thys presente Chapiter we wyl speake of the cure therof whyche conteyneth .iiii. intentions The fyrst is to ordre diete that the euyl humoure maye be distroyed and a good engendred The seconde intention is partely to digest the mattier antecedente partly to coÌ„sume the same The third to purge the mattier beyng digested The fourth to correct the accidentes The fyrst whyche is to ordre diete is accomplyshed by the thynges wrytteÌ„ in the cha of vndimia Syrupe The seconde whyche is to digest the mattier is accomplyshed by vsyng thys syrupe the space of a weke R. of syrupe de duabus radicibus of hony of roses anÌ„ Ê’ vi of the water of fenell mayden heare and scabiouse ana â„¥ i. After that he hathe vsed thys syrupe the space of a weke lette him be purged wyth thys purgation R. of diacatholicon â„¥ i. Purgation of diaphenicon â„¥ ss make a small potion wyth the water of fenel fumiterre addyng of diacyminuÌ„ Ê’ ss It is good also to giue the patient a lytle triacle wyth a lytle Diaciminum so that he faste seuen houres after And forasmuche as thys ventosite is engendred by the errour of the vertue digestiue it is good to coÌ„fort the vertue digestyue with aromatyke spices of diacyminuÌ„ and diacalamentuÌ„ or wyth thys dredge whyche takethe awaye ventositie â„ž of Cumine carwaies A dredge pouder Anise fenell of the beryes of laurell ana â„¥ ss of liqueritie of GalaÌ„gale of whyte ginger anÌ„ Ê’ ii of long pepper of cubebes of cloues of the sede of rue ana Ê’ i. of anise of swete fenell of coriandre anÌ„ Ê’ i. ss of sugre tabarzet .li. ii of cynamome Ê’ v. poudre those that maye be poudred and make a dredge of al and take a sponefull at ones with a lytle wyne of good odour we haue found thys dredge to be of good operation in consumynge ventosities chieflye those that ben in the stomake and in the bellie Note also that the purgation aboue wrytten is ryght conuenient in thys case for it purgeth mattier that chauÌ„geth it selfe into veÌ„tositie Or ye may purge the patient wyth some other solutiue as it shal seme good to you after the strength of the patiente and of the place in whyche such ventosite is engendred so that ye coÌ„fort the strength of the membre wherin the ventolite is founde chieflye yf it be
chapitre for whych the name of god be praysed ¶ The seconde chapitre whyche treateth of the apostemes of the eyes aswell hote as colde and of theyr curation IN the former chapitre we haue sufficientlye declared al apostemes pustles other dyseases that chauÌ„ce in the heed In thys present chapitre we wyll treate of a kynde of an aposteme whych chauÌ„ceth to the eyes called Optalmia Optalmia as Galene sayeth He wolde say Ophtalmia is a flegmoÌ„ passioÌ„ of the skynne in the eye called coÌ„iunctiua after hys accideÌ„tes it is a dysease of the eye And here in all doctours agre that Optalmia is an aposteme of the skynne called Coniunctiua There chaunce sondrye and daungerous dyseases to the eyes And for asmuche as they be most necessarie noble and profytable to mans lyfe they ought to be kepte wyth greate diligence and the dyseases oughte to be healed more studiouslye The causes of optalmia dyfferre not froÌ„ the causes of other apostemes vniuersall and particulare Causes of ophtalmia seynge that the humours or reumes whyche cause obtalmia come more froÌ„ the braine theÌ„ to other apostemes of other membres For the moste parte thys dysease coÌ„meth of a cause primitiue is augmeÌ„ted by the same as by smokes windes dust the sonne sharpnes of thynges that go into the eyes chyefly wheÌ„ the body is replenyshed wyth humours Two kynde of ophtall There ben two kyndes of optalmia of which one is of lytle appearauÌ„ce lytle inflaÌ„matioÌ„ wyth some humiditye hys action is in the superficiall parte of the eyes and is called of Auicenne conturbation There is another kynde which is deper in the substaunce of the eye in whych the whyte of the eye beyng ful of rednes couereth some tymes the apple of the eye The signes of Obtalmia proceding of a sanguine matter ben these that folowe namelye heate of the eyes Sygnes rednes with inflaÌ„mation of the same of the veynes the fulnes of the skynne called coÌ„iuÌ„ctiua the heuynes of the heade chyeflye about the temples browes blerenes of the eye lyddes and teares dropping downe with heate There ben other sygnes declared in the chapitre vniuersall of a sanguine aposteme Yf the obtalmia be caused of cholere then these ben the signes Opthtalmia of choler sharpe griefe inflaÌ„mation greate rednes of the eyes with plenteous teares whych be somtymes so hote that they scalde the corners of the eyes cause the heere 's of the eye lyddes to fall the patient feleth certayne pryckynges bytynges wythin the eyes as there were sande or duste in theÌ„ The foreheade also is very hote the partes about ben heuy The eyes ben but a lytle blere bycause the matter is hote Of flegme drye The sygnes of optalmia procedynge of flegmatyke matter ben these great inflation of the place lytle inflaÌ„mation lytle rednes lytle payne fewe teares but great heuynes of the heade Melanâ—holie Lykewyse the sygnes of Optalmia procedynge of melancholy ben these lytle rednes lytle heate lytle inflation lytle moystnes the eyes ben of duskyshe colour very heuye Optalmia hath foure tymes as other apostemes namely begynning augmeÌ„tatioÌ„ state declination And euerye one of these tymes conteyneth thre tymes as we haue said in the cha of flegmon as augmeÌ„tatioÌ„ hath begynnyng mydle ende c. And these foure tymes the three of euery one of them are diligentlye to be noted that thynges maye be administred accordyng to the dyuersitie of the tymes Moreouer it is to be noted that optalmia is sometymes caused by coÌ„munite somtymes by essence Ophtal of essence or beynge when it is caused by essence or beyng it procedeth from the heade is called Optalmia capitalis whych thynge is easely knowen by the heuynes of the heade Ophtal capitalis and payne of the same But wheÌ„ there is rednes in the eyes and heate in the foreheade wyth payne and beatynge and the temples ben stretched and the veynes full Ophtal of gingiua mater and the place enflamed these sygnes declare that the optalmia procedeth of gingiua mater And yf there be continuall runnyng of matter froÌ„ the brayne to the palate or roufe of the mouthe and nastrelles wyth neesynge and itchynge ye maye knowe that it procedeth oute of the inwarde partes And yf it procede oute of the stomake it coÌ„meth wyth vomite Furthermore it is conuenient to knowe Paroxysmes that optalmia hath certaine paroxysmes or fyttes and periodes or courses whyche folowe the nature of humours that cause optalmia And as Gordon sayeth we muste not be negligent in obtalmia For yf it be not cured diligentlye it leaueth euel accidentes as cornea ruptura pannus macula whyche ben of harde curation cause vlceration of the apple of the eye And Optalmia after the auncient Contagious and later doctours is a contagious disease passeth from one eye to anoher To the cure of thys dysease there ben requyred syxe inteÌ„tions The fyrst is dyete The seconde digestion of the euell matter The thyrde purgation of the matter digested The fourth prohibition diuersion or turnyng awaye of the catarrous mater whych coÌ„meth to the eyes The fyfth is accomplyshed by administration of sondry locale medicines accordynge to the dyuersite of the tyme of thys dysease The laste is to take awaye the accidentes of it The fyrste intention when the matter is hote Dyete is accomplyshed by the administration of the syxe thynges not naturall enclynynge to coldnes and to dryenes or moystnes accordyng to the nature of the euell humour Yf the matter be colde let the patient be gouerned after the ordinaunce of the syxe thynges not naturall as we haue declared in the former chapitre of apostemes that is to saye yf the matter be flegmatyke ye muste resorte to the chapitre of vndimia Yf the matter be melancholyke resorte to the chapitre of Sephiros Yf it be choleryke to the chapitre of Herisipelas Yf it be sanguine to the chapitre of Flegmon Laictuse But we muste consyder that laictuces be not conuenient in thys case all thoughe they maye be permytted in herisipelas and in the cure of flegmon In the fyrst dayes wheÌ„ the matter is hote let the patient abstaine froÌ„ drinkyng of wyne eatyng of flesh which engendre grosse matter and grosse vapours It is sufficient for hym to eate grated bread soddeÌ„ with suggre or floure of wheate with suggre or grated breade with the coÌ„mune sedes let hys drynke be a ptisane or water boyled with a pece of breade let him drinke it with suggre or wyth a iuleb of violettes Also ye may gyue the patient wyne of pomegranades at the begynnynge vnto the augmentation In the state and declinatioÌ„ he maye vse wyne of good odoure moderatly tempered with water In obtalmia that procedeth of colde matter let the parieÌ„t drynke wyne of good odoure and
somewhat swete For Hypocrates sayeth that the drynkyng of good wyne swageth the grefe of the eyes The secōde thyrd intētion whych ben to digest the matter to purge the same beynge digested are accōplyshed as it foloweth that is to saye when the matter is cholerike it must be digested with a syrupe of roses by infusion Digestiues of Choler and of violettes with syrupe of buglosse cōpoūde with water of buglosse violettes endiuie Yf the matter be sanguine let it be thus digested Digesti of sanguine ℞ of syrupe of fumiter of buglosse of roses by infusion ana ℥ ss of the water of fumitterre buglosse endiuie ana ℥ i. Yf the optalmia be engendred of a flegmatyke humour or melancholyke let it be digested after thys sorte Of flegme melancholyke namely yf the humour be flegmatyke ℞ of syrupe de duabus radicibus of honye of roses of syrupe called acetosus simplex ana ℥ ss of the water of fenell buglosse endiue ana ℥ i. Yf the humour be melancholyke let it be digested thus Melancholy ℞ of syrupe of epithymū of fumiterre violets ana ℥ ss of water of fumiterre of violettes and buglosse ana ℥ i. let hym vse thys syrupe a weke Yf the matter be choleryke let hym be purged wyth thys purgation Purgation of choler ℞ of chosen manna ℥ i. of diapru non solutiui ʒ vi wyth the decoction of cordiall floures and frutes make a smal potiō addynge of syrupe of violettes ℥ i. and ss Another purgation for the same intention ℞ of electua lenitiue Another of cassia ana ʒ vi of an electuarye of roses after Mesue ʒ ij make a small potion wyth water of endiuie and fumiterre addynge of syrupe of violettes ℥ i. ss Yf the matter be sanguine Purgation of sanguine let the patient be purged wyth thys purgation ℞ of diacatholicon of cassia ana ʒ vi of an electuarye of roses after Mesue ʒ i. and. ss The pilles of Iera wyth the pilles of Assagerette ben good in these two dyspositions Yf the matter be melancholyke let it be purged thus Melancholy ℞ of diacholicon ℥ ss of the confection of hamech ʒ ij of chosen manna or in the stede therof of an electuarie lenitiue ℥ ss make a small potion wyth the decoction of mayden heere sene epithymū hertes tonge polytrichum polipodie prunes sodden wyth the water of buglosse addynge of syrupe of violettes ℥ i. and. ss Yf the matter be flegmatyke let it be thus purged ℞ of diaphenicō Flegme of cassia ana ʒ vi make a small potion with the cōmune decoctiō adding of syru of violets ℥ i. ss In these two kyndes pilles of iera cū agarico pilles aggregatiue ben good Here it is to be noted that for the moste parte optalmia is not engēdred of one onely humour wherfore when the humours be mēgled together dygestion purgation muste be done accordynge to the qualite of the mengled humours dyuerse medicines muste be administred after the diuersite of the same The .iiij. intētion which is to turne away the catarrhous matter to kepe it frō flowynge to the eyes is accōplyshed Fyrst whē the matter is hote let it be diuerted or turned awaye Diuertion of the humour by cuttynge the veyne called cephalica in the contrary syde of the sore eye And the nexte daye ye may make a flebotomie in the same syde and veyne consyderynge the age and the strength of the patient Thus ye muste do from the begynnynge vnto the augmentation In the state and declination ye may open the veyne of the forehead to purge the matter conioyncte but vniuersall purgation must go before the flebotomie lykewyse to turne away the same matter conioincte it is very good to applie leches or bloodsuckers vnder the eares Furthermore by the authorite of olde and newe doctours and chefly of Galene whē the matter commeth frō the brayne it is good to open the veynes of the temples Mesue sheweth the maner of cuttyng them vnto whō ye muste resorte Neuerthelesse I haue founde lytle profyte in it Note thys that when the matter is choleryke and lytle in the stede of flebotomie Ventoses we haue foūde succoure in applyeng ventoses vpon the shulders or els in layenge bloode suckers vndre the eares And albeit that the doctours say and cheflye Mesue that flebotomie is cōuenient in euery kynde of optalmia yet yf the matter be choleryke or melācholyke the dysease maye be cured wythout flebotomie as Gentilis and sondrye other doctours testifye treatynge of thys matter Yea it is the part of a wyse chirurgien to make scarifycation in thys case in the stede of flebotomie lest the patient fall into another dysease But yf the bodye be full of euell humours after the doctours the cōmune veyne or the veyne of the lyuer muste be cutte in the opposite syde of the sore eye Phlebotomie or els the vayne called Saphena in the same side The nexte daye the veyne Cephalica muste be cutte in the contrarie syde Thus flebotomie must be made by lytle lytle that the strēgth of the patient be not to muche weakened Afterwarde the matter muste be turned awaye by rubbynge and tyeng the extreame partes before dinner and supper two houres wyth application of ventoses Lykewyse the decoction folowyng is good to washe the extreame partes wythall ℞ of the water of ashes li. x. of odoriferous wyne Decoction rayne water of eche pyntes .vi. of camomille melilote dille sage rosemarye ana m̄ i. of coriandres of sticados of wormemoode of squinantum of euerye one a lytle of honye .li. ss Let them be sodden all vnto the consumption of halfe After thys the application of ventoses wythout scarification is good vpō the shulders or vpon the buttockes Also thys vesicatorie folowynge layed vpon the necke is conueniēt Vesicatorie ℞ of rawe breade well leuenned ℥ ij of cantarydes ʒ ij of vynaygre ℥ i. fyrste take awaye the wynges and heades of cantarides and thē stampe them altogether in a mortare make a vesicatorie Laye thys vesicatorie vpon the necke faste tyed for it turneth awaye humours marueylouslye and purgeth watrines commynge from the brayne to the eyes After the forsayd vniuersall purgation it is good to applye these thre descriptions folowyng vpō the forehead of the patient The fyrst is thys which is very gentle Playster ℞ the whyte of thre egges of the water of roses the floure of beanes ana ℥ ij of the oyle of roses omphacine ℥ iij. of terra sigillata of bole armenie of euerye one ʒ iij. beate them al together and laye them vpon the foreheade of the patient after the maner of a playster The secōd is thys Another ℞ of the oyle of roses ompha of oyle mirtine ana ℥ iij. of whyte vinegre ℥ ij let them boyle al together vnto the consumption of the vynegre then adde
putte it warme in the eye it shal be merueylous good For the same intentyon we haue proued thys remedye folowyng whiche resolueth mattyer conioyncte and conforteth the syght Another â„ž of Fenugreke thryse washed in barley water Ê’ ij of melilote of the leaues of swete Fenel or els of the sede therof of eche a litle of rose water â„¥ iij. of Fenel water â„¥ ij Seethe them all in a glasse vnto the consumption of the thyrde parte than strayne them and adde to the straynynge of sugre candie Ê’ ij of sarcocoll dissolued in womans mylke of Tutia Ana Ê’ j. meÌ„gle them all together and vse them as it is sayde before Furthermore wyth thyes two remedies aforesayd it is good to applie vpoÌ„ the eye the same houre thies two descriptyons folowynge in makynge often euaporatyon Resolutyue of whych the first is after this forme â„ž of fenel leaues of melilote Ana. mÌ„ ss of Roses sticados Camomil of euery one a lytle of fenugreke wasshed as is aforesayde â„¥ ss lette them boyle all wyth a sufficient quantyte of fenel water and asmuche rose water and a lytle odoriferous whyte wyne vnto the consumptyon of the thyrde parte than strayne them and laye on the eye a fyne sponge weeted in thys decoctyon beynge hote Another The seconde is this â„ž of melilote of branne Ana. mÌ„ j. of camomyl of roses Ana. mÌ„ ss of fenel leaues mÌ„ j. ss of sticados a litle Cutte thies thiÌ„ges small make two litle light bagges and boyle them with sufficient quantytie of water of fenel odoriferous wyne vntyll the thyrde parte be consumed and laie them vpon the eyes wyth a sponge as is aforesayde and let them be actually hote Thies two remedies as we haue said beÌ„ of good operation in resoluyng of grosse mattyer confortyng the syght and they be the remedies that we haue proued in the cure of optalmia caused of hote humours Against colde humours It remayneth that we describe with lyke breifnes remedies agaynste optalmia caused of coulde mattyer and grosse for the accomplisshement of the fyfte intentyon Wherfore whan optalmia is engendred of grosse mattyer namely flegmatyke or melancholyke or of melancholie mengled with fleame in the begynnynge for the curatyon therof some purgatyoÌ„ going before put thys collyrie beyng actually hote in to the eye Collyrium â„ž of rose water and Fenel Ana â„¥ j. of womans mylke â„¥ iij. of sugre candie of syrupe of roses Ê’ i. and ss of whyte Sief wythout opium Ê’ j. mengle them and make a collyrie accordynge to arte To this intentyon it is conuenient to take an apple rosted vndre coales and strayned and than to putte to A plaister of an apple a lytle Rose water and the yolke of an Egge and a lytle saffran settyng it on the fyere and laiynge it vpon the eye after the maner of a plaister It appayseth payne and heuines of the eye Thyes two remedies ben good after the begynnyng vnto the tyme of augmentatyon and of state Also in thys intention it is good to take the whyte of an Egge A water somwhat roosted vndre coales and than beateÌ„ addyng of rose water â„¥ j. offenell water â„¥ j. and. ss and asmuche of the water of mirtille flours of tutia Ê’ ss beate theÌ„ al together the space of two houres than lette them stande and afterward strayne them thorough a thycke cloth and put the liquour in to the eye This remedie is good in the begynnynge of optalmia Also to cease the payne of the place To cease payne it is good to take the cromes of bread to dippe it in the brothe of an henne or of other flesshe beyng fressh and to put it betwene two pieces of flaxe laye vpon the sore eye beyng actually hote In the state and in the declinatyoÌ„ ye may conueniently applie the remedyes vndre wrytten wythin wtout A decoctyon of whyche the fyrst is thys â„ž of fenel water of rose water Ana â„¥ ij of odoriferous wyne of water of Eufrage Ana â„¥ j. of Tutia Ê’ j. of aloes hepatyke of cloues Ana â„¥ ss of sarcocolle dissolued in womans mylke ℈ ij of suggre candye of syrupe of roses â„¥ ss beate thyes foresayde thynges to gether and mengle them wyth the sayd wyne and waters beynge somwhat hote and strayne them thorough a thycke linnen clothe and kepe the liquor in a glasse and put it in the eye hote Anothâ—r resolutyue To thys intentyon auayleth a decoctyon of fenugreke of melilote of swete fenel and fresch wyth a suffycient quantytie of water of fenel and wyth suggre candie of syrupe de duabus radicibus lette them boyle to the consumptyon of the thyrde parte and putte to in the ende of odoriferous whyte wyne somuch as shal amouÌ„te to the thyrde parte of the decoctyon than lette them boyle agayne a lytle and strayne them and vse thereof puttynge it hote in to the eye Thys water as ye maye knowe by the symples that go therunto hath great vertue to make thynne grosse mattyer and to resolue the mattyer beynge thynned and it appaysethe the gryefe of the place and conforteth the syght Furthermore ye maye conueniently admynystre the two remedyes aboue wrytten at the begynnynge of the fyfthe intentyon appliynge them vpon the sore parte the one wyth a sponge and the other in the forme of a lytle bagge We haue founde the grene water of oure descriptyon to haue greate efficacyte in the declinatyon of optalmia caused of a flegmatyke mattyer and that it resoluethe the mattyer that coulde not be resolued by the effecte of other medicynes desiccatyue and resolutyue and it is in thys forme â„ž of rose water of the water of Fenell The gâ—ene water Ana â„¥ j. of the water of eufragye and selandyne Ana Ê’ ij of odoriferous and cleare whyte wyne â„¥ j. and. ss of sarcocolle dissolued in womans mylke of verdegres ℈ j. mengle thyes thynges together the water and the wyne beyng fyrst heated tyll they begynne to seeth and than strayne them Thys water mundifyeth all grosse mattyer engendred in the eye and clarifyeth the eye from all rednes procedynge of grosse and colde mattyer The syxte intentyon whyche is to correcte the accidentes shal be accomplished by the applicatyon of sondrye remedyes accordynge to the diuersyte of the places in whyche the accideÌ„tes be and accordynge to the dyuersyte of the sayde accidentes Accidentes The accidentes that communelye chaunce in thys disease are these vehement payne cheifely whan it is caused of an hote mattyer vlceratyon of the eye lyddes and of the skynne called Cornea and of the skynne coniunctyua and spottes of the same and also quytture retayned betwene Cornea and coniunctyua To take awaye the payne caused of an hote mattyer yf the remedyes aboue wrytten of a rosted Apple and other bee not suffycient it shal be conuenyent to procede wyth medicynes in to whyche Opium entrethe whereof oure descriptyon hathe been euer as it
euerye mattyer and of merueylous operatyon for it takethe awaye quycklye the burnynge and itchynge wythout anye euacuatyon whyche thynge is agaynste the opinyon of Doctours whan the patyente goethe to bedde ☞ put in to the corner of hys eye a droppe wyth the toppe of your fynger for it healeth vndoubtedly in the space of a weke Some tymes we haue seen the burnynge Another water and the itchynge to be taken awaye in three dayes by thys water and it is in thys forme ℞ of Rose water of odoryferous whyte wyne of meane strengthe Ana ℥ iiij of myrobalanes cytrins brayed ℥ j. and. ss of Tutia ʒ ij lette them boyle all together vnto the consumptyon of the thyrde parte than putte therunto immediatlye of verdegrese ℈ .ij. of Camphore graynes .ij. kepe it in a glas well stopped Note that thys water is precyous aboue all other medicynes in thys case and it ought to be estemed more than golde and syluer But that we maye folowe the rules of Phisycke or Chirurgerye it is ryght conuenyent to purge the mattyere antecedente after the dygestyon of the same Fyrste yf the mattyere be choleryke wyth some adustyon lette it be dygested wyth syrupe of Roses by infusyon Digestiues of Choler wyth Syrupe of Violettes or of Nenufar or wyth Syrupe of vinayger called Acetosus symplex and wyth water of endyue vyolettes sorelle and lyke If the mattyer be grosse and salte Digestiues of salte grosse fleame as salte fleame lette it be dygested wyth honye of Roses and wyth Syrupe of vynegre symple and wyth a Syrupe of Fumiterre symple with waters of Fumyterre of buglosse of Endyue of mayden heare After that the patyent hathe taken thys Syrupe accordynge to the qualytie of the euyl mattyer Purgatiō of Cholic lette the patyent be purged wyth thys purgatyon whan the mattyer is choleryke ℞ of an electuarie lenitiue or in the steede thereof of diaprunis non solutiue ʒ vj. of cassie fistula ʒ ij of an electuarye of Roses after Mesue ʒ j. and. ss make a small potion wyth the decoctyon of Cordyall floures and frutes addynge of Syrupe of Violettes ℥ j. and. ss Item the patyent maye be purged wyth pylles of assagereth Pylles receauynge a dramme three or foure houres before daye If the mattyer be grosse Purgatiō of grosse and salte or sharpe lette the purgatyon be after thys forme ℞ of Diacatholicon of Diaphenicon Ana ʒ iij. of cassie ℥ j. make a small potyon wyth the decoctyō of polipodie mayde herre and of cordyall floures and frutes addynge of syrupe of vyolettes ℥ j. Pylles To thys intentyon pylles of Fumiterre called minores pylles of Iera with agaryke ben conuenient It is also good after purgatyon to applie a cerote wrytten in the chapytre of the cure of obtalmia whyche kepethe backe mattyer descendynge from the heade to the eyes We suppose thyes thynges declared to be suffycient for thys present Chapytre ¶ The .v. Chaptiter of an aposteme whyche chaunceth in the corners of the eyes called after Auicenne Algaras IT chaunceth often that a catarrhous mattier discēdethe from the brayne to the corners of the eyes Algaras and taryeth there by reason of the cōcauitie of the place it is sone healed But yf it be not taken awaye quycklye by pressynge the outwarde parte of the eye it wyll come to a flegmatyke aposteme To resiste thys apostemation we counsell to administre thys collyrye folowynge Collyrie whyche purgeth the mattier gathered in the place and conforteth the sayde place R. of rose water of whyte wyne ana ℥ ii of a Myrobala ʒ i. of Aloes hepatyke ʒ i. and ss of sarcocoll of sief of Memyth of tutia preparate ana ℈ ii braye the thinges that bene to be brayed most fynely and mengle them all together the waters and wyne beynge fyrste heated Vse herof puttynge one droppe in to the eye A maturatiue plaister If the place be come to apostematiō it shal be good to lay this plaister to the place R. of the meate of apples rosted vnder coales ℥ iiii of mallowe leaues soddenin swete water m̄ ii shake these thynges together bruse them and strayne thē and adde therunto a lytle of barley floure and the yolkes of thre egges of fresh buttire ℥ ii sette it agayne on the fyre make a styffe plaister puttynge in the yolkes whan ye take the decoction from the fyre Thys playster as ye maye perceaue by the symples that go thereunto is resolutyue and maturatyue yf nature wyll brynge the mattier to maturation it swageth also griefe whan ye perceaue that the aposteme commeth to rypenesse whyche thynge ye maye knowe by the rednesse and beatyng whych continueth wyth eleuation of the part by reason of the quytture multyplyed in the place and lykewyse by the redoundyng rysynge agayne whan a man presseth thereon hys fyngers liftyng vp one ☜ and thrustynge downe another than it is conueniente in the rypest place wyth a sharpe lancette to open the sayde Aposteme Than whan there is no corruption of the bone rymaynynge ye shall cure the vlcere after the doctrine declared in the chapiter of the cure of flegmon For we haue wrytten in the sayd chapiter the maner of digestyng mundifyeng incarnyng and consoundynge conuenient in thys curation Neuerthelesse we wyll adde one thynge whyche is that in the tyme of mundification the place may be mundifyed wythout perturbation of the eye puttynge in three tymes in the weke a lytle of our poudre of mercury whiche taketh away superfluous fleshe wythout payne and is written in our Antidotary If the place be vlcered wyth curruption of the bone it is necessarye to vse stronger medicines and of greater actiuitie to take away the corruption of whiche we wyll make mention in the chapiter of a fistula in the thyrd boke whereunto ye shal resort accordyng to necessitie Moreouer we haue found it good for purgation of the humours descendynge from the brayne to gyue to the patient fyue pylles of iera wyth agaryke Pillos and sometymes pylles of assagereth Lykewyse we haue proued it very good to gyue the patiente in the mornynge of hony of roses syrupe of roses made by infusion and also a myrobalane citrine cōfitte wyth cassia These bene the remedies whych we wold write for a shorte curation of thys disease for which the name of god be praised ¶ The .vi. of hote apostemes and carbunculous pustles in the browes and in the eye lyddes WE haue seen that hotte Apostemes flegmonyke Aposte of the browes or eye liddes pustulous and carbūculous haue chaūced vpon the browes and eyeliddes For the curation wherof we wyll declare conueniente remedyes accordynge to our power Fyrste whan ye se a flegmonyke aposteme in the browes after conuenient purgation as it is declared in the cha vniuersall of flegmon ther is no surer remedye than to procure maturation and resolution wythout anye repercussion A maturatiue
by infusyon ℥ iij. Let them seethe together one boylynge At the begynnynge after euacuation accordynge to the foresayde doctryne you maye procede wyth stronger repercussyon Good Mesue praysethe in all kyndes of squynantie a gargarysme of Rose water and vinegre Another For the same intention you shall vse chys gargarysme folowynge ℞ of sower apples in nombre foure of sumach of roses Ana. M. ss of the sede of quynces ʒ ij Let thē boyle all with sufficient water vnto the cōsumptyon of halfe adde of the wyne of both the kyndes of pomegranades Ana ℥ ij of diamoron ℥ iij. of dianucū ℥ j. let them boyle agayn a lytle This gargarisme is good from the begynnyng vnto the augmentation Another Here foloweth another gargarisme whyche is of a merueylous good operatyon ℞ of the water of roses ℥ ij of the wyne of swete tarte granades ℥ iij. of veriuyce ℥ j. of the water of night shade plantaine Ana ℥ j. ss of roses of sumach of eche a lytle of the iuyce of apples sower and swete ana ℥ ij of the iuyce of wyldinges and medlars yf they maye be gotten Ana ℥ j. of syrupe of roses ℥ ij of diamoron ℥ j. let-them boyle all vnto the cōsumptiō of the thyrde parte Gargaryse this decoction oft as it is aforesayde Whā the aposteme is in the augmētatiō In augmentation the medicines must be mengled with thinges resolutiue after this ordinaūce ℞ of roses of sumach ana m̄ .j. of barley of raisines ana M. ss of drie figges in nōbre .vi. of iuiubes in nōbre x. Seeth thē al with sufficiēt water vnto the cōsumptiō of the third parte adding of diamorō ℥ iiij of the honie of roses ℥ j. ss Note that if fleame surmounte other humours you maye adde to the foresaid remedies a lytle alume and a lytle vynegre and saffran Itē to this intentiō it is good to gargarise a litle of cassia wyth water of nightshade plātain Also it is expediēt to gargarise warm gotes milk to appayse the payne to souple the throte whiche propretie is good in this case Gargarisme Lykewyse the gargarisme folowing is alowable in this case ℞ of the brothe of a chickin sufficient quantitie of barley m̄ ss of the sede of quynces ʒ ij of the rootes of lāgedebeefe .li. iiij of drie fygges .iiij. in nombre of liqueritie ℥ j. lette thē boyle to the cōsumptiō of the thyrde parte thā adde of diamorō of honie of roses of dianucū Ana ℥ j. lette them boyle agayne In the state of this disease whan the Aposteme is in the waye of resolution you maye applie this resolutiue In the state Resolutyue ℞ of the rootes of Holihocke ℥ iiij of drye fygges in nombre .x. of raisynes ℥ ij of branne m̄ ss of barley M. j. of liqueritie ʒ x. of the nest of a swallow .li. ss of the byrdes of swallowes yf they maye be gotten in nōbre .iij. or in the stede of them take of dryed swallowes and layed vp in salt in nōbre .ij. Seethe them all together with the brothe of wethers fleshe or of hennes vnto the consumptyon of the thyrde parte and adde of honye of roses ℥ ij of redde suggre ℥ j. and. ss of saffran ℈ j. of syrupe de duabus radicibus ʒ x. If the mattier be grosse adde to the foresayde thynges of oximell ℥ ij and ss Note that yf ye seethe in thys decoctyon a dogges torde wyth a lytle wyne of swete granades it shal be verye expedyēt in the declinatyō of thys Aposteme If the Aposteme comme to maturatyon the Chirurgiē muste further the rypynge appliynge maturatyue thynges bothe wythin and without Thys playster folowyng causeth terminatyon of all kyndes of squinantia merueylously ether by maturatiō or by resolutyon and it muste be applied in the outwarde partes vpon the Apostemed place Plaister maturatine ℞ of the rootes of holyhock .li. j. of mallowes and violettes Ana. M. ij of horehounde M. ss of whyte lyllie rootes ℥ iiij of drye fygges ℥ ij of dates ℥ iij. the nest of a swallowe Seethe thies thynges in water vntyll they ben perfectly sodden after that they be soddē choppe them stampe them and strayne them and make a styffe playster vpō the fier wyth the floure of fenugreke barley and wheate and lynsede addynge of buttyre ℥ iiij of hennes grese and duckes grese of oyle of violettes ana ℥ j. and. ss of saffran ℈ j. and the yolkes of three egges and wyth the foresaid strayned thynges make a playstere and applye it as it is sayde To the same intentyon a playster made of rosted apples wrytten in the Chapytre of the apostematyon of the two almandes is verye good cheifely whan the mattyer is hote lykewyse for the maturatyon of euerye Squinantia lettē the patient gargarise often a decoctyon of the thynges afore rehersed wyth redde suggre and syrupe of violettes After the maturatyon you muste open the Aposteme by subtyle meane A certayne lerned man commaundeth to open the Aposteme wyth a softe waxe candelle puttynge in to the mouthe vnto the Aposteme or in the stede of it wyth a leeke blade Some cōmaunde to swallowe downe a morselle of beefe tyed to a threde and to plucke it out agayne sodaynely vehemētly Some haue assayed to serch the Aposteme wyth certayne instrumentes and to open it wyth a lytle sharpe instrumente made after the facyon of an hankes talande After that ye haue opened it you must mundifye it incarne it and seale it vp accordyng to the doctrine vndre wrytten Fyrst for the mundificatyon you maye vse a decoction of fygges of raisynes of barley mengled with honye of roses Semblably for incarnatyon you maye adde to the foresayde decoctyō a lytle sarcocolle and a lytle frankencense For the sigyllatyon or sealynge vp vse a decoctyon of barley of lētiles of roses of olyue leaues boyled in suffycient quantytie of water wyth a lytle alume Let the patyent gargaryse it often with syrupe of roses The fourth intentyon which is to cōforte the membre mandāt that is to say frō which the mattier cōmeth by deriuation is accomplished by the administratyon of the poudre that foloweth vpō the toppe of the heade with towe somwhat burnte with which ye shal receaue the fumee of encēse By the effecte of thyes two remedies the heade is greatly conforted and the humours ben kepte frome the sore place The descryptyon of the poudre is thys A poudre ℞ of Roses of wormoode Ana. M. j. of franckencense of mastyke Ana ʒ ij of Calamus Aromaticus ℥ ss of squinantum of sticados of eche a lytle The fyfth intention which is to correcte the accidētes is accomplyshed by the administration of certaine thinges that haue strengthe to take awaye the sayd accidentes Accidentes The accidentes that are wonte to chaunce in thys case are chiefely two namely vehement paine and suffocation or chokynge wyth difficultie to take
that open the veynes wyth sedation of payne are very expedient at the begynnynge as we haue often proued Mollificati Here foloweth a mollifycatiue verye expedient in thys case â„ž of the leaues of mallowes and violettes of euery one mÌ„ i. of clene barley mÌ„ ss of smalage leaues of camomill floures of eche a lytle Let them boyle altogether in sufficient water wyth â„¥ iij. of freshe buttyre and asmuche oyle of violettes vnto the consumption of two partes of the thre Thys mollifycatiue muste be layed vpon the place apostemed receyuynge the fume wyth hote cloutes moysted in the sayd decoction Last of of all let the place be rubbed wyth the forsayde buttyre and oyle of violettes sodden It is of good operation for by hys vertue of openynge it causeth the humours to breath out wyth gentyll resolution and sedation of payne To the same intention Another thys mollifycatiue folowynge is conuenient but it is more resolutiue theÌ„ the other â„ž of fyne branne mÌ„ ij of camomil mÌ„ ss of melilote well brayed mÌ„ i. of the flour of beanes â„¥ iiij of the oyle of camomill roses dille of euery one â„¥ i. and. ss of hennes grese of oyle of violettes of euery one Ê’ x. make a styffe playster of all wyth sufficient sodden wyne addynge of saffran Ê’ ij You maye vse thys that foloweth when the place is not enflamed Another â„ž of sodden wyne of honye of euery one â„¥ viij and make a styffe playster on the fyer wyth barley floure Semblablye gotes dunge sodden wyth honye purgeth the mylke Item the floure of beanes and lentylles sodden with lye and sapa that is to say soddeÌ„ newe wyne and wyth a lytle myntes and oyle of myrtilles and oyle omphacine mengled together and layed on after the maner of a playster dryeth the mylke merueylouslye To the same intention you maye take the crommes of breade plunged and moysted in the sayd decoction makynge a playster at the fyer wyth the foresayde oyle and buttyre and the yolke of an egge and a lytle saffran And here wyth ye muste playster all the dugge Yf you wyll make greater resolution adde to the playster laste rehersed of the floure of barley and beanes of euery one â„¥ iij. and a lytle camomil and melilote well stamped Yf ye perceaue that thys aposteme coÌ„meth to maturation whych thynge is easely knowen by the rednes of the place and by the hardnes and pulsation or beatynge then ye shall procede to the maturation wyth thys maturatiue A maturati â„ž of mallowe and violette leaues of euery one mÌ„ i. of the rootes of Holihocke â„¥ iiij Seeth them al in water stampe them and strayne them and make a playster in the decoction wyth the floure of wheate and barley addynge of freshe buttyre â„¥ iij. of swynes grese melted â„¥ ij the yolkes of two egges put in wheÌ„ ye take the playster from the fyer then mengle it agayne wyth the straynynge and make a playster Thys playster is of merueylous operation in rypynge Yf the aposteme be verye hote and choleryke with participation of blood then ye muste procede wyth some maturatiue of a colde and moyste complection The descryption of thys maturatiue is wrytten aboute the ende of the chapytre of the cure of flegmon Note that we haue often founde thys aposteme to be of harde maturation chyefely when it is aboute the heade of the dugge vexynge the woman wyth vehement payne and causynge fyeuers so that somtymes it induceth a phransye Wherfore when suche peryll is doubted we muste procede wyselye to maturation and incision of the place The incisyon muste be made after the facion of the newe moone Incision that the vapours of the mylke and of the matter whyche hurteth the brayne maye yssue out by the sayde opened place Afterwarde for the dygestion and mundifycation you shall vse the medicines wrytten in the former chapiters Note that it is coÌ„uenient to applie a mollifycatiue and resolutiue playster at that tyme when the incisyon shal be made bycause of the spongiosite of the dugge and of the humours whyche be yet in the matter conioynct that the place maye be mollifyed and some parte of the matter resolued Playster whyche playster maye be after thys sorte that foloweth â„ž of the croÌ„mes of breade steeped in the decoction of holyhocke and then make a playster at the fyer in the forsayde decoction with buttyre and oyle of roses and camomill addynge the yolkes of two egges and a lytle saffran Item to the same intentyon thys descryption folowynge is verye expediente Another â„ž of the leaues of mallowes and violettes of euery one mÌ„ i. of camomill and roses of euery one mÌ„ ss Seeth them al in water stampe them and strayne them and put in the decoction of the crommes of breade .li. i. then bruse and strayne the forsayde breade and wyth the forerehersed thinges beynge strayned and wyth a lytle of the decoction make a styffe playster at the fyer adding of oyle of roses â„¥ ij of oyle of camomill of buttyre ana â„¥ i. and. ss the yolkes of two egges Thys playster is of great efficacite in resoluynge matter conioyncte and mollifyeng the place and swagyng paine as we haue often proued Item to thys intention it is good to make a playster of the flour of barleye and beanes in the forsayde decoction wyth thynges lyke wyse wrytten in the sayd descryption Here you shall note Tâ—â—ti 〈◊〉 not be to loÌ„â— that your tente must not be to longe bycause it myght cause great payne and it muste be hollowe made of leade or syluer or of the roote of dyttanie well pyked Canullaia or of a leafe of colewurtes dryed in the shadowe you maye moreouer make one of a gourde dryed in the sonne and it is the beste of all Yf it be nedefull to vse a stronger mundifycation then weete the tente wyth spettell and wrappe it in oure poudre and putte it in the mouthe of the vlcered place For it mundyfyethe myghtelye and purgethe the matter conioyncte When the tyme of incarnynge is come whych thynge is easelye knowen by the mitigation of payne and by the diminution of the matter and swellyng then put in this incarnatiue wyth a tente Incarntiue â„ž of honye of roses â„¥ ss of terebentyne Ê’ v. of Sarcocoll well brayed Ê’ ij of frankencense Ê’ i. and. ss mengle them After that incarnation is accomplyshed whyche thynge is knowen by the matter that issueth out lyke the slymynes of holihockes ye muste come to cicatrisation whych maye be after thys sorte that foloweth â„ž of the floures of pomegranades A sigilllatiue of myrobalanes citrins of roche alume coÌ„bust or burnt of euery one Ê’ i. of terra sigillata of bole armenie of euery one Ê’ i. mengle theÌ„ Item the water of alume is of good operation wyth the foresayd thinges Note that from the daye that ye begin to mundifye vnto parfyte cicatrisatioÌ„ is good to vse our
Hernia aquosa is apostemed with a flegmatyke and watrie aposteme whych is sent from the liuer to that place wherfore the principal remedy is to rectifye the membre that sendeth the matter to the sayd place namely the lyuer touchyng hys vertue digestiue For vndimia hidropisis The cause of vndimia hidropisis hernia aquosa hernia aquosa for the moste parte as the doctours say procede through the errour of the vertue dygestiue of the lyuer Wherfore it is necessarie to comforte the lyuer that it maye make good dygestion sequestration of the humours And to begynne Syrupe the patient muste vse thys syrupe the space of a weke ℞ of syrupe of the iuyce of endiue ℥ i. of syrupe of cicoree ℥ ss of water of endiuie ℥ ij of buglosse ℥ i. mengle them when he hath vsed thys syrupe lette hym be purged wyth thys purgation ℞ of manna ℥ i. Purgation of diacatholicon ℥ ss of reubarbe steeped in water of endiue ℈ ij make a small potion wyth the decoction of cordiall floures and frutes Also ye may gyue the patient pilles of reubarbe and assagereth After purgation ye shall vse locall medecines for it may be healed at the begynnyng Playster Fyrst apply thys playster folowynge ℞ of the floure of lentyles beanes barley of euery one .li. ss Let them boyle all wyth barbers lye and sufficient sodden wyne called sapa tylit be thycke Item to the same intētion this playster folowynge is conuenient An other beynge of greater efficacite then the other ℞ of roses balausties or floures of granades nuttes of cypresse of euery one m̄ i. of the floure of beanes and orobus ℥ iiij of gotes dunge ℥ iij. make a styffe playster at the fyer wyth sodden newe wyne and lye Also to thys intention it is profitable to vse a sponge dypped in a decoction of roses of floures of pomegranades of nuttes of Cypresse of roche alume of calamus aromaticus boyled wyth lye and stiptyke wyne whyche you muste bynde conuenientlye vpon the stone Yf the hernia be full of water and olde Incision then there is nothynge more expediente then to drawe oute that water twyse a yeare namelye in the sprynge tyme and in harueste by cuttynge a veyne wyth a lancette in the syde where the aposteme is or towarde the myddest of the purse or a lytell hygher Signes of hernia aquosa The sygnes where by ye may know that the hernia is full of water bene these The place swelleth by lytle and lytle and is heuie when ye beholde it wyth a candell ye shall perceyue it to shyne as a blowen bladder full of water Lykewyse when ye presse the place ye shall fele a certayne rysynge swellynge and redoundynge betwene youre fynger and it Thus by the grace of God c. ¶ The .vj. chapitre of Hernia carnosa or fleshie HErnia carnosa is alwayes engendred by an aposteme in the purse of the stones Hernia carnosa by waye of termination or by an humorall aposteme of the same stones And it commeth bycause the matter taryeth longe in the purse and the subtyll parte is resolued and the grosse remayneth and becommeth clammyshe cleaueth to the stone and corrupteth it And nature resystynge it bryngeth it at lengthe to a carnositie or fleshynes and to an harde dysposition called of the doctours hernia carnosa The causes of thys hernia ben declared in the chapitre of an hote aposteme in the purse and in the stones The signes of thys hernia maye be knowen Signes by the longe tyme of the disease For by way of incision a true hernia carnosa is very seldone and scarcelye healed Also ye maye knowe the sayde hernia by touchinge For ye shal fele an harde thynge vpon the stone hauynge some softnesse wythin and mouynge of the stone Also ye maye knowe it by the heuynesse and aggrauatyue payne of the place And whan ye laye anye thyng vpon it it profiteth nothynge Some call it herniam neruosam or synnowye some verrucosam or warty bicause ther cleaueth a piece of harde flesh to the stone like a wart It is called synnowye bycause it cleaueth to the stone and to the lytle conduyctes called didymes The cure of hernia confirmed the cure chieflye whan it is wyth vlceration of the purse vnto the stone is impossible by the waye of resolution as al doctours teache After the obseruation of the vniuersall rules touchynge diete and purgation declared in the chapiter of an harde Aposteme in the fyrste treatyse ye shall make incision after the doctrine of the excellente physition wyllyā of Plaisance or after the doctrine of Albucrases in the chapiter of hernia carnosa Incision The custome of these doctours is to make incision of the purse called osseum vnto the stone wyth a rasoure or some other sharpe instrument After that ye haue opened it you must loke whether the stone be corupted or not If it be not corrupted ye shall diuide all the carnosite wyth a conuenient and sharpe instrument and then reduce the stone into hys propre place Then ye muste sewe vp the place of incision and cure it as woundes ben cured chyefly wyth thynges incarnatiue and desiccatiue Yf ye perceaue that the stone is corrupted thē ye muste bynde the cōduyct called dydimus and cut it in the nether parte of the place that is boūde take awaye the stone wyth the carnosite then cauterize the dydime The reste of the curation shall be accomplyshed accordynge as it shall be sayd in the cure of relaxation or burstynge caused by incisyon in the nexte chapitre Note that thys kynde of hernia is not cured by the waye of resolution nor by the waye of incisyon without greate diffycultie and daunger of death Wherfore a wyse chirurgien muste admonishe the patiētes frendes of the daunger vi kyndes of hernia There bene syxe kyndes of hernia namelye Humoralis Aquosa Carnosa Verrucosa zirbalis and intestinalis And thoughe hernia zirbalis and intestinalis be not in the nombre of apostemes neuerthelesse that ye maye easelye fynde the chapiters of all the kyndes of hernia we wyll wryte a chapitre of the cure of hernia zirbalis and intestinalis whyche is communelye called Crepatura or els burstynge ¶ The seuenth chapitre of rupture or burstynge Of rupture THere are three kyndes of ruptures or burstyng after the opinion of doctours The fyrst is called relaxation loosynge or mollification This relaxation commeth when the pannicle called Siphac is mollifyed wyth certayne relaxation or losyng by some wyndenes or some other cause that induceth rupture or breakynge And thys kynde is called a lytle rupture bycause it shewethe a lytle swellynge aboute the flankes Yf thys relexation be encreased so that it becommeth so grosse that it cause the payne and a swellynge aboute the flanckes lyke an Egge it is called a rupture not complete Yf the swellynge waxe bygger and the guttes fall into the
