they are ioyned that is to saye the differences of the thinges conteined with the disease the differences of the thinges conteined with the accidentes and the differēces of the things conteyned with the causes and others if any be of like sort Of the causes of Vlcers THe latter sect of Chirurgians haue instituted two generall causes throughout all vlcers that is to saye the Antecedent causes named of the Grekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And the coniunctiue causes also called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The antecedent causes are these viz. cutting breaking tearing and suche like solution of continuitie whiche cannot euen by by stirre vp Sanies Pus or Sordicies which are iudged necessarily to associate the vlcers although it may be done in time that in remouing the antecedent and corporall causes Therefore the antecedent causes of vlcers is Cacochima whiche is euill iuyce and that is when the humors haue onely defaulte in qualitie and not in quantitie and also to muche aboundance of those peruerse humors being in the bodye may at lengthe corrupt and putrifie the said partes of the same body Furthermore the wickednes of the said iuyce is either engendred by a peruerse kynde of diet or throughe the whole body or els some particuler member as through default which may be either in the liuer or splene as Galene in diuers places hath sufficiently testified The coniunctiue causes is said to be that intemperature whiche is called the malice of complexion in the wounded partes through the antecedēt causes or through the woundes and hurtes them selues or other tumors against nature but especially through malignaunt vlcers either broken opened or stirred For euē the corroding vlcer is engendred Ex herpete miliari called of the Grekes Cenchrias also of Esthïomeno whiche is an eating vlcer proceding of choller more grosse thicke so maye it also happen of the carbuncle chiefly if it be venemous whiche maketh an escharous vlcer ful of bankes filthy and full of depe hollowes Wherefore these three are accompted vlcers rebellious hard to be cured First because of intemperature which commeth to the subiect fleshe Secondly through defaulte of the bloud thereto resorting And thirdly through copie and quantitie of the matter flowing as Galene credibly hath vs enfourmed He also affirmeth that the same diuision may be made otherwyse that is of curable and also rebellious vlcers the one for intemperature of the vlcerated fleshe and the other in respecte of the humor flowing and the same intemperature also may be deuided twoo manner of wayes viz. when the fleshe is subiecte to the onely qualitie of nature aboue measure or otherwyse when there is present some accesse or certaine tumor Now also that flowing may be deuided into twoo partes that is as well in the qualitie as also in the quātitie of the humor flowing There shal be therefore foure kyndes of vlcers contumelious or hard to be cured that is to witte the onely intemperature of the subiect fleshe whiche wee call Discrasia intēperature with an accessiue tumor the humor flowing or vitious or much for the humor which floweth abundantly into the greuous part of the vlcer yea although it be not vitious yet for because it engendreth therein excrementes it hindreth the healing with long detraction of tyme Galen seemeth also to make and adde hereto a fift kinde in his Cōmētarie vpō the Aphorisme of Hippocrates which beginneth thus Vlc. quaecunque annua sunt c. whiche is the passion of the corrupted bone in the vlcered place For when the fleshe which couereth the bone hauing applied according to art exiccatiue medicines receiueth cicatrice by and by it semeth perfectly restored and amended but shortly after some matter thither resorting from the corrupt bone reduceth in the healed part a present inflāmation so that after there followeth not onely generation of matter but also erosion of the aforesayd cicatrice exulceration of flesh And as we may plainly gather by Galen among the aforesaide affectes and dispositions al others to be vnited and knit and that many and diuers differences of vlcers doe spring of those aboue mencioned Furthermore there must be a methode of healing shewed and declared not of al together but euery one by him selfe which