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A05049	A most excellent and learned vvoorke of chirurgerie, called Chirurgia parua Lanfranci Lanfranke of Mylayne his briefe: reduced from dyuers translations to our vulgar or vsuall frase, and now first published in the Englyshe prynte by Iohn Halle chirurgien. Who hath thervnto necessarily annexed. A table, as wel of the names of diseases and simples with their vertues, as also of all other termes of the arte opened. ... And in the ende a compendious worke of anatomie ... An historiall expostulation also against the beastly abusers, both of chyrurgerie and phisicke in our tyme: with a goodly doctrine, and instruction, necessary to be marked and folowed of all true chirurgie[n]s. All these faithfully gathered, and diligently set forth, by the sayde Iohn Halle.; Chirurgia parva. English	Lanfranco, of Milan, 13th cent.; Hall, John, b. 1529 or 30.	1565 (1565)	STC 15192; ESTC S109324	283,008	454

to drye vp bruses kepynge therby the places from putrefaction and apostemations The Mirte tree is called in Greeke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and in Latin Mirtus The frutes or beries wherof doe the Apothecaries calle Myrcillos Nodi NOdus signifieth a knotte and is here to be vnderstanded of certeine kyndes of tumores whiche in roundnes and somtyme hardnes resemble a knotte comming principally of phlegme and are chiefly referred to the three speciall tumores called of Galen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so called of the substances like a whyte potagie confection called Puls fatte or hony conteined in them And somtime the nerues become knotty but that differeth from Nodo sayeth Auicen in that it is not euery waye mobyle or seperable Obtalmia Is shewed at Ophthalmia ▪ Oedema ΟΙδημα is one of the foure chiefe and principall symple tumores agaynst nature softe lose and without payne spryngyng of thynne phlegme or vaporous spirites is the same that in the tyme of Lanfranke as well as before and since was called Vndimia which when it hath adioyned partly therwith any of the other three is called eyther 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. Oedema phlegmonosum uel Oedema inflammationis particeps of bloud 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. Oedema erysipelatosum aut sacri ignis particeps if choler be his partener or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hoc est oedema induratum siue duritiei particeps when melancholic is adioyned More at Vndimia Oleum OYle which the Grecians cal 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is the iuice of Olyues named Oliuae whiche are the frutes of the tree Olea in greke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cōsisting of .iii. substāces as doth mylke as of grosse dregges called Amurca of an aery essence of a whayey substance Oyle is of temperamēt meane as it weare betwene whotte and colde drye and moyste yet doth it rather inclyne to heate and moisture But from this meane may it three wayes varie as firste Omphacinum made of vnripe Oliues is somwhat colde and adstringent as the oyle of through rype olyues whiche they cal Drupas doth moderatly heate and moyste Secondly newe oyle is by comparation colde so swete oyle kept vntyl it be olde is whotte and euaporatyue Thirdly it doth moste aptly or redely receyue the qualities of what so euer by arte 〈…〉 with composed be they whotte or colde c. And therfore sayeth Galen is it worthily accompted the matter of all other medicines It moueth the belly and the reddyshe wheye beyng taken away as by washynge or els howsoeuer the reste is made whyter and without byting The vnctiōs therwith are rather to be vsed to whole bodies thē vnto plethorikes or to men possessed with rawe humores Olibanum OLibanum sayeth Platearius is whotte and drie in the seconde degree and is none other thyng but Thus. Whiche Galen sayeth dryeth but in the first It is thought of dyuers men not without great reason to bee that rounde whyte droplyke gumme and within fatty whiche Dioscorides preferreth for the beste calleth Thus masculinum and in Greke Stagonias Not farre from this is Lanfranke his mynde who by Cortice olibani meaneth Corticem Thuris optimi Ophthalmia 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Latin Lippitudo Is the inflammation of that panicle that couereth all the other panicles partes of the eye called Tunica adnata of Galen Agnata and Coherens and is of twoo sortes Vera comminge of a cause antecedent or interiore as of fulnes in all the body of the influxion of sharpe humores or of grosse and flatulente spirites non uera whiche commeth of a cause proca●arctyke or exterior as of a stroke duste smoke c. Suche a difference of Obtalmia for so he calleth it maketh Lanfrancus as thou seest calling it Parua magna or maxima Opium 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Id est lacrima papaueris whiche