which is vlcered made after this forme Recipe Carabis ossis sepiae and drag 6 Salsaeparillae recentis Corticâ— Gaiaci Ligni Rhodij Santali Citrini Ligni Aloes ana drag 2 inedulae 4 seminum maior frigidor sem Carthami an drag 1 Rhubarb drag 2 sem Cinamâ—mi Macis Flor. Cordialium an scr 2 Hidrarg Despumati drag sem Pul. Dianisi Diambrae Ras Eboris cornu cerui non vsti an drag 2. farinae hordei Biscoctae drag 6 terebent q. s fiat Massa Pilular Capiat drag 1 singulis matutinis per 3 horas ante iusculum So hee shall continue to the perfect curation Moreouer for the same purpose he may vse 20 or 30 graines of the powder Arabica taking of it foure times sixe graines euery time As for the topicall remedies we must vse no repercussiue for such cause as you haue heard Vse onely such remedies as haue the vertue to dull the malice of y e humor wherof iniections shall be made as this that followeth Recipe Buglossi Borrag Scabiosae Rosar an M. 1 rasurie medul ligni sancti vnc 1 macerentur per 24 horas in decoct herbar predictar Hidrargiri bene extincti cum theriaca dissoliti drag 2 Distillr in balneo M. vsui seruentur If this causeth paine or heate you may vse in the beginning such things as haue the vertue to obtund the dolor like as these Muscilages that followe Recipe Muscilag sem maluae Lactucae Psillij Cydonior Lini extractae in aquis Bismaluae Rosar vnc 3. If the temperature be cold applie the Emplaister of Vigo cum Mercurio on the Perineum and rub those parts as also the Scrotum with the Rosat Mâ—sues wherewith shall be incorporat a little of Fugitiue The dose shall be according vnto vnc 2 of Fugitiue in the pound of the rest If the temperature be hote and bilious vse Ceratum Sendalinum on those parts to hinder the inflamation But because by communication the kidneyes be somtime inflamed and in that we do annoynt these parts with Oxirhodinum or Ceratum Refrigerans Galeni and also this liniment which followeth Recipe Axungiâ— Galiinae recentis sexies lotae in aquae Rosatij Aquae Violariae vnc 2 vel 3 olei de papauare Muscilag sem Psillij extractae in aqua Lactucae an vnc 1 succi vmbilici veneris semperuini minoris vel maiorit ana vnc sem Camphorae drag sem cere q. s siat linimentum For the same purpose in broad plattine or blade of Lead being rubbed with Quicksiluer applyed to the loines Then after we haue vsed these remedies a certaine space to obtund the vehemencie of the venim we come to iniections detersiues which shall be made of the water aboue written so that you mingle with it a little of syrop of Roses or Hony or Absint vsing alwayes the liniment on the region of the kidneyes and perineum If this iniection doth not cleanse sufficiently you shall add to fiue ounces of it two dragmes of Egiptiack so being mundified you shal passe to remedies desiccatiues Cicatrisents composed of decoction of Plantine Solanum Bursapastoris of each a little and boyle them in Smiths water thereafter straine it throgh a cloth put to it a little of Terrasigil or Vitrioli Albi or Albi Rasis w t a little of syrop of Absint Somtimes the kidneyes are offended the which if so be they remaine so without any curing These be for the most part the simptoms that happen to this disease the which are both maligns cacoethick and difficult to heale Yet the generall sicknes doth not alwayes follow There happeneth oftentimes vehement dolor in the parts affected for the which euacuat the body and vse liniments anodius of Axungia humana Auseris Galline ana vnc 1 ss Hidrarg preparati drag 3 fiat linimentuÌ„ Also a Cataplasme of Medulla Panis Tritici in Lacte cocti and diuers others of lyke vertue after the method composed as yee shall heare more at large in my fore-named Chirurgerie Teatise of Remedies for the same The fift Chapter Of the carnositie or exerescence of flesh that happeneth in the wand or yeard THIS which wee call carnositie is an excrescence of the flesh which groweth in the conduit of vrine or channell of the wand or yeard the which happeneth by reason of some vlcers or excoriation in those parts caused by acrimonie of humor and vrine the which corrodeth and vlcereth the passage of vrine in men the necke of the matrixe in women of the which come most grieuous sicknesses and oftentimes death if that the learned and skilfull Chirurgian giue not the better order for the curation hereof which shall consist in remedies vniuersall and particuler as also medicaments Cathareticks which be most propper for the consumption of the flesh Yet in the applying of the same there must be good iudgement vsed by reason that the parts about it be soft and delicat and so easie to excoriat also very sensible and dolorous For this cause first of all we must well consider if the Caruncle be olde or recent for beeing old oftentimes it happeneth that they be so hard that the medicaments cannot worke effectually Then must the body be prepared by vniuersall remedies as yee haue