Resinae pini ana one pounde Picis graecae ana one pounde Bitummis ana one pounde Lithargyri tenne dragmes Cerusae ana fyue dragmes Aeruginis ana fyue dragmes Opopanacis three dragmes Olei nine dragmes Let those thynges that are to bee beaten bee put in a morter with stronge Vineger The other must bee molten on the fyer And all beynge mixed together boyle them so longe vntyll they cleaue to thy fyngers But yf thou wylt haue it apter to cease dolour and payne adde to it of Succi hyoscyami ana half a drag Opij ana half a drag It is good to bee vsed in greene and freshe woundes and for the bytynge of madde Dogges also for inflammations of the ioyntes and the goute c. Barbarum magnum Galeni Rec. Picis viij pounde Cerae vij pound viij vnce Resinae pini v. pounde iiij vnce Bituminis iiij pounde Olei j. pound vj. vnce Lithargyri ana iij. vnce Cerusae ana iij. vnce Aeruginis ana iij. vnce Thuris vj. vnce Aluminis liquidi j. vnce a half Aluminis scissilis iiij vnce Opopanacis ana xij dragmes Squammae aeris ana xij dragmes Galbani ana xij dragmes Aloes ana iiij dragmes Opij ana iiij dragmes Myrrhae ana iiij dragmes Succi mandragorae vi dragmes Terebinthinae ij pounde Aceti v. pounde Make of these a Cerote in suche sorte as is mencioned in the description goynge before c. It is of the lyke vertues wyth the other goyng before but that where the other is vsed in smalle woundes this is applyed to greate woundes c. Isis ex Galeno Rec. Cerae C. dragmes Terebinthinae CC. dragmes Squammae aeris ana viij dragmes Aeruginis ana viij dragmes Aristolochiae ana viij dragmes Thurirs ana viij dragmes Salis hammoniaci ana viij dragmes Aeris vsti ana viij dragmes Aluminis vsti vj. dragmes Myrrae ana xij dragmes Aloes ana xij dragmes Galbani ana xij dragmes Olei veteris x. vnce Boyle them as before and your handes beynge wette in stronge Vineger make of these rolles accordynge as is the vse and after putte them in Vineger tenne dayes Then take them oute and reserue them to thy vse It is founde good for the head Also againste olde and rebellous vlcers and those that bee bloodye c. Ceratum viride Machaerionis ex Galeno Rec. Olei rosati omphacini syxe vnce Aristolochiae ana i. vnce Galbani ana i. vnce Opopanacis ana i. vnce Hammoniaci ana i. vnce Aeruginis ana i. vnce Myrrhae ana i. vnce Iridis ana i. vnce Terebinthinae vij vnces a halfe Cerae tantundem Fiat ceratum It serueth for all greene woundes it putteth awaye inflammations and is vsed in vlcers of the eyes and eares It doeth ingender fleshe on the bones that are bare and withoute fleshe and doeth conglutinate spedelye c. Dia dictamini Galeni Rec. Olei veteris tvvo pound a halfe Lithargyri one pounde a halfe Aeruginis one vnce Squammae aeris syxe dragmes Colophoniae vj. vnce ij dragmes Pollinis thuris one vnce a halfe Hammoniaci tvvo vnce Aeris vsti one vnce Diphrygis ana vj. vnce Gentianae ana vj. vnce Propoleos ana j. vnce Aloes ana j. vnce Galbani one vnce a halfe Aristolochiae rot ana j. vnce ij dragmes Dictamni cretens ana j. vnce ij dragmes Cerae xxv dragmes Confice in hunc modum Boyle your Litharge and Oyle so longe together vntyll that they are well boyled Then put to your Erugo and Squamma eris let them a lytle boyle Then take them from the fyer and adde to them Rosyne and Ammoniacum dissolued in Vineger then put to Waxe and es vstum Then boyle them agayne vntyll it cleaue not to the handes c. It is good in greene woundes punctures of the Nerues old vlcers those that wil hardely cicatrize also for apostemes felons scirrhous It draweth out thynges fixed as arrowe heades dartes thornes c and is of great force agaynst all venomous byting and sting c. Ceratum oxycroceum Nicolai Rec. Croci ana iiij vnce Picis nigae ana iiij vnce Picis graecae ana iiij vnce Cerae ana iiij vnce Terebinthinae ana j. vnce iij. dragmes Galbani ana j. vnce iij. dragmes Hammoniaci ana j. vnce iij. dragmes Myrrhae ana j. vnce iij. dragmes Thuris ana j. vnce iij. dragmes Mastiches ana j. vnce iij. dragmes The Galbanum and Hammoniacum dissolued in Vineger must bee boyled vntyll the Vineger bee consumed Then adde the Piche Waxe Turpentyne all molten after the Masticke Frankensence and Myrrhe made in fyne pouder Boyle these vntyll they come to a conuenient thycknes then put in colde water and presse it out againe After wyth Oyle of Bayes your handes beyng annoynted worke this Cerote and extende it out Last of all your Saffron beynge made in fyne pouder mixe them together and make a Cerote as arte requireth It is vsed in fractured bones and in the partes of the bodye where as dolour and payne is It doeth mollifie and make softe al hardenes and putteth it awaye quite c. Ceratum ex pelle arietina Arnoldi de villa noua Rec. Lithargyri ana halfe dragme Lapidis Liaematitis ana halfe dragme Sanguinis draconis ana halfe dragme Boli armeni ana halfe dragme Opij ana halfe dragme Mastiches ana halfe dragme Hammoniaci ana halfe dragme Mumiae ana halfe dragme Galbani ana halfe dragme Thuris ana halfe dragme Costi ana halfe dragme Lumbricorum ana halfe dragme Picis nigrae ana j. dragme Picis graecae ana j. dragme Cerae albae ana j. dragme Cerae rubae ana j. dragme Radicum consolidae maioris ana iij. dragmes minoris ana iij. dragmes Rosarum rubrarum ana xviij graines Myrrhae ana xviij graines Aloes ana xviij graines Succi hypocistidis ana vj. drag Gallarum immaturarū ana vj. drag Balaustiorum ana vj. drag Aristolochiae rot ana vj. drag Visci quercini ana ij dragmes Terebinthinae ana ij dragmes Sanguinis hominis rufi ix vnce Fit autem in hunc modum Boyle the Wethers skynne whole with the heare and wolle on it in water vntyll it bee brought into the substaunce of Glewe whiche thou shalt strayne Take of thys strayned one poūd put it in a new vessel in which the Meselto is resolued then putte in the Lumbrickes after the Waxe Turpentyne and Masticke these beynge molten put to the Gummes dissolued in Vineger and boyle them to the thicknes of a Cerote Laste of all adde the pouders and mixe them together and make them in rolles c. It is of great force and vertue in ruptures as hath often bene tried c. Ceratum D. Guli Buttes Medici ad vlcera antiqua phagedaenica Rec Olei rosati ana one pounde Cerae albae ana one pounde Cerusae one pounde and a halfe Set the Oyle and Waxe together on a softe fyer and relent the Waxe wyth the Oyle then put in the Lead in fyne pouder euer
ana j. vnce Fiat ex hijs omnibus puluis Vsus vt supra Brunswike remembreth a stone which he calleth a bloudstone but yet not that whyche are named Iaspis and Hematites it is in colour pale whitich with smal red vaines and is found in Spayne whose pouder he preferreth afore all other thinges in stayinge the fluxe of bloude in woundes vaines and arteries Of the woundes in Nerues or Sinowes Chap. iiii IN a wound it may happen the nerue to be diuided in length sometime ouertwrat which is very perilous Also sometyme the nerue is pricked with a nedle bodkin alle the one or such like Vnto all this to cease the doloure and pain of so sencible a part you shall vse oyle of Roses made wyth Oleum omphacinum somewhat warmer then the pacient can well suffer Also you may make a good digestiue of fine Turpentine well wasshed in the waters of plantyne or Hipericon apply it to the wound And if these with often application ceaseth not the dolour payne then take Olei rosacei two Vnces Boli armeni two dragmes opij a litle mixt these together and apply it warme to the wounde And when the payne is ceased and the wounde draweth to maturation then you may heale it with the drinke and plaster vsed in greene woundes which you shall fynde in the antidotarye You shall also not onely in wounded Neruis but also in all other wounds vse Vnguentum de vermibus whose composition is in this maner Rec. Centaurij minoris ana M. j. Cynoglossi ana M. j. Consolidae minoris ana M. j. Consoldae mediae ana M. j. Olei omphacini lib. j. Lumbricorum terest ana half a pou Vini albi ana half a pou Stampe all these together and let them stand infused vii daies then stampe with that Seui Oiuini lib. ij Picis ana ounce iij. Resinae ana ounce iij. Ammoniaci ana v. dragmes Galbani ana v. dragmes Opopanicis in aceto soluti ana v. dragmes Boyle all these together vntyll the wyne and vineiger be consumed Then strain it and when it beginne to waxe colde adde to it Thuris ana dragmes iij. Mastiches ana dragmes iij. Sarcacollae ana dragmes iij. Croci dragmes .ij. These being made in fine pouder in the puttyng them in sturre them well wyth a splatter or slyse that they growe not into cloddes and lumpes Also to defende the wound of sinowes yea and all other woundes from accidentes whyche doe commonly chaunce all excellente Chirurgians vse to haue in readynes thys defensyue folowyng A defensyue Rec. Olei rosarum ij ounces Boli armeni ana i. ounce Terrae Sigillatae ana i. ounce Aceti ana i. ounce Camphorae j. dragme Solani ana M.j. Semperuiui ana M.j. Make of all these in a morter a perfyte vnguent And if the wounde be to moyst and hath to muche superfluous matter whereby it can not come to adglutination and cicatrization Then vse this medicine next insuing Rec. Mellis rosacei ounces vj. Farinae Hordeaceae ounces ij Temper these together and boyle them but suffer them not to burne then put to it fine turpentyne wasshed in the water of Hypericon two vnces mixe them and vse it to the wounde Of woundes in whiche are fyxed thornes splinttes of wode arrow heades gonneshotte or such lyke Chap. v. WHen as in woundes their happeneth to be fixed thornes splentes of woode arrowe heades gonshotte or such other like and the orifice of the wounde is so narrow that with instrument it cannot be taken out you must of necessitie labour to enlarge the wounde which you may do two sondry waies The one is with tentes as of the roote of gentian pithe of elder or a peece of a sponge the other is to make incision with a paire of cisers or with sheres whose fygure is in the institution There be also when as the wound is enlarged diuers and proper instrumentes to take out with such thinges as are there infixid as tōges or nippers teribillis whose pictures are in the Booke before named Also you shall know in deape woūdes what part is hurt by these signes folowing As the braine beyng woūded he shal voide scomme and fome at the mouth If the hart be wounded their yssueth out bloude blacke in colour Also if the longs be wounded the blood is like a scūme But yf the stomacke be perced the meate indegest commeth out In like maner the intestines being woūded the odour issueth Further more the vrine floweth out in wounds of the bladden and so by that which is cōteined in the member you shall coniecture the wounded part Now as touching the taking oute of suche thinges as be fixed in the wounded member you may procede principally three sondry wayes Fyrst you may vse suche instrumentes before set oute as shall seme most necessarie Secondlye if the thynge fixed be forkyd as a broad arrowe head or suche like and be perced through the greater parte of the member then it shal be much better to thurst it through the member then to take it out at the orifice of the wounde Laste of all if these twoo wayes wyll not serue because of the wounded place then as much as you can make the woūd wider by tents or incision and lay maturatiues to it certaine daies and then that which is contained in the wounde will with lesse difficultye come forth You shall commaunde the pacient to laye on the wounded syde because the drynke whych I vse in such woundes may the more readely come to the wounded part The composition of this drinke you shall fynde in the antidotarie Also you may vse thys playster folowynge to the wounde whych is right good in extraxion of such thinges as are fixed on woundes The empastre Rec. Apostolicō descrip Nicholai iiij vnces Magnetis orientalis ij vnces Polipodij ana halfe ounce Dictami albi ana halfe ounce Pinguedinis leporinae ij vnces Olei canabis j. vnce Terebinthinae halfe an vnce Of all these make an emplastre Also there is another composition of meruailous vertue in drawynge oute rotten bones thornes and other lyke thynges Rec. Nucleorum palmularum ana v. drams Stiracis rubei ana v. drams Salis ammoniaci ana v. drams Aristolochiae longae ana v. drams Radi cucumer asinini ana v. drams Teribinthinae ana v. drams Piperis albi ana ij dragmes and a halfe Piperis nigri ana ij dragmes and a halfe Armoniaci ana ij dragmes and a halfe Amomi ana ij dragmes and a halfe Xylobalsami ana ij dragmes and a halfe Thuris masculi ana ij dragmes and a halfe Colophonij ana ij dragmes and a halfe Fecum olei liliacei q. s Cerae iiij dragmes fiat vnguentum But in arrow heades or shot poysoned the medicines rehearsed are not sufficient Wherefore you must giue the pacient some antidotum or Alexipharmacum agaynste venome bothe inwardly and outwardly inwardly you shal giue him euery day this potion Rec. Vini cretici
