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A20902	The Sclopotarie of Iosephus Quercetanus, phisition. Or His booke containing the cure of wounds receiued by shot of gunne or such like engines of warre. Whereunto is added his spagericke antidotary of medicines against the aforesayd woundes. Published into English by Iohn Hester, practitioner in the said spagiricall arte; Sclopterius	Du Chesne, Joseph, ca. 1544-1609.; Du Chesne, Joseph, ca. 1544-1609. Antidotarium spagiricum. aut; Hester, John, d. 1593.	1590 (1590)	STC 7277; ESTC S116126	87,513	114

foode as comes to hand eyther hote or cold raw or sodde good or bad yea sometimes pulse fruites and berries and to drinke stincking waters new sower and dead wines Contrarie to the vsage and nature of diuers through which they are infected And through such vnorderly kind of dyer hurtfull common diseases are wo●nt to arise in the campes verie dangerous to the wounded and that thereby the bloud is annoyed and the humours infected and so the euilenesse of the wound is increased and sundrie accidentes doe insue And on the contrarie part suche woundes are to be iudged lesse dangerous and more cur able which are accompanied with fewe passions and are farre from the spirituall and prin●ipall partes and are without venome tearing of the sinewes and fracture of the bones And whensoeuer the Phisition doth iudge the wound to be mortall yet I would not haue the patient straite to be forsaken as a dead man but to applie the best medioines for manie times nature holpen by Arte doth worke miracles whereby the Emperickes to the great infamie of Phisicke doth oftentimes purchase great fame and glorie For being bold on the strength of nature they take in hand desperate cures forsaken as dead men by the Phisitians and get thereby to themselues great credite and to the Phisitions no lesse shame as by hearesay a two yeares past happened to a noble Prouinciall named Vnissius being in the kinges armie against Rupella● was by shot pearced through and forsaken of the Phisitions who iudged the substance of his liuer to be perished and yet was cured by some of his noble friendes with medicines of no great price The which rare euent may be a notable e●sa●ple of the strange effecies of nature which oftentimes deceiueth the iudgement of moste learned Phisitions whome I would wish neuer to be destitute of singular remedies against desperate and haynoos griefes as Cornelius Celsus teacheth that in extreame and desperate cases it is better to applie some remedie then vtterly to giue it ouer CHAP. III. The order of curing the aforesaid wounds THe curation of such wounds doth consist of two generall intentions and one particular the two generall are an orderly kind of dyet and an expulsion of humors the other by an apt application of inedicines And that we may keepe an orderly and methodicall kinde of teaching first of all wee will intreate of the order of dyet which is conuenient for such wounded persons the obseruat● on whereof is knowne to bring great commoditie to the sicke and wounded And such a kinde of dyet is to be prescribed to the hurted as is woont to be ordained in other diseases that is a mesurable obseruation of the sixe things not naturall but a more particular consideration is taken by the season of the yeare by the nature strength and disposition of the partie and by his accustomable vse in eating and drinking as Hipoc doth plentifully declare in lib. de vict ratione in morbis acutis For one kinde of diet is meete for chronicall and dayly griefes and another for sharpe and vehement sickenesses and that also variable according to the beginning state and decreasing of the disease And let no man doubt but that also the disposition of the Region and nature of the season of the yeare may alter the dyet in that some regions are hotte and some colde and some seasons who● some moist and rainy and among all the nature and temperament of the wounded is diligently to be obserued in so much as the bodies being full of euill iuices the larger their dyet is the more hurtfull it is to them The strength also of the partie is to be wayed and according to that we must not onely prescribe a dyet but also thereunto apply the ministration of all our medicines As concerning custome there is none but hath great respect thereof in that suddaine alterations are so much the more daungerous as they shall digresse from the dayly custome and vse of y e sick as Hipoc teacheth in lib. de vict ration in morbis acutis and reason it selfe sheweth for if any man should prescribe a generall straite order of dyet to all alike which by shot are wounded without any consideration of the thing aforesaide as commonly they doo neglecting qu●●e their dayly dyet when some there bee which make three or foure meales a day yea almost euery houre othe●s there bee which in their sicknesse may not without great hinderance forbeare wine to whome if wee should commaunde a straite dyet it would straight fal out as Hippoc. in the foresaid place cōcludeth where writing of those which make three or four meales a day if they lost but one they are weakened