and then not to digest it so in that cause nature to ease it selfe sendeth forth that humiditie and when it ioyneth to the skinne it ingroseth and causeth an Impostume and passing to the outwarde partes it is alreadie corrupted and so causeth the Pustules as by experience may be séene and this kinde is a viscous and fat humour with great humiditie There is another kinde of scabbe that is alwayes drye with readnesse and is smal with great heate and itching and the same in my iudgement is caused by much heate of the Lyuer and adustion of bloud and may be healed easely There is another kinde of great scabbe that hath a greate drye crust on them and they growe bigge and the same is of the french poxe being new taken There is another kinde like serpigo that goeth créeping and hath a drye crust and hath no matter vnder it and the same is also of the french poxe Inueterated There are also dyuers other kindes the which I wil leaue at this time bicause they are of small importaunce and may be helpt with those medicines which are fit for the kindes aforesaide Of Formicola and his effects THose kinde of vlcers that are commonly called Maldi formica are so called bicause they are a kinde of maling Vlcers and corosiue that goeth creping vppon the flesh and maketh many holes that are lifted vp on the sides and are red and these for the most parte are caused of the poxe as may be séene by experience and those sores are euill to be healed bicause therevnto runneth aboundance of humors the which cannot be resolued but with inwarde medecines that is with exquisite purgations that purifie the bloud and that cutteth away the euill humours that runne therevnto cause great alteration with burning This kinde of sore commeth many times in the heade and when it commeth in that part it is called Tigna or the white scalle and to shewe that this is the troth ye may sée that those medecines which heale Formicola doth also heale the white scalle for this is a kinde of the pox as by the effects ye may plainly sée for if any shoulde say the contrary I woulde aunswere him againe that this may well be bicause the same infirmitie may bée taken in the mothers wombe or as soone as the childe is borne it may take it of the Nurse that giueth it sucke if she be infected with that disease so that I conclude it may be so But there are a number of that kinde of disease which I let passe bicause I haue séene no experience of them A discourse of woundes and other kindes of inward sores WOundes that are within the body as in the stomacke or belly or in Testinalles in the bladder raines or guttes The Milt Lyuer Lungs Heart or other muskles or Arteres as there be a number I confesse to know nothing therein and I will shewe you the reason you shall vnderstand that when a wounde doth offende the interior parts the Phisition or Chyrurgion or great Anatomist what so euer he be cannot know all those partes offended in the body for after the weapon is with-in the bodye it may turne and with the point hurt other parts a farre off the wound and offend diuers particuler parts one different from the other therefore I beséech you excellent Chyrurgions when such a case commeth how do you know or discerne which parts are hurt but to say that troth I beléeue in that case they know al alike but what shold I say of the cure of such a wound if the Chyrurgion know not where it is nor of what importance but worketh by imagination and if that nature doth preuaile and that the wounde doth heale it is by the good fortune of the phisition so that for wounds inwardly I conclude no other at this time but will leaue it to those that know more then I and hereafter I will discourse of vlcers and impostumes inwardly what they are and how to cure them with our order ye shall vnderstand that there are a number of kindes of vlcers and impostumes that may ingender inwardly but it séemeth to me so hard to vnderstand that I can determine nothing that were true and the cause is this that wée haue séene an infinite of Phisitions and Chyrurgions that haue visited one Impostumated or Vlcerated and the Physition coulde not knowe the place and particular of that impostume or vlcer if that the patient do not tell him and shew him and cause him to féele with his hande and this is most true therefore if one cannot resolue him of outward things that he may sée féele with his hande how can he resolue him when one of those accidents is within the bodye where the patient knowes not himselfe which is grieued Truely I would gladly know what iudgement they would giue of that matter for bicause if ther be any Impostume or vlcer in any part of the body the sicke shall féele great offence and paine neuerthelesse he cannot tell wher it is nor what part is hurte so that I conclude if that the Patient know not much lesse the Phisition knoweth and of this I haue made a large discourse in Caprici medicinalle for as I haue sayd before in this case I know nothing Neuerthelesse when it shall come to his place I will write a discourse of the order to cure the most part of Vlcers and Impostumes but touching woundes I will promisse no more thē I haue said before Also I wil write excellent remedies of great experience with the which all woundes so they be not mortall may be helpt and healed and also the reasons conuenient in that matter An order to vse in healing all manner of diseases apperteining vnto the Chyrurgian WOundes and all other sorts of sores are of sundry and diuers kindes as is aforesaid neuerthelesse the order to helpe them is not much different one from the other if we should say only the troth without abuse For ye shal vnderstand that Nature is the master of al things created the Phisitian and Chyrurgian are helpers of that Nature as the Auntient professors of the Art haue affirmed Than séeing this is so what néede we to make so much adoe hauing Nature that worketh so gently if it be not hindered by the minister therefore if we wil speake of woundes I say that the minister hath thrée operations to do and no moe and the rest leaue to nature that worketh gently The thrée operations that the Master hath to doe are these To defend the wound so that there runneth no humours to it and that it putrifie not and to kéepe it cleane and when the minister hath done that letto Nature worke that which she will worke well and if any desire to sée if it will be so in effect ye may sée by a dogge for if he hath a great wound vpon his bodie he healeth it without any medicine onely with dyet kéeping it cleane with
séene among men in the worlde that haue knowledge of dyuers and sundrie thinges all necessarie for those that will liue in the world with honour For some vnderstande the art of husbandry which was the first art vsed in the world for so much as without it we cannot well liue as it is plainely séene There are other that haue knowledge in keping beastes of all kinds apt or méete for mans bodie as Goats Kyne Hogges Hens Geese Horse Mules and such like There are other that haue knowledge in Nauigation without the which also the world would be vnperfet as it is séene by experience There be other that haue knowledge in Cosmographie whereby they knowe diuers partes of the world whether men may trauaile There be other that haue knowledge in the art of warres whereby they may helpe to defend their Prince and countries in executing of iustice There be other that vnderstand Astrologie by the which they knowe the course of Planets and their effects Other vnderstand the Mathematica whereby they measure land and all other thinges Other studie Musicke to accord voyces together other vnderstand Phisicke to helpe the diseased bodyes of humaine creatures and also annymales of dyuers and sundrie infirmities There be other that vnderstande Chyrurgerie to helpe al manner of sores that happē vnto men vpon which Chirurgery we wil write a brief discourse plesant reasō will leaue apart the science that is doubtful bicause ther is no science in the world wherwith a man may do good if there-with be no practise or experience as a man may say The which experience is master of all things as it is plainly séene and therfore we will giue you to vnderstand which of those partes be best or most necessary in this Chirurgerie either to helpe those that are hurt or the science or experience And we will shewe the méere troth without any dissimulation or fraude as I haue alwayes done in my workes which are Printed and at this present doe intend to do if almightie God giue mée grace and quicken my spirits or wits in writing that which shal be to his honour and profite to the worlde ⧠TO THE Reader HAuing taken vpon me to write a briefe treatise of Chirurgerie in the which I wil write the meere verity that with as much breuitie as may be bicause the troth occupieth but little roome for the Philosopher writeth that the troth is such a light as all men doe hide couering it with diuerse abuses as the Poets many times doe for when they write one of their tales they goe about to hide it and thus to our purpose Those that write greate