I wyll gyue him place or els holde thy tounge as I haue sayde before for yf thou or anye of vs all had had thys pouder we had showed our selues euil members in a common wealth that would suffer so many poore people to perishe in the Hospitals and in many other places for lacke of helpe And thus brethren to sertifie your request I haue finished thys Chapter and ended my Booke called the Enchiridion or a shorte briefe maner of curynge as we call it of woundes fractures and dislocations c. But for as much as the medicines therin conteyned are put in the latin toung peraduenture you wyl meruayll thereat Seing that the rest is in the English tonge But to you my brethren that exerciseth the noble art of Chirurgerye I aunswere I trust I haue done it both for your commodity also for your profit There are two speciall causes why they are put in the latin tonge the fyrst cause is for that we cannot aptly giue all those simples Englyshe names and therefore for as muche as herbes and other symples are called by dyuers names accordynge to the vse of the countrye in oure Englyshe tounge that they growe in therefore yf I shoulde haue putte them in anye of these Englshyes aforesayde an other parte of our countrye should not haue vnderstande it And furthermore yf I shoulde haue put parte in Englyshe and parte in Latyne it shoulde haue bene a defasynge of all the whole composition of medicynes The seconde cause is that I haue done it for your commoditye for it shall cause you to vnderstande your recytes or medicynes in the Latyne tounge not onlye by vse of compositions but the symples also for there is no medicyne sette forth in this Booke but yf ye goe to anye Pottecarye he wyll make it you presentlye and declare vnto you euerye Symple thereof whyche shall cause thee in short tyme yf thou be dilygent to vnderstande the whole scope in makynge of medicynes oute of anye Authour in the Latin tounge And for you my brethren in London thys shall be to you a more commoditye for it maye moue you euerye lecture daye to put a question for one medycyne So that wythin shorte tyme you shall gather the whole knowledge bothe of symples and compoundes and also apte tearmes pertaynynge to the arte of Surgerye in the Latin tounge in whyche the moste parte of the arte is wryttynge And hereafter yf god spare me lyfe and thys my simple workes taken in good part I shall not seace but set forthe vnto you one herball wyth the trew pyctures of herbes and trees wyth manye other simples appertaynynge to the arte of Chirurgerie with so manye names as well in Englyshe as in all other tounges that I can learne or vnderstande wyth their vertues properties and places where they growe in c. Whyche booke maye be suche a doctrine that you shall in shorte tyme vnderstand all these simples conteyned in thys boke and many moe not onely theyr qualities but all theyr hydden properties whyche hath bene founde out by long experience And al though thys lyttle Booke named the Enchiridion is verye briefe and short yet shall you fynd therin contayned a true and ryght methode of curyng accordyng to both olde and newe writers wyth the whole scope and intentions curytiue howe to apply your medicines when to applye them to what place they oughte to be applyed and at what tyme. And although manye Surgians haue good medycines that may serue for the lyke purposes of these that I haue made mencion of before yet notwythstandynge for an example I haue sette forthe these that ye maye the better vnderstande the true methode and waye of curynge by the nature and operation of them Thus I take my leaue of you deare brethren in Iesus Christ wishing vnto you the perfit knowledge of thys noble arte whych is onelye the gyfte of the holy ghost and you well to vse it that almyghtye God maye worke wyth you to the comforte of the diseased or hurt person let vs all pray lord increase our knowledge in all vertuous artes and science that we may vse them to the glory of God to whom be all honour and prayse world without end Thus endeth the fourthe and laste booke of the Enchiridion of Surgery compelled by Thomas Gale Master in Chirurgery FINIS An excellent Treatise of vvounds made vvith Gonneshot in which is confuted bothe the grose errour of Ierome Brunswicke Iohn Vigo Alfonse Ferrius and others in that they make the wounde venemous whiche commeth through the common pouder and shotte And also there is set out a perfect and trew methode of curyng these woundes Newly compiled and published by Thomas Gale Maister in Chirurgerie PRINTED AT LONdon by Rouland Hall for Thomas Gale 1563. MIcrocosmos whome Man we call of two right noble partes is made The soule whose lyfe is eternall and body eke which hence must vade This last part doth the fyrst contayne so long as it in health indure Vntyll Sicknes and all her trayne doth proclame warre and death procure Nowe Sicknes quite for to expell Apollo haue the arte out set What arte lo maister Gale doth tell Wherby Sicknes forse we maye let The Canon shotte dreadfull and fell lyke thonder boltes and fyry flame Howe to remoue the wayes he tell in