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A00756	A discourse vpon chyrurgery: written by that famous doctour and knight, Signior Leonardo Phiorauanti, Bolognese. VVith a declaration of many wonderfull matters necessary to be knowne; with most notable secret found out by the said authour. Translated out of Italian by Iohn Hester, and now newly published and augmented, for the benefite of this country: by Richard Booth, Gent; Cirugia. English	Fioravanti, Leonardo, 1518-1588.; Hester, John, d. 1593.	1626 (1626)	STC 10882; ESTC S114243	84,135	128

cut off and set on againe IN that time when I was in Africa there hapned a strange case and that was thus A Certaine Gentleman a Spaniard that was called Il-signor Andreas Gutiero of the age of xxix yeares vpon a time walked in the field and fell at words with a Souldier and began to draw his weapon the Souldier séeing that stroke him with the left hand and cut off his nose and it fell down in the sand than I hapned to stand by and tooke it vp and pissed thereupon to wash away the sand and stitched it on againe very close and dressed it with out Balsamo artificiato and bound it vp and so let it remaine viij dayes thinking it would haue come to matter neuerthelesse when I did vnbind it I found it fast conglutinated and then I dressed it onely once more and he was perfectly whole so that all Naples did meruell thereat as is well knowne for the said S. Andrea doth liue yet and can testifie the same The Cure of on Arme of S. Giordano Vrsino AT the same time the said S. Giordano Vrsino and S. Antamo Sauello Romano and S. Astor Baglione with diuers other tooke their horses and rid about two miles from the Camp and there perceiued certaine Mores on horsbacke who did assalt these gentlemen and one More with his Launce did thrust thorow the Arme from the elboe through the shoulder S. Giordano who being sore wounded returned to the Camp in great paine and presently I was sent for and when I saw it I put therein out Quintessence and vpon the wound I laid our Balsamo and Magno licore bound it strait and so left it and in fiue daies it was whole and sound and then went to the assault most valiantly as many can testifie because he was Generall of Firenze A great chance that hapned at the assault in Africa AT the same time ther was a Gentleman Florentine that was with the said S. Giordano Vrsino who was called Millematti the which fought with his Sword and Target and defended many shot of Caliuers such like at the last one pierced his Target and stroke him vpon the breast and bruised him meruolously and yet broke no skin and therwithall he fell to the ground for dead and the carier of dead men or Becamort as they call them would haue buried him in a Mine I then being present caused him to be brought to the Tent of S. Aster Baglione and there I put our Quintessence into his mouth and that caused the blood to liquifie and come forth at the mouth and I laid vpon his stomacke a plaister of Ashes and Oyle as hot as he could suffer it and that I changed morning and euening and alwaies I gaue him of our Quintessence to drinke so that in short time he was holpe and yet liueth in health and this was one of the most strangest things that euer I salve that a pellet of a Caliuer could not breake the flesh and that came by certaine wordes that the said Millematti did cary written vpon his breast as he perswaded me afterward for he said In verbis in herbis in lapidibus sunt virtutes c. The Cure of wounds being poysoned and of other sorts VVHile the warrs dured in Africa many times the Christians were poysoned with venemous Arrowes and such like for the Mores commonly when they fight against Christians they sticke the heads of their Arrowes in a Squill and poyson it with the iuyce and when those Arrow heads or other weapon goeth into the flesh of a man it causeth so great burning that it bringeth Spasmus and so in short time they dye And till this time there hath bene no other medicine found but to cut away all the flesh that the weapon touched or else to couterise it two or thrée times with a red hot yron to extinguish the venome but I through the grace of God haue found the true and perfect way to help them quickly and with great ease and without detriment of the wounded The remedie is this you shall put our Quintessence into the wound and lay thereon our Magno licore the which are two medicines that kill the poison of the squill and therefore if any will proue this to be true 〈◊〉 see the experience take a péece of a Squilla and scratch it with the naile and then put thy finger into thy care or scratch any other place that ye may touch the flesh and presently thou shalt féele a terrible burning and to quench it presently take of our Quintessence and wash the place therewith and presently the paine will cease and therefore vse this as a secret for therewith I haue cured a great number A remedie found out by me against the poyson of a fish VVHen that I caused so many sicke of the flux to goe into the sea whereby they were helpt there was a certaine kind of fish that as soone as they touched the flesh of a man presently it inflamed and the poyson so increased that in two or thrée dayes it caused corosiue sores the which caused many to dye and