heard in the former Treatise because the bodie being full of humors the vsing of hote medicaments such as are the Cathereticks make easily new fluxions on the part affected Next we must soften the carnositie inwardly with iniections which haue the vertue to soften as this following Take rootes of Althea leaues of Mallowes wilde Mallowes Parietarie Mercuriall and such like Make a decoction in water or milke of the which make iniections in the yeard Outwardly we make fomentations with the same decoction adding to it fat Figgs sem lini et Fenugreci with a little of Spodium Also in stead of the fomentation make a Semicupium wherein ye shall bathe those parts a certaine space and dry them well afterward Yee shall make an embrocation or linement of Axungia humana Gallinacea Ceruina Vaccina Vitulina cum Gummis Galbani Ammoniaci et Bilelij et olei Lumbriâ—â—â— Camomille et Amygdalar dulcium That beeing done apply the Emplaister of Vigo sine Mercurio in oleo Liliaceo et irino dissolutum or in place of that Ceratum Philippi Philaggrij or Dyalthea so continue with these and such like till such time the carnositie be softened and brought to the quality of the recent the which beeing done you shall haue a wax-candle for the purpose rub it with a little of rosat Mesues or syrrop of dry Roses and minge therewith a little of the powder of Sabine If that the candle may not passe we vse an instrument of Lead made in the same forme which may be put in more rudelie alwaies being rubbed with Quicksiluer cheefely in the part of the carnositie In people that be robust I haue vsed for the consumption of the flesh rosat
it is excellent for dislocations that happen of internall causes it both dryeth and comforteth We read that Charles the fift Emperour being greeued with the Gout was cured by the decoction hereof It is reported by men of credite that in Countries where it groweth it healeth the Spanish sicknes and all the symtoms that follow thereof without vsing any other remedy We see by experience that it far passeth Gaiac It hath vertue to make fat those that are leane as commonly they are who haue been tormented with this sicknesse These vertues and sundry other are sette downe by Garcius Abortus Mediciner to the Vice-roy of the Indies It may bee giuen to all ages and temperatures also in Feuers which may not be doone with Gaiac There is another kind of it brought out of Florida which is not altogether of such vertue as thys The 10. Chapter Of the nature of Quick-siluer and the true preparation thereof IFinde great diuersitie of opinions amongst the Auncients touching Quicksiluer for the most part esteeme it to be cold and humide Auicen in his second canon noteth it to be cold and moyst in the second degree Gulielmus Placentinus Arnaldus de villa nouae and Placarius thinks it to be cold in the fourth degree which may easily be perceiued for it is troth that it repelleth the humor from the circumference to the centre causeth by the great coldnes hereof Palsie and trembling and the members to be inflexible as sayth Plinie Dioscorides and Palmarius Auicen saith that it causeth a stincking breath with dimnes of the sight falling of the teeth which we see to be true in such as haue thys sicknes and haue often been rubbed therewith Some esteeme it to bee hote and dry but few approued Authors are of that opinion There are two kinds of it naturall and artificiall the naturall is found in the vaines and denns of the earth as sayth Plinie and Dioscovides and is called by them Hydargirus It is found also amongst Mettals as reporteth Dioscarides in his first booke The artificiall is made of Minium and scrapings of Marble as writeth Vitruvius in his seauenth booke of his Architecture Some of it is found drawn out of Lead and is easily knowne from the other being of cullor browne and black and of substance thick leauing some rest behind like the excrements of Leade which is not meete forthys purpose That which is cleane white and subtile is good Neuerthelesse hauing chosen the most proper for our vse it must be yet prepared and purified after this sort folowing First you shal take so much of it as you will vse and boyle it 6. or 7. howres in water putting in such things with it as haue the vertue to coroborate comfort the parts netuouse as also to purifie it like as Sage Rosemary Camomell Melilot Tyme with other neruall hearbs That being done straine it through a cloth then after extinguish it according to the maner which you shall heare hereafter and incorporate it with a little Swines greace Being well compounded you must melt it on the fire thē taking it of you shal perceiue the Quicksiluer seperated from the greace the excrement and leaden substance shall remaine in the same greace Hauing so done you shall strayne it through a peece of Leather to the end that it may be very pure then after extinguish it againe to the effect that you may the better incorporate