to the natural cullour In like manner the appeasing of all the symptoms subiect to that disease helping of the members as before doing all wonted actions without any impediment or hinderance If these signes bee certainly perceiued you may assure your selfe that there remaineth nothing and so wee end thys Treatise The second Treatise sheweth the way to cure the accidents of the Spanish sicknesse The first Chapter SEeing I haue sufficientlie shewed in the former Treatise of the curation of thys dysease which generally happeneth throughout all the body by the which all men that doe professe anie learning and cheefely Chirurgiaâ—s may easily cure the same Now in like manner will I shew the true cure of the accidents of this sicknes which ordinarilie we call the Venerian sicknes perticuler yet of these there be also many sorts for some goe before the malady and if it be not yet confirmed some follow some happen in the cure and some after the cure vnperfectly performed Of those which goe before which we call precedents or forriders is vlcers and cankors of diuers fashions in the yeard burning of vrine Chaudepisses Carnosities Pulluines and such like Yet somtimes any of these may happen without the sicknes Those that followe bee pustuls and vlcers throughout all the bodie cheefely in the secret parts and also in the forhead and diuers other parts of the head in the emunctories in the mouth throat and fundament falling of hayre dolors and nodosities of the ioynts Those that happen in the cure are lack of appetite and walking vlcers in the mouth intestins and conduit of vrine with diuers others which happeneth in diuers manners according vnto the varieties of the waies of cure Those that happen after the vnperfect cure make diuers euill accidents as the fixed greefe of the whole head or some part thereof also of the legs armes and ioynts nodosities with putrifaction of the bones deafenes defluxions of the eyes filthy and creeping vlcers Fissures and Darters in the hands feete and diuers other parts of the body diminution of substance so that the body becommeth leane and atrified Of these symtoms some be cured by the generall cure but heere we shall content vs to speake of those which are cured by particuler cure If not by dulie administring of propper remedies the part affected becommeth rebellious and obeyeth no remedies the Patients are tobe suspected to haue great venenositie in the bodie where-upon for greater assurance to saue them from the vniuersall sicknes I cause them to vse euery morning of my electuary halfe an ounce by that meanes the euill humor doth auoy de which did entertaine the sicknes so is healed easily If it chaunce otherwise it shall bee well done to cause the sicke to vse good regime the space of 10. or 15. dayes during the which time yee shall vse a decoction of Salsparil or Gaiac according to his temperature and some liniment particuler on the part affected as also on the parts adiacents the which liniment shall be composed of Axungie rosat Mesues or Butter adding such quantitie of Mercure as ye shall finde expedient By thys linement and the decoction ye shall haue a great help in the cure The second Chapter sheweth the way to cure those vlcers that happen in the yeard HEere we shall begin at the maligne vlcers in the yeard which take their originall by carnall coniunction laying a part for this time those that happen by diuers other occasions as by hauing to doe with women in the time of theyr flowers and also by the great confrication of some women that be straight hote the which for the most part may be healed of themselues notwithstanding we shall speake of some part of them Of those vlcers which be maligne some happen in the gland called by the Latins Balanus and when they be most copious they be least maligne Others happen in the Prepuce which is the vtter skinne that couereth the gland Those vlcers for the most part be few in number but more dangerous somtimes complicked with virulencie or corrosion with blew or blackish cullour accompanied with callosity sometimes with filthines or rottennesse euill habitude of the body All these accidents must be corrected or els the vlcers cannot be healed the which being neglected in short space become cacoethick and maligne Some doe ende in gangrene or mortification and then we are constrayned to cute the whole member or at the least some portion thereof For the which you may haue recourse to my Chirurgie Chapter of gangrene Somtimes these vlcers doe degenerat into Carcinomes which if so happeneth you may haue recourse to the Chirurgie Chapter of Carcinomes It shall be well done not to neglect the simplest vlcer in the yearde For oftentimes by the neglecting of the vniuersall curation in the beginning and vsing onelie some repercussiue and astringent remedies