putte it warme in the eye it shal be merueylous good For the same intentyon we haue proued thys remedye folowyng whiche resolueth mattyer conioyncte and conforteth the syght Another â„ž of Fenugreke thryse washed in barley water Ê’ ij of melilote of the leaues of swete Fenel or els of the sede therof of eche a litle of rose water â„¥ iij. of Fenel water â„¥ ij Seethe them all in a glasse vnto the consumption of the thyrde parte than strayne them and adde to the straynynge of sugre candie Ê’ ij of sarcocoll dissolued in womans mylke of Tutia Ana Ê’ j. meÌ„gle them all together and vse them as it is sayde before Furthermore wyth thyes two remedies aforesayd it is good to applie vpoÌ„ the eye the same houre thies two descriptyons folowynge in makynge often euaporatyon Resolutyue of whych the first is after this forme â„ž of fenel leaues of melilote Ana. mÌ„ ss of Roses sticados Camomil of euery one a lytle of fenugreke wasshed as is aforesayde â„¥ ss lette them boyle all wyth a sufficient quantyte of fenel water and asmuche rose water and a lytle odoriferous whyte wyne vnto the consumptyon of the thyrde parte than strayne them and laye on the eye a fyne sponge weeted in thys decoctyon beynge hote Another The seconde is this â„ž of melilote of branne Ana. mÌ„ j. of camomyl of roses Ana. mÌ„ ss of fenel leaues mÌ„ j. ss of sticados a litle Cutte thies thiÌ„ges small make two litle light bagges and boyle them with sufficient quantytie of water of fenel odoriferous wyne vntyll the thyrde parte be consumed and laie them vpon the eyes wyth a sponge as is aforesayde and let them be actually hote Thies two remedies as we haue said beÌ„ of good operation in resoluyng of grosse mattyer confortyng the syght and they be the remedies that we haue proued in the cure of optalmia caused of hote humours Against colde humours It remayneth that we describe with lyke breifnes remedies agaynste optalmia caused of coulde mattyer and grosse for the accomplisshement of the fyfte intentyon Wherfore whan optalmia is engendred of grosse mattyer namely flegmatyke or melancholyke or of melancholie mengled with fleame in the begynnynge for the curatyon therof some purgatyoÌ„ going before put thys collyrie beyng actually hote in to the eye Collyrium â„ž of rose water and Fenel Ana â„¥ j. of womans mylke â„¥ iij. of sugre candie of syrupe of roses Ê’ i. and ss of whyte Sief wythout opium Ê’ j. mengle them and make a collyrie accordynge to arte To this intentyon it is conuenient to take an apple rosted vndre coales and strayned and than to putte to A plaister of an apple a lytle Rose water and the yolke of an Egge and a lytle saffran settyng it on the fyere and laiynge it vpon the eye after the maner of a plaister It appayseth payne and heuines of the eye Thyes two remedies ben good after the begynnyng vnto the tyme of augmentatyon and of state Also in thys intention it is good to take the whyte of an Egge A water somwhat roosted vndre coales and than beateÌ„ addyng of rose water â„¥ j. offenell water â„¥ j. and. ss and asmuche of the water of mirtille flours of tutia Ê’ ss beate theÌ„ al together the space of two houres than lette them stande and afterward strayne them thorough a thycke cloth and put the liquour in to the eye This remedie is good in the begynnynge of optalmia Also to cease the payne of the place To cease payne it is good to take the cromes of bread to dippe it in the brothe of an henne or of other flesshe beyng fressh and to put it betwene two pieces of flaxe laye vpon the sore eye beyng actually hote In the state and in the declinatyoÌ„ ye may conueniently applie the remedyes vndre wrytten wythin wtout A decoctyon of whyche the fyrst is thys â„ž of fenel water of rose water Ana â„¥ ij of odoriferous wyne of water of Eufrage Ana â„¥ j. of Tutia Ê’ j. of aloes hepatyke of cloues Ana â„¥ ss of sarcocolle dissolued in womans mylke ℈ ij of suggre candye of syrupe of roses â„¥ ss beate thyes foresayde thynges to gether and mengle them wyth the sayd wyne and waters beynge somwhat hote and strayne them thorough a thycke linnen clothe and kepe the liquor in a glasse and put it in the eye hote Anothâ—r resolutyue To thys intentyon auayleth a decoctyon of fenugreke of melilote of swete fenel and fresch wyth a suffycient quantytie of water of fenel and wyth suggre candie of syrupe de duabus radicibus lette them boyle to the consumptyon of the thyrde parte and putte to in the ende of odoriferous whyte wyne somuch as shal amouÌ„te to the thyrde parte of the decoctyon than lette them boyle agayne a lytle and strayne them and vse thereof puttynge it hote in to the eye Thys water as ye maye knowe by the symples that go therunto hath great vertue to make thynne grosse mattyer and to resolue the mattyer beynge thynned and it appaysethe the gryefe of the place and conforteth the syght Furthermore ye maye conueniently admynystre the two remedyes aboue wrytten at the begynnynge of the fyfthe intentyon appliynge them vpon the sore parte the one wyth a sponge and the other in the forme of a lytle bagge We haue founde the grene water of oure descriptyon to haue greate efficacyte in the declinatyon of optalmia caused of a flegmatyke mattyer and that it resoluethe the mattyer that coulde not be resolued by the effecte of other medicynes desiccatyue and resolutyue and it is in thys forme â„ž of rose water of the water of Fenell The gâ—ene water Ana â„¥ j. of the water of eufragye and selandyne Ana Ê’ ij of odoriferous and cleare whyte wyne â„¥ j. and. ss of sarcocolle dissolued in womans mylke of verdegres ℈ j. mengle thyes thynges together the water and the wyne beyng fyrst heated tyll they begynne to seeth and than strayne them Thys water mundifyeth all grosse mattyer engendred in the eye and clarifyeth the eye from all rednes procedynge of grosse and colde mattyer The syxte intentyon whyche is to correcte the accidentes shal be accomplished by the applicatyon of sondrye remedyes accordynge to the diuersyte of the places in whyche the accideÌ„tes be and accordynge to the dyuersyte of the sayde accidentes Accidentes The accidentes that communelye chaunce in thys disease are these vehement payne cheifely whan it is caused of an hote mattyer vlceratyon of the eye lyddes and of the skynne called Cornea and of the skynne coniunctyua and spottes of the same and also quytture retayned betwene Cornea and coniunctyua To take awaye the payne caused of an hote mattyer yf the remedyes aboue wrytten of a rosted Apple and other bee not suffycient it shal be conuenyent to procede wyth medicynes in to whyche Opium entrethe whereof oure descriptyon hathe been euer as it
it is conuenyente to wasshe the place wyth redde wyne and water of plantayne and decoction of rooses of the floures of pomegranates of mirtilles with a litle alume for it causeth good cycratrizacion Lyke wyse it is good to vse the poudre cycatrisatyue of bole armeny after oure descrypcyon As touchynge the chafyng and excoryacion of the yarde we haue spoken therof in a peculyer chapter in the booke of apostemes c. ¶ Here foloweth the fyfte treatise of the fourth booke The first chapiter of a fystule of the fundamente The fistule of the fundament Festule of the fundamente is engendred often tymes of some rotten aposteme chefelye when the matter is retained within a longe time for the place is redy to receaue corruption and corrosion of the quitture Some times it begynneth of pustles or lytle apostemes lefte vnhealed Lykewyse it is often engendred by the payne of the emoroides by reason of the aliaunce of those partes and throughe the reteynynge of matter accustomed to be purged by the veynes emorroydalle once or twyse in a yere And alto somtimes it is engendred throughe vlceracyon of the gutte talled intestinum rectum Of these vlceres some perce in and some perce not kyndes of fistules Of those that perce vnto the muskle of the gutte called intestinum rectum some perce aboue the sayde gutte Item some of them are holowe whyche stretche them selfes into sondrye places some go downewarde depelye that is to saye towearde the bladder or towarde the back bone or towarde the haunches somtyme towarde the skynne called perytonium as we haue sene in our tyme. Ye may haue knowledge of the percynge of the sayde vlceres partelye by the lytle profytynge of medycynes and partely by the long contynuaunce of the same and when throughe the mouth therof there issueth out dyrtye matter Also ye may knowe them by puttynge into the vlcered place a provete of syluer guydyng it with the lyft hande towarde the fundemente and puttynge in the lytle fynger of youre ryght hande annoynted with oyle of roses For yf it perce vnto the gut ye shall feale the prouet with youre fynger The cure of a fistula that percehe within the muscule of the gutte ☞ a purgation of the bodye and conueniente diete presupposed hath one kind of healynge besydes the common intentions in the proper chapiters of fistules where it is declared that the narowe place muste be enlarged and mortified as ye maye there see The maner of the sayde cure is this Ye muste anoynte youre formoste fynger of your ryght or lefte hand as it shall seme good with oyle of roses and ye must put the sayd fynger into the fundamente accordynge to the situation of the fistula and therwithal ye must conducte a croked sharpe instrument called Phalac or Gamaut by the mouthe of the fistula towardes the fundamente tyll ye feale the poynte of the seyde instrumente vnder your fynger whiche done drawe out your fynger and make incision from one mouth to an other directly drawing the poynte of the instrumente by the fundamente that the emeroidal veynes be not hurte And before the sayde incision be sure of the trewe percynge by puttyng in of a prouet of syluer or a leden nedle yf nede be After incision ye shall dygeste the place with a dygestyue of terrebentyne and of the yolckes of egges with a lytle saffron And yf there remayne anye harde flesshe ye shall remoue it with vnguentum egiptiacum or with oure pouder of Mercurye And after the admynystation of sharpe thynges it is good to puryfye the place and to prepare the incarnacyon wyth a mundyfycatiue of smalle ge wrytten in oure antidotarie in the chapter of abserstyue medecynes Whan the place is mundyfyed ye shall incarne it wyth sarcocolle aloes epatyke clere terebentyne and a lytle honye of rooses myngled therewyth Also vnguentum de minio maye well he admynistred in all tymes of thys fystula Lykewyse to make a good cycatrize ye shal washe the place wyth water of plantayne soden wyth rooses and myrtilles and mirabolans cytrynes and a lytle alume and honye of rooses The doctoures haue wrytten manye other remedyes whyche cannot be vsed wythoute greate payne and daunger of apostemacion One is by a syngle lace whyche is reproued by dyscrete chirurgiens the seconde is by a threede anoynted wyth a sharpe and stronge medecyne conductynge the same frome one mouth to the other and some commauÌ„d to cauterise the place wyth an hote yron frome the conduit of the fundamente vnto the mouthe of the fystule And fyrste they put in a threde wyth a ledyn nedle and after the cauterisation they drawe out the threde frome one mouth to another ☜ Here ye shall note thys one thynge that yf the fistule perce vppon the gut thre or foure ynches vnto the muscule ye muste vse no incision for after incision the pacyente shulde haue no power to retayne hys excrymentes for as Rases saythe in the ende of thys gutte there is a muscle bindyng keping in the excremeÌ„tes according to the wyll of the pacyente Wherfore it shall suffyce in thys case to receaue a palliatiue curation I saye also that yf the fystule go towarde the bladder or the boones of the haunches or the tayle of the backebone ye muste not procede butte wyth a pallyatyue cure for ye shal get nothyng thereby but dishonoure and hurte .c. The seconde chapter of the cure of holowe and fystulous vlceres of the fundamente that perce not Vlceres of the fundamente â— not perâ—ynge THe vlceres of the fundament that perce not are engendred of the same causes that percynge vlceres are The cure wherof conuenyente purgacyon and ordinaunce of dyet presupposed is the selfe same with the other vlceres declared set forth in the vniuersall chapyter of vlceres Howebeit I will describe the maner that I haue vsed in suche vlcers wherfore in the curation of holowe vlceres for moste commonly they be holowe I was wount to mundyfye the holowenes with vnguentum egiptiacum dissolued with lye casting it into the vlcere with a siringe or in the stede therof I conueyd in our pouder with a litle lye after the maner aforesayd And when the mouthe was verye streyte I dyd enlarge it and remoued the hardnes therof with a trosciske of minium or with a caustike of capitelle with a cautele or prouision described in the chapiter of fleshye knobbes in the booke of apostemes And whan I coude not roote oute suche a fystula by this meane I vsed incisyon and afterwarde mundefied the place with oure pouder or with vnguentum egiptiacum aloone or myngled asmuche wyth vnguentum apostolorum tyll the place was parfytelye mundyfied of all euell fleshe and matter Fynallye for incarnacyon and sygillacion I vsed the remedyes wrytten in the former chapyter And for as muche as these places are wont to be enflamed throughe sharpe medycines or to