volumes cannot choose many times but hide the troth for in much matter there entreth both good and bad therefore I will write no more then is necessary declaring what Chirurgerie is and in what order it should be vsed with all his accidents shewing what woundes are with Impostumes and vlcers how they ingender and when they are ingendred howe to cure them and disolue them A discourse which will please many bicause it is only troth of great importance Let euery one therfore know that science with experience do apeare to be one thing and at this present euery one is certeine thereof that the experince of Phisicke as wel as of Chirurgerie cannot be good without science or Methode as a man may terme it But I say that experience is better then Science in these two arts that is in Phisicke and Chirurgerie for science onely sheweth the vertue the which may be done with practise that hath no theorike Of which I haue written sufficiently in my Capricy medicinalle Imprinted at Venice and that this which I write is troth I will proue it for I say that noe can helpe with the onely Methode but alwayes it is necessary that there be some experience or practise therefore those that do delight to vnderstande let them followe this my short treatise in the which I will intreate of thinges most necessary to bee knowne wil shew how easie it is to work in that art declaring al the dificult matters so that euery one may see and perceiue it plaine and afterwards I will shewe howe to make many newe medicines as well for wounds as for the other sorts of sores which haue not beene vsed neither of old Doctors nor of new the which remedies are of such vertue strength that the world wil wounder at them for their notable quicke working and hereafter I will write what Chirurgerie is ¶ WHAT CHIRVRgerie is CHIRVRGERIE is both Science and practise and to say the troth he that wil know the composition of mans body must of necessitie haue some science and be Anatomist although the same Science bée a thing to bée learned by practise for I haue séene many times those which wer vnlearned to be expert in the Anatomie of mans body and those were paynters and drawers the which was necessary for thē to know to frame their figures accordingly and therefore I take not that for science but practise for science is onely that where-with the causes of euery infirmitie is found out and is of smal effect to our purpose bicause Chyrurgerie helpeth not only the cause but also the effect after it is knowen and therefore I may say that Chyrurgerie is no other then a pure and méere practise and that it is onely necessary for the Chyrurgian to know how to stich a wound well to mundifie an vlcer and to kéepe it frō putrifaction and kéepe it from alteration so that ther runne no euill humors vnto the place offended and to know all kinde of Vnguents that are apt to heale al kinde of wounds and vlcers which thing must be knowen by practise And lykewise to make all manner of Vnguents necessary for Chyrurgerie for that cause I conclude most truely that our Chyrurgerie is onely practise or experience And that which causeth mée to beléeue it is that I haue alwayes séene the most part of Chyrurgians when they should haue any case in Chyrurgerie they knew not what Vnguent would helpe the sore cut many times they proue this and that and so continue vntill they haue found one that is conuenient for the sore where-vnto it is applyed and therefore this is a certeine signe that they knowe not by Science there medicines to helpe the sore but with experience they searche it Therefore if it be so it is a signe that I haue sayd the troth and so conclude that Chirurgerie is a practise to helpe sores on mens bodies and also on beasts when occasion shall serue What Woundes are WOundes are those which in Latine is called Vulnus of the vulgar Vulnere and they are of two kindes that is simple compoūd The simple are those that are onely in the flesh the compound are those wher are cut sinewes veynes muscles and bones and these are of diuers and sundry kindes And the difference that is among
them is by the varietie of the place where they are wounded and by the difference of the weapon where-with they wer hurt for some goe right some ouerthwarte some long some broade some are thrusts or stocate that offende diuers partes of the body The simple are of small importaunce bicause if ye kéepe them cleane and close shut nature wil heale theÌ„ without any kinde of medicine But those where veynes are cut haue néede of some Art or practise with the which they may stop the bloud in any wise not to suffer the wound remaine open but to sowe it vp verye close so that the veyne may heale Also those where sinewes are hurt are of great importaunce and would be healed with great spéede so that the sinews may ioyne with more ease But those where bones are hurte are of greater importaunce for if the bone be seperated froÌ„ the other of necessitie it must be taken â—â—rth before the wound be healed So that by this meanes euery one may know what woundes are and their kindes Of Vlceres and what they are VLcers are of diuers and sundrye kindes and are ingendred of many causes as hereafter I wil shew But first I will write of those kinde of Vlcers that are caused of woundes You shall vnderstande that wounds in what part of the bodie soeuer they be béeing impostumated or cancrenated they chaunge their names and are no more called wounds although the originall was a wound For when it is cancrenated it is called Vlcera corasiua bicause it goeth eating and créeping on the flesh But when the wouÌ„d is impostumated and full of matter it is called Vlcera putrida that is putrified it is bicause it is filthie stinketh But when it is neither cancrenated nor yet apostumated but that through some euill disposition the wound is closed and that there commeth in it euill qualyties without alteration then it is called Vlcera sordida bicause therin is euil qualytie it appeareth but a litle but it is euill to heale There be other sorts of vlcers also the which are caused of diuers sundry kindes of tumors the most euill mischeuous are those that are of tumors caused of the pocks for vnto those there runneth aboundance of euil humors that augmeÌ„t the vlcer they be the worst sort for they can not be healed by themselues except the body be well purged and euacuated of al the humors that are offensiue Ther is another kinde of vlcer the which cometh of an Impostume as well hot as colde and those are more gentle and easie to be helpt if ye know the medicines that are apt to helpe and dissolue those kinde of vlcers These are the thrée kinde of Vlcers that commonlye happen vnto men and women through diuers causes as it is sayd before so that these are the principal causes of those maligne vlcers Of Impostumes and their kindes IMpostumes are a certeine kinde of tumor that is called in diuers manners bicause they come in diuers places of the body as those sorts of Impostumes that come in the groyne which in Venice is called Pannoche in Rome Tencone in Naples Dragonselly in Spayne Incordi and the Auncient called them Buboni and some with other names There are other that come in all parts of the bodye and when they come they cause great payne and then they ripen and breake of themselues for the most parte and these in Naples are called Autrax and in Rome Chicolini in Venice Vn nasito in Lumbardie Vn bungo and in Spayne Vn nacido mui viliaco There is an other kinde of Impostume that is ingendered of a contusion or broose and is properly called Apostumato pro Amacatura In the head there grow certeine kindes of sores that are called Talpa or Topinare the which are of small importaunce for they maye bée healed in short time as it is séene in childrens heads that are ofteÌ„ troubled there-with and also in their throats and for the most part about the eares Of Fistoloes and their kindes ALl manner of sores that doe not cicatrize perfectly and haue communication with the inward parts are called Fistoloes and we terme them in Italian Sofio or Spiraculo as ye may sée by experience and this is perillous when a Fistoloe closeth being in the body and specially those fistoloes that are in the fundament for Nature hir selfe doth ingender it for ease But these fistoloes that come in dyuers parts of the body are troublesoÌ„e but not perillous also al such sores as tary long before they be incarnated come to fistoloes many times it commeth through long curing by tenting with their tentes the which are cause that nature maketh a Callow leaueth the sore so hollow that it will neuer be filled with flesh but so remaine hollow as it is séene easely by experience There be other sorts of fistoloes in forme of a sore and they bée those sores that most commonly come on the legges the which do purge a long time and are also very hard to heale bicause if ye heale one of them presently there wil rise another hard by it and that is a kinde of fistoloe There is another kinde of fistoloe that is caused of those sores that are vpon the bone the which by