argumentes wherewith I do mainteyne my assertion and conferre them indifferently with my aduersaries let the touchestone be Ratio et Experientia so I do not mistrust but at the length this my opinion shal not seeme so straung and new as trew and worthy to be receyued of other Thus I bydde thee well to fare and fauour my doyngs which for thy sake I take in hand as I wishe thy knowledge in this my profession At my house in London the .xxvi. daye of Iulye 1563. The proposition or Thema The vsuall Gonneponder is not venomous nother the shotte of such hotenesse as is able to warme the fleshe much lesse to make an ascar Chap. i. BEfore I do any thynge intreate of the cure of these woundes with Gonneshotte I wyll somwhat searche out the nature of the vsuall pouder and shotte whome manye Surgyans other wyse learned haue affirmed to be venomous and so consequently the wound made with that pouder and shotte to haue the cure of venomed wounds And here I woulde no man should iudge that I deny there may be Gonnepouder venomous but my talke shall not further extende then to the vsuall pouder made of Sulphur Saltpeter Cole And that the thing folowing may be the more euident and playne it is requisite to consider what that is which is called venome what the vsuall Gonne pouder is and what the shotte dryuen violently forthe with the pouder can doe As touching the first what venome or poyson shoulde be which is called in Latine Venenū and in Greeke Pharmacon it is no other thyng then res non naturalis a thyng not naturall whiche being applyed to mans body any kynde of waye either inwardly or outwardly through his maligne qualitie propertie or bothe doeth corrupt destroy the same Now then seing you know what venome is let vs diligently cōsider whether the vsual Gonnepouder doth answere to this definition if not then certainly it is not venomous as diuers personnes haue hetherto dreamed And for because it is compounded of simples Sulphure Saltpeter and cole it is requisite to set out what these three are for so shall we the moore assuredlye coniecture what the compounde is whether it bee venomous or not And herein for the perfect knowledge of these simples we wyll resorte onely to the authorities of Dioscorides Galene the principall wryters of this matter least in rehearsinge all the authorities of those whiche wryte of the nature of simples the worke myghte growe greater then I haue determined Then if these wryters fauours our opinion we wyll further wade consider what daylye experience sayeth hereto or whether that there resulte a venome the simples beyng mixed or elles that throughe alteration in tyme of the shotte it tourneth to venome I thynke these be the principall arguments they haue to maineteyne theyr fonde fantasie And nowe touchinge the authoritie of the auncient wryters I wyll begynne wyth Dioscorides who in the fifte Booke .lxxxiij. Chapter wryteth of Sulphure in this maner Sulphure viue is thought the best whiche is called Apyron shininge lyke a glowe worme and nothing stonie And in generall that Sulphure is alowed whiche hath not tasted of fyer waxinge greene fatte There is great store of it growing in Melo Lipara The foresayde Sulphur doeth heate dissolue concocte spedely It is good agaynst the cough short brethe and purulent excretion taken in an Egge or vsing the fume of it And the sauour of the same burnte bryngeth out the chylde in byrthe tyme it doeth take awaye leprye Mentagra Scabros vngues mixed with Turpentyne but tempered with Venigre it is of force agaynste the leprie taketh awaye vitiliginem it healeth the stinge of the Scorpion Resine beynge put to it And with Vnegre it is good bothe agaynste the woundes of Draconis marini also of the Scorpion with Saltpeter it taketh awaye the ichinge of the bodye it helpeth the Iandiers sprinckled on his forehead or elles taken in a rere Egge it profiteth muche in distillation stayeth sweatyng wyth water and Saltpeter it is good for those whyche haue the Goute the member beyng washed in the same It helpeth the thicknes or rather difficultie of hearinge the fume of it being receiued by some hollow Pype it rayseth those whyche are called Lethargos it stayeth the fluxe of bloode Brosed eares beynge anoynted with it mixed wyth wyne and honnye are by it cured These be the woordes of Dioscorides touchyng Sulphure Hys mynde in effecte concernynge Saltpeter in the fyfte Booke lxxxix Chapter are these Nitrum is the beste which is lyghte of Rose or whyte colour full of holes lyke to a Sponge such is brought from Bunys It bryngeth out humours fixed in the deepe partes The spume of Nitre is Iudged best which is most lyghte fryable in colour almoste Purple or spumouce and bytinge suche is broughte out of Philadelphia in Lydea The seconde of Egypt Also in Magnesia Bothe Nitrum and eke his spume hath the strength and vstion of Salte Furthermore Nitrum helpeth the Collicke if it bee taken with cummyne in hydromell or new wyne boyled or any thyng which doeth losen wynde as Rue or Dyll It is also vsed in feuers to annoynt them before the fit suspected It is mixed with emplasters which do extract and dissolue it doeth extenuate put awaye the leprie with warme water or wyne it doth away the noyse of the eares inflations perulentnes the fylthynes of the same it doeth purge and cleanse tempered with Vinegre instilled put in it helpeth the byting of dogges put with the grese of an asse or swine it doeth open felons mixed with Resyne Terebinthine and in the dropsie rubbing the skinne with a figge it causeth clearenesse of fight tempered with honnye and the venome of Mushrumes being drunke with Posca or elles with water if they haue bene bitten with buprestis also to those whiche haue drunk Bulles blood with Laserpitium it is to be geuen also to them which can not taste theyr meate It is to be vsed in opisthotinis remissioribus et luxatis cum cerato and in resolution of the tongue mixed with bread Some doe burne it on the coles putting vnder a new teste or pot vntil it ware red hote thus much also out of Dioscorides touching Nitrum Nowe let vs heare Galene who speaketh of Sulphur in this maner Al kinds of sulphur sayth he hath a power attractiue is of hote temperament of subtill substance in so much as it resist the poyson of many venomous beasts for I oftē times vsed it against the venome of turtur marinus draco And when I had taught it certein fishermen I after a short tyme returning they merueylously commended this medicine to me The vse of it is that beynge dryed strowed on the wounde also tempered with spittle for when I had excogitated these thynges I found them trewe by experience In lyke sort it worketh beyng mixed with vrine for I
the fyre .ii. pounde Argenti viui ij pounde Litargyri iij. pounde Cerusae iij. vnces Olibani j. vnce Myxe all these together and make thereof an vnguent in a morter but fyrste of all you muste beate the swynes grease and the Argent viue together verye stronglye then put in the other thynges in fyne pouder and labour it well wyth your pestell vntill it be so fine that none of the Argentum viuum be seene Note that thys vnguent is the chefe matter of all the curation of thys desease for because you maye myxe other medicynes wyth thys medicyne accordynge to the diuersytie of the sickenes that the pacient hathe as an example If the syckenes came wyth harde swellynge adde Capons grease Duckes grease or Gouse grease and sometyme you maye adde all these thynges and sometyme one as you see cause for wyth their whotenes and moystenes they doe resolue the hardnes and so comforte the hurte member and yf it chaunce that there be swellynge wyth great payne you maye adde Oyle of Lilyes of Bayes of Dyll and Turpentyne ether one of them or moo as ye see cause for they be stronger in operation and their vertue is greate And yf the desease be malygne or Virulent that the Paciente maye not be altered or holpen wyth a lyghte medcyne put in more of the Argentum Vâ—uum adde thervnto Aqua vitae Sage Stichados treacle Myrrhe and Masticke It is to be feared of excoriacion that may come by the strength and Corrosion of the Argentum Vinum Therefore we correcte thys vnguente wyth Lithargyri and Cerusa as we haue wryten here before in thys vnguent And as you doe fynde dyuers thynges added vnto thys Vnguent So dothe it remoue diuers accidentes and sycknesses But beware you mynyster not thys vnguent wythoute descretion for euen as it dothe helpe thys contagious disease beynge ryghtlye vsed So beynge vsed wythoute discretion it dothe kyll and destroye Prouided alwaye that thys be not mynystred wythoute purgation and digestion of the matter antecedent The Pacyente maye not goe abroade after hys swettynge vntyll suche tyme as his mouthe be hole and muste vse good lotions or washynges for hys mouth vntyll it be hole Tertium vnguentum pro Chamaeleontiasi Rec Laureolae ana M. s Absynthij ana M. s Fumariae ana M. s Centaurij ana M. s Euphorbij ana iij. dragmes Elebori albi ana iij. dragmes Colocinthidis ij dragmes Boyle your Herbes your Pouder and Coloquintida altogether your Herbes beynge a lytle broused in a morter and your Coloquintida broken in smale peeces in one Quarte of good Maluiesie tyll the halfe bee consumed then lette it stande a daye and a nyghte infused and strayne it and adde therevnto Succi Rutae ana ij vnce Saluiae ana ij vnce Ebuli ana ij vnce Then take Axungiae xii vnce Ping. Anatis ana iiij vnce Caponis ana iiij vnce Oyle de Bay vj. vnce Lithargyri auri ana ij vnce Olibani ana ij vnce Mastiches ana halfe an vnce Aloes cicatrinae ana halfe an vnce Scammoniae ana halfe an vnce Argenti viui viii vnces Make all those thynges that are to bee made in pouder in syne pouder and mortifie your argente viue wyth fastynge spatell or wyth iuse of Lymons Then beate all your foresayde thynges together puttynge in youre iuyse and youre decoction together by lytle and lytle continuallye labourynge it in a morter vntyll it bee brought to a perfyte vnguent This vnguent muste bee applyed vppon the legges and armes as other vnguentes bee that serueth for the same disease And yf you wyll haue them more laxatiue annoynt the nayuyll therewyth It taketh awaye apostemes vlcerations and breakinge oute of the body and dolour and paynes springing of the same sicknes Aliud vnguentum pro eadem Chamaeleontiasi Rec. Maceris ana halfe an vnce Cinamomi ana halfe an vnce Garyophil ana halfe an vnce Granorum paradisi tvvo dragmes FolioruÌ„ rosarum rub ana v. dragmes Corticum limonum ana v. dragmes Nucum musc numero iiij Let all these be beaten together and layed in stepe in Rose water the space of one daye and one nyghte then put vnto the same water and spyces of swynes grease and newe suet fyue pounde Boyle them together vntyll the water be consumed and strayne it Than take of that same two pounde Argenti viui seuen vnce Olibani tvvo vnce Mastiches ana an vnce a halfe Cerusae ana an vnce a halfe Litargyri ana an vnce a halfe Soechados ana halfe an vnce Myrrhae ana halfe an vnce And in the ende put of Muske resolued in oyle of Roses halfe a Scruple And let these be mixed together and make thereof a fyne vnguent accordynge to arte as is aforesayde And thys vnguent is for ryche and dilicate personnes and is also merueylous in operation and muste bee vsed as these are whiche serueth for the same infyrmitie Vnguentum Agypsiacum Rec. Mellis tvvo pounde Aceti fortis one pounde Viridis aeris foure vnce Aluminis three vnce Boyle all these together on a softe fyer vntyll it bee Redd for yf you boyle it to muche it wyll bee Blacke and yf you boyle it to lytle it wyll bee Greene. Therefore when it is boyled enoughe it wyl bee perfitely Redde This vnguent I haue found great profyte in to mundifie sores for it taketh away rotten fleshe wythout anye greate payne it doeth also profyte muche in Fistulays and hollowe Vlcers yf it bee mingled wyth some conuenient lycour and conueyed in wyth a syringe It doth also abate take awaie spongious flesh bothe in woundes and in vlcers and maketh them come to easye Cicatrization and thys vnguent is muche praysed bothe of the olde wryters and of the newe in manye other thynges Vnguentum Dealtheae Rec. Radicum altheae ij pounde Sem. Lini ana one pounde Foenograeci ana one pounde Olei communis iiij pounde Cerae j. pounde Terebinthinae ana iiij vnces Galbini ana iiij vnces Gummi hederae ii vnces Colophonij ana halfe a pounde Perrosin ana halfe a pounde Washe your roottes cleane and bruse them in a morter and bruse your Lyne seede and Fengreke also and putte therevnto of Scylla brused halfe a pounde putte vnto all thys eyghte pintes of water and let them stande three dayes and the fourth daye boyle them vppon the fyre tyll they begynne to wax thycke Then put them into a potte and when you wyll straine it put therevnto some whote boyling water that it maye the better be strained then take of thys mucylage or straynynge two pounde and a halfe and put vnto your oyle aforesayd and let them boyle to the mucylage be consumed Then put therevnto your waxe your Turpentyne your Galbanum and Gumme Edere desolued in Veneyger and strayned then your perrosin molten wyth a lyttle oyle of Lilies and last of al put in your Colophonium in fine pouder continually sturring al these together tyll they be cold and so kepe it This