shall followe after beginning onely with the cure of simple thinges that therby the waye and meane to heale the compounde affectes may the more easely be attained Now seing that as we entreat throughly of vlcers these wordes Sanies Pus virus Ichor Sordes and such like are much in vse I think it not much forth of the way if in this place we shew what those words doe signifie among the Chyrurgians and that in fewe wordes how they agree and disagre Sanies i. ichor is properly that thin humor which the Grekes cal 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 suche as is in a wounde neither newe nor olde but betwene both and some kinde of this Ichor is interpreted Sanies sanguinis the matter of bloud And of Sanies saith Celsus be twoo kindes the one named 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the other 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being thin and halfe white proceading of an euill vlcer and chiefly where as a sine we being hurt inflāmation is gathered Meliceria is more grosse glewie and like to white honie proceding also of euil vlcers wher the sinewes about the ioyntes be hurt in which places it greatly floweth But nowe amongest the newe and later Physitiōs and Chyrurgiās who not obseruing the true proprietie of voice or agreeing vpon the nature of the thing do wrongfullye vsurpe the name of Pus in steede of Sanies sometime they make Sanies a kinde of Sordes Virus Virulentū and Purulentam colluuiem called of the Grekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and of the Latines Pus For the name of Sanies being truely defined signifieth all humiditie altered aboue nature Wherefore if the humor be thinne whiche proceedeth from the vlcer it is called Virus or virulentia If it be thicker Sordes And if it be in a meane betwixte both it hath to name by proper appellatiō Sanies And it is saide to be found aboundantly in vlcers and but little in deepe woundes Sanies therefore is properlye among the vulgar Phisitions and Chirurgians the same that Pus is among the Latines and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 among the Grecians Celsus calleth it the Genus hauing vnder it twoo kindes conteined called of the Grekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the whiche ichor of the Latine interpretors is called and turned to Sanies and Meliceria called Pus hauing the beginning of contused flesh or bloud But in the generatiō therof there is a doubtfull or halfe euil transmutation or alteration For as Galene saith there is in the bodies of liuing creatures three alterations One plaine and according to nature that is when the meate is digested
or priuie partes doe also swell or receiue inflammatiō for when the bloud floweth or other humours should haue recourse to the outward partes straight by their losenes and raritie part of the saide flowinges are in them reteined sometime also the glandulouse partes of the neck either by Ulcers of the head or partes nighe to them or els in them selues do swel And Galene calleth these glandulouse partes which in that order doe swell Bubones When medicines applied to Ulcers do profite or at least doe no hurt or discommoditie it is a sure agrument that such medicines were rightly administred But if they cause any present hurt or do make the Ulcer more drie hote or colde it is a token that the things ministred are not fit for that present griefe for that thinges more drie or more moiste as the thing requireth should be applied Also if by the thinges applied the Ulcer become more softe by by vse things more astringent Neuerthelesse if the Ulcer doe erode and become more depe then beware diligently for that springeth of sharpe and vicious iuyce together with malignitie of the Ulcer els through the facultie of medicines applied whiche doe more then sufficiently mundifie for suche by arroding the vlcered part do encrease muche Sanies and make the Ulcer verie moist whereby it happeneth that vnskilfull Chyrurgians are so ofte deceiued in their purpose for thinking the Ulcer to be Cacoethes that is that the matter therin cōteined to procede of malignitie or as they terme it of virulent and superfluous humiditie and whyle they earnestly minister thinges sharpelye to mundifie and thereby maketh not onely the Ulcer more depe