his continuance do breake and consume the skine and the bone and these many times remaine fistolated but who so taketh away the cause of the sore nature it self will preuaile mightely and heale it as may be séene dayly by experience in those that be so troubled The fistoloes that come in the eyes are called Fistola Lacrimosa and they haue some communication with the inward partes and are euill to be healed Bicause first the cause must be taken away inwardly and then nature will heale it by it selfe as I haue séene by experience so that these are the kind of fistoloes most knowen vnto all men and the causes of these fistoloes are two and for my part I am fully perswaded it is so The first is of woundes euil healed that remaine Fistolated The second cause I find to be of sores caused of the poxe and to shew a troth yée shall cure them of the Poxe and their fistoloes will heale of themselues without any other helpe as it is dayly to be séene There may be many other causes the which as yet I know not but these two are a sufficient reason and to be considered of the professors of this art if they desire to come to any excelencie and therefore I wyll reason no more of the matter bicause the science and my experience will reach no farther Of all sortes of scabbes THere be dyuers kindes of scabbes but I will onelye intreate of those in which I haue had most experience and will set them forth as plaine as I can that euery one thereby may haue profite The first kinde of scabbe is that which is caused of Riplexione of the body by eating much meate of great nourishment
shall require and alwayes it will be good and doe no hurte in any wise in any disease and therefore this Oyle ought to be had in greate regarde of all men To helpe the tooth atch that is caused of rotten teeth or that commeth of a dissention of the heade THe téeth being rotten or corrupted alwayes causeth great paine and many times it commeth of a dissention from the heade and such like humours as Cattars Erisipella but let it come of what cause it will I will shewe a remedy of great importance and it is very short ye shal take our Aqua realle and holde it in your mouth a good white and then spit it out againe and this ye shall doe for thrée dayes together euery day once then afterwarde it were necessary to wash your mouth in the like manner with our Aqua balsami for the space of a moneth so the tooth atch shal be taken away with ease for this is our secrete and may be vsed in all times of the yeare Against a stincking breath THe breath may stincke through many causes as by vlcers in the mouth or by corrupt and rotten téeth and sometime it commeth of the stomacke and that is euill to be helpt and therefore if thou wilt helpe these thou must vse diuers remedies and first to helpe those that haue their mouthes vlcerated ye shall giue them a quantitie of our Pillole aquilone and then let them wash their mouthes with our Aqua realle and so the vlcers shal be helpt and the mouth shal not stincke But when the stench commeth of rotten téeth vse the aforesaide remedie or medicine that is written for the tooth atche the which will make the téeth as white as snowe and will acke no more but when the stincke commeth from the stomacke it were necessary to purge the body with our Sirope Solutiuo sixe or seuen dayes and then to take our Aromatico that being done take rectified Aqua vitae the water of hunny and Oyle of Terpentine of ech a like mixe them well together and euerye morning drinke thereoff ounce s fasting for the space of a moneth or there about To helpe those that haue a great cough in the stomacke THe cough doth come of diuers and sundrye causes but let it come of what cause it will it alwayes offendeth the stomacke and the heade for alwayes when the stomacke is offended of necessitie the heade is offended bicause it hath communication with the stomacke so that the stomacke is cause of the paynes in the heade and therefore it is necessary to helpe the stomacke first that thou shalt do with our Pillole aquilone the which is written in this booke folowing and if so be you cannot take pilles take our Aromatico this being done if there be no feuer giue him euery morning 1. ounce of our electuary magistrale per la tosse and euery night annoynt his stomacke with Magno licore and also his heade and nostrelles but if it happen that the aforesaide thinges helpe it not then take bloud of the Lyuer vaine and purge the bodye with our Sirope against the melancholike humor and so by the grace of God they shall remaine healed To helpe those that can-not hold their water THis procéedeth of two causes principally the first is of superfluous heat of the body through the which heat nature doth assuttiliate too much that humid part and continually doth send it downe into the bladder The second cause is that the powers are too much relaxed or opened by the which operation the vrine doth passe with-out retention and these are the two causes why the vrine can-not stays and this commeth commonly to young children bicause they are very hot of complection and the order to helpe them is this Giue them our Pillole Aguilone thrée times the quantitie is from one dram to one and a halfe that being done ye shall make them a decoction of Hisop of the mountaine and put ther-in sugar this they shal vse .x. or .xij. dayes at the least for this mundifieth the place offended and disposeth it to solution Then after this is done ye shall giue him for .x. dayes together halfe a dram of Masticke with a little Plantaine water for this is hot and restringeth the powers and ingrosseth the Vryne and so the Patient shall remaine whole of that infirmitie by the vertue of the afore-sayd thrée medicines and it is a verye easie cure and souereigne for that purpose But some-time there happeneth a flux of vryne some-what lyke this and it is not of the afore-sayd causes but of causes much different from them for this is in men and womē of age and this I finde to be caused of the Pockes that causeth the flux and they voyd certeine threds which some call Gonorea and the remedie there-off is onely with great purging and sweating and then to annoint them fiue or sixe nights with our Vnguento magno kéepe them warme in bedde vntill ye haue ended to annoynt him and then go to the stowe and he shall be helpt of that infirmitie To helpe those that can-not make water THe vryne is stayed through diuers and sundry causes and the principall are thrée of the which one is the stone that ingēdreth in the bladder for alwaies it hangeth down in the necke of the bladder and stoppeth the Meat◠or powers that the vryne can not passe the which grieueth the patient meruaylously The other is caused of grauel or grose and viscous humours that cannot passe the powers and so cause that retention of vryne with great payne The third is caused of an obstruction or restriction of the powers or cunduites where the vryne doth passe and so kéepeth the vryne with-in with great payne so that these bée the thrée chiefest causes of the retention of vryne The cure of the first cause which is the stone is to purge them well and then to vse our most souereigne remedie that is written in this booke following the which is of great vertue to breake the stone as I haue proued many times but whē this medicine is not able to breake it then it is necessary to cut it foorth this is all concerning the first cause To helpe the second cause it were necessary to vse purgations that purge the reynes well then to giue them our Aromatico and then to annoynt the reynes sixe dayes euery day once with Vnguento magno and with this medicine thou shalt helpe him perfectly To cure the third cause it were necessary to purge with aperatiue things then to annoynt his reynes and vnder the members and belly with our Balme artificiall and giue him to drinke the powder of Hogge lyce or Centum pedes that are founde vnder stones and by the grace of God he shall be perfectly whole To helpe those that haue great burning of their vrine THe burning of the vryne may come of diuers sūdrye causes but I finde foure principall of