vnguēt called Dealthea is a speciall remedie for al paines of the brest that cōmeth of cold yf the brest be therew t all anointed warme cloese laid thervpon It is good also for the pluricie for it doth resolue and molifie which are required in both these deseases it is good also for shrynkynge of synowes and tendones and also for croked ioyntes for it mollyfieth and supplyeth them gentillye so that it maketh them easely to stretche furthe agayne Manye other good properties it hathe in doynge of suche lyke thynges Vnguentum desiccatiuum Rubeum Rec. Lapidis calaminaris ana iiij vnce Terrae sigillatae Rubeae ana iiij vnce Lithargyri auri ana thre vnce Cerusae ana thre vnce Camphorae one dragme Cerae fyue vnce Oleorum rosarum ana vi vnce Violarum ana vi vnce Washe your Lapis calaminaris Litharge and Ceruse and drye them agayne and make all these in verye fyne pouder that is to bee made in pouder Then melte your Oyles wyth your Waxe and in the coolynge put therein your pouders continuallye styrynge it wyth a splatter vntyll it bee colde and so keepe it to your vse Some doe adde vnto thys vnguent Oyle of Nenupher one vnce Olibanum and Masticke ana one vnce and yf you so do it is the better Thys vnguent is verye good to drye vp vlceracions and cheflye of the legges after that they be mundified and the fleshe well incarnat for other wise it profiteth not for it serueth for no other purpose but onelye to drye and to defend humours and to make perfite Cicatrization Oleum rosatum Rec. Olei communis iij. pounde Rosarū rubrarum purgatarū .xvi. vnces Materate them and let them stande in the sunne eyght daies then take out the Roses and strayne them After put in newe Roses and let them in like maner stand eyght dayes strayne them as afore And doe so the thryde tyme. And reserue thys to thy vse some vse to let the Roses remayne in the oyle the laste tyme. It doth refrigerat and is astringent and helpeth inflammations in the partes of the body and it ceaseth the corrosion of the intestines ministered in glisters and healeth the payne of the teeth they beyng washed therewith Oleum Rosatum completum Mesuae Rec Olei ex oleis maturis aqua fontana multoties loti quantum voles Put into this Oyle of redde Rose leaues so many as you shall thinke conuenient set these in the sunne eight dayes then boyle them in a duble vessell on the fire three howers Then strayne them After take newe Roses and doe as afore is sayde And do so also the thyrde tyme. After put to the fourth part of water of the infusion of Roses and let them stande in the sunne .xl. dayes Then strayne it and agayne put to the iuyce of Roses and let it stand in the sunne It doeth strengthen the partes of the bodye it resolueth and seaceth dolour Oleum Rosatum Pauli Rec. Rosarum exemptis vnguibus iij. vnces Olei omphacini vj. vnces Put these in a glasse and stoppe them well that they breath not out and let them stande in the sunne .xl. dayes Other doe not sette the glasse in the sunne but hang the glasse in a wel nere to the water for the space of .xl. dayes It doth extinguishe inflammations it dothe coroborate restrayne and sease fluxes it kepeh backe the humours whyche floweth throughe the bodye c. Oleum Rosatum omphacinum Rec. Olei Oliuarum immaturarum loti j. pounde Rosarū rubrarum purgatarū iiij vnces The roses being brused and myxed wyth the Oyle put them in a glasse and do as is aforesaide in the composition of the other oyles And chaunge your Roses three tymes The vertue of this oyle is all one wyth that whych is mencioned before Oleum Chamaemelinum Pauli Rec. Florum Chamaemeli demptis Foliis Albis iiij vnces Olei oliuarum ij pounde and a halfe The flowers must drye in the shadowe .xxiiij. howers then put them wyth the Oyle into a glasse wyth a narrowe mouthe beynge well stopped and let it stande in the sunne .xl. dayes It is of ryght good effecte in the passions of the ioyntes for the the collicke and many other infyrmityes for it dothe repell and moderatelye digest Oleum Cydoniorum Mesuae Fiat ex carne cydoniorum praematurorū cū cortice Succi cydoniorū ana vi vnces Olei oliuarum immaturarū iii pounde Put all in a Glasse well stopped and lette it stande fyftene dayes in the Sunne Then boyle it by the space of foure houres on the fyer in a double vessell Then strayne it and presse out the iuse Then put newe into the Oyle and sette into the Sunne after boyle it and expresse it as afore and doe so the thyrde tyme and reserue it to thy vse It doeth refrigerate and stayeth fluxes and doeth also strengthen the bellye and Nerues beyng applyed vnto them c. Oleum populeon Nicolai Rec. Olei vij pounde tvvo vnces Vini iiij pounde Gemmarum Populi arboris recentium iij pounde The Buddes of Pople muste bee broused and macerated in Oyle and Wyne the space of seuen dayes Then boyle them in a double vessell vntyll the Wyne bee consumed then strayne it and reserue it to thy vse It helpeth payne in the head in the ioyntes and is good agaynst the goute and where as dolour and payne is c. Oleum Nardinum compositum Mesuae Rec. Nardi Indicae foure vnce Sampsuchi id est maioranae ii vnce Ligni aloes ana vnce j. sc Enulae ana vnce j. sc Folij indi ana vnce j. sc Calami aromatici ana vnce j. sc Foliorum Lauri ana vnce j. sc Cyperi ana vnce j. sc Schoenanthi ana vnce j. sc Cardomomi ana vnce j. sc Brouse all these and putte to it of Vini ana q. su Aquae ana q. su Olei loti vj. pounde Let them be macerated twelue houres together Then boyle them in a double vessell and make an Oyle accordyng to arte This Oyle doeth heate attenuate and digest wherefore it is ryghte good in all colde and wyndye infirmities of the brayne stomacke Lyuer Splene Reynes Bladder and Matrice It doeth also cause good colour of the bodye c. Oleum Sampsuchinum Rec. Foliorum Sampsuchi id est Maioranae M. iiij Serpelli M. ij Foliorum Myrti M. j. Abrotoni ana M. halfe Sisymbrij seumētae aquatice ana M. halfe Caciae tvvo vnces Olei omphacini quantum sufficit Cut and bruse the herbes and put them in a glasse set thys glasse in the sunne eyght daies Then strayne it which done put other newe percelles and boyle it agayne and strayne it and doe thys the thyrde tyme. It helpeth lassitude werynes and is ryght comfortable in passions of the brayne and nerues Therefore the spine of the backe beyng annoynted wyth it it helpeth the Palsey and crampe and is good agaynst the sting of Scorpions c. Oleum hyperici magistrale Rec. Olei veteris foure pounde
ryght well be vsed in coulde tumours infestynge the musculous partes of the armes and legges Aliud valentius eiusdem Rec. Radicum foliorum Ebuli ana M. j. Althaeae ana M. j. Foliorū Rutae ana M. sc Sabinae ana M. sc Pulegij ana M. sc Sambuci ana M. sc Chamaemeli ana M.ij. Meliloti ana M.ij. Boyle these beynge cutte and broused in one parte of Malmesey and three partes of Oyle of Chamomille vntyll they come to the substaunce of a Cataplasme c. Thys Cataplasme is of lyke vertues with the other goynge before sauynge that it is of greater force and strengthe in the effectes before remembred c. Cataplasma anodynum nostrae inuentionis Rec. Foliorū Iusquiami ana j. M. Violarum ana j. M. Boyle them in water vntyll they bee softe then stampe them fyne and adde to them Panis puriss one pounde Lactis one pounde Olei rosati three vnces Vitella ouorum numero iij. Croci one scruple Make hereof a Cataplasme accordynge to arte This Cataplasme or Pultas is verye excellent in ceasynge of paynes in the goute of cholericke personnes where great inflammation is and in a sensible and tender bodye For it doeth bothe asswage payne and remoue swellyng in shorte tyme if the bodye be well prepared before Cataplasma Rogerij Rec. Farinae fabarum one pounde Furfuris subtilitèr puluerisati ij M. Stercoris caprini one pounde Chamomilli ana M. sc Meliloti ana M. sc Absynthij ana M. sc Stampe your herbes fyne and boyle them all together wyth sufficient whyte Wyne and Lie of Barbars Boyle it vntyll it come to the forme of a Cataplasme and applye it so whote as the Pacient maye suffer it This Cataplasme is of great resolution in wyndye matters of the ioyntes for it doeth resolue and disperse the wynde and waterye matter and speciallye if you put to it a lytle Cummon in fyne Pouder Some vse to putte in moore Wyne and Lie and no Beane meale nor Branne and so boyle it with herbes and other thynges as is before sayde Then strayne it and with the lycour beynge whote and spongies applyed to the iunctures and so rolle it accordynge to arte I haue seene thys doe verye well Aliud Cataplasma Rec. Foliorū Maluarum ana M. j. Violarum ana M. j. Mandragorae ana M. j. Iusquiami ana M. j. Radicis Althaeae ana ij vnces Seminis Lini ana ij vnces Foenograeci ana ij vnces Florū Chamomeli ana j. vnce Meliloti ana j. vnce Boyle all your herbes in potage withoute Salt then stampe them fynely put to the rest of your thynges in Pouder Then boyle all together wyth the brothe aforesayde And make thereof a Cataplasme acccordynge to arte Thys Cataplasme is verye good to sease inflammations and payne in mixte matter bothe of Bloode and Choller yf you adde to it vnguentum Populeon two vnce Waters Aqua Balsami Rec. Terebinthinae foure pounde Olibani tvvo vnces Ligni aloes tvvo dragmes Mastiches ana one vnce and a halfe Garyophillorum ana one vnce and a halfe Galange ana one vnce and a halfe Nucis muscatae ana one vnce and a halfe Cinamomi ana one vnce and a halfe Gummi elemi syxe vnces Aloes hepaticae ana ij vnce Laudini ana ij vnce Castorij ana ij vnce Radicū cōsolidae minoris Maioris ana ij vnce Foliorum hyperici ana M. s Betonicae ana M. s Chamaepitios ana M. s Aquae vitae foure tymes stylled syxe pounde Make all those thynges in pouder that you can make in pouder and myxe them well with the reste Then put them all into a bodye of glasse wyth the Aqua vite and let them stande so the space of seuen dayes close couered Then set them to styll wyth a softe fyre accordynge to arte Fyrste you shall haue a cléere water called water of Balme Whyche you maye receyue a parte And when the colour of the water changeth some thyng to yellownes then kepe that water a parte And put vnder another receauer to take the nexte lycour whych wyll be lyke to a yellowe water then you maye increase your fyer by lytle and lytle tyl you perceiue droppes of oyle come forthe which oyle wyll be yellowe also then you maye remoue that receauer and put vnder another to take the Balme which wyl come after that oyle and water whyche Balme wyll be more thycker and redder then the Oyle and it wil come of it selfe wythoute water thys Balme is verye precious and is called Artificiall Balme Nowe the Oyle that I spoke of before that came wyth the yellow water is called the Oyle of Balme and it wyll swyme aboue the water so that you maye deuyde it from the water at your pleasure And thys Oyle is moste precious in paralices and spasmus commynge of colde matter as I haue manye tymes proued the water of Balme is verye precious and olde Alchimistes dyd distyll it agayne with raygne water so muche of one as of the other and called it the Ladye of all medycynes for it is of greate vertue in resystynge the plague poyson and manye other thynges yf it be taken wyth Aele Bere or Wyne fastynge the quantite of sixetene or twentye droppes in one sponefull of anye drynke aforesayde but I haue vsed it for a remedye agaynste the Plague after thys maner take of the leaues of Rue Wormewoode Scabyous Turmentyll Marygoldes and Dragans of ech two vnces and putte them into one quarte of the water so dystylled wyth Rayne water the space of three dayes and in that tyme the water wyll take all the vertue from the herbes so that it shall not haue the vertue of those herbes but all the vertue it had in it selfe before and thus I vsed it to the greate profyte and sauegarde of manye yf I shoulde wryte of all the marueylous thynges that I haue done wyth thys water Oyle and Balme it were to be maruayled at and yet moste true As concernynge the vse and commodytye of them you shall fynde in dyuers of my bookes as cause doth require Lac virgineum Rec. Lytarge of Syluer in fyne Pouder three vnces of good whyte Veneyger halfe a pynte myxe them together and distill them by a fylture or thorowe a lyttle bagge or by a peece of clothe take of the same water myngle it wyth water of salte made wyth one vnce of salte poudred and halfe a pounde of Rayne water or well water and myngle these waters together and it wylbe whyte lyke mylke and with thys rubbe the corrupte place Some addeth a lyttle Ceruse wyth thys Lytharge whyche is good for all rednes of the face Aqua corrodens Rec. of Sal alkali or yf ye can not haue that take Sall Armoniacke and vnsleecked Lyme ana one pounde and beate them to fyne pouder and putte them in an earthen potte whych hath holes in the bottome lyke to a collander and presse them stronglye downe so that the water maye not swiftlye paste thorowe and power vppon them so