it with other Swines greace or with such medicaments as you shall heare If you will haue your oyntment white and neither blacke nor gray you must make it after thys order insuing Take your Quicksiluer and beate it in a morter with Vinegar and salt then poure out that Vinegar and salt and put in new and so beat it with 3. or 4. sundry shyftings and so your oyntment shall be white But to extinguish the same you must put into the morter with it a little syrop of Roses or oyle of Petroly or iuyce of Lemmons or fasting spittle or a little oyntment wherein Quicksiluer hath beene put for that is the best and will soonest extinguish it Then beate them together till such time as there be not any apparence of the Quicksiluer least that beeing not well extinguished it should returne to the old forme So being well quenched as is requisite you shall make your oyntment hauing likewise prepared the Swines greace in thys manner Melt it on the fire and boyle it with the hearbs before mentioned or with others of like vertue beeing all chopped small then all being boyled together you shall straine it through a cloth and mingle with it a little Iris of Florence which wil take away the sauour of the greace then after compose the oyntment thus Recipe axungiae suilae lib. 1. olei Cammomillae et Anetini an vnc i. Radicum anulae parum cōtrito vnc quat therebentinae venetae vnc ss Argenti viui preparati vnc quat Incorporentur omnia simul spatio viginti quatuor horarum fiat linementum vt decet I vse alwayes in stead of the Swines greace the oyntment called Rosatum meseuis and put to one pound of thys oyntment fiue ounces of Quicksiluer oyle of Bayes and Anniseede of eyther halfe an ounce so with that I gyue euery day one friction or once in two dayes according to the temprature and strength of the Patient the which must be considered by the skilfull Chirurgian The 11. Chapter Of the generall cure of the Spanish sicknes AS for the curing of thys disease it shall be requisite to vse all the 3. parts of Phisicke which are Chirurgery Dyet and Pharmacy first of all we must obserue the dyet which is the forme of life for as Auicen sayth the disordered course of life may corrupt the best complexion being well gouerned may correct the worst Then let vs begin the cure of thys disease by good gouernment of lyfe in the sixe vnnaturall things which are the ayre the meate and drinke and all that wee vse for our sustenance the motion and rest of our body vnder the which is comprehended venerie sleepe and waking the retention and repletion the affections of the minde these thinges must be obserued for without the obseruation of them it will be hard to cure this sicknes The ayre must be cleane pure and temperat The meate ought to bee nourishing and of easie digestion that neither ingenders thicke nor sharpe humors It must be more dry then moyst abstayning from fish salt flesh all kinde of spyces and fruites because these ingender euill humors Abstaine also from all manner of Pulse as Pease and Beanes also from Beefe Swines flesh Goats Hares and Rammes flesh from all sort of Water-foule Onyons Colewoort and all kind of rootes these are hurtfull and breede euill blood Eate onely Mutton Veale Kid Chickins Doue Partridge such like you may also vse the broth of them Your bread must be of Wheate eyther Bisket or at the least well baked Abstaine from Wine
some the iawes goe together so that afterward they are scarcely able to open their mouth as in Paris a Boy that had beene handled that way his teeth did all fall and his iawes growe together in such sort that nothing could enter into his mouth so was I constrained to make incision through all the gums and so I healed him yet could he not come to the perfection to eate any hard thing Some degenerat in gangrens so that diuers dye miserablie As for the corrosion of the guts which often happeneth you shall vse Clisters remollients as this Recipe maluar Violar an M. 1 fiat decoctio ad lib. 1 dissol vitellor auor duo olei viol vnc 2 butiri recentis vnc 1 ss fiat Clister which shall be vsed 2 or 3 times euery day As for the vlcers of the mouth haue recourse to the propper chap. of vlcers I haue found out an inuention for the vsage of the friction the which is both more pleasant and profitable then that which you haue heard as heere followeth In steed that some put before the fire I put them in a hote stoue being warmed with decoction of things propper to soften and rarifie the poares so by that meanes all the parts are all a like hote the which is not before the fire by reason that one side beeing warme the other is cold besides that there be some who would be ashamed to be seene naked and in the stoue they are not seene Then the patient being there hote with a cloth about his head you shall giue him a little of the vnguent by a hole made for the purpose and let him rub him selfe in such places and after the forme that you haue heard