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
the outwarde wherfore we wyll ordre the purgation accordynge to the euyl humours Fyrste after that we perceaued what mattier it was Digestiue of hote cause we were wonte to vse thys digestyue whan the mattier was hotte R. of syrupe of roses by infution syrupe of Violettes syrupe of hoppes ana ℥ ss of the water of buglosse of hoppes ℥ i. and ss mengle them whan the patiente hathe vsed this syrupe the space of thre dayes Purgation twyse a daye he shal take thys purgation R. of chosen manna of Diacatholicon an̄ ʒ v. make a small potion wyth the decoction of cordiall floures and frutes addynge of syrupe of Violettes ℥ i. and. ss If the Aposteme be colde that is to saye Digestiue of a colde cause yf it be engendredde of colde mattier lette the sayd mattier be digested wythe thys syrupe Take syrupe de duabus radicibus syrupe of the iuyce of endyue of honye of roses an̄ ʒ iiii of the water of maidē heare of buglosse of worwood an̄ ℥ i. mengle them whan the patient hathe vsed thys syrupe a weke Purgation lette him be purged with thys purgation R. of cassia of diacatholicō ana ʒ vi of Diafinicō ʒ i. ss Make a small potion wyth decoctiō of cordiall floures frutes addynge of syrupe of violettes ℥ i. It is expedient to applie vpon the outwarde part vnctions and linimētes confortinge the place Oyntment as these folowyng R. of oyle of camomille and dylle ana ℥ i. of spike oyle of oyle of quinces of laudanum an̄ ʒ iii. of oyle of terebentyne ʒ i. make a Linimente wyth sufficient whyte waxe addyng of saffran ℈ i. of frankencense of mastyke an̄ ʒ i. Item to the same intention thys linimente folowynge is good wyth more resolutiō A nother more resolutiue and mollification R. of oyle of camomyll of oyle of wormwoode of oyle of nardus or spike an̄ ʒ x. of oyle of quynces and roses ana ʒ vi of hennes grese of duckes grese of oyle of lillyes ana ℥ ss of muggewurt m̄ ss of the floures of rosmarie of squinātum of eche a lytle Of calamus aromaticus of cinnamome an̄ ʒ i. of romayne myntes a litle Let thē seeth all wyth a cyathe of odoryferous wyne vnto the consumption of the wyne than strayne them wyth sufficient white waxe make a cerote addynge of saffran ʒ ss Annoynte the stomake wyth thys oyntmente for it conforteth and resolueth colde mattier of the stomake swageth payne But for asmuche as these Apostemes for the most parte haue not their termination by the waye of resolution Maturatiue and wyl come to maturation ye shall further the maturation wyth thys plaister R. of the rootes of holihocke of whyte Lyllyes ana li. ss of cleane raisines ℥ iiii of muggewurt of wormwoode ana m̄ ss of squinantum a lytle Seeth them all in the brothe of fatte flesshe stampe them and strayne them and than in the decoction wyth wheate floure make a styffe playster addynge of buttyre ℥ ii of hennes grese ℥ i. the yolkes of two egges of saffran ℈ i. Thys plaister is maturatiue and confortatiue bycause of squynantum wurmwood and mugworte whan the sayde Aposteme is come to maturation Incision ye shall make incision accordynge to that that is sayde afore in the chapiter of hotte Apostemes And for the other intentions namely digestion mundification c. Ye shall vse the remedyes of the alleged cha Thus. c. ¶ The .vi. cha of Apostemes of the liuer bothe hote and colde and of the hardnesse therof THe liuer is a principal mēbre whiche nature hathe produced Of the liuer hote and colde for the necessity of al the bodie wherfore the diseases therof muste be diligently and discretlye cured For euery disease of the lyuer is to be feared bycause of hys necessarye office of digestion The sygnes of apostemes of the lyuer bene knowen to be hotte or colde as the sygnes of other Apostemes in the vniuersall chap. Howbeit somtymes there chaūceth in the liuer a singuler aposteme that is to say an aposteme engendred of one onlye humour but for the most part they are all engendred of mengled humours The cure of this Aposteme differeth not from the cure of other declared in the former Chaptre of apostemes in the stomake wherfore let it be cured after the same Neuertheles I wyll speake somewhat of purgation and diete Flebotomie Lette the veyne of the liuer be cutte in the contrarye syde yf the strengthe and age of the patient wyll suffre it and let the patient be purged with conuenyent purgatiōs accordyng to the qualitie of humoures Diete As touchynge diete yf the patient haue a fieuer he muste forbeare wyne and flesshe and must eate a sup or shewe made with grated breed almandes and a lytle sugre and cōmune seedes Yf he be weake he must eate of a broth of a chickyn sodden with laictuce and confyte raysines with cleane barlye Also ye may gyue hym a brothe of redde cicers sodden wyth raisines and mengled with the brothe of a chyckyn hauyng added suffyciēt quantitie of sugre The sayde brothe boyled with laicture spynache and hoppes is verye profytable in thys case As concernynge locall medicines we wyll make no longe oration bycause the remedies declared in the former Chaptres be conuenient in this present cure Some doctours saye that this composition folowynge is very good whiche we also haue proued to be true Oyntment ℞ of oyle of roses omphacin◠of oyle of camomyll of quinces mirtilles wormewod ana ℥ i. let them all boyle with the iuce of nightshade alkekengi and laictuce tyll the iuyce be consumed than adde of red saunders and white ℥ i. a lytle saffrā and with suffyciēt whyte wax make a liniment And bycause the liuer and the milt oftentymes weaxe verye harde we wyll declare conuenyent remedyes for the mollification and resolution of the same Fyrst to mollifye and resolue the hardnesse of the liuer it is a synguler remedye to apply this cerot vpon the place ℞ of the rootes of holyhocke sodden in water and strayned li. ss of raisines sodden in the broth of a chyckyn and strayned A cerote for the natiues of the liuer ℥ iii. of the substaunce of quynces rosted or in the stede therof of wardens and peres ℥ iiii of oyle of camomyll and dyll ℥ ii of oyle of wormewood of quynces of swete almādes ana ʒ vi of oyle of roses of vyolettes of duckes grese of hennes grese ana ℥ i. Lette them boyle all togyther in a decoction of camomylle melilote mugworte holyhocke vnto the consumption of the decoction than strayne them adde to the straynyng of diaquilon gummed ℥ iii. and ss of Galenes cerote of ysope ℥ i. ss mengle them togyther and make a cerote wyth suffycyente whyte waxe addynge of saffran ℈ i. of white and red Saunders ana ʒ i. This cerote mollifyeth and resolueth the hardenesse of
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 begynnynge ye shall retayne the bloode and the quytture whyche thynge myghte encrease difficultie of breathynge a daungerous thynge in thys case wherfore at the begynnyng ye shal not applye stiptike and clammyshe thynges nether wythin nor wythout Furthermore you maye vse flebotomie in the contrarye parte and scarifycation vpon the botockes and rubbynges and byndynges of the extreme partes to kepe of apostemation at the begynnynge Item it is commendable to vse a clyster hauynge vertue to dyssolue wyndynes and bloode The thyrde intention whych consysteth in purgation of bloode in the inner parte by the mouth of the wouÌ„de shal be accomplyshed as it foloweth Fyrste when the chirurgien commeth to the patiente he muste consyder the sygnes And when he is certayne he muste diligeÌ„tly serche meanes to cause the blood whych is in the inner parte to issue out by the orifyce of the wouÌ„d whych thyng may be brought to passe by conuenient situation of the bodye that is to saye that the heade be layed downewarde the feete beynge raysed vp or that the patientlye vpon a bedde hys heade hangynge downeward leanynge vpon some fourme or stoole lower then the bedde that the blood wyth in maye easely issue out He muste lye thus the fyrst daye For it is good for two causes Fyrst to purge the bloode that is wythin Secondly that bloode other humours the communly chauÌ„ce in woundes fall not into the bodye And the patient muste lye grouelynge asmuche as he can vpon the wounde Some gyue certayne thynges by the mouth to cause the blood to come forth whyche thinge is very commendable so that the medicines be not to sharpe and to stronge Furthermore it is to be noted that if the wouÌ„de be very large so that the spirites come forthe aboundauntly then you muste sewe the sondred partes leauynge an hole beneth that the bloode and quytture maye easelye issue out And after that the bloode is issued and the wounde mundifyed you must begynne to applye tentes of lynte dypped in the whyte of an egge or in wyne And lette the sayde tentes be greate in the outwarde parte that they fall not in or els tye them to a threde that yf they fall in they maye be drawen out agayne Here it is to be noted that ye must not in any wyse laye vpon the wouÌ„de poudre restrictiue as Albucasis sayeth ☜ for it wolde dryue matter towarde the herte or deriue bloode whyche myghte sone choke the patient Item yf ye be sure that there is no bloode entred in by the waye of the wounde then it shall be conuenient that ye sewe the wounde and procede wyth thynges incarnatiue in the fyrst dayes But bycause a man can not haue trewe knowlege at the begynnynge whether the bloode be entred or no it is the surest waye to kepe the orifyce of the wounde open at the begynnynge howe be it the seconde daye ye shall putte in a tente dypped in oyle of roses hote and in a digestiue of terebentyne and a yolke of an egge and a lytle saffran vnto the seuenth daye layenge aboute the wounde a defensiue of oyle of roses of bole armenie and a lytle whyte waxe And for as muche as in the fyrste dayes there happen euell accidentes as payne in the syde Accidentes dyfficultie of breathynge and a greate coughe it is good to applye thys playster folowynge vpoÌ„ the sore syde â„ž of camon il Plâ—yster melilote dille wormewoode ana mÌ„ i. of dryed branne and cersed mÌ„ ij ss of the floure of barley beanes and leÌ„tiles ana .li. ss of roses mÌ„ ss stampe them all and wyth sufficient sodden wyne and a lytle odoriferous wyne by arte and fyer make a styffe playster addynge of oyle of roses â„¥ iiij of camomill dille of euery one â„¥ ij of whyte waxe â„¥ ij and. ss Set the foresayd thynges agayne on the fyer wyth the oyles and the waxe melted and put to in the ende of saffran Ê’ ss This playster as ye may knowe by the symples hath vertue to swage payne and is resolutiue and coÌ„fortatiue and prepareth the bloode the matter to yssue out WheÌ„ the patient is come to the thyrd or fourth daye no euel accident happenynge vnto hym as a spasme tremblynge of the herte and difficultie of breathynge and other lyke and when the patient fyndeth hym selfe in good dysposition a maÌ„ may iudge knowe that the wounde is not mortal Wherfore at the begynnynge vnto the seuenth daye for resolution and purgation of bloode thys poudre wyth hys waters hereafter prepared Poudre maye well be gyuen to the patient â„ž of reubarbe Ê’ ss of madder of mumie of euery one ℈ .i. of terra sigillata ℈ ss of the water of stabious the water of buglosse of the wyne of granades of euery one â„¥ i. Some doctours gyue at the begynnynge potions or drynkes made wyth wyne and hote thinges as cloues and madder whyche thynges maye greatlye hurte the patientes For they cause fieuers and dyfficultie of breathynge Wherfore at the begynnynge pectoral decoctions are better as diadragantum and diapenidium or as thys description A pectoral decoction â„ž of penidies of suggre candye of syrupe of violettes of euerye one â„¥ i. of the nuttes of pyne apples of swete almandes of coÌ„mune seedes of euery one â„¥ iij. of diagragantum â„¥ ss meÌ„gle them and wyth syrupe of violettes make a loch addyng of the iuyce of lyquerice â„¥ ss After that the wounde is come to manyfeste quyture for the mundification and purgatioÌ„ of the same we say that ye muste often washe the wouÌ„de wyth conuenient lotions And though sondrye lotions ben wrytten of the doctours as of Guilhelmus placentinus and other whych are composed wyth wyne and with the decoction of floure delice lupines myrrhe and other hote simples myne opinion is that suche medicines are not coÌ„uenieÌ„t as I haue ofteÌ„ proued for two causes The fyrst is the inflammation of the foresayde thynges The seconde is bycause that when bloode putrefyeth greate heate alwaye happeneth Wherfore to muÌ„difie the quytture and to take awaye the euell complexioÌ„ of the place it is a more sure waye to procede wyth thys lotion A lotion â„ž of cleane barley of lentyles ana â„¥ ij of roses mÌ„ ss of the herbe called horsetayle mÌ„ i. let them boyle wyth water of plantayne and rayne water and a lytle wyne of granades vnto the consumption of the thyrde parte and adde of redde suggre â„¥ ij of syrupe of roses by infusion â„¥ iij. of saffran ℈ ss The quantitie of water muste be fyue pounde whyche muste boyle tyll it come to thre Ye shal wash the wounde here wyth all and bynde it coÌ„ueniently so procede vntyl there issue out matter lyke cleare water when the patient hath vsed the sayd lotion and hath no fieuer and when the wounde is rectifyed and the quytture mundifyed then ye maye adde to the former decoction of honye of roses â„¥ iij. And when the quytture
we sawe to haue happened in florēce to a caryer of triacle whiche wolde proue the vertue of s Paule and was stonge of an aspe in the great fynger wherof he dyed wtin the space of .iiii. houres And fyrste he lost his sight his speche and the colour of his face became blewe and palyshe souning ensued with tremblyng of the hert and colde swete so that he shortly dyed wherfore as sone as it is possible we must cōfort the hert and socour the styngyng as we haue sayde we wyll describe certen remedyes and so ende this present cha Fyrst this poudre folowyng is very cōmendable Poudre ℞ of castoreū of cassialignia of aristologia rotūda an̄ ℥ ss of anise seed of peper an̄ ʒ ii bray thē The receyt is ʒ i. with wyne of good odour Itē to the same intention and also agaynst the pestilence this potion folowinge may be cōueniently vsed Galenes potion as I haue oftē proued ℞ of terebēti of diptany of cardus būdictus an̄ ℈ i. of Galenes triacle ʒ ss of saffrā graines .ii. of cytrō seedes ℈ i. of the stone called smaragd one grayne of dorenik ʒ i. of the syrupe of the iuce of sorel of water of buglos an̄ ʒ vi of the wyne of pōgranades of odoriferous wyne of meane strēgth an̄ ʒ ss mengle thē togyther Take this potion fastynge and may be receyued tyl ye perceyue that the venym is quenched whyche thyng is knowen by the ceassynge of the accidentes and whan the patient feleth hym selfe to be eased A digestiue After that the venynime is remoued the patient muste be purged and must vse this digestyue ℞ sirupi rosati of infusion syrupe of the iuce of endiue and of sorell ana ℥ ss of the water of endiue Purgation of buglose baume called melissa ana ℥ i. And whan the patient hathe vsed this syrupe by the space of .iii. dayes he muste take thys purgation ℞ of diacatholicon ℥ ss of chosen māna ℥ i. dissolue them wyth water of buglosse and endyue and addynge of a syrupe of violettes ℥ i. Furthermore ye shall knowe that at the begynning it is not good to gyue a laxatiue medicine except it be a clistre linitiue Also ye muste beware that ye cutte no veyne in this case as Auicenne teacheth For the ende of this chaptre we saye that a wounde caused aswell by styngyng or bytyng as by the sayde cauterisation and burnynge must be healed with onyons and triacle And yf the patient be in a place where he maye not haue the sayde remedyes he shal take garlyke nuttes rue and shall lay vpon the bytynge galbanū and scabiose and al other attractyue thynges Thus we ende oure thyrde boke for the which the name of god be praysed ¶ The fourthe booke which treateth of vlcers sores generally and perticulerly from the heed to the fote ¶ The fyrst Chapter wherin the cōtentes of this boke are declared CHirurgerye after cornelius celsus is the moste aunciente parte of phisycke whyche hath sondry partes as we often haue sayd by the auctoritie of Iohānetius Amōg the which is the curatiō of outwarde vlcers of which by the grace of god we wyll treate in this present boke and also of the definition of the same And fyrst we say that the cure of vlcers cōsisteth in .ii. thīges principally The fyrst is the knowledge of those thynges that hyndre the cōsoūdyng of the same The seconde is remouīg of the sayde thynges Touchyng the fyrst it is cōueniēt to procede after the waye of speculation in consydrynge what thinges they bene that hyndre the very consoundyng and how many causes hyndre the same in what maner they ben contrarye and howe they may be knowen As touchyng the second we wyl procede by practise declaryng the maner of admynystryng sōdry remedyes aswel simple as cōpound accordyng to the diuersitie of the tyme and nature of the vlcers which .ii. thinges be sufficient for the cure of the sayde vlcers But before we come to the curation we wyl make a cha that shal entreat of the diffinition of vlcers that through the knowlege of the signes a man may attayne the true curation for whiche euerye man ought to call vpon the grace of God from whom all knowlege procedeth ¶ The .ii. Chaptre Of the definition of vlcers and of the cure of the same in generall AN vlcere after the auncient later doctours is a solution of cōtinuitie Vlcere wyth putrefactiō differeth frō a woūd for a wounde is bloody wtout putrefaction And Auicenne sayeth that an vlcere is engendred through thre thynges The fyrste is by apostemation the seconde by pustles Causes of vlceres the thirde by woundes yl cured In an vlcere there ben comunely sondrye dispositions whyche engendre such corruption and putrefaction as hynder consoundynge And therfore Auicenne saith that corruption is engendred in sores of the nouryshment that is sent to the membres whyche membres whē they be weakened cā not turne the sayd nouryshment in to good blood and so it cometh to putrefaction And bicause the vlcered membre is weakened the superfluities of other mēbres are drawē to the weake place wherfore it is right profitable to conforte the vlcered membre And the best thynge that is to confort the vlcered place is to purge the mattier that hindreth consoundyng Further more we say that an vlcere is alway a compounde disease but a wound is simple Howbeit sometime it is foūd to be compounde also for payne quitture rottēnes and apostematiō euyl fleshe and other are wonte to be ioyned wyth an vlcere and make the same a compounde disease wherefore the kindes of vlceres as Halyabas witnesseth taketh their difference of thre thynges chieflye whereby they are made and compounde that is to say of causes of membres and of accidentes And forasmuch as the difference whych is taken of membres is soone knowen we wyl saye wyth Auicēne that the kindes of vlcers are comprehended in two thynges that is to say in causes and accidētes The kyndes taken of causes are these venomous corruption cancrositie corosion putrefaction fistules c. Kyndes also are taken of accidentes Kyndes of vlceres for somtime there is founde a distēpered vlcere paynful apostemous brused altered by the ayre wyth superfluous fleshe wyth hardnesse and corruption of the bone c. Lykewyse there bene vlcers of vneasy consoundynge wyth a proprietie vnknowen to vs. And there be holowe vlcers with one or two holes and of those holow vlceres some be rotten and some full of fylth sōtime fistulous hauyng a straite mouth with āple depenes hardnes rounde aboute Of vlceres also some be ambulatyue or walkynge some corosiue or gnawing some maligne and some virulēt And of those corosiue vlceres some ben rottē with styngynges as it were of antes Maligne and virulente or venomous vlceres differ but lytle but accordynge to the quantitie in greatnes and
smalnes Lykewyse rotten vlceres differ lytle froÌ„ fylthye Neuerthelesse in this one thynge they differ that somtyme the rotteÌ„ vlcere is ambulatiue or walkynge And therfore this vlcere putrefactiue and ambulatiue is not without a fieuer whyche goeth not from hym tyl the putrefaction and ambulatioÌ„ be remoued wherefore Galene called thys kynde of corosyue vlceration formicam ambulatinam et igneÌ„ persicum And therfore maligne and poysonable vlceres be cured after one maner and lykewyse fylthy and rotten vlceres The causes of maligne and virulent vlceres are wouÌ„des metyng the suê‘fluities of a body full of euyll and superfluous humours or vlceres folowynge euyl pustles or corrupte diete Lykewyse the causes of fylthye and rotten vlceres are apostemes and exitures to rype and caused of grosse somewhat hote humours in whyche also the chirurgien vsed longe tyme mollityue medicines Holowe vlceres are for the mooste parte engendred of a wounde euyl cured or of a greate aposteme broken of it selfe or bicause the incision was verye smal The causes of corosiue vlceres are sharpe and coleryke humours wyth adustynge or brennyng And therfore Auicenne sayeth Virus speakyng of the qualitie of quytture that that which is thyn and subtyle is called Virus and that whyche is grosse and thycke is called fylth The thinne requireth exiccatioÌ„ and the thicke abstersioÌ„ or skowring Virus is engendred of the boylynge of hote humours wyth the watrines of the same Fylth is engendred of superfluitie of colde grosse humours Furthermore of vlceres some be with a spasme some ben painful and some wythout payne some rounde some playne some depe hauynge many holes are called of Cornelius Celsus chyronica Moreouer some be softe some be hard some shelly some there are in which certeyn veynes are swollen through putrefaction and are called Vlcera varicosa of al these kindes we wyl make a ê‘ticuler chapter The vlceres whyche engendre a spasme bycause of their euyll qualities as Auicenne sayth are holow vlceres rotteÌ„ corosiue caÌ„kerous painfull and the vlceres of Argyromater that is to saye of a philosopher that onely healed vlceres of mooste harde curation Lykewyse certeyne vlceres engeÌ„dre spasme bycause of the place as the vlceres whyche be nye the synnowes chiefly those which are in the backe by reason of the nighnes of the nuke and the vlceres whyche bene in the former parte of the knee bycause the lacertes be very synnowie therfore the woundes and vlceres of that place doth sone enduce a spasme and manye other euyll accidentes as we haue declared in the chapiter of the woundes of the sayd place Further ye shall note that the vlceres of synnowie places maye engender thre kyndes of diseases Fyrste yf the mattier ascend or mount toward the brayne it engendreth a spasme or perturbation of reason and yf it goo downe to the nether membres it wil cause a fluxe of bloode wyth quytterouse mattier whych thyng we haue sene to haue often chaunced And yf it come towarde the partes of the middes of the bodye it wyll engender a pleuresye As touching signes AuiceÌ„ne saith that the generatioÌ„ of heare about the wounde whyche heare before dyd fal awaye is a good signe Also whyte quytture thynne equall in colour and substaunce and in lytle quantitie is a signe that the vlceres wyl be easely cured wherfore in euery vlcere ye maye make pronostication of easy or vneasy curation by the coÌ„sideration of the qualitie or quantitie of the quitture It is a laudable quytture whyche is engendred by digestion through natural heat of the meÌ„bre therfore it must be whyte not thycke equall Quytture not laudable is diuers Some is grosse slimye som blackish some venomous som corosiue of reddish coloure And therfore Auicenne sayth there bene vlceres whose rootes are sharpe that is to say the humours of whome suche vlceres are engendred are sharpe hote and bytynge wherefore through theyr sharpnes they are wont to engendre great ytche which manye tymes maketh the place to be vneaselye cured Lykewyse there be some vlcers as the same man sayth from whych ther sweateth out citrine or yelow corruption so that through hys heate it burneth and byteth the partes that lye about the vlcere And these vlcers bene of verye harde curation Further it chaunceth sometyme that euyll colour of bodye as whyte pale or yelowe accompanieth euyl vlcers whiche thynges signifye corruption of the lyuer and corruption of bloode sente from the lyuer to the vlcered place Also melancholyke and harde vlcers of blewe or blackyshe coloure are of harde curation Vlcers moreouer of blacke coloure wythout felynge ben worste of all bycause of their greate putrefaction Also vlcers that haue harde skalye borders or lippes can not be healed except these lippes or skales be remoued with a sharpe medicine The signes whiche are good in vlcers Good signes in vlcers be whan after muÌ„dification the borders of the lippes be whyte the growing of the flesh is lyke the graynes of pomegranades Also whaÌ„ the quytture is white and not thycke engendred by good operation of nature And when the vlcers be touched by a bytynge medicine they cause not so greate payne as when the vlcere is maligne And therefore those chirurgiens are deceaued whiche saye that it is a good signe when thynges abstersiue wyth mordication or byting administred in woundes cause payn thynkyng that it chauÌ„ceth by the reason of good fleshe where in very dede it cometh of the malignitie of the vlcere For good fleshe when it is touched with a byting medicine causeth litle payn And the reason why euyl fleshe feleth more the bytyng of the medicine then the good flesh is thys namely the sensibilitie of a contrary thynge whych is founde alway in a maligne vlcere For paynfulnes is the felynge of a coÌ„trary thynge Seynge then that euyl fleshe is euer paynful therfore byting medicines by the reason of sensibilitie of the euyll fleshe necessarilye cause greater payne in euyl vlcers than in vlcers muÌ„dified from that corrupt fleshe And therfore Auicenne sayeth thus beware in all medicines that ye cause not payne chiefly yf there be an aposte or euyl coÌ„plexion griefe yee it is nedefull that ye remoue the causes whych hynder the healynge of vlcers as thoughe he wolde saye that bytyng medicines ought not to be admistred in anye paynfull vlcere for that shulde adde payne vpon payne yee wheÌ„ the vlcere is apostemous he forbyddeth the washynge wyth wyne or wyth water of alume And these dryeng thinges are much praised of him in dryeng of vlcers to bryng on skyn when the vlcere is muÌ„dified and perfytly incarnated Furthermore the comune practicyeners do approue oure sayeng which do vse alume of roche burned to bryng on skynne and yet it causeth not greate payne but it wold do the crontrarye yf it were applyed vpon euyl fleshe Neuertheles yf the fleshe in the vlcere be rotten or cankerous theÌ„
muste consyder whether the matter be of burned coloure or elles grosse bloode and of euyl complexion And yf it be coleryke the matter must be digested with syru of violets or of roses or with the iuice of endiue with the water of endiue of buglosse of sorel of fumitery of borage And yf the matter be grosse bloode it muste be dygested wyth syrupe of fumiterrie the lesse with syru of lupulles or of hoppes and wyth water of endyue buglosse and fumiterre After that the humours be dygested ye shall purge the bodye as foloweth Yf the matter be coleryke and burnte ye shall vse thys purgation â„ž of cassia of a lenitiue electuarye Ê’ vi of an electuarye of ê‘silium of an electuarye of iuyce of roses of euerye one Ê’ i. ss of diacatholicon â„¥ ss mengle them and make a small potition wyth the comune decoction Yf the matter haue parte of melancolye ye shall administre thys purgation â„ž diacatholicon â„¥ i. ss of an electuarye of ê‘silium of the confection of hamech of euerye one Ê’ ij wyth the decoction of cordiall floures and frutes of mayden heere of the herbes called Gallitricum and Politricum of the coddes of seny and of Epithime make a small potion addynge of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. And when the euyl matter is grosse bloode ye shall vse thys purgation â„ž of Cassia of Diacatholicon of euerye one Ê’ vi of Diafinicon Ê’ ij wyth the decoction of cordiall floures and frutes make a smal potion addynge syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. ss when ye obserue conuenient purgations ye obserue the commaundement of Galene whyche sayeth that we muste put awaye the cause of the dysease before we can remoue the dysease it selfe Wherfore we muste not forgette to preferre vniuersall rules before particuler that the particuler operations maye be ayded by the vniuersall The seconde entention is accomplyshed by meates that engender good bloode and they oughte to enclyne to coldnes and moystnes that the subtyle humours maye be engrossed and that thorough theyr moystnes and coldnes they may correct the sharpnes of humours Lyke maner it is profytable to obserue the thynges not naturall The thyrde intention which consisteth in the dryenge of the venimous matter is accoÌ„plyshed as it foloweth Fyrst after that the matter is purged by laxatiue medicynes or by cuttynge of a veyne whyche is conuenient in this case yf the euyl matter be noughty bloode to remoue the malignitie of vlcers and also the corrosyon and venemenes of the same ther is no better remedye than to applye wythin the vlcers our pouder of mercury for it is of the same operation that vnguentuÌ„ Egyptiacum is of how be it vnguentum EgyptiacuÌ„ causeth great payne and inflammation about the vlceres and therfore make the vlceres sometyme to resiste curation which thyng thys poudre doth not And Auicenne sayth we muste be ware that we applye not medicynes that cause greate payne cheyfely whan ther is apostemacion and euyll complexion for as he saythe cure not the vlcere tyll the payne be swaged for oftentymes the rectifyeng of an euyll complexion is the cause of the cure of the vlceres The fourthe intention whyche coÌ„cerneth the administratioÌ„ of local medicynes shal be perfourmed as here foloweth Fyrst after the malignytie corrosyon and venemenes of the vlcere is taken awaye wyth the forsaid poudre ye shal procede with this oyntment vnder wrytteÌ„ whych rectifyeth the euyll complexion of the vlceres dryeth them and mundifyethe wyth famylier incarnation â„ž oyle of Roses Vnguenti Rosati or instede of that Galenes oyntment Ana â„¥ ij ss Vnguenti Populeon oyle of Myrtyne Ana â„¥ j. of swynes grese fresshe and molten of calues suet Ana â„¥ iij. of the leaues of plantayne and of nightshade of the tender partes of braÌ„bles of the leaues and beries of myrtilles of woodbynd of herbe called horsetayle of the herbe called knot grosse Ana. mÌ„ ss let thies thynges be staÌ„ped together and so leaue them the space of a daye and afterwarde sethe them a lytell and strayne them and putte to the straynynge of lytarge of golde and syluer Ana â„¥ j. of Minium Ê’ x. of terra sigillata of ceruse Ana Ê’ vj. set them on the fyer agayne and let them seathe together tyl the colour become blacke Oyntmente and afterwarde wyth suffycient whyte waxe make an oyntment addynge of cleare Terebentyne â„¥ j. of tutia preparate â„¥ ss of Camphore gr iij. Item to the same intentioÌ„ this vnguente folowynge is comendable â„ž oyle of roses â„¥ vj. oyle of violettes â„¥ iiij of calues suet â„¥ iij. Another ointmente of the iuyce of playntayne and nyghtshade Ana â„¥ ij let them sethe all tyll the iuyce be consumed then strayne them and put to the straynynge of whyte waxe â„¥ ss of ceruse Ê’ x. of lytarge of gold syluer Ana â„¥ j. of tucia preparate Ê’ iij. of caÌ„phore brayed accordynge to arte Ê’ ss mengle them and styrre them about in a morter of leade the space of two houres Also vnguentum Album CaÌ„phoratum and vnguentuÌ„ ceruse and vnguentum Triapharmacon are conuenient in this case Here note that yf the medicyne be verye hote in the vlceres as in the seconde or thyrde degree it is suspected bycause that after hys operation yt leaueth an euyll complexion in the vlceres and therfore oure oyntment de Minio wrytten in the booke of wouÌ„des hathe a prerogatiue herein bycause it is not to hote and is mundifycatiue and incarnatiue and of hys nature remoueth the malignitie of vlceres After that the malignitie is remoued it is good to wasshe the place wyth water sodden wyth alume or wyth thys decoction â„ž of water of plaÌ„tayn of water of roses ana â„¥ iij. of floures of pomegranades of myrtill of roses of euery one a lytle of myrobolanes cytryne Ê’ ij of roche alume Ê’ ij ss of terra sigillata Ê’ iij. of al the saunders Ana Ê’ j. of water of endiue â„¥ ij of hony of roses â„¥ j. boyle thyes sayde thynges tyll the thyrde parte be coÌ„sumed and thaÌ„ strayne them Thys decoction herin is ryght conuenieÌ„t and ye must washe the wounde therwith thre or foure tymes a daye Auicenne saythe that corrosiue vlceres beÌ„ best cured with thynges that be colde and stiptyke as are the floures of pomegranades and roses lyke Item it is good to applye smal pieces of leade in corrosiue vlcers yf they be made wyth a lytle quycsyluer they shal be of better operatioÌ„ Moreouer this playster is auaylable in maligne deceyuable vlceres A playster of a dogges tourde â„ž of a dogges tourde that eteth bones well brayed and serced â„¥ iiij of the floure of lentylles â„¥ ij of beane floure â„¥ j. of terra sigillata of bole armenie Ana â„¥ j. ss of ceruse and litarge Ana Ê’ x. putte the sayd thynges in the mylke of a goate or a cowe in which ye haue quenched burnyng peces of yron set them on the fyre and make a
solide playster Thys oyntment is maruelous good to rectifie all vlcers and to take awaye the corrosyon of the same And that the Chirurgiens may be more certen touchyng the administration of the forsayd thynges we wyll declare the maner of applieng the same whych is very profytable in this case And fyrst ye must applie our poudre of mercurye leauyng it a day or more vpon the vlcere tyll ye perceaue that the venemenes is vtterlye remoued whyche thynge maye be knowen by chaungynge of the quytture and generation of good flesshe and mytigation of payne and malignytie Also whan ye touche or washe the vlceres the pacient fealeth not so great payne as before for we haue often proued that euyl fleshe causeth greater payne than good as we haue declared afore After that the vlcers be mundifyed ye shall procede wyth vnguentum de Minio and wyth the forsayd poudre mengled therwyth After two dayes ye shall procede wyth vnguentum de Minio and wyth lynte put into the vlcere and than ye shall washe the vlceres wyth the forsayd waters twyse a daye puttynge in the lynte and the sayd oyntment vntyll ye attayne to a perfyt cure The maner of washynge the vlceres is that incontinent after ye haue washed them ye wype them wyth a softe clouth and forthewyth putte in the lynte and ley the oyntmēt therupon Wyth thes forsayde thynges we haue healed many And thys present chapytre for hys excellency maye be called the golden chapytre And yf perchaūce the vlcers through their malignitie and corrosyon be ambulatiue ye shall resorte to the chapytre of formica corrosiua et ambulatiua yf ther be anye escare in the sayde vlceres ye shal procure the fal therof wyth vnguentum Egyptiacum after the description of Auicenne whose proprietie is to conserue good flesshe and to consume euyll And moreouer wyth freshe butter and swynes grese Other remedyes I passe ouer for I thynke no profyt to be in them Thus we ende thys present chapytre ¶ The fyfthe chapytre of rotten and fylthie vlceres and of the curation thereof Of rotten fylthie vlcere AS auncient doctours saye rotten and fylthie vlceres dyffer not but in quantytie and therfore whan grosse and stynkyng corruptions be multiplyed in vlcers they be called sordida or fylthie but yf the mater encrease in malyce so that it corrupteth and mortifyeth the membre it is named putridum or rotten and it is knowen cheyfelye whan stynckynge fumes and greate venemenes ascende therfrome and therfore the sayde rotten vlceres as Auicenne sayth for the most parte are wyth feuers And herin rotten and fylthie vlceres differ for rotten vlceres are wyth feuers fylthie are wythout feuers Item yf wyth maliciousnes they ben ambulatiue they ben of the kynde of the Aposteme called estiomenos and muste be cured wyth the cure of estiomenos or of a canker The cause of thes vlceres are corrupte and venemouse humours whyche sone receaue inflamation and venemenes and therfore ben of harde curation Cure The cure of them consysteth in the obseruation of three intentions the fyrst is ordinaunce of diete the second to purge the euyll matter the thyrde to rote out the vlceres wyth local medicynes The fyrste is accomplysshed by the administratiō of meates whiche gender good bloude as it is wrytten in the chapytre of colde Apostemes and bryefly he must vse meates inclynynge to heate as mutton hennes byrdes of the woode rather rosted than boyled Also he may vse borage percely nepte sodden wyth the forsayde thynges Item ye maye gyue the pacient potage made of strayned whyte breade wyth the brothe of the forsayde flesshe or made wyth ryce Also in thys case a potage is conuenient made of borage buglosse and other good herbes wyth the brothe of a henne or of mutton And whan the pacient is wythout feners ye maye gyue hym wyne of good odoure moderatlye delayed wyth sodden water for it engendrethe good bleede whyche is nedefull in the cure of vlceres The seconde intention whych consysteth in euacuation of the bodye is accomplysshed by digestyon of the humours and in purgyng them whan they be digested with conuenient medicyne Rotten and fylthie vlceres are caused of grosse and rotten humours whyche muste be dygested with thys dygestiue folowynge whyche puryfiethe and thynneth grosse bloode ℞ of syrupe of fumiterre of the iuyce of endiue or in the stede thereof of lupulles or hoppes Digestiue of syrupe of vynegre symple Ana ℥ j. of the waters of fumyterre hoppes and endiue Ana ℥ j. after that the pacient hathe vsed thys dygestion by the space of seuen dayes he shal be purged wyth thys purgation ℞ of diacatholicon ʒ vj. Purgation of caffia ℥ ss of diafinicon ʒ iij. make a lytle potion wyth the comen decoction and whan the vlcere is ambulatiue and rotten ye must gyue the patient purgation ℞ diacatholicon ʒ vj. of the confection of hameth ʒ ij diafinicon ʒ iij. wyth the decoction of cordiall floures and frutes make a short potion addyng of syrupe of violettes ℥ j. ss Item the patient muste sometymes take pylles of fumiterre and the pylles called aggregatiue One purgation sufficeth not in thys case bycause the matter is grosse and resystethe the medicyne but ye muste renewe it often The thyrde intention whyche consysteth in the administration of locall medicynes is thus accomplysshed Fyrste whan the vlceres ben fylthie there is nothynge better than to mundifye them from fylthe and from corrupted flesshe wyth vnguentum Egyptiacum mengled wyth vnguentum Apostolorum or wyth the oyntment called cerasyon or symply with vnguentum Egyptiacum And yf the sayde vlcere be hollowe for the mundification thereof ye shall washe it wyth lye in whyche is put a lytle of Vnguentum Egyptiacum melted And yf the patient be of a tender complexion or yf the vlceres ben in synnowye places lette them be wasshed wyth thys collyrie ℞ of barbours lye ℥ liij poudre of mercury ʒ ij of honye of Roses ℥ ss mengle them together and styrre them about Ye shal put thys collyrie in to the holowe vlceres wyth a syrynge for it is of the same operation as vnguentū Egyptiacum is and that wythout payne And yf the vlcere be rotten ye shal remoue the putrefaction wyth vnguentum Egyptiacum and if ye put to the sayde oyntment lye made wyth the decoction of lupynes it shal be the better in effecte for Auicenne saythe that it rotethe oute all cancreuse vlcers And yf the sayde putrefaction can not be taken awaye wyth the foresayd remedyes than resort to the chapytre of a cancrena and of askakyllos and yf the vlcere be ambulatiue wyth great putrefaction ye shall resorte to the chapytre of Estiomenos After that the place is mundifyed frome the fylte and euyll fleshe whyche maye be knowen by good quytture and by the growyng of good flesshe ye shall procede a certayne space wyth thys mūdificatiue ℞ of oyle of roses
strayned ℥ ij Mundificatiue with incarnation of clere terebentyne ℥ iiij of the iuyce of smallage plantayne worm wood Ana ℥ iij. let them sethe tyll the iuyces be consumed than strayne thē and adde to the straynynge of barley floure well bulted drammes syxe of the floure of lupynes ʒ iij. of sarcocolle ʒ j. ss And whā the place is perfytly mūdified for incarnation of the same ye shal putte to the mundificatiue a lytle myrre frankencense paucedinis and flouredelyce Item to the same intention thys collyrie is auaylable ℞ aqua vite ℥ ij of myrrhe of aloes ana ʒ ij ss frankensens ʒ j. ss of Saffran ℈ j. of paucedinis sarcocolle Ana ʒ j. ss mengle them together Thys collyrie must be applied thre or foure tymes a day In lyke maner for thys intentiō ye maye applye the vnguentū de Minio in the chapytre of the broken scui and whan the place is wel incarnate for sigillation ye must washe the place wyth wyne of the decoction of roses wyth alume hony of roses or wyth lye made with the decoction of roses and of alume or of hony of roses and whā ye haue washed the place ye must put vpon it incontinētly thys pouder ℞ roche alume brent ʒ iij. of myrobalane cytryne of floures of pomegranades Ana ʒ j. terra sigillata ʒ j. ss mēgle thē together This doctryne shall suffice for thys present chapytre c. ¶ The syxe chapytre of holowe vlceres and of the cure thereof HOlowe vlceres for the moste parte are engendred of exitures aposte which are permytted to come to ouer great maturatiō chiefly the said vlcers are in the botō of the mēbres They bē also engendred oftē tymes of apostematiō of woūdes caused in sinnowie places of those vlceres some procede of hote matter some of colde and for the cure thereof we wyll assygne but one intention vniuersall purgation and obseruation of diete presupposed as it is declared in the former chap. that is to saye application of locall medicynes Fyrst for the cure of thes vlcers ther nedeth greate exiccation and great mundification moreouer it is necessarye to gyue the patient meates of grete nourishmēt in good quātitie that good blood may be engendred and that the holes may be fylled vp and therfore ye must consyder whether the vlcere be with corruption of the bones for yf the corrupted bones be not remoued the vlcere can not be healed Also the mēbre must be situated that the mouthe of the vlcere be downeward and yf the vlcers be so corrupted that ther is no hope of healyng than ye must cut thē wysely so that no holownes be lefte yf it be possyble nor veynes arteries or synnowes touched For yf ye can not procede except ye touche the same it is better to cast liquours in to the holownes of the vlcere as Arnald de villa noua sayth that holowe vlceres can not be healed but wyth sharpe liquours cast into them wyth a syrynge And forasmuch as there are ioyned with the sayd vlcers certaine accidentes as payn Aposteme euil complexiō it is nedefull to remoue the same before ye procede to the cure For it is not possyble to come to a perfyt cure except the accidentes be remoued And therfore Auicenne saythe whā an Aposteme is ioyned wyth paynfulnes to an vlcere than ye shall not wasshe the vlcere with wyne nor with lye nor with see water as though he wolde say ther is no curatiō of vlcers without remouyng of accidentes Furtheremore to retourne to oure pourpose holow vlcers are mūdified wyth lotions made of lye hony of roses roch alume And also see water is cōmended of Auicenne in this case lykewyse water of alume and honye of roses is good to drie the fylthe and to defende the matter antecedent that it aryue not to the sore place And yf thes mundificatiues be not sufficient ye must washe the place wyth the collyrie in the former chapitre ordeyned for it is of good operatiō and causeth no payne And yf ye perceaue that by thes meanes the vlceres can not be mūdified thā applie vnguentū Egyptiacū of our descriptiō which ye must dissolue in barbours lye with a lytle hony of roses cast it in to the said vlcers with a syryng After the place is mundified which thyng is knowen by the good quytture ye must forbeare al bytyng and scouryng thynges washe the place with this decoction ℞ of barley water .li. ss of hony of roses ℥ iiij let them seth a lytyll vse thereof by the space of .vj. dayes washyng the vlcers two or thre tymes a daye than procede with a medicyne incarnatiue wythout bytyng for Auicenne sayth that flesshe muste not be engendred in vlceres tyll they be clensed We were wōte in thys case to vse thys lyquour for incarnation ℞ of barley water .li. j. of hony of roses ℥ iij. of sarcocolle ʒ ij of myrrhe of frankencense Ana ʒ j. of odoriferous wyne ℥ vj. let thē boyle al together tyll the thyrde part be cōsumed We haue often declared the medicines that engender fleshe wil make therof a proper cha wherunto ye shall resorte but for a more certen doctrine we wyl descrybe one recept conueniēt in thys case ℞ of clere terbentyne ℥ ii of honye of roses ℥ j. Incarnatiue of sarcocolle ʒ iij. of fysheglue of dragagantū Ana ℥ j. of Antymonium burned of burned leade ana ʒ j. ss of the iuyce of cētaury ʒ ij or of the poudre therof ʒ iij. of barley floure well bulted ʒ j. ss of Saffran ℈ j. lette the terebentyne be sodden a lytle wyth honye of roses than mengle them all together Thys oyntmente shortely incarneth all vlceres Note here that it is good to applie defensyues aboute the vlceres wrytten in the chapytre of the woundes of the bone called Adiutorium for it cōforteth the membre and defendeth the matter antecedent to arriue vnto the sore place Item ye maye conuenientlye adde hereunto in all tymes Vnguentum de Minio wrytten in the ende of the chapyter of the cure of the sculle For sigillation ye shall procede as is wrytten in the former chapyter Finally ye ought to knowe that in thys case that maner of byndyng is necessarye whereof we haue spoken in the boke of woundes to whyche chapytre ye shall resort c. ¶ The .vij. Chapytre of vlceres of harde curation hauynge an euyll proprietie to vs vnknowen wyth the cures thereof Of vlcers of harde curation AS Auicenne wytnessethe there is a kynde of vlceres which haue an euyll and hydde propertie and bycause we haue declared the causes and sygnes therof in the generall chapytre of vlceres we wyll vse the fewer wordes in thys present chapytre The curation of them vniuersall purgation and obseruation of diete presupposed shal be accomplysshed by the administration of sondrye remedies accordynge to the tymes and places of the sayde
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.