this treatise of worthy fame His name of right Gale we maye call for Gala mylke doth signifie And as mylke noryshe aboue all so doth this Gale right perfectly His sugred mylke of learnyng sweete doth the mynde foster and eke feede Showyng the way that is most meete Microsmos to helpe at neede Nowe what rewarde for him is dewe that for mans cause doth such thyngs showe The wounded man shal be iudge trewe and learned heades which it doth knowe Iohn Feild Chirurgian THOMAS CALVS CHIRVRGVS ANGLVS AETATIS SVE 56 Thomas Gale Maister in Chirurgerie vnto the frendly Readers I Am not ignoraunt frendly reader but many yea the greater sorte wyll not a lytle merueyle that I shoulde go about to ouerthrowe that whiche for a manifest trueth of no smale tyme hath bene receyued and embraced yea and not onely receyued but also with the pennes of diuers otherwise well learned confirmed and established Me thinke I heare them saye what kynde of felowe is this What a Paradoxe hath he published Is his knowledge and experience passing those famous writers that haue left so noble workes behynde them To all which I answere that the matter must be tryed iudged and determined not by antiquitie only not by authoritie but by reason and trueth And yet I wyll attribute as muche to their authorities as some other will knowyng my selfe farre vnable to matche with any of them And although they be suche as I haue profited by yet the trueth is to be preferred before their authorities Wherfore I beseche thee louing Reader not to condemne me before thou hast read my worke and wayed the forse of my
CERTAINE VVORKES of Chirurgerie nevvly compiled and published by Thomas Gale Maister in Chirurgerie Prynted at London by Rouland Hall The contentes 1. An Institution of Chirurgerie lib. i. 2. An Enchiridion conteining the cure of woundes fractures and dislocations lib. iiii 3 An excellent treatise of the wounde made with gonneshote in whiche is confuted the grose opinion of Io. Vi go Brunswicke Alfonsus Ferrius and others lib. i. 4. An Antidotarie conteyning the principall and secrete medicines vsed in the art of Chirurgerie lib. i. To the right honorable the Lord ROBERT DVDDELEY Maister of the Queenes Maiesties horse Knight of the noble order one of the moste honorable priuie counsell and his synguler good Lord and Maister c. IF that be true right honorable which not onely Aristippus the Philosopher but all other doe confesse that those things are to be taught practised and mainteyned whiche in a common weale are moste profitable necessary Then I maye boldly without iust cause of reprehension affirme that Phisick is not the least but one of the principall to be taught practised and had in honour and price And because I wyll not further wade then my profession extendeth I shall onely touche the thyrde parte therapeutick called with vs Chirurgerie This parte whether for the antiquitie as the moste auncient parte of Phisicke or for the necessitie and vtilie of it I shoulde most commende I can not easly iudge But if we shall beleue Cornelius Celsus or the olde wryters we muste of force confesse it to bee more auncient then the other two For before the tyme of the Troian warres Chiron Centaurus and Telyphus were of greate renome and fame because they had first founde the arte to cure certaine virulent maligne vlcers which afterwarde according to the names of Chiron and Telyphus were called Chironia Telyphea vlcera In the tyme of the Troians mortal warre Podalirius and Machaon being vnder Agamemnon did merueylously profite the Soudiours in curing their woundes taking out of Dartes and thyngs in them fixed and appliyng healthful plaisters and medicines to the wounded partes What necessitie is of Chirurgerie or how much commoditie and profite by it ensueth let them answere whiche are by the benefite of this arte delyuered from payne preserued from losse mutilation of members defended from death it self But here I holde backe my penne in further commendynge Chirurgerie least it might iustly be answered of your Lordship to me as was to the Sophiste who resiting a whole booke written in praise and honour of Hercules said who dispiseth Hercules So in like sort your Honour might answere who dispiseth Chirurgerie In déede my good Lorde none dispiseth it whiche are reasonable and fewer enemies it shoulde haue if the Professours them selues in this our miserable tyme were lesse gredy of money and moore diligent to learne their arte And although the malice of other make me heare to to holde my peace yet if I may craue your Lordships supportation in so vertuous an enterprise I shall not cease to set oute some of the partes of Chirurgerie that thereby the yong and studious Surgians may be made the abler both to know and also to exercise their art And therfore I haue made a booke intituled the Institution of a Chirurgion then I shewe them a methodicall practise to cure wounds fractures and dislocations in my booke called an Enchiridion of Chirurgerie And for that I heare that many Surgians want knowledge of curing woundes made with gonshot being nowe at