of beane floure ℥ ij of the leaues of a mirte tree brought to a poudre of roses ana ʒ iij. of bole armenie of terra sigillata ana ʒ ij and ss of all the saūders ana ʒ i. of frankencense aloes ana ʒ i. mengle them make a cerote wyth sufficient whyte waxe Thys cerote is very good to be layed vpon the foreheade But when the matter is hote take away the franken sence and aloes And yf the matter be colde ioyne them thervnto Furthermore there is sometymes foūd an optalmie caused of grosse matter wyth aggrauatiue or heuie payne of the temples of the heade For the curation wherof we haue foūde repercussiue medicines wyth euaporation and hote resolution to be conuenient But it is contrary when thinges only repercussiue ben administred as we haue proued in the ryght eye of the cardinall vulterane whych was vexed a lōge tyme wyth an optalmie cause of grosse matter catarrhous descending from the brayne as we the chirurgiens that were presēt iudged The pockets hath not spared all the spiritualtie But in dede the matter that caused thys optalmie was grosse came of the frenche pockes therfore we perceaued that colde repercussiues layed vpō the forheade profyted nothynge But it was nedeful to driue backe the matter with some resolution cōfortation of the place Resolutiue Whyche resolutiue was ordeyned after thys sorte ℞ of camomille melilote fenugreke of roses mirtilles ana m̄ ss of squinantū of wormewoode of eche a lytle Seeth these thynges with water wyne tyll halfe be consumed make a styffe playster in the decoction wyth the floure of lentiles beanes This playster layed vpon the forehead as it appeareth to hym that cōsydereth the simples that go into it when the mater is grosse hath vertue to resolue swage payne wyth confortation defendeth the sayd matter to come to the place An other This discription that foloweth is good in lyke case ℞ of the oyle of myrte roses camomille ana ℥ ij of beane floure ℥ iiij of branne wel groūde ℥ i. of roses of myrtilles ana ℥ ss of bole armenie of terra sigillata ana ℥ vi of all the saūders ana ʒ i. of whyte waxe ʒ x. make it after the maner of a cerote at the fyer wyth sufficient newe wyne Here ye shall note that though Auicenne hath forbyddē all remedyes ☜ in whych oyle entreth in the dysease optalmia to be layed vpon the foreheade neuertheles we haue proued often the foresaid remedyes with the profyte of the patiētes our owne worshyp The fyfte intentiō is accōplished by the administration of dyuerse medicines vppon the sore place as we haue sayd after the dyuersite of the tyme and dysease we haue foūde that at the beginnynge whē the matter is hote it is good to take the whyte of an egge somwhat sodden beatē with a lytle rose water a lytle tutia preparate To be ministred in the eyes Tutia to strayne it through a cerser and put into the eye a lytle of the water that cōmeth oute of the pressyng or straynyng luke warme Also at the begynnynge whyte Sief without Opiū put warme into the eye Sirf the space of thre or foure dayes beyng dyssolued wyth rose water vpon a barbiers whette stone is a presente remedye Furthermore besydes these two remedyes we haue proued thys good that foloweth A playster of an apple Take an apple rosted vnder the coales bruse it and straine it wyth a lytle rose water and womans mylke and the yolke of a newe layed egge mengle them all together seeth them a lytle and make them after the maner of a playster and laye it to the eye It swageth merueylously the paine and conforteth the sore eye In the augmentation and cheifely at the begynnynge of the sayde augmentatyon vnto the ende we haue proued the remedye folowynge to be of great efficacite Mandificatyue ℞ of Rose water ℥ vj. of the seede of quinces ʒ j. lette thē boyle in a glasse tyll they receyue a muscilaginous or slymie forme thā strayne them and adde to the straynynge of whyte Sief wythout Opium ʒ ij of womās mylke noursyng a wenche ʒ ss of Tutia preparate ʒ j. and. ss of suggre candie of Syrupe of roses ʒ j. mengle them all together strayne them and kepe thē in a glasse wyth a peece of flaxe If you wolde haue the water more mundificatyue adde a dramme of Myrobolanes Citrines And yf the place be greatly enflamed ye must putte to ℈ j. of Camphor for it causeth the payne and the inflammation to cease Further more in the middes of augmentatyon in the ende thereof durynge the state of optalmia it shal be conuenyent to minister thys remedie folowynge ℞ of muscilage made of the seede of quinces Collirium and fenugreke in rose water ℥ j. of whyte Sief without Opium ʒ ij of suggre candie of syrupe de duabus radicibus ʒ j. of suggre candie of syrupe of Roses ʒ j. of sarcocolle in womans mylke ʒ ss mēgle them al to gether and make a collyrye accordyng to arte We haue also foūde it good in this case to washe the eyes wyth the water of a decoctiō of barley beynge warme Decoction of barley For it scoureth awaye the blerenes of the eyes and quencheth the heate of hote mattyer Also we haue proued the mylk of a woman noursyng a mayde childe to be expedient in the tyme afore sayde Item in the sayd tyme ye may profytably laye vpon the eye to resolue and swage the payne the cromes of breade steped in rose water and in the water of Endiuie Also the foresayde playster of an apple is good in thys case and in the sayde tyme. We coulde declare manye other remedies wrytten by the aunciēt and later doctours touchynge the cure of the sayde two tymes of thys disease but bycause we haue founde but lytle profytte in thē we haue wrytten those only whyche we haue proued to be true After that the augmentatyō is passed we haue founde good operatyon in thys remedie folowynge ℞ of sarcocolle dissolued in womans mylke ʒ j. A water of aloes hepatike thryse washed in water of roses ℈ ij of whyte Sief wythout Opium of Tutia preparate Ana ʒ ss of cloues ℈ j. of sugre candye of syrupe of roses ʒ ij of water of roses ℥ iij. of odoriferous whyte wyne hauynge moderate strength ℥ j. and. ss braye the thynges that ben to be braied after the maner of arcolfol thā mēgle thē al together with the wyne heated and rose water and put it in a glasse styryng it about ones a day that the strengthe thereof maye be quyckned Note that yf ye strayne thys water thorough a thycke lynnen clothe and kepe the residue that remaineth in the sayde clothe in the glasse in a lytle bagge and afterwarde presse it tyll thre or foure droppes issue out
with resolution and that by thys playster folowing R. of the leaues of mallowes and violettes ana mÌ„ .ii. of apples rosted vnder coales â„¥ iiii seeth in sufficiente water the mallowes violettes wyth mÌ„ i. of barley than stampe them and strayne them and adde to the strayning of barley floure â„¥ i. and ss of buttyre â„¥ ii of freshe hennes grefe â„¥ i. lette them boyle agayne wyth a sufficient quaÌ„titie of the decoction and make a styffe playster adding in the ende the yolkes of thre egges and a lytle saffranne Thys plaister hathe greate vertue as ye maye knowe by the symples of whyche it is compounde that is to saye it hath power to rype flegmons and froÌ„cles and to resolue theÌ„ if nature wyll that they be resolued it draweth not humours to the place Whan ye perceyue that the place is come to good rypenesse it is conueniente to open the place wyth a lancette makinge a lytle incisioÌ„ of which incision we haue spoken sufficientlye in the chapiter of incision of exitures hauynge an harde skynne whereunto resorte accordinge to necessitie After thys incision digeste the place mundifye incarne and seale it vp by the remedyes written in the chapiter of flegmon Touchynge the carbuncle we say bycause of the nobilitie of the place bicause the disease gyueth no truce Carbuncle and is of greate actiuitie that there is no better remedy than to cauterise the place wyth an hote yron so that the eye be kepte vnhurte Thus the carbuÌ„cle may be easely mortifyed Or elles in the stede of cauterization ye maye make scarification and washe it wyth lye and than laye Vnguentum Egyptiacum vpon the carbuncle after the description of Auicenne wherof the effecte is to byte away the euyll fleshe and to conserue the good But laye euer aboute the defensife of bole armenye wrytten in the cha of the cure of obtalmie After that the carbuncle is mortifyed whyche thynge is sone knowen by alienation of the accidentes and by the appearynge of a circle rounde aboute than procure that the eschare fall by the administratioÌ„ of thys playster R. of mallowe leaues Plaister to remoue an eschare and violettes ana mÌ„ i. of the rootes of holyhocke of Langdebeefe ana â„¥ ii of the seede of quynces Ê’ ii of apples in nombre .iii. Seeth them all perfectlye in sufficiente water and than make a styffe plaister at the fyer after that ye haue staÌ„ped and strayned al the foresayd thynges addynge the yolkes of thre egges of buttyre â„¥ iii. This playster taketh awaye easelye the eschare and the euil complectioÌ„ that is aboue the eschare and it dothe more aboute the eschare in one day yf ye annoynt the eschared place with buttire before ye lay on the playster than other medicines do in many dayes After that the eschare is taken away for the muÌ„dificatioÌ„ incarnation and sigillatioÌ„ ye must procede accordyng to that that is wrytten the in cha of a carbuncle where we haue wrytten manye remedies for the curation of thys disease and also of a purgation and flebotomy to be vsed in this case ¶ The .vii. cha of Ordeolum Ordeolum ORdeoluÌ„ is a lytle Pustle caused of saÌ„guine mattier which chaunceth ofte in the ende of the eyelidde it is coÌ„munelye no greater than a barley corne And for asmuche as thys pustle is caused of benigne mattier and is of a smal quantitie it is easely healed At the begynnyng for the maturation of it ye maye vse thys playster R. of raysines Plaister â„¥ i. of the leaues of mallowes violettes anÌ„ mÌ„ ss of apples iii. in nombre Seeth them wel in sufficient water than stampe them and strayne them adde vnto the strayning the yolkes of two egges of buttyre of barley floure anÌ„ â„¥ ss of saffraÌ„ a lytle Let them seeth agayne Thys playster breaketh the sayd pustle and purgeth it and apayseth the payne Here foloweth another playster to the same intentioÌ„ whych is more maturatiue than the foresayde Another plaister R. of the meate of apples rosted â„¥ iii. of raysenes clensed and wythout stones Ê’ vii stampe them al and straine them adding to the strayning of wheat flour of womans mylke of freshe buttyre anÌ„ â„¥ ss meÌ„gle them and make a styffe playster puttyng to in the ende of the decoction the yolke of an egge Two dayes after the openynge of this pustle ye must lay vpon it a playster of whyte