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
ss of pylles agregatiue and yndes ana ℈ ss myngle them and wyth water of fenell make fyue pylles Thys purgacyon is coÌ„mendable in wynter and haruest but in the spryng tyme thys purgacyon folowynge is more conuenient â„ž of the pilles of nycoâ—â—â—â—alled sine quibê° esse nolo of pilles assagereth wyth agarike ana Ê’ ss make .v. pilles with water of endiue Item the pilles folowyng maye conuenieÌ„tly be vsed in thys case â„ž of the pylles of Hiera with agarike pylles of mastike sine quibus esse nolo ana ℈ i. make them as the aforesayd and gyue them .iij. houres before supper Thys later purgation must be gyueÌ„ thre tymes in a moneth a digestiue of hony of roses going before for as mesue sayeth the chirurgieÌ„ must not be coÌ„teÌ„ted with one only purgation but must renewe the same often We haue proued the triacle in the wynter taken in smal quaÌ„titie namely Ê’ i. with as muche hony of roses wyth .ij. ouÌ„ces of the water of the decoction of hony is ryght expedieÌ„t it muste be receaued seuen houres before meat In lyke maner it is good that the pacient eate after repast quynces coriander confyte that fumes asceÌ„de not vnto the brayne As concernynge the turnynge away of the matter it may be done by ventoses applyed vpon the necke or vppon the shulder and by rubbynge and byndynge the extreme partes lykewyse by fomentation lotion of the legges wyth thynges attractiue and resolutiue as it is wrytten in the chapter of optalmia It is also profytable to bynde the heere 's backwarde and to kembe them backward for this thing turneth matter asyde And we haue proued that a cauterization actual or potentiall applyed vpon the coronal coÌ„myssure purgeth the matter of catarattes and turneth it a syde The thyrde entention whych is to comforte the meÌ„ber from whyche the matter is deriued is thus accoÌ„plyshed Fyrst ye must applye a bagge after the fourme of a lytle cappe ful of thynges that coÌ„forteÌ„ the brayne defeÌ„de the reumes as thys ordinauÌ„ce â„ž of milium dryed on the fyer of drye braÌ„ne beateÌ„ to pouder ana mÌ„ i. of maioruÌ„ of roses of wormewood of betonye ana mÌ„ ss of sticados of squinant of eche a lytle of swete fenel calamus aromaticus of frankensence of masticke ana â„¥ ss myngle them together and bryng theÌ„ to a fyne powder Item ye maye applye vpon the heade thys cerote folowynge â„ž the forsayde pouder â„¥ ij of moste clere terebentyne â„¥ i. A cerote for the heade ss masticke Ê’ x. of oyle of mastyke of oyle of roses complete ana â„¥ ij myngle these together wyth sufficient quaÌ„titie of new whyte waxe make a styffe cerote addynge in the ende of saffraÌ„ ℈ i. It is coÌ„uenieÌ„t also to wash the head with this lye folowing â„ž of roses of wormewood of rosemary of sage ana mÌ„ i. of sticcados of squinaÌ„tuÌ„ of astrabacca of laurell ana mÌ„ ss let them be sodden with lye made of ashes of the vyne tree The fourth entention whych coÌ„cerneth the euaporation of the matter that is vpon the paÌ„nicles or wythin the same shal be accomplyshed wyth resolutiue euaporatiue thynges suche as coÌ„forte the eyes as are the ordinaunces folowyng Fyrst thys R. of the water of celedony fenel roses .li. ss of odoriferous whyte wyne â„¥ ij of camomill mellilote rosemary floures ana mÌ„ ss of whyte sugger â„¥ i. ss of the galles of cockes nombre .iiij. of freshe fenell of eufrage yf it maye be founde ana mÌ„ ss seth them altogether wyth asmuche reyne water tyl the thyrde parte be coÌ„sumed then strayne them put thervnto of saffran ℈ ss and seth them and strayne them agayne And the patient muste receyue the smoke of the sayd decoction holdynge hys eyes ouer it in the mornyng .iij. or .iiij. houres before dyner after dyner as moche yf the patient take the forsayd pilles the daye before he receaue the smoke it shal be the better This maner of suffumigatioÌ„ is praysed of Thadeus and AueÌ„soar and it hath vertue to resolue the matter prepared to nouryshe the cataractes it coÌ„forteth the vertue of seyng Item thys dystillatioÌ„ folowyng is of great efficacitie whych coÌ„forteth clarifyeth A noble water for the eye the syght kepeth it froÌ„ the cataractes â„ž of a gotes lyuer hole freshe .li. ij calamus aromaticus of honye ana â„¥ ss of the iuyce of rue Ê’ iij. of water of celidony verueyne eufrage ana â„¥ iij. of loÌ„ge peper of nutmegges of cloues ana Ê’ ij of saffran ℈ i. of the floures of rosemary somewhat staÌ„ped of bosomus ana mÌ„ ss of sarcocol of aloes epatyke ana Ê’ iij. of the galle of byrdes that lyue by pray yf they may be gotteÌ„ â„¥ i. or in the stede therof heÌ„nes capoÌ„s partriges galles thre tymes so moche staÌ„pe the forsayd thynges cut the herbes stampe them a lytle afterwarde put vnto the sayde thynges of whyt suger â„¥ iij. of honye of roses Ê’ vi put them al together in a lembyke of glasse vse therof for it hath the forsayd vertues And yf the catarates can not be healed wheÌ„ they are confyrmed then we must turne to haÌ„dy operatioÌ„ And though we couÌ„seyled to leaue it to the toth drawers yet we wyl declare the maner therof Fyrst before ye come to the cure it is necessarye ye gyue the patient a lenitiue medicine of cassia manna or diacatholicon ij dayes after ye muste gyue hym pylles of assagereth et sine quibus esse nolo of eche Ê’ ss to purge the humours of the heade Furthermore that daye that ye wyll vse the haÌ„dye operation ye must gyue the patient a linitiue clyster washe hys legges in the decoctioÌ„ of hote thinges to drawe the humours from the heade And it is very good to applye vpon the forehead thys restrictiue folowynge to kepe away the matter froÌ„ flowynge to the eye â„ž of oyle of roses omphacine of mastyke ana â„¥ ij make a softe cerote wyth suffyciente whyte waxe addynge of beane floure Ê’ iij. of frankensence The maner of cuttynge the cataracte of aloes he patike of bole armenye of whyte sauÌ„ders ana Ê’ i. mengle them together ley them vpon stoupes and bynde theÌ„ vpon the foreheade and comforte the patieÌ„t set hym vpoÌ„ a streyght beÌ„che of a meane height Bynd the hole eye and also hys legges hys haÌ„des that he hynder not the operation of the chirurgien and thys thynge muste be done in a pure ayer the master must open the eye wyth hys lyfte hande wyth hys ryght hande he shall put a sharpe nedle to the myddes of the pannicle called coÌ„iunctiua so longe tyl he perceaue that the nedle hath perced to the concauitie or holownes of the sayde paÌ„nicle And after he must guyde and tyrle the sayd nedle toward the paÌ„nicle called cornea tyl he touche the myddes of the apple of
the eye a lytle more Then he muste take the pannicle and drawe it downeward so that he may touche the cataracte and ther holde it a lytle space for it is in the fourme of a pannicle and returneth to hys place therfore he muste drawe it downe agayne wyth the poynt of the nedle tyll it remayne beneth Neuerthelesse the mayster muste be ware that he dylate not the pannicle called Vuea ne touche the cristalline humoure And then when it is remoued oute of hys place the chirurgien muste shewe the patient some thynge that he may seme not to haue wrought in veyne And incontinentlye afterwarde ye muste put into the eye the whyte of an egge beten wyth water of roses water of myrtilles warme for colde myghte hurte the prycke caused by the nedle And vpon the eye in the outsyde ye shall applye the whyte of an egge mengled wyth the wyne of pomegranades to defende apostemations and to comforte the place And ye must bynde bothe the eyes with a duble bande and after put the paciēt in a bed hauyng the heade somewhat hie and lette hym continue with this medecine the space of .iii. dayes and kepe a slender dyete so that the fyrst daye he eate litle or nothyng whē these daies be passed remoue the medecyne procede with the sayd medecyne agayne without openyng of the eye onelye applieng it vpon the eyes and in the corners with moyst cloutes and this ye must do vnto the tenthe day And bycause that through the prickyng of the pannicle coniunctiua perturbation or opthalmia chaūceth in the eye ye shall resort to the chapter of opthalmia Note that as I haue declared handye operation in the ryght eye wyth the lefte hande so ye shal worke in the lefte eye wyth the ryght hande thus we ende ehys present chapter c. The .viij. chapter of the dilatation of the blacke of the eye The delatatiō of the apple of the eye THe dilatatiō of the apple of the eye is double That is to saye natural and accidental That that is natural cometh of natiuitie and is alwayes of an euyll nature hyndreth the syght the cure therof is impossible Neuertheles the colliries whych cōfort sharpen the syght written in the former chapter are expedient in thys case The accidentall dilatation is double For one procedeth of a matter antecedent the other of a primitiue cause That that procedeth of a cause antecedēt cōmeth alwayes of a reumatyke matter descendynge from the heade vpon the pannicles of the eyes And to remoue the cause antecedent it is conuenient to procede accordynge to that that is wrytten in the former chapter But to auoyde many wordes we wyll onely speake of that that cometh of a cause primitiue Fyrst obseruatiō of vniuersal purgation presupposed ye shall put into the eye water of roses and water of myrtilles wyth the whyte of an egge shaken together vntyl the fourth day after the stroke For suche dilatation of the apple of the eye procedyng of a cause primitiue is caused by some stroke vpon or aboute the eye And therfore it is good at the begynnynge to procede as well wythin as wythout wyth thynges refrigeratiue and that comforte the sore place And bycause that often throughe a strype there is bloode dyspersed through out all the eye it is necessarie besyde the reducyng of the apple of the eye to resolue the sayde bloode Then when ye haue vsed the forsayde thynges the space of foure dayes it is ryght profytable A synguler playster to applye thys playster folowynge Recipe of beanfloure and barlye floure ana ℥ iij. of water of roses of water of myrtilles ana ℥ i. make a styffe playster wyth sufficient sodden wyne Thys playster hath vertue to resolue bloode and to reduce the apple of the eye into hys proper place A spetiall water Item to thys entention the water folowynge maye well be vsed R. of swete fenell ʒ i. of doues bloode ℥ i. of tucia of antimoniū ana ʒ ij of water of roses water of myrtilles ana ℥ i. ss of myrobalane citryne ʒ ss mēgle these forsayd thinges together stylle them in a lembyke of glasse applye them wythin the eye for thys water reduceth the apple of the eye into hys place and comforteth the syght Furthermore A decoction it is a synguler remedye to vse the decoction folowyng layenge it vpon the eye with a thynne sponge ℞ of roses of myrtilles ana m̄ i. of melilote of rosemary floures of euery one m̄ ss of the nuttes of cypres in nombre .ij. of redde and thycke wyne .li. i. ss of water of roses and water of myrtilles ana ℥ iij. braye the thynges that are to be braied let them seeth vntil halfe the wyne and the water be consumed and then strayne them and vse them as is aforesayde thus we ende thys present chapter ¶ The .ix. chapter of the weakenes of the syght and of the cure therof Of the weaknes of the syght THe weakenes of the syghte procedeeth of sondrye causes For sometymes it procedeth of outward thynges as by scabbes pustules and sebell growynge vpon the pannicles coniunctiua cornea sometyme it procedeth of an ynner cause as are humours grosse and slymy vapours ascendynge from the stomacke to the heade com̄yng to the synnowes called optici whyche vapours hynder theyr naturall operation and trouble the syght Itē somtymes it chaūceth through thynnes smal quātitie of the spirites sometyme through the great multitude grossenes of the same In lyke maner it chaūceth sometyme through defaute of the humour called albugineus or the whyte of the eye or because it is to grosse in substāce or to thinne and when it is altered in coloure And therfore foloweth oftē ymaginatiōs whych threatē that a cataract wyl ensue Also thys weaknes may come of the humour kristallyne bycause it is to grosse or to thinne or altered ī colour or transposed out of hys place Lykewyse it may procede of the glassye humour through the euyl dysposition of the same Therfore Galen sayeth that whē the spirites be thynne of greate quātitie a mā seeth dyscerneth smal thinges afarre of yf they be in small quātitie thinne a mā seeth afarre of but can not dyscerne And therfore the thynne spirites require not great clerenes nor great mouyng of the body Causes of the syght nor great subtiliation of medicines The spirites that ben rare in smal quantitie cause euyl syght for in thys case a mā seeth euyl both nye a farre of And whē a man seeth the sunne or other bryghtnes it hurteth him he reioyceth in the ayre of the mornynge the euentyde And of this last dysposition cōmeth alway an euyll syght Item when the spirites be in great quātitie grosse thē a man seeth better afarre of then nye and reioyceth in bryght ayer for it thinneth the spirites through exercisyng mouynge
Serpigo is also roughe and drye at the begynnynge but it is not of a rounde figure and it crepeth into soÌ„drye places and whaÌ„ it is large it is coÌ„menly called salt fleame The cure of the sayd disease shal be accoÌ„plyshed by .iii. intentions namely by diet purgation of the matter antecedent and remotion of the matter conioynte As concernyng the fyrst the patient must auoyde all meates that engeÌ„dre grosse flegmatike and melancholyke blood and he must vse meates that engeÌ„dre good bloode as hennes capons veale muttoÌ„ of a yere olde partryche and lyke soddeÌ„ with borage lettuse buglose betes spynache fenel a fewe mintes or ye may giue him new layd egges rere Moreouer he must auoyd al salt egre gros meates byrdes of ryuers The seconde intention is thus accoÌ„plysshed Fyrst let the matter be digested with this digestion â„ž of sirupe of fumiterry of hony of roses of syrupe of the iuce of eÌ„diue anÌ„ â„¥ ss of water of endiue of fumi maydeÌ„heer anÌ„ â„¥ i. And wheÌ„ ye haue vsed this sirupe the space of a weke let hym be purged with this purgation â„ž of diacatholicoÌ„ Ê’ vi of the coÌ„fectioÌ„ of hamech Ê’ i. ss of diafinicon Ê’ ii make a smal potioÌ„ with the decoction of cordial floures frutes of polipody hartestonge maydenhere adding of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i or ye may purge the patient with pylles of fumyterrye or with aggregatiue pylles or with pylles de hiera cum agarico IteÌ„ the remedies wrytten in the chapter of Sephiros and Vndimia are conuenyent in this case The thyrde intention shal be accomplyshed thus Fyrst the cure of impetigo and derbia is al togyther lyke and ye must rubbe the place with fastyng spyttle in the mornyng and afterwarde rubbe it with a cours cloth or scrape it with a rasour and theÌ„ let the patient be epythimed wyth this epithime folowynge â„ž of the iuce of dockes Epiâ—heme â„¥ i. of branne â„¥ ss of vinegre squilityk Ê’ x. of roch alume of verdegrese anÌ„ â„¥ i. ss of sublimate Ê’ ss of sal gemma ℈ i. mengle them and seethe them togyther tyl the thyrde part of the iuce and of the vynegre be consumed and than let the place be epythimed for it mortifyeth the ryngworme in short tyme. A liniment Item this lyniment folowyng is of good operation in thys case â„ž frenche sope â„¥ i. ss of glas wel brokeÌ„ Ê’ vi of bran Ê’ iii. of liquide storax of laudanuÌ„ anÌ„ Ê’ ii of litarge of golde and syluer ana Ê’ v. quyksyluer queÌ„ched with fastyng spyttle â„¥ ss of most clere terebentine of oyle of laurell ana Ê’ iii. ss mengle the sayd thinges togyther and make them after the maner of a lyniment IteÌ„ an oyle of wheate made vpoÌ„ a styth or hanfeld with hote burning yron is profitable in this case And lykewise an oile made of lupynes as it is sayde afore IteÌ„ this liniment folowing serueth for all kyndes of tetters ryngwormes An other â„ž of swynes grese of oyle of laurel anÌ„ â„¥ ss of an oyntmeÌ„t of roses Ê’ iii. of auripigmeÌ„tuÌ„ Ê’ ii of sublimate of litarge of golde and syluer of ceruse and quycksiluer quenched with spyttle ana Ê’ v. of verdegrese â„¥ i. ss mengle them togyther and make a lynimeÌ„t IteÌ„ an other linimeÌ„t which healeth salte fleme vlcered chapped â„ž of the iuces of dockes plantayne nyghtshade anÌ„ â„¥ ss of swynes grese molten of vnguen popilioÌ„ anÌ„ â„¥ ii of oyle of roses omphacine of oyle mirtine anÌ„ â„¥ i. of oyle of the yolkes of egges Ê’ x. of litarge of golde and syluer anÌ„ â„¥ i. ss of tutia â„¥ ss of burned lede Ê’ v of ceruse Ê’ x. of quycksyluer Ê’ ix mengle them togyther and make a lynyment in a mortare of marble Note that in these passyons chefely for salt fleame a bath of the decoctioÌ„ of malowes of fumiterry of dockes of barly and bran and of swete and sower pomegranades with the ryndes before the administration of sharpe oyntmentes is ryght expedyeÌ„t And yf in salt fleme some mundification of this vlcer be requyred our poudre of mercury may conuenyently be admynistred so that ye aply afterward the last liniment before wrytten tyll the salt fleme be perfytly cured ¶ The .xv. Chapter Of lyse in the eye lyddes and in the genitalles Trablyse BYtter thinges haue vertue not onely to kyl lyse but also wormes and therfore aloes dissolued with water of roses applied in the place where lyse be kylleth the same Item to remoue them without fayle ye shal rubbe the place with a cloute wherwith the goldsmythes gylde syluer IteÌ„ an epithime of capons galles or partriche is good Item it serueth wel to this purpose to take an harde egge to cut it through the myddes to take away the yolke to poudre aloes epatike vpon it for it dryueth away and kylleth the lise Yf thes thinges preuayle not ye may rote them out with pinsonnes This shall suffyce for the doctryne of this chapter c. ¶ The .xvi. Chapter of syroÌ„s which ben lytle wormes crepyng here and there vpon the flesh Of litle wormes in the flesh THe remedyes declared in the former chapter may be coÌ„uenyently admynystred in this case for as we sayde all bytter thynges haue vertue to kyl wormes And for bycause that the forsayd wormes make in theyr creping watry blysters therfore ye shal open the blysters with a sharpe nedle that the medicines maye touche the place where the wormes be and than ye shall adminystre the medicines written in the sayde chapter Item oyle of vitrioll dryeth and kylleth the sayde syrons Moreouer it is the synguler remedy in this case to take quycksyluer quenche it with spyttle and mengle it with frenche sope a lytle orpyment and than to applye it on the place where the syrons be Vynegre squillitike mengled with the bryne of salt fysh and a lytle aloes epatik causeth them to dye in shorte tyme. c. ¶ The .xvii. Chapter of lytle pustles of tht face coÌ„menly called rubyes THe cure of these pustles is accoÌ„plysshed by the administratioÌ„ of locall remedyes Of rubies in the face hauyng vertue to rype and that easely an vniuersall purgation presupposed with Cassia diacatholicon or by cuttynge of the veyne called cephalica wyth ventoses applyed vpon the shulders with scarification and with bloodsuckers layed vnder the eares veynes emothoidall whan the matter is hote caused of grosse blood which is knowen by rednesse and inflammation of the place But yf the pustles be engendred of grosse fleme meÌ„gled with grosse blood which is knowen by the whytenesse of the place then let the bodye be purged with cassia and diasinicon or with pylles de hiera or pilles aggregatiue The medycynes locall must be lenytyue and maturatyue as is this plaister folowyng â„ž of whyte lylly rootes sodden in water â„¥ ii of rosted apples â„¥ i. ss of reysons â„¥ i. of fresh
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
preparate wyth oyle of swete almans and oyle of elders wyth a lytle vynegre wyne of granates and butter wyth .xij. earth wormes and snaylles and as many chest wormes boyled altogether wyth .ij. ounces of oynyōs rosted in an ouen somewhat cut and stamped these thinges muste sethe tyll the wyne and vynegre be cōsumed wyth a lytle saffrā then ye shall strayne them and powre of the straynynge into the eare for it hath the forsayd vertue Item to this intention it is conuenient to applye a playster made of sapa sodden wyth butter oyle of elders a lytle saffran whyte waxe brayed branne barlye floure Also the oyle of lynsede the oyle of bytter almandes soddē wyth erth wormes may cōueniētly be vsed Furthermore a playster of sapa sodden wyth branne and wyth oyle of camomill and dille and wyth a lytle camomill and mellilote and applied vppon the eares hath a great prerogatiue Besydes thys the suffumigation folowing helpeth to swage payn caused of hote humours A suffumigation in a hote cause ℞ of malowes violettes camomill mellilote dille of euery one m̄ i. of barlye chaffe small cutte of cleane barlye of branne ana m̄ ij of licorice of raysons of euerye one ℥ .i. seeth the forsayd thynges together tyll halfe of the water be consumed then let the smoke be receyued into the eare and afterwarde vse in a hote cause the forsayde remedyes Here foloweth another suffumigation conuenient to release the payne procedynge of a colde cause ℞ of the rootes of holihocke A remedy for a colde cause li. ss of camomill mellilote dille of the leaues of horehounde ana m̄ i. of sticados of squinātum of maiorum of euery one a lytel seeth them wyth water and a lytel odoriferous wyne tyl halfe be cōsumed and receyue the smoke into the payned eare and afterward let the remedyes afore wrytten for paynes procedynge of a colde cause be poured into the eare accordynge to necessitie ¶ The .ix. chapter of impedimētes of hearynge or of defnesse NAture is wonte to be vexed with sondry dyseases Impediment of hearynge about the vertue of hearyng whych is very necessary to euery man as wel to optaine knowlege as to conducte other affayres of thys present lyfe Wherfore it is diligently to be conserued when any euyl chaunceth it muste be wysely remoued The accidētes Causes of defnes that hynder sometyme destroy the vertue of hearyng are these griefes apostemes wyndynesse vlceres superfluous fleshe deafnes wormes and suche lyke wherof we wyll make a proper chapter by the helpe of god Wherfore yf the cause of defnes of the eares be an aposteme for the remotiō therof ye shal resorte to the proper chapters of the apostemes of the eares lykewyse in al other We entēde in thys present chap. only to entreat of deafnes in general Fyrst before ye come to locall medicines ye must purge the humours of the heade with pylles of hiera agregatiue or cochie or of assagereth with agaryk accordyng to the euyl humours Also ye must order a dyete whych ought not be to moyst in thys case And therfore the patiēt may wel vse tyme maiorum percelye myntes nept organy nutmegges cynamon in hys meates he may drynke wyne of good odoure delaied with water sodē with coriāder Itē it is good to vse water sodē with hony coriāder and a lytle cynamon and he shall receyue therof halfe a glasse full in the mornynge as muche at nyght As touchynge locall remedyes we saye that the medicines wrytten in the chapter of the soundynge of the eares are conuenient in thys case Of the remedyes praysed of learned men thys is one ℞ of oyle of bytter almondes ℥ i.ss of oxegalle ʒ.i of black elebore stamped graynes .ij. of castorium of vynegre of euery one ʒ.v let them seeth all together tyll the vyne egre be consumed then strayne them and poure therof into the eare warme Item thys remedye folowynge is profytable to recouer hearynge ℞ of hares galle ℥ .i. of oyle of castorium oyle of elders of oyle of nardus of euerye one ʒ.vi of odoriferous wyne of vyneegre of euery one ℥ .i. of the floures of rosemarye of the leaues of rue of eche a litle of foxe grese of the fatte of an ele of euery one ʒ.iij or of blacke eleborus brayed ℈ .i. let them seeth all together tyll the wyne and the vyneegre be consumed then strayne them and vse them as is aforesayde Also the oyle of balsami and the oyle of castor hath a greate prerogatiue in this case Lykewyse the vnderwrytten suffumigation restoreth hearynge maruelouslye Suffumigation ℞ of camomille of mellilote of dille of stycados of squinant of rosemary of euery one m̄ ss of whit oynions nombre .iij. of the rootes of affodilles ℥ .iiij. of blacke ellebor brayed ʒ.i of horehounde of maioram of serpillum whych some call our ladyes bedstraw of organy of wormewood of euery one m̄ i. of honye li.i of bytter almanse somewhat stamped ℥ .iij. of oxegalle ℥ iij.ss seeth these forsayde thynges wyth sufficient quantitie of water and a lytle vynegre and vse them after the maner of a suffumigation Another remedye for the same purpose A synguler remedye ℞ of iuniper seede ℥ ss of blacke elebore ℈ .i. of oyle sysamyne of oyle of lynseede of oyle of elders and rue of euery one ℥ ss of oyle of castorium of oile of a foxe of euery one ʒ.ii of vynegre ʒ.x of odoriferous wyne ℥ .i. Lette them seeth all together tyll the wyne vynegre be consumed strayne them put therof into the eare warme Item an other ℞ of the beryes of laurell of the seede of iuniper of euerye one ʒ.ijij of oyle of bytter almans ʒ.x of oyle of dille and of lynseede of euery one ℥ ss of oyle of castorium oyle of elders of euery one ʒ.ij.ss of the iuyce of purslane of the iuyce of ciclamine ana ʒ.v of maioram of rue of eche a lytle of vynegre ʒ.ij of the galle of an hare ʒ.vi seeth them all together tyll the iuyces and vynegre be consumed then strayne them and vse them as is aforesayde Another suffumigation good for deafnes ℞ of the leaues of elders of the leaues of walwort and mugwort of euery one m̄ i. of the beries of iuneper and laurell ana m̄ ss of the rootes of ciclaminie of the rootes of affodilles of euerye one m̄ i. of maiorā of wormewood of myrrhe of euerye one ℥ i.ss of honye ℥ .iij. of oxe pysse li.i of vynegre li.ij of water as muche as shal suffyce adding of nept calamynte betonye rue ysope sticados cētaurie spykenarde of euery one a lytle let thē seth tyl the thyrd parte be consumed and vse them after the maner of a suffumigation for the operation is maruelous Item the oile of elders soddē wyth oyle of dille and rootes of affodilles is a synguler remedy for deafnes Item some saye that it is
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
it is conuenyente to wasshe the place wyth redde wyne and water of plantayne and decoction of rooses of the floures of pomegranates of mirtilles with a litle alume for it causeth good cycratrizacion Lyke wyse it is good to vse the poudre cycatrisatyue of bole armeny after oure descrypcyon As touchynge the chafyng and excoryacion of the yarde we haue spoken therof in a peculyer chapter in the booke of apostemes c. ¶ Here foloweth the fyfte treatise of the fourth booke The first chapiter of a fystule of the fundamente The fistule of the fundament Festule of the fundamente is engendred often tymes of some rotten aposteme chefelye when the matter is retained within a longe time for the place is redy to receaue corruption and corrosion of the quitture Some times it begynneth of pustles or lytle apostemes lefte vnhealed Lykewyse it is often engendred by the payne of the emoroides by reason of the aliaunce of those partes and throughe the reteynynge of matter accustomed to be purged by the veynes emorroydalle once or twyse in a yere And alto somtimes it is engendred throughe vlceracyon of the gutte talled intestinum rectum Of these vlceres some perce in and some perce not kyndes of fistules Of those that perce vnto the muskle of the gutte called intestinum rectum some perce aboue the sayde gutte Item some of them are holowe whyche stretche them selfes into sondrye places some go downewarde depelye that is to saye towearde the bladder or towarde the back bone or towarde the haunches somtyme towarde the skynne called perytonium as we haue sene in our tyme. Ye may haue knowledge of the percynge of the sayde vlceres partelye by the lytle profytynge of medycynes and partely by the long contynuaunce of the same and when throughe the mouth therof there issueth out dyrtye matter Also ye may knowe them by puttynge into the vlcered place a provete of syluer guydyng it with the lyft hande towarde the fundemente and puttynge in the lytle fynger of youre ryght hande annoynted with oyle of roses For yf it perce vnto the gut ye shall feale the prouet with youre fynger The cure of a fistula that percehe within the muscule of the gutte ☞ a purgation of the bodye and conueniente diete presupposed hath one kind of healynge besydes the common intentions in the proper chapiters of fistules where it is declared that the narowe place muste be enlarged and mortified as ye maye there see The maner of the sayde cure is this Ye muste anoynte youre formoste fynger of your ryght or lefte hand as it shall seme good with oyle of roses and ye must put the sayd fynger into the fundamente accordynge to the situation of the fistula and therwithal ye must conducte a croked sharpe instrument called Phalac or Gamaut by the mouthe of the fistula towardes the fundamente tyll ye feale the poynte of the seyde instrumente vnder your fynger whiche done drawe out your fynger and make incision from one mouth to an other directly drawing the poynte of the instrumente by the fundamente that the emeroidal veynes be not hurte And before the sayde incision be sure of the trewe percynge by puttyng in of a prouet of syluer or a leden nedle yf nede be After incision ye shall dygeste the place with a dygestyue of terrebentyne and of the yolckes of egges with a lytle saffron And yf there remayne anye harde flesshe ye shall remoue it with vnguentum egiptiacum or with oure pouder of Mercurye And after the admynystation of sharpe thynges it is good to puryfye the place and to prepare the incarnacyon wyth a mundyfycatiue of smalle ge wrytten in oure antidotarie in the chapter of abserstyue medecynes Whan the place is mundyfyed ye shall incarne it wyth sarcocolle aloes epatyke clere terebentyne and a lytle honye of rooses myngled therewyth Also vnguentum de minio maye well he admynistred in all tymes of thys fystula Lykewyse to make a good cycatrize ye shal washe the place wyth water of plantayne soden wyth rooses and myrtilles and mirabolans cytrynes and a lytle alume and honye of rooses The doctoures haue wrytten manye other remedyes whyche cannot be vsed wythoute greate payne and daunger of apostemacion One is by a syngle lace whyche is reproued by dyscrete chirurgiens the seconde is by a threede anoynted wyth a sharpe and stronge medecyne conductynge the same frome one mouth to the other and some commauÌ„d to cauterise the place wyth an hote yron frome the conduit of the fundamente vnto the mouthe of the fystule And fyrste they put in a threde wyth a ledyn nedle and after the cauterisation they drawe out the threde frome one mouth to another ☜ Here ye shall note thys one thynge that yf the fistule perce vppon the gut thre or foure ynches vnto the muscule ye muste vse no incision for after incision the pacyente shulde haue no power to retayne hys excrymentes for as Rases saythe in the ende of thys gutte there is a muscle bindyng keping in the excremeÌ„tes according to the wyll of the pacyente Wherfore it shall suffyce in thys case to receaue a palliatiue curation I saye also that yf the fystule go towarde the bladder or the boones of the haunches or the tayle of the backebone ye muste not procede butte wyth a pallyatyue cure for ye shal get nothyng thereby but dishonoure and hurte .c. The seconde chapter of the cure of holowe and fystulous vlceres of the fundamente that perce not Vlceres of the fundamente â— not perâ—ynge THe vlceres of the fundament that perce not are engendred of the same causes that percynge vlceres are The cure wherof conuenyente purgacyon and ordinaunce of dyet presupposed is the selfe same with the other vlceres declared set forth in the vniuersall chapyter of vlceres Howebeit I will describe the maner that I haue vsed in suche vlcers wherfore in the curation of holowe vlceres for moste commonly they be holowe I was wount to mundyfye the holowenes with vnguentum egiptiacum dissolued with lye casting it into the vlcere with a siringe or in the stede therof I conueyd in our pouder with a litle lye after the maner aforesayd And when the mouthe was verye streyte I dyd enlarge it and remoued the hardnes therof with a trosciske of minium or with a caustike of capitelle with a cautele or prouision described in the chapiter of fleshye knobbes in the booke of apostemes And whan I coude not roote oute suche a fystula by this meane I vsed incisyon and afterwarde mundefied the place with oure pouder or with vnguentum egiptiacum aloone or myngled asmuche wyth vnguentum apostolorum tyll the place was parfytelye mundyfied of all euell fleshe and matter Fynallye for incarnacyon and sygillacion I vsed the remedyes wrytten in the former chapyter And for as muche as these places are wont to be enflamed throughe sharpe medycines or to
be apostemed It is requisite for the resolution of the matter and for apeasynge of the grefe Epithema to vse fuffumigatyon and epithemes folowynge ℞ of camomylle mellilote branne of the leues of malowes holyhocke and of tapsus barbatus ana m̄ j. of lynseed ʒ j of the rotes of holihocke ℥ .iiij. seeth them all together wyth suffycyent water tyll halfe beconsumed and let the smoke be receauyd and the place epithemed wyth the same decoction ⸫ The thyrde chapyter of the chappyng and cleftes of the fundamente IT chaunseth often Of ryftes in the fundamente that the fundamente is chapped through salte fleme or brente melancolie and sometyme through great costyfenes of the belye or throughe the floynge of a colyrycke humor whyche byteth and chafeth away the skynne of the place wherfore for the curation of the same a leuytyue purgation of the belye presupposed there is nothynge better then to bathe the place and to receaue the smooke of thys decoction folowynge ℞ of camomylle mellylot branne of barlye malowes vyolettes lentylles ana m̄ ii of swete apples somewhat broused in nomber .x. of tapsus barbatus m̄ iii. of lynseed ℥ .iij. of suger ℥ .iij of frankensence of aloes of myrre ana ʒ.ss of licium ʒ x. roche alume ℥ .ii. ss lette them seth al together wyth suffycyent water tyl the thyrde part be consumed and lette the smoke be receyued into the fundament and than vse this lynimente folowynge ℞ oyle of lynseed of oyle omphacine ana ℥ ss of the wyne of swete granades brayed with the ryndes and than strongelye pressed ℥ .iiij. of roche alume ʒ.j of gootes suet and calues talowe ana ℥ .iii. lette them seeth al together tyl the iuce and the wyne be consumed then strayne them and vse them Item oyle of linseed applyed vpon the chappes is good agaynst the paynes of the emoroydes and all dyseases of the fundamēt as Mesue sayth Oyle also of the yolckes of egges laboured in a morter of leade wyth as much oyle of lynsed is a present remedye agaynste the chappes of the fundamente An other lynemente for the same purpose ℞ of the oyle of nuttes Linimentes of the fruite called crysomela of the oyle of swete almons of peches ana ʒ.ii of oyle of the yolkes of egges of oyle of lynseed ana ℥ ss of the iuce of wylde tasell of the iuce of knotgrasse of the iuce of tapsus barbatus an̄ ʒ.vi of aloes epathike ʒ.iii of the iuce of plantayne ℥ .i. seethe them tyll the iuces be consumed than strayne them and vse thys medecyne wythin the fundamente Another ℞ of the oyle of yolkes of egges of the oyle of lynseed ana ʒ x. of goates talowe of moost clere terbentyne ana ʒ iii. of frankensence of Mastike ana ʒ.ss of Rasyn of the Pynaple tree ʒ.i of Aloes Epatyke ʒ.i.ss of tapsus barbatus of the leaues of Plantayne of the leaues of houndestong of horsetayle ana m̄ i. stampe them al and drawe oute the iuce let them all seeth together tyll the iuce be consumed then streyne them and put to the streynynge of litarge of golde and syluer ana ℥ ss of ceruse ℥ iii.ss of burned lede of tucia ana ℥ .ii. myngle them and laboure them in a morter of leade the space of two houres And for as muche as sumtyme the sayde chappes perce into the inwarde parte of the fundamente and cause greate payne chefelye Suffumigation when they are ioyned with emoroides then suffumygacyons and bathynges that swage the payne make to the purpose as a bathe of tapsus barbatus aforenamed Lykewyse ye maye clyster the place wyth the sayde decoction and redde suger and a lytle aloes epathike dyssolued for this clyster swageth payne and maketh good incarnation If the sayde chappes cannot be healed by the foresayde remedyes than it is necessarye to fylle the chappes wyth oure pouder of mercurye for within two or thre times it remoueth the malygnitie as we haue proued in my lorde Marcke cardynal of Romemyshe churche named Cornarius After that the malygnytie is remoued the foresayde remedyes shall suffyce for the curacyon of the vlceres But some tyme it chauncethe as we haue seene that the fundamente is vlcered of a prymytyue cause for the cure whereof at the begynnynge ye shall proceade wyth lenytiue medycynes Wherefore it is conuenyente to bathe the place wyth the decoctyon of malowes of lynseed of tapsus barbatus of barlye and of branne And after the common fashyon ye shall applye a dygestyue of the yolkes of egges and oyle of rooses omphacyne and a lytle saffron Whan the place is dygested for mundyfycation and incarnacyon ye shall procede wyth oyle of lynseede wyth oyle of yolkes of egges and a lytle aloes epatike laboured the space of two houres in a mortar of leade addynge therunto a lytle iuyce of plātayne and a litle litarge of golde and syluer For the reste of the cure ye shal procede with the remedyes afore wrytten c. ¶ The fourthe chapiter of emoroydes or pyles THere are about the ende of the fundamente .v. veynes which are calemoroydalle Of emoroydes or piles and are ordeyned of nature to purge the grosse melancholye bloode in men as womens bodyes are purged euery moneth And as the auncient wryters saye yf the sayde purgation come duely it preserueth the body from sondrye diseases as from the leper from cāker and other like And they be called called emoroyde of Hema whyche in greke is bloode and roys whyche is flowynge kyndes of emoroydes And there are diuers kyndes of them for some bene lyke greynes of raysons or lyke lytle bladers some are lyke wartes and other bene lyke an opened figge redde and full of litle greynes some are lyke mulberyes and are called morales some are small as lytle peces of flesh about the fundamente and some are payneful and apostemous The cause of these for the mooste parte The causes of emoroydes is abundaūce of grosse and melancholyke bloode and sometyme of fleume and sometyme of brent choler sent vnto the sayd place or elles they come through the receit of sharpe medicines or elles of the longe vse of pilles of aloes not washed Wherfore by the great abundaunce of such bloode it chaūceth that the said veynes swel and be extended out of the fundamēt beynge verye paynefull and apostemous Therfore yf the bloode be verye subtyle and sharpe and the passion natural and comynge by courses than the mouthes of the veynes are opened wythoute the melancholye bloode is purged by the benifyte of nature and also the sayde subtile and sharpe humoure Yf they be caused of flegmatyke bloode watrye and not grosse thē they are lyke lytle bladers or greanes of raysonnes whyte in coloure and softe in towchynge and cause no greate payne If they be engendred of grosse flegmatyke bloode they are harde lyke wartes and bene lyke vnrype figges and are not verye payneful