goute I washed it thrée or foure times a daye with our Aqua del Balsamo bicause it penetrateth and openeth the powers a suttiliateth and dryeth the humoure offensiue also I ordeined him breade of Barly bicause it coleth the bloud and is of good disgestion and caused him to refraine from all fat brothes and his drink was temparate and to this one of the Doctors did agrée but the other woulde not neuer the lesse the Gentleman was content with my aduise then I beganne to giue him the afore-saide decoccion with our solible Quintaessence and there with he had euery day two or thrée stooles and I washed the gout thrée or foure times a day with our Aqua Balsami and the first day hée beganne to féele ease and the seconde he felte more so that in seuen dayes all his paines was taken away and then I applyed ther-vnto our secreate of secreats for that kinde of disease the which in thrée dayes delyuered him then I caused him to vse certeine medicines to defende the goute for comming againe and so he continued whole to his great satisfaction Of the causes of the Scyatica and how ye may helpe it THe Sciatica is a disease so called bicause it commeth in that place of the body called Sio and is caused of an euill qualytie and grosse humores that are stayed in that place bicause they cannot passe downe and this is séene by experience dayly for where that paine is there is alteration and the cure thereof is with Glisters Vomittes Purgations and Vnctions bicause the Glister doth euacuate those places next vnto it and so easeth the humour the vomitte cleanseth the stomacke the purgaciones doe euacuate the bodye downewardes the vnctions dissolue the winde and so by these meanes thou maist helpe the Scyatica as I haue done many times to my great honour and satisfaction of the patient A most excellent remedie to helpe the flux of the body with a certeine discourse there-on IF thou wilt helpe the flux of the body it were necessary to know first from whence it proceedeth for he that knoweth not the cause is lesse to be credited to cure the effect and therefore I will shew thée what the flux is and from whence it commeth then I will shew the order to cure it also to make the medicines The fluxe of the bodye is caused of a superfluous heate conceiued in the stomack the which make a continuall solution inwardelye as ye maye sée by experience of those that are troubled there-with for so long as the cause is not taken awaye all their meat dothe tourne into that matter the which if it bée so that is true which I doe saye that the fluxes are a distemperance of the body caused of hot and corrupt humours in the stomacke and therefore if thou wilt cure it it wer necessary to extinguish the heat and to take away the corruption the which thou shalt doe with the rednesse of Marte Militare written in this booke following for that is the most souereigne remedie that can be found But first ye shall take twelue graynes of our Petra Philosophalla with halfe an ounce of Mel Rosarum and then take for foure mornings together one scruple of the rednes of Marte with half an ℥ of sugar Rosat ther-with thou shalt work miracles A discourse as concerning cornes in the feete or els where with their remedies THis callowes matter is a certeine hot humour of the which Nature would discharge hir-selfe and when that humor is driuen forth of Nature it goeth vnto the lower parts into the ende of the toes for in that extreme part of the toes that skinne that is called Epiderma is hard and wil not suffer it to passe or exalare and there many times it ingendeth a tumor in the skinne with great hardnesse and many times that tumor doth increase and cause such paine that it doth not onely hinder their going but hindreth them from sléepe in the night and this kinde of tumor is called commonly Callo or Cornes in English and I thought it good to call them Creste bicause they are alwayes growing and is of great importance among the Chyrurgians for an infinite number of persons are troubled there-with therefore I will shew thée our secret to helpe them quickly and with great ease which secret was neuer knowen afore of any First ye shal pare them with a sharpe knife vntil the bottome and there ye shall finde a certeine thing lyke matter but if ye finde no matter ye shal pare it vntil the bloud doth appeare than touch it once with oyle of sulphur and then dresse it with our Balsamo artificiato once a day vntill it be whole Kéepe this as a secret Of an infirmitie of importaunce that commeth vpon the extremitie of the toe vppon the nayle THere are manye men that are troubled with a certein infirmitie vnder the nayle of their great toe the which séemeth as though the nayle grew in the flesh the which is not so but the flesh groweth ouer the naile and although this séemeth to be a thing of nothing that the Auncients haue had small consideration theroff Neuerthelesse it is an infirmitie of great importaunce and to be considered of bicause many are troubled there-with specially men of authoritie in specially those that are troubled with the Goute I cal to remembrance that in the time that I was in Naples I cured a great number specially those that were of great authoritie to my great honour and profite The first thing that I did I cut the nayle on that part which was grieued and toke it away the which was done easely and with little paine the which thing being done I touched it with our Caustike and so let it remaine thrée dayes together an than I dressed it euery day with our Magno licore vntill it was whole the which was in short time A discourse vpon the Hemerhodes with the order to cure them with most excellent medicines of our inuention THe Hemerhodes are a certeine kind of euil tumor caused of the bloud in the veynes Emorodiale and these come alwayes in the extremitie of the Intestinals about the fundament some of them cause great paine some of them do burne excessiuely or do scald The which commeth thorow the qualitie of the good euil humors As ye may sée by experience how that some haue such burning that they cannot rest in the night the other haue such payne that they canot sit the other are so scalded that they cannot abide it ye shall vnderstād this infirmitie is more paynefull in one complection than in another and the cure there-off is difficile Neuerthelesse it maye be cured and the order is this First take our Aromatico then take our Siropo solutiuo thrée or foure dayes then take our perfume thrée or foure times on the fundament that being done annoynt the place with our Balme artificiall for that dryeth and taketh away the payne
Emperour where at was slaine a great number of both parts and there was such a number hurte that it was to bée wondered at the which were healed with our Magno licore and Balsamo and when the citie was taken and all ended the Galles remayned there all September and the fourth of October euerye man went to serue at their portes appoynted and so we tourned to Naples to passe the Winter but yet we remayned but a while for there was occasion to go to Siena the whych rebelled against the Emperour so we went with Don Pietro da Toledo the which dyed after at Firenza c. The cure of a great wound on the head IN this yeare .1551 in the moneth of Nouember there came vnto my house a Spaniard the which was called Giouan Ruiz di Zamora the which had a great wound ouer the eare on the left side that reached halfe ouer the head with great fracture of the bone the which I presently stitched with diligence and put there-in our Quintaessence and vppon the wounde I dressed it with Magno licore and Balsamo and made a gentle ligature with a péece of silke and sent him home to his lodging and commaunded him to come againe the next day about the sayd houre those that were about me fell a laughing at my words and sayd that he woulde dye of that wounde bicause I let him goe foorthe in the ayre to the which I aunswered that hée might safely goe foorth and so the next day he came agayne and I tooke off the lygament bu not the cloth and ther-on I put of our Quintaessence and Balme and so in thrée dayes I touched it not and then I tooke off the Lygament agayne and dressed it vppon the cloath and lette it remaine vntill the .8 daye and then I opened it and tooke away the cloath and found the wound so healed that ye could scarce perceiue any scarre and many said that it was vnpossible to be healed for it would come to impostumation neuerthelesse it remayned perfectly whole for 5.or .6 moneths that he remayned in that citie in the which time I cured a great number in the same order that were wounded in the head to the great wonder of those that dwelt in Naples for they count all woundes in the heade to be mortall bicause the ayre is so pestilentiall for as soone as it toucheth the scull it corrupteth the wound But vsing our order thou mayst safely helpe them so that the wounde be not mortall for by kéeping it close shut it is preserued A very straunge thing that happened in the afore-sayd yeare THere was a certeine young Mariner of the age of 26. yeares the which was called Francisco di Giouanni Raguseo of the I le of Mezo the which being in fight fell downe and the other that fought with him cut him ouer the side and backe a handfull long insomuch that a péece of the Milt was cut ouer-thwart then hée was caryed to a Chyrurgian and hée stitched him vp than the next day I was called and ther I foūd the wounde not well stitched the which I ripped vp agayne and found the belly full of bloud and when I saw that I caused diuers to make water and there-with I washed him and with takinge foorthe of the bloude there came a péece of the Milte that was cut the which I washed and gaue it to a Mariner that stoode by and the Patrone of the ship tooke it from him and caryed it away then I stitched him vp againe and left a lyttle hole or orifice beneath where the matter might come forth and dressed him with our Quintaessence with Balsamo and Magno licore and in the space of .22 dayes he was whole perfectly