Newhauen vnder the right honourable L. Ambrose Earle of Warwicke your honours moste deare brother I for their ayde haue also compiled a treatise conteyning the parfite cure of gonshot In which also I confute the errours of diuers touchynge this question whether the wounde made with gonshot is venomous laste of all because the yonge men for want of tyme haue not iudgement sufficient either to chuse out the best most conuenient medicines or ells to compounde newe I haue made myne Antidotarie contayning the principall and secrete medicines vsed in Chirurgirie In which I doe not only set oute suche as the best wryters maketh mencion of and I by longe experience haue found profitable but also I do open diuers new and to other yet vnknowen of my selfe inuented Besechynge moste humblye your Lordshyppe to take these bookes the first fruits of my labours into your noble protection and defende bothe them and me the Authour from the malyce of busye Detractours And I shall not onely haste other bookes whiche I haue by me vnfinished but also as my duty requireth praye vnto the Almyghtye for your Lordshyppes longe lyfe perfite healthe and daylye increase in honoure At my poore house in London the sixetenth day of Iuly 1563. Your honours moste humble and obedient seruaunt Thomas Gale Chirurgian W. Cunyngham Doctor in Phisicke vnto his approued frende Thomas Gale Maister in Chirurgerie salutations WHy cease you maister Gale vvhat kepeth backe the publishing of your iiij bookes vvhich vvith so great trauaile and perfite skyll you haue so happelye finished Doth feare of Sycophants and detracting tongues astoyne you Or the mistrust of seuere iudgemēt at the learned kepe back your honest attempt Let these be no impediments I shall desyre you but banishe feare and put from you mistrust And as touching the maleuolent detractors it either nedeth not or helpeth not to stād of thē in dread Apes vvil euer haue apishe properties vvith mocking movving grinning at euery persō do vvhat you cā I my self haue somvvhat tasted of their curtesie and therefore can better vtter their nature vnto you They be such as for the more part are ignoraūt thē selues or if they beare the face of learning yet be they arrogant loiter in idlenes therfore to maintein their name do carpe and reprehend other mens good labours thinking thereby among the rude multitude to get them more fame and honour These haue not so muche hindered me vvith their serpentine tongues as made me among the vvise and learned of greater estimation For although it be a common sayeng yet is it moste true VIRESCIT VVLNERE VIRTVS But vvyll you eschevve their sting and poyson Be idle then loyter regarde neyther your duetie to God nor yet to your countrey this must of force be your shift vvhich hovv honest it is be you the Iudge your self But you vvil saye peraduenture you are armed against this sort sufficiently not regarding their fo rs and yet you dread the censure and iudgement of the graue and learned Surelye these you need least of all other to feare For lyke as Apes can do nothing but apishely so vvyll the learned do nothing but learnedly discretlye and vvith great aduisement They consider by theyr ovvne trauailles that it is no trifling but great paynes to vvryte in any arte or science And vvhen they reade other mens labours and fynde perhappes some errours they reiect not the vvorke they deface not the authour
ignorance now raygnes that recepts beareth the bell theorike of Chirurgerye is quit forsaken or not regarded For yf you shall come to one of these greate maysters wyth their rereptes and aske hym what Chirurgery is what ys the subiecte to Chirurgerye what is the ende of Chirurgerye howe manye partes doth Chirurgerye consyste on they are constrayned to be silent and say mum or yf anye be inpudent and speake he gyueth but a ridiculous aunswere yet we wyl thynke a man not mete to be called an artiste or worekman whiche cannot tell beynge required what hys art is which he professeth althoughe he hathe neuer so manye instrumentes and toales For the art consysteth in the righte vse of the instrumentes and not onely in hauinge them Whiche vse is gotten fyrst by learnyng the arte and then by exercisynge the same And to learne the art is required a Methode and Order for wyth oute it you shall neuer exactelye attayne the same Wherefore we nowe accordynge to oure smalle poure and symple knoweledge wayinge the promysses and hartelye wisshynge the redresse of the same haue sette oute the Theorike part of Chirurgrye in thys presente volume conteynynge the principles and sure groundes of the arte in suche order and methode as shal be moste conuenient for the yonge student And yf I haue not here in performed that whyche I desyred yet I haue gyuen occation to those that are better learned to sette oute a more perfytte worke of thys argumente And I thoughte good to make it Dialogue wyse for that it is moste apte to teache and instructe by For by thys meanes all doubtes maye be bothe demaunded also aunswered fullye And for because it is the fyrste Booke that one muste reade whyche