excepte they be vlcered and ioyned wyth some hote humoure Theyr colour is betwene blewnes and rednes If they be caused of melancholyke and flegmatyke bloode mixt together they ar like lytle peces of flesh of blacke colour called Condilomata and yf they be caused of brente choleryke bloode wyth melancholye they are in coloure and figure lyke to a mulberye and verye paynefull Item ye shal note that some be naturall and some accidental the naturall are those whiche in some dodies euerye moneth or euery yere foure tymes purge grosse and melancholyke bloode The accidentall are those whyche procede of the foresayde causes throughe euyll diete and other thynges not naturall wherfore the pacient muste auoyde all sharpe salt tarte thynges and the engender melancholyke bloode as all pulses the heade and the inwardes of beastes and grosse fleshe as of kyne swyne goates hares and byrdes of the ryuer Further more the emoroydes are caused inwardly and outwardelye Those that are engendred inwardly are natural they are woÌ„t to sende forth grosse bloode those that apere outwardelye sende forth watry bloode somewhat reddyshe The cure of emoroydes shal be accomplishid by an vniuersal and particuler regiment Cure of emoroydes The vniuersall regiment hath two intenciones namelye ordinaunce of diete and purgation of the cause antecedent Particuler regiment is accomplished by the administration of locall medicines As touchyng the fyrst intention we say that when they droppe inordinatly they muste be restrayned thoughe it be a generall rule that the flowynge of bloode by certayne tymes courses shulde not be restrayned leste the pacient fall into a dropsye throughe the weaknes of the lyuer and of the stomake For the restraynynge of the same the remedyes whyche be administred to stoppe the floures are conuenient in thys case applyed as well within as without lykewise in prouokynge the same Yf the fluxe come of a colde cause let the pacient be purged with diacatholicon cassia with the decoction of myrobalanes called kebuli equally proportioned accordynge to the strength age of the patient Yf they procede of hote mattier ye shall purge the body wyth diaprunis not solutiue reubarbe wyth the decoction of myrobalane citrine The doctours say that the solutiues must purge in pressing together leauyng some stipticitie in the meÌ„bre that sendeth and receaueth the humours After purgation ii dayes ye shal administer a bathe of thinges the restreyne as sumach roses myrtilles plaÌ„tayn boyled in water wherein hote steele hath beÌ„ queÌ„ched It it is good to take trifera magna cuÌ„ saÌ„guine draconis with a litle mumia a lytle reubarbe wyth wyne of aygre pomegranades Rasis prayseth trosciskes of karabe Playsters for the emoroydes with sumach to restrayne the fluxe of the emoroydes he prayseth the application of a playster of spica written in the chapter of the weaknes of the liuer Item a sirupe of myrte of roses is of great excellencie in this cause Furthermore it is very good to laye vpoÌ„ the rennyng place in the somer a plaister of lentilles roses beanes made wyth water wherin a hote yron hath ben quenched for it stauncheth blood marueylously Item this playster folowing serueth for the same purpose R. of roses of myrtilles of the leaues of plaÌ„taine of the herbe called lingua passerina or knotgresse ana mÌ„ i sethe them all in water wherein hote yron hath ben quenched then stampe them streyne them put therunto a lytle wyne of pomegranades a litle vinaygre of roses shake them together brynge them in the maner of a plaister vse the same If the fluxe of emoroydes chauÌ„ceth in wynter ye must take wormewood with oyle of roses omphacine a lytle sage and mugwort and seeth them in a pot and afterwardes stampe them applye them vpon the place Ye shal put also wtin the fundament this oyntment folowing R. of roses myrtilles knotgrasse anÌ„ â„¥ ss of fraÌ„kensence Ê’.i of saÌ„guis draconis of myldust of â—eane floure anÌ„ Ê’.ii of hares heare cut in smal peces Ê’.ii.ss of bole armeny terre sigill anÌ„ Ê’.iii.ss of tutia of litarge of golde syluer anÌ„ Ê’.i.ss of the iuyce of tapsus barbatus of the iuyce of horsetayle plantayne and comferye ana Ê’.iii the whytes of two egges shake them all together put them into the fundameÌ„t with cotton or wyth lynte for it is a presente remedye to staunche bloode Also byndynge of the armes and shulders and ventoses is verye good to tourne awaye the mattier Also it is profitable to laye a ventose vpon the liuer Item it helppeth muche that the patient eate before his meate some stypstyke thynge as rosted peares or quinces or mynes made of the same medlers wyldynges c. Also ye muste auoyde anger immoderate vse of women and greate exercise Thys doctrine shall suffice for particuler purgation of emoroydes Vniuersall cure of emoroydes Nowe we wyll come to the vniuersall cure whyche shall be accomplyshed by foure intentions The fyrste consisteth in the ordinaunce of diete the seconde in purgation of the mattier antecedente the thyrde in remouinge the matter conioynt the fourth in correction of the accidentes As towchyng the fyrste the patient must vse suche meates as maye engendre good blood and destroy euyl as chickyns hennes partryches fesauntes motton veale sodden wyth herbes that engeÌ„der good blood as borage buglosse lettuse spinache c. He must auoyde all fishe excepte perches and fyshes that lyue amonge stones Also he must auoyde al sharpe thynges that engender melancholyke blood For the seconde intention whiche is to purge the mattier antecedente you shall vse Diacatholicon or Cassia or Diacassia and ye shal forbeare solutyues into whyche Aloes and scamonye enter wherfore it shall suffice to loose the bellye with one of the sayd lenitiues The thyrde intention shall be accomplyshed wyth the administration of locall remedyes And fyrste yf the emoroydes be like mulberies though they be of lytle aperaunce yet they cause great payn which if you swage not spedelye an apostemous or fistulous vlcere maye be engendred in the place Wherefore Lanfranke a lerned man comaundeth at the begynnynge to cutte the veyne called Basilica of the same syde the next daye the veyne saphena of the same syde And if the patient were wont to haue purgation by the veynes emoroydal ye shall prouoke the same and yf he were not acustomed he shal forbeare And herein the chirurgiens erre often tymes applyenge in the begynnynge of emoroydes bloode suckers and thynges that prouoke bloode wherby they haue broughte the place to an aposteme or to a fistula wherfore it is better to studye to swage the payne and to resolue the emoroydes wherunto a suffumigation and fomentation of the place by this decoction folowynge is profitable in all kyndes of emoroydes whyche we haue proued in Iulye the seconde A pope full of pyles R. of the leaues of Malowes and Violettes of
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
veyne And yf the emoroydes be in fourme of lytle outgrowynges of fleshe the payne beynge somewhat remoued it is a good remedye to laye blood suckers theron and thē for the full mundification and resolution of them ye shall administer the forsayd cerote There chaunceth often in thys disease a swellynge rounde and large after the figure of a chestenut which causeth greate peyne and must be cured with the forsaid remedies namelye by resolution and mitigation of payne After the payne is swaged I was wonte to minister the foresayde cerote for perfit resolution Finally if the emoroydes growe to a hote aposteme for the cure therof ye shal resort to the chapter of flegmon The fourth entention whych is to correcte accidentes shal be accomplished by the administratiō of locall remedyes The accidentes of these diseases are these vehement payne gret fluxe of bloode apostemes cākerous putrefaction of the places Concernyng swagyng of payne staunchyng bloode and curation of aposteme we haue spoken in thys present chapter But for as muche as the payne is very vehement for the remotion therof ye maye applye some thynge wherin opium shall enter as thys that foloweth whyche is of the description of Alexander and we haue proued it in thys case in Tenasmō R. of mirre of frankynsence of licium of saffran ana one parte Alexanders liniment of opium two partes braye them and make a linimēt with the muscillage of psilium and oyle of roses wherewyth ye shall annoynte lyut and putte it both wythin with out Here foloweth an other sure and excellent remedye for the same purpose An excellent remedy R. of the leaues of henbane and of malowes and of colewortes ana m̄ i. wrappe them all in peces wete them and rost them vnder coles then stampe them and laboure them in a mortar of leade wyth a lytle oyle of roses the yolke of an egge and a lytle saffran and the meate of rosted apples ℥ ii applye thys medicyne after the maner of a playster And yf the emoroydes growe to blacknes cankerdnes ye shall resorte for the cure therof to the chapter of a canker And thus we ende c. ¶ The fyfth chapter of tenasmon Of tenasmon TEnasmos is a passiō of the gutte called intestinum rectū wherin the patiente hathe great desire to the siege but vttereth nothyng sauyng a lytle flymy mattier as is the gelye of fysh mengled wyth droppes of bloode And thys passion for the more part is caused of grosse and slymie mattier cleuing to the arse gutte whyche louseth the sayde gutte thorow hys slymynes byteth the same thorowe the sharpenes and saltnes styrreth vp the vertue expulsyue and causeth desyre of a siege thys kynde is euer wyth ponderositie or heuines of the place Somtime the sayde passion is engendred through cold of the fete or by the receyuyng of a medicine made wtoute scamony or elebore It chaūceth also sōtime through grosse choleryke and brente bloode and causeth greate payne and the patient vtreth more bloode then fleume And moreouer there happeneth in thys case vlceration in the ende of the muscule which prycketh the vertue expulsiue and prouoketh to siege The cure of tenasmon Cure shal be accomplyshed as it foloweth Fyrste a conuenient purgation muste be vsed that is to saye yf the mattier be hote that the bodye be purged wyth a linityue lectuarye or wyth cassia diacatholicon wyth manna If the matter be colde the patient shall be purged with cassia and diafinicon and diacatholicon Howebeit ye shall note thys one thynge before the administration of a medicine by mouthe ye shall vse a clister linityue to mollifye the dregges of the guttes A linityue clister conuenient for tenasmō in a hote and drye cause maye be thus ordeyned R. of the brothe of hennes or of other fleshe A linitiue clister thre pound of Violettes Malowes camomyll melilote ana m̄ ss of lyneseed ℥ .i. let them seeeh all togyther alytle and make a clyster with oyle of violettes oyle of camomyll and the yolkes of egges a lytle red suger But yf the forsayd passion be caused of a colde mattier the clystre folowyng is to be vsed which mollifieth and purgeth salt and slymy matter and breaketh wynde ℞ of camomil melilote and dyll ana m̄ i. of the leaues of holyhocke m̄ ss of bran m̄ ii of the rootes of tapsus barbatus m̄ i of lyneseed ℥ ii of swete fenelle of anise ana ℥ ss of cumyne a lytle of licoryce ʒ.x the heed of a wether somewhat broken seeth them all to gither with sufficient water tyl half of it be consumed than strayne them and presse them strongly and take of the strayning li. i ss of oile of camomil dyll an̄ ℥ .ii. of oyle of rue ℥ ss of hony of Roses ℥ .iii. the yolkes of ii egges and so vse the clystre Item it is good to bath the place with the decoction of the sayde clyster and to receyue the smoke therof Lykewyse it is a synguler remedye to take the same decoction and oyle of lyneseed in euen quantitye and a litle red sugre the yolke of an egge and to clysteryze the sore place therewith Item oyle of lyneseed rubbed with the roote of tapsus barbatus the leaues thereof and with a lytle mugwort and camomyll and than clystered warme swageth payne effecteouslye Item we haue founde it good to vse a suffumigation of frankensence terebentine a lytle myrre it swageth payne Lykewyse to syt vpon a warme table of a pynapple maketh to the same purpose Item a suffumigation and syttyng vpon the sayde decoction maye conuenyentlye be vsed Colliries also put in to the fundamente passe other remedyes Yea and linimentes brought into the fourme of lyquide oyntmes are of great efficacitie in this disease And therfore the liniment of Alexander noted in the former chapiter is of a maruelous excellēcye for it swageth payne in prouokyng slepe which is a synguler remedye in this case c. ¶ The .vi. Chapter Of the relaxation or loosynge of the gutte called intestinū rectum IT chaūceth often that the arse gutte is molified softened lowsyng of the greit gutte through sondrye causes so that it cometh out of the foūdament of the length of thre fingers and thys passion happeneth mooste in chyldren though it chaunce also in other ages And the cause therof is grosse and slymy fleume cleuynge to the gutte and molifienge the same pryckynge vp the vertue expulsyue wherefore there foloweth greate ytchynge and mollification of the fundamente whereby the gutte issueth out of his acustomed place this passion cometh ofte with tenasmon and happeneth to children by takynge colde in their feete The cure of thys desease The cure shal be accomplished with administratiō of locall medicines First cōuenient purgation and good diet presupposed ye must foment the place with rasyn of pyne apple terebentyne frankynsens and mastik afterwarde sprincle
vpon the gutte some of this pouder vnderwritten R. of roses of mirtiles of the floures of pomegranades ʒ.ii of bolearmenye of terra sigillata poude◠ana ʒ.ii frankensence ʒ.i myngle them togyther and make a fyne poudre of thē all Item the suffumigatiō and bath vnderwrytten is conuenyēt in thys case ℞ of roses myrrylles of lingua passerina or knotgresse of tapsus barbatus of camomyl an̄ m̄ i. of wormwood of mugwort ana m̄ ss of sticados of squinantum of the leaues of plantayne and horsetayle of euery one a lytle of floures of pomegranades of the nuttes of cypres of dyers galles ana nombre x. of roche alume ℥ ss of hipoquistudos of acatia ana ℥ .i. of licium ℥ ii.ss of frankensence of myrre of aloes ana ʒ iii. let these forsayd thinges be sodden with redde wyne and water of plantayne tyll the thyrde parte be consumed and make of this decoctiō a suffumigation and fomentation and afterwarde vse this poudre vpon the gutte ℞ of myrobalans cytrines of the floures of pomegranades of galles ana ʒ.ii of frankēsence of myrre of mastyke bole armenie of terra sigillata of hipoquistidos ana ℥ i.ss mengle them togyther and poudre them fynely After suffumigation of the bathe ye shall conuey the gutte into his place with your fynger Item oyle of roses omphacyne oyle myrtyne in equall quantitie and sodden with the forsayde poudre and a lytle iuce of plantayne and mugwort tyl the iuce be consumed is a soueraygne medycyne to annoynt the gutta or the fundament therwith Furthermore pylles of bdellium make to the purpose Diacatholicon also with the decoction of myrobalanes citrines emblykes maye sometyme be permytted Item redde wyne moderatly delayed and ryce sodden in the brothe of hennes or mutten ben conuenient in this case And the patient muste rather vse rosted fleshe than sodden Et sic deo dante c. ¶ The syxte treatise of the vlcers of the pryuey membres of women and of the partes thereof ¶ The fyrst Chapter Of the chappes of the sayde places called ragadie or fyssure THe remedyes written in the chappes of the fundamente are conueniente in this case De ragadiis value neuerthelesse we wyll descrybe some remedyes which we our selues haue proued And fyrst a lyniment of good operation ℞ of oyle omphacyne ʒ ii of oyle of lyneseede ℥ .i. of gootes tallowe of calues tallow an̄ ʒ.vi of the iuces of plātayne of nyghtshade of lingua passerina or knotgras an̄ ℥ ss Let them seeth al togyther tyl the iuces be consumed then strayne them and put to the straynynge as moche whyte waxe as shall suffyce laboure them in a mortare of leade the space of .ii. houres and put therunto of lytarge of golde ℥ .x. of tutia ʒ.ii of brēt leade ʒ.i.ss make a liniment hereof Before ye apply this linimēt ye shall vse suffumigation and fomentation A good bathe of the matrice with the decoction vnder wrytten ℞ of roses of myrtyls of the leaues of plantayne of lingua passerina or knotgrasse of tapsus barbatus and of horsetayle ana m̄ ii of mallowes violettes clere barly and lentyles ana m̄ i. Let them seeth all togyther wyth suffycyent quantitie of water tyl the thyrde parte be consumed and vse them as is aforesayd Item the sayde decoction with syrupe of roses cast into the place with a syrynge is a great remedye for the chappes of the matryce Oyle also of the yolkes of egges with butter and a lytle tutia and a lytle brent leade laboured in a mortare of leade the space of .iii. houres healeth the sayde chappes Moreouer a collirye made wyth water of Roses and water of plantayne with a whyte syef wythout opium maye conuenyentlye be mynystred c. ¶ The .ii. Chapter Of the vlcers of the matrice and the secrete partes of women THe vlcers of these places are cōmenly virulēt and yll complexioned and are caused of hote corrosyue rotten or cācreous matter wherfore the remedyes noted in the chappes of the vlcers of the yarde are conuenyent in this case and they dyffer not greatly from the cōmen cure of other vlcers wherfore yf they be corrosiue ye shal resort to the propre chapter therof lykewyse in other cases But ye shall note that the remedyes of these vlcers muste be more desiccatiue than of other fleshy vlcers by reason of the moystnesse of the place And therfore Galene sayeth that the vlcers of the secrete partes nede not moyst ne mollificatiue medicines but rather thinges desiccatyue and citatrisatiue Here foloweth a remedy convenient in vlcers of this place euyll complexioned and caused of hote matter ℞ of the water of plantayne of the water of roses an̄ li. ss of whyte sief without opiū Collyrie for hote matter ℥ .iii. of myrobalane cytrine ℥ i. ss of camphore graynes ii mengle them togyther and make a collirie A liniment for the same purpose ℞ of oyle of roses omphacyne of vnguen rosa or in the stede therof of vnguen Galeni ℥ .ii. of calues tallowe melted ℥ i.ss of the iuce of plantayne and nyghtshade of the iuce of lingua passerina or knotgrasse an̄ ʒ vi seeth them all togyther tyll the iuces be consumed then strayne them and make a softe oyntment with white waxe accordyng to arte adding in the ende of litarge of golde and syluer of ceruse an̄ ℥ .i. of tutia ʒ ii ss of antimoniū ʒ.ss of brēt lede ʒ.i of cāphorbrayed accoordyng to arte ℈ .i. mēgle them and laboure them in a mortare of leade the space of an houre and so vse the lyniment An other liniment ℞ of oyle of roses complete of oyle omphacine of vnguen Galeni ℥ .ii. of the iuce of plātayne ℥ .x. of litarge of golde and syluer ana ʒ.vi of ceruse ℥ ss of tutia ℥ .ii ss of camphore graynes .iii. mengle them togyther make a lyniment in a mortare of leade Yf the vlcers bene maligne and virulent and corrosiue there is no better remedy then to applye oure poudre of mercury Lykewyse vnguen egiptiacū mengled with asmoche vnguetū applorū is conuenyently admynystred in the same vlcers water of plantayne also wyth a lytle alume and liciū is of the same efficacitie Note here that when the malignitie and corrosyon is remoued the oyntmentes aforesayde may be conueniently vsed Yf the sayde vlcers ben cācreous ye shal scarifye the place that they be in and applye bloodsuckers and afterwarde wash the place with the lye of the decoction of lupynes Also in this case to vse vnguentum egiptiacum is an excellent remedy for it byteth away euyll flesh and cōserueth the good Yf a stronger medicine be requyred ye shall admynistre an hote yron Fynally yf the matryce or the necke thereof growe to a cancreous vlceration whiche thynge is knowen by the pryckynge and inflāmation of the same and by the stynkynge odour of the matter and of the sondry coloure therof and whan
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
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
sealed vp the vlceres wyth vngueÌ„tum de minio and wyth a lotion of water of alume and yf nede so requyred I renewed the pouder for sometyme these pustules are healed break oute agayne wyth malignitie of the fleshe Wherfore it is nedefull to renewe the medicine And forasmuche as after cycatrisation scabby and vlcerous pustules do sprede throughe out all the bodye the former purgation presupposed I ordeined thys bath vnderwrytten â„ž of fumiterre of the rootes of dockes and the leaues therof of euery one a lytle bundel of barlye lentiles and lupines of euery one mÌ„ ij of the rootes of enula campana of the rootes of walworte ana .li. ss of black elebore brayed â„¥ ij of hony .li. i. of brymstone Ê’ iij. seeth them al with sufficient water tyll the thyrde parte be consumed then let the patient enter into the bathe and swete therin and afterwarde lette hym be washed wyth the same decoction for it dryeth and clenseth all scabbes And the sayd bath muste be vsed twyse a weke After the bathe anoynt the pustulous place wyth a lyniment folowing â„ž of the oyle of laurel and mastycke of euery one â„¥ i. of swynes grese of butyre of euery one â„¥ iij. of the foresayd decoction .li. i. let them seeth all tyl the decoction be consumed then put therto of clere terebentyne â„¥ ij ss of storax liquide Ê’ i. of whyte waxe â„¥ v. ss of lytarge of golde and syluer of euery one â„¥ iij. of roche alume burned â„¥ i. ss of myrrhe Ê’ iij. of frankensence Ê’ vi of ceruse Ê’ x. of the iuyce of lymous Ê’ vij yf greater dryeng be requyred adde thervnto of quycksyluer quenched with spytle â„¥ ij and anoynte the scabbes therwyth twyse a daye And yf the sayd medicines profyte not nether the paine is cesed but new vlcers returne often theÌ„ ye shall procede wyth other oyntmeÌ„tes and cerotes wherin quick syluer entreth of whyche we wyll speake hereafter ¶ The seconde chapter of the French pockes confyrmed wyth vlcerations paynes swellynges and hardnes chauÌ„cyng vpon the bones c. Of the freÌ„ch pockes confyrmed WE haue described in the former chap. the cure of the freÌ„che pockes not coÌ„firmed Nowe we wyll treate of the same dysease beynge confyrmed with the accidentes therof Fyrst I saye a coÌ„uenient purgation good dyete presupposed the oyntment folowyng is ryght excellent passeth all other And ye muste anoynt the hole body chiefly the vlcered places tyll the tethe begynne to ake or in the stede of the linimente laye a cerote vpon the armes and legges ones or twyse a daye But when the tethe do ake ye shal cease from anoyntyng let the patient kepe hym warme tyll hys goÌ„mes cease to water And bycause that ofteÌ„tymes thorough muche spytle caused throughe anoyntynge an vlceration is wont to be ingendred in the goÌ„mes the places lyeng aboute wyth muche stynkynge therfore ye muste haue a diligente regarde therof Wherfore at the begynnynge of suche a fluxe ye muste not vse styptike medicines for thorowe theyr stipticitie the matter whych moueth might be called backward agayne wherfore from the daye that such matter begynneth to flowe it is good to procede with gargarismes which coole with some abstertion the space of a weeke wherof we wyll make mencion herafter And bycause that some peraduenture wyl condempne the forsayd remedyes for that quycksyluer goeth vnto them I wyll answere by the auctoritie of Galene whyche sayeth that yf a dysease haue but one way to health we muste assaye the same though it be ryght hard and daungerous Furthermore I knowe not why the phisicions shulde condempne medicines made wyth quycksyluer seynge the many remedyes made wyth the sayd quycksyluer are founde in the bookes of auncient later doctours in the curation of easy dyseases as in the cure of scabbes salt fleume tetters ryngewormes c. And though the operatioÌ„ of the sayd mercury seme to be repulsiue to dryue the matter froÌ„ the outwarde partes into the mydle of the bodye whych is the foundament of the forsayd doctours opinion neuerthelesse the same doctours Defence of quycksyluer haue not well consydered the maner of repercussion whych chauÌ„ceth by the application of remedyes made wyth quycksyluer we saye therfore that ther be two kyndes of repercussion wherof one is to deteyne and kepe in the matter as it were in a pryson wherby the member is corrupted and great paynes ensue The other is a repercussioÌ„ whose offyce is to sende the matter to the myddell from the outwarde partes with a benefyte of many purgations as of vryne swete spytle and solution of the bely wherfore thys last repercussion is the true curation of the said dysease For by the purgatioÌ„s that folowe well nygh al dyseases are woÌ„t to be cured Seynge then that thys is the true curation of the sayd dysease as we haue often proued that the payne hath cessed and the vlcers haue ben perfytlye mundifyed by the only application of the forsayd vnctioÌ„n and cerote vppon the armes and vpoÌ„ the legges Therof it foloweth that this kynd of repercussion maye be conueniently vsed Now lest we shuld seme to spende tyme in vayne we wyl describe the fore sayd liniment whych may be administred in any tyme of this dysease â„ž of swynes grese melted .li. i. of oyle of camomil dill ana â„¥ i. of oyle of mastik laurel ana â„¥ i. of liquide storax Ê’ x. of the rootes of enula caÌ„pana somwhat brused of the rootes of walwort ana â„¥ iiij of squinaÌ„ of stica ana a lytle of euphorbium brayed â„¥ ss of odoriferous wyne .li. i. let theÌ„seth al together tyll the wyne be consumed then streine them and adde to the streynynge of lytarge of golde â„¥ vij of frankensence of masticke ana Ê’ vi of rasyne of the pyne tree â„¥ i. ss of clere terebentyne â„¥ i. of quicksyluer queÌ„ched with spitle â„¥ iiii melt the oyles and incorporate them all together wyth â„¥ i. ss of waxe and make a liniment and anoynt therwith with your hande the forsayde places binde theron a hote cloth For the sayd oyntment healeth the desease and all his accidentes within the space of a weake For it taketh awaye the cause antecedent and bringeth oute the corrupt humors by swetes and by spitle Item the description of the cerote folowing maketh for the same purpose whiche I haue proued a thousande tymes with great worshyp and profyt the forme therof is this â„ž of the oyles of camomille spyke A cerote of nâ—ble operatioâ— and lillies ana â„¥ ii of oyle of saffran â„¥ i. of swynes grese .li. i. of calues suet .l. i. of euphorbiuÌ„ Ê’ v. of frankensence Ê’ x. of oyle of laurell â„¥ i. ss the fatte of a viper â„¥ ii ss of quicke frogges in noÌ„ber .vj. of washed wormes with wine â„¥ iij. ss of the iuyce of the rotes of walworte and enula campana ana â„¥ ii of squinantum of
sticados mugwort ana mÌ„ i. of odoriferous wyne .li. ii let them sethe all together tyll the wyne be consumed then streyne them and put to the streynyng of litarge of gold .li. i. of clere terebentyne â„¥ ii make a cerote with sufficiente white waxe after the maner of a sparadrap addinge in the ende of the decoctioÌ„ liquide storak â„¥ i. ss then take the cerote from the fier stirre it till it be luke warme afterwarde put thervnto of quicksyluer quenched with spitle â„¥ iiii stirre it aboute well till the quicksyluer be incorporate This cerote is of more noble operation then linimeÌ„tes more delectable to the pacieÌ„tes but we ought to note that before the administratioÌ„ of the said cerote vnction it is necessarie to muÌ„difie the place froÌ„ al malignitie euil flesh that afterward a good cicatrise may be made for if ye ministre the sayde thynges before mundification of the vlcers though the seyd vlceres come to sicatrisation they sone returne agayne and newe spryng bycause the cicatrisation was not made in quicke and good flessh we affirme the same thynge of a corrupte bone for excepte the corruption be fyrst taken awaye with raspatories the curation shall be of none effecte Furthermore frome the daye of the application of the sayde medycynes the paciente muste holde in hys mouthe some of the decoction folowynge Dâ—coâ—tion and wasshe his mouthe therewith tylle the cerote be remoued â„ž of cleane barly mÌ„ i. ss of the rootes of langdebefe mÌ„ ss of the sede of quinces Ê’ i. ss of the floures of vyolettes of reysons ana mÌ„ ss Let them seth all togyther in sufficient water tylle the barlye breake then streyne them and vse them with a iuleb of vyolettes as is afore sayde This gargarisme coolethe and defendeth breakynge oute of the mouthe Item it is good in the same tyme to holde in the mouthe a pype of gold or a rynge that the vapoures of the corrupte matter maye issue out And bycause that often tymes there chauncethe greatte vlcerations of the mouthe it is nedefull that ye reteine the matter whiche caused the sayd vlceration which thyng we were woÌ„t to doo by wasshynge the armes and legges twyse a daye with the lotion vnderwrytten â„ž of camomyl worm wood mugwurt sage rosemary roses ana mÌ„ ii of sticados of squinantum of maioram of calamint of organye ana mÌ„ ss of the nuttes of cypres somewhat stamped in nuÌ„bre .x. of hony l. i. of salt â„¥ ii of roch alume Ê’ x. let them seth altogither with sufficient barboures lye a litle odoriferous wine til the thrid part be coÌ„sumed This lotion is good both to reteyne and turne away the matter that causeth vlceracion of the mouth and also to coÌ„fort the meÌ„bres that therafter they receyue not the matter antecedeÌ„t which done ye shal returne to the cure of the vlcers of the mouthe that is accoÌ„plished with the lotioÌ„s vnder wrytteÌ„ wherfore I was wont to wash the mouth with this gargarisme â„ž of clene barly of roses of sumach ana mÌ„ i. of water wherin an hoote yron hath beÌ„ queÌ„ched l. vi let theÌ„ seeth altogyther til .ii. partes be coÌ„sumed then strein theÌ„ put therunto of syrupe of roses â„¥ iii. hony of roses â„¥ ii of roche alume Ê’ x. let them seeth agayne a litle so vse the gargarisme Item with the same medicine let the patieÌ„t gargarise gootes mylke cowes mylke shepes mylke with a iulep of violettes or in the stede thereof let him gargarise water of barlye sodden to the vttermost with the sameiulep Also water of plaÌ„tayne of violets nightshade with whyte sugre somwhat boyled may coÌ„ueniently be vsed to this same intention For these last lotions cleÌ„se and coole the place and depresse the sharpnesse of the matter but the first water hath vertue to drye to kepe of the corruption of the gummes remouynge the euyll flesshe There is somtyme so grete putrefaction in the gummes that the partes lying about ar vlcered after such sort that it is necessary to anoynt the sayde places with vngueÌ„ egip which is a principall remedy in this case A lotion ricaâ—risatyne Fynally we were wont to fynish vp the cure of the guÌ„mes and other vlcers of the mouth with this lotion â„ž of the water of plantayne li. i. of the tendre stalkes of brambles of the leaues of wylde olyues of horsetayle anÌ„ mÌ„ j. of the water of barly mÌ„ i. ss of licium Ê’ ii of honye of roses â„¥ iii. of roche alume Ê’ vi let them seeth all togyther tyll halfe be coÌ„sumed and vse the same as it is aforesayde But for asmoche as this disease is wont to returne after a certayne space of yeares or monethes therfore it is profytable to vse a laxatiue medicine twyse a yere that is to say in the sprynge of the yere and in harueste takynge this syrupe viii dayes before he vse the laxatiue â„ž of mirobalanes called embli beller indi â„¥ i. of the floures of violets floures of buglosse borage cicorie anÌ„ mÌ„ i. ss of the iuce of fumiterrye â„¥ iii. of of the iuce of borage of the iuce of endine anÌ„ Ê’ ii of the iuce of buglosse of the iuce of soure apples anÌ„ â„¥ iii. ss of reysons iuiubes damaske prunes sebesten anÌ„ Ê’ x. of cleane licorysse somewhat stamped â„¥ ii polipodye â„¥ i. ss of swete fenel Ê’ iii. of hertestoÌ„ge maydeÌ„ heere gallitricuÌ„ pollitricuÌ„ ana mÌ„ i. ss of the coddes of sene of epithimuÌ„ anÌ„ â„¥ ss of chosen agarik Ê’ xviii of blacke elebore Ê’ xiiii of water of endyue maydenheer fumiterry buglosse anÌ„ li. iii. of the wyne of pomegranades li. ss braye the thynges that are to be brayed and then let them seeth vntyl the thyrde parte be consumed then strayue them addynge to the straynynge of whyte sugre as moche as shall suffyce and make a syrupe in a good forme puttyng in of moste fyne reubarbe lythed in the water of endiue Ê’ vi ss as it were in the ende of the decoction and put the rest of the reubarbe in a pece of lynen bound with a threde that it may seeth froÌ„ the begynnyng of the seconde and the last decoction to the ende therof and vse it with waters of maydenheere buglosse and fenel and also without waters The receite therof is from â„¥ i. to Ê’ xii and it is of an excellent operation in the frenche pockes confyrmed chefely in the winter for it digesteth flegmatik grosse and melaÌ„cholik matter bringeth it forth by lytle and lytle And it is a generall rule as Mesue sayeth not to vse a purgation only ones or twyse but often a space of tyme put betwene and so teÌ„pred that nature maye rule the purgation and not the purgation nature After digestion Purgation let the patient be purged with this purgation â„ž diacatholicoÌ„ â„¥ ss of diafinicon Ê’ ii of the coÌ„fection of hamech of electuariuÌ„ indi ana
â„¥ i. of chosen manna â„¥ ss make a small potion wyth the decoction of cordiall frutes and floures but in the somer yf nede be the purgation and digestioÌ„ noted in the former chapter may conuenyently be mynistred IteÌ„ it is very good to take the space of a weke a sponefull of the forsayde syrupe fastynge without waters and also to receyue .vii. houres before dyner as moche triacle as the quaÌ„titie of a chesnutte Lykewyse the pylles vnderwrytten are good to be gyuen before the application of the vnctioÌ„s and other remedyes and ye muste gyue therof at ones but Ê’ ss at mydnyght or in the mornyng Piâ—â—es for the pockes â„ž of black elebore of good turbyth ana Ê’ ii of Galenes tryacle â„¥ ss of tormentylle of genciane of dytanye ana Ê’ ss of diagridium â„¥ ss of reubarbe â„¥ i. ss of the spyces of hiera with agarik Ê’ ii mengle them togyther and make pylles with a syrupe of sticados after the maner of peason the receyte of them is froÌ„ ℈ ii to Ê’ i. Somtyme one is receiued somtyme ii and somtyme .iii. IteÌ„ let the patient receyue pylles ordeyned agaynst the frenche pockes and the accidentes therof after our description wherwith we haue healed many with this cerote Special puÌ„les for the pâ—â—kes forsayde remedyes The forme of them is this â„ž of myrobalanes embli belli indi anÌ„ Ê’ ii ss of the spices of mastik pilles â„¥ ss of sticados of the coddes of sene of epithymi of saffran ana Ê’ ss of gentiane of anise ana Ê’ i. of polipodie of blacke elebore an Ê’ ii fyne turbith Ê’ i ss of diagridiuÌ„ ℈ iiii of gynger of serapyne of cynamuÌ„ of nutmygges of lignuÌ„ aloes of tormentil of dytanye of carduus benedictus coloquintida ana ℈ ii of agaricke in trociskes of fyne reubarbe of washen aloes ana â„¥ ss of Galenes triacle Ê’ vi make pylles after the maner of peason with a syrupe of vynegre The dose is Ê’ i. SoÌ„tyme .v. pilles are receyued somtyme iii. soÌ„time one Note also that they haue great strength agaynst the pestileÌ„ce Also ye shall obserue that whan this disease is coÌ„firmed it is very seldome healed but with a cure palliatiue And as concernyng his confirmatioÌ„ it hathe no determyned tyme but by signes for in some bodyes it is coÌ„firmed in .vi. monethes which seldome chaunceth in some within a yeare in some wtin a yere an halfe And we call this desease confirmed when in processe of tyme these accidentes are founde therein namelye swellynges hardnesse pryckyng virulent and corrosyue vlcerations with corruption of the bones payne of the ioyntes and foreheed c. Thus we ende c. ¶ The .iii. Chapter Of the deed euyll or mortmale THe deed euyl as the doctoures of this tyme testify is a maligne fylthy and corrupt scabbe which begynneth for the most part in the armes thyghes legges chefly in the legges it causeth crusty pustles ful of fylthy matter This disease coÌ„meth by the way of coÌ„tagion as wytnesseth rosa anglicana soÌ„tyme of a leprous woman somtyme of a scabby somtyme of a woman which had lately the floures After that this disease is confyrmed as some men saye it is not healed but by a cure palliatiue And this disease is confirmed after a yere and an halfe or there about and therfore it is lyke to the frenche pockes in sygnes causes and cure Concernynge the forsayd medicines as well locall as vniuersall for the cure of the french pockes we toke them of theodorik in the Chapiter of mortmale and in the chapter of the cure of scabbes wherfore before the curation of thys disease we thought it coÌ„uenieÌ„t to wryte a chapter of the frenche pockes for the remedyes of the one agreeth with the other The cause antecedente of this disease for the most parte consysteth in euyll meates and drynkes whiche engendre corrupt humours and ther fore we haue seene sometymes that the forsayde pustles haue become maligne and haue bene turned into cancrenositie whereby also the pustles are somewhat raysed aboue the fleshe wyth the coloure of a mulberye halfe rype And than I scarifyed the place depely vnto the bone and the patient semed to fele nothyng wherfore this disease passeth from cancrena to aschachillos and esthiomenos This disease is engendred of grosse melancholyke and corrupte bloode a signe wherof is blaknesse of pustles Somtyme also it chaunceth that gros and salt steme is mengled with melancholie of which large pustles or scabbes are engeÌ„dred of whyte colour with some blewnesse and moche itchynge The curation of this disease hath two regimentes namely vniuersal perticuler The vniuersall is accomplysshed by losyng of the belly accordynge to the euyll humoure by cuttynge the veyne and by application of bloodesuckers vpon the veynes emorroydall Yf the pustles bene blacke whiche is a sygne of melancholye it must be digested with this syrupe folowing â„ž of the lesse syrupe of fumiterry of the syrupe of the iuce of endyue ana Ê’ v. of oximel symple Ê’ ii of the water of fumiterrye of maydenheere of endiue ana â„¥ i. when the patient hath vsed this syrupe the space of a weke let him take the purgation folowing â„ž of diacatholicon â„¥ i of the confection of hamech Ê’ x. ss make a smal potion wyth the decoction of cordyall floures and frutes addyng of polypodye of hartestonge of maydenheere coddes of sene and epithimi ana a litle and of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. ss ☞ Here ye shal note that bicause melancholye is erthye therfore it is conuenyent to renewe the digestion and to purge it being digested wyth the forsayde purgation which purgation also ye shall vse often But yf the matter be melancolycke wyth salte fleame let it be thus digested â„ž of syrupe of fumiterrye of oxisaccaruÌ„ of oximel ana â„¥ ss of the water of fumiterrye and maydenheere ana â„¥ i. ss mengle them togyther and lette the patien vse therof the space of a weke when the matter is digested whiche is knowen by the good coloure multitude and some grosnesse of the vryne then let the patient be purged with the purgation folowyng â„ž of diacatholicon and diafinicon ana Ê’ iiii of the confection of hamech â„¥ ss make a small potion with the forsayde decoction addynge of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. Item pylles of fumiterry and pilles aggregatiue may be somtyme conuenyentlye admynystred in stede of the forsayde purgation Also the incision of the veyne basilica is very good in this case for it purgeth gros blood Morouer bloodsuckers layed vpon the veynes emoroidall ventoses applyed in any place of the bodye hath broughte greate ease in this sycknesse The perticuler remedyes shal be accomplyshed by the admynistratioÌ„ of local medicines I wyl recite certayn remedyes whiche I haue vsed after purgation wyth worshyp and profyte Fyrst I ordeyned the bathe vnderwrytten wherew t I wasshed the scabby places twise a day â„ž dockes fumiterry anÌ„ mÌ„ ii of
that it shal be of greter exiccation or drying put to the forsayd oyntment of lyme thryse washed with rayne water ℥ i. ss of liquide storax ℥ ss and so vse thē Forthermore all meates that engendre grosse brente and colerycke bloode muste be auoyded as grosse flesh pepered and salted meates garlyke mustarde drye fygges c. Somtyme yf the age and strength of the patient wolde suffre it is conuenient to draw blood out of the veyne basilica most often in this case ventoses are to be vsed vpon the shulders armes buttockes and thyghes chefely whā the scab is spred through oute all the body And therefore Auicen aloweth wel the application of ventoses vpō the thighes with scarificatiōs we haue proued moreouer that laying of blood-suckers vpon the emorroidal veines is verye profytable to drawe oute gros melancholy and burned blood Pylles also in this case are greatlye praysed of Auicenne so that one onelye be taken at one tyme. But I was wonte to admynistre the pylles vnderwrytten ℞ of wasshed aloes ℥ i. of pylles of mastik ℥ ii make pylles lyke peason with the iuce of celydonye The receyte of them in hole parsōs is ʒ ss vnto .iii. ℈ Yf ye wyll haue it of a stronger purgation put therunto of pylles of fumiterry ℈ .i. c. ¶ The .v. Chapter Of the paynes of the ioyntes that is of artetik goute in the handes and feete and kneees ¶ To the moost reuerende lorde my lorde Sixtus prest of the Romayne church vicechaunceler of the titule of saynt Peter ad vincula A Passion arthetyke as the aunciente and later wrytters declare is an outwarde payne of the ioynctes caused of abūdaunce of fleume Of the peyne in the ioynctes and sometymes of colerike humours rennyng to the sayd ioynctes And according to the places wherunto the mattier floweth it receyueth sondrye names wherfore when it floweth to the fete it is called podagra when it floweth to the handes it is called chiragra and when it renneth to the knees it is called genugra and when the sayd humours be arriued into the hyppes it causeth the gout called sciatica The payne wherof is extended from the hippe to the lytle too In the goute called Podagra the peyne begynneth about the great too In chiragra about the fore finger or thōbe they whyche haue thys disease lyue in reste and pleasure a riotous lyfe wtout excersice of the body whiche also eate grosse and melancholike meates and pulses as beanes peason Cycers c. wherfore Ypocrates sayeth that the grecians called Helenes were troubled wyth the gout bycause they vsed to eate beanes and peason and other pulse Thys passion moreouer is founde in prelates of the churche in those whych were poore men and afterwarde came to some hye dignitie wherefore they gaue them selfe to slouthfulnes delicate lyuyng wherwyth the ioynctes are wont to be troubled wyth grosse slymye humours thorow euyl digestion wherfore moderate excercise is verye good to auoide this disease idelnes doth the cōtrarye For as yron cankreth when it is not exercised so mannes body thorowe rest is corrupted with euyl humours Neuerthelesse immoderate exercise chiefly vehement walkynge prouoketh the goute in the fete as Arnolde de noua villa doth witnesse sayeng of muche drynkynge of wyne of greate walkynge of often vse of women and by forbearynge of accustomed purgatiōs innumerable persōs become goutie And thys passion cometh by inheritaunce and it is merueylouse peynful chiefly yf it be engendred of a hote cause so that it bryngeth the patiente in despiratiō to a palsy to apoplexia to difficultie of breathyng perturbation of the sences and sodeyne death But the peynes of a goute caused of a colde grosse and slymye mattier be not very greate Howbeit they contynewe longe and therfore Hipocrates sayth that sometyme they are not ended in .xl. dayes But when the mattier is hote they ende in .xiiii. dayes as I haue sene in Iulio secundo I haue often sene that this disease hath proceded of a grosse slymye and chalkye mattier so that the mēbers haue euer remayned croked and knobbye And this kind of the gout receyueth no cure but a palliatyue cure as Ouide sayth Soluere nodosam nescit medicina podagram that is no medicyne can heale the knobbie gout And marueale not yf the peynes of ioynctes procedyng of a hote cause ben greate for as Galene sayeth that humours whyche cause peyne in the handes fete knees or haunches fyl the concauitie or holownes whych is betwene the ioynctes and stretche out the ligamētes muscules and synnowes and thorow that stretchyng a great peyn is caused and no crampe which peynes chaunce for the moost part in the spryng of the yere and in the heruest chiefly in the ioynctes of the fyngers and the toes Cornelius Celsus sayth to thys purpose that the peynes of ioynctes come soner to the toes and fyngers thā to other partes And the thys disease chaunceth not to gelded men nether to yong mē that haue not had copulation with womē nether to women that haue not theyr accustomed purgations reteyned To come to our purpose we ought to consider the cause and the accedentes of the disease And we must know that one kynde of the goute cometh of a colde cause an other of hote And of those the procede of hote mattier some are with great peyne as those which come of pure choler and some ar not of so great peyne they come of choler mēgled with fleume The peynes of the ioynctes procedyng of cold mattier are small moderate but they are hard to heale and dure longer as we haue said and the place where the peyne is is swollen and whyte But if the mattier be hote the place is red and in thys passion there chaunceth often a lytle fieuer whych is wont to ende whē the mattier leaueth his sinnowie places and cometh to the outwarde partes And therfore Galene sayth that in the peynes of the teeth and of the ioynctes it is a good signe For when swellyng chaunceth in the outwarde partes it is a greate token that the mattier hath left his synnewe and is come to the fleshye particule Further we saye that thys disease maye be nombred amonge colde and hote apostemes and therfore there be thre causes therof as antecedent primityue and conioyncte as we haue declared in the treatyse of apostemes The members from whence the mattier of the said peynes procede are diuers for when the mattier is flegma tyke and slymye it cometh from the stomake or from the brayne And yf the mattier be hote that is to say choleryke or sanguine those humours procede alwaye from the lyuer And so sayeth Anicenne declarynge that thys disease procedeth of the superfluitie of the seconde and thyrde digestion And the mēbers that receiue this mattier are the ioynctes But Anicēne deuideth these causes .iii. maner waies Fyrste into a cause efficient which hath humours Secōdly into a cause instrumētall and