The cure of a Fistoloe in the lower parts IN the yeare .1552 in the moneth of Marche I was broughte vnto a man of the age of fourtie yeares of complection cholericke and melencholicke the which had a Fistoloe in the lower parts the which was of this Nature that it had alterated the coddes the member and al the parts ther-about with .xi. holes infistolated at the which .xi. he made water with great burning intollerable paine which are accident of a feuer in manner continual the which Patient had ben taken in hand of diuers none could do him plesure Than the first thing that I did I gaue him our Aromatico that being done I gaue him .xij. dayes together our Quintaessencia solutiuo that being done I gane him a quantitie of our Electuario Angelica a then he vsed one of my secrets the which I will not write in this place that being done I caused him to spitte with one of my confections written héere-after and so by these meanes he was perfectly whole Of many that I cured in Naples IN that time that I remayned in the famous Citie of Naples vntil that yere .1555 in the Moneth of Februarie then I thought it good to go to Rome where at this time I cure a number of persons haue holpe so many by the helpe of God the which if I should record them it would be sufficient to fil a great volume for ther came such a number to my dore that the people wondred ther-at with .4 medicines compounded by me I holpe in māner all of euery disease the medicines were these one Pil made with our Petra philosophile Elbero negro Olio di sulpho Olio dimelle mixed with marchpane made in pilles The second remedie was soluble pilles made with Aloe hepatico Colloquintida Siena oyle of vitrioll made in paste with sugar common hunny The third remedie was a vnction made with Sage Rosemary Worme-woode Rew Mint Nutmegs Cloues Cinamon Mastick Frankēcense Terpentine waxe with common oyle The .4 remedie was our Quintaessence these .4 remedies I gaue vnto those people to help their griefes I willed thē that tooke these medicines to eat wel of good meats so alwayes they praised these medicines the which was not without great reason bicause the pilles first euacuate the stomack of al impedimēts a leaueth nature eased the second pilles euacuate the body of the corrupptiō The Vnction comforteth the stomacke and helpeth disgestion and mitigateth the payne The Quintaessence comforteth the stomacke causeth good disgestion purifieth the bloud and comforteth the heade so that be these aforesaid resons ye may vnderstand that these foure remedies may help against al indispositions inwardly and for cause of those remedies those people honour me lyke a Prophet and alwayes haue had mée in great reuerence as longe as I remayned amonge them A cure of Vlcera putrida the which was in the arme IN the yeare afore-sayd in the month of August there came to my hande a certeine Gentleman of the Imbassadours of Portingall that was called Il signor Iari a man of the age of .32 yeares of complection melancholyke the which had a putrified vlcer about the lefte shoulder that he
Oyle of Roses mixt of the fire and this is their incarnatiue A rare secreate the which this author did sende vnto a very friende of his being in the warres in Africa the which helpeth all woundes either by cut thrust galling with arrowes or hargabush shotte or otherwise THe first thing that ye shall doe is to wash the wounde very cleane with vryne and than dry it very well then put there-in our Quintaessence of wine and presently ioyne the partes close together and stitch or sowe them well but in any wise sowe nothing but the skinne for other-wise it woulde cause great paine then put thereon fiue or sixe droppes of our Balsamo and vppon the wounde laye a cloth weate in our Magno licore as hotte as he may suffer it and this do the first day then the next day folow this order first put thereon our Quintaessence a little Balsamo and then our Magno licore very hot neuer chaunge this medicine vntill he be whole Of those vnguents that Cicatrize wounds THe vnguents that cicatrize wounds after they are incarnated be of dyuers kindes although they work one effect in cicatrizing or causing a skine The digestion that is written off before being applyed vppon a wounde incarnated it doth cicatrize it with spéede the like doth Diachilon vnguentum de tutia The Cerote called Gratia dei although these be sundrie compositions one differing from another yet in effect they serue all to this cicatrization as ye may see by experience this they doe bicause they be temperate and of good qualities and so they helpe nature to work more quielitier and they are called helpers of nature But these kinde of vnguents that worke by them-selues as Vnguento Apostolorum the Causticke Aegypâ—â—atum the rottery such like vnguents as worke with violence and suppresse nature and do that which nature cannot doe by it selfe without helpe but all those vnguentes that are not violent neither in heate or colde are apt to cicatrize woundes and all sores that are mundified and incarnated A remedie to helpe a wounde with great speede of our inuention WOundes of diuers and sundry forts are very perillous of life but to helpe them quickly bicause the patient may take no harme ye shall vse this secret wash the wound with our water of balme and cleanse it well and lay theron clothes wet in Oyle of Frankencense made by distillation and therwith thou shalt heale any great wounde in short time as I haue proued diuers and sundry times in sundry causes An excellent secreate to heale woundes of Gunne shotte or Arrowes without any daunger IF thou wilt helpe the aforesaide wounds it were necessarye first to ioyne the partes close too and wash it with our Aqua celestis and laye thereon our Oleum balsami there-with thou shalt saue the liues of many wounded persons A discourse vppon olde woundes that are not yet healed and their souereigne remedie WHen that woundes are euel healed and that they impostumate and that the arme or legge or other partes where they were wounded is indurated and full of paine thou shalt vse this secrete of our inuention neuer knowen before of olde nor newe writers for it is of greate vertue and many times proued first yée shall wash the wounde well and make it cleane rounde about then wash the wounde with our Quintaessence and make it to fume bicause our Quintaessence doth open the powers and asuttiliateth the matter and causeth the humour to come forth that being done annoynt it al ouer w e our Magno licore thus doing before thrée dayes ende he shal féele great ease and in short time it shall bée helpt bicause this medecine taketh awaye the hardenesse and healeth the wounde and comforteth the place offended To dissolue a broose in short time when it is new done THese are called contusions vnto the which nature sendeth quickly great quantitie of humiditie and in that place it causeth Impostumation But if our Chyrurgians would be dilygent and quicke all contusions might be helpt with great ease in short time and therefore if thou wilt worke miracles in that cure vse this our meanes and it will tourne to thy great honour and the remedy is this Rec. Lyquid Vernish pound .3 Yeolow waxe ounce 4. Common ashes ounce .6 Aqua vitae rectified pouÌ„d 2. Put al the afore-sayd matters in a Retort of glasse and distill it with a gentle fire vntill al the substance be come foorth the which will be Oyle and water the which ye shall seperate and kéepe them and when occasion serueth annoynt the broose there-with and laye ther-on a cloth wet in the same for this is a miraculus medicine experimented proued by reason for an experiment without reason is as a man without clothes and therefore if thou wilt know great rare secrets neuer written before looke in my Spechio del scientia vniuersalli and in my Thesoro del vita humana and there-in thou shalt finde straunge things proued by reason and experience the which bookes God willyng I meane to set foorth in the Englsh tongue to the profite of my Countrey To helpe a wound quickly that is in perill of any accident WOundes in some parts of the body are very daungerous of lyfe and specially where sinewes bée cut or pearced or veynes or muscles hurte or bones broke and by an infinit of other particulars which being open or euil healed the patient may be in daunger of lyfe bicause the winde entereth in and they cause paintes and inflamation and therefore to auoyde all these afore-sayd matters so that the wound shall haue no detriment vse this remedie First ioyne the parts close together and put ther-in our Quintaessence and lay there-on a cloth wet in our Balme and binde it falt that the ayre get not in for it is very hurtfull ye shall vnderstand that these are two of the excellentest medicines that maye be found bicause our Quintaessence doth assuttiliate the bloud and taketh it foorth and taketh away the paine the Balme doth warme and comfort the place offended and will not suffer any matter to runne ther-vnto by any meanes for this is most true as I haue proued diuers sundry times and alwayes haue had good successe To stop the flux of blood in woundes with great speed VVHen there is any great flux of bloud in wounds by reason of some â—â—eyne that is rut and that the Chyrurgians would shop it it were necessary to stitch it well but not as the common Chyrurgians do with wide stitches but stich it very close and hard and put ther-in our Quintaessence and vpon the wound strew the bloud of a man dryed in powder and laye vppon the bloud a cloth wet in our Balme artificiaill verye warme and vppon that binde the wounde with ligaments very straight and euerye daye twice wash it with our Quintaessence and round about annoynt it with our Balme and also cast ther-on our secret powder for