and hollowe but also more hote sometyme maketh it Phlegmonodes Hereby the parties affected doe feele erosion and mordication Furthermore amongest many thinges which hurt or hinder Ulcers sayth Guy do de Cauliaco the South wynde is vnprofitable and also a moist aire ioyned with heat For they induce putrefaction in Ulcers euen as all things that putrefie procede of heat and moisture Hence cōmeth it saith he that Ulcers of the Legges are harder difficulter to be cured in the South parts thē in the North but in wounds of the head it is contrarie And euen as many tokens and iudgementes in woundes are cōmon to Ulcers so likewyse the iudgementes of Ulcers whereof we nowe speake may bee to woundes compared Wherefor◠whatsoeuer is spoken before in the iudgementes of woundes conuenient or agreeing to Ulcers reuoke them in this place Of the curing of Vlcers in generall IN the curatiō of Ulcers there are two thinges to bee considered and propounded vnto vs that is the contemplation of the Ulcer it selfe by what meanes it is an Ulcer with consideration of the cause of the Ulcer of the Accidentes and euery disposition therein cōteined as also what parte here or there it occupieth For euery Ulcer as we haue saide before either is alone and by him selfe that is hauing no other affect neither conuersaunt with it neither going afore nor following it or els is ioyned with one or moe of whiche some haue not onely stirred vp the Ulcer frō the beginning but also do now make it greater Others be of that sorte without the which it can not obtaine the reason of the scope of curation But euery Ulcer in that it is an Ulcer hath some common indication of the cure euē as Galene saith the way of healing Ulcers is by a meane drying this indication also is common to woundes if at least they be woūdes that is receiued of some stripe This onely is their difference this nedeth lesse and the other through the great humiditie requireth greater desiccation If the Ulcer be ioyned with any other affect curation ought not to be applied to the Ulcer but first to cure the affect lastly the Ulcer For whether Phlegmon Erisepelas or the tumor called Oedema or blackenes or Ecchimosis do besiege the Ulcered part the cure must be gentle But if there be some strong intemperature whiche is wont to bringe weakenes to the affected part and be ioyned to the Ulcered fleshe then that is first to be cured And when thou hast cured the intemperature afterwarde thou shalt easely heale the affecte So must we first helpe the tumors called Varices whiche are ofte aboue the Ulcered place and then to cure the Ulcer But none of these curations saieth Galene is of the Ulcer it selfe but of some other affect whiche either maketh the Ulcer or nourisheth it Furthermore Galene affirmeth that in taking a way the dispositions cōtained in Ulcers there are two things to be considered that is to saye either vtterly to take awaye suche like affectes in the body or els to destroye that which is therein vnprofitably conteined But this he meaneth to be done where affect is little and playne for where it is great it can not be brought to a Cicatrice before till the other affectes haue remedie Of suche like Ulcers therfore as are ioyned with other affectes or dispositions there bee foure particuler wayes of curation 1 The first prescribeth a cōuenient diet fit for the curation of suche Ulcers 2 The seconde is to diuerte the matter antecedent 3 Thirdly in correcting and remouing the accidentes and dispositiōs ioyned with the Ulcer 4 Fourthly those accidentes being corrected doth teache and instruct vs to cure them after the maner of hollowe woūds But we doe follow the first and second intention both by amending emptying diuerting and preuenting that same flowing wherewith the bodie of the affected doth abounde and flowe in the vlcered part Furthermore the wayes whereby we may aptlye amende and diuert the abundaunce of humors take away their corruption is thus viz. by Phlebotomie Purgation Approued diet Cauterie potentiall Uomiting others of that sort We preuent flowinges with hinding washings epithmes ointments Exbolo armeno and other restrictiues When as therefore the humour flowing in the Ulcered places is neither more nor yet much worse then cōuenient sufficient repercussiues binding aboue