those are the waies and condittes by whyche the mattier cometh to the ioynctes The thyrde cause is the partes receyuyng namely the ioynctes weakned by nature or by some other chaunce Naturally wheÌ„ they ben prepared by enheritauÌ„ce to the ioyncte accidentally bycause the patient hathe suffred a strocke in the ioynctes or an aposteme or hathe vsed the euyl diete aforesayd we haue declared sufficientlye the causes and signes Cure of goutes now we wil come to the cure The cure of thys disease hath thre intentions The fyrst is diete the seconde purgation of the mattier antecedent the thirde is local medicines and remouing of the accidentes For the fyrst intention it is necessary to vse meates that engeÌ„der good bloode as flesh of byrdes chyckyns veale byrdes of the mountaynes as pertriches fesauntes c. Hys wyne muste be claret delayed wyth sodden water yf he the hath the disease wolde vse soddeÌ„ water with hony it shulde be very profitable and might kepe of the goute from comynge to hym In the declaration of the disease the patient maye vse wyne with the sayd water or with the decoction of cinamome All herbes rootes and all kyndes of poulse that engender troublous and grosse blood are to be forborne whith all diligence in this sicknes And likewise all kindes of flesh that engender grosse blood and melaÌ„cholike as bief porke byrdes of the ryuers c. But although herbes be forbiden yet spynache betes lettuse parcelye soden with conuenient fleshe maye be permitted And also the patient maye vse Rice almondes cleane barlye in the broth of the foresayd kyndes of fleshe A notable phisicion Hugo de Senis couÌ„celeth in thys disease procedynge of a colde mattier to vse sage rosemarye spike wyth a lytle cynamome nutmeges for it digesteth grosse mattier and comforteth the sinnowes But al pepered thynges and salte and hote thynges as garlyke oynyons radysh rocket and all sharpe and tarte thynges muste be auoyded and lykewyse all kyndes of Colewortes and rapes wheÌ„ the matter the causeth the gout is hote the wyne must be more delayed wyth water than wheÌ„ the mattier is cold and the diete must be more cold in herbes and fleshe and a lytle more subtyle And the patient must absteyn from eles and such fyshes Howbeit he maye eate sometymes carpes roches perches Furthermore he must absteyne froÌ„ al see fysh except those that haue redde fleshe and small bodyes The seconde entention is accoÌ„plyshed by the administration of purgations and digestions accordynge to the disposition of the humours for yf the mattier be hote and chieflye coleryke thys digestiue folowyng is conuenient R. of a syrupe of roses by infusion ana Ê’ vi of water of buglosse hoppes endyue ana â„¥ i. geue it the patient twyse a daye Yf the mattier be sanguine and the goute in the haÌ„des ye shal cutte the veyne basilica If the goute be in the feete ye shall cutte the veyne called hepatica or the comune veyne of the arme on the same side If it be a sciatica the comune veyne of the contrary arme shal be cutte In the state of the disease for the euacuation of the mattier conioynct ye maye open the veyne called saphena on the same side For Celsus saith that the cuttynge of a veyne in the begynnynge of thys disease kepeth the patient that he be not vexed wyth the goute for euer or at the leste the space of a yere When the mattier is sanguine digest it wyth thys syrupe R. of a syrupe of the iuyce of endyue of syrupe of roses made by infusion of the lesse syrupe of fumiterre anÌ„ â„¥ ss of the waters of endyue hoppes and fumitery anÌ„ â„¥ i. or make it thus Recipe of syrupe de besantiis of syrupe of roses by infusion and of syrupe of endyue anÌ„ â„¥ ss of waters of endyue buglosse and fumiterry anÌ„ â„¥ i. But yf the mattier be mengled with fleume then the digestiue shal be after thys sorte R. of syrupe of the iuyce of endyue of sirupe de duabus radicibus without vinayger of the lesse syrupe of fumiterry anÌ„ â„¥ ss of the waters of endyue fumiterry and fenell ana â„¥ i. But yf the mattier be vtterly colde and grosse than thys digestion folowynge is moost conuenient R. of syrupe de duabus radicibus wythout vinaygre of hony of â—â—ses streyned of oximel ana â„¥ ss of the waters of fenell sage rosemary ana â„¥ i. and let it be spiced wyth a lytle cynamome nutmegges in the winter After the coleryke mattier is digested by the space of sixe dayes at the leste then ye shall vse this purgation R. of chosen manna â„¥ i. of an electuary of the iuyce of Roses â„¥ ss make a smal potion with the decoction of cordial floures frutes or make it thus R. of diaprunis noÌ„ solutiui â„¥ i. of the electuary of iuyce of roses of electuary of roses after the description of Mesue anÌ„ Ê’ ii make a small potion wyth the foresaid decoction An other way R. of the pylles of harmodactiles the lesse after Mesue ℈ ii of pilles assagereth Ê’ ss make .v. pylles wyth the water of endyue and let the patient take them an houre before daye and lette hym fast sixe houres after an hour after dynner he may slepe a litle hour yf he haue great lyste to slepe If the mattier be saÌ„guine the purgation folowyng is very conuenient R. of diacatholicon of cassia ana â„¥ ss of an electuarie of roses after Mesue Ê’ iii. make a small potion wyth the comon decoction or thus R. of an electuary of roses after Mesue ℈ iiii make a lozenge wyth sugre and let the patitient take it an houre before day with the foresayd prouiso But yf the mattier be meÌ„gled that is to saye yf it be hote and colde for the purgation therof we muste vse medicynes that haue mengled vertues of whyche thys maye be one R. of diafinicon of cassia ana â„¥ ss of electuary of roses Ê’ ii make a small potion wyth the foresayd decoctioÌ„ or ye may make it thus R. of diacatholicon diafinicoÌ„ ana â„¥ ss of an electuarie of roses after Mesue Ê’ i. ss make a smal potioÌ„ with the water of fenel buglosse and smaâ—ge addyng of syrupe of violettes â„¥ â—orthus R. of the pilles of hermodac tiles the greater and the lesse ana Ê’ ss of agaryke made in trosciskes ℈ i. make .v. pilles wyth the water of endyue and fenel which the patient shal receyue an houre before daye as is aforesayd Furthermore yf the mattier be vtterly colde and grosse it shall be thus purged R. diafinicon Ê’ vi diacatholicon â„¥ ss of agaryke in trociskes Ê’ ss make a smal potion wyth the decoction of damaske prunes mayden heare pollitricuÌ„ gallitricuÌ„ cordiall floures addyng syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. or make it thus R. pilles of hermodactiles the greater Ê’ i. make .v. pilles with water of sage and rosemary whych the patient shal vse as is aforesayd The thyrde
vpon the fracture than in the extremities or endes Then leye on the splentes accordynge to the lengthe of the member than bynde theim wyth conuenyente stringes leuing the space of .iii. fingers or there aboute betwene euery splent And note that the bandes and the splentes ought not to be so loose that the boone maye go oute of hys place nether so strayte that payne and apostemes ben caused therby For ther is nothyng that causeth greater payn or that dothe more hynder the restauratyon of boones than to strayte bindynge and vncomelye settynge of the member Wherfore it is better to erre in to loose byndynge than to strayte After splentynge ye wrappe in bothe the endes a handefull of chaffe After that ye haue layed to the splentes the nexte daye ye muste looke to the member and yf it be to straytelye bounde you muste lose it and yf it be to slacke you muste binde it strayter And you muste often anoynt the restored member wyth oyle myrtine actually hoote layinge it on wyth an hennes fether And to auoyde apostemation it is expedyente to applye the defensyue folowynge in the ouer parte of the brokeÌ„ member â„ž of oyle of roses of oyle myrtine ana â„¥ iii. of whyte waxe â„¥ i. ss whan the waxe and oyles are melted take them frome the fyre and put thereunto of bole armenie â„¥ i. of al the sauÌ„ders Ê’ i. of beane floure Ê’ x. of barly floure â„¥ i. ss mengle them and make as it were a ceroote Thys defensyue suffereth not matter to come to the soore place and yt comforteth the member wyth familiare resolution of the mater conioynct Item oyle of rooses and cammomylle wyth the decoction of earthe wormes and melted wyth a lytle waxe may be coÌ„uenieÌ„tly administred vppon the knee and vppon the synnowye partes lyinge aboute the same in all tymes to aduoyde the payne of a spasme And yf the fracture be in the thygh ye shall leye it vppon the flancke or vppoÌ„ the huckle bone and ye shal proced tyll the seuenth daye wyth suche a medicine so that no euell accydentes chaunce as payne aposteme c. After the seuenth daye good practicioners are wounte to vyset the fracture and to thaunge the former apparell for many causes and chefely to se whether the bone be gone oute of his place yf he be Kyndes of fractures the master may coÌ„uey it in agayne wyth lytle extencyon and payne whyche thynge he coulde not do yf he dyd not vyset the place in manye dayes for aboute the eyghte or ix daye the pore called sarcoydes begynneth to be engendred of nature in the boones wherfore that pore beyng engendred sondrye euell accydentes maye chaunce through the stretchyng of the boones Another reason why they vyset the place is thys namelye that yf the boone be in hys due place a fresshe medicine helpeth the generation of the poore sarcoydes whych thynge is very necessarye For the accomplyshemente of the thyrde entention whyche is to conserue the boone beynge reduced into hys place throughe due byndynge of the same pore sarcoydes ye shall procede as hereafter foloweth Fyrste when ye haue remoued the fyrste aparell ye muste visite the member wyth a cloute dypped in the foresayde oyles and stretche it vppon the fracture as is a foresayde Aâ—â—erward ye shall vse stoupes wâ—â—te in water and odoriferous wyne and leye them vppon the member as is a foresayde and than ye shall vse thys playster folowynge â„ž the whytes of .iiii. egges of moste clere terbentyne â„¥ ii of myldust Ê’ x. of the pouder of the graynes and leues of myrtilles of beane floure ana Ê’ vi of red pouder â„¥ i. of saffron Ê’ ss of mumia of dragagantum brayed ana Ê’ ii mingle theÌ„ and procede with thys playster and the foresayde vnctions ten dayes yf no accydente let you After whyche tenne dayes ye shall vyset the member and take awaye the foresayde medicine and afterwarde ye shal vse thys lotion the space of the viii parte of an houre â„ž of rooses of the leaues and graynes of myrtylles of woodbinde of yarowe ana mÌ„ i. rotes leaues of ashe tree ana mÌ„ ii of the nuttes of cypresse somwhat brayd in nomber vi of the rotes of holyhock somewhat stamped â„¥ iii. of comomyll melilote wormewoode ana mÌ„ ss of hony â„¥ iiii of licium â„¥ ii of sarcocolle of myrrhe of frankensence ana â„¥ ss let them seethe all to gether wyth suffycyente water and good redde wyne tyll the thyrde parte be consumed and let the member be epythymed as is aforsayde and after the epythimation ye shall vse the foresayde medicine of the whytes of egges and redde pouder the other aforesayde other tenne dayes and afterwarde ye maye thuâ— do euerye forth day for the epithymie fortyfieth the member and draweth noryshemente by the whyche the boone is bound together and the pore sarcoides is engendred And after that the .xx. dayes are passed ye muste apply the cerote wrytten in oure antidotarie whyche is appointed for broken boones For the accomplyshemente of the iiij entention whyche is to correcte the accydentes yf payne ensue ye shal procede wyth thinges that swage the payne descrybed in oure antidotarye And semblablye yf aposteme or gangrena happeneth ye shall resorte to the proper chapters Fynallye yf there be anye ytchyng ye shall anoynte the member with the linimente folowinge a linimente so itching â„ž of oyle myrtyne of oyle of rooses omphacine ana â„¥ iii. of the iuce of plantayne Ê’ vi of lytarge of golde and siluer ana Ê’ i. and ss of bolearmenie of terra sigillata ana â„¥ i. of tucia .x. ii the iuce of amylon Ê’ v. of camphore ℈ i. myngle them and make a lynimente in a morter of lead and leye it vpon the broken member and bynde the same wyth abande weted in roosewater and wyne of pomegranades For ytche hyndereth the workynge of nature and of medicines that shuld ioyne the boones to gether Wherefore it muste be remedyed wyth al dylygence Albucrasys commaundeth that yf the fracture be in a great member we vse not splentes vnto the .vii. daye Howebeit the reuerence of so greate a manne premised I affyrme that we oughte to vse splentes frome the fyrste daye vnto perfecte restauration of the member But yf the fracture came by a greate bruse or wounde and is verye paynefull in a bodye full of euell humoures than we oughte not to splent the member but it shal suffyce to bynde it with two or three bandes hauynge certayholes ouer the bruse or wounde that the superfluytes of the wounde maye issue oute We haue proued thys cure in fractures accompanyed wyth wouÌ„des and thus we healed a noble man Leonarde de Paciis The cure of Leonarde de Paciis whyche as he roode aboute the towne felle into a pytte and brake the bones of his lyfte legge called focilia so that manye peces of bones issued there withall and the wounde became cancrenous
ministres as we haue sayde afore of whyche lette one drawe the hande the other the elbowe they must drawe bothe together equallye And thē let the master restore the bone vnto hys place imbracynge the arme wyth bothe hys handes and let hym haue his aparel prepared as it is said in the vniuersal chapter And let splintes be applyed sixe in nōbre at the leste of whych one must be greater then another and must be layd vpon the fracture as we haue declared in the vniuersal chapter and the byndyng must be more streyght vpon the fracture then in the endes of the splyntes And it is a verye requisite thynge to bynde them conueniently for yf the bynding be to streyte the mēber might be astonyed sometyme cause an aposteme or cancrena and yf it be to loose it wyll not holde the bone fast in hys place When the fracture of the focilles is restored after the foresayd maner let the arme be layed equallye vpō the bedde Neuerthelesse the hande must be somewhat reysed vp that the humours renne not downe to the lower parte At the begynnyng excepte necessitie constrayne ye shal not visit the fracture vnto the .viii. daye Howbeit ye shal laye vpon the bone called adiutoriū a clout dipped in odoriferous oyle of roses beatē with the white of an egge and a lytle iuyce of plantayne leste humours resort to the sore place Furthermore it is a generall rule in thys case and in other lyke that the medicine be chaunged euerye tenthe daye washynge the members wyth the decoction described in the vniuersall chapter of fractures Itē the olde and later doctours cōmaund that the splyntes be not taken awaye wythin xl dayes for as Auicenne sayeth it is better that they shulde remayne to long thā to lytle while It is also requisite in this case that the paciēt absteyn frō laborious mouīg And he must beware that he lay not the member vncomelye Of dyete purgation and flebothomye we haue spoken suffycient in the vniuersall chapter of fractures ¶ The .xi. Chapter Of the fracture of the bones of the handes IT chaunceth seldome that the bones of the hande and the fingers be broken neuerthelesse when it chaūceth the pacyente muste holde his hande vpon a playne table wrapped with stoupes than he muste haue a mynystre to stretche out the thōbe and the other fingers and then the master must conuey the bones of the fyngers and of the other parte of the hande into their natural places applying afterwarde a playster of mildust wrytten in the vniuersall Chapiter of fractures and byndyng on .ii. splyntes accordyng to the length of the fynger He must moreouer bynde the sayde fracture wyth a bande begynnynge from the elbowe to the hande which thynge muste be done sleyghtly that it be neither to loose nor to strayte and the apparell must not be remoued vnto the .vii. daye For other intentions ye shal procede accordinge to that is wrytten in the vniuersall Chapter c. ¶ The .xii. Chapter Of the fracture of the rybbes WE sayde in oure anatomy that .xii. rybbes are situated in mans body of whiche the .v. nether rybbes are called false rybbes and they are seldome broken by reason of the gristlye nature The other rybbes whiche are called complete are often broken by reason of the hardnesse through a bruse or a stroke Concernyng the restauracion of thē the doctours varye neuerthelesse I wyll folowe the excellent doctour m. Guilelmus Placentinus Fyrst as the same doctour sayeth yf the rybbes be broken in one place or in two it maye be knowen by touchyng for ye shal fele a holownesse in the place Signes and by touchynge ye shall cause great payne to the patient and he can not easelye breathe and somtyme there is herde a crashyng of the fracture and sometyme they are but bowed onelye when ye perceyue the forsayde signes then vnderstande that the rybbes be verye moche bowed or els brokē which bowyng or brekyng of the rybbes there foloweth sometymes a disese called a pleurisie coughing spittyng of blood and a great feuer and this fracture is iudged of all doctours to be very daungerous it is lyke in signes causes cure vnto the fractures of the bones of the brest And they must be discretely restored depressyng the bones that stād vp Maner of restoryng and raysyng vp the boones that ben depressed The maner of restoring them is this Ye must laye your lefte hande vpon the parte of the broken bone that standeth out and ye muste prepare your ryght hande to be holden vpon the sayde parte beinge annoynted with some glewysshe oyntment or cerote the space that a man may saye the Psalme of Miserere which done ye must cause the patiēt to cough as stronglye as he can and togyther and in one tyme ye muste thrust downe the parte of the bone that standeth oute with your lefte hande and rayse vp the depressed part with your ryght hande A glewysh oyntment The fourme of the glewysh oyntmēt is this ℞ the white of an egge of mylduste ℥ ss of dragagantū brayed of frankensence ana ʒ i. of fyne byrde lime ʒ vi of muscilage made with rose water glewe of pitche ʒ i. ss mengle them and vse them as is aforsayd or after this maner Take a threfolde cloth and playstre it wyth the sayde oyntment and laye it vpon the depressed part And ye must leaue in the myddes of the playster a pece like a sleue to draw it when nede shal be to reyse vp the depressed bone thrustyng downe with your thombe the parte raysed vp and cause the patiēt to coughe in tyme of restauracion when the bone is restored ye shall applye this playstre folowynge vnto the .vii day renewyng it euery secōde daye ℞ the whytes of .iii. egges of oyle of roses omphacine of oyle mirtine ana ℥ ii of mylduste ℥ i. ss of the muscilage of holyhocke ℥ ii ss of bene floure and barly flour ana ʒ vi of sāguis draconis of terra sigulata of bole armenye ana ℥ ss of frankensēce ʒ i. After the .vii. daye ye shall applye this cerote folowyng ℞ of the rotes of holyhock li. i. two fete of a calfe seeth them all in water and odoriferous wyne and than stampe and strayne the rootes onely and adde to the straynynge of oyle myrtyne and omphacyne ana ℥ iii. of oyle of mastyke ʒ i. ss of most clere terebentine ℥ x. of saffrā fynely poudred ʒ ss of sanguis draconis of terra sigillata ℥ ss of frankensence ʒ ii of beane floure ℥ i. ss mengle them and make a softe cerote wyth suffycient white waxe and lay it vpō the fracture with a brode cloute for his operation is merueilous good to swage payne and to resolue wyndenesse and to comfort the sore place Yf the body be full of humours ye maye cutte the veyne called basilica the fyrst or seconde day in the contrary arme The patientes diete must be
to incarne woundes and vlcers and is put in colliryes ordeyned for ophtalmia Sanguis draconis is cold and drye in the thyrde and by reasō of his stipticitie coldnesse and slymynesse it easelye stancheth blood And Galene sayth that it hath vertue to cole and to bynde moderately Item the plant brayed and broken with the blood cōsoundeth fresh woundes and so doth terebentine also myngled wyth sanguis draconis frankensence and a lytle oyle of ipericon Sapo or sope is hote and drye with adustion or burnyng And frēch sope mengled with the poudre of blacke elebore litarge of syluer verdegrese a lytle quycksyluer and a lytle glasse brayed cureth the blacke morphewe tetters and ryngewormes beynge made in the fourme of an oyntment Spuma maris or the fome of the see is hote in the fyrst and drye in the thyrde it hath vertue to scoure to drye Spongia maris or a sponge is hote in the fyrste and drye in the seconde It hath vertue to resolue and to drye and being somwhat burned and layed vpon superfluous fleshe it cōsumeth it without payne and therfore it maye be layed vpon dura mater to consume superfluous flesh for it mundifyeth wyth some corrosion and without payne Staphisagria is hote and drye in the thyrde and hath vertue to draw and therfore beinge chewed it purgeth rewmes of the heed and when it is mēgled and stamped with oyle it kylleth lyse Scabiouse is hote and drye in the seconde and hathe vertue to scoure the iuyce of it mengled with the iuyce of dockes and fumyterrye and oyle of laurell and mastyke and thā sodden with terebentine with litarge of golde and a lytle quycksyluer quenched with spettle with the addition of a lytle iuce of sothernewoode and of the rotes of affodilles and a lytle black elebore brayed cureth scalles ryngwormes and tetters mophew and alopecia And moreouer it hathe a great prerogatyue in diseases of the brest For the cough The water of the decoction of it with licoryce reysons fygges iuiubes branne damaske primes sebestē penydies and a lytle honye is a synguler remedy for the cough and for a short breth halfe a cyath must be taken in the mornyng and when the patient goeth to bedde And it was cōmytted to me as a secret and I haue proued it to be verye good Sisaminum is a grayne hote and moyst in the fyrst and hath vertue to mollify and to rype hote apostemes Sulphur or brymstone is hote drye in the fourth and when it is sodden with oyle of elders and erthwormes with a lytle vynegre tyll the vinegre be consumed it is a good medicyne for the pryckynge of the synowes Item beinge sodden with oyle of roses and of laurell and a lytle vynegre it consumeth and dryeth all maner scabbes Salt is hote and drye and is vsed in lotions of fylthye vlcers Sandalus or saunders is a tree of colde and drye cōplexion in the secōd and there ben thre kyndes of it namelye whyte yelowe and red and they are put in repercussiues of hote apostemes and woundes Semen lini or lyneseede is hote drye in the fyrst with some moisture and it rypeth colde apostemes And the oyle of it is a good medycyne for diseases of the fundament agaynst the crampe of woundes yf ye anoynt the backebone and the ioyntes with the sayde oyle Storax calamyte and liquide storax are hote in the first and drye in the second and they haue vertue to heate a colde brayne And when they are incorporate with laudanū odoriferous new waxe after the maner of a pomāder they cōfort the brayne and whan the pomander is borne in the hande it comforteth cut synowes Liquide storax is put in linimentes agaynste scabbes and scalles of the heed and agaynst the frenche pockes and maketh the oyntmentes of good odour Spodium is colde and drye and when it is mengled with water of plantayne antimony myrobalane citryne sumache and a lytle roche alume licium somwhat sodden cureth perfytely vlcers of the mouth being mēgled with tutia antimoniū and burned leade it healeth cancreous vlcers Item it stauncheth bledyng at the nose being blowen with antimonye and frankensence TErebentine is hote drye with temperate heate it is good for woundes of synnowes and muscles and it passeth other in woūdes of chyldrē and women A suffumigation therof healeth the disease tenasmos when it is taken by mouth as it shal be declared hereafter it swageth the paynes of the inwarde partes ℞ of mooste clere terebentine thryes washed with water of fenelle ℥ i. of syrupe de duabus radicibus without vynegre ʒ x. of asses donge that gyueth mylke frō the moneth of may dryed in the shadowe and fynely poudred ʒ i. ss of saffran graynes .ii. of swete fenelle ℈ i. mēgle thē and let the patiēt receyue this ordinaunce with a fasting stomak Tartare or wyne lyes is hote and drye in the thyrd it is conuenyentlye put in oyntmentes for scabbes whā it is poudred and takē with a litle mastik in the broth of an henne or with sugre of roses it hath vertue to cause .iiii. or .v. syeges Tucia is colde and drye and is vsed in vlcers of the yarde and in cācreous maligne corrosyue vlcers for it dryeth and incarneth them And when it is mengled with the iuce of fenell or water of fenel and antimony it preserueth the eyes and it is conuenyently vsed in colliryes Tamariscus is hote and drye and prouoketh vryne And wyne of the decoction of it is good for the hardnesse of the mylt and of the lyuer and for dissurye and strangurye by reason of his openynge Tamarindes are colde and dry in the thyrde or in the seconde as Paul sayth A decoction of them with barly and reysyns healeth hote apostemes of the throte at the begynnynge and in the augmentation and they quēch the sharpnes of humours chefely yf ye adde a lytle wyne of pomegranades Tapsus barbatus or milliū is hote and drye and swageth payne A decoction of it with thynges folowing is conuenient for all diseases of the fūdament ℞ of Tapsus barbarus m̄ ii of the leaues of mallowes violets and holyhokke of clene barly brāne an̄ m̄ i. of lineseed li. ss of apples somwhat broken in nombre x. Let them seeth all with sufficient water tyl the thyrde parte be consumed and make a suffumigation Tormentille otherwyse called bystorte is colde and drye in the thyrde and hath vertue to consounde woundes it hath a diuine power agaynste the pestilence if it be gyuen to drynke in the quantitie of ℥ iii. with a rosted oynyon and a litle triacle and syrupe of the iuce of orēges and a lytle wine of pomegranades Guydo sayth that the same herbe is hote and drye Thus or frankensence is hoote in the seconde and drye in the fyrst and it hathe vertue to engendre flesshe in woundes of tender bodies and more ouer it consoundeth Terra sigillata is hote and drye with moche
stipticitie and therfore it is put in linimentes oyntmētes and composicions to stanche blood VErrucaria or Scorpiuron is hote and dry and is called storpiura for the floures of it bene lyke to the tayles of scorpions The iuce of it dronken with wyne remedieth the styngyng of scorpions and pryckynge of synowes beinge layde therupon And it is called verucaria bycause it healeth wartes and cancreous vlcers comynge of the same wartes as I haue proued in a cancreous vlcer of the eye lyddes which came of a warte This herbe is dried vp in the wynter and it hathe leaues lyke basylle but they be somewhat rougher and blacker It hath a stalke with one roote and .v. or .vi. braunches which stalke is rounde and wil not be broken lyghtly It is called of Dioscorides Heliotropium Vmbelicus veneris or penygrasse is colde and moyste in the thyrde Howbeit Mesue sayth that the moystnesse of it passeth not the seconde degree And it is good to delaye the inflāmation of Herisipelas when it is myngled with flour of barly water and oyle of roses and it is to be aplyed in the begynnyng and in the augmentacion WOrmes of the grounde are hote and subtiliatiue The oyle of thē is good for woundes of synnowes and the crampe It swageth payne and mundifyeth with incarnation and it is made after this sorte ℞ of erthwormes wasshed with wyne Oyle of wormes ℥ iii of oyle omphacyne ℥ iiii of oyle of roses complete and odoriferous ℥ ii of oyle mastik ℥ i. of oyle of terebentine ℥ ss of oyle of yolkes of egges ʒ x of the seede of S. Iohns worte m̄ ss of yarowe of the floures of rosemarye of consolida the greater and the lesse ana m̄ ss of the iuce of plātayne ℥ vi of centaurye the greater and the lesse ana a lytle of madder of fyne grayne of saffran ʒ i. of most clere terebentyne ℥ iii. ss stampe them all togyther saue the wormes and let thē seeth wyth a cyathe of odoriferous whyte wyne tyll the wyne be consumed then strayn them and put to the straynyng a lytle of the seed of saynct Iohns worte with the floures therof chaungyng them euery weke and set the sayde ordynaunce a sunnynge in the moneth of Maye and Iulye Vsiphur that is cinabrium is hote and drye in the second and it is made of quycksyluer and brymstone therefore it dryeth moche with stipticitie and beinge sodden with vynegre and brymstone it healeth tetters ryngwormes and gutta rosacea Also it is good for scalles alopecia and the morphewe Item a suffumigation therof made vpon the coles with frankensence from the necke downewarde vnder a canapye of lynte is a princypal remedy agaynst the frēch pockes Vryne is hote and dry with some adustion chefelye of them that haue hote feuers Vernysh is hote and drye in the seconde it hath vertue to scoure and to consounde woundes Vsnea or mosse chefely of the oke is hote and drye temperately Vitrum or glasse is hote in the fyrst and drye in the seconde when it is poudred it entreth into oyntmentes for scabbes and tetters wyne is hoote and drye more or lesse accordynge to the nature of vynes Newe wyne and swete is moyste and therfore rypeth Vrtica or nettles is hote and dry in the thyrde and it is verye subtiliatyue and therfore when it toucheth the skynne through his subtiliation and heate it byteth the same and reyseth pymples when it is brused it netleth not Galene saith that it hath nature to discusse the seede of it dronken with sodden newe wyne prouoketh lecherye Violettes are colde and moyste in the fyrst They rype hote apostemes quēchyng inflāmation of choler and they heale herisipelas not vlcered Viride es or verdegrese is hote drye and hath a corrosyue nature with stipticitie And therfore it cōsumeth superfluous flesh being mēgled with waxe and oyle whē it is soddē with vynegre roche alume and honye vnto thycknesse it mundifyeth rotten corrosyue virulent holowe and fylthye vlcers Moreouer it remedyeth rotten maligne cancrenous and corrosyue vlcers of the gummes yf ye adde therunto a lytle licium a lytle vynegre squilliticke a lytle water of plantaine Item it is vsed in colliries for diseases of the eyes commyng of colde and grosse matter Vitriole is hote and drye in the fourth It stancheth blood being burned in an ouen Virga pastoris or wylde tasyll is colde and drye There be two kyndes of this herbe that is to saye the male and the female The leaues of the male when they sprynge fyrste are lyke to the leaues of lettuse but whē they are more thornye and brynge forth a stalke of .ii. cubytes longe fullers vse the heedes of them to carde clothes The female is called lingua passerina or cētūnodia or knotgras and hath vertue to coole and to drye in the seconde and a lytle more and is good for herisipelas crepyng from membre to membre and the iuce of it is put in medycynes to stanche bledyng at the nose Viscus quercinus or mystletowe is hote and attractiue and therfore it rypeth apostemes whiche chaunce vnder the roote of the eares And being mengled with other thynges prepared for harde apostemes it aydeth theyr strength in mollifyinge and resoluynge ZVccarum or sugre is temperatelye hote and moyste and is put in to abstersyue medycynes in woundes and vlcers ¶ And thus endeth the boke of symples Here beginneth the .viii. boke called the Antidotarie whiche conteynethe the description of Oyntmentes Cerotes Playsters Oyles Pilles and other confections necessary to the art of Chirurgerye ¶ The fyrst chapter treateth of repercussiue medicynes aswell symple as compounde of hote Apostemes GAlien saythe in the .v. booke of symples that a repercussiue medecyne is necessary in the cure of diseases for it comforteth and bindeth the place stoppeth the wayes and kepeth Apostemes frome encreasyng Lykewyse beyng applied in woundes and fractures of bones in the ouer part of the membre suffreth not flowyng of matter to haue recourse to the sore place Symples repercussyue of hote mattier Symple repercussiues are these that folowe Waybred housleeke great tasill and lesse roses ribwort lettuse stōcroppe gourdes cucumers the muscilage of psillium and of the seed of quynces the leaues and ryndes of an ashe tree violettes mallowes nenuphar and all the kyndes of morel purselan saūders myrt sorell alleluya sower pomegranades stamped wyth the rynde sower apples peares and quynces vynegre eyther delayed wyth water or made of wyne of moderate strength horsetayle herbe of strawbery the toppes of brambles and of vynes vnripe frutes as mulberyes blacke beryes medlars crabbes wylde plommes ypoquistidos sloes leaues of popler wyllowes veriuyce water of roses water of plantayne reyne water water of nyghtshade water stylled out of the foresayde thynges bole armenie terra sigillata saunders sanguis draconis Psidia ceruse tucia camphore litarge antimoniū burnte leade and not brent quycksyluer myrabolanes cimolea myldust barley floure beane floure lentyll floure whytes of
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 rose-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
and therfore it is chyefly vsed in the somer for the pestilence Sirupe of popye prouoketh slepe stoppeth reumatyke fluxes thyckyng the subtyle mater therof it is good for a drye cough chieflye in them that begynne to haue a pthisik Sirupe of the iuyce of sorell is good for a pestilētiall feuer it swageth heat and thyrst and preserueth humours from putrefaction it delaieth heate of cholere and mūdifyeth bloode cutteth grosse humours and comforteth the harte Sirupe of myrte byndeth myghtely and therfore it is good for the fluxe of the belye and of the floures and it stoppeth sharpe reumes Miua citoniorum or of quynces thorough hys stypticitie is very good for the fluxe of the belye Moreouer it styrreth vp appetyte and comforteth the stomacke and strengthneth the entrayles and causeth vomyte to cease Sirupe of myntes is of temperat heate and it comforteth natural heat and dygestion of the stomacke and repayreth the weakenes of the same Sirupe of wormewood cōforteth the stomacke and the lyuer restoreth apetite loste and easeth paynes of the stomacke of the lyuer c. Sirupe of fumiterrye dygesteth al grosse salt corrupte burnt humors and therfore it is good for scabbes tetters ryngwormes salte flemmes lepryes malmort cākers and the frēche pockes Sirupe of epithimum is good for the frenche pockes leprye cākers malmort salt flemme olde scabbes it healeth also pushes cōmyng of salt sharpe and burnt humours it prouoketh vryne and suppleth the bellye Sirupe de sticados is good for colde dyseases of the synowes for the palseye the crampe the epileptia it is good also for reumatyke olde men The comon decoction The comon decoction to coole is thus ordeyned ℞ of the .iiij. comon seedes of the .iij. lesse seedes of euery one a lytle of clene barlye of raysons an̄ ℥ i. of licoryce ℥ ss of annes ʒ ii of iuiubes of damaske prunes ana number ten of sebesten number .vi. seeth them all together wyth water of endyue buglosse and rayne water in equall portion tyll the thyrde parte be consumed it is vsed in medicines against sharpe and choleryke fieuers and it is good for the brest A peculier decoction for the breste and agaynste the coughe and shorte brethe R. of branne of scabiouse of maydenheere of ysope of horehound ana m̄ i. of floures of violettes of borage and buglosse ana m̄ ss of the rootes of langdebefe ℥ ii of damaske prunes of iuiubes ana ℥ i. ss of sebesten of barlye of dates of drye figges an̄ ℥ i. of licoryce ʒ x. of pennydies ℥ ii ss of fenell ʒ iiii of good honye .li. ss seethe them all with sufficient water tyll halfe be consumed than strayne the decoction and vse it for it is of merueylous operation A loche to ease the coughe and the streytnes of the breaste R. of sugger candye of a sirupe of vyolettes ʒ ten of penidies ℥ i. and. ss of syrupe of violettes ʒ ii of diadragantum ℥ iii. of iuyce of liquyryce ʒ vi of the comune seedes pycked of kernelles of Pynaple ana ℥ i. mengle them and make a loche wyth a lytle water of Scabious Diameron and Dianucum are good for the squynce from the begynnynge to the augmentation Item it remedyeth inwarde swellynges of the throte and losynge of the vuula and stoppeth catarres clensynge grosse fleume yf it be gargarised wyth water of pomegranades and water of plantayne ¶ Of electuaryes lenityue and solutyue FYrst diamāna purgeth-subtyle cholere soupieth the bellye healeth the diseases therof Diacatholicon purgeth indyfferentlye all humours and louseth wythout trouble and is pleasaunt in taste and it is gyuen to them that haue a sharpe feuer and to them whiche haue dyseases in the lyuer and in the mylte Diaprunis non solutinus louseth the bellye wythout violence it is of pleasaunt taste it swageth thyrst and quencheth the heat of feuers and therfore is conuenientlye vsed in hote and brennynge feuers Item it soupleth the guttes and comforteth them and yf ye put vnto it a lytle of diagridium it shal be very solutiue and shal purge all kyndes of cholere Diacassia is lenitiue and good agaynst coleryke sharpe burnyng feuers It mundifyeth bloode louseth the belly without violēce Some adde to thys cōfection ij ʒ of diagridiū and then it is of stronger solution Electuarium de psilio is of ryghte good operation for it helpeth coleryk feuers myghtely Item it remedyeth yelowe iaundes and stoppynges of the lyuer It cooleth brennynge heates is conueniently gyuen to them that haue malygne corrosyue virulēt vlceres Electuary of the iuyce of roses is solutiue purgeth al kyndes of cholere remedyeth al tercians paynes of ioyntes cōming of a hote cause it emptyeth all hote furious humours and therfore it is conuenientlye gyuen to them that haue a furiouse herisipelas carbuncle c. wyth diacatholicon to purge the residence of humours in thē that begynne to recouer of any syckenesse and is as the quyckenynge of other medicines Diafinicon is a medicine wythout daunger of easye solution purgeth grosse cholere and flemme and it is conueniently gyuen in the ende of coleryke feuers myngled wyth grosse flemme it easeth the paynes of the bellye and of the guttes caused of grosse flemme and therfore it is good for the colyke Electuarium indum is a great medicine to purge grosse and flegmatyke humours in the stomacke in the ioyntes And therfore it is gyuen to them that haue colde ioyntes Moreouer it taketh awaye all payne commynge of wyndy matter and therfore it is vsed in the frenche pockes Cōfectio hamech purgeth al choleryke salt and burnt humours therfore it is gyuen to them that haue virulent maligne vlceres by reason of the frenche pockes Item it is good for skabbes salt flēme the cāker leprye malmort tetters ryngwormes c. Benedicta receyued by the mouthe or mynistred in clysters is a good medicine agaynst all paynes of the ioyntes mynistred of colde matter and also against the dyseases of the reynes and of the blader cōmynge of lyke cause Item vsed in clysteres it easeth the paynes of the frenche pockes The confection of turbyth purgeth grosse flegmatyke humours therfore is good for scrophules wennes knobbes it is conueniently gyuē to olde men womē chyldren flegmatyk ydle delicate persones The ordynaunce of it is after thys sorte Confection of turbyth ℞ of turbyth preparate of agaryke in trociskes of blacke elebore an̄ ʒ i. ss of ginger polipody of myrte ana ʒ iij. of diagridium ʒ i. of cinamome of cloues of euery one ℈ ij of galangale longe peper of nutmygges maces quybebes ana ʒ ss of whyte suggre .li. ij of spyke ℈ i. myngle them make a styffe myxture wyth syrupe of roses The receyt of it is the quantitie of a chestnutte A solutiue of the dropsy whyche is good to purge the matter of the dysease called hernia aquosa ℞ of the iuyce of comferye ℥ i.