muche water as wyll couer it a finger hyght aboue the pouder and so suffer it to drope or straine thorow and put vnder it a receptacle to kepe the water when all the water is runne thorow renewe or take new lime and newe salt as is aforesayd and let the foresayd water runne thorow the same and keepe that water for your vse Thys water is good in manye operations it wyl cauterise like an whote yron and it is good in fistulaes and to manye other thynges if ye adde to thys of Marcurie sublimmate in pouder one vnce it wyll bee the better and chieflye in Chamaeleontiasi where the bones be corrupted Aqua Mercurialis Rec. Mercurij sublimatj ana halfe a pounde Salis armoniaci ana halfe a pounde Grynde them verye fyne vppon a moller stone bothe together wyth out anye other lycour and put them in a stronge Glasse that wyll a byde the fyer Then take a newe earthen Potte and put ashes into it the thyckenesse of one fynger Then shutte your Glasse in the Potte and fyll vp the Potte wyth ashes rounde aboute the Glasse so that the Glasse maye stande softe within the Potte Then put your Potte wyth the Glasse so sette in it into a Forneyse and make vnderneath it a fyer and close the mouthe of the Glasse wyth some lynnen clothe not to harde for breakynge of the Glasse and sometyme open it to gyue vente And you shall knowe when it is boyled inoughe by puttynge in of a knyfe or some other instrument of Iron and if it bee boyled inoughe it wyll cleaue to the knyfe or instrument like to molten Piche Then take it from the fyer and let it stande vntyll it bee colde then breake the Glasse and take the substaunce that you fynde in the same Glasse and make it in fyne Pouder ones agayne vppon a moller stone Then let it stande a daye and a nyght in an earthen vessell putte a broade very thine that it maye take the ayer and become moyst then put it in bagge and hange it vppe that it maye droppe into a vessell of glasse and that water wyll be verye cleare and is called Aqua mercurij Thys water maketh Copper whyte and all other mettalles and is of a meruelous operation it wyll cure a fistulay yf it be putte to the bottome thereof by arte for it taketh awaye the harde fleeshe whyche letteth the fystulay to be made hole Aqua ad oris Vlcera Rec. Hordei excorticatae M.j. Foliorum Saluiae ana M.j. Violarum ana M.j. Rorismarinae M. s Mellis foure sponefulls Aluminis tvvo vnces Boyle all these together in one gallon of water tyll the better halfe be consumed then strayne it and lette the sycke man continually washe hys mouthe wyth it warmed tyll he be whole it is good for those that hathe a sore mouth which cometh by reason of applying the vnguent vsed in Chamaeleontiasi in whiche vnguent Argentum viuum is put and the more the paciente spetteth and washeth the better it is Alia aqua pro eodem Rec. Rorismarinae ana M.iiij Saluiae ana M.iiij Lupinorum M ij Aluminis foure vnces Mellis halfe a pounde Boyle all these together in foure gallons of water vntyll the halfe be consumed Then let it stande vntyll it bee colde and strayne it and keepe it in an earthen Pot to your vse This water serueth for the lyke purpose that the other aforesayde serueth for and is a great excicatiue It healeth Cankers in the mouthes of the chyldren s in olde folkes also if it bee mixed with vnguentum Egiptiacum moore or lesse accordynge to the disease It is good also to washe cankerous vlcers yf you put thereto a lytle Egiptiacum aforesayde For it preserueth the Vlcer from putrefaction yf other conuenient medicines bee applyed therewithall It dryeth vp also olde soores beynge mixed as is aforesayde yf they bee not deepe in the fleshe manye other good properties it hath whiche you shall fynde by experience thereof Aqua ad mundificandum vulnera nostrae inuentionis Rec. Agremoniae ana j. M. Hyperici ana j. M. Centaurij ana j. M. Absynthij ana j. M. Scabiosae ana j. M. Crassulae maioris ana j. M. Radicis Symphiti ana j. M. Stampe all these well and lette them boyle wyth one Gallon of water and one pottell of whyte Wyne and Sugre halfe a pounde vntyll halfe of the lycour bee consumed Then straine it and keepe it to your vse Thys Water muste bee conueyed into the deepe places of woundes or vlcers wyth a sirynge made so warme as the Pacient maye suffer it And if you wyll haue it of greate mundification adde thereto Mei rosarum And yf you wyll haue it of greater excication and some thynge to coole and putte awaye inflammation adde vnto it when you wyll occupye it halfe so muche Plantaine water or Nyghtshade water wherein a lytle Alume is boyled This water is excellent in operation for it clenseth from the depe parts all corrupte and fylthye humours and causeth the other medycines that are applyed to the sore places to take the better effect in their operation you maye myngle also wyth thys decoction vnguentum Egipciacum or the pouder of marcurye precipitate accordynge to your descretion Prouided alwayes that all other good inuentions required in the arte of Chirurgerye be obserued and kepte and chieflye the euacuation of the matter that they growe of or that mayntayneth them and also to keepe suche diat as is meete for the curynge of that desease Potio ad vulnera conglutinanda nostrae inuentionis Rec. Polipodij quercini foure vnces Crissulae maioris ana ij vnces Pirolae ana ij vnces Anance ana ij vnces Pilosillae ana ij vnces Veronicae ana ij vnces Solissequij ana j. vnce Agrimoniae ana j. vnce Chope all these herbes small and putte them into a newe earthen potte and putte thereto one pottell of the beste malmesie that you can gette and one quarte of water of Scabiose and seethe them in Balneo mariae by the space of three houres together and in anye wyse lette the potte be close couered and pasted aboute wyth some dowe and brene that no breath go forth and yf the wounde be in the head put in a lytle Sage Betonie and Lauander spicke and yf it be in the breast and throughs the lounges putte in a lyttle Lycorice Isope and Enulacampane roote yf it be aboute the raynes put in a perstay rote and a fenell rote when all these thynges are boyled together Let it stande by the space of one nyghte after then open the Potte and strayne forthe the licoure and putte therevnto of fyne Suger foure pounde and boyle it a lytle agayne This drynke is moste excellent for the curynge of woundes that bee in the bodye or thorowe the bodye for it healeth them in shorte tyme and consumeth awaye the bloode that is within the bodye withoute anye greefe or payne in a maner they neede no other remedyes For if they washe
the wounde with thys same drynke a lytle warmed and laye a weate clothe vppon the wounde foure or fyue double weate in the same dryncke it wyll heale it in verye shorte tyme wythoute anye other medicine drynkynge euerye mornynge and euenynge foure vnce at eyther tyme of thys same drynke warmed Thys dryncke hath bene well proued in the warres bothe by sea and lande by me Thomas Gale Maister in Chirurgerie in the Citie of London Prouided alwayes that the Pacient bee kepte soluble and vse a verye small dyet vntyll the seuenth daye bee past and so to bee well gouerned in all other thynges appertaynynge to hys healthe accordyng to the arte of Chirurgirie Alia potia pro eodem nostrae inuentionis Rec. Hordei excorticati Agremonie ana M. f Hislopi ana M. f Bethonicae ana M. f Polipodij ana M. f Symphiti ana M. f Plantaginis ana M. j Centumnodiorum ana M. j If you may not haue these herbes grene take them drye you must put in also Hypericj q. f. Scabiosae q. f. Boyle all these herbes together wyth your Barley in three pottells of water wyth foure sponefulles of Honnye till the better halfe be consumed then lette it stande tyll it be colde and straine it Thys drinke muste be vsed mornynge and euenynge warme at eche tyme syre vnces wyth thys he dyd maruaylous cures and healed them in shorte tyme for thys drynke defendeth the wounde from euyll accedentes yf the paciente keepe good diat and other thynges necessary for his health as is sayde before Aqua decoctionis ligni Sancti nostrae inuentionis It is to be consydered that there be thre sortes of thys woode that is to saye that that is verye olde that that is meane and not olde and that which is yonge and the bowes of the trees and euerye one of these dothe deffer in qualitie from other for that that is yonge wyth the braunches also are of a more moyst ayrie substaunce then the other two be and that that is olde is more harder of degestion and and flower in hys operation and longer or anye cure maye be done wyth it wherefore we doe commonlye vse that whyche is yonge and whytest wyth the barke of the same for it doeth not drye awaye the naturall moysture of mans bodye so sone as the olde dothe and that is by reason of hys moystenes yet in hys propertie he dothe as muche as the other the olde and blacke woode is good to make oyles and suche lyke thynges eyther by decoctions or by distillations for it is more fatte and Gummi then the other is excepte it be rotten and then it is not good in medycynes Thys woode hath a synguler propertie against Chamaeleontiasin and also agaynste manye other moyste and rumiticke sycknesses for it letteth putrifaction and altereth the euyll qualityes of the humours it comforteth the stomacke and openeth the obstructions of the liuer and moueth the bodye to sweate and helpeth nature to putte forth manye perrilous and contagious vapours by the powers outwardlye Also that whyche is the oldest beynge boyled in decoctions and other wayes by arte prepared is verye good for vlcerations fystulayes ache or paine beyng applyed accordynge to the arte of Chirurgerye as is mencioned in this booke in diuers places And fyrste of all to make the decoction to drinke inwardlye you shall vse the yongeste woode or the braunches wyth some parte of the barke of the same as it foloweth here Take one gallon of faire water and putte it in to a newe earthen potte the whyche maye holde three gallons of water or two gallons and a halfe at the leste and put therevnto of the yongeste woode aforesayde wyth some of the barke one pounde in pouder Lycorice broused two vnces Set them vppon a fewe coales the potte beyng close couered tyll it be verye whote then take it of the fyre and lette it stéepe twelue houres Then boyle it vppon a softe fyre the potte beynge close couered that so lyttle of the ayre maye passe awaye as is possible tyll the halfe be consumed then strayne it and putte it into a faire vessell Thys is the stronge drynke whyche they maye drynke of mornynge and euenyng at eche tyme eyghte vnces and euerye mornyng the sycke person to sweate after that he hath taken of the same drynke by the space of two houres And for the seconde decoction whyche he muste vse wyth hys meate you must putte to the same wood that you straine from your fyrste decoction so muche water as you dyd before and lette it stande and steepe as is aforesayde in the same potte by the space of twelue houres and then boyle it tyll the halfe be consumed as ye dyd the other before In weake bodyes and colde we haue vsed to putte in the fyrste decoction one pint of malmesye or Sacke a lyttle before that it be taken from the fyer and in the latter drinke we haue vsed to put in rackte Renishe Wyne But in the stronger bodyes and those that bee not so weake we vse to geue it alone wythout Wyne The bodyes muste bee well prepared before they take thys drynke or enter into the rules of this diet by the space of twelue or fouretene dayes in the whiche those humours maye bee purged that doe hurte the bodye or Mainteyne the disease and then when the bodye is well purged they maye enter into the same dyet geuynge them no other drynke but thys same abouesayde and deminishynge their meate by lytle and lytle tyll the sixe daye bee paste then let them haue so lytle meate as they maye lyue wythall for if they shoulde take muche meate nature shoulde bee so occupyed aboute the disgestion of the same that it should not be able to ouercome and digest the sycknes other elles suche quantitie of humours might growe thereof that myght styll maynetayne the disease Yet neuerthelesse those that bee cholericke bodyes maye take moore meate and moyster meates then those whiche bee phlegmaticke and moyste bodyes Generallye theyr meates muste bee rosted and of good nourishment and easie to digest as â—otten Vealâ— Capons Rabettes Chickens Fesons Partriches blacke byrdes Thrushes and other small byrdes of the Woode This muste bee onely their meate and rosted withoute salte excepte in cholericke bodyes that bee lyke to fall into some feuer they maye haue theyr meates boyled and eate them with a lytle Veriuse In phlegmaticke bodyes they maye forbeare their supper and holde them content with one meale a daye except at nyght a fewe Resons and blaunched Almons But Cholericke bodyes muste haue some meate at nyghte to satifie their stomacke wythall because they wyll sooner digest it and hath no suche quantitie of moyste humours as the Phlegmaticke or Sanguine persone hath Theyr bread muste bee onelye Biskitte made wyth a fewe Anyseedes and Sugre withoute Salte They maye take of thys bread moore or lesse accordynge to the strengthe of theyr stomackes and complexion as is aforesayde This dyet or order muste