the disease is healed but for a time so that afterwards it returneth within halfe a yeare or a yeare or two yeares sooner or later according to the habitude of the person diseased I handled in Paris a Gentleman who tenne yeares afore had a simple vlcer in his yearde and being euill cured by sorce of repercussiues the venim did retire to the center of the body So after the ten yeares vlcers and pustuls appeared in his yearde and at the perineum the prostats and parastats became all putrified and in like manner the whole scrotum So he dyed miserably notwithstanding all remedies as many doe when the humor virulent is retired and hidden long time in the body the which may chaunce in old folks For in such it consumeth inwardly before any appearance without But to returne to our purpose for the curation of maligne vlcers in the yearde we must vse some light purgations letting of blood good regime according to the temperature of the body vsing also decoction of Gaiac and Salsparill abstayning from all strong purgatious also bleeding of the arme or any superior part by reason that the strong medicines doe reuoke the humor to the centre of the body the which nature would discharge by the vlcers letting of blood in the armes or any superior parts doeth the same So that if these things be not well obserued the generall sicknes followeth for this cause the purgation shall be weake and the letting of blood in the inferior parts as in the leggs or feete also with such method that the part affected be not irrited As for the simple vlcers that be not maligne but come onely by great rubbing on women that be hote or by great violence on little Maides or by some women y t are ouer-straight which seldome happeneth or by women that haue their purgations and such other as you haue heard we vse onely drying medicaments and without mordication like as pouder of Tutia prepared Terra Sigillata burnt lead Bolus Vera and such like You shall put eyther of these alone or diuers together mingled with some medicament
as Pompholix Cerat Galien ressat Mesue oyle Rosat and apply it on the vlcer it shall presently be healed like as any other simple vlcers being vsed after the same sort If the vlcer be ioyned with some other euill affection or intemperie the cure must begin at the taking away of the same But by reason the euill temperie may be cold hote dry or moist we must diuersifie the remedies according to the intemperie of the humor And if the intemperie be hote you shall vse cold things like as fomentation of iuice of Plantin or water of the same Nightshade Knotgrasse Pastorspurse These or eyther of them shall be applyed on the part and about the part a cloth wet of Oxicrat or Emplaister of Dyapalma malaxed with oyle Rosat cerat Galien Nutritum de bolo and diuers others of like quality If the temperie be cold vse things contrarie like as fomentation of Claret wine in the which shall be sodden Sage Origanum Time Calaminte Mariorum Fenell Melilot and such like If the intemperie be very cold add to it a little of Aquae-vitae The dry intemperie is cured by fomenting the part with hote water continuing till it groweth red which shall humect it If the intemperature be humid it must be dryed as much as it aboundeth in moist For therebe some parts that be humid of them selues these must be more dryed then other parts which be lesse moist As for example the Balanus must be more dryed then the prepuce that couereth it by reason it is more humid The intemperie being taken away we come to the curation of the vlcer for the which we diuersifie the remedie according to the nature of the sayd vlcer Then first you shall perceaue if it be virulent which is lesse suspected then the sordid The vlcers virulent and corrosiues doe proceede of corrupted bilious humor the which taketh the origine from the vlcers which are in the conduits of women being irrited eyther by great confrication or else by some venim in the capacitie of the matrix which newlie hath beene receaued by some man infected with Gonorrhea Virulent or vlcer in the yeard the which humor being rendered more maligne and adherent sticketh presently to the porosities of the yeard and there-vpon falleth a great heat and dolor pricking and corrodent which vlcereth the part the cullour whereof is yellow towards the midst the borders be pale or red the figures vnequalls For the curation of the which first you shall order good regime purgations letting of blood obseruing alwayes such cautions as you haue heard auoyding to vse no medicine that be of sacultie repercussiue for in these we must take heede that we should not chase the humors to the noble parts or to any other part for nature sending that way if you put it backe with repercussiue medicaments vndoubtedly the Spanish siâ—knes will followe Therfore you