many were stong with that fish the which neuer could find helpe I then séeing that desperate case vpon a time visited a yong man being a Romaine the which was hurt on the coddes and yard with such a spasmus that it was wonderfull to behold and hauing a glasse full of my Quintessence in my hand I opened the sore and washed it therewith and presently the paine ceased then afterward I dressed it with an vnguent made of the fat of the fish and so therewith he and a great number more were helpt in short time and these are secrets of my inuention Of the taking of Africa and his destruction IN the yeare 1551. the 11. of September about the 9. houre the generall assault was giuen to the Citie of Africa and in the space of 2. houres it was taken and destroyed by the Souldiers of Carolus Quintus Emperour whereat was flaine a great number of both parts and there was such a number hurt that it was to be wondered at the which were healed with our Magno licore and Balsamo and when the Cittie was taken and all ended the Gallies remained there all September and the fourth 〈◊〉 of October euery man went to serue at their ports appointed and so we turned to Naples to passe the Winter but yet we remained but a while for there was occasion to goe to Siena the which revelled against the Emperour and so went with Don Pierro de Toledo the which dyed after at Firenza c. The Cure of a great wound in the head IN the yeare 1551. in the month of Nouember there came vnto my house a Spaniard called Giouan Ruiz di Zamora who had a great wound euer the eare on the left side that reached halfe ouer the head with great fracture of the bone the which I presently stitche a with diligence and put therein our Quintessence

bisket made of Rye also he must weare a trusse made fit for that purpose and vse this remedie Rec. Rectified Aqua vitae without flegme x● ounces Rosen of the Pine trée that is drye Olibanum Masticke Sarcocolla ana ounc sem Mixe them altogether and with this water wash the Rupture euery day twice and then cast thereon presently the pouder of a hearbe called Bislingua and Balsamina ana and then wet a cloath in the said water and lay it thereon and bind the trusse very hard and kéepe thy house with as much ease as thou maist and straine not thy selfe in any wise and thus within 100. dayes thou shalt helpe any great Rupture keeping the aforesaid order A rare secret and diuine to helpe those that are troubled with the spleene THe Mylte is altered and commeth hard by reason of a superfluous humidity the which it receiueth by the euill disposition of the Lyuer Lungs and therefore if thou wilt helpe it it were necessary to vse medicines abstersiue and drying and to giue them our Aromatico once and then to vse this electuary the which is of meruellous vertue in that operation Rec. Squamma ferri 1. ounc Scolopendria 1. ounce Spignarde Lapis lasuly ana 2. scruples Sinamon halfe an ounce beate them fine and make thereof an electuary with purified honey according to Act and thereof take euery morning a spoonefull and as much at night two houres before supper and annoint the place where the Mylte lyeth with our Balsamo artificiato and so by the grace of God and meanes of these medicines thou shalt be helpt quickly Another great secret to helpe the spleene with great speed THe Mylt as is a foresad is grie●ed through aboundance of humiditie the which it receiueth and therefore thou must onely séeke to drye that humiditie and for that purpose I will shew thee 2. great secrets wherewith thou shalt worke myracles and are of great reason and experience The one is to be let blood vnder the tongue in one of these 2. veines that is on that side where the Mylte lyeth that being done ye shall take Mustarde and mixe it with the vrine of a boye and lay it betweene two cloaths and lay it on the fore place one night and then if it be not well vse it still vntill it be helpt for this I haue proued an infinite of times The cure of a certaine Spaniard called Carabasall di Cordonet the which was troubled with the Poxe THis Souldier being of the age of two land thirtie yeares was mightily troubled with the Poxe with extreame paines and sores among the which he had al● his thigh so eaten away as though he had beene gnawne with dogges with most extreame paine and the way that I cured him was thus I gaue him 12. graines of our Petra Philosophale with sugar Rosat the which caused him to vomite and to euacuate downeward of the which he found great ease that being done I prepared him our deco●tion of Lignum sanctum solutiue the which is written of hereafter with a certaine drinke made with wine and Lignum vitae and this he vsed fiue and twentie dayes and then I annointed him with our Vnguento magno and in the space of fortie dayes he was perfectly helpt to the sight of all men The cure of the stitch in the side with retention of vrine THere was a certaine Gentleman called Marco di Chiuffune of the age of sixe and thirtie yeres the which was troubled with a terrible stitch in the side and had proued many medicines and none did him pleasure the which after I tooke him in hand I gaue him our Aromatico and after that the paine slacked then I caused him to annoint all those parts with the oyle of Nutmegs and the oyle of Egges