diaquilon wtout guÌ„me of oure description wherof we wyll speake by the grace of god in our Antidotarie we suppose these remedyes to be sufficient for the cure of ordeoluÌ„ Thus we ende thys cha For whyche the name of god be praysed ¶ The .viii. cha of knobbes that chaunce in the eye liddes THere are often engendred vpon the eyelyddes certayne nodes or knobbes Knottes vpoÌ„ the eye liddes of flegmatik or melancholyke mattier they ben somtymes fleshye sometymes ful of quitterous mattier like a chestnutte halfe chewed Somtimes they are full of mattier lyke hony and therfore they are called nodi mellini For the curation whereof so that the generall rules be kept there is no greater remedye Nodi mellin yf ye perceaue that they caÌ„ not be healed by reasolutiues declared in the cha of nodes in general Incision than to make incision in such largenes that the matier thynne skyn coÌ„teyninge it be vtterly taken away If the sayde skynne can not be taken away at the time of incision putte in to the place where the node was a lytle of vnguentum egyptiacum or a lytle of caustyke of capitel the warelye and in such tyme as the sayde node is in the outwarde part of the eyelidde If it be in the inwarde part turne the eye lidde outwarde and cut the node wyth a conueniente instrumente and draw out that that is conteined in it ThaÌ„ rub it with an yroÌ„ called a stile or a poyntell wrapped in cotton and dipped in the foresayde ruptorie holding it vpon the place where the node was the space of a crede sayenge and afterwarde incontinently washe the place with barley water and rose water together and that often for it swageth payne caused by the incisioÌ„ and by the applycatioÌ„ of the said ruptorie Thys is the doctrine of this present cha for the curation of nodes for which the name of god be praysed ¶ The .ix. of a disease in the nose called polypus THere is ofteÌ„ times en gendred in the nose a superfluous fleshe of catarrhous Polipus flegmatyke or melancholike mattier whych is called of the doctrous polypus Of which polypus there are two kyndes after Auicenne Câ—â—kerous Rasis one is cankerous harde and cleauynge to the grystelles of the nose and it is large in hys place of duskische coloure wythout moystnes and for the moost part vlcered it stynketh sore chiefly whan it is vlcered and it causeth the nose to swell in the toppe whyche swellyng is of blewysch
procede wyth the remedyes resolutyue noted in the chaptre of an Aposteme in the necke lyke wyse touchyng maturatiues ye shal vse them that are declared in the sayde Chapitres After maturation open the place after the length Incision and after the quantite of the Aposteme as we sayde in the former chapiter Afterwarde yf nede requyre digest the place with a digestiue of terebentine and of oile of roses hote and a lytle Saffran the space of thre or foure dayes The rest of the curation shall be accomplysshed as it is wrytten in the Chaptre of the cure of Flegmon Oyntment if the matter be colde Yf the mattier of the Aposteme be colde ye shal annoynt the place with this oyntment folowynge â„ž of oyle of Camomylle Roses Dyll lyllyes ana â„¥ i. and. ss of oyle of spyke â„¥ i. of whyte waxe as moche as shall suffyse make a lyniment addynge of Saffran Ê’ ss annoynt the place herewyth laying vpon it vnwashed wol taken from betwene the legges of a shepe And thus procede thre or foure dayes An other Item ye maye applye the Playstre folowynge whych is more resolutiue than the other â„ž of the crommes of breed steped in thynges that resolue as coriandre melilote camomylle dylle holyhocke a lytle organie squinantum and sticados Let all these thynges be sodden in water and wyne Than wyth the oyle of Roses Camomylle and Dylle and with breed lythed in the sayd decoction and brosed make a styffe playstre accordynge to arte addyng of beane floure â„¥ iii. To the same intention a sponge moysted in the same decoction and layed hote vpon the Aposteme is very good Yf ye perceyue that this aposteme can not so be resolued than ye maye rype it wyth this maturatyue â„ž of the rootes of whyte lyllyes A maturatiue â„¥ iiii of the rootes of holyhocke halfe a pouÌ„d Seethe them all in water and than stampe them and strayne them and in the decoction wyth the floure of wheate Femâ—greke and lyneseede make a styffe Playstre addynge of buttyre of swynes grese Ana â„¥ iii. of Saffran ℈ i. and the yolkes of thre egges Incision Note that this Aposteme muste be opened betwene the maturation that begynneth and perfecte maturation that the mattier maye not pearce vnto the nuke and the synnowes thereof After incision let the Aposteme be dygested wyth a dygestyue of terebentyne and the yolke of an egge the space of thre or foure dayes For the accomplysshement of all other intentions ye shall procede accordynge to the doctryne wrytten in the Chaptre of Apostemes in the necke Note this that yf the vlcer touche a synnowye place or the Nuke and corrupte the boones than thoughe true cure be despeared neuerthelesse as moche as is possyble ye shall take awaye the corruption with raspatoryes and after conuenient instrumeÌ„tes and not wyth actuall cauteries by reason of the daunger that there is to touche the nuke or the synnowes For a gentle mundification we couÌ„sayle to vse the oyle of the yolkes of egges and honye of roses and a lytle sarcocoll and myrre Yf the place be full of lytle holes mundifye it wyth lotions and with the remedyes declared in the former Chapitres Thus endeth this Chaptre for the which God be praysed c. ¶ The .iii Chaptre Of the payne of the backe bone IF the payne that chaunceth in the backe bone Payne in the backe bone be caused of an hote matter ye shal anoynt the place with oile of Roses omphacine and with a lytle oyle of Camomylle beinge actually hote Yf the payne be caused of an euyll hote complexion ye shall vse onelye oyle of Roses omphacine And after the vnction of the sayde oyle ye muste laye to a sponge dypped in a decoction of roses of Myrtiles seed and leaues of barleye and whyte saunders Purgation Yf the payne be caused of colde mattier after a Purgation of the heed by the takynge of pylles de Iera cum agarico or pylles called sine quibus esse nolo of eche Ê’ ss or wyth pylles aggregatiue Annoynte the paynefull place wyth thys vnction â„ž of the oyle of Camomylle Oyntment of lyllyes spyke and dyll ana â„¥ i. of squinantum wormewoodde sticados Camomylle of euerye one a lytle of odoriferous wyne one Cyathe of grounde wormes wasshed wyth wyne â„¥ i. Lette them boyle all togyther tyll the wyne be consumed than strayne them and adde to the straynynge of Hipericon Ê’ vi of Saffran ℈ i. of whyte waxe Ê’ x. Lette them boyle agayne and than make a liniment Item to this intention the oyle of whyte lyllyes wyth the oyle of Roses A decoction and Camomylle is verye good Also ye maye conuenyentlye applye a sponge dypped in thys decoction â„ž of Camomylle Melilote dylle Roses ana mÌ„ i. of sticados wormewoodde squinantum maioram mugworte of euerye one a lytle Lette them boyle all togyther vnto the consumption of the thyrde parte in suffycyent water and a lytle wine of good odoure Dyppe the sponge into thys decoction being hote and renue it often For it appayseth payn maruaylouslye And we saye lykewyse that these thynges be good to take awaye the payne that commeth of an euyl colde complexion Thus endeth thys Chaptre For the whyche God be praysed and thanked ¶ The fourth Chaptre Of the Apostemes of the bellye THe Aposteme of the belly must be diligently cured Aposteme of the belly and by a descrete Chirurgien For oftentimes it vexeth wyth euyll and sondrie accidentes chefely aboute the maturation and whan it is engendred nyghe the nauyll The curation of hote and colde apostemes in the belly the vniuersall rules of Purgatyon presupposed is dispatched as it foloweth Fyrste yf the Aposteme be hoote for the repercussyon resolution and maturation it is conuenyente to resorte to the Chaptre of the cure of Flegmon whan thys Aposteme commeth to maturation Incision and whan it is aboute the nauyll ye shall make incision after the fygure of the newe moone In other places ye shall make incisioÌ„ accordynge to the doctryne gyuen in the Chaptre of incisions and exitures And bycause the matter sometymes perceth vnto the place of the intestines or guttes ye shall resorte to the Chaptre of a wounde that perceth in to the belly But yf the matter pearce not than bycause of the greate sensibilitie of the place whyche commeth of the filmes muscles and ligamentes that ende aboute the nauyll Lette the place be digested at the begynnynge with oyle of roses emphacine or with a digestyue of the yolke of an egge meÌ„gled with oyle omphacyne and a lytle saffran a plaistre swagyng payne And whyle the degestion endureth you may conuenientlye laye to some playstre that swageth payne as this â„ž of a decoction of mallowes violettes holyhocke camomyll and melilote as moche as shall suffyse a lytle barleye and with halfe a pounde of beane floure and as moche barlye flour make a stiffe plaistre at the fyre addyng of
wormes rubbynge the nuke wyth the sayde thynges mengled together The wounde of the nuke is cured by thē administration of the liquoure folowing The cure of the nuke the wound beyng left somwhat open R. of oyle of roses omphacine ℥ i. oyle of terebētine ℥ ss of cleare terebentine ʒ x. Oleum magistrate of erth wormes wasshed wyth wyne ℥ i. ss of Mastyke ʒ iii. of the floures of rosmarie m̄ ii of the sede of saint Iohānes worte m̄ i. greater centaury and the lesse of mylfoyle of houndes tonge an̄ the thyrd parte of an handful of plantayne m̄ ss of saffran ʒ ss of odoriferous wyne on cyathe Lette them boyle all together vnto the consūpsion of the wyne than strayne thē wyth a thycke cloth and adde of oyle of hipericon ℥ i. ss Note that yf these sayde thynges were sette in the sunne the space of a monethe wyth the seede of saynte Iohānes wurte called hipericon renuynge from weke to weke the sayde sede it wolde be a good medicine for all woundes of the synnowes Also it is cōmendable to applye vpon the wounde of the nuke vnguentum basilicū wyth the foresayd vnction Diete Touchynge diete we saye that it muste be subtyle and slender tyll you be sure that the place wyll not come to an aposteme The patient must be content at the begynnynge wyth grated bread made of almandes wyth sugre or with a dyshe made with barley or fyne wheate floure or cromes of bread made after the same maner And he muste drynke a ptisane wyth sugre or wyth a iuleb of violettes chiefly whan he hath a fieuer Also it is good before dinner supper to binde the extreme partes and to rubbe thē Item ye maye cause flebotomye to be made and ventoses to be applyed vpon the shulders with scarification If it chaūce that the throte be hurt trachea arteria that ther be some veine cutte than incontinently ye shall sewe the wound with a conuenient seame and depe to restrayne the bloode administrynge the foresayde remedyes in tyme and place as it is afore declared whan blood floweth out abūdaūtlye Staunchyng of bloode ye shall restrayne it by thys ordinaunce folowynge presupposed that ye putte a tente in the wounde rolled in the oyle of hypericon R. the whytes of two egges of Hares heares fynely cutte ʒ iiii of redde poudre restrictiue ʒ vi of frankencense myrrhe aloes sarcocolle terra sigillata ana ʒ ii of beane floure ʒ vi of brayed dragagātum of sanguinis draconis an̄ ʒ ii ss These sayd thynges muste be mengled together wherof you muste make a confection after the maner of aplayster and applye it with stoupes moysted in water and vinaygre of roses And let it be bounde straitly if no accident lette it Note that yf ye tarye two or thre dayes before ye take awaye the medicine it shal be verye profitable so that no bledyng appeare For all the other intentions that is to saye mundification incarnation and sigillation ye shall procede after the doctrine declared before in this present cha Furthermore if the wounde be caused by a foyne