and contrariwise such as are wont to keepe a slender dyet if they eate and drinke more then ordinarie or out of season are incontinent agreeued and therefore according to the minde of that worthy man we must indeuour our selues to prescribe such a dyet to our patient as he was most accustomed to in his health and let it be holden that nature is chiefly comforced with such thinges as he is dayly and by familiar custome vsed vnto and are farre more holesome better and healthier although it seemeth contra●ie to our intentions then such as for the patients health are deuised strange and vnwonted because by their sudden mutation they contrarie nature and indeede this is the cause why the learned Phisitions of Germany doo iudge that the vsed and dayly dyet is to be retained and doo permit their wounded persons to drinke wine which otherwise would thinke themselues vndone in that the vse of waters is so daungerous to them The which I haue seene vsed not onely in France but also and that with better successe in Germany where the wine for the most part is more waterish and thinner then in France The which I haue not spoken as though I would haue no other kinde of dyet prescribed to the wounded then such as they were accustomed to in their health neither am I so vns●ilfull throughly to al●ow it but that thereby I might admonish the Ch●rurgions that they prescribe not so straite a dyet as they are wont commonly to doo and that they should keepe a measure both in y ● qualitie quantitie of meate and drinke as the state of the disease shall require for in the state of the sicknesse for auoyding of inflamations and aches a slender dyet is to bee kept as is taught by Hipoc lib. de vict rat in morb acut Aphori 10. Moreouer the dyet is to be prescribed as the time of the yeare requireth for the stomackes of some are whot others cold so be apt to digest and are to be considered according to the tēperamēt of the patient for as Galen teacheth some things are allowed to Phlegmatike which must be retained from the sanguine Cholerike as we said before cōsideration must be had of the age strength and disposition and in the very

beginning of the sicknes so straite a dyet is not to be kept but by lit●e and litle it must be deminished vntil the end of the state of y e disease but so as y e strength of the patient may suffer it which thing must be warely obserued And so these things rightly considered we must come to the administration of the things not naturall and so satisfie our intent After this it behooueth to choose a drie and temperate aire for such is required of all wounds because by exiccation they are conglutinated but and if any man obiect that it lieth not in our power to bring a drie aire to the sicke when as there is not any thing to bee founde more moister as Aristotle teacheth in the seconde chapter of his Meteors in so much it exceedeth the water in moisture which in sight seemeth moister in that it moistneth things dipped therem which the aire cannot doo by reason of the subtilnesse therof This may easily be answered that such aire may be chosen and by art corrected and so made meeter to our purpose intent for it is not vnknowne but that some places and houses are whotter dryer moister and colder then others be for those which be nigher the North are colde and such as are Sowtherly are whot euen as the sunne is nearer or farther from them Also the situation of the country is to be considered for some are hilly some marrish others adioyning nigh to lakes standing pooles and riuers by the varietie whereof the qualitie of the aire is changed and altered Who is ignorant but that the nature of the men of Asia is farre differing from those of Europe the which Hipoc lib. De aere Locis etaquis doth attribute to the change varietie of times which causeth the nature of countries to be more rougher and harder and that is the cause that countrie and sea-coastes men be of an vnlike nature and disposition to those which are bredde in cities and vallies farre from the sea-coasts What shal we say now of the situation of the cittie of Ferraria or Florence of the which in the first all wounds in the head are deadly in the other al the hurts of the legges are vncurable for which cause Hippocrates treating of this matter saith that the nature of the south wind is altered by reason of the countries by which it is carried which are some hotter some colder then some for hee writeth that first it comes from cold and Isie countries whereof winds are ingendred as Aristot in the second of his Meteors sheweth and that they are of the same nature at the first as the Northwinds are which are frostie and colde as those which inhabite these countries doo feele And after being carried by the South and beames of the sunne waxeth so hot that through the heate thereof it looseth his coldnesse and burneth the herbes and makes the inhabiters thereof to be dry and so passing ouer the seas and imbibbing the moisture thereof it looseth the great drynesse it had receiued and becomes moiste as is seene and perceiued in all Italy and also in that part of Fraunce which is named Occitania