mixt together and so he remained quite whole for in this order I haue cured an infinite of persons to my greate honour A cure of a certaine Spaniard wounded in the head in Naples THere was a certaine Spaniard called Zamora of the age of foure and thirtie yeares of complection cholerike and sanguine the which was wounded in the left side of the heade with inscision of the bone also ye shall vnderstand that in Naples the ayre is most euill for wounds in the head by reason that it is so subtile and for that cause the Doctours did feare the cure neuerthelesse I dressed him with our Magno licore and Balsamo artificiato keeping the wound as close as was possible annointing it onely vpon the wound and so in 14. dayes he was perfectly whole to the great wonder of a number of Chirurgions of that Cittie The cure of a certaine Gentleman that had Mal diformica THere was a certaine Gentleman Neapolitan the which was called Il signior Giouan Francisco Gaetauo of the age of 38. yeares the which was maruellously tormented with a fore arme and a fore legge called Mal di formica and he● was of complection cholerike and melancholike and these sores went creeping vpon the flesh healing in one place and breaking in another and in his arme he had nine sores and in the legge foureteene and this Gentleman had sought helpe the space of 2. yeares and could finde none and had twice taken the dyet and yet could finde no helpe the which Gentleman I tooke in hand and the first thing I gaue him was this 1. ounce of Gerapigra Ganenie with twenty graines of our Petra Philosophalle the which prouoked both vomit and sege diuers times that being done I gaue him our Siropo solutiuo x●● mornings together that being done I gaue him a medicine with our Petra Philosophalle and Eleborus niger the which caused him also to vomit and purge downewards that being done I caused him to make a strope of Lignum sanctum and the hark● Iua Aretica and Cardus Benedictus in the which I put seauen pound of wine and one of sugar and then I caused him to make a drinke with water wine and honey to drinke continually and that I caused him to vse fiue and twenty dayes and then I ●n●inted him with our Vnguento magnu fiue times without fire the which vnguent caused him to spit aboundance of filthy matter and at the last it caused him to spit blood then I caused him to make a bath the which is written in our Regiment of the pe●tilen●e called ●he ioyfull Iowell and I said on the sores our Cerote magistrale and thus within 38. dayes he was perfect whole Certaine cures that this Authour did when hee trauelled into Afryca IN the yeare 1550. he trauelled into Africa there was chosen by Il signior Don Pietro di Toledo vicere di Napoli to be Phisition vnto the Camp vnder Don Gracia his son and so in the yeare 1551. in the month of May he departed from Naples with all the Army of the Emperour Carolo quinto D. Austria and so hauing a prosperous wind arriued in Barbary by a certaine old Cittie called Monasterio and

and vpon the wound I dressed it with Magno licore and Balsamo and made a gentle legature with a piece of stike and sent him home to his lodging and wil● him to come againe the next day about the same houre and those that were about me fell a laughing at my wordes and said that he would dye of that wound because I let him goe forth in the ayre to which I answered that he might safely goe forth and so the next day he came againe and I took off the ligament but not the cloth and thereon I put of our Quintessence Balme and in thrée daies after I touched it not then I tooke off the ligament againe and dressed it vpon the cloth and let it remaine vntill the 8. day and then I opened it and tooke away the cloth and found the wound so healed that you could scarfe perceiue any scarre and many said it was vnpossible to be healed for it would come to impostumation neuertheles it remayned perfectly whole for 5. or 6. monthes that he remayned in the Citie in 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 wounds in the head to be mortall because the ayre is so pestilentiall for as soone as it toucheth the scull it corrupteth the wound But vsing our order thou maist safely help them so that the wound be not mortall for by kéeping it close shut it is preserued A very strange thing that hapned in the aforesaid yeare THere was a certaine yong 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 in so much that a péece of the Milt was cut ouerth wart then he was carryed to a Chyrurgion and he stitched him vp then the next day I was called and there I found the wound not well stitched the which I ripped vp againe and found the belly full of blood and when I saw that I caused diuers to make water and therewith I washed him and with taking forth of the blood there came a péece of the Milts that was cut the which I washed and gaue it to a Mariner that stood by and the Patrone of the ship tooke it from him and carryed it away then I stitched him vp againe and left a little hole or orifice beneath where the matter might come forth and dressed him with our Quintessence with Balsamo and Magno licore and in the space of 22. dayes he was whole perfectly The cure of a Fistolae in the lower parts IN the yeare 1552. in the month of March I was brought