which one is the stone in the bladder being great or smal The second cause is a certaine heat the which corrupteth the place where it passeth and caryeth forth as it were certeine long thrids the which causeth that burning The third cause is a certein viscousnesse the which holdeth to the botome of the Vrinal and it wil not wel break and this is called Gonorea The fourth cause is certein fluxes of Vrine caused of some kinde of the Pockes as ye may sée by those that vse company with euil women and take harme for presently this burning commeth and therefore this showeth me playnely to bée the Pockes that causeth that burning of vryne But if thou wilt helpe the afore-said foure causes thou mayst doe it with ease hauing the true Art of a good Phisition and the remedie of the first cause comming of the stone is to take it foorth of the bladder The seconde cause is to be helpt with purging with our Siropo solutino then after that to vse our oyle of Vitriole compound taking thereoff euery morning .1 ounce and so they shall remaine helpt The third cause is helpt with taking euery tenue dayes a quantitie of our Aromatico and so with this onely remedie they shall be helpt The fourth cause is helpt with medicines appropriate for the Pocks and to annoynt them with Vnguento magno To helpe those that haue great payne of the Goute THe Goute is a corrupt and maligne infirmitie and properly ingendred of corruption as it is plainely séene in those that are troubled there-with to proue it to be true Nature doth shewe it wel bicause you may sée how great the alteration is of that accident séeing that humour is caused of a windie humour and alteration of the bloud as is séene by experience I beléeue the same disposition hath his original and beginning of the stomacke for so much as all those that are troubled with that disease the first signe that appeareth vnto them is a great payne in the stomack .3 or 4. dayes or more before the griefe commeth and then the payne increaseth excéedingly so that by the sayde signe I iudge this accident can-not procéede of other place then the stomacke and to affirme it better yée shall vnderstand that those which are troubled there-with can finde no better remedie then to euacuate the stomacke from all corruption and therefore if thou wilt helpe them of that accident the first thing that yée shall doe is to giue them a quantitie of our Aromatico in the morning fasting and drinke there on a litle white wine that béeing done it would be necessarye to make a fomentacion with Nettells that bée well boyled in water and then to annoynt them with our Balsamo artificiato and so for that time the Gout wil be gone and will remayne away for a long time But if God permit me lyfe I will héereafter set forth the order to helpe the Gout that it shall neuer come again with a certein order to be obserued in the same found out by this Authour and hath bene proued an infinite number of times in diuers places on diuers noble men as ye may well vnderstande in his Thesoro della vita humana A remedie against the pestilence that preserueth those that vse it THe pestilence is a certeine corrupt humour the which is cause of the euill disposition of the ayre that is corrupted and poysoned and it is so contagious that in 36. houres it corrupteth the body causeth them to dye and therefore if any will defende them from that infection they may do it by the helpe of God and the Phisition with these medicines the first thing is to confesse our selues vnto almightie God and to praye hartely vnto him and then as concerning Phisical medicines thrée things are to be vsed which may saue the liues of many The first thing is to euacuate the stomacke the second to sweate the thirde vnccion And touching that first ye shal vse euery 3. dayes our Pillole aquilone for they euacuate the contagiousnes and wil not let it corrupt the bodye For the seconde yée shall cause them to sweate by artificiall meanes for that euacuateth a certeine matter very apt to corrupt And the thirde is to annoynt all the body with our Balme artificiall for that preserueth the body and defendeth it from the contagiousnesse so that by these 3. meanes men and women may be preserued from that violent death To helpe Pellaria that is a disease which causeth the haire and bearde to fall away THis Pellaria is a certeine kinde of fantasticall infirmity the which we by practise do know the cause the which is by vsing company with women corrupted with the pockes and by the same practise we sée that those whose haire doth fall awaye doe fall into great infirmities of the pockes although not all yet the most part and therefore if thou wilt helpe that accident it were necessary to purge them with our Siropo Solutiuo 8. or 10. dayes together that being done giue them our Aromatico and then annoynt the place where the haire is fallen away euery euening with our balme artificiall so that with the vse of these thrée medicines the patient shall remaine perfectly whole of that matter bicause the sirope purgeth the whole bodye vniuersally and the Aromatico purgeth the stomacke and the heade and the Balme comforteth and defendeth the place where the haire is fallen so that it shall fall no more for this I haue proued an infinite of times You shall vnderstande that there be two other kindes of Pellaria the which wil not be helpt in the afore-said order for the one commeth of a great feare the other commeth bicause they haue had Mal di massuca and their heads be corrupted by that meanes and for these two I knowe no remedye but to let nature haue hir course To helpe a Carnosite in the yarde THe Carnosite that commeth in the yarde hindereth the vryne so that it can-not passe and groweth in the mouth of the bladder and is a kinde of matter ingendred in that place the which is much like vnto an Emerode that commeth in the necke of the intestine about the fundament and bicause it is a grosse and vlcerated matter the vrine passeth with difficultie and great burning the which is verye painefull vnto those that haue it but if thou wilt helpe that inconuenience it were necessary to purge the body wel and to kéepe a dyet and to drincke the Decoccion of Hipericon made with hunnye and vse to eate drye meates as muche as is possible and then make certeine little Waxe Candles of Waxe and Frankensence and then make this vnguent Rec. Reade leade ounce 1. white hunny ounce 1. butter two ounces white Wine as much as will suffise to incorporate them in a liquid forme on a soft fixe and then take tenne quilles that hath bloude in them out of the winge of a young Pigion that is fat and
therwith stirre the vnguent when it boyleth and when one quill is dryed take another and so chaunge them vntill the Wine be consumed and then it is made and when thou wilt occupie it take one of the saide Candles of Waxe and vppon the ende put of this vnguent and put it into the yarde vntill it touch the Carnosite and this thou shalt vse day by day vntill the Candell passe without any impediment and then the patient shal be helpt for this is most true and I haue proued it an infinite of times to my great credite and content of the patient To helpe the white scall THis disease being so odious is a corrupt humour the which is not onely in the heade as many do thinke but it dependeth of the inwarde partes and hath communication with the heade and this humour is like vnto the Fume for continually it vaporeth vp and when it can assend no more bicause it is hindered in the skinne then it setleth and ingrosseth and causeth the heade to breake forth in that grieuous order as is séene But I will shewe a secreate to helpe it so that it shall neuer come againe and the order it thus You shall giue them our Siropo Solutiuo 8. or 10. dayes together that béeing done giue them our Pillole Aquilone thrée times the which pilles must be taken euery thrée dayes once that being done take Sinaber finely beatē two ounces Olibanum Mura ana one drame mixe them together deuide it into 5. partes make therof fiue perfumes in fiue mornings and couer their heades with a cloth so that it touch not the heade then let the pouder bée cast on by little and little vntil it be spent vpon a chasing dish of coles and so let them stande couered one houre without mouing and this do euery one of the times that being done annoynt the heade for the space of a moneth