And this is the reason why wee iudge the South-winde to bee hurtfull to woundes because that this moisture is ioyned with heate which is the mother of putrifaction as wee haue before prooued The like may bee saide of the North-winde which in sundrie regions is verie wholsome and withstandeth putrifaction and againe in some very unwholsome insomuch that the pestilence or anie other disease raigning is thereby increased the cause whereof as we sayd before is to be attributed to the varietie of countries and situation of Cities being in low and marrish places wherebyth e proper nature of the windes may be altered and so the bodies of men are corrupted and filled with all humours These thinges waied and the season of the yeare considered which are diuers and vnlike by reasons before alleadged and sundrie mutations which dayly happen and alter the qualitie of the aire as Hippocrates hath taught libro de ●ere locis aquis we must choose fit and profitable aire where the wounded person may remayne But insomuch that that is hard and vnpossible to be done because the wounded by bitternesse of the griefe can neyther ride nor goe but commonly are compelled 〈◊〉 to stay in the place where they are wounded or at the least ●● the ●itie next adioyning thereunto yet specially that place where the campe hath long stayed is aboue all to be shunned because the ayre thereby is infected and also moyst and marrish places are to be auoyded for thence doe noysome and thicke vapors ascend And contrariwise such aire is to be chosen that is farre distant from moist and wet groundes for such is pute cleare wholesome And let the windows next the north be open rather then those next the South but and if that shall seeme colde it may be amended by heate of fire made in the chamber and also sometime corrected with odiferous thinges as Masticke Roses Jumper Berries such like And in the sommer you shal vse lauing of the house with Oxicrato and strew the chamber with rushes and greene herbes and leaues of the wythie or vine tree and after this order may the aire be applied and corrected to the health of the patient as the part hurted shall require For woundes and hurtes of the head or cōmissures thereof cannot suffer so cold an ayre by reason of the nipping thereof as woundes in other places may And as concerning his diet it is no doubt but it must be ordered according to the maner of the hurt as Hippocrates hath taught and as the nature of the patient is able to abide auoyding sodaine changes for such as we said before are verie dangerous let his meate be such as breedeth good iuice and the quantitie thereof the lesse especially vntill the state of the disease be past in which time a more slenderer dyet must be kept then afterward and let the bread be well leauened and throughly baked And let him vse the fleshe of small birdes as thrushes or such like eating therewith the iuice of an Oringe or Lemon or Greenesauce made of Sorrell to get him a stomacke Also bread-broath which is made of bread and a chicken first boyled with buglose sorrel lettice such kind of hearbs and this broath he may vse in y e morning to mollifie his belly raisons of the sun and prunes in this case be very wholsome so are likewise Damascenes Grapes condit Barly picked and sodden Almond milke and Oten milke all these are very wholsome and chiefely in the beginning for then the wounded commonly refuse all meates sauing broathes and such as are liquide But after the state of the wounde hee may vse Partriges Chickens young Capons and Mutten minced with his owne iuice and the iuice of an Oringe and all other meates are wholsome which are sweete delicate of

annoint it with vnguent nutrito or Caphurato albo with populion this following is of great force Take the iuice of plantaine night shade houseleeke ana ℥ i. bolearmeny ℥ ss litharge washed with plantine water and tuttie prepared ana ℥ i. oleiros omphac and of nenuphar ana ℥ ii vineger of roses and a little waxe and make an vnguent But if it haue a colde distemperature which is knowne by the fastnesse then is it remedied by fomenting therof with wi●e wherein was sodden dill lyneseed and the flowers of Camomel Wherof also you may make a cataplasine We speake nothing of Haemorrhagia because we haue made sufficient mention thereof before Of the feuer You must presently beware that a feuer come not but keepe him backe by a cold and slender diet by blood letting and by purging such humors as offend But if it chāce that it increaseth as I haue oft seene and breed to an ague then the humors must be digested with some conuenient decoction and then purged againe wherunto the Phisition must take diligent heede and by ali meanes helpe the sicke least by the sharpnesse of the griefe death doth follow Of conuulsions The Phisitions affirme that conuulsions may come by three occasions the first is emptinesse which proceedeth through ouermuch purging or immoderate bleeding which is daungerous as Hippoc. witnesseth Aphon 3. lib. v. The seconde is repletion or fulnesse which happeneth through vnnatural tumors rising about the wounde and suddenly vanishing away and