steped in the brothe of fleshe .li. i. of oyle of camomill and dille of euery one ℥ ij the yolkes of two egges of saffran ʒ ij of opium ʒ i. Item the ordinaunce of Alexāder rehersed in the chapter of emoroides is good agaynst all paynes of the fundament As concernynge inwarde payne trifera opiata is verye conuenient and so is trifera romana and persica whych induce slepe Trifera persica was inuented to retayne floures and the fluxe of emorroydes and vomitynge and spyttyng of bloode chieflye when it is gyuen wyth the iuyce of plantayne and whē it is put in the wombe it stauncheth fluxe of the floures and in clysters it cureth the fluxe of bloode and excoriacion of the guttes it closeth the mouthes of the veynes ¶ Of clysters supposytories and pessaryes A Clyster is a noble remedye to dryue out superfluitees of the guttes and of all the bodye And it was founde by a byrde called a storke whych to ease the payne of her bellye was sene to put salte water wyth her becke into her hynder hole The operation of a clyster is to purge the guttes the reynes and the bladder wythout hurte of the principall membres Wherfore there be many kyndes of clysters some supple some breake wynde some restrayne some cōforte synowye mēbres through theyr heate And those be good for a crampe that cōmeth by a replection A clyster agaynst the sayde crampe may thus be ordeyned ℞ of camomill Clyster for the crampe yua muscata mellilote dille of euery one m̄ ij of the rootes of enula campana m̄ ij of the rootes of walwort ℥ ij of maioram gentle of hoorehounde of sage of nept of mugwort of rue of euerye one m̄ ss of annys of comyn of euerye one ʒ ij of castorium of triacle of euerye one ℈ ij of honye .li. i. of the fatte of a foxe ʒ x. of oyle of camomill dille lillies of euery one ℥ iiij of the oyle of a foxe of laurell of terebentyne castorium of euerye one ʒ vi the heade of a wether somewhat brused lette them sethe all together wyth sufficient water tyl halfe be consumed then streyne them and put to the straynyng of odoriferous wyne about the thyrde part of the decoction and let them sethe agayne and mynistre it for a clyster Let the quantitie of thys decoction be to ordeine a clyster .li. j. ss with an oūce and a halfe of oyle of camomill and as muche of the other forsayd thynges ℥ i. ss of the syrupe of sticcados An other lynitiue clyster Linitiue clyster ℞ of the brothe of a chycken sodden wyth barlye .li. ij of oyle of vyolettes ℥ iij. the yolkes of two egges of redde sugger ℥ ij myngle them and make a clyster A clyster restrictiue is made after this sorte ℞ of a decoction of barlye made wyth smythes water .li. ij of oyle of roses omphacyne of oyle of myrte of euerye one ℥ i. ss of myua of quinces ℥ ij ss the yolke of an egge of redde sugger ℥ i. thys clyster is good against the fluxe of the emorroides and of the guttes Here foloweth a clyster to breake wyndines ℞ of a decoction of camomille dille mellilote anyse colewortes fenell corianders cumyne of euerye one ℥ i. of oyle of rue and dille of euery one ℥ i. of diafinicon ʒ x. of hony of roses ℥ ij a lytle salte myngle them and make a clyster Yf ye wyll haue it of lesse heate make it wyth a decoction of camomille mellilote dille and wyth the forsayd oyles leauynge oute cumyn and other hote symples ¶ Of suppositories OF suppositoryes some bene gentle some meane and some stronge Gentell suppositories be made with swynes larde or wyth the stalke of the leaues of colewortes wrapped in womēs heere and anoynted wyth larde or butter Meanelye stronge suppositories are made wyth honye sodden vnto thycknes wherunto yf ye put a lytle sall gēme they shall be of stronger operation A suppositorie made wyth frenche redde sope is of lyke effecte and so is a suppositorie made of the freshe rootes of floure deluyce Item a suppositorie made in the fourme of pilles called suppositorium succarinū whych is muche vsed at Genuaye is of good operation The ordinaunce wherof is after thys sorte ℞ of agaryk ℥ i. ss of blacke elebore ℥ ss salis gemme ʒ x. of ireos ℥ i. sethe them all together wyth foure pounde of reyne water tyll halfe be consumed then make pylles at the fyer wyth sufficient sugger wyth the forsayd decoction strayned and corianders wherof ye shall put fyue into the fundament A suppositarye of greater strēgth is thus made ℞ of hony sodden tyl it be thycke ℥ iij. of benedicta ʒ vi salis gemme of oxe galle of euerye one ʒ ij myngle them and make a suppositarye ¶ Of Pessaries PEssaries are made to prouoke the floures ℞ of mugworte sauyne sothernwood marigoldes ana m̄ ss of safron ʒ ss of hony ℥ ii lett thē boyle all together in sufficient water tyll the thyrde part be consumed than streyne them and with the streynyng make a pessary of cloutes The pessari folowyng is to be vsed in lyke case ℞ of honye sodden tyll it be thycke and styffe ℥ iiii of nigella brayed of mugwort poudred of euery one ℥ ss of safrōʒ i. myngle them and make a pessarye The xix chapter of oyles FYrst we wyll speake of magistrall oiles Oleū benedictū is good for the cure of many deseases of the bodye as for the crampe caused by repletion or the palsye for paynes of the iointes comyng of mingled mater conuenient purgacion presupposed It is also good for the brayne distempered thorough colde Furthermore it is of good operacion against the falling sycknes if ye anoynt the coronal commissure there wyth It dryeth also fystules A mundifycation wyth a stronge medicyne premysed it cureth great freshe woūdes colde catarres it conforteth the spirites openeth veynes stopped through colde humours and yf one droppe of it be put into the eare with cotton it amēdeth hearing chieflye when the impediment is caused of a colde cause Item a rose cake moystened in the sayd oyle and layed to the temples easeth the mygryme and taketh awaye the swymmyng of the heade And if half an ounce of the sayd oyle be dronken with alytle odoriferous wyne in the morning .iii. dayes together it conforteth and reneweth the hert longes Item yf it be taken wyth a lytle odoriferous wyne it is good in quarteyne fieuers The receyt of it muste be almoste a sponeful and that order muste be be kepte four dayes takynge euery daye the forsaid oyle an houre before daye vpon suche dayes as no paroxisme is loked for Item taken the space of .xxx. dayes wyth a lytle wyne and a lytle pionye it healeth the fallyng sycknes and the peynes of the frenche pockes Item it is a greate medicyne for the styngynges of venomous beastes for weaknes of the synnowes and thys
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
eyght boke of Iohn Vigo And begynneth the .ix. boke of additions ¶ The .ix. boke of additions ¶ The fyrst Chapter Of the regiment of health FOrasmoche as moderate eatyng and drynkyng and temperat exercyse helpe moche to preserue health and to auoyde diseases Therfore my sonne Aluisius I haue thought good to wryte somewhat of that matter Fyrst thou shalt abstayne froÌ„ superfluous replecyon and imoderat exercise of laboure whiche maye corrupt the meate and hynder digestioÌ„ For when a man eateth or drynketh to moche he stretcheth oute hys stomake which thing weakeneth it and sometyme causeth solution of continuitie and so the vertues of the stomacke are destroyed and digestyon corrupted The corrupt digestion of the stomake is deuyded .iii. Corrupt digestion maner of wayes that is to saye after the diuersitie of the meate after the diuersitie of the complexions and tymes and after the preparation of the meÌ„bres to receyue diseases As touchynge the fyrste some meates are of lyght some of meane and some of harde digestion And therefore sondrye meates at one repast are reproued of wyse phisiciens For when one meate is dygested an other begynneth to be digested and so vndigested meate is layed vpon digested whiche is verye noysome to the health of mannes body And therfore Hugo de senis commaundeth that we receyue not the seconde meate whyle the fyrst is felt in the stomake wherfore he that wyll preserue hys health let hym receyue hys meate in temperate houres of the daye in such quantitie and nature that hys stomacke is delyted in wythoute ouerchargynge of the same And lette hys meates be of lyght digestion good noryshmente for Pontane semeth to haue spoken wysely whyche beynge asked why he was contented wyth one kynde of meate answered that I nede not a physicyon wherefore it is playne that yf the meates be euyl and corruptlye digested fyrste in the stomacke there can be no good digestyon in the lyuer and all the other membres The gouernours of coursers and iustynge horses teache vs howe we maye guyde oure selues in mayntaynynge our health for they gyue theyr horses at certayne houres a certayne measure that is to saye suche quantitie of meate as they maye conuenyentlye beare and digeste For it is playne that yf they shoulde be fedde immoderatelye and inordynatelye they wolde soone be tyred whyche thynge some men do not obserue in ordrynge of them selues As touchyng exercyse we must behaue oure selues wyselye in it for moderate exercyse is a greate conseruacyon of healthe for it kepeth naturall heate in the bodye whyche consumeth and dryeth vp superfluouse humours Contrarye wyse immoderate labour corrupteth digestion and dryeth vp the radicall moysture of the body and prepareth the humours to corruption and causeth sundry diseases Furthermore corrupte digestion is deuyded after the complexion of bodyes and of tymes of the yere for colerycke bodyes vse an other quantitie and qualitie of meate then sanguyne bodyes and sanguyne then flegmatyke c. Lykewyse we must vse one porcion or qualitie of meates in the somer and an other in the wynter for in the somer ye must vse meates of lyght digestion in small quantytie for than naturall heate is spredde abrode and dryuen to the outwarde membres whereby the digestiue vertue of the stomacke and of the lyuer is weakened But in the wynter natural heate is strengthened bycause the pores be drawen togyther and naturall heate is gathered into the inwarde partes And therfore than we maye vse stroÌ„ger meates and in greater quantitie The thyrde distinction is accordynge to the dyuersitye of membres readye to receyue diseases for whan the stomacke or the lyuer is discrased it is impossyble that there shoulde be good digestion wherfore my sonne Aluisius to come to good digestyon it is moost profytable to preserue the healthe of the sayde membres and to remoue theyr diseases by the benefite of medycynes Excercyse also as we haue sayde is a good meane to preserue health yf it be vsed moderately after the fyrst and seconde digestion and after the expulsyon of the superfluyties of the body namely ordure and vryne Item it muste be vsed in a tyme neyther to hoote nor to colde Nowe we wyll brefelye declare the meates and drynkes which are coÌ„uenyent to preserue health Fyrste let the wyne be whyte of good odoure delayed with good water of the welle or of a ryuer neyther maye you eate before ye haue appetyte nor drynke afore ye be a thurste For there is nothynge more hurtfull to the ioyntes than wyne dronken out of tyme for it perceth the ioyntes and weakeneth them Thy meate must be of good digestion as veale mutton of one yere capoÌ„s chyckyns pertryches byrdes of wooddes and mountaynes Lette thy breed be of pure wheate well leuened and well baked of two or thre dayes olde And ye must beware that ye eate it not hoote for throughe hys heate it marreth the stomake and corrupteth digestion Herbes that be holesome and in commune vsage are these borage lettuse spynnache whyte beetes perrelye sorelle myntes buglosse which muste be sodden in the brothe of the sayde flesshes for they loose the bellye and engendre good bloode Ye must abstayne from all poulse except cicers and lentilles Of rootes these bene holesome nauywes rapes sodden in the brothe of good fleshe with a lytle saffran and fenelle and a lycle pepper in the wynter Item parsnepe rotes though they bene of harde digegion yet yf ye roste them in ymbres or sethe them and eate them wyth vynegre swete oyle and a lytle salt and pepper they are conuenyent in stede of a sallet in wynter Item the leaues and rootes of cicorie drassed as is aforesayd may be welle suffered Cappares also well dressed are good in the begynnynge of dynner and supper Sometyme to styrre vp appetite ye maye eate a lytle of thys sallet folowynge A sallet to prouoke appetite â„ž of the leaues of tender lettuse of endyue of pympernelle of baume of prymrose of hareworte of tender cicorie of euery one an handeful an halfe of the floures of borage yf they maye be gotten of rosemarye or of the croppes therof of cynkfoyle of Romayne myntes of percelye of rue ana a lytle washe them all togyther and make a sallet with vynegre swete oyle and a lytle salte wylde pasneppes sodden in water and after rolled in floure and a lytle sugre and than fryed with oyle maye well be permytted in the stede of fysshe Item gourdes dryed and sodden wyth a lytle saffran and pepper ben delectable and hurteth not the stomacke Newe gourdes sodden in the broth of flesshe wyth fenelle and verâ—uyce is lykewyse permitted in the somer for the fenelle taketh awaye hys wyndynesse Ye must auoyde all kyndes of colewortes for they engendre melancholyke humours and hurte the syght wherfore yf ye eate them let it be seldome and in smal quantitie and let them be soddeÌ„ wyth myntes and percelye Fenell though it be of harde digestion yet
before digestion and some wythout digestion Aueroys commaundeth to purge all the humours indifferently in thys case Wherfore whā ye shal perceaue that thys feuer cometh thorough the dominiō of hote matter ye shal purge the pacient wythout digestion wyth the medecyne folowynge ℞ diacatholicon ʒ vj. of an electuary of rooses after Mesue of electuary of Psillium ana ʒ j. ss of diafinicon ʒ j. make a small potion wyth the decoction of cordiall floures and frutes addynge of dytany well stamped of tormentyll of Cardus benedictus of the rotes of Tunici ana ℈ j. of Galenes triacle ʒ ss of syrupe of the iuyce of sorel or in the stede of it de acetositate citri ℥ j. If the foresayde feuer came of grosse mattier lette it be purged wyth thys purgation folowynge ℞ of diafinicon ʒ iij. of diacatholicon ℥ ss of an electuary of rooses after Mesue ʒ ij make a potion wyth the comune decoction and the foresayde thynges ordeyned agaynst venyme Digestiue If that ye perceaue the feuer wyll gyue any respyt to digest the matter ye shall vse thys digestyue ℞ of syrupe de acetositate citri of syrupe of the iuyce of sorell syrupe of rooses by infusyon of water of buglosse sorell and baume called Melissa ana ℥ j. myngle them or make it thus ℞ of syrupe de Ribes of syrupe de Acetositate citri of euerye one ℥ ss of Syrupe of the iuyce of endyue ʒ vi of waters of endyue buglosse sorell ana ℥ j. whan the matter is digested lette the bodye be purged wyth one of the forsayde purgacions For the thyrde intention ye shall note that ye ought to be diligent about the comfortaciō of the hart both wythin wythout wyth epithymes cōfortatiue syrupes wherof this ordinaūce folowyng may be for an exāple ℞ of the waters of sorel buglosse and Mellissa or bawme ana .li. ss of wyne of pomegranades ℥ iiij water of roses ℥ iij. of syrupe of roses by infusyon ℥ v. of syrupe of the iuyce of sorell or of ribes or of the sower iuyce of a citron orenge or of lymous ℥ ij of whyte saunders ʒ ij ss of camphore graynes .ij. make a longe syrupe with sufficient whyte sugger wherof lette the pacient take two sponefulles for it quencheth heate and cōforteth the hart Item a conserua of roses borage and buglosse with cordiall pouder and saūders and a lytle syrupe of the iuyce of sorell or of roses is very conuenient in thys case For the confortation of the harte ye maye applye in that place a cerote wryttē in the chapter of carbuncle bubo wherunto ye shall resort ¶ The fourth chapter treatynge the cure of a pure tercian feuer THe sygnes of a tercian feuer caused by a coleryke humour are these great peyne of the head contynuall watchyng aboundaunte sweate yelowe or fyrye vryne greate thurste and dryenes of the tongue dimynution of apetite vnquietnes harde excrementes swyfte pulses Fynallye the paciente is vexed euerye thyrde daye ¶ Here foloweth the cure of the same FIrste obseruacion of diete presupposed as we haue declared in the cure of herisipelas ye shal demaunde of the pacient whether he be costyfe and yf he be ye shall administre this clystre folowyng ℞ marcurie malowes violettes betes clene barley ana m̄ j. make a decoction wherof ye shall take .li. j. ss the yolkes of two Egges a lytle salt of redde sugre hony of violettes ana ʒ v. of oyle of violettes ʒ v. mengle thē and make a clyster After the clyster ye shall ministre thys digestyue ℞ of syrupe of vynegre called acetosus symplex ʒ i. of syrupe of endyue ℥ ss of waters of buglosse and endyue of euery one ℥ j. ss or make it thus ℞ of syrupe de duabus radicibus wythout vynegre of occizaccarum of euery one ʒ vj. of waters of endyue hoppes nenuphar of euery one ℥ j. myngle them make a syrupe or thus ℞ syrupe of nenuphar or in the steede of it of syrupe of violettes of syrupe of endyue of syrupe acetosus symplex of euery one ℥ ss of waters of violettes endyue and buglosse of euery one ℥ i. myngle thē Whan ye haue vsed these syrupes or digestiues the space of foure dayes ye shal mynistre these medecines folowynge ℞ of good Reubarbe ʒ j. of spyke graynes thre make an infusion wyth water of endiue vi houres thā strayne them strongly and put therunto of electuary lenityue or manna ʒ vi of electuarye of the iuyce of roses ʒ ij dissolue them all wyth the decoctiō of cordiall floures and frutes and make a potion as it is sayd in the former receyt addynge of syrupe of violettes ℥ j. But in stronge bodyes ye shall vse thys medecyne ℞ of cassia newelye drawen out of diacatholicon of euery one ℥ ss of diaprunis solutiue of electuarye of the iuyce of rooses of euery one ʒ ij dissolue them all wyth the decoction of cordiall floures and frutes and make a potion addynge of syrupe of Violettes ℥ j. As concernynge comune digestiues we haue spoken sufficiently about the ende of the chapter of purgacion wherunto ye shall resort ¶ Of the peyne of the heade FOrasmuch as peyne of the head is wonte to acompany thys feuer I wyll describe some remedies for the cure of the same whereof the fyrst is thys ℞ of oyle of roses ℥ iij. of vynegre of roses ʒ iij. of saffran ℈ j. mengle them or thus ℞ the whytes of two egges of oyle of rooses of water of rooses of euerye one ℥ j. ss of the wyne of Pomegranates of vynegre of roses of euery one ʒ iij. make a confection or thus R. oyle of roses ℥ ij of redde saunders ʒ j. of vynegre of rooses ʒ vi of saffran ʒ ss mengle thē and make an oxirundinū But yf the peyne canne not beswaged wyth the foresayde remedies than ye shall applie ventoses vpon the shulders with scarifications or wythout Also rubbynge and byndynge of the extreme partes an houre before dyner supper helpeth very much and to washe the extreme partes with thynges anodyne is of lyke effect Fynallye leches or bloodsouckers set vpon the veynes emorroidal swage payne of the heade maruelouslye ¶ Of the peyne of the reynes WHan the paciente is vexed with peyne and heate in the reynes ye shall procede with the remedies folowyng ℞ of galenes oyntment called infrigidātis or colyng ʒ vi of oyntment of roses ℥ j. ss myngle them and anoint the reynes therwyth or thus ℞ of Vnguentum populeon ℥ j. of Galienes oyntment ʒ vi mengle them anoynt the reynes or thus ℞ the whyte of two egges the iuyce of plantayne ʒ j. oyle of violettes nenuphar of oyntment of roses ana ʒ ss myngle thē or thus ℞ water of endyue violettes sorell and nyghtshade of euery one ℥ viij of all the saunders of euery one ʒ j. of roses violettes nenuphar of euery one m̄ ss let them boyle all together a lytle and foment
the paynfull place therewith wyth sindalle or lynnen clothe ¶ Of thyrst THe patient in this feuer is often vexed wyth greate thyrste for the mitigation whereof we wyll declare certayne remedyes Fyrst yf the body be stronge and haue no impediment in the stomacke nor in the lyâ—er ye maye gyue hym colde well water in great quantitie and not in small for so it might be turned into fumes in to choler this must be done in the somer and to yonge persons but yf colyke or other euyll accidentes let you to vse water ye shall vse thys potion folowynge â„ž the waters of vyolettes sorell endiue nenuphar ana li. ss of wyne of pomegranades â„¥ iiii of fyne sugre â„¥ viii of syrupe of roses by infusion of syrupe of vyolettes ana â„¥ ii mengle them and make a longe iulep accordynge to arte whereof let the patient drynke ofte Or let hym holde in his mouth a pece of a cucumer a prune stone or barlye sodden or the roote of langdebefe somewhat sodden in water of barlye or the muscilage of psilliuÌ„ or the seede of quynces or thus â„ž of the water of violettes li. i. of endiue li. i. ss of sorel of buglosse ana â„¥ vi of fyne sugre â„¥ viii of wyne of pomegranades â„¥ vi make a longe iulep whereof lette the patient take wyth water of barlye or welle water or thus Take of Tamarindes â„¥ i. ss of fyne sugre â„¥ ss of iulep of vyolettes â„¥ i. of roses by infusyon of syrupe called acetosus simplex ana â„¥ ii mengle them and make an electuarye whych the patient must holde in his mouth ¶ Of slept IF the patient canne not slepe ye shall annoynte his temples wyth thys oyntment R. of vngueÌ„tum populeon â„¥ i. ss of oyle of popie of oyle of nenuphar anÌ„ â„¥ ss mengle theÌ„ or make it thus R. of the leaues of wyllowes of lettuse of the ryndes of whyte poppye of the floures of nenuphar camomylle vyolettes ana mÌ„ ss make a decoction wyth the water of vyolettes nyghtshade and sorelle and embroke the teÌ„ples with sponges ¶ A Chapter of the sygnes of a tertian not pure THe sygnes of a tertian not pure bene these The pulse is not so swyfte nor so thycke as in a pure tertian the vryne is not coloured the excrementes are not so harde nor so brent The patient is payned wyth heauye grefe of the heed hys appetyte is not vtterly lost slepe drynesse of the tonge and sweate are moderate Howebeit sweate maye be more plentifull by reason of the multitude of matter and the patient is wonte to be verye colde in the begynnynge of peroxismes ¶ The cure of a tertian not pure THe cure of a tertian not pure consysteth in thre intentions In dyete in digestion of the euyll mattier and purgation of the same and fynally in correction of the accidentes As touchynge the fyrste intention the dyete at the begynnynge must be sklendre but not so sklendre as a pure tertian wherfore let the patient eate grated breed almande mylke and the brothe of a capon sodden with good herbes and commune seedes sodden wyth a lytle brothe of a chyckyn are good in the declination Let his wine be well delayed and not very sharpe Item he maye eate lettuse and cicorye rootes with vinegre and a lytle oyle The seconde intention is thus accomplyshed Fyrst for digestioÌ„ let the patient take this digestiue â„ž of syrupe of the iuce of endiue â„¥ i. of sirupe called acetosus simplex â„¥ ss of waters of endiue borage and sorell ana â„¥ i. mengle them An other â„ž of syrupe acetosus simplex of hony of roses of the syrupe of endiue ana â„¥ ss of waters of endiue hoppes borage anÌ„ â„¥ i. when the matter is digested lette the patient be purged as it is declared in the Chapter of purgation vniuersally or thus â„ž of cassia diacatholicon ana Ê’ v. of electuarye of the iuce of roses Ê’ ii make a small potion with the coÌ„mune decoction addynge of syrupe of vyolettes â„¥ i. or thus â„ž of cassia diafinicon ana Ê’ iii. of diaprunis solutyue of electuarye of the iuce of roses ana Ê’ i. mengle theÌ„ and make a potion with the coÌ„mune decoction addyng of syrupe of vyolettes â„¥ i. ss But bycause a tertian feuer not pure is not wont to obey the forsayd digestions and purgations therfore for the eradication of the same we must vse stronger medicynes fyrste let the matter be digested after thys sorte â„ž of syrupe of vynegre of syrupe de duabus radicibus de bisantiis of syrupe of the iuce of endiue anÌ„ â„¥ ss of the waters of buglosse endiue and wormewood ana â„¥ i. mengle theÌ„ After digestion let them be purged with this purgation â„ž of diacatholicon Ê’ iiii of diafinicon Ê’ ii of electurium indum maius of diaprunis solutiue or in steade thereof of the electuarye of psillium ana â„¥ i. Make a smaâ—ll potion wyth the commune decoction addynge of syrupe of vyolettes â„¥ i. or make it thus â„ž of cassia â„¥ ss of diafinicon Ê’ ii of electuarye of roses after Mesue of good reubarbe steped and strayned accordynge to arte ana Ê’ i. make a smalle potion wyth the decoction of cordiall floures and frutes addynge of syrupe of violettes one ounce This is for ryche men The thyrde intention whych is to correct the accidentes is thus accomplyshed Sometymes great payne of the stomake accompanyeth thys fieuer for the remotion wherof ye shall vse thys vnction â„ž of oyle of wormwoode of oyle of roses omphacyne of oyle of quynces ana â„¥ i. of oyle of mastyke â„¥ ss of cynamome nutmygges cloues saffran ana Ê’ i. of worme woode Romayne myntes of eche a lytle of the spyces of the thre saunders of the spyces of diarodon abbatis of all the coralles ana Ê’ i. ss let theÌ„ seeth all togyther with a cyath of odoriferous wyne tyll the wyne be consumed then strayne theÌ„ and anoynt the stomake therewithall And bycause these feuers ar wont to be prolonged vnto the fourth moneth and more therfore we muste renewe digestion and purgation This maye be the ordynaunce of digestion R. of sirupe of the iuce of endiue of honye of roses strayned of syrupe de duabus radicibus wyth vynegre ana â„¥ ss of water of maydenheere and wormewoode ana â„¥ i. ss or of thus R. of honye of Roses of syrupe de v. radicibus of syrupe of cicory anÌ„ â„¥ i. ss of water of endyue wormewoode and maydenheere ana â„¥ i. meÌ„gle theÌ„ These digestiues are connenyent in quartayne and inordynate fieuers Equiualente purgations after the sayde digestion are in fourme of pylles as it foloweth â„ž of pylles aggregatiue of pilles of hiera with agarik anÌ„ Ê’ ss of pilles of reubarbe ℈ i. make v. pylles wyth water of wormwood and lette them be taken in the mornynge or thus â„ž of pylles aggregatiue pylles of mastycke of cleane reubarbe ana ℈ i. make fyue pylles wyth honye of roses The Phisicions
of the courte of Rome vse onely pylles aggregatiue in these fieuers the receite wherof is Ê’ i. Item pilles of mastycke receyued ones a weke are good and also symple pylles of reubarbe for they comforte the stomake and purge it by lytle and lytle ¶ Of the weakenesse of the stomacke THe stomacke is often weakened in this fieuer for the amendement whereof ye shall vse this confection fastynge wyth a lytle odoriferous wyne â„ž of the spyces of thre saunders of the spyces of Aromaticum rosatum ana Ê’ i. of the spices of diarodon abbatis of the spyces of diamuscuÌ„ ana ℈ ss make round trociskes with suffycyent whyte sugre and water of melissa Item aromaticum rosatum and diagalanga are good in thys case Fynallye clysters and rubbynges must also be vsed And thus we ende this present c. ¶ Of a sanguyne feuer THe sygnes of a sanguyne feuer are these red â—â—loure aboute the face and eyes and other partes of the bodye fulnesse of veynes The patient hath great payne in the heed and can not slepe his excrementes are not so harde nor so blacke as in coleryke feuers the poulse is great and ful and sometymes swyft and dyuers the vryne is sanguine and grosse They that haue this feuer are men whyche vse excesse in meates and drinkes and therfore there happeneth often to theÌ„ perbrakynge payne in the backe and in the reynes deepe slepe sweate and difficultie of speakynge ¶ The cure of a sanguyne feuer THe cure of this feuer coÌ„systeth in thre intentioÌ„s The first is ordinaunce of dyete The seconde digestion and purgation of the euyll matter The thyrd correction of the accidentes For the fyrst ye shall procede as it is declared in the former Chapiter The seconde is thus accomplysshed Fyrste whan the vryne is grosse and redde ye shall vse flebothomye yf no accident lette you in the veyne called mediana or basilica a clystre euer goinge before Then let the water be digested as it foloweth â„ž of syrupe of the iuyce of endiue of syrupe of violetttes and hoppes ana â„¥ ss of waters of endiue hoppes buglosse anÌ„ â„¥ i. meÌ„gle theÌ„ or thus â„ž of the syrupe called acetosus simplex of sirupe of the iuce of endiue anÌ„ Ê’ vi of the waters of buglosse endiue and sorelle of euery one an ounce After digestion lette the patient be purged as it foloweth â„ž of cassia newly drawen out of diacatholicon ana â„¥ ss of electuary of roses after Mesue of electuarye of the iuses after Mesue of electuarye of the iuce 〈◊〉 roses ana Ê’ i. ss mengle them and make a smalle potion wyth the commune decoction addynge of syrupe of vyolettes â„¥ i. or thys â„ž of chosen manna Ê’ vi of cassa halfe an ounce of good reubarbe steped accordynge to arte of electuary of psillium ana Ê’ i. mengle them and make a potion wyth the decoction of cordiall floures and frutes addynge of syrupe of vyolettes â„¥ i. The thyrde intention whiche is to remoue the accidentes is accomplysshed by the remedyes noted in the former Chapiter Howebeit it is to be obserued that the rubbynges before dynner are verye good to swage the paynes of the heed Item ventoses applyed vpon the shulders wyth scarification or with oute scarification are good for the same purpose and supplye all the rowme of flebothomye in delycate bodyes and so by bloodsuckers applyed vpon the emoroydall veynes Neuerthelesse in stronge bodyes it is coÌ„mendable to kepe the bellye loose wyth clysters ¶ Of a flegmatycke fieuer THe sygnes of a flegmatyke feuer ar these Fyrste it begynneth wyth lytle colde and encreaseth by litle and lytle tyll the bodye become as cold as yse and therfore his perorisme is wont to dure eyghtene houres and the patient hathe heauye payne in the heed depe slepe and somtymes sowneth bycause of the corrupte vapours whiche assaulte the harte The pulse at the begynnynge is small and secrete and busye in the ende The vryne in the fyrste dayes is thynne and whyte by reason of the oppilacyon of the veynes and therfore the patiente feleth payne in hys sydes and consequentlye the coloure of his face and all hys bodye becommeth whyte and pale ¶ The cure of a flegmatyke fieuer THe cure thereof hathe thre intentions The fyrste is ordynaunce of dyete the seconde digestyon and purgation of the matter antecedent the thyrde is correction of the accidentes The fyrst intention is accomplysshed as is declared in the Chapiter of a softe aposteme The seconde shal be perfourmed by admynistration of this digestiue â„ž of syrupe de duabus radicibus with vynegre of hony of roses strayned of syrupe of vyolettes ana â„¥ ss of waters of endyue buglosse and sorell ana â„¥ i. mengle theÌ„ This syrupe is good at the begynnynge An other â„ž of syrupe de bisaÌ„tiis syrupe de duabus radicibus with vynegre of honye of roses streyned ana â„¥ ss of waters of buglosse wormwoode and endyue ana â„¥ i. mengle them This syrupe is good in the state of the fieuer An other in the declinacion of the feuer â„ž of sirupe de tribus radicibus of oximell simplex de bisanciis ana â„¥ ss of waters of maydenheere wormwood and fenell ana â„¥ i. mengle theÌ„ when the matter is digested let it be purged as it foloweth â„ž of diacatholicon of cassia ana â„¥ ss of diafinicon Ê’ iii. ss make a small potion wyth the coÌ„men decoction addynge of syrupe de duabus radicibus wythoute vynegre or in stede thereof honye of Roses i. draÌ„me and an halfe or thus â„ž of Diacatholicon Ê’ vi of diafinicon of electuarii indi maioris ana Ê’ ii make a potion as is aforesayde These purgations are good in the fyrst dayes After certayne dayes digestion of the matter presupposed by receyuyng of the fyrste or seconde dygestyue gyue the patient this purgation â„ž of diasinicon electuarii indi maioris ana â„¥ i. ss of diacatholicon â„¥ ss of agaryke in trosiskes ℈ ii make a small potion with the decoction of cordiall floures and frutes of maydenheere of gallitricum politricum polipodye wyth water of Endyue maidenheere buglose and scabious addynge of honye of roses strayned â„¥ i. or in the steade of thys medycyne ye maye vse the pylles folowynge â„ž of pylles aggregatiue ℈ ii of pylles of reubarbe ℈ i. make fyue pylles wyth water of wormwoode or thus â„ž of pylles de hiera cum agarico of pylles aggregatiue ana Ê’ ss make fyue pylles wyth honye of Roses strayned whiche the patiente muste take in the mornynge Phisicyons that practyse in Rome gyue after certayne dayes in this fieuer of pylles aggregatiue Ê’ i. and afterwarde of pylles of mastyke of pylles of reubarbe ana Ê’ ss It is verye profytable to purge the patiente from grosse and slymye humours with clysters wherof this maye be one â„ž of the leaues of beetes mercurye holyhocke camomyll of branne ana mÌ„ i. of the seedes of swete fenelle and coriander ana Ê’
vi of polipodye ʒ x. the heed of a wether somewhat brused seeth them all togyther wyth suffycyent water vntyl two partes of thre be consumed than strayne them and putte to suffycyent quantitie of the straynyng of honye of roses ℥ ii of syrupe de duabus radicibus wythout vynegre ℥ i. of oyle of camomylle ℥ ii of butter ℥ i. ss the yolkes of two egges and a lytle salt make a clyster or thus ℞ of the foresayde decoction li. i. ss of honye of roses ℥ iii. of oyle of dylle camomylle of euerye one ℥ i. ss of benedicta simplex of Hiera picra Galeni ana ℥ ss the yolkes of two egges and wyth a lytle salte make a clystre The thyrde intention which is to correcte the accidentes chefely the weakenesse of the stomake is thus accomplysshed Fyrste this confection folowynge maye be receyued for the weakenesse of the stomacke ℞ of the spyces of diarhodon abbatis of the spyces of Diagalanga of the spyces of sugre of roses ana ʒ two make trociskes with suffycyēt whyte sugre water of wormewoode and of myntes In the outwarde parte there may be applyed the vnction ordeyned in the Chapter of a tertian This curation is mooste conuenyent in a quartayne fieuer and in inordynate fieuers ¶ A Chapter of vomytynge VOmytīg is good bothe to preserue the bodye frome dyseases and to cure them of diseases Auicenne sayeth it is good for them that haue the goute the sciatica passyons of the reynes and of the bladder leprye quartayne and all longe dyseases and Galene sayth that it preserueth healthe The offyce of vomytynge is to purge fleme and humours of the stomake and to turne them from other partes It maye be prouoked in sondrye maners The practicioners commenlye gyue warme water with a syrupe of vineger and incontinently afterward they cōmaunde the patient to put his fyngers into his mouthe and so prouoke vomyt There be some as Galene testifyeth which receyuyng sondrye meates at a dynner ones in a moneth prouoke vomyt after the maner aforesayde to preserue healthe Some vse a stronge vomyt and vomitiuū nicolai whiche ought not to be done but in greate necessitie for it weakeneth the stomake and the syght of the eyes wherfore whan a vyolent vomytynge chaunceth to anye man through the weakenesse of vertue retentiue ye may gyue hym a myna of quynces or quynces otherwyse dressed a syrupe of myrte sugre of roses syrupe of roses c. ¶ Of drawyng of a deed chylde out of the matryce THe sygnes whan a chyld is deed in the matrice bene these The chylde moueth not as it dyd afore The bellye of the woman is colde Her face and her lyppes bene pale Her eyes bene hollowe Item it maye be knowen by the euyll odoure of her mouth and by longe trauayle and difficultie of delyueraunce whā ye perceyue that the chylde is deed by the foresayde sygnes ye shal come to handye operation But first ye shal make a suffumigation of castorium and euforbium and ye shall prouoke perbrakyng with putting of fethers anoynted wyth oyle and vynegre into the womans mouthe or elles prouoke nesynge And yf the chylde can not come oute by this meanes than vsynge fyrste a suffumigation wyth a decoction of mollificatiue thynges as of mallowes vyolets fenugreke camomylle marche mallowes c. Ye must annoynte your ryght hande wyth oyle of roses and put it into the matryce and set the heed of the infāt streyghte to come oute and drawe it out as gentlye as maye be And yf the heed be to grosse ye muste take awaye the bones and the brayne that it maye the more easelye come oute Some admynystre in this case many kyndes of yron instrumentes as pynsons speculum Howebeit they ought not to be vsed but in greate necessititie lest the matrice be torne therwyth c. ¶ To preserue heere 's from fallyng A Decoction of mayden heer wyth myrobalanes called Emblici made wyth gentle lye strengtheneth the rotes of the heere 's and multiplyeth them Ysaac sayeth that a decoction of sisamus prolongeth the heere 's and mundifyeth scurffe yf ye wasshe the heere theerwith Item lye made wyth asshes of gootes donge and of the rootes of vyne tree multiplyeth heere and suffreth them not to falle yf ye wash the heed therewyth Also a grene lisarde sodden wyth oyle of swete almondes and a lytle laudanum and a lytle oyle of myrt wyth water of myrtylles tylle the water be consumed strengtheneth the heere 's and maketh them fayre when the heed is annoynted therewythall Thys ordinaunce folowynge is good for the forkynge of the heere R. of the leaues of myrte of willowes ana ℥ ii of the oyle of mirt ℥ iiii of laudanum poudred ʒ vi of mirobalanes embli poudred ℥ ii of wyne ℥ ii seeth them all together wyth a softe fyre til the thyrde parte of the wyne be consumed then anoynte the endes and the rootes of the heere therwyth Item redde wine of the decoction of myrtilles sumach roses spike narde of the coddes of seny strengtheneth the heere 's frō fallyng yf ye washe them therwythal a lotion of lye premised ¶ Of the cure of one that is skourged THe cure of skourgyng differeth not frō the cure shewed in the chapter of a fall Wherfore in the pacientes strength and age wyll suffer cut a veyne at the begynnynge and vse scarifications and ventoses Lykewyse ye shall geue the patient of reubarbe ʒ i. of madder of gynger ana ℈ i. mengle thē and make a potion wyth hote water of scabious Item it is verye expedient that the patient take in the mornynge certen dayes a dramme of the poudre vnder wrytten wyth water of hoppes R. of terra sigillata ʒ iii. of reubarbe ʒ i. of mumia of rubea tinctorum ana ℈ ii of gynger ʒ ss Furthermore let the diete be slender at the begynnynge as it is declared in the allegid chapter Afterwarde ye shall come to locall medicynes And ye shal wrappe the patient in a hote wethers skynne newlye stayne sprinklyng vpō it the pouder of myrtilles namelye of the graynes and leaues therof The nexte daye ye shall washe all the body with wyne of decoction of roses worme wood mirtilles camomill mellilote dille and afterwarde ye shall applye vpon the skourged place thys cerote R. oyle of roses odoriferous of oile of myrte an̄ li. ss of oyle of wormewood camomylle an̄ ℥ ii make a softe cerote wyth sufficient whyte waxe addynge of beane floure well bolted ℥ ii ss of roses ℥ i. of the poudre of the graynes leaues of myrtilles ana ʒ x. mengle them and vse them Many other remedyes are described in the chapiter of brusyng attricion of lacertes whervnto ye shal resorte ¶ A chapter of lyce THe cure of lyce consisteth in thre intentions In purgation diete and application of locall medicines Concernynge the fyrste intention the bodye muste be purged wyth pilles of agarike or diacatholicon or diafinicon picra Galeni
aposteme ye shall apply this cerote folowynge in large cloutes ℞ of oyle of roses odoryferous oyle of vyolettes ana ℥ i. ss of calfes tallowe ℥ ii of whyte waxe ℥ i. ss of the muscilage of the seed of holihoke of the seed of quynces of mallowes vyolettes clene barlye one ciathe Let them seethe all togyther except the waxe tyll the muscilage be consumed laste of all put to the waxe and make a softe cerote Or make it thus ℞ of the rootes of hollyhocke sodden and streyned ℥ iii. of oyle of roses camomille ana ℥ j. of hennes grese of oyle of vyolettes ana ʒ vi of calues suet ℥ ii ss seeth them all togither a lytle and putte therevnto of whyte waxe ʒ x. of barlye floure ℥ i. of sasfron ʒ i. and thus endeth this c. ¶ A chapter of smellynge dymynysshed THe vertu of smelling is corrupted thorough sundry causes Sometyme through opylation of the passages of the .ij. lytle pyeces of flesshe in the heade whiche ben the instrumentes of smellyng Sometyme by corruption and putrefaction of the said peeces of flesh The cure hereof shal be acomplisshed with .iii. intencions The first is ordinaunce of diet the second purgacion of the matter the thyrde administracion of locall medicines For the first and the seconde ye shall procede as it is sayd in the chapter of the stynkyng of the nose Lykewyse the remedyes there discribed in the forme of decoctions may be cōuenyently vsed in this curation Howbeit some auncient wryters affirme that a decoction of nigella rue serapine maiorom rosemary with wyne and honye amendeth the diminution of smelling Rue also smelled to wyth myntes and maiorum is of good effecte Haliabbas sayth that the vryne of a harte stilled in to the nose recouereth smellynge Item the galle of a hawke poured into the nosethrilles remoueth oppilation of that lytle peces of fleshe The galle of a cocke or of an henne is of like effecte ¶ A chapter of bonchines BOnchines is caused somtime of moistines dilatīg and slackyng the ligamētes and synnowes wherunto the spondiles are tyed and when the spondiles are out of theyr proper place they cause an eminence or bonchynes Sometymes coughing and shortnes of wynd causeth the sayde bouchynes and sometymes it is caused through apostemation in the muscles of the backe and then the pacient feleth payne lytle heat the peyn remaineth alwaies in one place whych thyng doth not happen so whē it procedeth of wyndines As concernynge bonchines procedynge of a primityue cause we haue spoken in the chapter of dislocation of the spondiles In thys present chapter we wyl onely treate of bonchines that procede of grosse wyndynes and moysture dilatynge and slackinge the ligamentes and synowes of the spondiles The cure of thys bonchines consisteth in thre intentions namelye in diete in purgatiō of matter antecedent in administration of locall medicines For the fyrst ye shall resorte to the cure of bocium The seconde is accomplyshed as it foloweth Fyrst yf the mattier be grosse and slymie it shal be thus digested R. of sirupe de duabus radicibus wythoute vinaygre of syrupe of stichados ana ʒ vi of waters of sage rosemary and fenel ana ℥ i. when he hath receyued thys syrupe the space of a weke lette him be purged as it foloweth R. of pilles de hiera wyth agaryke ℈ ii of pilles of hermodactiles the greater ℈ i. mēgle them and make v. pilles wyth water of fenell And yf the patient be stronge pilles cochye pilles hermodactiles the greater maye be permitted in the wynter But in delicate persons of tender age pilles of hiera and assagereth wyth agaryke are to be vsed ones a weke Further it is conuenient after purgation to vse thys decoction diuretike the space of certayne dayes R. of maydenheere of the floures of rosemarye ana m̄ i. of comune seedes ℥ i. of liquyryce ʒ x. of damaske prunes iuiubes of eche in nomber ten of syrupe de duabus radicibus wythout vinaygre ℥ vi of honye ℥ i. ss of whyte suger ℥ iii. of cynamome and swete fenell of euerye one two drāmes Seeth them al together with swete water in a vessel of glasse tyll the thyrde parte be consumed and vse thys decoction two houres before supper in the mornyng and euenyng after the maner of a syrupe The thyrde intention shall be accomplyshed by the administration of the vnction and cerote folowynge R. of oyle of camomylle lillies of agrippa and dialthea of euerye one ℥ i. ss of oyle of spyke iuniper terebentyne and of a foxe ana ℥ ss of liquide storax ten drammes of rosemarye sticados squinantum of maiorum yua muscata sauyne serpillū mugwort wormewood of euerye one m̄ ss of erth wormes wasshed wyth wyne of the nuttes of cipresse brayed numbre sixe of cynamome of nutmigges of euerye one ʒ i. of calamus aromaticus ʒ iii. of odoriferous wyne li. ii seeth them all together tyll the wyne be consumed then strayne them and annoynte the place therewyth twyse a daye After thys vnction ye shall put vpon the place thys cerote folowynge R. of the oyle magistrale afore ordeyned li. ss of clere terebentyne ten drammes of the rootes of enula campana soddē wyth water and wyne stamped and streyned ℥ iii. of whyte waxe asmuche as shal suffice make a softe cerote adding of saffran ʒ ss Item it is verye good to euapour the place wyth a sponge dypped in the decoction folowyng R. of camomylle mellilote dylle of maiorum sticados squinantum wormewood of euerye one m̄ ss of nuttes of cipresse brayed nombre ten of corianders cumine calamus aromaticus of euerye one two drammes of honye ℥ i. ss Let them seeth all together wyth water and odoriferous wyne sufficientlye tyll halfe be cōsumed and let the place be epethimed wyth a sponge thus we ende c. ¶ Of too muche fatnes and grosnes of the body GAlene sayth that through the vertue assimulatiue attractiue the bodye is so engrossed that a man can not walke nor breathe but wyth greate difficultie whereby yf he contynewe wythout excercise he must nedes fall into some euyll disease as apoplexia palsye chokynge euyll fieuer wherfore it is necessary to reherce the thynges that haue vertue to extenuate the body and to make it thinne whyche thynge consisteth in two intētions that is to saye in diminution of bloode and resolution of mattier conioyncte The fyrste is accomplyshed by the administration of a slender diete and by thynges that prouoke vryne and sweate as fenell percelye rue asparage polium c. Also solutyue medicines that purge fleume ar profitable wyth exercise and muche fastyng and drynkynge of vinaygre The seconde intencion is accomplyshed by administration of meates of lytle nourishment and also by conuenient purgation The meates must be of such nature that they may passe easelye from the stomake to the guttes that the operation of the veynes called miseraice be not fulfylled Item a bathe