purgations premised The cure of a foyne you muste enlarge it takynge hede that ye cutte not the veynes nor arteryes And after thys ampliation or enlargynge cauterize the place wyth oyle of elders or in the stede therof wyth comune oyle and the decoction of erth wormes And so ye must procede vnto the seuenth daye layenge vpon the wound vnguentum basilicum magistrale For the mundification incarnation and other intentions ye shall do after the doctrine declared before The wound of the necke caused by cōtution or brusynge The cure of a bruse muste be cured at the beginning wyth a digestiue made of terebentyne the yolke of an egge a lytle saffran And for the other intētions vse the foresayd doctrine The wound of the gulle and wesande ben cured as we haue taught before that is to saye by sewyng the sondred partes together and by incarnation Neuertheles we wyl describe two remedies conueniente in thys case One wythout another wythin bycause of the difficultie of breathyng or swalowynge The fyrste muste be applyed after that the seame is made It digesteth mundifieth swageth payne and aydeth breathinge the fourme therof is this R. of the rootes of holihocke sodden in water wyne and well strayned li. ss of hēnes grese melted of oyle of roses oyle of camomylle an̄ ℥ ii of calues tallowe of wethers tallowe melted an̄ ℥ iii. of most cleare terebentyne ℥ iii. ss of barley floure cersed ℥ ii ss of saffran ʒ i. make it at the fyre after the maner of a playster according to arte Gargarisme The remedye to be receaued within is this gargarisme folowynge R. of cleane barley m̄ ii of roses m̄ ss of rasines iuiubes an̄ ℥ i. ss of cleane liquirice ʒ x. Lette them boyle al together wyth sufficiente water vnto the consumption of the thyrde parte and adde of honye of roses ℥ iii. of syrupe of roses ℥ iiii Let them boyle agayne a lytle and put to of penidies ℥ ii thā strayne them The patient must oftē gargaryse thys decoction for it swageth payn and clenseth the place and aydeth respiration or breathing and openeth the way of meate Thus. c. ¶ The .viii. cha of the woundes of the shulders and cure of the same Of woundes of the shulders THe woūdes of the shulders are suspected to bryng death bycause of the coniunction or lynckyng together of the synnowes procedinge from the brayne and the nuke lykewise the woundes of the ioynctures of the armes The sayd woundes receaue often apostemation bycause of the greate sensibility of the place For great payne draweth to the said places great quātitie of mattier which whan it cā not be rectifyed or brought to perfite digestion by the aide of medicines engendreth necessarelye reumes and spasmes causynge colde vpon the synnowye partes To resiste these accidentes the beste thynge that ye can do is to defende the sore place from apostemation studiynge wyth all diligence to swage the payne For as Galene sayth paine is as a ventose drawing mattier to the place The curation of woundes of the shulders hathe foure intentions The fyrst cōsisteth in the ordinaunce of diete The cure The seconde in purgation aswell by laxatyue medicine as by flebotomy The thyrd in the administration of sōdrye remedies vpō the sore place The fourthe in the correction and remotion of accidentes The fyrste is accomplyshed by the doctrine wrytten in the former chap. The second by flebotomy of the arme contrary to that that is hurte More ouer lette the patient be purged accordynge to his complexion wyth a gentle laxatiue as wyth cassia wyth diacathol or electua de dactyles It is good also to vse thys syrupe vnder wrytten bycause of a fieuer whyche chaunceth often by reason of the boylynge and cōmotion of the humours R. syrupe ros by
these .iii. thīges bē kept of by conuenient diete by laxatiue medicynes by fleb on the cōtrary part Flebotomie by the aplicatiō of a defēsiue about the woūde as that which is written in the cha of woūdes in fleshy places And if it chaūce that the brusing grow to corruptiō of the mēbre thā ye shal resort to the cha of the cure of cancrena of askakyllos in which there bene many doctrines declared expedient in this case And for swaging of payne remouing of an aposteme ye shall peruse the chapiter of flegmon procedyng of a primitiue cause And if the aposteme be colerik ye shall resorte to the chaptre of Herisipelas And lykewyse to take awaye the payne ye may procede to that that is wrytten in the fore alleged chap. An thus we ende c. ¶ The .iii. Chaptre of woundes made by hacquebutes woundes made with gonnes gūnes and lyke instrumentes ALbeit that the auncient and later doctours haue written nothyng of woundes caused by gūnes other instrumētes of fire neuerthelesse we haue cōsydred that it is profytable to declare such remedyes as we haue proued to be good in this case And before we come to the principall cure it is necessary to declare the nature of suche a wounde And fyrst we saye by the auctoritie of Galen that he is in dede a phisiciō or chirurgiē which cā hādle thynges that hath not bē handled afore can also rightly vse such thīges as bē taught of aūcient doctours wherfore we affirme that those woūdes are cōpoūd of iii. kyndes Firste it is called a brused woūde bycause of the roundnes of the ston Secōdly it is called a brēt woūde bycause of the fyre Thirdly it is called a venymous woūd by resō of the poudre And forasmoch as these kyndes bē cōtrary dyuers they cause the woūd to be of hard curatiō For brusing burnyng nede moysture venemnes nedeth desiccation or drying To com to the tru cure we say by the auctoritie of Galen that whē .ii. or mo diseases bē ioyned togyther the intention of the chirurgiē must be to he le the more daūgerous not vtterly forsaking also the other But seing the most daūgerous thinge herin is venym caused by the poudre the pryncypall intention shal be to cure the same The cure The cure of the sayd woūdes is accomplysshed by .iiii. intentions The fyrst is ordinaūce of diete The .ii. euacuation the thyrde administration of local medycynes accordyng to the cōposition of the woūd The fourth is correctiō of accidētes Fyrst whā the chirurgien is called to thys cure he must cōsydre whether the woūde be made with a great instrumente or with a small or a meane And forthermore he must cōsidre the place that is hurt that is to say whether it be vpō synowes or no whether the bones be hurt or no also whether the stone remayneth wtin the body or other mēbres for tru iugemēt is takē of the hurted place As touchyng the fyrst .ii. intentiō he shal procede accordynge to the doctrine wtin the Cha. of fleshy woūdes And it is to be noted that though thys wound haue parte of venym neuerthelesse cutting of a veyne is cōueniēt at the begynning chefely diuersiue that is to saye which turneth awaye humours that they be not deryued to the sore place For the venenositie proceding of poudre is not so daūgerous as the venenositie of a carbuncle The third intention which concerneth the administration of local medicines according to the tyme of the hurt done shal be accōplished as it foloweth First there is no better remedy than to vse in the sayd woūde an actual cauterie which may touch all the partes of the wound or to apply vnguen egip after the description of Auicen Also in the stede therof a mā may vse a cauterization of oyle of elders boylyng hote for cauterization kepeth the woūd frō putrefyīg which might come through the bruse of the stone After the sayd cauterisation the chirur shal procede with thinges mollificatiue leinge aboute the wounde a defensyue wrytten in the Chapter of the cure of flesshye woundes Itē yf the wounde be depe ye must vse depe cauterisatiō And yf it be not depe ye must aply therin a digestyue which is vnderwrytten Also ye must after cauterization put in the botom of the wound melted butter hote with a syryng vntyll the escare be remoued the deed flesh be sōdred from the good and yf the sayd woūd be in a very synnowy place after cauterisation ye shal put into the same water of barly sodden with erthwormes a lytle holyhocke and redsugre with the foresayde butter and without it Lykewyse in this case a digestyue of terebentine made with oyle of roses and the yolkes of egges And this plaister mollificatiue folowinge whiche swageth payne may be conueniently applyed Playster ℞ of the decoction of vyol mal holyhock li. iii. and with the flour of barly beanes make a styffe plaistre at the fyre addynge of oyle of camomyl ℥ ii of butter of oyle of roses of hēnes grese an̄ ℥ i. the yolkes of .ii. egges This playstre is of excellēt operatiō for besyde that it swageth payn it procureth good digestiō of the woūd and prepareth the mater to issue out whan the woūd is come to good digestion it is cōuenient to apply thinges mūdificatiue a mundificatyue as is this plaistre folowyng ℞ of hony of roses ℥ ii of clere terebentine ℥ iiii let thē seeth all at the fyre one boylyng afterwarde adde therevnto the yolke of .i. egge of saffran ℈ i. of the floure of wheat wel bulted of barly floure ana ʒ v. mēgle them This emplaistre is mūdificatiue An other chefely whan the woūde is in a flesshye place Here foloweth an other cōuenient mūdificatiue whan the sinnowes ligamentes bē hurt and whan the wound is in a place full of muscles ℞ of clere terebentin ℥ ii of hony of roses ℥ i. of the iuce of plantayne of the iuce of smalage ana ℥ ss Let them seeth a lytle adde thervnto of the floure of lupines of the floure of barly an̄ ʒ iii. of sarcocol ʒ i. of safrā ℈ i. mēgle thē This plaistre is of excellent operation to mūdify the sayd woundes in synnowye places After mundification ye muste incarne and seale vp the place accordyng to that we shal declar in the cha folowynge Furthermore if the stone be within the mēbre ye must wysely behold the place remoue it making incision with a rasour or some other cōuenient instrument takyng hede that ye touch not the sinowes afterward ye shal heale the place according to the doctrine declared before we haue sene some that haue caryed the stone a great whyle which thought them selues to be heled and also the chirurgyens had closed vp the wounde but manye haue dyed therby For the membre wherin the stone is cōmeth to
plantayne Ê’ iij. ss of the wyne of pomegranades Ê’ ij of honye of roses Ê’ vi of sarcocolle Ê’ i. ss of vynegre squillityke â„¥ ss of the leaues of wylde olyues somewhat stamped mÌ„ ss lette them be sodden altogether excepte the liciuÌ„ the hony of roses theÌ„ strayne them let them sethe againe with hony of roses licium tyll .ij. partes of .iij. be consumed rubbe the guÌ„mes wyth thys coÌ„position for it fasteneth the tethe remoueth putrefaction comforteth the synowes that come to the rootes of the tethe And yf a more desiccatiue medicine be requyred ye shal vse vngueÌ„tum egiptiacum of the descriptioÌ„ of AuiceÌ„ne for it hath vertue to remoue the euyll fleshe and to conserue the good Nowe that we haue declared the passions of the tethe the causes ther of we wyll teache wyth what remedyes the sayd dyseases may be remoued for as Galene sayth the payne of the tethe is the greatest of all paynes that kylleth not the pacient Besyde the syxe causes aforenamed the payne of the teth may come of wormes which are engendred in the holowes of the same by apostemacion of the ligamentes of the gummes but nowe we wyl come to practise Ye maye knowe whether the matter be hote or colde by administration of medicines vpon the tethe yf the matter be hote the payne seaseth by the application of colde thynges Contrarywyse yf the payne be colde the patient is eased with the application of hote thynges The cure To the cure of the sayd dysease ther be .iij intentions requyred The fyrst is ordynaunce of dyete the seconde purgation of the matter antecedente the iij. application of sondrye locall medicines Fyrst the patient muste absteyne from all meates that sone putrifye in the stomacke as fyshe grosse fleshe salted from al whyte meates chease c. And he muste vse meates of easye dygestion that engender good blood Hys wyne muste be of good odoure