That being done put him in a hot sheete in bed and couer him as before By this means he shall haue the fluxe of the mouth as the other and in a shorter space During the time of the which fluxe the patient must be nourished with things licquid and of good iuice and light digestion like as soft Egs pottage made of yolke of Eggs consumats made of extremities of Calfes or of Fowles French barley Horge Munde of the which you shall vse little and oft washing alwayes the mouth after remembring that neyther before nor in the time of the fluxe must bee vsed any washing or drinke or any cold thing the which things all doe stay the fluxe If the patient be weary of these things you may infuse white bread in wine and mingle with it a little barley water thereafter strayning the bread that the substance remayne in the wine If in this time the patient be constipat vse somtymes Clysters Lenitiues or Suppositories The 16 Chap sheweth the way to cure by Emplasters which is the third way that our Auncients did vse THE Emplasters are thought to haue the same effect that the liniments haue if the body be prepared as you haue heard in the generall Chapter Neuerthelesse the operation is slowe and very vncertaine in many yet for those that doe vse them they must be composed not onely of things written by Iohn de Vigo but also other things mingled with them that haue the vertue to soften resolue and dry according to the nature of the humors which should be euacuated and simptoms if giuing also that there be also some Quicksiluer mingled with it prepared as you haue hearde the which hath vertue against the venim which is cause of the sicknes the Emplasters haue great vertue on the part where-vpon it is applied both by reason of the ingredients as also because they remaine alwayes adherent to the part so their actions are continuall and are ordinarily applied where the humors are grosse and vitius adherent to the part solides like as Tophes and Nodosities they also mittigate the dolors and resolue the hardnes so that they remaine a certaine time for lyke as that venim is rooted for a time in like manner time must be had for the extirpation of the same So in that they be most profitable Neuerthelesse I thinke not the Emplaster or cerot hath force to make euacuations sufficient for the extirpation of the sicknes I haue somtimes proued it and haue cured some that way others I haue beene constrayned to seeke an other way of cure I consesse in all persons being vsed it doth take away a part of the euill so it hideth the sicknes for a time I find them most propper to be vsed when the malady is recent specially in the first second or third kind in young folkes and such as be easie to moue also in shamefast people and such as will not suffer the friction To such I vse this method First preparing the body and humors as you haue heard in the generall Chapter next sweat fiue or sixe daies after that method as is set downe in the Chapter of the decoction thereafter he shall remaine in bed vsing such regime as you haue heard in the last Chapter also before the fluxe of the mouth as in the time of it Your Emplaisters shall be made after this forme Recipe Emplastri Iohannis de vigo lib. 1 de meliloto et oxicroij an lib. ss argenti viui preparati vt dictum est vnc viij olei de spica parum fiat Emplastrum the which shall be put on leather or strong cloth that shall couer the armes from the hands to the shoulders and the shoulders and about the necke on the leggs from the knees to the toes and alwayes must it be more thicke in the articles then in other parts letting them remaine till such time you perceiue nature begin to make eduction of the humors venimous If nature be long in working it shall not be euill done to make little particuler frictions in the bed once or twice to the effect the euacuation be more easie In some persons if the humors be well prepared in good season the Emplasters begin to make eduction of the humor in 3 or 4 dayes most commonly by the mouth the which somtimes is so violent that we are constrained to stay it first by taking away a part of these Emplasters and after that stay the violent fluxe by such meanes as you haue heard in the Chapter of frictions The vlcers that ensue there-vpon shall be cured after the method set downe in the Chapter of vlcers of the mouth If there happeneth prurit or blisters in the part where be the Emplasters they shal be remoued and foment these parts with hote wine in the which Camomell Roses and such like haue beene boyled the which hath the vertue to consume that which is cause of the sayd prurit afterward the place beeing dryed applie the same Emplaster againe Furthermore you shall vnderstand that by the application of these Emplasters nature doth somtimes discharge by flux of belly vrine but I neuer saw it discharge by flux of the belly saue one time neyther is it so certaine as that of the mouth I haue vsed them