vnto a man of the age of 40. yeares of complection cholericke and melancholicke the which had a Fistolae in the lower parts the which was of this nature that it had alterated the Coddes the member and all the parts there about with xj holes infistolated at the which xj he made water with great burning and intollerable paine and which are accidents of a feuer in manner continuall the which Patient had béene taken in hand of diuers and none could doe him pleasure Than the first thing that I did I gaue him our Aromatico that being done I gaue him xij dayes together our Quint essencia solutiuo that being ●one I gaue him●● quantitie of our Electuario Angelica and then he vsed one of my secrets the which I will not write in this place that being done I caused him to spit with one of my confections written hereafter and so by these meanes he was perfectly whole Of many that I cured in Naples IN that time that I remained in the famous Cittie of Naples vntill the yeare 1555. in the month of Februarie and then I thought it good to goe to Rome whereat this time I cured a number of persons and haue helpt so many by the help of God the which if I should record them it would be sufficient to fill a great volume for there came such a number to my dore that the people wondred thereat and with 4. medicines compounded by me I helpt in manner all of euery disease and the medicines were these one Pill made with our Petra Philosophale Elebore negro Olio di sulpho Olio di melle mixed with marchpane and made in Pills The second remedie was soluble Pills made with Aloe hepatico Coloquintida Siena and oyle of Vitrioll made in paste with sugar and common honey The third remedie was an vnction made with Sage Rosemary Wormewood Rew Muit Nutmegs Cloues Ciuamon Masticke Franke●●●nse Terpentine and Waxe with common oyle The 4. remedie was our Quintessence and these 4. remedius I gaue vnto those people to helpe their griefes and I wi●●● them that tooke these medicines to eate well and of good meates and so always they praises these medicines the which was not without great reason because the Pills ●●r●t euacuate the stomacke of all impediments and leaueth nature ●ased the second Pills euacuate the body of the corruption The Vnction comforteth the stomacke and helpeth digestion and mitigateth the paine The Quintessence comforteth the stomacke causeth good disgestion purifieth the blood and comforteth the head so that by these aforesaid reasons ye may vnderstand that these foure remedies may helpe against all indispositions inwardly and for cause of these remedies those people honour me like a Prophet and alwayes haue had me in great reuerence as long as I remained among them A Cure of Vlcera putrida which was in the Arme. IN the year aforesaid and in the month of August there came to my hand a Gentleman of the Embassadors of Portingall that was called Il Signor Iari being of the age of 32. yeares of complection melancholike who had a putrified vlcer about the left shoulder which he had caried above 3. years was as big as a hād and very déep which could not be healed of the common Chyrurgians nor yet be eased of his paine than I reasoning with this Gentleman tolde him that the cause of that sore was corrupt and putrified blood and by that meanes the Liuer receiued euill qualities and that if he would be helpt the cause must be remoued the which was hard to be done because the blood must be euacuated a little and then the stomacke must be euacuated of moist matter that offendeth it and hindereth digestion of the meate and will not suffer good blood to ingender then it will be also necessary to euacuate the body downewards that the corruption sendeth not vp his vapors to the vpper parts of the body and hinder the cure of the Vlcer all this being done it were necessarie to euacuate the humor betwéene the skinne and the flesh by sweat so that all the parts of the body may remaine purified and so by these meanes the Vlcer may easily mundifie

there gaue an assiege and tooke it without any remission or ransoming and made slaues of all those that were left aliue and it remained vtterly destroyed but not without great mortalitie of our Christian Souldiers and beside those that were killed there was a great number wounded the which were brought into the Gallies and carryed to the I le of Sicilia in a certaine Cittie called Trapano the which say they was builded by a great Idolater called Tarpos and there in the Hospitall those wounded persons were left with certaine Chyrurgions that were vnder my Iurisdiction and with certaine medicines of my inuention and so in short time the most part were helpt and then the Army returned vnto Naples againe and refreshed them with new men and victuall And then on the 15. of Iune we set vp sayle and sayled and when we were in the midst of the Goulfe betweene Naples and Palermo there hapned a great misfortune the which was thus In the Galley of Signor Giordano Captaine generall of the Galleys of the Duke of Florence it hapned that he being at the table with diuers Captaines and Gentlemen and as they were at dinner a certaine Captaine being grieued with another multiplyed words and took a loafe of bread and threw it at his face without any reuerence or respect of the said