of the arme holes fete c. some doctours prayse a lotion with wyne of the decoction of myrtilles rooses wormewoode rosemary squinantū sticados swete fenell coriander and alume For the same intenciō ye may vse the decoctiō folowyng ℞ of sage wormewoode and rosemarye ana m̄ ss of maiorū nepte mugworte roses mirtilles an̄ m̄ ss of squinantum sticados of eche a lytle of the nuttes of cipresse braied in nombre ten of corianders of swete fenel of euery one ℥ j. of galla muscata of calamus aromaticus of euerye one ʒ x. of honye .li. ss of roche alume ℥ iij. of salt ℥ ij lette them seeth all together wyth sufficient water odoriferous wyne and a lytell vynegre tyll the thyrde part be consumed than streyne them and vse the decoction After a bathe ye shall anoynte the foresayde places wyth thys liniment ℞ of oyle of rooses omphacyne of oyle mirtyne of euery one ℥ ij of oyle of mastyke ℥ ss of liquide storax ʒ ij of litarge of golde and syluer of euery one ʒ x. of sarcocolle ʒ iij of roche alume brent ʒ vj. of whyte saunders ℥ ss of calamus aromaticus ʒ j. ss myngle them and make a linimente wyth suffycient whyte waxe ¶ A Chapter of vryne reteyned SOmetymes vryne is so reteyned in mē and women that yf it be not remedyed by thynges that open it wyll induce euyll accidentes as a spasme Aposteme and sometymes death The stoppynge of the wayes of the vryne is sometymes caused thoroughe greate coldnes of the feete and genitalle partes and sometymes thorough grosse and slymye wyndynes or thoroughe flegmatyke humours whyche stoppe the necke of the blader Lykewyse the vryne is restrayned by some vlceration of the necke of the bladder or by a wart or congeled bloude And whā it is reteyned by these laste reherced thynges baynes and oyles that prouoke vryne are sometyme of good effect and sometymes not The reason is that whan the necke of the bladder is vlcered the two partes of the conduyt of the vryne cleaue and are incarned together And than whan the incarnation is newe or whan the warte is newe and small the sayd remedyes maye haue good effecte But whan the consolidation is stronge or the warte greate and olde the remedies are of none effecte and than ye must procede with handye operation wherof we wyll speake in the next chapter Howebeit Gentilis and other expositors holde a contrary opynyon expounde that the sayde vlceration is in the substaunce of the bladder and not in the necke of it Whyche thynge neuertheles is not true for puttynge an instrumēt into the yarde called argalia whyche serueth to cause vryne to issue out vnto the vlcered place that is to saye into the necke we foūd at the entrynge of the instrument into the bladder notable separation of the incarned partes of the sayde vlceration And after that by the sayd instrumēt ther issued out a lytle vryne there came forthe also a greate quantitie of bloode whyche proceded thorough the percynge of the instrument and separatiō of the incarned partes Sometymes retencion of vryne commeth of the stone lienge in the necke of the bladder and sometyme by multitude of grauell stoppynge the comune conduytes The cure of thys retencion shall be accomplysshed by embrocations bathes vnctions playsters lenitiue and openynge applyed vpon the yard vpon the bone called pecten and vpō the skynne called peritoneum Moreouer it shal be accomplysshed by the ministration of thynges diuretyke receyued by the mouthe as is thys ordenaunce folowynge ℞ of the water of fenell asparage bruscus smallage sorell ana ℥ iiij of the wyne of sower pomegranates ℥ ij of syrupe de duabus radicibus ℥ vi of liquyrice stamped ℥ ss of the comune seedes stamped ℥ ij of whyte suggre ℥ ij ss sethe them all together in a glasse tyll the thyrde parte be consumed thā strayne them and lette the patiente take thereof one ciathe in the mornynge and euenynge Item for the same intention the decoction folowyng is commendable ℞ of the water of Eringium ℥ vi of the water of endiue sorell and smallage of euery one ℥ viij of water of asparage and bruscus of euerye one ℥ ij water of maydenheare ℥ iij. of the comune seedes of the .iij. lesse seedes of euerye one ʒ vi of the rootes of liquirice clensed ʒ x. of the seede of Alcakengi ℥ j. of raysons ℥ j. ss of damaske prunes of iniubes of euery one ℥ ij of swete fenell ʒ v. of swete sugger of syrupe de duabus radicibus wythout vynegre ana ʒ vij sethe them all together tyll the thyrde parte be consumed thā strayne them and vse the straynynge Galene and some othere doctours prayse to put cantarides wyth thynges diuretyke howebeit it can not be done wythout daunger of deriuation of much matter from the reynes to the bladder Ye may haue lyke iudgemēt of the stone called Lapis Iudaicus As towchynge symple locall medecynes the doctours praise to laye a conyes skynne vpon the bone called pecten and to anoynt the skynne peritoneum wyth the fatte of a conye Lyke wyse peritarie wyth the leaues of radishe and blackcoolewortes and cressones fried in a panne wyth butter oyle of elders a lytle cumyne hathe greate vertue to prouoke vryne Item a lowce put in to the yarde prouoketh vryne and styrreth vp the vertue expulsyue Also oyle of scorpions the oyle called Petroleum caste into the yard or yf ye anoynt the foresayd places therwyth prouoketh vryne Lyke wyse the leaues of leekes dried soddē with a lytle whyte wyne parietary hony applied vpō the bone pectē after the maner of cataplasma bē of lyke effect And the playster vnderwrittē hath greate vertue also to prouoke vryne applied vpon the foresayde place ℞ of the rootes of holyhockes ℥ iiij of radyshe rootes .li. ss of the leaues of colewortes and parietarie of wylde fenell southistles of cressones ana m̄ j. ss sethe them al in water than stampe them and make a styffe playster in the decoction wyth floure of cycers and fenugreke addyng of the fatte of a conye of oyle of Camomille dille ana ℥ ij of butter ℥ iij. mengle them and vse them as is aforesayde We haue proued also this bath folowyng to be of good efficacitie in prouokyng vryne ℞ of the rootes of holyhocke and radyshe ana .li. j. of the rootes of bruscus percelye and asparage ana m̄ ss of cumyn swete fenell ameos ana ℥ j. of honye li. j. ss of leeke seede fenugreke seede ana ℥ iij. of camomyl mellilote dylle horehoūde ana m̄ j. ss of parietarie of black coolewortes an̄ m̄ j. ss sethe thē al together in sufficiēt water wyth a sufficient quantitie of wyne tyll the thyrde parte be consumed and bathe wyth thys decoction the bone called pecten Fynallye a clyster made wyth the decoction oyles and butter aforesaid wyth a lytle salt the yolkes of two egges two ounces of honye of
crosse or .iii. cornerd incision And if the body be strong ye shall vse flebothomye diuersyue and then ye shall perce the bone in the lower parte with an instrument called instrumentum masculum or nespula whose offyce is onelye to make a cyrcle percynge into the spoungyouse parte of the skulle Afterwarde ye shall admynyster the instrumente called nespula femina whose office is to make a hole or waye vnto the seconde table Consequently ye shall worke with the instrumēt called instrumentum securitatis ye shal pearce the seconde table therwyth vnto the inner parte then ye shal clense make smothe the hole frō all roughnes and pryckes wyth oure instrument called lenticulare After that the bones ben remoued yf the bodye be strōge accustomed to labour as the bodyes of mariners warriours husbondmen lyke immediatly ye shall purge the pannicle of the brayne al the wounde wyth whyte wyne hote And after the sayd mundification ye shal fyll the wounde wyth good aqua vite layeng on this pouder folowynge ℞ of aloes myrre frākynsence sanguinis draconis ana ʒ i. myngle them Or make it thus it shall the better cōforte the brayne ℞ of myrre ℥ i. of aloes epatyke ʒ ij of sarcocol frākynsence sanguinis draconis of madder of fyne grayne ana ℈ ij mingle thē make a pouder applye it wyth sendall or sylke laynge on also the sayde cerote Cerote of the heade in a larger pece whose description is thys ℞ of oyle of roses odoriferous .li. ss of oyle of roses omphacyne ℥ ij of calues suet wethers suet ana ℥ ij ss of rasyne of the pynetre of gūme elimi ana ℥ ij of mastyk ℥ i. ss of whyt wyne of good odoure .li. ij of betonye woodbynde rosemary floures ana m̄ i. of fyne grayne ℥ ss of armoniake ʒ vi of madder ʒ x. melt the armoniak in vynegre braye the thynges that are to be brayed sethe them all together wyth the forsayd wyne tyll the wyne be consumed then presse them strōgly and put to the pressynge of clere terebentyne ℥ iiij of whyte waxe asmuche as shall suffice Make a styffe cerote malaxe it wyth mylke at the begynnynge and afterwarde wyth wyne laste of all wyth aqua vite Thys playster is of synguler operacion and draweth matter from the botome vnto the outward partes hath al intencions whych bene requyred in thys case But yf the fracture be small in a coleryke or sanguine bodye of delicate complexion thē after that the bone is perced as we haue sayd ye must applye oyle of roses omphacyne actually hote vnto the fourth daye layenge a sendall vpō the pannicle dura matter that the oyle touche it not And vppon the borders of the wounde ye shal applye a dygestiue of the yolkes of egges wyth the forsayd oyle After the fourth daye ye must procede wyth the foresayd cerote and abstersiue lycours other cerotes declared in the chapter of a broken sculle for we haue foūde this cure to be cōmēdable Howbeit Auicēne sayeth that it is better to applye thinges desiccatiue dygestiue after the pearcynge of the sculle whyche thynge is true in flegmatyke and strōge bodyes But in sanguine coleryke yonge and tender bodyes we haue proued the later doctrine of better effecte For as Cornelius Celsus sayeth one medicine suffyceth not for all dyseases and complexions Nowe that we haue declared the percynge of the sculle wyth newe instrumentes we wyll set forth .xv. notable thynges whych are to be consydered in the woundes of the heade wyth the breche of the scull wherof the fyrste is touthyng a feuer which comunly happeneth in thys case Fyrst ye muste consyder whether it chaunced wythin the .iiij. or .vij. daye or after the .vij. daye Yf it chaunced with in the fourth day wythout any forther euyll accidentes I saye that it came thorough dygestion of the lyppes of the wounde Lykewyse yf it chaunceth after the .vij. day though it be with more suspicion yet it proceded of the forsaid cause But yf the fieuer chaūced about the .x. or .xiiij. daye wyth coldnes rygours before heat it proceded of an he risipelas made or to be made growē already or that wyl ensue afterward or els through some putrefaction caused vpon dura mater when it procedeth of herisipelas it is not mortall but whē it procedeth of putrefaction for the moste part it is mortall And therfore we said in a proper chapter of the former booke that the chirurgien shulde not pronosticate by the pulse or by vryne for so they myghte be deceyued The seconde thynge to be noted is of a fieuer caused through bloode streyned vpon dura mater and it chaūseth comunly in somer about the .vii. daye and in wynter aboute the .x. daye for in thys tyme the sayd bloode cometh to putrefaction And therfore ye must perce the sculle in sommer before the vij day and in wynter before the tenth as Auicenne sayeth Howe be it we haue perced it after the tenthe daye vnto the .xiiij. daye and it hath succeded well chieflye when after the percynge of the bone we ministred thys medicine folowyng .ij. or .iij. dayes ℞ of good aqua vite ℥ ij of hony of roses ʒ ij myngle them put in one droppe after another on the dura mater or caste in the lycour wyth a syrynge yf nede be Yf the putrefaction or blacknes of the pānicle can not be remoued thys waye ye muste procede wyth stronge remedyes In thys desperate case we were wonte to administre thys remedye folowynge ℞ of aqua vite ℥ iij. of honye of roses ℥ i. of oure pouder of mercury ʒ ij myngle them and let them seeth a lytle Or thus ℞ of aqua vite ℥ i. ss of syrupe of roses honye of roses of euery one ʒ ij of vnguentum egiptiacum ʒ ij ss of sarcocol myrrhe aloes of euery one ʒ i. of odoriferous whyte wyne ℥ i. seeth them altogether a lytle then strayne them vse them as is aforesayde And yf the vnguentum Egiptiacum be made wyth water of plantayne or wyne of pomegranades it shal be better then wyth vynegre Perchaunce some wyll meruayle that we commaunde to applye these two remedyes wherin oure pouder of mercurye and vnguentum egiptiacum enter bycause they vse onlye to leye vpon the pannicle honye of roses whych vndoutedly is to weake and therfore we haue folowed Hypocrates which sayth that in extreme diseases extreme remedyes are to be taken The thyrde obseruaunce is also touchynge colde whych happeneth in the woundes of the heade after the seuenth daye by reason of heresipelas or of a tercian feuer or by reason of some putrefaction vppon the ryme of the brayne When thys rygorous colde cometh thorough herisipelas the partes lyenge aboute the wounde swollen and of redde or yelowe coloure Yea and the eye lyddes also yf the wounde be of the former parte do swell and growe to an aposteme and
cephalica in the contrary side afterwarde to geue the patient a digestiue made of syrupe of violets roses waters of borage hoppes vnto the fyft day cōsequentlye to administer this medicine folowynge R. of cassia diacatholicō an̄ ʒ vi make morcelles with suger Or for rich men ye maye vse this medicine R. of chosē māna of diaprunis not solutiue or diacassia an̄ ʒ vi of good reubarbe infused according to art ℈ ii make a smal potion with the water of endyue hoppes addinge of syrupe of violettes ℥ i. The reason why phlebotomy is more conuenient at the beginning then a solutiue medicine is this The humours which are redy to rūne to the wounded mēber brynge it to an aposteme are bloode cholere wherfore the cuttynge of the veyne cephalica on the contrary part is necessary to turne awaye to purge the sayd humours As touchyng thys purgation ye shall note that ye muste not geue the patient a medicine wher into scamonye entreth for as Auerroes sayth Scamonye troubleth and inflameth the humours and can not be so corrected but it wyll hurte the principall members And Galene sayeth that the aposteme vpon the ryme Dura mater is a sharpe disease and in sharpe diseases stronge medicines must not be geuen but such as purge easely wythout violence HOwe we wyll describe the instrumentes wherof we made mention afore The first instrumēt called instrumentū masculum must be made of fyne stele about the length of .viii. fyngers in the ende wherof there must be an handel like the handel of a wymble or percer in the other ende it must haue small teeth lyke a sawe and must be holow the length of fyue ynches hauynge a quadrate and sharpe pricke in the middes therof standing out a litle farther then the saw whych shal serue onely to make a cercle vpon the skulle The seconde instrument shal be made as the fyrste wythout any pricke in the myddest Neuertheles a nespula is set in the toppe of the saw dented or tothed to cutte two maner of wayes for one part of the nespula must cut the bone towarde the ryght syde when the instrument is turned to the same syde the other parte of the nespula muste cut towarde the lyft side when the instrumente is turned to the same side The effecte of thys instrumente is to perce the skulle vnto the second table and is called nespula femina The thyrde instrument whyche is called instrumentum securitatis shal be holowe and dented and shall haue a handle also shal be holowe dented without a nespula and without a pricke in the middes but it shall haue entring in the ende of the saw a peece of yron or of siluer .iii. ynches longe after the facion of a wrethed vyne and in the maner of a vice whiche when it is turned aboue by litle and lytle shal perce the second table without daunger of hurtyng the ryme dura mater The fourth instrumēt is called lenticula it must be made with the said wrethed vine or vice as it is sayd in the thyrd instrument and it must haue no saw and in the ende it shal haue a lenticula an ynche aboue it must haue a lineal rounde instrument to reteyne or holde the sayde instrument For the lēticula shal helpe to remoue the roughnes or prickes of the boone Also a file shall take awaye the sayd peces of bones and thus the skulle may be perced wythout daunger ¶ A chapter of the cure of woundes of mariners soulders Forasmuch as the bodies of mariners and souldiours ar customed to labour the cure of theyr woundes must differ from them that are of delicate cōplexion lyue idelly Fyrste yf they be hurt in the head ye shal procede with the remedies declared in the chapter of the cure of woūdes that is to say with a capital cerote aqua vite and Auicennes pouder And if they be hurt vpon the ioynctes wyth a great wounde ye shall cauterise the same wounde with a lyght cauterie of terebētyne oyle of roses and afterward ye shall sewe vp the same leauyng in the lowest part a hole that the water may issue out ye shall put a tent in the hole moysted wyth oyle of the yolkes of egges or wyth oyle of ipericō with as much terebentyne And vpon the wounde ye shall laye vnguentum basilicon magistrale of our description and whan quytture is ingendered in the wound in stede of oyle of ipericō ye shal apply a mūdificatiue of sirupe of roses Item a playster of beanes whyche we ordeyned for the goute is conueniente in thys case And yf the wounde be in a fleshye place ye shall make a seame and washe the place wyth aqua vite with a pouder made of aloes and myrrhe And ye must lay therupon vng basilicum of oure description If the wounde be wyth losse of substaūce by an instrumēt called a scopette then after cauterisatiō of the place ye shall finishe the cure as we haue declared in a proper chapter therof when the wounde perceth into the stomake or into the belly ye shall likewyse procede wyth aqua vite aloes myrrhe and with a cerote of minium wrytten in a chapter of additions Finallye ye maye also vse conueniently thys playster folowynge ℞ of beane floure li. ii of branne fynely poudred li. i. seeth them wyth sufficient sapa whyte wyne a lytle water tyll they be thycke addynge of oyle of roses camomylle and dylle ana ℥ i. ss As touchynge diete and conuenient potions ye shall resorte to the chapter of woūdes that perce into the brest c. ¶ The maner of cuttynge veynes from the heade to the fete ALbeit that in a proper cha of flebotomy in the nynth boke we haue spokē largelye of the cōmodities incōmodities therof yet that the doctrine of the sayd chapter may be more playne we wyll here declare howe ye may vse phlebotomy as well diuersiue as euacuatiue in apostemes woundes and breakynges of bones Fyrst it is a general rule that phlebotomye be made in the contrary parte by one diameter complete excepte the mattier be venomouse and thys must be done in the begynnyng to augmentation but in the state ye must cutte a veyne in the same syde for then there is no intention to turne awaye the mattier whyche floweth no longer Yea it is ryghte conuenient to purge the bodye by phlebotomye euacuatiue for then the mattier anticedente is found vnder the fourme of the mattier conioyncte The order of phlebothomy As concernynge the order of phlebotomye all the auncient and later doctours kepe this that foloweth that is to saye yf the mattier be in the ryght the bodye and the heade not beyng ful of humours then a clister premised it is mooste conuenient to open the veyne called cephalica whyche is betwene the forefinger and the thombe of the contrary hande but in the state the practicioners
the veyne basilica on the same syde In diseases that are from the flankes downewarde whether they be apostemes fractures dislocations c. Yf the matter renne and yf the bodye be full of humours ye shal cut the veyne basilica on the same syde as Auicenne sayeth to turne awaye the matter which renneth or is redye to renne to the sore place Consequētlye to purge the matter conioynte ye shall open the veyne saphena on the same syde Here ye shal consydre that yf the body be verye full of humours than the veyne basilica on the contrarye syde must be cut and successiuely ye shall cutte the sayde veyne of the same syde yf the matter be partly deryued and yet renne styll For this flebothomye turneth asyde the mattere and purgeth the partes lying aboute the apostemed place And thus the veyne saphena of the same syde may more safely be cut in the state to purge the matter conioynte And this was our purpose in the Chapter of hote apostemes of the stoones though we semed to speake darkely through the negligence of the Prynter for we cōmaunded that the bodye beinge full of humours ii flebotomyes shuld be vsed The fyrst was of basilica in the contrary syde to diminyshe the superfluous humours of the bodye the seconde of basilica in the same syde to turne awaye the matter with some euacuation of the partis lying about For yf the veyne saphena shoulde be opened in the same syde daūger might ensue lest matter shuld be drawen frō the vpper partes to the payneful place Furthermore we ought to consydre why the doctours prayse flebothomy of the veyne Basilica on the same syde in bodyes not full of humours rather than on the contrary side The fyrst reason is that a true diuersyon or turnynge asyde of matter is accōplysshed by one diameter complete but from the ryght flanke vnto the veyne basilica of the lefte arme there is more than one diameter complete Secondlye bycause that in this case dyuersion is made from the nether partes to the vpper which is harder thā that is made from the vpper place to the nether For humours descende more easely then they mounte vp And therfore Auicenne and Gentilis cōmaunde to cutte the veine basilica in the same syde whan there is an aposteme in the flanke or in the thyghe though the body be full of humours And Dinus proueth the same by many reasons and argumentes Howbeit Auerrois is of an other opynion cōcernyng dyuersiue flebothomy whē there is an apostem vnder the eares for he saith that whē an aposteme is vnder the ryght eare flebothomy diuersiue must be made in the ryght arme chefely when the bodye is not full of humours And ye maye perceyue by the same auctour that yf an apostem be in the ryght eare he wyll not that the left veyne cephalica be touched He affirmeth also that euerye diuersiue flebothomye emptyeth superfluous humours of the body But if the aposteme be in the ryght eare of a bodye full of humours the sayde doctour counsayleth to cut the cephalica of the left hande For as we haue said it doeth both emptye the superfluitie of the bodye and turneth asyde the matter and so ye may perceyue that euery euacuatiue flebothomye doth also partely turne the matter asyde ¶ Of woundes in generall a peculier treatise ¶ The fyrst Chapter Of woūdes symple and cōpound of theyr accidentes and of the cure of hurte synowes SYmple woundes nede onelye good byndynge wasshynge with odoriferous wyne of decoction of roses yarow centaurie the greter and with the administration of the oyntment called gratia dei chefelye when they be not very depe And in this case ye must not ordre a very sklendre dyete as some ignoraunte chirurgiens do but ye muste rather gyue the patient good wyne to drynke and lette hym eate meate of good noryshment In compounde woundes in the stede of wyne ye shall gyue this potion folowyng ℞ of clene reysons of damask prunes washed with water ana ℥ iii. of the wyne of pomegranades ℥ ii ss of fyne sugre li. ss lette them seeth wyth viii pounde of rayne water tylle the thyrde parte be consumed Yf the sayde woundes bene verye deepe with the sayde intention ye muste sowe togyther the sondred partes as it is sayde in the chapter of the woundes of the face and vse a poudre incarnatiue wash the place with aqua vite Pouder The discriptiō of the poudre is after this sorte ℞ of frankensence and myrrhe aloes ana ʒ ii of sarcocolle sanguis draconis ana ʒ i. Yf the woundes be in synnowye places and vpō the iointes then a seme of the sondred partes so that the synnowes be not touched and flebothomye diuersiue at the begynnynge and purgation accordynge to the euyll humour and slender diete are necessary for the curatiō Itē it is good to kepe the belly loose vsynge dayly a suppositorye or some gentle clyster Item ye must turne away the matter by rubbyng and byndynge the extreme partes and by applying vētoses in the cōtrary partes Semblablie it is very good to rub the partes about with oyle of camomyll dylle swete almondes and hennes grese takynge equall portion of euerye one of them wherein ℥ i. ss of erth wormes haue ben sodden wyth odoriferous wyne and a lytle saffran tyll the wyne be consumed This vnction swageth payne and defendeth spasme and is a synguler remedy to annoynt the backe bone therewyth After this embrocation laye a brode sparadrap vpon all the hole membre after this description ℞ of oyle of roses odoriferous camomil ana li. i. ss of oyle of roses omphacyne ℥ ii of hēnes grese of oyle of swete almōdes of goose grese ana ℥ ss of odoriferous wyne one cyathe of earthe wormes wasshed with wyne ℥ iii. ss of the seed of s Iohns worte ʒ ix of al the saunders of fyne grayne brayed ana ʒ v. of vnwashed wolle ℥ ii of the leaues of plantaine stamped m̄ i. seeth them all togyther tylle the wyne be consumed then streyne thē through a thick clothe and put to the straynynge of whyte waxe ℥ x. and let them seeth agayne a lytle whiche done ye muste dyppe peces of lynnen of the forsayde largenesse into the decoction And afterwarde ye must put them in to water of the decoction of roses camomyl mellilote or into water of barlye or into wyne delayed with water and applye the spāradrap as is aforsayd Afterwarde ye shal laye in the vpper part of the sore membre .v. or syxe ynches from the wounde this defensyue folowynge ℞ of oyle of roses odoriferous ℥ viii of oyle of myrt ℥ ii of whyte waxe ℥ iii. melte the waxe wyth oyles and take them from the fyre and styrre them aboute tyll they be luke warme and thā put vnto thē of bole armenye of terra sigillata an̄ʒ vi of beane floure wel bolted ℥ ii of all the saunders of sanguis draconis well brayed ana
in this case maye thus be ordeyned ℞ of syrupe of roses of syrupe of the iuce of endiue ana ʒ vi the waters of endiue buglosse and wormewoode ana ℥ i. The sygnes of this disease yf perchaunce ye shall doute thereof are vehement payne and swellyng of the place Some ignoraunte Chirurgiens thynke that it is a dislocation and inforce themselues to reduce it putting the membre into hote water and after into colde water whyche thynge ought not to be done for hoote water draweth matter to the place and colde induceth a spasme And whan they se the place blacke aboute the seuenth or tenth daye they scarifye it thynkynge that it is the begynnynge of cancrena whyche thynge causeth sondrye accidentes Nowe that we haue warned you of theyr erroure we wyl returne to oure purpose wherfore as touchynge locall medicines the fyrste thre or foure dayes ye shall emplayster the membre with stoupes moystned in water and wyne of pomegranades or vynegre of Roses and annoynted wyth this myxture folowynge ℞ syxe egges with whytes and yolkes of oyle of roses omphacyne or oyle of roses complete ℥ iiii of oyle of myrte ℥ ii of womans milk ℥ i. rybworte cutte in small peeces m̄ ii of barlye and beane floure ana ℥ i. ss shake them all togyther addynge of the poudre of the leaues and graynes of myrtylles ana ʒ x. applye this playster vpon the place twyce a daye actuallye hote and after the .iiii. daye put to the sayd playster of wormwod cut and stamped m̄ i. ss of oyle of camomylle ℥ i. ss ye shall procede with thys remedye vnto the .vii. daye And yf the peyne be vehement in the stede of the foresayd remedye ye shal vse this playster folowynge ℞ of mallowes roses wormewood ribworte ana m̄ i. ss of branne of husked beanes ana m̄ ii of camomylle mellylot stamped ana m̄ ss sethe theym all togyther in sufficient water tyl the beanes be perfectlye sodden stampe theym all and strayne them and set them to the fyer agayne and make a playster with .li. i. ss of sapa and as moche bean flour and with the foresayde streynyng addyng in the ende of oyle of roses odoriferous ℥ iii. of oyle of camomylle and myrte ana ℥ ii of saffron ʒ i. let them seeth agayne a lytle Item to comfort the ioyntes in the ende it is good to apply this plaister ℞ of the rootes of holyhocke .li. i. of salamōs seale .li. ss cutte them seeth them in the broth of a wethers heade then stampe them and strayne them and put to the streynyng of good odoriferous wyne ℥ viii of beane floure li. ss of oxe dounge brayed ℥ ii of iva stamped of wormwood of roses ana m̄ ss of oyle of roses odoriferous of oyle myrtyne ana ℥ i. of oyle of camomylle spyke agrippa and dialthea ana ℥ ss myngle them and lette them seeth agayne tyll they be thycke vse this ordynaunce after the manner of a cerote or playster And yf ye adde of clere terrebentyne ℥ iii. it shal be more subtyle and shall the better comforte the synowes and the muscules An other for the same intention ℞ of holy hock of salomons seale sodden strayned ana ℥ iiij of clere terebentyne ℥ ij of odoriferous oyle of roses of oyle myrtyne spyke mastyke ana ʒ ij of whyt waxe ʒ x. of hony ℥ i. of agrippa dialtea ana ʒ v. of good whyt wyne halfe a ciathe seeth them al together with an oūce halfe of earth wormes washed wyth wyne tyl the wyne be consumed then strayne them put to the straynynge of redde pouder ʒ vi of the pouder of myrtilles wormewood roses ana ℥ ss of al the saūders ana ʒ iij. of mumia ʒ ij ss of saffron ℈ i. of bean floure ʒ xiiij myngle them Here foloweth a cōfortatiue decoction whych dryeth and resolueth and serueth in the ende ye muste foment the place twyse a daye wyth sponges ℞ of wormewood roses myrtilles rosema floures yua an̄ m̄ i. of sage squinātū sticcados maiorum an̄ m̄ ss the nuts of cypresse brayed of the floures of pomegranades ana ℥ ij of honye of roses ℥ iij. of roche alume of salt ana ℥ i. ss of frankynsence mastycke storax calamite ana ʒ ij of laudanum ʒ v. of liquide storax ʒ i. ss of corianders and anyse ana ʒ ij ss stampe them al together seeth them with redde wyne and barbours lye tyll the thyrde parte be cōsumed thē strayne them vse them Here foloweth the remedyes whych are conuenient in all fractures dislocations and ben of fyue kyndes wherof the fyrst is thys wherwyth ye shal procede vnto the seuenth daye ℞ the whytes of foure egges oyle of roses oyle myrtine ana ℥ ij of mylduste ℥ ij ss of sanguis draconis ℥ x. of terra sigillata ʒ vi myngle thē vse thys medicine leynge fyrst vpon the fracture a pece of lynen cloth wette in oyle of roses and oyle of myrte The seconde kynde wherwyth ye must procede vnto the .xx. daye is thys ℞ of clere terebenti ℥ iij. of hony ℥ i. ss oyle of myrte oyle of roses odoriferous ana ℥ ij of mirrhe wel brayed frākinsence aloes sanguis draconis ana ℥ ss of bole armeny of terra sigillata ana ʒ vi of mumia ʒ v. of myldust of the floure of lynseed of fenugreke ana ℥ i. the whytes of .iiij. egges of dragagantū brayed ʒ x. These thynges muste be put in wyth vij pounde of the muscilage of calues feete soddē wyth the leaues of holihocke ashe and wyllowes they muste be well myngled together after the maner a playster and chaūged ones or twyse a weeke The thyrde is a sparadrap whyche is conuenient in the fractures of great bones as of the thyghes of the shulders is writtē in our antidotary called a cerote for the fractures of bones The fourth kynde is an embrocacion whych muste be vsed euery thyrde daye after the application of the sparadrap vnto perfyte curation is thus made ℞ of roses wormewood of the leaues of both plantaines of yarowe knotte grasse of the rootes of the ashe tree and wyllowe tree of the leaues graynes of mirte ana m̄ ij of the rootes of holihock somewhat stamped .li. i. of horsetayle woodbynd of the rootes and leaues of consolida the greater and the lesse ana m̄ ss of hony ℥ iij. of roche alume salt ana ℥ ij of frankyncence myrre sarcocoll ana ℥ i. of aloes eparyke ℥ ss of laudanū ʒ x. seethe all these together with two partes of water one of good redde wyne tyll the fourth parte be consumed then strayne them and vse thys decoction actually hote The .v. is a liniment whych taketh awaye ytchynge caused through dryenge medicines And it is in this fourme ℞ of oyle of roses of vnguentū populeon ana ℥ ij of the iuice of plātaine ℥ i. of oyle of myrte ℥ x. of
cutte of incontinentlye after incision ye shall cauteryse the place wyth comune oyle wherin earth wormes haue ben sodē wyth a lytle terebentyne and afterwarde ye shall dygeste the place with thys oyle myngled wyth the yolkes of egges and terebentyne And ye shall anoynt the partes adioynynge wyth oyle magistral and bynde vpon it the sparadrap wrytten in the chapter of hurted synowes After the remotiō of the escare and whē good quytture is engendred let the place be mundifyed wyth thys mundifycatiue ℞ of clere terebentyne ℥ vi of the iuyce of plantayne ℥ ij of water of barly one cyath of syrupe of roses ℥ i. ss seeth them al together tyll the water and the iuyce be consumed then streyne them and put to the streynynge of barlye floure ℥ ij ss the yolke of an egge of sarcocolle ʒ ij For the other intencions ye shal procede as is aforesayd As touching dyet and preseruatiues we haue sufficientlye spoken in our former boke ¶ A chapter of the cure of woundes caused by arowes dartes c. WHen a man is wounded wyth an arowe or darte or lyke thynge ye shal enlarge the place with sharp yron as sone as may be except ther be daunger of cuttynge synowes veines and arteries and then ye shall drawe out the darte or arowe wyth tenacles or some other conuenient instrument Howbeit some commaunde to mollifye the place wyth dygestiues whych thynge is very daungerous Yf the arrowe be not venemose it shal suffice to cauterise the place with hote oyle of elders afterward ye shal procede with remedyes ordeyned in the former boke in the chap. of a fleshye woūde Yf the arowe or dart be enuenimed whych is knowen by swellyng blackenes of the place than ye shall burne awaye the venemouse flesshe wyth an hote Yron and scarifie the place about and lay on bloodsuckers and vpon the wounde ye shall applye the playster of meales wrytten in the chapter of cancrena If the arowe be barbed it is better to cause it passe thorough thā to drawe it backe It chaūceth sometymes that the arowe heade remayneth in the bellye longe tyme and afterward is sent of nature to the flankes and likewyse sometymes the pellettes of hagbuttes remayne fyue or syxe dayes in some member and comme oute in the ende of the membre The remedies conuenient to drawe out yrō thorne or other lyke are these The iuyce of the rootes of a cane or reede incorporated wyth newe leauē terebentyne armonyake the heades of lysardes cutte brent and stamped and made after the maner of a playster Item thys playster folowyng is good for the same purpose ℞ of great diaquilon of oure description ℥ iij. of armonyake serapyne Bdellium galbane ana ʒ vi of the iuyce of the rotes of a cane or reede ʒ x. of terebentyne shyppe pitche oyle of lynseed ana ʒ j. melte them all at the fyer and adde of wheate floure ʒ v. of newe leauen ʒ x. of oyle of elders ʒ vij myngle them and vse them after the maner of a cerote Thus endeth the first booke of woundes and begynneth the seconde booke of Apostemes ✚ The seconde booke of Apostemes ¶ The fyrst Chapter of the cure of hote and colde Apostemes THe remedies whiche are conueniēt in the begynnyng of apostemes vnto augmentatiō must be repercussiue whan they come to augmentacion ye muste procede wyth the remedies gyuen in theyr proper Chapter After maturation incision and digestiō ye shal applie this incarnatiue ℞ of cleare terebentyne ℥ iij. syrupe of rooses honye of rooses ana ʒ vj. of the iuyce of plantayne ℥ ss seth thē all together a lytle and whan ye take them from the fyer adde therunto of frankensence myrre sarcocolle aloes ana ʒ ss of the floure of barley lentilles and beanes ana ʒ iij. vse thys incarnatiue in a sanguine and flegmatyke aposteme In choleryke Apostemes ye muste not applye incarnatiue medecynes but rather suche as maye alter the Coleryke matter for whych purpose ye shall vse vnguentum de Minio wyth the iuyce of plantayne and nyghtshade or vnguentum de tucia of oure description For cicatrisation ye shal vse vnguentum Basilicū the greater and the lesse a lotion of water of alume and our pouder cicatrisatyue ¶ A Chapter of malygne pustules as Carbuncles ignis persicus and Froncles IN venemouse pustules it is necessary at the begynnyng to mortifie their venemousnes with an hote Yron or some other caustyke medicyne and ye must cut a veyne of the same syde to drawe euyll bloode towarde the Carbuncle that it be not deriued to the principall membres Afterward as Antonius Gaynerius saythe ye must gyue the pacient some purgation that hath vertue to resyste venyme as we haue declared in the chapter of the pestilence and of a carbuncle Item for the comfortation of the harte ye shall vse cordyall Epithimies and ye shall maynteyne the strength of the paciente wyth good meates and ye shall not laye vpon the place thynges repercussyue nor to much attractiue as some do that applye serapyne and galbanum c. After cauterisation to cause the escare to falle ye shall administre thynges mollificatiue and maturatiue as are butter swynes grese and a digestiue of terebentyne Whan the escare is remoued for mundification ye shal procede as it is sayde in the former booke The comune remedies conuenient in thys case are these that folowe Vnguentum Egyptiacum of our description wyth arsenyke water of arsenyke and sublymate to mortifie the Carbuncle whyche is wrytten in our additions a trocysque of Minium ruptorie of capitelle cauterisation wyth hote Yron all these mortifie the carbuncle After mortification ye shal applye the yolke of an egge beaten with salt and scabiouse a mundificatiue of smallage incarnatiue of sarcocolle terebentyne honye of rooses iuyce of herbes ordeyned in the additions vnguentū de Minio water of alume pouder cicatrisatiue blacke colewortes stamped wyth salt Thys playster folowyng is a synguler remedye agaynste ignem persicum ℞ of roses weybred mallowes lentilles clene barley ana m̄ ij of the cromes of broune breade .li. ss of the floures of pomegranates myrtilles ana m̄ ss sethe them al together with sufficient water tylle the beanes and barley be sodden than stampe them and streyne them and sethe the straynynge ageyne a lytle whyche done adde therunto of oyle of rooses and myrte ana ℥ ij of whyte waxe ℥ j. ss myngle them The plaister of two pomegranades and the liniment made in a morter of leade described in the Chapter of ignis Persicus in oure former booke are conuenient in thys case ¶ A Chapter of the cure of Froncles FOr the cure of Froncles ye shall sethe whete in water wyth the rotes of whyte lillies malowe leaues and stamped with swynes grese for it hathe greate strengthe to rype For the same intention ye may vse the playster folowynge ℞ of the rootes of Holyhocke and lillies ana ℥ iij. of wheate m̄ j. of
the leaues of mallowes m̄ ij sethe thē all together with the brothe of fleshe than stampe them and streyne them and make a styffe playster wyth wheate floure and the foresayde straynynge addyng of butter swynes grese comune oyle ana ʒ j. ss the yolkes of two egges of saffrā ℈ j. let them sethe agayne a lytle It is also a present remedie for mitigation of payne and maturation to bath the place with a decoction of the foresayd thynges After maturation for purgation and mundificatiō of the grosse matter ye shall vse an abstersiue of smallage and diaquilon magistrale Fynallye vnguentum de Minio to heale and cicatrise froncles is a good medecyne ¶ A Chapter of colde Pustules and Scrophules PVstules comynge of colde and moyste humours are riped with the maturatiues described in the additions After maturatiō ye shall open the aposteme fynely and exquisitelye and afterward ye shal digest the place with a digestyue of terebentyne and yf the place be depe it muste be mundified wyth vnguentum Mixtum or wyth our pouder of mercury or with an absterfyue of hony of rooses After mundification ye shal incarne it with myrrhe and sarcocolle For the rest ye shal applie vnguentū Basilicū magistrale and water of alume As towchyng scrophules the cure of them is double one is by incision whyche is the shortest waye whan it may be vsed wythout hurt of veynes arteries but whan the Scrophules are roted among veynes synnowes as it chaunceth in the neckes of chylderne thā it is better to procede wyth resolutiues maturatiues for which purpose we wyl destribe .v. remedies wherof the fyrst is diaquilō magistrale with gōmes described in the addicions The seconde is thus made ℞ of armonyake Bdelliū serapyne oppoponax galbane ana ʒ ij of the iuyce of the rootes of floure deluyce ʒ j. of diaquilon magistrall ℥ ij myngle them The thyrde fourme is this ℞ of the seed of water cresses ℥ iiij of lynseed ℥ ij sethe thē all wyth sufficient vynegre tyl the vynegre be consumed thā stampe them put to that that is stāped of the rotes of holyhocke sodden strayned ℥ ij of the rotes of floure deluyce ʒ x. of oyle of lillies floure deluyce of gose grese ana ʒ vi of armonyake dissolued wyth vynegre ℥ j. of whyte waxe ℥ ij ss myngle them and make a softe cerote for it resoluethe Scrophules effectuouslye For the fourthe fourme ye shall vse pilles of euphorbiū of agarik in trociskes of gynger turbith of the iuyce of the rootes of floure deluyce of aloes epatyke mastyke ana ʒ i. mengle thē and wyth the forsayd iuyce of hony of roses make foure pilles which the patient shall vse euerye nyght goynge to bedde except the nyght whā the mone chaungeth The .v. remedie is a confection of turbyth wherof the pacient shall vse before daye in the steede of the forsaid pilles the quantitie of a sponefull If the scrophules enclyne to maturatiō ye shal ripe thē with this maturatiue ℞ of the rootes of holyhockes and whyte lillies ana .li. ss of lynseed ℥ iij. of the leaues and rootes of dockes an̄ m̄ j. of lillie rootes and oynyōs rosted vnder the cooles ana ℥ ij ss sethe the rootes the lynseed wyth water thā stampe them and strayne them and make a styffe playster in the decoctiō wyth the floure of lynseed and the other aforesayde thynges addynge of swynes grese butter gose grese ana ℥ iij. ss of wheat floure ℥ j. ss mēgle thē al together fethe them a lytle After maturaciō ye shall open the place with a ruptorie of capitelle afterwarde the escare beyng remoued with thynges digestiue ye shal take awaye the rootes of the scrophules wyth a trociske of Miniū or with arsenyke or sublimate in thys facion Ye must boore through the roote of the scrophule in the myddes wyth a lancet And in the hole ye shall putte a grayne of arsenyke or elles sublymate and thys order of arsenyke must be kept tylle ye perceaue that the rote of the scrophule is vtterly remoued Prouided alway that ye procure the falle of the escare before ye renew the arsenyke or sublymate For other intentions ye shal procede with the remedies aforsayde Concernyng the cure of knobbes ye must consyder whether they be fleshie or not or whether they be in waye of suppuration as are the knobbes called Mellini or lyke honye And yf the knobbes be Mellini ye shall assaye to breke them and theyr blader pressyng vpon it wyth your thombe And yf ye can not so breke them ye must come to incision as is aforsayd If the knobbe be fleshie it is better to leaue it procede wyth thynges palliatiue as is honye of rooses labored a good while in a mortar of leade byndynge plates of leade vpon the place or thys resolutiue folowyng ℞ of oyle of rooses odoriferous ℥ iij. of hennes grese duckes grese gose grese ana ℥ j. of the iuyce of plantayne and nyghtshade ana ʒ ij of the mary of the legges of a cowe and a calfe ana ʒ iij. sethe them all together tyll the iuyce be cōsumed than streyne them and laboure them in a mortar of leade the space of a day which done let thē seth agayne a litle and make a loste cerote with sufficiēt white waxe and ʒ j. ss of the rootes of of holihock sodden streyned addyng of tucia preparate of burnt lead ana ʒ v. of camphore brayed graynes iij. This cerote is good in al Cancreouse matter whan nede is of palliation ¶ A Chapter of cancrena ascachillos and estiomenos CAncrena and Ascachillos are cured by two intentions that is to saye vniuersall particuler Vniuersall is accomplyshed by diete Phlebotomye purgation and application of bloodsuckers vpon the veynes emoroydall and aboute the Cancrena Flebothomy must be made in the contrary part at the begynnynge The mynoratiue purgation maye be after thys sort the matter beyng fyrst digested wyth a syrupe of sumytorye ℞ of cassia diacatholicon ana ʒ vj. or ℥ j. yf the patient be of a strong nature make a potion wyth the comune decoction addynge of syrupe of violettes ℥ j. Note that pilles of fumytory wyth pylles of reubarbe are cōuenient in thys case Particuler regiment is accomplisshed by application of locall medicynes whych are fyue wherof the first is scarification vpon the place the seconde a lotion of lye made wyth the decoction of lupynes the thyrde vnguentum Egyptiacum with or without arsenyke the fourthe is a playster of the floure of beanes orobus barley made with lie the iuyce of wormwood and syrupe of vinegre the fyfth is a defensiue made wyth vynegre terra sigillata bole armenye These remedies muste be administred after the begynnynge vnto the destruction of Cancrena in the order folowynge Fyrst whan ye se that the place inclyneth to cancrenositie ye shall scarifie it and washe it wyth the forsayd decoction or wyth vynegre
lye or water of baurach whyche done ye shall anoynte the places adioynynge wyth a defensiue of bole armeny ye shal lay vnguētū egyptiacū vpō the rottē place till the malignitie be remoued And than ye shall mundifie the place wyth a mundificatiue of smallage incarne it wyth sarcocolle and perfourme vp the rest wyth vnguentum de Minio and water of alume If the membre be growen to further putrefaction the forsayd remedyes are not sufficient but ye must cutte the membre betwene the hole and corrupte part wyth a sawe And afterwarde cauterise the place and procure the escare to falle wyth thynges mollificatiue And whan there chaunceth superfluous fleshe ye shall remoue it wyth vnguentum myxtum or wyth our pouder of mercurye Here endeth the seconde booke of Apostemes and begynneth the thyrde boke of vlceres The thyrde boke of vlceres in generall ¶ The fyrst Chapter of maligne virulent formicose and corrosiue vlceres THere is no greate differens in the foresayde vlcers as Auicenne testifieth sayeng the cure of malygne corrosiue and virulent vlceres is accomplysshed by the administration of thinges that drye bynde and coole Wherefore we wyll comprehende their cure in one Chapter Fyrst whan ye haue remoued their malignitie by the administracion of oure pouder or vnguētum Egyptiacum or mixtum made wyth wyne of pomegranates ye shall mundifie the place wyth a mundificatiue of syrupe of roses leyng vpō the place vnguentum de Minio or vnguentum de cerusa or our sparadrap whereof we spake in the additions Item it is good in thys case to wasshe the vlcers with water of plantaine sodden with a lytle alume leynge vpon the place plates of leade or the oyntmēt of dogges turdes which vseth to eat bones And bycause it is necessarye to rectifie the membre from whence the matter is deryued and to purge the matter antecedent we wyll declare two purgations conuenient to purge choleryke and sharpe humours Fyrste let the matter be digested wyth thys syrupe ℞ of syrupe of the iuyce of endiue and of the iuyce of sorell of syrupe of roses ana ℥ ss of waters of endiue hoppes and fumytorye of euery one ℥ j. myngle them The purgation is thus made ℞ of diacatholicō manna ana ʒ vj. of electuarie de psillio ʒ ij of good reubarb ℈ ij myngle them and make a potion wyth cordiall floures and frutes addynge of syrupe of violettes ℥ j. Thys purgation is for delicate persones riche men Here foloweth another for poore ℞ of diacatholicon of cassia ana ℥ ss of electuary of Psillio and roses after Mesue ana ʒ j. ss make a potion wyth the comune decoction addynge of syrupe of rooses ℥ j. Note that yf the vlceres be in the armes or legges they must be bounde from the insteppe to the knee from the hande to the elbowe and lykewyse the sayd membres muste be kept in reste and quiete ¶ A Chapter of rotten and fylthie vlceres THe cure of rotten vlcers is accōplyshed by regiment vniuersal and perticuler Regiment vniuersall is diete and purgatiō ordeyned in a proper chapter of the former boke Perticuler regiment is accomplyshed by application of local medicynes And fyrst to take away the putrefaction there is no better remedie than vnguentū Egiptiacum the application of bloodsuckers and of thynges deficcatiue and resolutiue And therfore the lotions playsters regimentes declared in the former chapter are cōuenient in thys case If the putrefaction be greate so that the synnowes and bones are corrupt ye shall cut the membre wyth a sawe betwene the hole and the corrupt parte and afterwarde ye shall cauterize it vnto the hole parte procedyng for the reste as in other brent woundes And whan the vlcers ben holowe ye shall procede accordyng to that that shal be spoken in the next Chapter Fylthie vlceres differ not much frō rotten and therfore theyr remedyes agre together howebeit the remedye of fylthie vlcers muste not be so bytynge as the other Wherefore in the stede of vnguentum Egyptiacum ye shall applye Vnguentum Mixtum or oure poudere of Mercurye or Vnguentum Apostolorum Here ye shall note that as rotten vlceres requyre greater mordication so fylthie vlceres requyre greater abstersion Wherfore whan the corruption is remoued ye shal applie thynges of greater abstersiō as an abstersiue of smallage And yf the vlceres ben verye holowe it is expediēt to remoue the holownes by vnguentū Egyptiacum To kyll wormes in vlcers And for as muche as wormes be ingendred in these vlceres we wyll destribe two remedies to kylle them The fyrste is thys ℞ of vnguentum Apostolorum vnguentū Egiptiacū of the iuyce of wormewoode ana ʒ ij of the floure of lupynes ʒ j. ss myngle them The seconde is thus ordeyned ℞ of vnguentū apostolorū of vnguētum ceraseos ana ℥ ss of vnguentū Egyptiacū ʒ ij of aloes Hepatyke of alume zuccatrine ana ʒ ij ss of the floure of lupines ʒ iij. of aqua vite ʒ j. of terebentyne ʒ vi of quycksyluer quenched with spyttle ʒ iij of the iuyce of salendyne ʒ j. ss myngle them ¶ A Chapter of holowe vlceres THe cure of depe and holowe vlcers must be accōplished with thynges desiccatiue with strōg lotiōs cast in with a syrynge for Arnoldus de villa noua saythe that vlceres and fistules are not cured but wyth sharpe licours exquisite cuttynge Lotions that cure holowe vlceres without incision are of thre kyndes of which the fyrst is sharpe and is thus made ℞ of barbours lye .li. ss of vnguentū Egyptiacum ℥ j. ss of hony of rooses ℥ j. The seconde is to purifie the place after the operation of the other wasshynge the sayde place twyse a daye ℞ of cleane barley and lentilles ana m̄ j. of licorice ℥ j. of redde sugger ʒ x. of hony of rooses ℥ j. ss of barbours lie and reyne water ana .li. ij let thē seth al together tyll halfe be cōsumed thā strayne thē The thyrd kynde is to incarne the place beynge purified ℞ of plantayne .li. ij of odoriferous wyne .li. j. ss of frankencense of myrrhe ana ʒ j. ss of sarcocolle ℥ j. of suggre of hony of roses ana ℥ j. of verueyne agrymonye of consolida the greater the lesse of centaurye of yarowe ana m̄ ss seth thē al together to the thyrde parte be consumed than strayne them This lotiō must be cast into the hollowe place with a siryng after the application of the .ii. other remedyes And incontinētly ye must vse the maners of byndynge called incarnatiue expulsiue And if ye can not attayne to the cure by this meane ye shall come to incisiō of the corrupt flesh And afterwarde ye shal come to digestiues mundificatiues incarnatiues and cicatrisatiues whereof we haue spoken in the boke of additions ¶ A Chapter of a fistula A Fistula an hollowe vlcer dyffer not but in two thynges that is to say in hardenesse