Honny of Roses and oyle of Roses and wyth your instrument you shall put in the lynnen cloth betwixte Dura mater and Cranium And laye on it softe tents wette in mel ros and oyle of Roses and apply there on a lynnen cloth wette in the same and on the wounde of the fleshe put eyther dry linte or a soft spong to suke vp the matter and apply an head plaster that the matter close not wyth in After which you shall in Wyne made whoote weete towe and presse out the Wyne wyth your hand and laye that also on then vppon that put drye towe and rolle it softely that the thynges applyed maye abide on the wounde And when the wound is mundifyed then leaue of the fyrste clothe and vse the head pouder to make the wound incarnate and so with consolidatiues and medicines inducing a cicatrice you shall procede vntyll the wounde be perfytely cured Of wounds contusid with great fracture of Cranium Chap. vii COntusyd woundes with great breaking of Cranium must be cured after this methode First you must shaue the here away then with an incision knyfe you shall cutte the place crosse wise or as other do vse whiche is not so good after thys maner Then rayse of the fleshe and make the fractured bone open and bare And yf there folowe any flure of bloud you must clence the wounde wyth lynnen clothes dipt in water and Vinegre or the white of an egge an if there be no flux of bloude fyll the wounde wyth drye lynt and dippe clothes in oyle and wine applye it to the place and bynd vp the wound as therto belōgeth Then if there foloweth no accidentes which maye hinder the cure of the bone open the wounde and let the pacientes eares be stopped wyth lint or cottē that he hereth not for making him faint harted affraid And let two mē stay his head with their handes and then with your knife departe the bone or wyth the lenticuler But if this cannot be done both spedely wyth out great payne then set a trappen and bore it throughe so many tymes vntill it be separated from Cranium and you shall take awaye thys bone fractured fyrst lifting it vp wyth an eleuatory vntill you may take it away with your nippers or fingers Then you must make the edgies of the bone smothe and euen And after cure it in all cases as you cure woundes where Cranium is fractured wyth the takynge oute peeces of bones Of woundes in the face Chap. viii WOunds in the face are eyther in the fleshy partes or not yf in the fleshie partes the wounde is eyther drye or moiste If in thy fleshye parte and the wounde moiste you must of force stich it with a fine smal round nedle and fine threed but yf it be in the fleshy part and dry you shal in the place of a roūd nedle vse a square If the wound be not in the fleshy partes then in any case you must leaue of stiching in the place of it to ioyne the lippes of the wounde together you shall doe in thys maner Take Sanguinis draconis calcis ex testis ouorum Mastiches as much as is sufficient make in pouder temper them with Honny vntill it come to the substaunce of hony Then prepare .ij. linen clothes accordyng to the length of the wound spreade of it vpon the clothes and then vnto ether side of the wounde applye a clothe and suffer it to drye Then with your needle take your stiches on both clothes and vnite and ioyne the sydes of the wounde so euen and ryght as maye possible be whyche thynges done laye on the wounde thys pouder folowyng Rec. Sanguinis draconis j. dragme Olibani ana ij drams Cacis è testis ouorum ana ij drams Make these in fine pouder and temper them with the whyte of an egge and laye it on towe And aplye it to the wound After you shall heale it with the same plasters vnguents pouders or balme as you accustomably do another wound Of woundes in the eyes Chap. ix ALl woundes in the eyes or aboute the eyes are daungerous both for the nerenes of the braine and also for perrill losse of syght Yea it happeneth often that through woundes about the eies the nerues optick haue ben stopped there haue also folowed somtimes a cataracke What is then to be loked for whē as the wound happeneth in the substaunce of the eye Galene maketh mentiō of one hurt in the white of the eyes and much moysture flowed out and yet the pacient restored to hys syght In like sort doth Brunswycke rehearse the lyke historye of two children wounded in the eye and muche moysture came forth and he curyed them wyth thys water folowyng But these cures are de raro contingentibus Rece Aquarum faeniculi ana halfe a vnce Rosarum ana halfe a vnce Polij ana halfe a vnce Eufragiae ana halfe a vnce Rutae ana halfe a vnce Albuminum ouorum q. s These did he temper and myxe togyther and applied it to the eie As he affirmeth to the great comforte and restoring of sight in the children aforesaid But I will go to the cure of woundes of the eies which is without perishing of sight Yf anye be wounded throughe the vpper or nether parte of the eye so that it hange downe then wyth a néedle beyng bent croked aptelye for the eye and a sylke threede well waxed you shall verye Fynele styche it vp that the tumour of the eye maye be the lesser And put into the sighte of the eye the water before mencioned and make a Plaster of the whyte of an Egge Sangui draconis and frankencens and laye it rounde aboute the eye but beware that it touche not the eye selfe Also you maye heale it with Baulme but be diligent none fall into the eye and euer vse the water aforesayde whiche is a wonderfull defensiue and letteth accidents to come to the place And this shall you perfitly cure the eye And yf the wounde come with arrow head or sworde you shall procede with oyle of Roses and yf any thing be fixed in the wounde worke after the doctrine set out in that Chapter And when the thyng fixed is out fyll the wounde wyth oyle of Roses tempered with the yelke of an Egge warme and mundifie the wound with mel Rosarum farina Hordei Fenograeci after applye incarnatiues and heale the wound with the plaster vsed in greene wounds But if it be woūded with nedle or thorne vse the mundificatiue and defensiue aboute the eye and washe the eye with this colyrium folowing vntyll he be healed Rec. Boli armeni vnce ij Thusiae ana vnce j. Sangui draconis ana vnce j. Gummi arabici ana vnce j. Make these in pouder put it into a quarte of good rose water set that glasse in warme water three houres Then put to it wyne of pomegranettes let it remayne in the warme
percing through then it is eyther with bloode falling inwardly and hurte of some inwarde part or elles it is without fluxe inwarde or percing of any inwarde member Howe you shall by signes knowe if anye of the inwarde partes be hurte I haue set oute at large in the fyfte Chapter of the first booke As touching the cure of woundes in the breste which are without hurte of any inwarde parte you shall in no wyse tent them but stiche the wound with stufes dypt in wyne vnguentes incarnatiue emplasters and conuenient rollyng heale it vp lyke another wound But if it be percing through and he bleed inwardly and some of the inward parts are hurt then with al expedition and haste you must labour to bring out such bloode and matter as is within conteyned and you must put in a tent large long on whiche you shall streke oyle of Roses fasten a threde to the tent that it goe not in and so put the pacient to great payne The pacient must be layde vpon a borde on the woūded side so moued to fro that the matter maye come out at the wound make iniections of wyne or Mellicratum with a syringe diligentlye markinge the quantitie and colour of the wyne or Mellicratum when it cometh out for if it be lyke in quantitie colour then you neede no more to make iniections for all the matter within conteyned is quite voyded at the wounde Or you may boyle in oyle of Camomile Lupines mel rosarum Myrrhe vntyll the iij. part be consumed then strayne it make iniections with a syring as afore and then shorten your tent and apply this mūdificatiue folowing to the wound Rec. Mellis rosati colati halfe a pounde Mirrhae ana halfe an vnce Thuris ana halfe an vnce Sarcocollae ana halfe an vnce Teribinthine tvvo dragmes Farinae hordei q. su fiat emplastrū Faenograeci q. su fiat emplastrū Then you maye giue him euerye morninge halfe a pynte of the potion warmed whiche is vsed in these kynde of woundes whose composition is in this sort Rec. Centaurij minoris ana vj. dragmes Costi ana vj. dragmes Nepitae ana vj. dragmes Garyophillatae ana vj. dragmes Pinpinellae ana vj. dragmes Polosellae ana vj. dragmes Summitatū canabis ana vj. dragmes Caulium rub ana vj. dragmes Tanaceti ana vj. dragmes Rubiae ana vj. dragmes Glycirrhizae ana vj. dragmes Boyle all these together in fayre runnyng water vntyll the consumption of the thyrde parte Then strayne it and put thereto of clarified honnye so muche as shall bee sufficient to make the potion pleasaunt in taste You muste also geue hym to licke of Diasparmaticon Diadragagantū Diasympiton or Diacodion all do comforte and strengthen the Brest And when the wounde is mundified and the matter digested then you shal heale it with the plaster called Diapalma or Phenicinum and with this pouder folowynge vsyng apte and conuenient rollynge accordyng to art Rec. Mastiches ana j. dragme Mirrhae ana j. dragme Thuris ana j. dragme Sarcocollae ana j. dragme Sangui-draconis ana j. dragme Make them in fine pouder and thus haue I shewed you the proper cure of suche woundes as maye happen in the midle ventricle beynge not deadly and mortall which do vtterly refuse all kynde of curation Of woundes in the thirde lowest ventricle called vsually the Belly Chap. xv THere are properlye three sundrye simple woundes in the region of the belly according to which there is three diuers cures For either it is a smale wounde not percing through or elles it perceth through and so doth hurte of necessitie some of the inwarde partes but yet they come not out Or elles it perseth through with hurte of the inwarde partes by reason of whiche they come forthe You shall knowe what parte inwardlye conteyned is wounded by theyr proper sygnes set out in the the fyfte Chapter of the fyrst booke As touching the cure of these woundes I wyll seuerally intreate If the wounde in the Belly be but in the fleshye partes withoute persyng through then you shall stiche it and heale it with Balme or the plaster accustomed in greene woundes without further difficultie But if the wounde perseth through Siphac and Myrack and yet hurteth no other of the inward membres nor they come not out then the cure of this wounde shall be as is aforesayde in all thynges except stitchyng For in the first stiche put the needle through the one lyppe of the wounde but touche not Siphack and after put the Needle through the other lyppe and through Siphack and Myrach and make a knot vppon the threede In the seconde stitche thrust the Needle through the one lyppe and and through Mirach and Siphack but in puttyng the Needle through the other lyppe you shall not touche Siphack but Mirach make a knot without and so procede orderly vntyll the hole woūd be stiched And this is it that Galene sayth sowe Siphacke to Myrach because it is a neruous panicle and without blood it can not of it selfe take consolidation But yf any of the inwarde parts as the stomake Lyuer Splene Intestines or Bladder be wounded and yet by reason of the smales of the wounde they come not out nor can not cōueniently be taken forth then you must with muche wisdome and discretion amplyat make the wounde larger and if the wound be in such partes as are to bestitched as the bottome of the stomake or intestines then they shal be sowed as the Skinners do accustome ouer the hand and put vppon the seame this pouder folowing Rec. Olibani ana j. dragme Mastiches ana j. dragme Dragaganti ana j. dragme Gummi arabici ana j. dragme Sang. draconis ana half a dragme Mumiae ana half a dragme Misce fiatque puluis subtilis And then you maye procede to the outwarde wounde and stiche it and let the threede of the inwarde wounde hange out at the outwarde wounde that as inwardelye it doeth consolidate so you may take awaye the threede and applye to the outwarde wounde this pouder folowynge Rec. Sanguinis draconis ana half a vnce Olibani ana half a vnce Calcis è testis ouorū ana half a vnce Make these in pouder and vse it as is aforesaide in all wounds of the inwarde parts giue the pacient the wounde drinke specified in the xiiij Chapter of this booke Also Glisters made with stipticke wynes are merueylouslye commended in lyke maner is this potage or brothe muche commended Rec. Aquae pluuialis vel fontanae Furfuris treticei q. su Let these boyle one houre then strayne it and put to it these pouders folowyng and geue the pacient to eate thereof .iij. or .iiij. tymes a daye or you maye prepare him brothe made with a chicken yf he be muche infebled weake put of the foresayde pouder into it but if Zirbus be wounded corrupted then sayth Galene let the blacke corrupted partes be bounde with