shall hold from the part affected as also from other parts neere to it remedies repercussiues for such reasons as you haue heard In the beginning vse such as haue the force to dull the arcimonie of the humor like as to touch it with water of Sublimat or strong water or the blew water which is commonly vsed or pouder of Mercury or a little of my pouder set downe in The Poore mans guide called Puluis Neapolitanus most excellent for diuers vlcers That being done you shall prouoke the fall of the Escare the which shall be done by the application of these remedies like as Vnguent Basilicon Butter Muscilages of the seede of both Mallowes and of Line and such like Yet beware that the ouer great vsage of these remedies should not render the vlcers filthie and rotten Also haue care of the body for if it be plethorick or cacochimick the acrimonie of these remedies may irrit the vlcers and so cause them to degenerat in Vlcers Maligns Gangrens and Carcinomes Therefore if you perceaue the vlcers irrited by the venenositie of the humor so that there be no remedie make a particuler rubbing on the adiacent parts composed of things that haue the vertue to resolue heate and consume but alwayes you must mingle with it a little of Mercure well prepared For the same effect you may vse particuler persumes and suffumigations such as is set downe in the Chapter of perfumes Then the malice being corrected and the virulent humor digered and become white and thicke which are signes of good nature mundifie the vlcer and dry it with proper medicaments as with pouder of Aloe Thus Sarcocolle Mirth burnt Lead Pompholix the which you may vse alone or mingled with some oyntment as Pompholix Album Rasis Desiccatinum Rubenum or this Recipe battature eris eris combusti vnc 1 terre sigillate vnc 3 olei Mastic et Cidon vnc 2 fiat Vnguentum If by the vsage of these remedies the vicers heale not be assured that the body is ouer-charged with humors and that the generall disease will followe Therefore when you perceaue such things cause the sicke to vse of my confection the space of 15 dayes with a decoction of Salsparill or Chine according vnto the temperature VVhen the vlcer is betweene y e Prepuce and Balanus it causeth somtime such inflamation and tumor in the Prepuce that hardly or not at all the Glande can be discouered to see those vlcers and then in stead of Emplaisters and Vnguents we vse distilled waters collires decoctions whereof we make iniections with siringuâ—s or other wayes Neuerthelesse those things must be composed according to the disposition of the malady eyther to cleanse resolue soften or drie The iniections being so composed you shall vse refrenants like as iuices of hearbs Oxicrat Cerat Gallien Vnguentum Nutritum Afterward clense the vlcers with scouring waters like as Plantine Eupatory Wormewood mingled with Syrrop of Absint or of Roses or of Honny or a little of Egiptiac Other-wayes this that followeth which is both cleansing drying Recipe vini albi lib. 1 Aquar Ros Plantag an quartam vnam Auripigm drag 2 Virid aris drag 1 Aloes Mirrhae ser 2 terrantur subtilissime fiat Collirium So by the vsage of these remedies the vlcers shall be cleansed and dryed The 3 Chap. sheweth the way to cure the Venerean Bubons which are commonly called Pullains THE body being oppressed by this venim and chiefely the Liuer nature doth force it selfe by the vertue expultrice of the sayd Liuer to cast out that which is hurtfull on the parts most weake of our body which are y e little glandes betwixt the thigh and the body whereof certaine byles and apostumes doe proceede commonlie called Pullains or Bubons the which for the moste parte are colde tumors of a matter thicke and vitious and are long in opening There be other that proceede of humor hote and sharpe in these parts which doth make great tumor with great inflamation accompanied with extreame paine These doe open sooner Now of these tumors some appeare neere
and incident to all Nations the greater ought the carefull diligence of the expert Chirurgian be to preuent and cure that maladie Nature by reason of appetite and inclination to carnall copulation doth argue the more is the pitty the vniuersall raigne and common infection of this contagious disease throughout all Nations Citties and Townes Therefore he that would prescribe an easie perfect and true way to oute this disease should greatly benefit the Publique weale in preseruing the life of an infinite number of people who vndeseruedly by infection from others are greeuously oppressed with this detestable maladie Now by daily and long practise conference with men of learning in this matter I haue found out diuers remedies and medicins neuer sette forth by any before this time Neuertheles to make my worke more perfect I will first intreate of the