through ouermuch cold which contracteth the sinewes and staieth them backe and filleth them the which also Hippoc. hath noted Afforisme 17. lib. 5. It happeneth also the braine being affected per consensum by reason of great paine when either a synew is pricked or else when sharpe by●ing and venemous humors do alter and corrupt nature whereof comes paines as Hippoc. witnesseth through which by the vehemencie of the sence cramps arise Conuulsion comming through emptinesse is thus cured First let a diet be prescribed which is moist let the sicke take supings of almond milke ptisan or any conuenient broth and prepare him a bath wherein hath bene boiled moist things and such as haue vertue to asswage paine such are the heades and feete of wethers also the rootes of holihocks mallowes violets and the leaues of mistelto of the apple tree and let the sicke stande therein if so his wounde will suffer him or els foment the affected part therewith After this annoint it with oleo visci pomorum violarum or with some ointment made of the aforesaid things And because this conclusion proceeding through emptinesse being once consumed is incurable as Galen saith in lib. 7. Meth. meden Wee must haue therefore recourse to some excellent remedie that is the tincture of gold or of y e natural Balme for if there be any hope left it consisteth in these two But if the conuulsion come through fulnesse it is cured by a slender diet and in the beginning somewhat hot and drie yet wine is to be eschewed for it increaseth fluxes and hur●eth the synewes and vse to drink in the steed therof Hydromel maluacicum or smamon water and after make euacuation partly vniuersally as by Phlebotomy and purgation and partly by the part agreeued which is done with vnguentis Aregonis and Martiati with oile of castorie of a foxe of baies and such like wherwith the bodie being purged annoint plentifully the necke and all the backe bone and also the wounded member but yet those which follow seeme to me more profitable Take harts tallow bawsons greace and beares greace ana ℥ i. olei laurini ℥ i. ss olei vnlpini castorei terebinth iuniper lumbr. ana ℥ ss vnguenti Agrip. Dialth ana ℥ ii turpentine washed in water of lillies ℥ i. Euphorbii ℈ i. and with a litle waxe make therof an ointment or else thus Take rosme shippe pitch ana ℥ i. colophony and new waxe ana ℥ ii olibanum mastick ceruse ana ounce ss salt niter sanguis draconis turpentine oile of roses salt armoniac oile of y e yelkes of egges ana ℥ ii camphere ʒ i. y e mother of perles ℥ i. amber ʒ i. ss lodestone ounce ss white coporus ʒ ii make an emplaister according to art Take balsam gummi elemi haederae ana ℥ ii oiles of waxe turpentme and iuniper distilled according to the Chimicall order ana ounce ss oile of cloues of benioyn ana ℈ ii mixe them make thereof a lynament and anoint therewith the backe bone and wounded member or els thus Take the balme of visci pomor and of Iuie and hipericon ana ℥ ii oile of sage and turpentine ana ℥ i. oile of iuniper ℥ ss olei tartare faeten ʒ iii. auxungiae taxi ounce iii. mixe them vse them as aforesaid and vse with all inwardly this following Take aquarum lilii conuallii iuniperi ana ℥ i. oile of amber ℈ ss make thereof a mixture or els this Take the water of sinam●n and the water of Florum tiliae ana ℥ i. oile of iuniper drawne by Balneo gut iiii oile of Amber ℈ ss of the spirit of vitrioll gutij mixe them But if the conuuision shall come per conuulsio sympathiam by reason of great pain let the paine be aswaged with such medicines as are declared in y e chapter de dolore And if it happē through the sharpnes of the poison and venemous shot which oftentimes happeneth to these wounds thē you may vse these remedies which we haue set downe in the Chapter de venenatis vul And if it happen through pricking or cutting of a nerue which I haue seene oftentimes to happen not through the stroke of the shot taken which rather bruseth the sinewes then cutteth or pricketh them but by the vns kilfulnesse of the Chyrurgion in going about to take out the shot or vse any incision do oftentimes prick the nerues ouerthawrt whereby conuulsion comes especially if they chance to touch any of those which go to the muscles In this case now that this dangerous accident may be withdrawne such medicines must be chose● which by the subtlenesse of their substance may perce to the very bottome of the hurted nerue and also digest aud aswage paine as Galen lib. Artis med doth teach And contrariwise such must be eschewed as are raw and colde and such as stoppe and hinder perspiration Likewise Galen forbiddeth the vse of hot water as a thing very hurtful to y e wounded sinews because they consist of cold moist cōiealed substance the which being so must needs putrifie and resolue by the applying of such thinges as are hot and moilt And therefore hot water is hurtfull to them although otherwise it greatly aswageth impostumation whereof I admonish those which indifferently without any regarde vse this remedy in these wounds by shot for Galen writeth in li. 6. meth med that rather oleum iasminum especially sabinum veterum are moste