with Oyle of Waxe and Terpentine and they shal be helpt for this is a remedy that cannot faile for I haue proued it an infinite of times in Palermo in Mesina in Naples in Rome and in Venice and alwayes I haue had good successe to my great credit and profite of the diseased person To helpe those Caruolli that come vppon the yarde and their causes THose Caruoli that come vppon the yarde are of diuerse kindes as by reason and experience thou maist sée but the most parte are taken by vsing the cōpany of lewd corrupt womē infected with the pocks and those are the worst kinde for they are the first original of the pockes of those caruolli come Pannochie or botches certaine great scabbes Pellaria aiches tumors an infinite of other euill effects these are the first kinde There are another kinde the which commonly come of their own accord by reason of heat and those are easie to be holpe and are not perillous or paynefull There is an other kinde the which is as though it were scorched or burnt the which commeth thorow debilytie of the yarde hauing company with women and these are also of small importaunce The first kinde are certeine Vlcers that come vppon the end and some vppon the proper substaunce of the yard some vpon the skinne and the order to cure them is thus Ye shall mortifie them with-in with-out with our Causticke and when they are mortified ye shall dresse them with our Magno licore and they shall be whole quickly But ye shal wel note that many times after they are healed afore .xv. dayes doe passe there will come a certeine alteration in the throate so that they canne scarce swallow their meat and this alteration many times endureth viii or x. dayes and than it resolueth by it selfe and that is a certeine signe of Pellaria And therefore if thou wilt auoyde that inconuenience that the haire fall not off assoone as ye féele any of the a afore-sayd griefes then presently take a quantitie of our Electuario Angelica and then take our Siropo magistrale .4 or .5 dayes and annoynt thy heade .x. or xij dayes with our Magno licore so by these meanes thy haire shall not fall Bicause our Electuario Angelica doth euacuate the stomacke and clenseth the head dryeth vp the matter the which is already alterated by that diseases Also our Siropo magistrale doeth euacuate the bodye and purifie the bloud and slaketh the furye of the disease Our Magno licore preserueth the haire from drying and fallyng There commenth manye times after those Caruoli are healed certeine Impostumes in the groyne of the which we will speake off in an other booke particularly The other kinde of Caruolli that come vppon the yard are holpe onely by washing thē with some bath that is restrictiue and comfortatiue The other kinde which is lyke scorching or burning are holpe by kéeping them cleane and annoynting them with a Liniment of Tutia camphorata And thus I make an ende giuing to vnderstande to those that practise how that they may auoyde that disease called Pellaria or falling of the haire or beard for this is one of my secrets where-off I meane to write a great number if God permit me A discourse of those sores that come of the Pockes and how to helpe them quickly THe Pockes as I haue written of diuers times being a putrified and corrupt disease the sores comming there-off of force must be of his nature that is corrupt and stinking therefore if thou wilt help them and take away their paine quickly thou shalt vse thrée operations the first is to giue them our Pillole Aquilone and then to wash the sore with oyle of Sulphur then lay ther-on our Cerote magistrale with Precipitate and annoynt it with Magno licore and there-with thou shalt helpe thē quickly bicause those Pilles are appropriate for that disease the oyle of sulphur draweth forth the filth from the senter the precipitate draweth forth the grose matter so that of force it must heale The cure of one that had the Pockes in his heade BEing in Naples among al other that I cured ther came vnto me a Spaniard called Il signor Diego di Menas a man of the age of .36 yeares of complection cholericke aduste the which had the Pockes and in his forheade hée had a certeine tumour the which had perished a great part of the skull and was open and he had bene taken in hand of diuers men none could doe him good I séeing that toke him in hande gaue him our Siropo solutiuo .8 or .9 dayes together afterward I gaue him our Aromatico and thē gaue him the rootes of Cina in decoction and then perfumed him with Olibanum Mastick Mirrha Scinaber and so by these meanes he was holpe of the infirmitie but the bone remained bare I layde ther-on our Cerote magistrale and so in short time the bone did seperate of his owne accord and one day I tooke it off altogether and was so great that it
had caryed aboue thrée yeares and was a bigge as a hand and verye déeps the which could not be healed of the common Chyrurgians nor yet be eased of his payne than I reasoning with this Gentleman tolde him that the cause of that sore was corrupt and putrified bloude and by that meanes the â—yuer receiued euill qualyties and that if he would be holpe the cause must bee remoued the which was hard to bée done bicause the bloude must be euacuated a little and then the stomacke must bée euacuated of moyste matter that offendeth it and hindereth disgestion of the meate and will not suffer good bloud to ingender than it will also be necessarye to euacuate the body downwards that the corruption sendeth no vp his vapors to the vpper parts of the body and hinder the cure of the vlcer al this being done it were necessary to euacuate the humor betwéene the skinne and the flesh by sweate so that all the partes of the body may remaine purified and so by these meanes the vlcer may easely mundifie incarnate and scicatrise and shal be a perfect cure to the which thing the Gentle-man was willing for hée had as willingly dyed as lyued and so in the name of GOD I tooke him in hande and the first thing that I gaue him was a vomitte that purged the stomacke and tooke away great parte of his paine then I purged him with our Quintaessencia Solutiuo eight dayes together that being done I made him a fomentation that caused him to sweate well and to spitte aboundaunce than I caused him to be let bloud vnder the tongue and then I annoynted all the vlcer with our Causticke the which mortified all the filthinesse therein and then I dressed it with Magno licore and our cerote Magistralle and so with these remedies in short space the saide Gentle-man was cured to the greate meruaile of the saide Ambassadour and all those that sawe it by reason of that cure came another of the same house vnto me called Il seignor diego Iaimes the which was troubled with a difficultie of vrine the which troubled him mightely the which I gaue thrée times our Petra Philosophalle and once the iuyce of Elder barkes and he was holpe I cured another in the same house of a feuer with our Oyle of Hunny and with Balsamo The Ambassadour like wise being troubled with the gout willed me to take him in hande the which I did and cured him so that in thrée yeares after which I continued in Rome he neuer felt paine and of these cures I holpe an infinite in Spaine as is wel knowne to the inhabitaunts thereoff The cure of ethesia in the beginning Iâ—â—he yeare 1555. in the moneth of Marche there came to my handes a young man of Milayne the which was a painter of the age of fiue and twentye yeares the which was fallen into a spice of etisie and did spitte much bloude with a continuall feuer the which I cured in this order First I let him bloude vnder the tongue on the right side and after that I gaue him a quantitie of our Aromatico with Plantaine water bicause the bleding taketh away the superfluous bloude of the breast the which nature sendeth forth by it selfe and the Aromatico with Plantayne water is colde and dry which are most necessarye for that disease for they euacuate the stomacke repercute and mittigateth that alteration those things being done I caused him to vse our Quintaessence solutiue to euacuate the body in respect of the putrification alreadye conceiued with-in the intestinalles also I caused him to vse the Quintaessence of the flower of flowers and I annoynted his stomacke with Magno licore and also he vsed our Electuarie of Althea and so by these meanes he was holpe perfectlye The cure of a certeine man wounded in thirteene places IT happened that a certeine man called Alessandro Oresice was wounded afore my lodging in 13. places and there fell for deade and then by a certeine friende was brought into my lodging and there I layde him vpon a table and tooke of his clothes and sowed all those wonndes which were to be sowed or stitched and dressed him with our Quintaessence and Balsamo and Magno licore and our secrete powder and so by those meanes in 15. dayes hée was perfecte whole Of remedies that helpe many diseases THere are diuerse and sundry diseases and they bée holpe with dyuers and sundry medicines therefore I will make a note onely of those the which