ordinarie cures practized by others which diuers men haue written in diuers manners to the great hurt of the Patient and discredite of the Chirurgian not knowing the true cure which is the cause that manie make a miserable end of their life which shall appeare to the diligent Reader in this my Treatise following The first Chapter of the definition of the Spanish sicknes THIS Spanish sicknes is one indisposition against nature bred cheefely by carnall copulation contagion ioyned with venenositie as saith Ioh. Suessanus Or it may be defined to be an euill intemperature hote and dry in the liuer vaines as saith Francantianus yet more dry then hote and therefore of more difficill curation but because that euill temprature may be without matter and is processe of time with matter and solution of continuitie the which penetrateth and corrodeth the secret parts of men and women with certaine pustulls in the head and forehead with other externall parts of the body which in time cause greefes in the night hardnes on y e bones we call them Tophes or Nodosities with corruption both of the bones and other spermatick parts yet this chaunceth oftenest in the secret parts of men because they bee laxe and soft and therefore easie to receiue infection as also because it doth enter into the capacitie of the Matrix whereof for the most part proceedeth the originall of this disease Thys part being infected with that venim it entereth into the little vaines and afterwarde into the great and lastly into the liuer where it changeth the naturall temperature and so infecteth all the members corrupting the naturall humors in the liuer which should passe for the nourishment of the whole body which if they be very vehement byting they ingender aboundance of externall vlcers and pustls falling of haire both of head browes and beard griefe in the ioynts head leggs and armes with diuers euill accidents according to the varietie of the humor yet chiefely in the night and at such times as the humor is accustomed to make his paroxismes and motions which is most commonly betwixt 3. of the clock in the after-noone and 9. at night as ye shall heare at length in our Chirurgie in the Chapter of humors The second Chapter of the originall and names of the Spanish sicknes THere are diuers learned men of diuers opinions and for the most part doubtfull of the originall of this disease Amongst whom the Theologians be of opinion hold it for a Maxime that for error commeth punition and for sin death and so they thinke that GOD doth send it for a scourge to the people for whordome There are also many famous Authors that haue written of diuers strange sicknesses which diuers times haue happened in Italie Fraunce and other Countries like as wee see somtimes in our owne Country the originall wherof are vnknowne vnto vs. But generally according to their opinion we may no doubt attribute the originall of all diseases vnto the indignation of God as the first cause who recompenceth euery man according to his works For to refraine the filthy lusts of men and women God hath permitted thys sicknes to raigne among them as a punishment for sinne like as we see in the 6. of Exodus that he coÌ„maunded Moses to cast powder in the ayre in the presence of Pharao to the effect the beasts and people of Egipt should be punished and afflicted with Apostums and Vlcers for their sinnes and disobedience But because I will not intermedle holy things with prophane I will not insist further in this matter The Astrologians are of opinion that it commeth and hath the originall from tâ—â— influence of the starres and eclipses of the Sunne as chaunced at that time in the Ile of Calecute when and where it began There are others that think it to be ingendered of a Fornicator and a Lepre in the West Indies Anno Dom. 1490. The most probable of all is the opinion of the Spanish Historiographers and also diuers other learned men that haue written of the same vvho doe report that it was brought among the Christians after y e natiuitie of our Lord 1492. by a Spaniard called Christophorus Columbus with many other Spanyards accompanied with some women who came from the new found Iles occidentalls For this sicknes is as common or rather rifer amongst them then any other disease with vs and doth infect as contagious sicknesses doe among vs. So diuers Souldiers were infected who after their returne not onely infected their owne Country but also diuers others Anno 1493. in the Moneth of December as Nicholaus Leonitius reporteth writing of thys disease when K. Charles the viij of Fraunce besieged Naples with a puissant Armie where hee remained certaine Moneths some of the Spanyards came to him of the which Christophorus Columbus was chiefe and spred this pernitious seed and termed it the Indian sicknes which hath