the Ulcered place shall suffice whiche binding doth shut the pores wherby the matter should flowe into the Ulcer it is meete therfore that the medicines applied to suche Ulcers be more drie then they that serue for the simple Ulcer But if it happen that this flowing can not be stayed or kept vnder the cause thē must be searched foorth and that must first be taken away whiche if it come by weakenes of the parte that receiueth it it must be strengthened with proper curation of the vlcered place But if it come by abundaunce of bloud or euill humors either in the whole Bodies or in any of the partes they are first to be cured but the imbecillitie of the part whereto by reason thereof more of humors then is conuenient doth resort doth come altogether of intemperature notwithstanding not of euery intemperature Whereupon it commeth to passe that the vlcered
to passe that the eaters of fruites doe ofte suffer paines tormēts in the belly viz. such as Quinces Orenges Medlars Sorbes Nuts such like which are not only slow in passage but also being grosse gluie doe engendre astringent iuyces retaining the naughtines of humors Notwithstāding we accompt not sweete Almondes vnprofitable sithe in them is conteined no binding force for y they doe make cleane and extenuate and therefore probably allowed in Ulcered bodies And Galene also affirmeth that Almondes do purge the bowels wherby it cōmeth to passe that virious humors being propulsed to the skin and forbidden to abide in the inner parts are driuen out by the pores of the skinne as it were by breathing whereby paines of the belly and other exterior inconueniences are preuented wherefore sweete Almondes are a conuenient fitte meate for affected bodies But Filberdes and Walnuttes because of their binding strengthe and the cause aforeshewed are moste vnprofitable and verie vnholsome for Ulcered bodies ¶ Of herbes to be vsed in brothes c. HErbes fitte for suche bodies are those whiche be hoate and drie viz. Hysope Calamint Watermint Fenill Sage Betonie c. And when herbes that doe attenuate and make softe bee with these compounded then doe they easely clense and expuise al grosse and slymie humors and therfore must needes be graunted cōmodious for suche persones the herbes of contrarie temperature viz. colde and moist are as muche hurtful such as Lettuse Endiue Mallowes Spinache and suche like whiche by their colde nature doe compact and heape together naughty humors in thinner partes of the bodye hindring their passage or expulsion for whiche cause the depth of the bodie is not purged but the disease more augmented and a great deale the more when the patient through fonde and gredie desire shal haue eaten herbes colde and drie with astringent facultie whiche to the pacients are moste obnoxious of whiche sorte bee these viz. Plantain Sorrel Nightshade and of like sorte ¶ Of Onions Garlike Musheromes or Toade stooles c. ONions Garlyke Scalians Leekes for their sharpe and byting tartnes together with the obscuritie of their substaunce both more dāmage to the body thē their force of extenuating can pleasure agayne Of the earth also proceadeth funges or Todestoles whiche any waye prepared are to be eschewed since they are not onely of euill iuyce but their nutriment is colde and flegmatick and to all accidentes and dispositions proceding of Ulcers moste hurtfull Of that minde is Galene saying further for as muche as Toadestooles can not drie it is a manifest token that in them is euill contained And Auicen saith that prefocation happeneth to them which vse to eate Toadstoles ¶ Of Pulse SInce there is no Pulse endewed with good perfect pleasure but doe greatly fill the bodye with wynde by whiche meanes paines in the bodye may arise to Ulcered bodies therefore vnneedefull I do not without cause accompt them vnprofitable Galene being author of which sorte be these viz. Beanes Fitches Rise and suche like let vs streightly cōmaunde the Ulcered patientes clearely to eschew these kinde of graines in what order soeuer they be altred but to an immoderate appetite the broth of red Rice may indifferently be permitted for that doeth attenuate and clense grosse and clammie humors open the obstructed wayes which meanes are much assistaūt to the healing of Ulcers ¶ Of motion and reste VNderstanding