myngled wyth sodden water After refection he muste pycke hys teeth and clense them that no rotenes be engendred therin The seconde entention whyche is to purge the matter antecedeÌ„t is thus accoÌ„plished when the matter is hote Mesue coÌ„maundeth to cut the vayne cephalica or in the stede therof to laye ventoses vpon the shulder or vpoÌ„ the necke Item sacrifycation of the gommes application of bloodsuckers is a present remedy in thys case to cause the payne to cease incoÌ„tinently These medicines folowynge purge the matter that causeth the payne Namelye an electuary of roses after Mesue an electuarye of psilium cassia diacatholicon pylles of reubarbe pylles of assagereth medicines that purge colde grosse matter are these diafinicon hiera with agarike pylles sine quibê° and pylles cochye But pylles of fumiterrye and agaryke purge myngled matter so doth cassia diacatholicoÌ„ The thyrde inteÌ„tion is accoÌ„plyshed by the administration of sondrye remedyes vpon the place Fyrst yf the matter be hote yt maye conueniently vse the wyne of pomegranades with the water of plantayne a lytle vynegre sodden wyth sumach roses floures of pomegranades a lytle licium Item to the same enteÌ„tion it auaileth much to washe the mouthe wyth thys decoction â„ž of the rootes of tapsus barbatus hauynge whyte leaues mÌ„ i. of roses of barlye of sumach ana mÌ„ ss of tormentille brayed of the seed of henbane brayed ana Ê’ ij of all the saunders ana Ê’ i. of lettuse mÌ„ ij of the tender croppes of brambles of the leaues of wylde olyues and of myrtilles anÌ„ mÌ„ i. let theÌ„ be al soddeÌ„ together with .iiij. pound of rayne water and a lytle vynegre and a lytle wyne of pomegranades vntyl halfe be consumed holde thys decoctioÌ„ in the mouth for it swageth payne maruelously An other decoction â„ž of the leaues of plantayne of lettuse of lingua passerina or knotgrasse of sorell of nyghtshade ana mÌ„ ss of sumach Ê’ iiij clene barlye mÌ„ i. let them seeth all together tyl the barlye breake and put thervnto of vynegre â„¥ ij of syrupe of roses by infusion of diameron ana â„¥ i. ss wyth the skynne of an addre lette them seeth agayne tyll halfe be consumed then strayne them and vse the decoction as is aforesayd for it swageth the payne commynge of an hote cause in the teeth Auicenne sayeth that to washe the mouth with vynegre of the decoction of an adders skinne appeaseth the tothache through a certayne proprietie that is therin I haue proued .ij. partes of the wyne of pomegranades wyth the sayd medicine it hath succeded well Item to washe the mouthe wyth the decoction of a frogge sodden in vynegre and water as Rasis afyrmeth is a good remedye agaynst the tothe ache It is profytable sometymes to vapour out the matter to prouoke it to the outwarde partes that it may leue the synowy partes come to the fleshie And therfore Galen sayeth that swellynge of the chekes in the toth ache is a sygne that the payne wyll cease for then the matter leaueth the synowe coÌ„meth to the fleshe for the euaporation wherof I euer vsed this ordinauÌ„ce â„ž of the leaues of lettuse violettes ana mÌ„ ss of clene barly somewhat broken mÌ„ i. of raysons of iuiubes noÌ„bre xx of the rootes of langdebefe clene piked â„¥ ij of lycorice Ê’ vi of the croÌ„mes of breade â„¥ i. sethe them altogether with sufficieÌ„t quantitie of rayne water tyll ij partes of .iij. be coÌ„sumed theÌ„ strayne them put to the straynyng of syrupe of violettes â„¥ iiij Ye shall often washe the mouthe therwyth for it easeth payne by suppuration of the matter or swellyng of the place Yf ye put fygges and dates to thys decoctioÌ„ whyle it dothe sethe it maye be well permytted agaynst a colde matter Item agaynst the paynes of the tethe caused of a hote matter ye may conueniently vse the seed of henbane brayed wyth a lytle sandrake and a lytle coriander a lytle opium incorporated all together wyth a lytle vynegre Ye maye make this ordinauÌ„ce after the maner of a trocyske or a bagge and in a lyquide forme and laye it vpon the sore place Ther be many whych saye the vyneegre hurteth the teeth whose opininion is to be refused for as Galene sayeth the medicines of the tethe whether they be repercussiue or resolutiue muste be of stronge penetration or percyng bycause of the hardnes of the sayd tethe wherfore all the wrytters make theyr medicines wyth stroÌ„ge vynegre And Auicenne sayeth Vynegre that vynegre is a comon medicine for al matters affirmynge that the coldnes of vynegre is sone taken away wyth other medicynes myngled therwyth neuerthelesse hys cuttynge depe percynge remayne whych .ij. qualities are necessarie in thys case Therfore GalieÌ„ sayeth by the authoritie of Alchigenis that vynegre is an excellent medicine to heale the tothe ache coÌ„maundeth to myngle vynegre with galles to applie the same vpoÌ„ the painful place wheÌ„
resolueth temperatelye and therfore it moderately incarneth and dryeth vlcers and woundes and it is conuenyentlye admynystred in oyntmentes playsters and linimentes agaynste the paynes of the ioyntes Edera terrestris or grounde yuye is colde and drye it hathe vertue to mundify drye and incarne woūdes And the bloode of a goote fed therewyth a longe season helpeth them that haue the stone and stamped with larde and elebor it is verye good agaynst all maner scalles of the heed Ermodactilus is hote and drye and it scoureth with some corrosion and as Mesue sayeth it helpeth thē that haue the goute Es stos eris that is to say bras and the floure thereof that is verdigrese be hote and drye in the thyrde degree and are corrosiue and make an escare of slowe remotion through theyr stipticitie Epithimum is hote and drye in the seconde as the auctour of the pandectes sayeth but Galene sayeth it is hote drye in the thyrd and hath vertue to purge both fleme and also melancholye Euforbiū is hoote and drye in the fourth and when it is boyled with oile of elder branne and erth wormes it is good for the pryckynge of synnowes and it entreth into cerotes and linimentes whiche we haue ordeyned agaynst the frenche pockes Emblici are a kynde of myrabolanes and the decoction of them with cytrine myrobalanes water of plantain rose water a litle roch alume and hony of roses healeth spedely vlcers of euyll curation but cytrine mirobalanes are ryghte profytable in colliryes for ophthalmia cōmyng of an hote cause Endiue is colde and drye in the fyrst and the water therof with the water of plantayne and roses wyth a whyte sief withoute opiū is a good collirie against vlcers of the yarde inflamed Item for goutes of the ioyntes it is profytable to make a playster of the water of endyue with the iuce of the rootes of holyhocke oyle of Roses oyle of camomylle barlye floure the yolkes of egges and a lytle saffran Eupatorium is hote and drye in the seconde degree and the iuce therof with the iuce of dockes is conuenyentlye admynystred agaynste all scabbes and skalles agaynste Alopecia and Albaras whereof suche a liniment maye be made Take of the iuyce of eupatorium of the iuyce of dockes an̄ ʒ vi of black elebore brokē of the iuyce of fumiterre an̄ ℥ ss of buttyre of swynes grese an̄ ℥ iii. let them seeth all together a lytle then streyne them and adde to the streynynge of litarge of gold ʒ x. of quycksyluer quēched wyth spittell ʒ vi of oyle of mastyke of oyle of laurell ana ʒ v. of the iuyce of lymons ʒ ii ss of clere terebentyne ℥ i. ss of sublimate dissolued wyth water of roses ʒ ii ss of ceruse ʒ vi mēgle them and make a linimente accordynge to arte Figges are hote in the fyrst degre and drye in the begynnynge of the seconde and therfore they bene maturatyue and are cōueniently administred in the gargarismes to rype the quynce And whē they are stamped with snayles and swynes grese they bryng the mattier to the toppe of the aposteme and make the skinne subtile thynne Fabe or beanes are colde and drye and they resolue and breake wyndye and hote humours and are conuenientlye ministred in apostemes of the stones and of the dugges The floures of them clarifie the syght and ben abstersyue Fenugreke is hote and drye in the fyrst degre it consoundeth ripeth and resolueth wyth mollification And it rypeth colde and mengled apostemes and not hote apostemes For as Guido sayeth it enflameth flegmonyke apostemes and maketh them maligne A decoction therof wyth psilium and the sayde quynces a lytle mellylote wyth water of roses endyue swageth the peyne of an hote ophtalmia and resolueth moderatelye Fumitory is hote and dry in the seconde degre and the iuyce therof thicked wyth the iuyce of dockes and a litle oximell mundifieth all kyndes of morphew if ye rubbe it vpō the place Item the decoction of fumitorye malowes violettes dockes with bran barlye and nepte mundifieth and purgeth all maner of scabbes Fenell is hote drye in the seconde degre and it breaketh wynd and conforteth the syght Fragaria or the herbe of strawberies is colde and the iuyce thereof wyth wyne of pomegranades and a lytle rose water helpeth hote apostemes in the begynnyng and augmentation Ferrum or yron is colde and drie in the seconde the refuse therof is dryer then the yron it selfe and therfore it is stiptike dryeth much whē it is mēgled wyth the oyle of yolkes of egges and a lytle hony of roses and sarcocolle laboured a good whyle in a mortar of leade it healeth vnpeynfull vlceres of the eares mundifienge and dryenge them marueylouslye Fraxinus or the ashe tree is colde dry in the second hath vertue to glew together fleshy woūdes and therfore hys leaues sodden wyth terebentyne and oyle of hipericon mastike erthe wormes with a lytle odoriferous wine and the iuyce of yarow and a fewe dayses and a lytle mader tyl the wyne be consumed it consoundeth or gleweth together cut synnowes Likewyse the iuyce of it wyth the iuyce of march malowes the iuyce of comferye oyle of myrte and the whytes of egges and myldust and sanguis draconis layed vpon broken boones after the maner of a playster consoundeth them maruelously Item the leaues of the same weted in rose water wyne of pomegranades and laied vpō the foreheed restreyne and kepe backe humours flowyng to the eyes as I haue proued in ophthalmia Frumentum or wheate is moderately hote and moyste and the floure of it soddē in the broth of a hēne wyth buttire yolkes of egges oyle of Violettes and a lytle saffran rypeth hote apostemes and swageth peyne Item beynge chewed wyth raysons it is good agaynst a whiteflawe or ordioolum in the eye Furfur or branne is hote and dry in the fyrst and whē it is pounded with camomyl mellilote beane floure and sapa and sodden vnto thycknes hauynge added in the ende a litle saffrā of oyle of camomyll oyle of roses an̄ ℥ ii it swageth al paynes of the ioynctes and of the belly Fex olei the dregges of oyle or amurca the fome of oyle is hoter then the oyle and hath vertue to resolue wyth mollification Fex cere or the dregges or refuse of waxe is hote with abstertion mollification Farina volatilis or mylduste is of colde and drye complexion and therfore it stauncheth bloode and beynge mengled wyth terebentyne honye of roses and the yolkes of egges it mūdifyeth perfytlye the vlcers of exitures Flammula is hote and drye in the fourth and it hath vertue to burne vehemently Fuligo or soote is hote and drye therfore it stauncheth dryeth blood Filix or ferne the rootes and leaues of it are hote in the second degre with abstersion and resolution Fermentum or leuen is temperatelye hote and moyst and it is of a boylynge and nitrouse