had his course since not onely amongst the Spanyards who call it the Italian sicknes but also among the Italians who call it the maladie of Naples not without cause for it began first to florish in Naples Amongst the Frenchmen it is called the Spanish sicknesse in Enland the great pocks in Scotland the Spanish Fleas and that for two causes the one because it began first amongst the Spanyards the other because when the infection spreadeth first forth in the body it is like vnto red spots called flea-bitings Some call it the vnder foote because that infection often coÌ„meth by treading with the bare foote vpon the spettle of the diseased with this contagion There are some ignorant malicious people who call it the French sicknes without any cause or reason The most part call it the Venerian sicknes because most commonly it proceedeth of the act of Venus Some call it Pudendagra because in many people it breedeth first in those parts in both sexes Now it may be called generall sicknes because it is generally spred throughout all the world but for that these things concerning the originall and names are not greatly materiall I wil passe theÌ„ ouer and onely shew those things that
case thou shalt vse no remedies but Palliatiue as in the Elephanticks leprosies and diuers other such like discases Neuerthelesse be discreete in giuing thy iudgement for I haue cured Spaniards and French both men and women of diuers temperatures who had often been treated both in Spaine Lowe Countries and Fraunce accompanied with many greeuous Simptomes Nodosities in diuers parts of the body vlcers in the mouth and throat so that the roofe of the mouth was falling as also the pype which wee call Plectrum Vocis the nose accompanied with diuers sicknesses on the eyes greeuous torments and all kind of dolors which may be reckoned to be most intollerable the articles all swelled chiefely the knees great paine in the extremities with vniuersall extenuation so that the parties become altogether Ethick Although these haue beene seemed incurable yet by vsing certaine medicines but chiefely my confection I haue healed them contratie to many mens expectation Truly the cure is difficill Quoniam est eronica et cum malignitate coniuncta but those who mend become fat albeit they were leane before because the blood is more purified by the medicaments and evacuations as sayth Nicholaus Massa Now it resteth to speake of the curation seeing we haue sufficiently showne the causes signes differences and prognosticks But first I thinke it expedient to set downe the nature of some medicines most commonly vsed for the extirpation of this maladie The seauenth Chapter of the nature of medicines most commonly vsed for the Spanish sicknes and first of Gaiac THere are diuers remedies which haue beene vsed by our Auncients and approued very good which we vse at thys present for the curation of this disease alwaies diuersifying them according to the temperature the time and varietie of the Symptoms which albeit they be diuers yet heere we will onely speake of those which are most common and necessary for the curation hereof beginning at the Gaiac tree which we call Lignum sanctum Consolanus a Spanish Historiographer sayth that in the occidentall Indies in an Ile called S. Dominick thys tree groweth to a great height most lyke the Walnut tree the leafe thick and broade bearing a fruite round and hard of a reasonable greatnes which is eaten of chyldren and thought to be very wholsome for those that are of a weake complexion Iohannis Leonis Africanus sayth that it beareth a certaine flower and seede but because we see none of it in thys Countrie and it is not profitable for our purpose we will speake no more at this present of that matter but will intreate onely of the tree it selfe It is to be knowne that of this tree there are three kindes as saith Ioh. Monardus in his 17. booke Epist 3. The first is that which hath the fruite very great and black within interlaced with little vaines of the which there is great aboundance in the Ile of S. Iohn The second kind is not so great neither hath it y e hart so black yet it hath like rayes as the other Consolanus sayth that thys hath great vertue in diuers other sicknesses as Gouts Sciaticks paynes of ioynts Catarrhes Epilepticks Pulmonicks Hydropicks and diuers diseases of the kidneys and bladder and generally for all cold diseases The third kind is smaller then eyther of the precedents and is all white both within without the vaines in it are smaller then in y e others as saith Suessanus Neapolitanus That which is of the best sort is of a meane greatnes recent dry vncorrupted which beeing put in the fire the substance doth appeare gummie the collour yellow with a meane palenes within the barck cleauing hard to the tree In the choyce of