by Galene that reasonable motion is not onely helthfull to the bodie but also maketh the sayde bodie of a good fourme and habite and kepeth it in healthfull plight It shal be moste expedient that the person affected do moderatly frequent the motion and exercise of his bodie But yet saith Galene I would not haue him to vse it when he is full for endamaging or hurting the head with vapours whiche by muche motion maye arise from the meate newely taken and vndigested Exercise is good before meat for thē it encreaseth the force and strēgthe of the bodie saith Galene and thereby purgeth the pores of the bodie and expelleth the excrementes Galene therefore affirmed it profitable to vse exercises before meate yet it is conuenient also to vse exercises sometime after meate not alwaye but as Galene sayeth when the meate is entred into the seconde digestiō and the time of eating is at hande againe But if either before or after that time the exercise be vsed it either filleth the bodie with rawe superfluities or els hastneth the comming of Melancolie For sayeth Galene if the exercise after meate bee not gentle and easie it hasteneth downe the meate from the stomake before it be digested Wherfore the exercises before meat must be more hastie and quicke to the end that the superfluities whiche lurketh in the hollowe places of the body may more easely be expulsed nature being assisted by exercise ¶ Of sleepe and vvatching GAlene saith that sleepe and watching doth come on euery side according to the motions of vnconstaunt heate slepe to the inner partes and watching to the outward The naturall heate beeing moued forewarde for the whiche cause when as in muche sleepe the naturall heate being called to the inner partes a great quantitie of vapours doeth rise vp to the head whereby fluxions doe distill to the members belowe I thinke it expediēt that the Ulcered bodie refraine from much sleepe least superfluities multiplied by reason of sleepe should heape and gather to muche to the members which lie and reste Day sleepes must be altogether forbidden For in watching the breathinges may be moued from the harte to the outward parts they doe attenuate and dissolue the grosse and clammie humors engendred in the members natural heate being adioyned For the whiche thing it is expedient for the partie to vse watching for the longer distāce of time And when daily sleepe would possesse an accustomed order let it be shaken of and lost by litle and litle according to the precept of Galene ¶ Of Ioye or Mirthe GAlene saith that mirth proceadeth by motion of the minde to the outwarde partes of the body For the breath being gathered at the hart at the going foorth doth yeelde a comfortable heate to all the members whereby all flegmatick superfluities in them hidde is scattered and put foorth therfore profitable to Ulcered bodies But by sadnes by reason cometh the contrarie for that reuoketh al the spirites and heate vnto the heart so that the outward partes are vtterlye destitute of heate therefore greatly mouing and augmenting the cause of Ulcers wherefore vse myrthe and auoyde sadnes Of repletion and Inanition REpletion whether it be of meate or of euill humors filling the vessels of the body it is euill and straightly to bee reproued as sayeth Galene For when the vessels be filled aboue meane or measure with meates and drinkes the parties are in ieopardie of burstnes obstruction of naturall heate c. I counsell
ex qua fit vitruÌ„ half a pouÌ„d Axungij veteris one quart Let them all remaine mixed with Liee whereof Sope is made the space of seuen dayes afterwarde straine it and boyle it to the hardenes of a stone or to a sufficient thickenes and drienes ad to if you will Saponis moll one ounce And this not onely auayleth to take awaye fleshe but also to consume Fistulous hardenes Iâ— shal be good also to vse Aqua sublimata as is in the aforesaide Chapiter whiche without great paine doth corrode heale both the Ulcers of the mouth and other partes Or vse this in liquid fourme following Rec. Terebentinae lotae halfe an ounce Cerae albae ii dragmes Melte them together and adde therto Hidrargyri sublimati one ounce So stirre them together till they be cold Or Rec. Hidrargyri sublimati i. ounce Sanguis Draconis ii dragmes Make it in poulder and strewe