wyll learne the arte I haue named it the Institution of a Chirurgian in whyche he shall see not onelye what hys arte is but also what maner a person he muste be hym selfe and what conditions are in hym required further more what instrumentes he muste be garnished wyth and howe he shall in tyme and place vse them ryghtelye to the profyte of the paciente honour of thys arte and hys owne worshippe Wherefore their resteth no more but that you take these my labours thākfully and reade them diligently Farre hartelye well and forgette not to spende thy tyme to the profyte of the common weale At my house in London the 20. daye of Maye 1563. AN INSTITVTION OF A CHIRVRGIAN CONTEYNING The sure Groundes and Principles of Chirurgiry by Thomas Gale c. The Interloquutors Io. Yates Tho. Gale Ioh. Feild Chirurgians Iohn Yates PHoebus who chasith awaye the darke and vnconfortable night castinge his goldyne beames on my face woulde not sofer me to take anye longer slepe but said awake for shame beholde the handy worke of our sister Flora how she hath reuested the earth wyth mooste beautyfull colours meruaylouslye set in trees plantes herbes and floures in so muche that the old and wetheryd cote of wynter is quite done away and put out of remembrance at whiche wordes of Phebus my hart quickened in me and all desire of slepe was eftsones forgotten Wherfore I am now cumme into this beautiful mydowe to recreate my selfe and gather some of those pleasant herbes and floures whiche here doe growe But let me see me thinke I perceyue .ij. men walkinge to gether and reasonynge also very earnestlye I wyll aproche neerer vnto them perchaunce they be of my acquaintaunce Suerly I shoulde knowe them I am deceyued yf the one be not my frende maister Gale and the other maister Feilde It is so in deade Wherfore I will go and salute them God that hath brought vs together in to this place make this daye prosperous and fortunate vnto you both Tho. Gale Brother Yates the same we wishe vnto you you are welcome into our cōpany Iohn Feilde This faire and plesant mornynge will not soffer maister Yates to kepe his bed but leuynge the citye he rometh the feildes to espie oute some strange herbes vnto hym yet vnknowen Iohn Yates I muste of force confesse that you doe hitte the nayle on the heade but sence my happe is so fortunate as to mete wyth you both and that nowe in this pleasant mornyng I wolde leaue of my former determinyd purpose and require you to enter into some talke of Chirurgerye For sens you both ware brought vppe vnder Maister Ferris beinge nowe Sergeant Cherurgian vnto the Quenes Maiestie one at whome bothe for his knowledge experience you dyd not a lytleprofite and also that you haue had longe practise your selues you shoulde meruaylouslye pleasure me and profit other for so may it come to passe that it myghte be in the place of an Institution vnto those that shall here after desire the knowledge of Chirurgerye Tho. Gale Your request is honest and reasoble and therfore not to be denyed Iohn Feild We waxe abought the like thinge when as you saluted vs wherfore renewyng our first talke we will accomplishe your desire Iohn Yates I haue redde manye authour in Chirurgerie and yet finde small profit by them Thomas Gale What be the names of youre authours Iohn Yates Theodoricus Brunus Lanfrancus Rolandus Rogerus Bartilpalia Vvilhelmus Guido Brunsvvicke and Vigo Iohn Feilde What parte of Hippocrates Galene Auicenne Paulus Rhasis Albucasis and Haliabbas haue you rede theis be of greter authoritie and of whom you shal learne sounde doctrine Iohn Yates Wyth theis I haue not ben much acquaynted Tho. Gale Well then the nexte waye is that you do put oute suche questions as you wolde haue answered and stande in doute and also answere to that which shal be demaunded Iohn Yates right gladly for ther is no waye by whyche I shall so muche and in so shorte a tyme profit Iohn Feilde Truth it is wherfore let vs begin wyth out further detractynge of tyme. Tho. Gale Then seyng our talke shal wholly be the institution of a Chirurgian it ware mete and conuenient first to vnderstande what Chirurgery is Wherfore answere me I pray you what call you Chirurgirie Iohn Yates Guido de Cauliaco in his boke which he calleth his Collectorie defineth it in this sorte Chirurgirie is a parte of terapentike helinge men by infition vstion articulation Iohn Feilde Those wordes are taken out of a booke ascribyd to Galen beinge intituled Introductio seu Medicus But he should not haue called it corruptly terapenticke but therapeuticke For Therapeuticòn is that part of phisicke which curyth this part consisteth eyther in curyng by conuenient diet eyther by medicyne or els by outwarde vse of the hāde there Galen or he that was author of the booke aboue said affirmeth howe the which healith by the hande is a portion of the curatiue parte this helpeth men by incisions vstions and reducinge the bones into their naturall seate Tho. Gale Yet this is no perfect definitiō of Chirurgerie because the definition doth not contayne in it so muche as to Chirurgerie is required Iohn