the tree you must obserue these properties In like manner there are three substances to bee obserued in the tree the first is the skin or barke which drieth much the second is the rinde and is white in culler not so drying being more gummy the third is the blacke within called the hart and hath more gummy humiditie and lesse drying and that we vse in delicate bodies and of rare texture where there is no need of much drying The second we vse in them that are weak and the third which is the barck in strong persons as the most drying The greatest is meetest for our vse which groweth in an Ile of Hispaniola noua called Insula beata or Diui Iohannis as saith Gartius Abortus and hath great vertue for many diseases It dissolueth maketh thin it mundifieth it prouoketh sweat it stayeth vrin it dryeth and corroborateth the ventricle and all the rest of the entralls it consumeth the stinck of the mouth it is good for the euill temprature of the lyuer and cold that commeth eyther of colde drinck or meate it is good for obstructions and Hydropsies It dispatcheth the superfluous colde humors of the body it is good for Catarrhes of the head all kinds of Goute all diseases of the Nerues all Vlcers and most excellent for many kinds of the Spanish sicknes by reason of the secret vertue which is in it The eyght Chapter of Salsperill THys which we call Salsperill is a plant that hath many rootes and beareth neither flower nor fruite is brought from the Indies of the which there are two sorts the one hath the barck thick fat the other thin and dry which are both good beeing dry recent not putrified It hath great vertue for vlcers that remaine after the cure for Fissures about the fundament Tophes on the head legs and armes It is thought by some to haue more vertue theÌ„ the Gaiâ—â— it offendeth not the stomack it procureth somtime loosnes it groweth for y e most part in the Country of Peru it is hote in the second degree There is no paine so vohement which the dedoction heere of being taken in tyme doth not mittigate which decoction is good also in diuers other dyseases as Catarrhes distilling from the head in hidden causes of Tumors which are hard to cure and scrofulus and from a cold stomack it breaketh winde It is best vsing of it in the Spring or Autum The ninth Chapter Of Chine CHine is a certaine roote which coÌ„meth out of the East Indies or region of China for the which cause it is called Chine It is 3. hand-bredth hie all knotry and browne of cullor white without red within of a meane weight if it be good it hath few leaues it groweth neer the Sea or grounds that are mirie some in woods the roote is knotty of a hand-bredth hie fat well tasted It is in great estimation among the Indians thought to cure great difficult sicknesses but chiefely the Venerian Also for old Vlcers and wounds Tumors Chirrus paines of the articles head and stomack defluxion and Catarrhes old diseases of the Nerues and parts Neruous also all cold and mellancholike sicknesses and is more dry then Gaiac It consumeth all kindes of excrements clenseth the entrailes and healeth the obstructions
Mesues incorpored with a little of Sublimat of the which I haue founde good successe also thys that followeth Take a little of Orpiment the shells of Eggs burned the shells of Muscles put into very small powder and mingle it with rosat Mesues Cerat Galien or a little of Oyle of sweet Almonds This remedy folowing is very good for tender people Take Pompholix well washed with water of Plantine mingle with the same a little of the powder of Sabine and put on the little waxe-candle If for the vsage of these remedies dolor or inflamation doe happen or if the carnositie be consumed yee shall vse this water following which is most excellent both for the appeasing of all dolors and also for drying Roc. Album onâ—r q. s Agitentur diu deinde excipiatur illa aqua qua remanet posea mitte aquaÌ„ Plantag et ros bis tantum quantum ex ouis Camphora par Viridis eris parum These beeing so incorporat altogether it shall be passed three or foure times through a cloth and then put it vp in Glasses for your vse It is excellent for diuers things but chiefely for the ciâ—atriring of these vlcers which come of carnosities In the end of the cure it shall be requisite to purge the body to the end it may be well clensed of all the venim that may happen So by dealing these waies thou shalt haue good successe In the meane time you may doe well to vse of my consection some sixe or eight dayes for it is most excellent and necessary for thys purpose as I haue often proued The sixt Chapter Of the swelling of the bones which are called Tophes and Nodosities IN thys place I shall speake of certaine tumors which doe occupy the bones commonlie called Tophes or swelling of the bones These swellings for the