it into the Ulcer els rowle Bombast on thy instrumeÌ„t fasten it in the Ulcer or Ueine where hence the bloude floweth Which is is astringent and hath power to cauterize and then to finishe flye to the cure of Gangrena or Sphacelus and also for this purpose many thinges are to bee founde profitable in the chapiter aforegoing Of the deepe and Crooked Vlcer THe methode in curing depe and crooked Ulcers appertaineth to diet and other vniuersall order according to the disposition of the bodie and Ulcers forseeing and preuenting all paine intemperature c. associating the Ulcer for alwaye the causes bothe efficient and fauouring must be resisted The parte affected must be so ordred that the Ulcers orifice may decline downward whereby the matter may more easely auoydeâ— but if that can not bee done incision is to bee made from the orifice to the bottom of the Ulcer chiefly if the hollowenes be along or nere the skinne els if the immineÌ„t dauÌ„ger prohibite the same in the botome at the least it ought to bee opened and annointed with a mundifying vnguent The which if it cannot be fitly applied then in to the hollowe and crooked corners must iniections mundicatiue be ministred for whiche purpose these or suche like are profitable viz. Oximel Oenomel of astringent wyne Aqua alluminosa cum melle Lixiuium Aqua marina Egipt ac pulueris Mercurii Dissolued in hony lye as in the aforesayd chapter Rec. Aquae Plantaginis an ii ounc Peculi rosar Caprifolii Vng. EgiptiacuÌ„ i. ounce and s. Make thereof iniection Or Rec. Aquae Plantaginis an foure ounces Peculi Rosarum Vini albi ii ounces Aluminis vsti half an ounce Baccarum mirti an one dragme Aloes Make iniection Or Rec. Hordei integri i. P. s. Ceterach an one handfull Agrimoniae Centaureae minor an halfe a handful Absinthii Coquantur in Mellicrato and make thereof iniection And when the Ulcer is sufficiently wel clensed then vse this folowing to regenerate the substaunce Rec. Hordei i. P. and a halfe Radicis ireos Foliorum oliuae an halfe a handfull Plantaginis Agrimoniae Boyle them in water in half a pound of the strained liquor dissolue Mel. Rosar colata ii ounces Mirrhae ii dragmes and a halfe Thuris an one dragme Masticis Make thereof iniection Or Rec. Decoct Hordei one pounde Mel. Rosar col iii. ounces Sarcocollae ii dragmes Mirrae an one dragme Thuris Vini vi ounces Boile them to the consumption of the thirde parte whereto may bee added if it seme requisite some Aloes Rec. Farinae Hordei an one ounce Lupinorum Mel. iiii ounces Thuris an one dragme Mastices Mirtice halfe an ounce Terebentinae lotae i. ounce s. Olei hiperici q. s. Make thereof an vnguent and this or the aforesayde shal be auaileable Afterwarde applie this cerote folowing Rec. Nitri tenuiss pul i. quart Aquae Rosar ii ounces and a half Boile them together at a gentle fier to sufficient thickenes euer stirring it and after ad to it Rec. Terebentinae an one quart Olei veteris Cerae q. s. Boile them together againe stirring them still and make thereof a cerote Fitte also to bee applied alofte is Emplastrum de Minio vel Apostolo Chirurg vel Diacalchiteos wherto to increse exicâ—ation and astriccion we may mingle Nonnihil calchitidis Corticis Granat Gallarum OmphacitiduÌ„ in pul redact In the meane season let vs defende the nighe partes with medicines partlye repellent and partly discutient or washe it with this decoction folowing Rec. Calamithi Origani Saluiae an one handfull Matricariae Adsinthij Rosmarini Camomeli an one P. Stecados Ros. rub Nucis cupressi x. Salis ii ounces Aluminis x. dragmes Mellis one pound Boile them in Lee or sower wine to the third part and make a fotioÌ„ or take other astringentes namely Sumach Plantago Balaust Herb. Rosar Mirt. And boile theÌ„ in wyne Also it were profitable to applie a peece of Leade in the orifice and to vse ligatures so that the matter may auoide or a sponge likewyse in the orifice that by the sucking and drawyng thereof the Ulcer may be dried Of the Fistula DUe diet being prescribed and the bodie according to that nature of humors being prouideÌ„tly purged the inner parts are next to be strengthened and this decocâ—ion folowing to bee geuen in drinke Whiche hath bene proued and tried by sundrie Authours exceeding coÌ„modious in this kinde of case Rec. Osmunde regalis