burnt Ê’ i. ss of the iuce of hoorehounde â„¥ i. let the oyle terebentyne and iuce be sodden tyll the iuce be coÌ„sumed than strayne them and make a softe oyntement wyth suffycyente whyte waxe addynge the rest fynely poudred Here foloweth the poudre of oure inuention which is of moost excelleÌ„t operation in remouynge superfluous flesh wtout payne Fyrst ye must haue of aqua fortis wherwith golde is seperate frome syluer li. i. ss whyche is made after thys sorte â„ž of vitriolle romayne of roche alume ana li. i. of salis nitri l. i. ss stylle them in a glasse Of this water take as we haue said li. i. ss of quyckesiluer li. i. put the water in a glasse well luted and sette it in the furneys with a couer a receyuer as they vse to stylle in glasse and se they be all well luted that no ayre breath oute and vse a softe fyre tyll yt begynne to droppe than fortyfye the fyre tyll the receyuer be redde afterwarde encrease the fyre by lytle and lytle tyll the water be stylled oute Than breake the glasse and take oute the quycksyluer calcyned whych the alcumystes call precipitate or calcyned and poudre it vppon a marble stoone than put it agayne in the glasse luted as is aforesayde and stylle it tyll all the water be stylled oute whyche done breake the glasse agayne and drawe oute that that is wythin and poudre it vpon a marble stone and put the pouder in a brasse potte on a stronge fyre styrrynge it aboute the space of an houre and an halfe It is a sygne of perfyte decoction when the poudre is redde and lyke minium and somewhat clearer This poudre maye be called a great secrete wherewyth I haue gotten greate gaynes and worshyppe for it mundifyeth all virulente maligne and corrosyue vlcers without payn and prepareth them to incarnation and cicatrization Item a trosiske of minium of oure descryption mundifyeth all euyl and harde flesshe and is good for fystules and flesshye vlcers and is made after thys sorte â„ž of the crommes of rawe breed well leauened â„¥ iiii of mooste stronge sublymate â„¥ i. of minium â„¥ ss stampe them all togyther wyth a lytle rosewater than make trosiskes after the fourme of the kernelles of a pyneapple and put them in an hote ouen vpon a tyle tyll they be drye and so vse them If that ye wyll haue them stronger encrease the vertue of sublymate and yf ye wyll haue them of lesse corrosyon dimynysshe the receyte of sublymate and encrease the quantytye of the crommes Item a trosyske of affodylles Trociske of affodilles after oure descryption is good to kylle a fystula and canker â„ž of mooste stronge sublymate â„¥ ss of arsnyk poudred Ê’ i. ss of ceruse of the iuce of amidum ana Ê’ iii. ss of the iuce of affodilles Ê’ x. of vynegre Ê’ v. seeth them all tyll the iuyce and vynegre be consumed than strayne them fynelye and incorporate them wyth two ounces of the crommes of rawe breade addynge of auripigmentum calcyned Ê’ iiii make trosiskes of them all with a lytle rosewater as we sayde before of minium The maner to calcinate auripigmentum is this To calcinate auripigmentum â„ž of auripigmentum poudred â„¥ ii put them in a glasse and set the glasse vpon hoote cooles and so leaue it tyll all the auripigmentum cleaue to the glasse wyth a reddysshe coloure which done breke the glasse and gather the auripygmentum beynge calcynate and than poudre it and vse it for it is a merueylous good corrosyue wyth lytle payne And it is good for disceytfull corrosyue cancreous and malygue vlcers Here foloweth an other poudre of oure descryption agaynst fystules cancreous and putrifyed vlcers â„ž of ceruse of the iuyce of amidum ana Ê’ x. of whyte arsenycke Ê’ vi the iuyce of plantayne celedonye and of the ryndes of pomegranades ana â„¥ ss of tutia Ê’ ii of camphore ℈ i. of the stone called ematites well poudred Ê’ i. ss Let them boyle all togyther besyde the Camphore tylle the iuyces be coÌ„sumed then poudre them with the caÌ„phore brayed accordinge to arte kepe them in a glasse Item the troscyskes of Andraron are good for the same purpose and the description of them is this â„ž of the ryndes of pomegranades Ê’ x. of galles Ê’ viii of myrre of aristologia rotunda ana â„¥ iii. of dragagantuÌ„ of alume named iamenuÌ„ ana Ê’ ii of vitriol romayne â„¥ iiii poudre them and make trociskes with swete wyne Hote trosiskes of Galenes descryption are good for the same purpose â„ž of vnssecte lyme one part of redde auripigmentum and yelowe of realgar and acatia ana halfe a part pouder them and make trosiskes wyth capitelle Trociskes restricâ—yue Item our trosiskes made to staÌ„che blood with putrifaction are not to be disalowed â„ž of burnte vitriol Ê’ x. of oure poudre of mercurye â„¥ i. ss of the iuce of amidum of gipsum ana Ê’ ii of lye moderatelye wasshed Ê’ v. of myrrhe aloes epatycke brayed ana Ê’ ii ss of our trociskes of minium â„¥ i. braye them all togyther and incorporate them wyth two ounces of the crommes of rawe breed and the iuce of knotgrasse Item oyle of vitriolle is of famylyer corrosyon Aqua fortis wherewith golde is deuyded from syluer consumeth superfluous flesshe and plucketh vp euyll wartes Item the water of our descriptioÌ„ ordeyned to byte awaye superfluous flesshe wyth lytle payne Corrosyue water â„ž of sublymate Ê’ vi of salis gemme of salis nitri of roche alume ana â„¥ ss of verdegrece Ê’ i. of water of roses and plantayne ana â„¥ viii seeth them all togyther besyde the verdegrese tyl the third parte be consumed and put to the verdegrese when ye take the rest froÌ„ the fyre Nowe it remayneth that we speake of putrefactyue medycynes Auicenne sayth that putrefactiue medicynes are those that haue strength to corrupt the complexion of the meÌ„ber and induce an eschare lyke deed flesh and cause great payne and fieuers and they must not be mynistred but in stronge bodyes and to distroy strong deseases as a carbuncle harpes esthiomenos And they ar these arsenicke sublimate realgar and other medicines compound therwith And when they shall be applyed they must be prepared with some thynge that represseth their sharpnesse and venemenesse as realgar and arsnyke must be sodden with the iuce of plantayne nyghtshade and houseleeke and after the maner of the ordinaunces folowynge â„ž of arsnyk and realgar ana Ê’ ii of auripigmente Ê’ i. ss of barbours lye â„¥ vi of water of roses â„¥ iiii seeth them all togyther tyll the water and the lye be consumed and braye them fynelye and adde of the stone called ematites Ê’ ii ss vse thys ordynaunce vpon anthrax Pouder of affodilles and other suche To the same intention the pouder of affodylles descrybed of wyllyam Placentinus is commendable and is made after thys sorte â„ž of the
not suffre stronge medicines and quyckely receaue putrefaction Wherfore whan the body is weake of a disease not furious and in a membre of delicate complection and of easye putrefaction than the aygre medicines ought to be of smale mordication or bytyng And lykewyse in contrarye dyspositions they muste be strōg And as Cornelius celsus sayth we muste cure an immoderate qualite of a disease wyth a vehemente remedye a meane wyth a meane Hypocrates sayeth that to extreme diseases extreme remedyes ben necessarye c. Thus endeth thys present Chapitre for which the name of god be praysed ¶ The .xviij. Chapitre of Carbunculus and Anthrax CArbūculus is a lytle venimous pustle burnynge the place where it is Carbunculus And it makethe at the begynnynge a blader and than an eschare as yf it hadde been made of fier or seethynge water and it is wyth intolerable payne burnyng and inflammation al aboute whyche pustle is some tymes redde or yelowe some tymes grene or blewe and sometyme blacke And euerye one of thies after the opinyon of Rasis is mortall bycause of theyr venime neuertheles that that is redde or yelowe is not so daungerous as that that is grene or blacke Auicenne sayth that they whych haue a blacke carbuncle escape not deathe howbeit we haue seen manye to haue escaped And thies pustles carbunculus and Anthrax differre not as olde and new wryters testifye but in gretnes and smalnes For as Guillermus placentinus sayth Anthrax Anthrax is nothyng els but a Carbuncle tourned in to malygnite whyche hathe not been well healed And the colour of it is fyrst chaunged from redde in to grene afterwarde becommeth blacke and by that change we see often that the place commethe to a corrosion and great mortification of the membre in whyche Anthrax is Thies pustles ben multyplied in the tyme of pestilence and in pestiferous regions as Auicenna saythe And those ben more suspected in the tyme of pestilence than in other tymes by reason of the infectyon of the ayre They chaunse often in the emunctories or clensynge places by the waye of termination ad Crisim For the noble membres sende the infectiō to places lesse noble And Auicenna saythe that euery Crisis is grod Crisis but in a fieuer pestilentiall Carbūculus Thys pustle is called a Carbuncle bycause the place where it is becommeth redde and burneth wyth great payne as yf a coale were layed vpon the membre Anthrax Anthrax is a greke word and sygnifieth also a coale for it gnaweth and eateth the flesche as a burnynge coale And ye muste note that Anthrax is a malygne pustle hauyng about it certayne lytle yelowe veynes of the coloure of the rayne bowe For the sayde veynes ben sometyme redde somtyme grene and blacke And at the begynnynge the pustle is no greater than a lentile hauynge the poynte fyxed inwarde It causeth intolerable payne wyth cruell accidentes wyth great ponderosite or heuynes as yf leade on the place dydde oppresse it and the patyent hathe great luste to slepe We wyll wryte a specyall Chapitre of Carbunculus and Anthrax and of the Aposteme whyche chaunseth to them that haue the Pestylence called Bubo Nowe it is euydente what dyfference there is betwene Carbunculus and Anthrax namely in greatnes and smalnes Signes of dethe in Carbunculus After thys knowelege We muste comme to the sygnes whych ben fyue Fyrste ye shall note that yf the Carbuncle appeare and than departe and hyde hymselfe wythout greate alyenation or chaunge of the patient it is a sygne of deathe Secondly yf the place in whyche the Carbuncle was drye vp wythout raysonable causes it sygnyfyeth that the patyent is nygh deathe after the sentence of Hypocrates Thyrdlye yf it be right ouer agaynste the harte or the stomake for the moste parte it is mortall The fourthe pronostyke is whā the Carbuncle commethe to the clensynge plases it is mortall bycause hys venimousnes commeth easelye to the pryncypall membres The fyfthe is that amonge the emunctories those of the harte are moste suspected of deathe The reason is euydent to thē that consydre the poysonned nature of the mattyer For it is alwaye the nature of Venimous mattyer to assaute fyrste the harte as the captayne of mannes bodye Thus thys present Chapitre is ended for whych the name of god be praysed ¶ The .xix. Chapitre of the cure of Carbunculus and Anthrax IN the cure of Carbunculus The cure of Carbūculus Anthrax and Anthrax fyue intentions ben required The fyrste is to ordre the lyfe The secōde to purge the mattyer antecedent The thirde to take awaye the mattier conioyncte The fourthe to purifye the ayre of the house and to rectifie it frome daye to daye and to counforte the harte aswell wythin as wythout The fyfthe to correcte the accidentes Diete The fyrste is accomplysshed by the syx thynges not naturall declinynge to coldnes and dryenes as the ayer and meates ce Wherefore the patient muste eate the meates declared in the chapitre of herisipelas as laictuce a ptisane of barley wyne of Granades and al aygre thynges as Limmōs Veriuyce and lyke thynges mēgled wyth hys meates Semblably ye muste gyue hym in the fyrste dayes a brothe of a chickin and flesche altered wyth veriuyce wyth commune seedes brayed Almandes and the cromes of breade well leuenned Ye maye gyue hym also delayed wyne of small strength and that is of the nature of wyne of Pomegranades Neuertheles thys I admitte only yf the bodye be weake and the disease furious and the accidentes euyll For Auicenne saythe in the chapitre of a fieuer pestilentiall They that eate stronglye perchaunse scape the daungier of so great a disease Finally they that haue a Carbuncle or Anthrax lette them be gouerned as they that haue a Pestilentyall fyeuer The seconde intention is to purge the mattier antecedent And it is accomplished by purgyng the humours by conuenient medicines Flebotomye of the same parte and by flebotomie Assone as ye shall perceaue thys dysease to be euydente incontinently cutte a veyne in the sydewhere the Carbuncle is and not in the opposyte or contrarye And before ye cutte a veyne ye muste alwaye vse a Clister lenityue howbeit some saye that ye muste cutte a veyne in the part opposyte or ouer agaynst regardyng more the daungyer of drawynge the venimous mattyer to the sore place than the peryll of the venimous mattier passynge ouer the pryncipall mēbres They that ben of thys opinion doe euyll as a lerned Chirurgien Antonius Gainereus testifyeth sayinge that in the curation of a Carbuncle or of a pestiferous kernell or botche called Bubo a flebotomye must not be made but in the same parte where the Aposteme is And it muste be done without anye tariynge For whan nature perceauethe that a pryncypall membre is hurte she enforceth to sende the infected bloude to the emunctores as hyr enemye wherefore yf ye lette bloode