with oile of popie and if great vrgent cause constraine you you may adde a litle opium to it or Oile of mandrage There are other who doe much commende this emplaster folowing Rec. Radicis Solani ij vnces Foliorum maluae M. ij Furfuris triticei iij. vnces Olei rosacei q. s fiat emplastrum Also other do apply to the affected part an emplaster made of bread or whete flower boiled in milke and some oile of Roses And these ceaseth the dolour paines two wayes Both in resoluing som part of the matter gathered by reason of the flux also in aswaging some what the vehemecie of the paine by the qualitie of the medicine But of the medicynes whych do aswage and cease dolour you shall haue it more at large set out in the antidotarie Of inflammation and apostemation Chap. ii THat which the greekes call phlegmone we vsually terme in our language inflamation And is no other thing then a vehement heate stirred in any part of the body through the force of the humor flowing to the part There are iiij intentions to be folowed in the cure of an inflāmation The first standeth in the righte order of diet the second in ceasing the flux or diuersion of the anticident matter The third is in euacuation of the matter collected now impacte in the part affected The fourth standeth in the corretting putting away of accidentes The first intention is fulfylled in the right vse of the syxe thinges called Non naturales as in the purenes and temperatnes of the aire The meate and drynke could moyste and smalle To flee exercise and to vse quiet and reaste of bodye to vse moderatnes in slepinge and watching to beware of surfiting and layng as they say gorge vpō gorge To kepe alway the body soluble and lose To flee all vehement perturbations and affections of the minde as anger contention chiding and such like Last you must abstaine from Venus seruyce as from the greatest pestilence that may be in this diseace The second intention which is in ceasing and diuertion of the matter that floweth is by opening a vain in the contrarie side if the age and strength of the pacient can suffer it Also apply medicines to repell and driue backe amonge whiche Galene prayseth Oxycraton that is water and Vineigre boyled togither and foment the place with a spong dipt in it also you may boile in some astringēt wine the rine of a Pomegarnet and foment the place therwith Or els to apply to the place inflamed cataplasme which Galene in his seconde booke ad Glauconem doth so much commende whose composition is in thys maner Rec. Semperuiui sing q. s Maliconj sing q. s Sumach sing q. s Boyle this in wine vntil it come to the forme of a cataplasme Also Auicenne in his 3. fen forth boke First Tract Chap. 3. describeth another of muche effecacitie Hys composyton is in thys forme Rec. Succi Semperuiui j. pound Vini nigri half a pound Farinae Hordei iij. vnces Malicorij ana halfe an vnce Sumach ana halfe an vnce Boile these and make therof an vnction But or you boyle these you must make the malicorium and sumach in pouder The thirde scope in euacuating that is collected in the beginning of inflamation is done wyth repercussyue medycines and to mixe with these suche as doe digest the matter among which this is one Rec. Rosarum ana iiij vnces Florum camomillae ana iiij vnces Sapae j. vnce Aquae fontanae j. pound and a half Boyle these and make an emplaster of them But if the inflamatiō be in augmento then you shal mixe with your digestiue medicines that represse and letteth the flux But when the inflamation is in statu then mixe with the foresaid medicines medicines that doth somewhat mitigate As oile of roses Also you may vse this emplaster which in this sort folowing is described Rec. Parietariae ana M. j. Maluae ana M. j. Furfuris ana j. vnce Farinae volatils ana j. vnce Fenograeci ana ij vnces Anethi ana ij vnces Olei camomillae vj. vnces Boile all in wine while they come to the substaunce of an emplaster There is also another excellent plaster which Galene vseth in the Vigour of an inflammation and is thus made Rec. medullae panis frumentacei j. pounde Let it stepe in whote water for the space of an hower then straine it and put to it Mellis optimi iij. vnces Make of these an emplaster and apply it to the inflāmation But yf the inflāmation be as they call it in declinatione you must only vse medycines to digest which may euaporate the matter remaining yf the inflāmation doth ende by euaporation or discussion But if it turne into an aposteme then you muste vse medycynes to suppurate to open and to mundyfye of which you shall haue a large discourse in my booke of tumors agaynst nature and also in my booke of curyng vlcers The fourth scope of remouing or rather defending the inflammation from accidentes as dolour feuer aposteme and such lyke requireth diuers and sundrye remedies whiche because they be accidents also chauncing in wounds I wyll entreate of them in their proper Chapters Of remouinge and takinge awaye distemperaunce in woundes Chap. iii. THat distemperaunce whiche happeneth to mans body whether it be hote colde moyst or dry or els cōpounded of these simple Galene al the Grecians comprehend vnder name of Dyscrasia Of which if to the wound there commeth a whote disposition which you maye easely coniecture by the great rednesse and vessication you muste infrigidate the place not with Henbaine or Mandrake but rather with Roses Plantaine and vngnento albo whiche doe as well desiccate as moderatly make coulde But if the distemperaunce be colde which you maye Iudge by the softnes and leadye colour of the skynne You shall put these away by medicines contrary in qualitie whiche doe moderatlye heate So that you maye not applye Rosen Piche or Aspaltum but wyne vnguentum nigrum or fuscum or Basilicon So in lyke maner if the wounde be to moyste or to drye they muste bee cured by theyr contraryes And here is to be noted that if the distemperaunce be in heare moysture or in heate and drynes in colde and moystenes or colde and drynesse then your medicines vsed in the simple distemperatnesse muste be mixed together contrarye to the compound distemperaunce Of conuulsion whiche happen in woundes Chap. iiii SPasmos whiche we call conuulsion is no other thynge then a deprauate motion chauncing to the voluntarie facultie of mouyng through sickennes Conuulsion chaunceth three sundrye wayes By repletion by inanition and by societie or participation with the brayne The generall methode in curynge these three sortes is to holde strongely to chafe and annoynt them wyth oyle of Lilies or elles with common oyle in defecte of it The conuulsion springyng by inanition is cured in this maner Fyrst foment the place wyth oyle or elles with
may suffer Galene and the old writers vsed not splentes before the vii or ix daye notwithstanding it is conuenient to vse the splentes at the beginning so that they through straite bindyng compresse not the member and make Dolour inflammation The splentes muste be equall smothe euen not croked or rugged and in the middes thicker then in the other parts that they may be the more able to strenthen the member in that place wheras the bone is fractured The way and order in appliynge splentes is in thys wise There must be clothes iii. or iiij fold dypte in Rose water and layd vpon the rollers according as the mēber requireth Then the splentes inuolued and wond about with wolle or cotten must be placed round about the mēber a finger breth a sonder and bynd them moderatly iently that you compresse not the member And in any case take hede that none of the splentes touch any ioynt if anie be neere the fractured bone for that wil make vlceration and inflammation in the same ioynt Therfore if the fracture be nere to any iointe you muste in that parte make your splents shorter smaller and lighter And yf no dolour no inflāmation no itching no vlceratiō commeth to the fractured part then you may let the splents remain on vnto the xij day or .xv. day yea or vnto the .xx. day But if any of these happeneth then it shal be conuenient to vnrolle the membre the thyrd day and foment it wyth luke warm water wherby both the sharp according matter is washed the paine ceased the itchinge put away And thus much touching the second intention Howe the partes of the bones broken may be conglutinate and ioyned together Chap. iiii SEing that the fractured bones cannot be cōglutinated made to grow firmely together nether by apt conuenient rolling nor splenting nor by puttinge of them in there naturall forme and figure except there be made somwhat to grow out of the norishment of the bone which may cause them to close grow together they call this callus which like a glewe doth glewe them together therfore the thryd intention is to make this callus to grow by al meanes possible But thys must be ingendred of grose earthy parts such is the norishment of the bones Thys callus after the mynde of dyuers doe begynne to grow about the tenth or fortenth daye And that it doth beginne to grow you shall perceyue and iudge by these signes and tokens The Dolour and payne is aswaged the inflammation ceaseth the tumour vanisheth awaye the naturall colour of the member commeth againe to the same And for that the chefe and principal way to make callus grow and ingender standeth in apte and conuenient diet I wyll brefely vtter the same vnto you Although at the beginning of the fracture Hippocrates counselleth that the pacient doe vse a thinne and small diet and that he doe abstayne from fleshe wine for the space of x. daies yet now whē as our scope is to ingender callus you must licence him to vse a more large diet meates that make good iuice that grose somwhat viscous for of such nutriment the bones are norished callus groweth Therfor thei comēd much fine pure wheat boiled in cleane fountain water while the wheat do brust the water being so concocted is somwhat thick They cal thys which vs in england frumentie potage And I suppose it to be that which diuers cal Alica Also the heads fete of beasts are very good in this case cheflye of a kid or els a wether For these do much norish be of grose viscous iuyce Also giue him to drinke good redde wyne when as he goeth to meate but let it be moderatly taken The bignes of callus muste not be eyther bygger or lesser then is requisite for beyng bygger it bryngeth payne to the muscules and yf it be lesser then is it vnable to defende and strengthen the fractured bones How callus shal be kept that it be nether to byg or litle you shal sée set out in the chap. folowing How the accidentes which happen to fractured bones are to be remoued and put away Chap. v. THis fourth scope and intention although it be the last in order yet is it not the least in vertue and vse For it doth show how to remoue all accidentes and thinges against nature which doth let and hinder the curing of the fractured member Suche accidentes for the most part are dolour or paine inflammation itching awound immoderate drines or moyster letting hindring the generatiō of callus gangriena hardnes and the quantitie of callus to much or litle These as I sayd be the chefe enemies to hinder natures worke I will set out the waye to expel and put away euery of them beginning first with the accidentes called dolour or payne with inflammation named of the Grecians phlegmone Therfore if these accidents do infest and besege the fractured member after it be bound rolled dressed you shall with spede lose the ligature and take away the roller then the member being bare and naked you shal foment it with oile of roses vineger and wyth other like medicines before remembred in the theird boke where I writ perticulerly of the cure of these accidentes Nether shall you vse agayne eyther ligature or splentes before the dolour be aswaged and the inflammation ceased except it be onely to strengthen the member and keepe it together But these accidentes beynge expelled then vse your splēts rolling as you did before But if this itching or as they call it in Latyne pruritus with sanies or matter happeneth then Hippocrates and Galene vse to foment the place with water temperatly hote And the later Chirurgians in the like case doe applye salt water vnguentum album vel vnguentum populeon And bind the member as is aforesaid Further more if to the fractured mēber there happeneth a wound ether at the breaking of the bone or els made of the Chirurgian that he maye take oute the shiuers of the bone molesting the muscules or how so euer it doth happen you must if there be any flux of bloud labour to stanch and stay the same with apt and conuenient remedies set out in this booke If inflammation foloweth to the wound it must be repelled If the fleshe be brosed and contused then scarifie the parts for feare that gangrena doth folow And if it so happneth that gangrena doth folow or any deuouring putrefaction then you must cure it as is set oute in our method of curing tumours against nature And if none of these happeneth then you shall vse the like medicines to the cure of the wounde that you do to grene freshe wounds Furthermore if the bones be immoderatly dry whereby the growing of callus is hindred it shal be conuenient the thyrd or fourth day to foment the place with water and when as the