frō the begynning to augmentation ye shal vse the fyrst the seconde and the thyrde But the fourthe and the fyfth are cōuenient in the state and declination whether the mattier be in way of resolution or maturatiō The remedies for vlceration of the mouth porcedynge of the frenche pockes are foure The fyrste is vnguentū egiptiacum made with wyne of pomgranades The second is litium mengled equally with vnguentum egiptiacum The thyrd is the licour of pomgranades ordeyned in the chapter of the vlcers of the nose The fourthe is the gargarisme folowynge R. of lentilles barlye of the leaues of plātayn and sorel of croppes of brambles an̄ m̄ ii of water wherein yron hath ben quenched li. viii of sumach m̄ i. of granades number two of whyche one must be swete another sower of roche alume ℥ i. of honie of roses ℥ iiii beate these thynges together and seeth thē tyll halfe be consumed then streyne them and let the decoction be oftē gargarised For it stoppeth deriuation of matter dryeth vlcerations after they be mundified as well in the tonge as in the throte gummes and roffe of the mouth And bycause that the teeth become blacke in thys disease ye shall rubbe them wyth thys pouder folowynge R. of roche alume brent ℥ ss of tartare ofredde coralles ana ʒ ii of the stone called pomesse ʒ ii ss of coles made of the braūches of rosemary and cipresse of al the saunders of sarcocoll an̄ ʒ i. mengle and pouder them all Thys pouder maketh the teeth whyte and geueth good odour to the mouth and lyfteth vp the vuula being loosed thorowe flegmatyke matter for whyche purpose in the disease of vuula thys pouder is of good operation R. of pepper of floures of pomegranades ana ʒ i. of frankynsence ℈ ss mengle them And when the vuula is loosed thorowe hoote matter ye maye reduce it wyth thys pouder folowynge ℞ of the floures of pomgranades saūders mirobalane citrine an̄ ℈ i. of cāphore graynes thre or of roses ʒ ss Ye maye redresse the sayd vuula wyth stoupes layed vpon the heade suffumigate with ensence somewhat brente for it represseth the catarre whych causeth relaxtion and loosyng of the vuula ¶ A chapter of apostemes of the gummes of the palate and other partes of the mouth OFten tymes thorowe catarrous matter or the frēch pockes there are engendred apostemes in the sayd places whyche come to maturatiō therfore ye shal set thē forwarde wyth these two remedies folowyng First wyth thys decoction whyche must be holden in the mouth actually hote or wyth cotton dipped therin R. of raysons dates drye figges an̄ ʒ i. of cleane barlye of branne ana m̄ i. of iuiubes damaske prunes an̄ in numbre .x. of quinces ℥ i. of redde suger ℥ iii. seeth them tyll halfe be consumed and streyne them The seconde is thys playster R. of the meate of rosted apples of the rootes of holihocke sodden streyned an̄ ℥ iii. of calues suet of oyle of violettes an̄ ℥ i. of oyle of swete almons of hēnes grese of fresh butter ʒ iii. whē the aposteme is rype through these remedies ye shall open it and mūdify it wyth honye of Roses And when there is anye superfluouse fleshe ye shall remoue it wyth vnguentum egiptiacum or wyth oure pouder of mercurie For incarnation the patient must holde in hys mouth thys incarnatiue ℞ of hony of roses ℥ j. of sarcocolle ʒ j. of aqua vite ℥ ss sethe them all together tyll halfe the water be consumed than strayne thē For cicatrisation ye maye washe the mouthe wyth water of alume made as it foloweth ℞ of water of plantayne of whyte wyne of euerye one ℥ ij of roche alume ʒ i. honye of roses ʒ vi sethe them alytle Here folowe the remedyes of the diseases of the backe And fyrste for bunchynes thys cerote is good ℞ of oyle of spyke and lillies ana ℥ ij of oyle of rooses omphacyne Camomyl and dylle ana ʒ j. of the floures of rosemarye of mugwort wormewoode sauery maiorum sticados squinantum ana a lytle of calamus aromaticus laudanum anyse ana ʒ j. of erthe wormes ℥ j. of cleare terebentyne ℥ iij. sethe thē all together wyth a ciath of good wyne and make a stiffe cerote wyth sufficient newe waxe Item for the payne of the backe for a spasme thys Epithime is conuenient ℞ of oyle of lillies Camomylle dylle spike Agrippa and Dialthea ana ℥ j. ss of the rootes of Enula campana ℥ ij ss of Camomylle and squinantum of euery one a lytle sethe them all together with syxe ounces of good whyte wyne and streyne them and epithime the backe therwyth ¶ A chapter of the remedyes of the rybbes brest and belly THys lyniment is profytable for them that haue straytnes of the breste ℞ of oyle of swete almons hēnes grese fresh butter an̄ ℥ j. of the marye of a calues legge ʒ vi of whyte waxe ʒ v. myngle them and anoynt all the brest wyth thys liniment Whan the patient hath great cough let hym take a glasse of the decoction folowynge in the mornynge and in the euenynge ℞ of clene barley scabious of branne of euery one m̄ j. of damaske prunes of sebesten of euery one nombre eyght of raisons iuiubes fygges dates of euery one ℥ j. of liquyrice ʒ x. of penidies of white suggre of euery one ℥ iij. of sugger candie of a syrupe of violettes of hony of violettes of euery one ℥ j. ss seth them all together wyth foure pounde of water tyll the fourthe part be consumed Item oyle of fresshe swete almōs is good for thys purpose wherof the pacient muste take in the mornynge the quantitie of thre sponefulles The remedyes conuenient for peynes of the rybbes caused thoroughe wyndynes are these that folow The fyrst is a bagge made after thys sort ℞ of Camomylle wormewood mellilote dylle branne millium dryed at the fyer ana m̄ j. ss of nept of wylde myntes ana m̄ j. of corianders anyse cumyne ana ℥ ss braye them all together and make a bagge The meane to apply thys bagge is thys Ye must heate a brode tyle and sprynckle it wyth good wyne and laye the bagge vpon the tyle tyll it be hote or ye must putte it in hote water sodden wyth wyne and afterward pressyng it and applie it hote The seconde is a cerote made wyth oyle of Camomylle and newe waxe The thyrde is a sponge or rawe threde dypped in a decoction that breaketh wynde wryttē agaynst the colyke The remedyes of a true pleuresye A purgatiō wyth manna cassia and diacatholicon and phlebotomye presupposed ben foure Fyrst ye must beate foure egges with the oyles and grese folowyng ℞ oyle of violettes rooses and Camomylle ana ʒ vj. of hennes grese of oyle of swete almons ana ʒ iij. applie thys ordinaunce with stoupes layde hote vpon the paynful place for it swageth payne and ripeth the Aposteme Secondlye ye shal vse leaues of colewortes fryed in
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
playstere is good ℞ of rice .li. ss of brayed branne m̄ j. sethe them with a softe fyer in the brothe of a wethers heade and a lytle sapa tyll they be thycke addynge of hennes grese and duckes grese ana ʒ vij of oyle of Camomylle ℥ j. ss let them seth a lytle ¶ A Chapter of the diseases of the fundament FIrst to swage the peyne of the emoroides For the Emoroydes thys is a synguler suffumigatiō ℞ of the leaues of mallowes and violettes of barley tapsus barbatus mellilote dylle ana m̄ j. of lynseed fenugreke ana ℥ iij. of branne m̄ iiij the heade of a wether somewhat cutte sethe them all together tyll the flesshe be sodden After suffumigation applie thys playster ℞ of the forsayd decoction .li. ss of dragagantum brayed ʒ j. of the meate of rosted apples ℥ iiij myngle thē and laboure them in a mortar of leade the space of an houre or make it thus ℞ of water of violettes ℥ iiij of water of rooses ℥ ij of the seed of quynces psillium ana ʒ j. seth them a lytle and after stondynge thre houres strayne them and putte to the straynynge of brayed dragagantum ʒ vi Item butter laboured in a mortar of leade with a lytle oyle of swete almons and oyle of Chrisomelos is a very good remedye Oyle of lynseed as Mesue sayth is a greate medicyne for all diseases of the fundament Diaquilon magistrale resolueth the hardnes of the emoroydes maruelouslye Remedies for chappes are in fyue sortes of whyche the fyrst is a fomentacion declared before the seconde is an oyntment of leade thus ordeyned ℞ of oyle of rooses of myrte of euerye one ℥ ij of calues talowe ʒ j. ss of the iuyce of plantayne and nyghtshade of euerye one ℥ j. sethe them all together tylle the iuyces be consumed than strayne them and putte to the streynynge of litarge of golde and syluer of ceruse of euerye one ʒ vj. of brent leade of antimony of euery one ʒ iij. terra sigillata ʒ v. of Tucia ʒ ij myngle them and laboure them in a mortare of leade the space of two houres And bycause these chappes become maligne and cause inflammacion ye shall remoue the same wyth our pouder of mercury or vnguentum mixtum And after the remotiō of the malignitie ye shall applye thys liniment ℞ of oyle of linseed ℥ i. of oyle of roses ℥ ss of calues suet ʒ iij. of roche alume ʒ ij of whyte wyne halfe a cyathe seth them all tyll halfe be consumed then strayne them and put to the streining of whyte waxe ʒ iij. ss of ceruse of lytarge of golde and syluer of euery one ʒ v. of burnt leade of tucia of euery one ʒ i. ss myngle them and laboure them in a morter of lead the space of a quarter of an houre Wartes suche lyke whych haue small rootes maye be remoued wyth a sawe wyth incision or a ruptorye of capitelle leynge vpō the partes about some pleasaunt oyntmēt that the ruptorie hurt not the sayd place Now we wyll speake bryeflye of remedyes for a fystula of the fundemēt Fystula in the fundamēt Fyrst to heale them that are not holowe there is nothynge better then to cutte the place from one orifice to an other and afterwarde to procede wyth thynges mundificatiue and abstersiue remouynge the superfluitie wyth oure pouder of mercury But yf the fystule perce vnto the muscule of the ars gutte ye muste beware howe ye cutte it And ye muste procede rather accordynge to the proper chap. of the former boke To remedy this disease ye may applie this plaister folowynge vpon the fundament which is maturatiue swageth paine ℞ of the leaues of malowes and violettes ana m̄ i. of the brothe of freshe fleshe one quarte seeth them all together tyl the malowes and violettes be well sodden thē make a styffe playster wyth wheate floure and the forsayde brothe addinge of butter ℥ ij ss the yolkes of two egges lette them seethe agayne a lytle Here foloweth an oyntment to be aplyed vpon the fistula duryng the mūdificacion puttyng in to the fystule vnguentum egiptiacum myngled wyth vnguentum apostolorum ℞ of oyle of camomill lynseed ana ℥ ij oyle of roses of calues suet ana ℥ iij. of clere terebentyne ℥ ij ss of lytarge of gold syluer ana ʒ vi of ceruse ʒ x. seth them all together and styrre them aboute tyll the coloure be blacke make a styffe cerote wyth sufficient whyt waxe ¶ A chapter of the remedyes of the armes and legges THere chaunceth oftē in the armes and legges a softe aposteme called vndimia Vndimia for the cure wherof we wyl ordeyne two remedyes of whych the fyrst is a bathe of thynges desiccatiue ordeyned in the additions The secōde is a lyniment folowynge ℞ of oyle of roses of myrte ana ℥ ij of oyle of camomill ℥ i. ss of lytarge of gold and syluer ana ʒ x. of terra sigillata ʒ xiiij make a softe cerote wyth sufficiente whyte waxe and applye it wyth lynen cloutes aboute the vndimia but yf the vndimia be wyth scabbes then ye muste washe the place wyth a decoction of fumiterrie nepte malowes branne dockes or to anoynt the place with an oyntment of lytarge To heale the vlcers of the legges there are fyue speciall remedyes The fyrst is our pouder of mercurye The seconde vnguentum mixtum The thyrde water of alume The fourth a sparadrap or vng basi or vng de minio The fyfth is conuenient byndynge from the inslepe to the knee whych is chyefly requisite for it doth not suffer the matter to descende to the place Item to resolue swellynges of the legges proceding of a primitiue cause we wyll describe thre remedies wherof the fyrst is thys ℞ of egges in nōber thre of oyle of roses myrte ana ℥ i. ss beate them all together and applie them with stoupes moisted in water and wyne and vse thys ordinaūce thre dayes The seconde remedye is thys ℞ of husked beanes m̄ ij of brayed branne .li. ss of the leaues of malowes violets ana m̄ ss of wormewood m̄ i. ss of roses halfe an hādful of broune breade ℥ iiij seeth thē all together with sufficient water thē stāpe them straine them put to the strainynge of sapa ℥ viij of floure of beanes barly ana ℥ iiij of oyle of roses myrte camomill ana ℥ ij seeth them agayne tyll they be thicke Yf the bruse can not be resolued by thys meane but that it wyll be ryped ye shall procede after the doctryne of phlegmon And bycause that in the vlceres of the legges there chaunceth inflammacion and excoriacion To remoue the same it is good to applye an oyntmēt of lytarge with the iuyce of plantaine and the wyne of pomegranades And for thys purpose ye maye vse peces of browne paper dypped in the wyne of pomegranades water of roses and water of plantayne
after the forsayde liniment Item to resolue bloode beynge out of the veynes it is good to applye vpon the place thynne plates of leade wyth smal bolsters and it must be administred last of all Item to remoue the wyndy swellynge of the knee procedynge of the goute or of the pockes we wyll ordeyne thre remedyes The fyrste is gotes donge dyssolued wyth wyne and water wyth barlye floure and sapa The seconde is this playster folowynge whiche breaketh wynde and resolueth ℞ of bean floure .li. i. of brayed branne m̄ ii of oxe donge and gotes dounge ana ʒ iiii of camomylle mellylote wormewood ana m̄ ss of oyle of camomylle roses dyll ana ℥ i. ss let them seeth with sapa and a lytle lye tyll it be thycke applye it actually hote round about the knee The thirde is a sponge dypped in the decoction ordeyned in the additions to resolue vndimia beynge applyed hote and welle bounde vpon the knee As touchyng goutes caused of whote humours in the knees the foresayde remedies are not conueniente but to swage peine and to resolue humours we wyll speake in the next chapter ¶ A chapter for the goutes of the handes and the fete called chiragra and podagra THe fyrste remedy is this For the goute ℞ thre egges the iuyce of lettuse and womans mylke ana ℥ ss bete theym altogyther and apply this ordynāce warme three or foure dayes for it is good whan the matter is choleryke or sanguyne The second forme is this ℞ of the crommes of whyte bread .li. j. ss of cowes mylke or gotes mylke .li. i. of oyle of roses odoriferous ℥ iii. the yolkes of thre egges of saffron ℈ i. Make a styffe playster The thyrde fourme is this ℞ of husked beanes li. iii. sethe them in the brothe of a wethers heade tylle the beanes be well sodden than stampe them and streyne them and put to the streynyng of barlye floure ℥ iiii of oyle of roses ℥ iii. of saffron graynes iii. seeth theym agayne at the fyere and styrre them about tylle they be thycke and adde the yolkes of .iij. egges This playster swagethe all peynes of the goute Yf greater resolution be requyred ye shal adde the vertue of camomylle and mellylote The fourth is the oyle folowynge wherwith ye muste annoynt the peinfull place and it is conuenient in the declynation ℞ oyle of roses and camomylle ana ℥ ii of oyle of swete almandes ʒ iii. hennes grese ℥ ss of calues suet ʒ vi of the floures of rosemarye of iua ana ℥ i. of the iuyce of the leaues and rootes of walworte ana ʒ iij. ss of the iuice of the rootes of enula campana ʒ ii ss of squinantum brayed ʒ i. of odoriferous wyne ℥ i. ss bray them all togyther and put them in a cane wel stopped with paest then put it in an ouen in a vessell of earth and whan ye shalle perceyue that the wyne and the iuce is consumed then ye shall take out the cane and streyne out that that remayneth strongly vse the same The fyfte is a sparadrap made with oyle folowynge ℞ of oyle of roses ℥ iiii of oyle of camomylle ℥ ii three quycke frogges of rosemary floures camomylle mellylote ana a lytle of odoriferous wyne one ciathe Seeth theym all togyther tylle the wyne be consumed then streyne them and put to the streynyng of whyte waxe ℥ ii and make a sparadrap Item for the same intention it is good to wasshe the ioyntes daylye in this decoction ℞ of roses myrtylles camomylle wormewood mugwort nepte watermyntes ana m̄ i. of the floures of rosemary tyme squinantū sticados ana m̄ ss of hony m̄ i. of salt ℥ ii seeth theym all togyther in water sufficiente and whyte wyne tylle the thyrde parte be consumed Here ye shall note ☜ that the fourthe and the fyfte remedye muste be vsed in the declynation of the dysease whā it is caused of hootte matter and they maye be conueniently administred after the .iiii. daye whan the mattier is colde Fynallye a playster made with crommes of bread or of beanes is conueniente in the state and declination whan the matter is colde Thus endeth the fourthe booke of partyculer remedies Here beginneth the fyfte booke of additions whych conteyneth sundrye remedyes for sundrye diseases FYrste for the toth ache caused of cold matter Tooth ache or by impregnation or of the french pockes ye shall laye this decoctjon hote vpon the teth with cotton ℞ of aqua vite ℥ ii of whyte vynegre ℥ ss of the floures of rosemarye of wormwod ana a lytle of honye ʒ vi of sandarake of armoniake Gallens triacle ana ʒ i. of saffron graynes iii. seethe them all togyther a litle streyn them This remedie folowyng is good for the disease of chyldren called arcula puerorum Arcula puerorum ℞ ij swete pomegranats with the ryndes of the croppes of brambles of the leaues of plantayne of the croppes of myrte the leaues of wylde olyues of horsetayle and knottegras ana m̄ ss stampe thyem al togyther wyth an ounce of rose water and as moche of plantayn water and then seeth them tyll halfe of the water be consumed streyne them and put to the streinyng honye of roses fyne suger ana ℥ i. ss of licium ʒ x. of sarcocolle ʒ ii lette them seeth agayne till the hony of roses be thicke And if greater desiccation nede adde of roche alume ʒ ii A remedie agaynst the peynes of the sydes and the iliaca passio ℞ of mercury precipitat wel brayed gr ii of diaciminum ℈ i. myngle them and make iii. pilles with sirupe de duabus radicibus then gylde them and take the sayde thre pilles two houres after that ye haue eaten .ii. rere egges with a lytle wyne and a morsell of brede The sayde pouder myngled with halfe an ounce of philonium persicum and receyued as is aforesayde is of lyke effect Note that this pouder is of the colour of minium and is that whereof we haue spoken in our antidotary in the chapter of a corosiue medicine The sayd pouder is gyuen after meat that one may vomyt it vp with the meat and avoyd therw t all slymy and fylthy humours and the sayd pouder maye passe the stomake that it hurte not the guttes and it is of suche operation the it swageth the peyne and causeth the matter to issue vpward dounward Item this pouder folowing is a good remedy agaynst the pestilence not confyrmed that is to saye within .xxiiii. houres Agaynst the pestilence ℞ of the foresayd precipitate pouder .iii. or .iiii. graynes of Galens triacle ʒ ss sirupe of the iuyce of sorel ℥ ss of suger of buglosse ʒ ii mingle them giue it the pacient fastynge Here folowe conuenient remedyes for the pockes and fyrst a singuler vnction wherwith ye must annoint the legges twyse a daye from the knees doune the armes from the elbowes and that by the space
a styffe plaister addyng of butter of swines grese anÌ„ â„¥ iii. the yolke of an egge seeth them agayne a lytle The seconde is thys R. ii whyte oynyons and two whyte garlyke heades rosted in an ouen of the rotes of holihocke and whyte lillie rotes soddeÌ„ in water ana â„¥ iiii stampe them and make a playster wyth lynsede fenugreke sede and the decoctioÌ„ addinge of the floure of newe leuen â„¥ iii. of swynes grese â„¥ iiii of butter â„¥ i. ss the yolke of an egge incorporate theÌ„ and set them on the fyre agayne put vnto them of snayles broken in number xviii of figges sodden stamped in number .vi. The thyrde is thys fomeÌ„tation R. of the rootes of holihocke â„¥ iiii of fenugreke lynsede anÌ„ â„¥ ii of dry figges in nuÌ„ber .iiii. of branne mÌ„ ii of mellilote mÌ„ i. seeth these thynges in sufficient quaÌ„titie of the broth of a shepes heade foment the place with cloutes and after the fomeÌ„tation applye one of the two forsayd playsters Here foloweth a coÌ„uenient purgation for maryners Fyrst yf they haue tercian fieners the matter must thus be digested R. of sirupe of vynaygre called acetosus simplex of syrupe of violets of the iuce of endyue ana â„¥ ss of waters of endyue violets buglosse â„¥ i. mengle them when the fieuer is choleryke mengled with grosse fleume thys is more coÌ„uenieÌ„t â„ž of the sayd syrupe of vinegre or deduabus radicibus wyth vinegre of syrupe of the iuice of endyue of honye of roses streyned ana Ê’ ss of the waters of endyne buglosse and hoppes ana â„¥ i. A digestyue of a saÌ„guine fieuer R. of syrupe of the iuce of sorel of the iuce of endiue of violets ana â„¥ ss of the waters of borrage endiue and buglosse ana â„¥ i. A digestiue against a maligne kind of feuers called la fieuer mata amoÌ„g the mariners â„ž of the sirupe of iuce of sorell of the sower iuce of a citron or orenge of the iuce of endiue anÌ„ â„¥ ss of the water of buglosse sorell and endyue anÌ„ â„¥ i. Here foloweth a minoratiue purgation of colerike fieuers which is coÌ„uenient at the begynning R. of good cassia â„¥ ss diaprunis noÌ„ solutiui Ê’ vi make morcels with suger or with water of endiue make a small potion addynge of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. A purgation for delicate ê‘sons R. of choseÌ„ maÌ„na of cassia anÌ„ Ê’ ss mengle theÌ„ make a smal potion with water of endyue violettes and buglosse For pore men this is coÌ„uenient R. of cassia diacatholi anÌ„ â„¥ ss of electuarye of roses after Mesue Ê’ ii ss make a smal potion wyth the comune decoctioÌ„ Another solutiue for riche meÌ„ R. of cassia of chosen maÌ„na anÌ„ â„¥ ss of good reubarbe steped accordynge to art Ê’ ss mengle them and make a smal potion with the comune decoction addyng of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. WheÌ„ fleume is mixte with choler thys solutiue muste be vsed R. of cassia diacatholicon anÌ„ â„¥ i. of diafinicoÌ„ Ê’ ii ss of an electuary of roses after Mesue Ê’ i. meÌ„gle theÌ„ make a smal potioÌ„ with the comune decoction For the same inteÌ„tion these pilles are coÌ„uenient R. of pilles aggregatiue of pilles of reubarbe anÌ„ Ê’ ss mak v. pilles with syrupe of roses Geue theÌ„ in the morning or .ii. houres after supper A minoratiue purgation of saÌ„guine fieuers is thus ordeyned R. of chosen manna of cassia ana â„¥ ss of diacatholicoÌ„ of tamarindes anÌ„ Ê’ ii ss make a small potion wyth water of buglosse melissa and sorell Another R. of cassia diacatholicon ana â„¥ ss of trifera persica of tamaryndes ana Ê’ ii make a potion wyth the decoction of cordiall floures and frutes After seuen dayes ye shall purge the patient with a purgation that emptieth al humours indifferentlye whych maye be after thys sorte â„ž of diacatholicon Ê’ vi of electuarye of diacassia â„¥ ss of electuarie of roses Ê’ i. of trifera persica of diafinicon anÌ„ Ê’ ii make a small potion wyth the decoction of cordial floures and frutes For the same intention ye maye minister thys clyster folowynge foure tymes a weke R. of the brothe of vnsalted flesh or of the decoction of malowes branne and violettes li. i. ss of honye of violettes â„¥ i. ss the yolkes of two egges of oyle of violettes â„¥ ii ss or of comune oyle asmuch and a lytle salte And in the stede of a clyster ye may vse the suppositories afore written To conforte the harte ye maye applye thys epithemye R. of water of roses melissa and buglosse ana â„¥ vi of wyne of pomegranades and odoriferous wyne ana â„¥ ii of all the sauÌ„ders ana Ê’ ii of saffranne ℈ i. of camphore graynes ii seeth them all together a lytle Item to swage peyne of the heade after vniuersall purgation ye shall laye vpon the forheade thys epithemye folowynge R. of water of roses oyle of roses wyne of pomgranades ana â„¥ i. the whyte of an egge applyed hote wyth a lynen cloute Here foloweth a long syrupe which they muste vse that haue the sayde fieuer to quenche straunge heate and to swage thyrst R. of the water of barly li. iii. water of buglosse endyue sorell anÌ„ li. i. of the wyne of pomegranades â„¥ x. make a iuleb wyth whyte suger To recouer appetite the patient may vse a syrupe of cicorie of thys coÌ„fectioÌ„ R. of diarodoÌ„ abbatis of ye. iii. sauÌ„ders anÌ„ â„¥ i. of sirupe of cicorie roses anÌ„ â„¥ i. ss mengle theÌ„ Or thus R. of aromaticuÌ„ rosatuÌ„ Ê’ ii ss of diamuscuÌ„ sirupe of cicorie anÌ„ â„¥ i. mengle them make trociskes with suger An vnction for the weaknes of the stomake â„ž of oyle of wormwood roses mastike anÌ„ â„¥ i. of wormwood maioruÌ„ mintes rosemary squinaÌ„tuÌ„ anÌ„ a litle of saffran graynes .ii. nutmigges cloues cynamome anÌ„ Ê’ i. of odoriferous wine one cyath of white waxe Ê’ vi seeth theÌ„ al beside the waxe tyl the wyne be coÌ„sumed and make a soft cerote wyth the waxe mastike and a lytle terebentyne Here foloweth a potioÌ„ for the freÌ„ch pockes R. of the rotes of enula caÌ„pana yuy â„¥ iiii of the iuce of anthos maideÌ„ heere wyld mint penyrial gallitricuÌ„ politricuÌ„ mugwort anÌ„ mÌ„ i. of the rotes of cicorie â„¥ iii. of the rotes of fenell smallage anÌ„ â„¥ ii of the coddes of sene Ê’ ss of polipodie Ê’ x. of saffranne graynes iii. of agarike in trociskes â„¥ i. ss seeth theÌ„ al in ten pound of rayne water a pound of hony and a pounde half of suger tyl .ii. ê‘tes of .iii. be consumed whereof the pacient must take in the mornynge one cyath and muste sweate in hys bedde afterwarde This cerote folowinge is good for the freÌ„ch pockes coÌ„firmed R. of swynes grese oile of roses anÌ„ â„¥ xi of wethers suet â„¥ iiii of cerusse litarge of gold anÌ„ â„¥ iii. of clere terebentine â„¥ i. ss seeth theÌ„ with a soft fyre the
Myrach whyche are eyght in nuÌ„ber there appeareth a thynne skynne much like the webbes of spyders and it is called in Arabike Siphac in greke peritoneon And when Siphac is remoued the caule appeareth comunelye called zirbus in latine omentum in Greke epiploon Mitigation Mitigation swagynge Miuam The Apothecaries saye that Miua is a confection made wyth the iuyce of peares quynces c. to conforte the stomake Mollificatiue Hauynge vertue to soften Mordication Bytynge Muscilage They calle MuscilagineÌ„ the flymie sappe of the rootes of Holyhock of the seedes of quynces c. Mundificatiue Hauynge vertue to clense Mumia Iohan Vigo in hys symples recyteth the comune opinion of Mumia Howebeit other lerned men thynke it to be Pisasphalton Whyche name sygnifiethe a thynge compounde of pytche and the Iues lyme Dioscorides saythe that by the violence of streames it is brought frome the mountaynes Cerauntes and is caste out about Apolonia in Epeiro whiche is a countre ouer agaynst Italie beyng congeled together lyke clottes hauynge the odour of pytche meÌ„gled wyth bitumen whyche is a kynde of lyme fouÌ„de about those places where Gomorra and Sodome stode Myrobalanes Myrobalani are excellent frutes whyche are brought vnto vs oute of Egypte and Syria There ben fyue kyndes of them One is called Citrinum or yelowe bycause of hys yelow colour whyche hath a thycke skynne and a lytle kernel Another is called Indum bycause of hys blacke colour and it is lyke an olyue wythout kernelles The thyrd kynde is called Cepulum and it is greater and heuier than the other of a duskysche redde colour The fourthe is Embeliticum or Emblicum lyke a lytle stone of the coloure of asches The fyfthe is Beletzicum or Belliricum whyche is rounde lyke a pere The yelowe purgeth yelowe cholere the blacke Melancholie CepuluÌ„ purgeth fleame c. Nenufar NEnufar otherewyse called Nymphaea groweth in pondes and lyeth vpon the water wyth brode and thycke leaues and a whyte or yelowe floure of a pleasauÌ„te odour The floures are vsed in medicynes chyefelye and they haue great vertue to koole The Germayne call thys herbe seehbloume that is the floure of the lake Nigella Nigella groweth in hedges and medowes hauyng leaues lyke grouÌ„d swell sauynge that they ben thynner In the toppe it hathe an heade lyke Poppie wherin there is a blacke seede enclosed whiche they dydde put in breade in olde tyme. The Grecians calle it Mecona agrion that is wylde poppie Nitrum Salte petre Nodus mellinus Resorte to fauus Nuke Sometymes they calle the marye of the backe bone Nucham and some tymes they vse it for the nape of the necke Nutritiue Hauynge power to nourysche ODoriferous That that hathe a pleasaunte sente is called in latine OdoriferuÌ„ Olibanum A kynde of frankencense Omphacine Omphax in Greke is an vnrype grape Vigo calleth oyle omphacyne that oyle that is made of vnrype olyues Oppilation Stoppynge Opoponax Opoponax is a bytter iuyce of an herbe called Panaces and it cometh out of Syria and Arcadia Optyke The two synnowes whych bryng the vertue of seynge to the eyes ben called Optici of Optomay whyche sygnifieth to see Orobus Orobus hath a lytle stalke narrowe leaues and lytle seedes whyche are enclosed in coddes and of those seedes there is made a medicinall floure or meale Ospectinis Resorte to pecten Obthalmia Ophthalmia is an inflammatioÌ„ of the skynne of the eye called coniunctiua Ophthalmos in greke sygnifyeth an eye The barborouse writters leue out the aspiration or lettres h h and turne P into B. Opium Opium is the iuyce or lyquor of blacke poppie Oppositum Sette ouergaynst Ordeolum Ordeolum is a lytle Aposteme aboute the bryncle of the eye lyddes and it is so called bycause it is lyke a barley corne Osseum The purse of the stones is called Oscheon in Greke whereof the barbarous wrytters haue made Osseum leauynge out the aspiration that is to saye H. and turnynge the lettre C in to S. Ossa Sisamina Looke in Sisamina Os laudae They calle the bone of the hyndre part of the heade whyche resembleth this greke lettre Λ Os laude or barbarously laude for so the lettre is called in greke Looke in Pericranium Oximell Oxymel is made of vinaygre and honye Oxirundinum I thynke that they wolde saye oxirodion or Oxyrodinon whyche is made of vynaygre and rooses Oxicroceum Oxicroceum is made of vynaygre and Saffran Oxisacharum Oxisachar is made of suggre and vynaygre Palea marina PAlea marina sygnifieth the chaffe of the sea whereof I haue found nothyng in any auctour Musa saythe that some Apothecaries in steede of a sponge vse a thynge that is woullie wythin whyche they thynke to be spuma maris that is the fome of the saye The Apothecaries haue also certayne thynges whyche they call balles of the sea are made of the fome of the sea beaten agaynst the rockes and banckes are verye small as it were strawes One of these two Vigo meaneth by chaffe of the sea as I suppose Palliatiue A cure palliatiue is when a disease is cloked for a ceason not perfytlye healed Panaritium Panaritium is an aposteme about the rootes of the nayles and it is â—alled in Greke Paronichia in latyn reduuia Pani Vigo vseth these two wordes Pani and cicatrices for one thynge Cicatrices in the eyes are of two kyndes that whych is in the ouermoste parte of the eye is called in Latyne Tenuis albugo in Greke Nephelion a lytle cloude That whych rooteth more depely is called crassa albugo Thys euyl is called as I suppose in englysh a webbe Panum Panum as Celsus sayeth is the swellynge of a kernell not hyghe but brode where in there is a thynge lyke a pushe hauynge the semblaunce of breade wherof it hath thys name Pannicle Pannicle a skynne or ryme Panis porcinus Panis porcinus souÌ„deth worde for worde swynes breade and it is so called bycause swyne delite in this herbe Loke in Ciclaminus Papirus Papirus is a kynde of a rushe growynge in maryshe places of Egipte Parietaria Parietaria hath hys name of that that it groweth about walles For paries sygnifyeth a wal The dutche meÌ„ call it saynt Peters crute that is saynt Peters worte dach and â—acht that is daye and nyght Paroxismus Paroxismos is the accesse inuasion and fyrst coÌ„mynge of a fieuer It is deryued of paroxyno whych in Greke sygnifieth to sharpen to styrre vp c. Parorides Parotides ben apostemes aboute the eares Para in Greke sygnifyeth nygh and ous otos an eare Penidie Penidie are made of the Apothecaries wyth suggre wrethen lyke ropes Paucedinis I thynke that they haue corrupte the worde and shulde saye Peucedanum whych hath a stalke lyke fenell a yelowe floure and a blacke roote full of liquor Some call it feniculum porcinum that is swynes fenell There is a iuyce gathered out of the teÌ„der rootes thereof beynge cutte wyth a knyfe whych is good for paynes of the heade and for the
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
payne A signe that the matier is sharpe thys shall be also Signes of â—â—â—â—pe mattier namelye it wyll be lyke water wherin fleshe hathe bene washed To returne to the remedy it is good to laye vpon the aposteme a cerote of minium wythout guÌ„me after our description If thys remedy be not sufficient to correcte the malignitie of the vlcered borders of the corrosion and inflammation than ye shall applye oure corrosiue poudre and put it in to the vlcere vpon the borders so that they be couered therwyth This poudre so applied thre or foure dayes is of merueylous operation to take away the malignitie of the borders being harde and hollowe Ye shall vse it so longe tyll all the superfluous flesh be taken awaye layenge alwaye vpon the vlcered place a playster of vnguentum de minio vntyl the cure be finished If the borders be so hardened that they can not be amended wyth thys poudre than ye maye applye a cauterie of capitell written in oure antidotarie which is of such efficacitie that it taketh awaye in halfe an houre superfluous fleshe and the malignitie that is in the borders of the vlcers After that the malignitie is remoued mundifye the place wyth a mundificatiue of smallage muÌ„dificatiue or of honye of roses whyche is after thys forme R. of clere terebentyne â„¥ i. ss of hony of roses Ê’ vi Let them boyle a lytle and adde asmuche barley floure as shall suffice to make it thycke After thys mundificatioÌ„ for the incarnation ye may adde to thys last mundificatiue of sarcocolle Ê’ i. ss of frankencense of myrre anÌ„ Ê’ ss whan the incarnation is finished seale vp the place wyth the water of decoction of alume and wyth linte and vngueÌ„tum de minio Thus endeth c. ¶ The .vi. chap. of an aposteme of the flanckes whiche cometh by termination of longe fieuers mattier beynge deriued froÌ„ the liuer to the said place It treateth also of an aposteme that porcedeth of coÌ„geled bloode in the bellie caused of a percynge wounde which blood nature sendeth thyther AN aposteme of the flanckes whiche procedeth by termination Aposteme of the flankes or by coÌ„geled blood cometh to suppuration wherfore the Chyrurgien ought to procede to the cure with thynges maturatiue actractiue Somtymes the mattier of thys aposteme is in the inner parte of the bellie and appeareth not in the outward Than a wise chirurgien must make depe incision Incision wyth some croked instrument vntyll he come to the place where the matter is and there he muste open it wyth an actuall cauterye well poynted and afterwarde wyth another sharpe instrument takinge hede that he touche not the sinnowes After the cauterization it is conuenient to fyll the place wyth the whyte and yolke of an egge mengled wyth oyle of roses The next day buttyre must be layed to mengled wyth the yolke of an egge to cause the eschare to fall After that the eschare is remoued he shall procede wyth a digestiue of terebentyne and the yolke of an egge yf the place were opened with a colde yron The other intentions namely mundification incarnation and sigillation shal be accomplyshed after the doctrine gyuen in the former chap. Thus endeth c. ¶ The .vii. cha of the aposteme of the yarde THe apostemes of the yarde Aposteme of the yarde for the mooste part ar caused of hote mattier whyche apostemes by reason of the continuall flowing of humours to the sayde place and bycause of the heate and exercitation of the same they come quyckly to maturation Liâ—â—â—enâ— wherfore at the begynnynge the vniuersall rules obserued it is good to apply to the yarde thys liniment folowynge Take an egge and beate it well wyth the oyle of roses and iuyce of plantayne and laictuce A defeÌ„satiue And laye vpon the place called pecten which is the nethermoste parte of the bellie aboue the yarde thys defensiue R. of the oyle of roses â„¥ ii of white waxe Ê’ vi of bole armenie â„¥ i. mengle them And two or thre dayes after yf ye perceaue that it cometh to maturation than rype it wyth thys playster Maturatiue R. of the leaues of mallowes and violettes soddeÌ„ in water anÌ„ mÌ„ ii presse out the water and stampe them and in the decoction wyth barley floure make a styffe playster addyng of oyle of violettes of buttyre anÌ„ â„¥ ii the yolkes of two egges MeÌ„gle them wyth the foresayde thynges Thys oyntment rypeth and swageth payne whan the aposteme is rype open it in the ripest place according to leÌ„gth The reste of the curation shal be done after as it is wrytten in the chapi of the cure of flegmon If the aposteme be colde ye shall procede after the doctrine gyuen in the chapi of colde apostemes Thus we ende c. ¶ The viii cha of carbunculous pustles which be engendred betwene the fore skynne and toppe of the yarde THese Apostemes procede for the moost parte by hauynge company with an vncleane woman Of carbuncles and pustles in the yarde that hath her secrete place vlcered wyth some maligne vlcer or that hath had the floures lately For the curation wherof the vniuersal canons of purgatioÌ„ presupposed ther is no surer remedy thaÌ„ to cauterize the place of the pustles with an actual cautery in the fourme of an olyue or to scarifye the place wyth a depe scarification in the middeste of the eschare makynge in euerye pustle one hole Afterwarde ye muste put in to the hole a trociske of minium after our description and a lytle of vngueÌ„tuÌ„ egyptiacuÌ„ of oure inuention wyth an addition of arsenyke made in an hard forme These two remedies kyll the pustles merueylously A signe that the pustles ben mortified A signe of mortification of pustles is thys there appeareth about them a rounde circle To remoue the eschare ye shal vse the foresaid remedies Neuerthelesse I wyl not passeouer this one thing that it is a preseÌ„t remedy to anoynte al the yarde with the whyte of an egge mengled wyth the oyle of roses and the iuyce of plaÌ„tayne and nyghtshade in a litle quantitie Lykewyse the defensyue wrytten in the former cha layed vpon the place called pecten with a cloute dipped in vinaygre rose water is good in thys case kepeth the mattier froÌ„ arriuynge to the sayd place And bicause we haue sene two euil and daungerous accideÌ„tes to happeÌ„ in thys disease The accidentes a diligent cure therof must be had The accideÌ„tes ben these fluxe of bloode and corruption of the ligameÌ„t so that the corruption of the ligament cometh ofteÌ„ vnto the place called pecteÌ„ in so much that I haue ben constrayned to cutte the yarde accordynge to length vnto the pecten and haue taken awaye the rotten ligameÌ„t wyth a sharpe actual cautery haue gotten worshyp therby SeÌ„blably ye shall restrayn the fluxe of bloode after the doctrine declared in the cha of the fluxe of bloode
vryne ye shall vse the forsayde waters and lotions but yf they be olde and confyrmed ye shall caste in wyth a syrynge oure pouder of mercury dissolued wyth water of barley and a lytle hony of rooses procedyng afterward wyth gentler lotions afore reherced If the yarde come to maturacion ye shall rype it wyth the remedyes declared in the Apostemes of the flankes ¶ A letter of master Iohn Vigo sent to the lorde Thomas chyef attourney of the courte of Rome in causes of benefices COnsyderyng youre manyfolde benefytes towarde me I thought it conuenient to wryte vnto you a peculier chapter of remedyes to preserue mannes body from the stone And to come inmediatlye to that purpose there ben thre thynges that ingender the stone in the said place that is to saye greate heate of the reynes the streitnes of the conduyte of vryne and the aboundās of flegmatyke matter the remedyes whereof we wyll briefly destribe Fyrste to purge the reynes ye shall vse in the wynter and in the caniculer dayes an ounce and a halfe of cassia wyth sugger and at other tymes ye shall eate cassia oute of the cane to kepe the bodye moyst Itē it is good in the mornynge to take a glasse of thys decoctiō ℞ of the broth of a chycken .li. ij of the seede of mellons somewhat broken ℥ j. of the rootes of parcely ʒ vj. of damaske prunes sebesten of euery one in nombre syxe of resons ℥ j. of cleane licorice ʒ x. water of borage endiue hoppes ana ʒ iij. seth them al with sufficiēt whyte suger tyll the thyrde part be cōstumed than strayne them and whan ye haue dronken thys brothe ye maye slepe a lytle after it A brothe of redde cycers with a lytle suger openeth the wayes of the vrine Lykewyse a decoction of felde mallowes sodden wyth honye buter and water causeth the stone to issue out souplynge the wayes therof And some adde to thys decoction a lytle seed of Holyhocke alkekengi This sirupe folowynge is of lyke effect ℞ of water of endyue hoppes borage ana .li. j. of water of mayden-heare ℥ iij of the thre lesse sedes of the comune seedes of euerye one ℥ ss of lycorice ʒ x. of damaske prunes of sebesten ana nombre eyght of the seed of alchekengi ʒ v. of the seede of Holyhocke ʒ ij of reysons ℥ j. of syrupe de duabus radicibus without vynegre ℥ ij ss make a longe iulep wyth suffycient whyte sugger The receyt is one ciathe in the mornynge Here folowethe an electuarye for the same intention ℞ of water of endyue borage buglosse of euery one ℥ iiij of water of fenell asparage mayden heare ana ℥ ij of the comune greater seedes of the thre lesse seedes ana ℥ j. of the seed of alchekengi of cleane liquyrice ana ʒ x. of damaske prunes of sebesten ana nombre xx of reysons ℥ ij of anys ʒ vi sethe thē all together tylle the thyrde parte of the waters be consumed than strayne them stampynge and straynynge the rest whyche done make an electuary wyth sufficient sugger and wyth the forsayde decoction and straynyng addynge of good reubarbe ʒ ij of cassia ℥ ij thys electuarye mundifiethe the reynes and prouoketh vryne And the receyt of it is a sponefull in the mornynge or thre houres before supper For vlceratiō of the yarde And forasmuche as the yarde is often vlcered within thorough the burnynge of the vryne for the ease thereof ye maye vse good lotions as thys collyrie folowynge ℞ of water of plantayne ℥ iiij of water of rooses ℥ ij of water of barley ℥ iij. of myrobalane citryne ʒ i. of syrupe of roses ℥ j. sethe them all together tylle the thyrde parte be cōsumed than strayne them and putte to the straynynge of whyte sief wythout opium ʒ iij. make a collyrie The decoction folowyng serueth for the same purpose ℞ of the leaues of plantayne of clene barley of euery one m̄ j. of licoryce ʒ v. of sugger ℥ ij sethe them all together tyll the thyrde part be consumed than strayne them and conueye in the lycour wyth a syrynge It is good also to cast in goates mylke wherin peces of yron haue ben quenched And bycause that liquide medicynes can nottary longe vpon the vlcered place we haue considered that it is good to applye thys liniment folowynge ℞ of oyle of rooses omphacyne ℥ ij of the iuyce of plantayne ℥ ss of vnguentū Album Camphoratum ℥ j. ss of litarge of gold and syluer of euery one ʒ vj. of Tucia preparate ʒ iij. myngle them and laboure them in a mortar of leade the space of two houres The maner to applye it is thys Ye muste haue a pype of syluer eyght ynches longe and ye must put in to the pype a syrynge and conducte the linimente to the chafed place and ye muste put a syrynge in to the pype and guide it to the chafed place And thus it maye tarye the longer As towchynge diete ye muste auoyde all swete and grosse wynes all pulse all grosse flesshe all frutes except prunes Of herbes ye maye vse borage percelye lettuce langedebeef and in the brothe of flesshe All salt peppered hote and sharpe thynges must be auoyded But rere egges are verye conuenient and meates that engender good fleshe Wherof we haue spoken in manye places ¶ A Chapter of the remedies of the stones FIrste to heale herniaventosa Hernia ventosa ye shall vse thys playster ℞ of the floure of beanes and cycers of euerye one li. ss of Camomylle mellylote dylle branne ana m̄ ss of cumyne ℥ ss of oyle of Camomyl dylle ana ℥ ij seth thē wyth sapa and barbours lye tyll they be thycke For hernia humoralis proceding of a hote cause from the begynnyng to augmētation thys playster is of good effect ℞ of the leaues of henbane m̄ j. of cleane barley m̄ j. seth them with water or the brothe of fleshe tyll the barley breake thā stampe them strayne them and make a styffe playster with beane floure and the foresayde straynynge addyng of oyle of roses odoriferous ℥ ij of oyle myrtine ℥ j. the yolke of an egge Lette them sethe agayne a lytle In the state declination ye maye vse thys resolutiue ℞ of blacke coole wortes m̄ j. of Camomylle mellilote ana m̄ ss of fenugreke ℥ iij. seth them all together wyth sufficiente brothe tylle halfe be consumed and make a styffe playstere wyth beane floure and the foresayd decoction and a lytle floure of cycers addyng of oyle of roses and Camomylle ana ℥ ss of saffran graynes .ij. Here ye shall note that the remedies whych cure the Apostemes of the stones cure the same of the dugges And lykewyse the maturatiues of the yarde serue for the stones dugges and stankes And bycause the Apostemes of the stones come often to hardnes ye shall vse thynges mollificatiue and resolutiue as oure diaquilon magistrale Item for the same intention thys