ana parteâ— Filix mas Diosc. dicitur Scrophulariae Agrimoniae an tvvo partes Centaurie minoris Aristolo an halfe a parte Gentianae Radi filicis partem Filipendulae ii partes Boyle them in whyte wyne adding to Zacchari q. s. and let the party take of the decoction daily a prety quantitie And good it were to ad to the same decoction Guiacum And after Callus be remoued and taken awaye the vse of Guiacum in wyne or water boyled hauing respecte to the strengthe and humors and how much or howe little drying is expedient IniectioÌ„s here are also profitable such as is afore in the chap. of the crooked Ulcer or els make a decoction ex Radic filicis Agrimoniae foliorum Oliuae wherein dissolue Egiptiac or Apostolo as shal be needefully required Or Rec. Lixiuij ex cineribus brassicae cortic Fabarum iiii ounces whereto ad Mel. Rosar one ounce and a halfe Aluminis halfe an ounce Boile them a litle then take the decoction iii. ounces wherto ad Pulueris Precipitati halfe an ouÌ„ce Make thereof an iniection or vse the destilled water Stercoris humani Els. Rec. Terebintinae one ounce Thuris ii ounces Mastic Aloes Gariofilorum Galangiae an one ounce Cinamomi Nucis muscatae Cubebarum Croci Gummi Hederae vi ounces Infuse them in whyte wyne and Aqua vitae and distille them and vse this distilled water for an iniectioÌ„ to the Fistula And after the infection applie one of the Emplastres aforesayde as Emplastrum Diuinum or Gratia Dei. Some appoint to fill the Fistula with Hellebory and so to remaine three
therefore all those that be infected with Ulcers to flee from vnmoderate filling of their bodies according to the causes rehearsed for that thereby all paynes anguishe and perturbations with euill disposition accompaning the Ulcers may be incited Let the patientes therefore vse a slender kinde of diet and yet not an vnmoderate kinde and excessiue fourme spare feeding sithens suche may easely engēder the falling sicknes whiche when the stomack shal be inordinatly emptied hath rediest accesse for so saith Galene But a thinne diet by moderate vse obserued resisteth the same Galene therfore hath this sentence a meane moderate diet vsually kept doth safely cure yong folkes of the falling sicknes newely begon doth metely assiste them though they be olde and the disease inueterated De Coitu FOr as muche as generally all Ulcers doe proceede of intemperature with colde and weakenes of natural heate and that nothing more augmenteth the mallice of suche affectes nor encreaseth their continuaunce then exercises decaying naturall heate thuse of thinges that weaken coole and drie the bodie And againe since nature in such parties is sufficiently busied in strengtheninge and sending due nourishement to the affected partes it must needs bee great damage to the patient and hinderaunce of the curation to vse Coiture which as Galene affirmeth doth make the body more weake slacke cold and drie whiche sure is needeles in Ulcered bodies who are commōly giuen to be of that intemperature And Paulus Aegineta saith that Coiture hurteth bodies sound that be of colde and drie complexion Wherefore to affected bodies which haue nothing in them naturall that may be wanted we ought without pardō to prohibite the vse of venerie A Table of Simples AND since I haue so narrowely touched the curatiō of Ulcers in the former treatises I thinke it more expedient then vnneedeful and more worthie the labour then out of the waye to set foorth in order the naturall temperatures and diuers operatiōs of suche simple medicines as my slender diligence at oportunitie of tyme hathe collected and drawen out of diuers worthie and approued writers and for the more easie finding of them I haue tradured and brought them into the order of an alphabet as followeth Aqua water colde and moist in the firste degree repercussiue Acetum Uineger colde in the first drie in the thirde degree aperitiue Aqua aluminosa Alom water drie in the fourth degree abstersiue and repercussiue Agresta nota Ueriuse colde in the second degree in the thirde repercussiue Acasia the iuyce of Sloes colde and drie in the thirde degree repercussiue Acedula litle Sorel colde and drie in the seconde degree repercussiue Anthera the yellowe of the Rose colde drie in the firste degree repercussiue Atriplex Arage colde and