most part be engendred of an humor petuitous thicke tardiue and viscous soked in not onelie in the parts neere the bones but also in the proper substance of it selfe sometime on the Periost which is the membran that couereth the bone Sometimes the bone dooth rotte and then the cure is more difficult and long Neuerthelesse whether there be corruption or not you shall heare the true cure in few words First and formost if you find tumor without corruption in the bone and done by maladie yee shall cure it after the generall method and by the application of the emplaisters of Iohn de Vigo cum duplici aut triplici Mercurio If it come by deposition and the tumor very great it shall bee cured after this forme following Rec. Radicum Altheae Brioinae Cucumeris agrestis tenuiter inscisar at mundatar an vnc 1 sem Folior maluae bismaluae Pariecarie Mercurialis et Enulae Campanae an m. 1. Flor. et Folior Cammomillae et Meleloti Rosar et Anethi an vnc 2 Seminis Altheae lini et foenugreci an vnc sem fiat omnium decoctio in s q. aquae quae seruitur pro fotu cum spongis vel filtro ad ruberem vsque After the fomentation vse thys that followeth Rec. vnguenti ros Mesues vnc 3. Fugitiui exticti et preparati vt decet drag 6 Agitentur simul et fiat linementum That being done vse the emplaister of Ioh. de Vigo vnc 1 sem Emplastri filij Zacchari vnc 1. Argenti viui drag 3. fiat emplastrum extensum super aluten It shall be well done to mingle with it a little of Ireatum as counsaileth Francantianus Thus by the vsage of these remedies with a iust forme of diet the sicke shall be healed perfectly Nowe if there bee corruption in the bone notwithstanding the vniuersall cure which shall proceede wee must come to another forme of cure particuler whether it be in the legges or armes in the crane in y e nose or in the roofe of the mouth Take good heede to the corruption which happeneth in the nose or mouth by reason that those bones are spongious of themselues by that meanes doth easily corrupt and fall and then the sicke shall feele dolor and speake alwaies in the nose Also that which he taketh by the mouth for the most part doth come forth by the nose specially things that be licquid Then for the curation of these corruptions we must first discouer the bone eyther by Rasor or medicament Caustick Afterward touch it with the Cautere actuall or hote yron or with oyle of Vitrioll or of Sulfur but alwaies the Cautere actuall is the most sure It worketh suddainly corroborateth the part and consumeth the maligne humor and doth in short space prouoke the seperation and falling of the bone putrified therefore for thys purpose wee must haue Cauteres of diuers sorts as some round some incisiues some long some pointed some triangles according to the figure of the bone The first must be incisiue called Culteller the next round or long as ye shall finde expedient and being made red hote yee shall rub the bone till such time as ye perceiue the most part of the humiditie and purrefaction to be consumed This being done you must apply medicaments anodines and such as haue vertue to prouoke the fall of the scarre as things vnctuous like as is Butter yolkes of Egges mingled with oyle of Roses or Violets or some vnguent suppuratiue The scarre beeing fallen it must be mundified with this remedie Recipe Therebint Venetae lotae vnc 4. Farinae hordei Orobi an drag 2. syr de Absitio Mel ros an drag 1 Myrrhe et Ireos Florent an drag 1 misceantur The part being clensed yee shall apply dry medicaments the which dryeth without byting and vse of this powder that followeth the which is of great force Recip Aristol Myrrhe Cerusae Plombini vsti saepiens in Aqua vitae loti an dragme 2. Pul. Ostreor combustor vnc sem Terant tenuissime Thys powder is excellent being put on the sore It causeth to seperate the rotten bones froÌ„ the whole yet is it not the best way to pull the rotten bone by force from the whole like as we doe in those which are rotten because externe but rather let it fall of it selfe notwithstanding forget not sometime to shake the same for by that meanes it will fall away the sooner You shall know when it will seperate by the comming â—ooâ—th of the blood Nature before it doth seperate the corrupted from the whole engendereth a certaine flesh vpon the whole bone to the end that when the corrupted dooth fall the ayre shall not alter the whole the which is a great prouidence of nature If it be long in separating it shall be well done to bore the rotten bone in diuers places till such time as yee see the blood to come forth at â—hose holes Nature doth helpe by the transpiration to engender that flesh which causeth it to seperate the sooner For the generation of that which is lost the foresaid powders be very good if there be mingled with them syrrop of Roses or of Absint and