and with a decoction of mallowes make a styffe playstre adding in the ende of the decoction of oyle of roses of oyle of Camomil Ana ℥ ii of buttyre of cōmune oyle ana ℥ i. ss the yolkes of two egges put in whā the decoction shall be taken from the fyre This playstre is of good operation in appaysing griefe in drawing mater to the incision or opened place and suffreth not the sides therof to be rawe After digestion ye must mundifye the place and so incarne it and seale it vp after the doctryne declared in the Chaptre of Flegmon whervnto resorte as the case shall requyre ¶ The xxii Chapter of Frōcles and of theyr cure A Froncle is a lytle Aposteme A Froncle engendred of grosse bloude causyng griefe whan it cometh to maturation and it is with pulsation hauynge the accidentes lyke to the accidentes of Flegmon Neuerthelesse it hath one signe that is not in Flegmō and that is that there issueth out of it without openyng a grosse mattier lyke a rotten synnowe ☜ Note that yf a froncie be not spedelye remedyed it wyll be chaunged into a carbuncle To the cure of a Froncle there belonge thre intentions The fyrste is to ordre diete The seconde to purge the mattier antecedente The thyrde to take awaye the mattier conioynct The fyrst and seconde intention ben accomplysshed after the doctrine declared in the Chaptre of the cure of Flegmon The thyrd intentiō which is to take away the mattier cōioynct is accomplysshed by application of medicines maturatyue For this aposteme commeth euer to maturation and neuer to resolution A maturatyue This is the fourme of a good maturatyue Take of the rotes of white lyllyes ℥ vi of the rotes of tendre buglosse ℥ ii of mallowes vyolettes an̄ m̄ i. whan they bene soddē presse out the water and stāpe them and afterwarde in the decoction of the foresayde thynges make a styffe plaister at the fyre with the floure of wheat barly addyng in the ende of the decoctiō of buttyre ℥ ii of swete oyle ℥ iiii of swynes grece ℥ ii and ss the yolkes of two egges of saffran ℈ i. thā mēgle them with the foresayde thinges stamped and laye it to after the maner of an hote Playstre whan ye chaunge this playstre laye vpon the sore this liquide Cataplasma ℞ of the foresayde decoction li. iii. of the floure of barly It is ℥ i ss in the Frenche and wheate ana ʒ i. ss of cōmune oyle of buttyre of swynes grece melted ana ℥ ii wyth the yolkes of foure egges let them seeth all togyther except the yolkes of the egges to the consūptiō of the fourth parte than put to the sayd yolkes of egges This cataplasma is very euaporatyue it muste be applyed hote with cloutes steped in the sayd decoction It helpeth maturation and procureth the mattier to issue oute and appayseth the payne whan ye perceyue that the froncle is come to maturation and that the grosse matter is purged that with the fornamed plaistre it is good to ayde digestyon Amfidificatiue laying a lytle pece vpō the openyng of the froncle of this abstersiue ℞ of clere terebentine ℥ ii and. ss of hony of roses ℥ i. of the iuce of smalage ʒ vi Let them seeth al togyther vnto the consumption of the iuce thā put to of the floure of barly wheate and veanes an̄ ℥ ii and. ss of saffron ℈ ss the yolke of a newe layed egge This mundificatyue with the plaistre aboue named is verye good to purge grosse matter engendred in froncles After that the grefe is apppaised and the inflāmation hath ceased so that the grosse matter be somewhat purged perfectly to heale the froncle vse this oyntment An oyntmēt ℞ of whyte Diaquilon without gūmes ℥ ii of clere terebentyne of swynes grece ana ℥ ii ss of litarge of golde and syluer of minium ana ʒ ss of Cerusse ℥ i. of oyle of roses ℥ i. and. ss sturre them about at the fyre and make a cerote adding of white waxe asmoch as shal suffice A sygne of perfect decoction is whā the oyntment receyueth a blacke colour This is our shorte curation of froncles which we haue oft proued with good lucke Thus we ende the fyrst parte of the second boke for which god be praysed and thanked ¶ The seconde treatyse of the seconde boke of colde Apostemes in generall ¶ The fyrst Chaptre OF cold humours Apostemes are wont to chaunce in euery parte of mans bodye Symple◠colde apostemes of sondry qualities and quantityes aswell in composition as in symplycitie Symple colde Apostemes bene these glādules or kernelles scrofules nodys or knobbes sephiros vndimies a canker wyndy apostemes and full of water Neuertheles some of these through adustion bene made compounde as it chaunceth in a canker and in sephiros Some of these also are made compounde throughe the admixtiō of humours as it chaūceth in Vndimia These harde Apostemes scrophules glandules bene engendred of gros steame or of indurated melancholy Sometymes certayne colde Apostemes ben engendred of subtyle matter as vndimious Apostemes Sometyme an imposteme is engendred of subtyle watrye fleame as the hydropsye Sometyme of vaporous fleame a wyndye aposteme is engendred And oftentymes in the bodyes of chyldren there is engendred a kynde of colde exitures in whyche mattier is founde lyke the iuce of floure tempred wyth water And oftentymes it produceth quytture without payne and without pulsation of the place and without chaungyng of the place frō his proprecolour whiche thynge is agaynste Auicenna sayinge be ye assured that oute of an Aposteme in the exterior partes in which there is no pulsation neuer cōmeth any corruption But ye must vnderstande Auicenne of hote Apostemes and not of colde For as we sayde before we haue sene many colde apostemes vtterynge quytture or fylthe withoute payne and pulsation Of whiche one after an other we wyl speake in this present Chaptre ¶ The seconde Chaptre of Vndimia Vndimia VNdimia as Galene wytnesseth is a Flegmatyke apostem of white colour softe in felynge withoute heate chefelye whan it is pure How this aposteme is compounde it is suffycientlye declared in the chaptre of Flegmonyke Apostemes A true and symple Aposteme called Vndimia is engendred of naturall fleame whiche as Auicenne declareth in the chaptre of humours is nothyng els but bloude vnperfectlye decocted this Aposteme is wyth lytle payne chefelye whan it cōmeth of a cause antecedent Sometymes after Auicenne this Aposteme is engēdred of a cause Primitiue and than it is not without payne howbeit vndimia cōmeth not ofte of a cause prymitiue The reason is bycause the humours that resort to the hurted placebe not colde but hote For nature sendeth bloude or cholere and spirytes as seruitoures to succour the hurted place Of whiche humours an hote Aposteme is engendred Note that the truest sygne of simple Vndimia is Signe of Vndimia yf
whan ye presse it downe with your fynger a concauitie or holownesse remayneth whych thynge foloweth not in an Aposteme eleuated that is engendred of grosse vapours and flegmatyke and than that vndimia is of the kynde of eleuation that is to saye of the kynde of wyndye apostemes by eleuation Vndimia is coÌ„menty resolued This Aposteme for the most part is ended by the waye of resolution coÌ„meth not often to suppuration yf the patient be wel haÌ„dled as we wyl declare in the Chaptre folowynge This Aposteme hath four tymes begynnyng encrease state and declination And it is engendred of a cause primitiue antecedent and conioynct The primitiue cause is a fal a stroke euyll regiment The cause antecedeÌ„t is repletion of flegmatyke humours The cause conioynct is a flegmatyke humour gathered to the place of the Aposteme ¶ The .iii. Chapter of the cure of Vndimia The cure of Vndimia THe cure of a softe Aposteme called Vndimia which is engendred of fleame hath four intentions The first is accomplisshed by gouernaunce of diete The seconde by purgation of mattier antecedent The thyrde by resolution of mattier conioynct and for the most part as we haue sayd it endeth by the way of resolution as olde and newe doctours testifye so that conuenient thynges be layed to The fourth intention is accomplyshed by correction of the accidentes The fyrst intentioÌ„ which is to ordre diete is accomplysshed by the administration of the syxe thynges not naturall as is the ayre meates drinkes and other Diete The meates must enclyne to hotenesse and drynesse and therfore the patient must eate muttoÌ„ rather rosted than boyled and also veale capons hennes byrdes of the woode and not of ryuers his wyne must be claret delaied or white wine of good odoure And as I sayde the meates which the pacient must vse muste be somewhat bendynge to hotenesse as Ryse sodden wyth the broth of flesh or grated breed with the broth of the sayde flesh Al kyndes of poulse as beanes peasen c. must be auoyded and lykewyse rotes except carat rootes fenel and parselye rootes which ben admytted in this case The seconde intention which is to digest the mattier antecedent and after digestion to purge it Syrupe is thus accomplyshed Fyrste let the mattier be digested with this syrupe â„ž of syrupe of the iuce of endyue of oximell composituÌ„ of syrupe de duabus radicibus anÌ„ â„¥ ss of the water of fenell scabiouse and cicorie Ana â„¥ i. meÌ„gle them After that he hath vsed this sirupe the space of foure dayes Purgatyon lette hym be purged with this purgation â„ž of Cassia Diacatholicon an Ê’ vi of electuarii indi maioris diafinicon ana Ê’ i. and. ss make a small potion with the coÌ„mune decoction addyng â„¥ i. ss of syrupe of viol Pilles Also to this inteÌ„tioÌ„ ye may vse pilles of hermodactiles or called pil fetide The dosis or gyuing of them is Ê’ i. somtimes ye maye take afore dynner a morsell of pure Casia or ye may make suche pylles â„ž of agaryke in trosisques of pylles called fetide et aggregatiue Ana. ℈ i. make .v. pylles wyth the water of fenell These pylles muste be taken at one tyme. The thyrde intention which is to take awaye the matter conioynct is accomplysshed by mynystryng thynges conuenyent vpon the aposteme Yf the vndimia procede of a cause antecedent without payne coÌ„mixtion of an hote humour it auayleth moch in the fyrst dayes to laye this oyntement vpon it â„ž of the oyle of camomyl dyll of mixte and roses AnÌ„ â„¥ ii Oyntement of the nuttes of cipres of wormwod camomylle dyll of squinantuÌ„ sticados ana mÌ„ ss Let the thynges that be to be brayed be brayed after a grosse maner than let them seethe with a suffucyent quaÌ„tite of wyne of good odour vnto the consumtion of halfe the wyne than strayne them and let the straynyng boyle agayne wyth the foresayde oyles and a lytle vynegre vnto the consumptioÌ„ of the hole sâ—raynynge This done make a linimeÌ„t with suffycyent whyte waxe adding in the ende of litarge of golde and syluer ana â„¥ iii. of bole armenie â„¥ i. ss Note that before ye applye this oyntmente it shal be good to wasshe the place wyth thys decoction that foloweth after foure dayes of the begynnynge of the Aposteme â„ž of camomyll roses myrtil wormewood sticados mÌ„ i. and. ss of squinantium sauyn rosemary ana a lytle of salt of roche aluÌ„me ana â„¥ i. and. ss of honye â„¥ iii. These sayde thynges muste seeth with a suffycyent quantitye of lye made wyth okeasshes and a lyttle vynegre vnto the consumption