is the iuice of Papaueris nigri brought by arte into a masse muste nedes be lyke in temperament to the popye wherof it is made and is sayeth Galen the myghtiest among narcotike medicines and causeth dead sleape but ought rarly in great extremities and then warly to be vsed For it strangleth and vehement paynes are often eased therby beynge vsed alone for some small tyme after the whiche it returneth more violently then before But in euery doubte of this and his vse let maister Turner be to you a sufficient satisfier Opopanax 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Succus panace that is the iuice of the herbe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Panax heracleum for of Panax there are other two kyndes Asclepium Cheironium It is an herbe sayeth Dioscorides growyng in Boeotia and Arcadia with rough her bycoloured leaues liyng on the grounde indented with fyue diuisions muche lyke to fygge leaues a high stalke as hath Ferula whiche is white throughe a certeine mosines and also beset with little leaues hauynge moreouer a toppe lyke dylle a yellowe flowre and a sede feruent and odoriferous with many rootes also springing frō one beginnyng beyng whyte of heauy sauoure thyck rynded and bytter tasted Opopanax sayeth Galen doth both digeste and mollyfie and therin excelleth Chalbanum It heateth in the thyrde degree and drieth in the seconde as dothe also the rynde of the roote though lesse then the iuice and that without adstringencie and therfore is vsed to stuberne vlcers and as an incarnatiue to broken bones Orificium ORificium is the orifice mouthe or entrance of anye thynge that is holowe Wherfore Orificium sinus uel fistulae is the orifice or entrance of a fistule or holow vlcer c. Orobus SO called of the Apothecaries folowynge the Greeke which is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the Latine Eruum is englyshed of D. Turner a bitter fitche who treateth therof at large It is a certein pulse and a foode for his vnpleasantnes meter for bullockes then for men but are vsed in medicines that purge grosse humores from the lunges and the breste The whyte bitter fitches are lesse medicinable then the yelowe or the pale Eruum dryeth in the thyrde degree fully and heateth in the first and farther howe bitter so euer it be in the same measure doth it cutte insonder scowre and open obstructions beynge twyse sodden it loseth his vnsauorines and also his scowring and incisiue power and so dryeth without great bytternesse It is diuretike and copiously taken causeth pyssyng of bloud Dioscorides sayeth that of them by parchyng and gryndinge is made a meale whiche with hony mundifieth vlcers kepyng dyuers angrye sortes of them from crepyng and corrodyng being made into paste with wyne it healeth venemous bytinges and scowreth the skynne of freckles and spottes Ossa combusta OF burned bones thus sayeth Galen They drye and digeste and chiefly as some saye the bones of a man

vntilled groundes And so of a great number moe Hereof there are two kyndes whervnto some doe also reken Althaea or Malua uiscus called of Aetius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and of Galen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wherof vnder Althaea Malua agrestis sayeth Galen hath some digestinge and lyght mollifiyng facultie But Hortensis is apter to be eatē and frendly to the belly but yet hurtfull to the stomache and howe muche the more it hath of watery moysture so muche the weaker are the vertues therof So is the sede also so muche the stronger as it is dryer but Althaea dothe of all other digeste moste effectuously Of temperamente he sayeth it is whotte whiche the Arabians seme to deny Malowes sayth Dioscorides both healeth the stynging of bees and waspes and withstandeth the same and is good for the griefes of the mother the guttes and the bladder and beyng drunke in tyme is a remedy against al venims Malum punicum THe pōgranate is the frute of trée called in greke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Latin Malus punica seu granata and is of twoo sortes as Satiua and Syluestris whose flowres seuerally and their faculties are touched vnder Balaustium A thyrd kynde also there is that kepeth a meane betwene the wylde and the tame of whose temperamētes Galenus lib. 8. De symp med fac sayeth thus in effecte Euery pomgranate hath some adstringent facultie but that surmounteth not in all for among them that are sharpe some are more swete then sowre and by the reason of those their chiefe qualities eyther the one or the other is vsed for beste Their graynes are of a driyng and byndyng iuice so are also their flowers and ryndes of them altogether may medicines be made very proffitable for the stomache Which in Li. 2. De com med secundum loca he affirmeth hym selfe to haue vsed to the griefes of the nose called Ozaena Polypus And in his boke De attenuante uictus ratione he disprayseth the