fleshe do rise in a tumour then cease further to vse fomentation except you do intend to euaporate digest the multitude of matter then cease not vntil the tumor goeth away And if moistnes foloweth in the fractured membre leteth the ingendring of callus you shal put it away with conuenient ligature and roling things that doth moderatly exicat Furthermore you shal giue diligence when callus doth grow that it may be staied leste that it wax to great or increased if you think it wil not be of conuenient bignes And both these pointes do consist in diet in the quantitie and qualitie of fomentation and in conuenient medicynes Of medicines those are to be vsed whyche doe moderatly heate and is made plaster wise Among which the piched emplaster is not the lest of price for both doth augment the callus draweth norishment to the broken mēber This is to be vsed when as we thinke to make the callus bigger but if callus be to big then you must make it lesse with medicines which doe digest be astringent Also with cōpressing ligature a plate of lead applied to the callus Also frications fomentations made with oile salt and salt peter or with salt water made hot But if the callus be growē to much that into a hard stony substance then you must cut the flesh and with knifes other conuenient instrumēts the callus it to be minished Also it fortuneth that the callus doth not grow at the accostomed time which commeth of sondry causes that is to say ether of immoderate fomentations or vntimely motion or thorow the multitude of rolling or for that the body is not sufficiently norished which apereth whē as the mēbre affected is lener slenderer then it was naturally Therfore with al diligence you must loke to thys thing aplying hote atractiue medicines to the part cause his diet to be more larger causing the pacient to imbrace mirth banish heuines and such passions of the mind as may bring the body into a melancolike disposition And this shal be the signe and token that the bones fractured be conglutinated with callus when as the rollers thynges wrapt about the mēbre do apere blody no woūd beinge in the mēbre Which thing I suppose do spring when as the substaunce of callus cometh togither going into the holow parts of the bones some droppes of blood are thurst out And thus much shall suffice touching the methode way to cure the bones fractured now will I speake in like sort of luxations and dislocations What a luxation or dislocation is and of their differences Chap. vi ORder euer requireth that what so euer any do take in hande that firste or he procedeth further he do exactly know the nature of the same which he cannot do otherwise then by difinition description Therfore a luxation is the goinge out of a ioynt from his naturall place whereby the voluntarie motion of the member is hyndred the Grecians do name this affection exarthrema There are two onely differences of luxations which are taken according to the bignes of the luxation For if the ioynt be quit oute of his socket and place then it is properly called a luxation but if it be but onely a litle remoued it is then not named a luxation but a wrynche in latyn Subluxatio and pararthrema in Greeke It fortuneth that a ioynt may be fowre maner of wayes dislocated or wrinched that is to saye forward backward higher and lower Excepte certayn which cannot be put out of their place or els but one or two of these wayes But for as much as there ryseth no great vtilitie by numbryng of such ioyntes I wyll leaue of to make mention and wyll intreate of the reducynge of ioyntes dislocated into their proper places And to thys there are fowre intentions to be obserued The first to bring the ioynt into hys natyue and prestinate place The second is the conseruation and keping the ioynt so put in that it doth not slyppe out agayne The thyrd is to defend the member from accidentes as dolour inflammation flux of humours and such like The last scope is to put away those accidentes yf any doe folow these in their proper places I wyl set out beginnyng wyth the fyrst intention How the luxated ioynte is to be reduced to hys naturall seate and place Chap. vii SEyng that the ioynt dislocated and out of his naturall place requireth the reducing again of the same into his wonted seat you shall extend the member into diuers parts decently as is required vntil such time as the space betwixt both bones is empty and voyde Then the bone whych is out of hys place is to be put into the cōtrary parte from that where as he is so placed in hys natyue seat that the emptines of the socket maye agayne be filled with the bone But this extension and streaching oute of the member must be done tenderly and wyth so litle pain as is possible Neither is there one way of extending and streaching out of the luxated mēber for somtime it must be done with the hands only some time with handes and some time with instruments apt and conuenient for the same as appeareth in Hippocrates booke De luxatis fractis How the member luxated brought in the naturall place may be conserued and kept in the same Chap. viii WHen as the member luxated is brought in to his natural place you must wyth al diligence possible labour to confirme the part and kepe the member from slypping out again Wherfore you shal anoint the place with oile of roses and then a fine olde linen cloth wet also in oile of roses shal be applied to the mēber which done you shall vse stufes clothes wet in the white of egges lay them also on the ioynt Last you shal wet your rollers in water and vineger mixed together and rol the member therwt. And if necessitie doth require you maye furthermore make splents of lether or pasted paper and apply thē about the ioynt But giue diligence lest the part be to strait bound rolled for feare of inflāmation These thinges thus finished laye the member in his natural figure shape Neyther shal you except some great and ill accident happen lose the roller open the member before the vij or tenth day at the lest Auicenna willeth that in this case you shall not vse hote clothes or medicines for feare of fluxe and inflammation but rather some refrigeratiue cerote How to defende the member from accidents and to put them away if they happen Chap. ix THe member luxated beyng reduced to hys natural place and confirmed in the same also hauing his perfit shape figure there remaineth to defend the same frō ill accidentes or if such happen or thou be called to the cure to put them away In the defending the member you shal labour to kepe
And although it seeme harde obscure and difficulte at the first face yet folow thou styll the counsell of the wyse Poet who sayeth Assiduo illisu durum cauat vndula saxum Whiche Verses maye bee englished with vs in this maner The watrie droppes so moyst and softe Doth perse hard stones with dropping oft So in like case dere reader the hard names of medicines by oft reding will be persed I meane they wyll be as facile easy vnto you as possible may be Nowe there resteth no more but that thou wylte with the same good wyll and mynde receyue these my trauailes and expences that I frely do offer them vnto thee So doynge I wyll not here staye God wyllyng but perticipate other of my labours with thee Fare moste heartely well in Christ oure Sauiour At my house in London the first day of August 1563. The firste Booke of the Antidotarie conteynynge briefely the simples and compoundes ansvvering to all the intentions curatiue required in the arte of chirurgerie by Thomas Gale Maister in Chirurgerie Of medicines repercussiue bothe simple and compounde Chap. i. MEdicines which doe repell and dryue backe bee of qualitie colde and suche as haue an adstringent facultie although they be whote The vtilitie springinge by the right vse of these is great For we staye by them the fluxe of humours in their beginning Hereof doeth it folowe that we let the generation of inflammations apostemes vlcers feuers dolour and payne Of simple medicines repercussiue these are some in moste vse Waters eyther fountayne or distilled Lectise Bursa pastoris Myntes Purselane Plantyne Colewortes Wormewode Centaurie Melilote Pentaphyllon Knotgrasse Houseléeke bothe great and lesse the leaues toppes of Bramble tree the Myrtle tree Balaustium Galla omphacitis omphacium Vineger wylde Apples and Peares Meddelers Seruise tree and fruite Alume atramentum sutoriū cerusa Litharge acatia bolus armena terra sigillate Hypocisthis aloes amomum agaricke Calcanthum Crocus Coral Haematites Ladanum Myrrha Chrysocolla Cadmia Cinabaris Sanguis draconis Spodium Tragacantha the Oke Cypresse leaues and Myntes Mandrage apples iuse Henbaine Popie whytes of Egges and suche lyke Among compoundes these are numbred whiche doe dryue backe and staye the fluxe of humours Oyle of Roses Cataplasmes made with the iuse of these herbes and with floure Also cerotes as cerotumè Psyllio ceratum rosaceum ceratum myrtinum dracalcitis oleum rosatum vulgare oleum rosatum Mesuae oleum rosatum omphacium oleum Cydoniorum Mesuae vnguentum santallium Mesuae hydrelaeon Galeni Cataplasma Guil. Buttes ad phlegmones vnguentum contra phlegmones pruritus vnguentum Pomphologos Of medicines attractiue simple and compound Chap. ii MEdicines which do drawe attracte be of whote temperature and subtyle partes they doe drawe out of the inward parts as when as anye venemous matter is in the body Also when splents bones scales thornes arrowe heades are fixed in any partes it sucketh oute superfluous moysture in dropsyes and suche lyke sycknesses Medicines simple attractiue be Propolis Sagapenum ammoniacum Opopanax Galbanum Euphorbium Calx viua aristolochia rotunda lepidium Musterd seede Tithymallus Pyrethrum Cantharides Also stercus columbium Gallinaceum anserinum arietinum and all suche lyke fymes Olde oyle also Turpentyne Larigna picea abiectina and suche like as haue a greate vertue attractiue Of compounde medicines they vse oyle of Musterd seede Emplastrum apostolicon Nicholai Oxycroceum Emplastrum ex allijs Aetij and diuers other whiche you shall fynde in the seconde Booke of the Antidotarie Of medicines abstersiue simple and compounde Chapter iii. SVch medicines as do mundifie and cleanse woūds or filthy vlcers are called abstersiues Of which simple cōmonly vsed be Smalag Roses Plantayne Scabiouse Nettles Selondyne Radix dracontij Lupines aristolochia longa rotunda Alume Barley and Beane flower Flos iris anagallis Almones Sotherne wode Sperage Asplemos Wormewood Betes Camepytis Hartes horne cortex Capparis Eleborus albus niger Horehound Parietarie Valerian whaye Honny Staphisagre Nitrū the compoūds are Melicratū Oxycratū Oxymel Oemel Praecipitatis puluis vnguentum Egyptiacum nostrum veride andromachi vnguentum apostolorum vnguentum mundificatiuum Magistrale and diuers other lyke Of resoluing medicines Symple and compounde Chap. iiii WHen as through great fluxis there are humours impacte in anye part then we vse resoluetiue medicines the Gréekes call them Diaphoretica and they be of whoote and moist temperature The simples Diaphoretik are these Whote water whote wyne Oyles that be whoote in qualitie anthemis Linesede Fenegreke Myntes Neppe Calaminth Peneriall Netles Balme Mugworte Camomil Malowes Melilote Dill Stichados Maioram Fumiterry Wormewoode Enula Campana Walworte Helder Valerian Horehounde Smaleage Colewortes Beane and Barlye meale Turpentine Ladanum Sagapenum Galbanum Opopanax Bdellium ammomacū Coliphonium Myrrhe Frankensence and the grese of Geese Capons Hēnes Cranes duks and such lyke Amonge compoundes specified in the seconde Booke these are numbred Barbarum emplastrum Emplastrum ex chalci tide Triapharmacon Diachilon album oyles of elder Lilies Dill Camomille Oleum Rosatum compositum Mesuae Oleum Nardinum compositum Mesuae Emplastrū Henrici octaui Emplast Gul. Firmigonis militis Of medicines mollificatiue simple and compound Chap. v. MEdicines molificatiue whiche properlye in Greke are named Malactica are temperately whote withoute anye manifest qualitie either of moysture or drynesse We vse these medicines when as we wyll mollifie and make softe bodyes whiche bee scirrhous and harde Of the simples which doe mollifie these are all fatnesse Butter Ammoniacum Bdellium Atriplex the rootes of Althea Waxe Colophonie Fengreke Cinamome Saffran Cypresse Galbanum Lyneseede Laudanum Lorrell Lilies Mallowes Opopanax Oesipius Piche Psyllium al Resines the marrowe of a Harte a Calfe and Oxe Storax and Prepolis and Mescelto The chiefest compoundes herein vsed bee Diachylon magnum Mesue Dialthea cum gummis Nicholai Emplastrum de Mellioto mesuae Diamelilotou Andromachi ex Galeno Emplastrum ex allijs Aetij Diachalceteos Galeni Dia chylon mesuae primae descriptionis Ceratum è styrace Ceratum gratia Dei and suche lyke set out in the seconde Booke Of medicines which do suppurate simple and compounde Cap. vi WHen as all hope is paste by other medicines then we take those in vse whyche doe suppurate And note that generallye the great inflamations for the moore parte doe induce payne and palsatiue dolour and come at length to suppuration The simples whiche do suppurate for the moore parte are Althea Branckursine Axungia Butter Calues talow Saffran Waxe Ammomū Fengreke Wheate Barley Cocle flower the rootes of Brionie whyte Lilie heades Ladanum Lyne seede Mastiche Oesypus Piche Frankensence Rosyne Styrax Figges Stichados Smyrnium Of compoundes which be of forse in this case are Picatum ceratum tetrapharmacon Basilicon viride Andromachi Pastillus Musiae Emplastrū ex fremēto Democrati and diuers other which néede no rehearsall Of medicines causticke Chap. vii CAusticke medicynes which doe remoue and take awaye fylthines in vlcers and superfluous fleshe are