are most vsed And first I will write of those remedies that helpe the feuers of all sortes the which are these the sirope of Burrage Buglos Endiue Cicory Hoppes Fumitori Rhabarb Cassia Scamony Sine Barlye water sirope of Scytrones and such like The remedies that helpe the pockes are these Aloes Coloquintida Turbit Hermodactilis Scamony Precipitate Oriola Oliuella the vnction of Mercurie Lignum sanctum Cina Salsa perilla the perfume of Scinaber a stoue of hearbes our Ceroto Magistralle and such like thinges those remedies that helpe the cough are Enula Campane Garlike Sulfure Hunny Lapaciolle the Oyle of Sulfure and such like those remedies that helpe the scabbes are the iuyce of Aureola Sulfure Litarge Aqua Realle Roch Allome those that are troubled with paines in the bodye may vse Genciane Nutmegs Dictamus albus Euphorbio those that are wounded shall vse Terpentine our Balsamo Magno licore Aqua Balsamo Elixer vitae Ceroto magistralle Oyle of Hiperconie of our inuention and such like Those that prouok vrine are that flowers of Mallows AlcakeÌ„gi Hoggs lise Cantarides such like therfore I will not trouble you further bicause I haue written sufficiently in my other bookes in sundrye places and hereafter I will write of dyuers and sundry medicines of our inuention neuer founde out a fore of any man Here beginneth the order to make diuerse and sundrie medicines of our inuention neuer founde out before by any man And first to make our Petra Philosophalle that helpeth against all manner of diseases that happeneth vnto man or woman or any other animall terestryall THere hath alwayes béene a greate questioning among the Philosophers whether that one medicine might helpe against all diseases or noe The which I affirme and wil approue with sufficient reason that the Petra Philosophalle made of our inuencion may helpe against al the infirmities that commeth vnto mans bodie and two onely reasons I will shewe thée with breuitie the first of them is this that all sortes of infirmities haue their Originall and beginning of the stomacke and to knowe the troth yée may sée manifestlye that if the body be neuer so little infermid the stomack is also grieued For yée may sée how the anymalles terestryall neuer helpe themselues of other infirmitie than of the stomacke and when they wil helpe themselues they eate hearbes the which causeth them to vomitte and this doth signifie that they haue no other infirmitie than the aforesaide so by the experience of
sirop the which worketh miracles in diuers infirmities for by his nature it purifieth the bloud mundifieth the lyuer comforteth the hart preserueth the stomack prouoketh urine dissolueth grauel in the raines it helpeth the cough helpeth disgestion quieteth al the humors in the sick person with diuers other vertues the which I wil leaue till another time This may be taken with broth with distilled waters or with any decoction or medicine fasting the quantitie is from one dram to two drams and happy shall they be the which shall vse it An Electuary that helpeth the cough with great speed and ease THe Cough is caused of a cattarus humor and coldnesse of the stomacke and therefore if ye wil helpe it it were necessary to haue a remedy that doth ripen the cattare and mollifie the stomacke and the order to make it is thus Rec. Enula campana ounc 4. Marsh mallowes xij ounces Quinces .xvi. ounces But if ye can-not get Quinces ye may take Marmilade ready made and boyle it in faire water with the saide rootes vntill they be drye then stampe them in a morter strayne them thorow a strayner then take for euery pounde of that matter .2 pound of white Honny and boile them together but boyle them not to much then take it from the fire and put there-vnto for euery pound of the aforesayd matter one scruple of Saffran and one dram of Cinamon and two ounces of sulphur and one scruple of Lycoris and then incorporate them well together and aromatise it with Muske and Rose water this ye shall vse morning and euening for this is of so great vertue that it is to be wondred at bicause the mallowes do moilifie the Enula campana doth warme and causeth disgestion comforteth the stomack the quinces are cordiall warme the sulphur is a great dryer the which destroyeth the euil humors of the body the saffran comforteth the heart the cinamon is stomacall the lycoris is mollificatiue disgesteth the matter so that of force this Electuary must help any kind of cough except it come of the pocks for then it wil doe smal pleasure as I haue proued Electuario benedicto Leonardi the which purgeth the body without any grief is miraculous in his operation THis Electuario benedicto is compound of our inuētion many yeares agoe is so called bicause of his meruailous operation the order to make it is thus Rec. Of a certeine kinde of frute called of some Spina merula of other Spini ceruino with his bery they make a kinde of sap gréene take of these berries when they be ripe and stampe them and take there-off the Iuice and straine it by a fylter and for euery pound of the afore sayde Iuice ye shall put therin these thinges Sinamond Safarne Cloues Nutmeges Ginger ana dram 1. Sena alloes ana dram .3 mixe thē well together and set it in the sunne till it be dryed like a paste and than make it liquid againe with these following Rec. Rose water our Quintaessence ana ounces 2. for a pound Muske 2. carretes for a pound Mirrha dramme .1 for a pounde Incorporate all the aforesayde thinges together and set it in the sunne vntill it be thorowe drye and may be made in powder of the which yée shall take what quantitie yée will and mixe it with as much honnie purified and that is our Electuario benedicto the which purgeth the body without paine and preserueth the stomacke purgeth the head and helpeth putrified feuers with diuers other things the which I will not write at this time Ye may kéepe this Mixture 6. monethes after it is mixt with honny the dose is from halfe an ounce to a whole ounce Yée may take them in Pilles in broth in a Lectuarie or in Wine or how yée will and alwayes they shall make his effect well An Electuarie against the euill disposition of the Liuer and Stomacke THe Liuer is troubled with diuers and sundry causes but for the moste parte it is of heate For the heate showeth some out-warde signe as is séene by experience for their Face and Nose are red they haue heate in their Legs chops in the palme of their hand and féete It ingendreth Fluxes in the body burning of Vrine running of the Raines and such like effects And the order to cure them is thus Rec. Citraca Scolopendria Epatica Eupatorio ana 3. ounces beate them in fine pouder Lignum aloes thrée drames Safrane 2. scrupules Cinamon two drames white crude hunny one pound and a halfe mixe them and incorporate them together without fire then take thereof morning and euening 1. ounce at a time but afore ye begin to take this electuary ye shall take a quantitie of our Electuario Angelica and then in short time they shall be holpe as thou maist well sée by the ingredience that goeth into this composition Our magistrall Electuary of Sulfure the which serueth against diuers sortes of infirmities AS the fire hath vertue to heate and drye materyall things so hath the Sulfure vertue to warme and to drye the humiditie and coldnesse of our bodyes for I haue occupied it diuers sundry times and all wayes haue séene diuers and sundry good effects but for the better commoditie and more ease to vse it I haue compounded this Electuary the whiche thou maist vse with ease and benifite vnto a number and the order to make it is thus Rec. Very fine Sulfure that is without earth and make it in fine powder one pound Cinamon halfe an ounce Safran one scruple Ginger 2. drames Muske dissolued in rose water .2 Carretts white hunny crude as much as will suffice to make it in a lectuary with out fire then kéepe it in a dry place and this ye shall vse in the morning fasting and his quantitie is from foure drames to seuen This dryeth vp scabbes proueth vryne breaketh the stone in the raynes it helpeth the cough dryeth vp the watering of the eyes causeth a good appetite with dyuers other thinges the which I will leaue to the experimentors Our Electuario of Consolida magore that serueth for many diseases inwardly THis Consolida magore is a herbe so called bicause of his effecte that it doth in healing of woundes and other places of the flesh separated for if ye eate thereof it will helpe the rupture and all sortes of woundes penetrating and vlcers of the longes it dryeth the milte and such like effectes but bicause thou maist vse it more commodious I haue compounded an Electuary the which is excellēt and rare and is made thus Rec. The roote of Consolida magore one pounde boyle it in water vntill it bee consumed then stampe them in a morter and passe them thorowe a strayner then put there-to as much white hunny as the matter wayeth and boyle them on a small fire vntill it bée come to the forme of a Lectuary and when it is boyled put thereto these thinges Rec. The shelles of Pomgarnades