Generall signor Giordano That being done the said Generall arose front the Table and tooke him by the bosome and gaue him 5. sto●ades in the breast the which pierced into the body that he fell downe for dead that being done the said Generall repented himselfe of his rashnes and presently sent for me being in the Gally of Don Gracia to come and dresse him which the Generall requested me to do with all diligence and when I came the poore Captaine lay as though he had bene dying neuerthelesse I dressed him with great diligence and the medicines which I vsed were these First I put into the wounds of our Quintessence vpon the wounds I dressed it with our Balme artificiall and gaue him a vomit the which caused him to cast great quantitie of blood and then euery morning I gaue him halfe an ounce of our Aqua Balsami and thus within two dayes after we arriued at Palermo the Captaine was perfect whole to the great maruell of a number After that we departed from Palermo and went to the Cittie of Trapano where the rest of the Galleyes were and there continued 4. dayes and thou on Saint Iohns euen we went to an Iland called Fanignana and there kept the feast of Saint Iohn and then we departed with all the Army and went on the side of Africa and on Saint Peters day we landed in the Gardens of that Cittie and there began to offer battle and there remaining about 24. or 25. dayed the Army began to be infected with a certaine kind of flux whereof a great number dyed euery day My Generall seeing that called me and asked if it were possible to finde some remedie for that flux vnto the which I answered willingly and said I would deuise by the help of God some remedie because it was my dutie as well as for the health of the Souldiers of the Emperour the which thing I did in short time through the whole Camp as I will write hereafter in the next Chapter The cure of the flux wherewith I helpt the Armie of the Emperour in Africa BEing as I haue said afore in the Campe where they were meruailously tormented with a flux and many dyed thereof and could find no helpe although they had medicines Than I which had the experience in hand began to laugh to my selfe and the remedy wherewith I helpt them all was this First I caused them to eate well and then in the morning I gaue them a vomit and then euery day after they had eaten I caused them to go into the water of the Sea and there to remaine 4. or 5. houres and so doing within 4. or 5. dayes they were helpt for I sweare as I am Knight that if I had not bin the whole Army had dyed of that fluxe for of 14. or 15. thousand that were there there was not left 2. thousand but they were infected with that fluxe or distemperance of the Liuer caused of superfluous heat the which heate distempereth the stomacke causeth that continuall flux ye shall vnderstand that our vomit doth euacuate the stomacke of the putrified humor and the salt water cooleth the heat and restraineth the flux so that by that meanes they were helpt A goodly remedy found out by me for wounds in the head VVOunds in the head were very perrillous in that place so that if a 100. were hurt in the head it was not possible to recouer x. and that came through two things the which were much contrary in that Region for the day was so hot that it burned all things and the night to the contrary so extreame cold that it was intollerable and not to be credited and so by this distemperance when Craneum was vncouered that the ayre might touch it presently they dyed without any helpe then I séeing that began to consider of the matter desiring to find some meanes to help them and so studying it came in my memory that the ayre was cause of their death as it was in truth Than presently I commanded all those Chyrurgions that were vnder my Iurisdiction that they should not meddle with any wound in the head without my presence the which thing was done and as many as were wounded the first thing that I did in stéed of cutting or lancing or discouering according to the common order I ioyned the parts and sowed them close and dressed them vpon the wound with our Quintessence and with Balsamo and Magno licore and so in short time the most part were helpt and there dyed none so desperate as they did afore and therefore to my Iudgement this was a good inuention and neuer vsed of any afore and this order of curing is very naturall for Nature doth shewe it in hearbes plants and stones how that they cannot stand dis-vnited then much more out flesh cannot stand dis-vnited without great torment of the Patient for vntill it be ioyned together againe it is vnpossible to be helpt then séeing that is true it is most naturall for the wound to be ioyned together and to vse those medicines that where they be applyed will not suffer the humour to come thereunto nor putrifie the place that is hurt and séeing it is so as by experience is séene we must beléeue this to be a naturall and most wholesome remedie so that I affirme that the ioyning of the parts of the wound in the head and other parts of the body is most soueraigne and of great satisfaction to the 〈◊〉 for they neuer féele paine nor haue no feuer nor other sort of accident for of those I haue cured a great number with good successe The cure of one that had his nose