pomgranates of Pontus as also he doth al other harde and pontike frutes But others sayeth he ye may moderatly vse for they are profitable to them that are greued with Cardialgia lib. 2. De alimentorum facultatibus Malum Appuls are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Mala as the apple tree is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Malus and are generally of two kyndes Hortense Syluestre wherof somwhat at Agresta other wise infinite and of dyuers natures as are also their leaues and ryndes The appuls that are adstringente haue a colde and earthy iuice and doe coole inflammations of heate and moysture The sharpe ones are bothe colde and subtyl and incysiue of meane temperamente are the swete ones whiche doe inclyne to heate as those that are watery and without taste doe bende to coldenes Of these vsed according to their qualities may the distemperatures of the stomache be cured as with the meanly sharpe and with very tarte appuls you may roborate the lose feynte stomache glewe together woundes and repercusse the fluxe of great inflammations but suche as are more watery doe put awaye lesse inflammations that doe but nowe begynne They are generally of harde digestion and ill iuice but may bee geuen after meate to suche as lacke apetyte and concocte slowly to suche also as are vexed with womyting Diarrhoea and Dysenteria Wherunto very tarte appulles are moste commodious Manna MAnna so called of the Arabians is sayeth Mesues the dewe of a vapor lyfted vp and concocted in a temperate and fertille ayre fallyng in the twye lyghte tymes sayeth Matthiolus through plesant aspectes vpon certeyne plantes and stones wherof there are twoo differences That whiche falleth vpon stones is coagulated round lyke droppes or sedes whiche oughte to bee newe swete whytyshe or at least a citrinyshe colour That whiche falleth on plantes bothe taketh of them some qualitie and hath myxed therwith some of their leaues and floures though not muche wherof that whiche is newe and whytyshe is beste Of this doubtlesse dyd Galen wryte In Lib. 3. De alimentis where he sayeth that in the mounte Libanus men vse yearly to spreade skynnes on the grounde and after they beate the trees gathering vp that whche falleth and fille pottes with the hony whiche they call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hoc est mel roscidum mel 〈◊〉 Though Auerois Cordubensis affirme ●ot without the opinion of dyuers great clerkes of late dayes Manna to haue ben vnknowne to Galen and it to haue comde in vse synce his tyme because in dede in all Galens workes there is no mention therof vnder that name Who mente by Manna and also Dioscorides with other olde Grecians a farre other thing as hereafter will apeare But Mesues procedynge sayeth that it somwhat excedeth the meane in heate scouteth and smotheth the throte the breste and the stomache purgeth choier gentilly and quencheth thyrste and mixed wyth strong medicines it bettereth their actiōs And thus much of Manna Arabum who call it also Thereniabin uel Recentium named also Manna Orientalis for Manna Graecorum called also Manna Thuris are certeyne fragmentes taken out of pure frankincense whiche Galen calleth the drosse of the same affirming it to be of the same nature how be it somewhat more adstringent by reason of the frankincense ryndes that are somwhat myngled therwith wherof also at Thus. somwhat more Mandragora 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is also called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith Fuchsius a Circe because it is thought to worke amorous affectes of Pythagoras Anthropomorphos of the humane forme that the roote semeth somwhat to represent About the whiche the dotyng folly of some and the guylfull knauery of others haue Fuchsius and maister doctor Turner our countreyman rightwell detected Hereof after Dioscorides there are twoo kyndes as the male called Mandragoras mas uel Candida and also Mandragoras morion whyche is with vs not verye rare And the female called Mandragoras foemina uel nigra and of the lykenes that it hath with the leaues of Letuce 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vnknowne to vs as yet It cooleth by the testimonie of Galen in the thyrde excesse though saith he in the appuls ther is not a little heate and moisture whiche therfore prouoke depe sleapes The rynde of the roote doth bothe coole and drye The leaues of mandrage are profitable as sayeth Dioscordies for the inflammations and other affectes of the eyes caused of vlcers in them or in other partes howe so euer and mete to deuide euery harde tumore It is of suche mollifiynge vertues that Iuory as some thynke beyng boyled with the roote therof may be made softe and apte to be wrought Massacunia MAssacunia for so fynde I it wrytten in the prynted latin copy and interpreted the fylinge or scarpynge of earthen pottes glased is written of Almanzoar who for Albula