also for fistulas it taketh awaye deade fleeshe and restoreth in the place sounde and newe It doeth molifie and heale c. Vnguentum Aegyptiacum Mesuae Rec. Aeruginis fyue dragmes Mellis fouretene dragmes Aceti albi seuen dragmes Boyle these on the fyer and styrre them so longe vntyll it be Redde Other take of thys vnguent sixe vnce Calcanthi vsti ij vnce Olei rosati iij. vnce Cerae quantum sufficit Make all in an vnguent accordyng to arte This is ryghte good agaynst olde woundes Fistulas and also it taketh awaye superfluous fleshe and doth vehemently excicate drie Aliud Ioannis de Vigo Rec. Aquae plantaginis ana ij vnce Vini malorū gran ana ij vnce Mellis ana ij vnce Aluminis rupis ana x. dragmes Aeruginis ana x. dragmes Boyle these together and styrre them so longe vntyll that it waxe redde then reserue it to thy vse It serueth to the lyke effectes as the other before Aliud Guidonis Rec. Mellis one pounde Aceti optimi sixe vnces Aeruginis one vnce Aluminis rupis fiue dragmes Boyle and styrre them so longe together vntyll they waxe redde Then let it coole and keepe it to thy vse Vnguentum defensiuum repercussiuum Brunsvvicensis Rec. Olei rosacei iiij vnce Boli armeni ii vnce Terrae sigillatae ana j. vnce Foenograeci ana j. vnce Caphurae j. dragme Solatri ana j. M. Semperuiui ana j. M. Cerae tvvo vnce Brouse the herbes and strayne them and put them to the other thynges and make of all an vnguent accordyng to arte This vnguent is vsed to defende woundes from accidentes Also in the begynnynge of inflammations to cease or rather let the fluxe of humours Vnguentum incarnatiuum eiusdem Rec. Terebinthinae iiij vnce Mellis halfe an vnce Olibani one dragme Croci one scruple Olei rosacei quantum sufficit Cerae quantum sufficit Make hereof an vnguent accordyng to art It is a ryght good incarnatiue prouokynge and causynge fleshe to growe in all maner of woundes c. Vnguentum ad phlegmones pruritus Rec. Olei rosati thre vnces Infrigidantis Galeni ana j. vnce Vnguenti rosarum ana j. vnce Populionis ana j. vnce Succi plangtaginis ana half a vnce Semperuiui ana half a vnce Vini granatorum ana half a vnce Aceti rosarum ij dragmes Lithargyri auri ana j vnce a halfe Argenti ana j vnce a halfe Cerusae fyue dragmes Tutiae one dragme Put the oyle the iuyces veneger and wyne into a morter of lead and labour them well and put thereto the meneralls in fyne pouder and when they are well wrought put thereto the vnguentes and worke them all together and so make your vnguent This vnguent is for iche of the leggs and inflamation excoriation burning and blisteringe comminge of whote humours and for whote and sharpe vlcerations c. Vnguentum Phomphligos Rec. Olei rosati tenne vnces Cerae albae three vnces Succi Solatri viij vnces Cerusae lotae thre vnces Plumbi vsti ana ii vnces Tutiae ana ii vnces Thuris i vnce Boile the iuyce of nightshad wyth the oyle tyll the iuyce be consumed then put to the wax and when it is relented and set from the fier so that it be neare colde put thereto the Cerusa brunt leade Tutia and Thus made in fyne pouder and searsed through a fine searce sturre them well together and keepe them in a tinne pot c. This vnguent is not onely good in drying vp of vlcerations of the legges and other places of the body but it is also an excellent remedye to preserue a canker vlcerat that it go no further and also a singuler good remedye for all other Canserous vlcerations both in the brest and in all other places of the body Vnguentum Nicolai Florentini A speciall vnguent for the crampe if the Pacient haue no Feuer it was practised by Nicholas Florentine TAke a fatte Gose and take out her bowels then take a Catte and cutte her in smale peeces and put the same peeces into the bellye of the Goose with smale peeces of Bacon Myrrhe and Frankensence mingled all together then sowe vp the bellye of the Goose and put her on a spytte and roste her at a softe fyer Set a dripping panne vnder her with Vineger and whyte Wyne and when the water of the Goose is dropped awaye then let the fatte droppe into the Vineger and the Wyne After take the fatte that swymmeth aboue the Vineger and Wyne and keepe it in a vessell and boyle the Goose agayne in the fore sayde Vineger and Wyne and much fatte wyll come from her agayne and then take thys fatte and mixe it with the first that dropped from her And wyth this vnguent annoynt the member whiche hath the crampe for it is very precious and hath vertue to seace payne to waste consume and drye vp euyll humours and to comforte the members if some of thys vnguent be put into the vnguent vsed in Chamaeleontiasi it helpeth very much doth seace the paine of that contagious sickenes Vnguentum Ioannis de vigo Contra Chamaeleontiasin Rec. Olei spici one vnce Vnguenti pro spasmo tvvo vnces Axungiae porcinae iiij vnces Olibani halfe a vnce Euforbij one dragme and a halfe Vnguentū de althea ana j. vnce Vnguentū Agrippae ana j. vnce Argenti Viui iiij vnces LEt all these be beaten to gether in a morter of Iron or stone tyll no parte of the Argent Viue be seene but see thou mortifye the same fyrste in a little glasse wyth Veneyger and fastynge spattell that it maye the more easelye myngle wyth the foresayd thynges and doe lesse hurte in the workynge lette your Olibinum and Euphorbium be made in fyne Pouder and searsed fyne before you myxe them with the foresayde thynges Prouided alwayes that the matter antecedent be dygested and sufficientlye purged before they laye thys vnguent on the bodye Aliud Vnguentum pro eadem Chamaeleontiasi NOte that this vnguent accordyng as Nicholas Massa and other notable writers both olde and newe dothe testifye it doth heale not onely the paynes of that same contagious sycknes but also the breaking oute of those that be scabed it resolueth harde Apostemes which is called grumas bunches or harde knots of the sinewes of the armes and of other places also it healeth vlcers of euyll curation or harde to be cured Thys vnguent must be applyed vppon the legges the armes and vppon the ioyntes cheflye in the hammes in the bowynge of the armes the wreste of the handes the wreste of the foote and the sooles of the feete Also you must annoynt the soores therewythall but beware ye laye not thys vnguent nie the principall partes as the breaste and the stomacke but you maye annoynte the shulder blades the buttockes wyth it and yf nede be ye maye laye a lyttle on the foreheade and thys is the makyngs of it Rec. Axungiae porcinae the lyttle skynnes taken from it withoute meltyng of
Argent Viue one pounde Put these in a Glasse styll wyth hys receptorye well luted Cum luto sapientiae and styll it so long vntyll the glasse waxe redde Put awaye the water and the Argent Viue that is combust whych the Alchymistes call precipitate make in fyne pouder vppon a marble stone then myxe hym with hys water agayne and destyll hym as before Then breake the Glasse and take hym oute and make hym in fyne pouder After put hym in some vessell of Brase and wyth a slise also of Brasse sturre it beyng on a sharppe and greate fyre vntyll it looke lyke redde leade c. Alius rubeus Brunsuicensis Rec. Matris perlarū combust ana i. vnce Pompholigos ana i. vnce Lithargyri ana i. vnce Boli armeni ana i. vnce Terrae Sigillatae ana i. vnce Sangui draconis ana i. vnce Aeruginis aeris ana i. vnce Caphurae one dragme Make these in fine and subtyle pouder Thys is a ryghte perfyte exciccatiue pouder and wyll not suffer superfluous or yll fleshe to growe in the wounde Alius Puluis rubeus eiusdem Rec. Sanguinis draconis ana one vnce Olibani ana one vnce Aloes hepaticae ana one vnce Sarcocollae ana one vnce Irios halfe an vnce fiat puluis Thys pouder is vsed in stanchynge of bloude in woundes and is also an incarnatiue Puluis Longobardorum Rec. Sanguinis draconis ana i. vnce Boli armeni ana i. vnce Terrae Sigillate ana i. vnce Balaustiorum ana one vnce and a halfe Acatie ana one vnce and a halfe Hypocisthidis ana one vnce and a halfe Nucum cupressi ana one vnce and a halfe Mumiae ana tvvo dragmes Mastiches ana tvvo dragmes Thuris ana tvvo dragmes Sang. humani combusti one vnce pilorum Leporis combust thre vnces fiat puluis It is excellent in lettynge of the fluxe of blood and doeth also conglutinate woundes and ioyne their sydes together c. Puluis ad sanguinem sistendum Rec. Sanguinis draconis j. vnce a halfe Olibani ij vnce Mastiches j. vnce Aloes hepaticae vj. dragmes Sarcocollae v dragmes Iridis ana vnce sc Pulueris molaris ana vnce sc Make all these in fyne Pouder and keepe it in a Glasse This Pouder doeth restraine the bleedynge of woundes if they bee stitched accordynge to the arte of Chirurgirie and layed vppon the wounde mixed wyth the whyte of an an Egge and a lyttle greene Balme layde vppon lynte and so applyed to the wounde it maketh the fleeshe to growe together in shorte tyme and keepeth the wounde from putrifaction and payne and suche like accidentes c. Puluis Lanfranci pro eodem Rec. Olibani tvvo vnces Sanguinis draconis ana one vnce and a halfe Boli armoniaci ana one vnce and a halfe Mastiches ana half an vnce Pulueris molaris ana half an vnce Aloes cecotrinae three dragmes Make all these in fyne pouder accordynge to arte and kepe them in a glasse and myxe it with the whyte of an Egge and grene Balme when you wyll vse it as is aforesayde Puluis restrictiuuis Rec. Pulueris molaris ana syxe vnce Farinae Hordeaciae ana syxe vnce Gummi dragaganti ana ij vnces Gummi arabici ana ij vnces Olibani ana ij vnces Mumiae ana j. vnce Boli armeni ana j. vnce Make all these in fyne Pouder accordynge to arte This pouder is good for broken bones of the Legges Armes or any other place of the bodye And when you do minister it it muste bee mingled wyth the whyte of an Egge well beaten together and it must bee spredde vppon a lynnen clothe double And when you haue reduced and put the bone that is broken into hys ryghte place agayne so that it stande euen and strayghte as it dyd before you maye applye this medicine vppon it or rounde aboute it as the cause doeth requyre Layinge the member euen vppon a bourde or vppon some thynge made for the same purpose But you must be sure to defende the member wyth a good defensiue that no euyll accidentes come vnto it and see that the member be very well splented wyth good and conuenient splentes and take hede that you bynde not the member to strayte or faste least you stoppe the course of the lyuelye spirites and so the man maye both lose his member and hys lyfe This pouder maye lye on to the seuenth daye or the tenth daye if there come no euyll accidentes and then refreshe it agayne as you dyd before and yf anye accidentes come to the member you muste remoue it the soner and annoynt it wyth warme oyle as is aforesayde This pouder is good also for woundes for it stoppeth bledyng and maketh the wound quicklye to consolidate yf it be layde vpon the other two pouders aforesayde or on eyther of them in maner of a plaster when they are myngled wyth the greene Baulme as is aforesayde in their places Cataplasma D. Gul. Buttees ad phlegmones Take a fatte peece of vealle or a Capon and boyle it in water and whyte wyne then strayne it from the fleeshe and set the same licour ouer the fier agayne and put thereto Maluarum M.ij. Fol. Violarum ana M.j. Solatri ana M.j. Boyle them tyll they be softe and tender and then take it from the fier and power awaye the licour and stampe the herbes fyne in a morter and put thereto Barley mealle asmuch as shall suffice to make it lyke a Cataplasme or Pultis accordyng to arte Cataplasma eiusdem ad dolorem sedandum Rec. Maluarum ana M.ij. Fol. Violarum ana M.ij. Florum chamomillae ana M.j. Foliorum rosarum ana M.j. Boyle all these in mylke tyll they be softe and tender then put them in a morter and stampe them small and put thereto Vnguenti rosarum ana j. vnce and a halfe Vnguenti populij ana j. vnce and a halfe Vitella ouorum numero .ij. Farinae hordei tvvo vnces Incorporate all these together and when you shall occupie it sprede it thycke on a clothe and warme it agaynst the fyer and yf there be anye harde indurate matter in the member then put there to the mucylage of marche Malowe rotes and Seminis psylij ana halfe an vnce Cataplasma Diaphoreticum D. Gul. Cunynghami Medici Rec. Foliorum Sambuci ana M.ij. Saluiae ana M.ij. Rutae ana M.ij. Altheae ana M.ij. Chamomilli ana M.ij. Brouse and cutte these smalle and boyle them in the decoction of Lyneseede and Fengreeke And when they haue boyled vntyll they bee tender and softe adde to them Olei irini ana j. vnce a halfe Anethini ana j. vnce a halfe Castorij ana j. vnce a halfe Boyle them agayne together and make a Cataplasme accordyng to arte This Cataplasme is good to resolue and mollifie all hardnesse of ioyntes and grosse and slymye humours whiche are impacte in the same Therefore it is profitable in passions of the ioyntes Chiragra Podagra Sciatica and suche lyke Also it maye