moist temperatly maturatiue and lenitiue Absinthium Wormewood hoate in the first degree drie in the seconde degree abstersiue Apium Smaledge hote in the first drie in the seconde degree maturatiue and mundificatiue Agrimonia Egrimonie hoate and drie in the seconde degree abstersiue Acusmuscate vide pes Columbinus Aristolochia Aristologie hoat and drie in the fourth degree adustiue and attractiue Allium Garlike hoate and drie in the fourth degree adustiue and attractiue Aloes a Gumme hoate in the seconde drie in the firste degree consolidatiue Auena Dates hoate and moiste temperatly maturatiue and abstersiue Amilum Starche colde and drie in the first degree lightly binding Axungia fatte or grease of a swyne hoat and moist in the first degree mollifieth and ripeneth Argentum viuum Quicksiluer the temperature wherof is diuersly supposed and iudged of for Auicen saith it is colde and moist in the seconde degree Dioscorides saith it is hoate and moiste in the fourth degree Paulus saith it is hoate and drie in the fourth degree Montanus whose iudgement I suppose moste allowable saith it is colde and moist vehementlye it is penetratiue Anisum Anysseede hoat in the third drie in the second degree dissolueth and correcteth windines Anethum Dill hoate and drie in the seconde degree resolutiue Asphodeli radices Daffadil rootes hoat drie in the second degree abstersiue and corrosiue Anacardus A kinde of fruite hoate and drie in the fourth degree vlceratiue Arsenicū Arsnicke hoate in the third drie in the seconde degree mortificatiue Auripigmentum Orpiment of the propertie of arsnicke Alumen rochinum Roche alome hoate and drie in the thirde degree stipticke Argilla Claie colde in the first drie in the second degree repercussiue Antimoniū or Stibium colde in the firste degree drie in the seconde mundifieth and purgeth with correctiues Ammoniacū a gumme hoat in the third drie in the first degree mollifieth with attraction Assa foetida a Gūme hoate in the third drie in the firste degree abstersiue and attractiue Asphaltū a fome hardened of a part of the sea named Mare mortuū it is hoate and drie and consolidatiue Acanthus Bearfoote hoate and drie in the first degree maturatiue Atramentum a mineral hot drie in the third degree corrosiue with stipticitie Aconitum woulfes wort it is deadly by reason of putrefaction Acorus Gladin hoate drie in the thirde degree resolutiue Adiantum vide capillus veneris Aiuga seu abiga Ground pine hoate in the seconde drie in the thirde astringēt Aizoon vide Semperuiuum Altea Highe Mallowe drie without notable heate or colde loseth and scattereth humors Alcibiadicū wilde Buglosse hoate without manifest drines expelleth venime Alisma Water plantaine hoate abstersiue Amaracum Fetherfew hote in the third drie in the seconde it mollifieth and delaieth inflammation Amarantus flower amour hoate and drie aperitiue Ambubeia vide Endiuia Ammi Ameos hoat and drie in the third degree aperitiue Anagallis Thickweede hoate and drie conglutinatiue Anagallis aquatica Water pimpernell hoate and drie aperitiue Androsemon vide Ipericon Anetum vaccinum Oxe eye hoate and drie resolutiue Angelica Angelicke roote hoate drie in the thirde degree dissolueth and openeth Angurium vide Cucumer Anisum Anise hoat and drie in the third degree digesteth and dissolueth Annonis Arkangel hoate and drie in the firste degree abstersiue and aperitiue Anthemis vide Camomilla Apium agreste Wilde smaledge hoate drie vehemently vlceratiue Apium hortense Garden smaledge hoat in the seconde moiste in the thirde degree openeth and mundifieth Arnoglosson vide Plantago Artemisia Mugwort hoate and drie in the seconde degree aperitiue Aron wake Robin hoate and drie in the thirde it wipeth and maketh tender Asarum or Asara bacca Hoate and drie in the thirde degree the leafe is astringent and the roote is aperitiue Asperagus vide Speragus Atractilis vide Carduus benedictus Auricula muris Mouseare colde moist attractiue and mundificatiue Agaricus Agaricke hoate and drie in the firste degree resolutiue Amigdala Almondes hoate and moiste in the firste degree prouoketh vrine Ambra Amber hoate and drie in the seconde degree comforteth the braine Argentum scoria eius Siluer and the drosse or filinges thereof colde drie conglutinatiue Aurū Golde tēperatly