of the thyrde parte These two foresayde remedyes maye begynne after the begynnynge vnto the encrease ☞ Moreouer yf ye adde a lytle branne and fresh sope in the sayde decoction it shal be verye good in the state and declinatioÌ„ of this aposteme we haue moreouer proued it good to take a sponge A sponge to dyppe it in the sayde decoction and bynde it vpon the Aposteme with a large bande so that it embrace the hole aposteme AuiceÌ„ne sayeth that in the sponge there is a vertue resolutyue and deficatyue which two thynges bene requyred in the cure of this aposteme An oyntmeÌ„t An other stronger vnction â„ž of the oyle of dyll camomyl and lyllyes anÌ„ â„¥ ii of the oyle of rue â„¥ i. of the nuttes of cypresse in noÌ„bre .iii. of sauine Ê’ iii. of cyperus Ê’ i. of quenched lyme â„¥ vi of roche alume Ê’ i. and. ss of wyne of good odoure one cyath of whyte vynegre Ê’ i. stampe the thynges that beÌ„ to be stamped after a grosse maner than let them seeth togyther vnto the consumption of the wyne and than strayne them and adde to the straynynge of whyte waxe as moche as shall suflyce of Litarge of golde of Bolearmenye Ana â„¥ i. mengle them Yf it chaunce that the Vndimia is wyth grefe ye must consydre whether it be engendred of a cause Prymityue or antecedent Yf it procede of a cause primityue ye must laye to somewhat that appayseth payne and resolueth mattier wyth exiccation as this playstre folowynge â„ž of the floure of beanes barleye and lentyles A playstre of branne well boulted Ana .li. ss wyth suffycyent new wyne and a fewe greate Mallowes make a sâ—yffe Playstre at the fyre addynge in the ende of the decoction of Oyle of Roses Camomylle and of Oyle Myrtyne Ana â„¥ ii and. ss Thys Playstre hath vertu to swage griefe wyth resolution and exicration and comforteth the Apostemed place An other Playstre for the same intention â„ž of the rootes of greate Mallowes .li. ii seeth them in water and strayne them and lette that that is strayned seethe agayne and adde in the ende of Oyle of Mirte of oyle of Camomylle Ana â„¥ ii of whyte waxe â„¥ ii and. ss of Beane floure boulted of Barly floure Ana â„¥ i. and ss mengle them Of these foresayde make
of a Melon and some tymes to the greatnes of a courde And it hathe sondrye names accordynge to the places in whyche it is engendred as we haue sayde of Testudo but we nede not to passe for the names so that we haue the true intentyon of healynge All thies kyndes of eminences ben engendred of a cause primityue antecedente and conioyncte The cause primityue is euyl regiment in eatyng and drynckynge The cause antecedent is the multytude of fleame hardened and dryed The cause conioyncte is the humoure gathered to the place Scrophiles As concernynge Scrophiles some ben paynful and haue part of an hote humour and ben redde and not verye harde Thies maye be healed by resolutyon or by suppuratyon Sometymes they ben greate and olde and haue coniunctyon wyth synnowes and veynes and are of euyll coloure Take no cure of thē for they comme often to a Canker Ye maye haue the same iudgement of glandules whan they comme to malignitie and cancrosytie Consydre wel theyr sygnes that ye maye knowe whan they ben euyll There chaūce in the emunctories certayne harde emynences called Bubo and fugile and they haue coniunction wyth the synnowes ¶ The seuēth Chapitre of the cure of Scrophiles glandules and lyke emynences THe cure of glandules The cure of glandules c. Scrophiles and excrescences of the same nature is accomplisshed by foure intentyons The fyrste is good regiment of diete The seconde is to take away the mattier cōioyncte by medicines resolutiue The thyrde to purge the mattyer antecedent The fourthe to take away the mattyer cōioyncte by handye operatyon or by the applicatyon of a caustyque medicyne whan they canne not be healed by resolutyon The fyrste intentyon is accomplisshed accordyng to that Diete that is sayde in the Chapitre of the cure of nodes In thys case the patyent must endure hōgre asmuche as is possyble and kepe hym selfe frome eatyng vnto vomite He muste haue hys heade layed hygh nether muste he slepe grouelyng whā he slepeth lykewyse he must not speke muche nor laughe whan he speaketh For the accomplisshement of the seconde intentyon lette the mattyer be thus digested ℞ Oximel compositū Digestiue of Syrupe of Sticados of honye of Roses Ana ℥ ss of the waters of scabiouse Endiuie and Fumiter Ana ℥ j. mengle thē After that he hath vsed this digestife let hī be purged with this purgatiō Purgation ℞ of Diacatholicon of Diaphenicō of electuarij indi maioris ana ʒ ij make a small potion wyth the cōmune decoction addynge of syrupe of violettes ℥ i. and. ss Eyght dayes after that he hath vsed thys medicine to euacuate the matter antecedent it is good to take euery daye in the mornynge one of these pilles Pilles by the space of fourtye dayes excepte the two dayes whē the moone chaungeth ℞ of Euphorbiū of ginger of turbith of the iuice of the rootes of Ireos of Agarike ana ʒ i. make xl pylles wyth the sayd iuyce Also it shal be very good to take euery euenynge a lytle of thys compositiō ℞ of hony of roses of syrupe of sticados ana ℥ iiij of suggre ʒ iij. of agarike in trocisques ʒ ss of salis gemme of spike of cinnamome of galangale ana ℥ ij of cloues of macis ana ʒ i. of polipodie ʒ i. ss of turbith preparate ʒ ij of longe pepper ℈ ij make a confection of al these wyth the wyne of quynces The receyte of thys is ℥ ss It is of excellent operation to take away an euel flegmatyke complexion in any bodye it rectifyeth the euyll qualite and purgeth the grosse humour The thyrde intention whych is to take awaye the matter conioynct is accomplyshed by the administration of locale medicines whych maye resolue thys matter and mollifye it Of whych thys is one of good effecte A cerote resolutiue ℞ of the muscilage of holyhocke of fenugreke linsede of drie fygges .li. i. of cōmune oyle of oyle of lillies and camomille ℥ ij of capons grece gose grece and swynes grece melted of cleare terebentine of wethers tallowe melted ana ℥ ij and ss of lytarge of golde well brayed and cersed ℥ viij Let thē boyle al together to the consumption of the iuyce muscilage thē wyth sufficient newe waxe make a cerote clāmysh and cleauynge addynge of armoniake Iris sygnifyeth a flouredeus of galbane dissolued in vynegre ana ʒ i. of newe ireos well brayed ℥ i. and. ss seeth them altogether and make a cerote after the maner of diaquilon Thys cerote is souerayne to resolue scrophules and all other glandules procedyng of flegmatyke matter Another remedy to thys entētiō Playster ℞ of whyte diaquilon of great diaquilō of the swette of shepes woulle called isopus humida ana ℥ i. of ysope of galenes cerote ʒ x. of the iuyce of flouredelys ℥ ss of the iuyce of affodilles ʒ i. of the muscilage of holihocke ℥ iiij Let them boyle altogether vnto the consumptiō of the muscilage then put to of cleare terebētine ʒ vi of whyt waxe asmuch as shall suffice make a cerote Item to the same intētion ℞ of galbanū of serapine of Opopo armoniake ana ℥ ss of the decoction of flouredelis ℥ ij of whyte vynegre ℥ ij and. ss dissolue thē altogether and boyle them vnto consumption of the iuyce and decoction then adde of oyle of lillies of cleare terebentine of whyte waxe ana ʒ iij. let them boyle agayne one boylyng put to of brayed flouredelis ʒ ij Another ℞ of the rootes of lillies ℥ iij. of the sedes of water cresses of ireos cutte accordynge to breadth ana ʒ i. boyle thē in sufficiēt water tyll the sede of the watercresses be broken then presse them and stampe them Whych thyng done make a plaister in the muscilage of the foresayde thynges wyth branne well brayed and sodden wyne asmuche as the muscilage shal be Thys playster is excellēt to resolue scrophules so that they be not paynful and suspected of a canker A cerote To the same intētiō ℞ of armoniake and galbane dyssolued in vynegre and adde a lytle terebentine and a lytle mastique gūme and a lytle of the rootes of flouredelis wel brayed of oyle of lyllies of hēnes grece ana ʒ iij. reduce these thynges to the forme of a cerote vpon the fyer accordynge to arte It is a good remedye for scrophules Yf it chaunce that the scrophules cā not be resolued by the medicines aforesayde but that they come to the waye of maturation it auayleth muche to helpe the maturation forward Maturatiue The maturatiue of scrophules must be such ℞ of the rootes of holihocke of lillie rootes ana .li. ss when they ben soddē in sufficient water stāped strained put vnto them of garleke headdes rosted vnder the coales ℥ iij. asmuche of whyt oynions rosted after the same maner of oyle of lillies buttyre ana ℥ ij of swynes grece gose grece ana ℥ ij ss whyche
sayeth yf the canker can not be cutte to the rootes it must not be cut at all for incision bryngeth the canker to vlceratiō and malignitie But yf the canker be tretable in the begynnynge and of small vlceration and in suche parte of the bodye that it maye seme possible to be rooted vppe by the waye of incision Incision than the Chyrurgien after a purgation made by conuenyente medycynes or by Flebotomye as we haue sayde maye cut it vp by the rootes After incision and extirpatiō and that the melancholyke bloude is taken awaye ye muste laye an hoote yron vpon the sore place tyl ye touch the quycke flesh For as Ouyde sayth all thynges are fyrst to be attempted but an incurable sore muste be cutte awaye that the sincere parte be not infected After this ye must procure the fal of the escarre To remoue an eschare wyth buttyre or swynes grese or wyth thys playstre Take of the decoction of holyhocke mallowes and vyolettes li. ii of barlye floure as moche as shall suffyce to be incorporated with the sayd decoction than let them boyle at the fyre a lytle whyle tyll they bene thycke and adde of oyle of roses and vyolettes Ana ℥ ii and wyth the yolkes of two egges and a lytle saffran make a playstre This playstre appayseth payne as it appereth by the simples of which it is cōpounde And it mollifyeth and resolueth the matter that is about the sore place and was drawen thyther by cauterisation or incision and it hath also vertue to cōforte the place Note that in al tymes of this disease ye muste beware of to moche humiditye or moystnesse For humiditie as Aristotle sayeth is the mother of all corruption and putrificaction wherefore it semeth better to make the eschare fall awaye wyth thys Playstre than wyth butyre or swynes grese After that the escharre is fallen of ye must mundify the place with this mundificatyue A mūdificatyue ℞ of clere terebentin wasshed wyth barlye water ℥ iii. of oyle omphacyne of syrupe of Roses by infusyon Ana ℥ i. ss of the iuyce of plantayn and nyghtshade which is morell Ana ℥ ii of the iuyce of smallage ʒ ii Let them boyle al togyther vnto the consumption of two partes of the thre of the sayde iuyces than strayne them and adde thervnto the yolke of a newe layed egge of barlye floure and lentyle floure well cersed and newe Ana ℥ ss of Saffran ℈ i. mengle them Thys playstre mundifyeth without mordication or bytyng and it is abstersyue wyth exiccation and cōfortation of the place ☞ Note that in all the tyme of this Aposteme it is not conuenyent to vse thynges incarnatyue or thynges ouermoche abstersiue and desiccatiue which bene of hote complexion But the oyntmentes and linimentes in the cure of a canker vlcered muste be of colde and drye qualitie as bene the pryncipall oyntmentes compounde of mineralles and with the iuyce of herbes which must be labored a good whyle in a mortare of leade whyche mortare of leade is praysed in thys poynte of al auctours Nowe wyll we shewe some receytes and oyntmentes And fyrst vnguentum magistrale of our inuentiō Vnguentū magistrale whych heleth vlceres maligne cankerous corrosyue and other lyke howbeit we admonyshe you that ye obserue the doctryne vniuersal and perticuler aboue named This is the fourme of the sayde oyntment ℞ of oyntment of Roses after the descryption of Mesue ℥ ii of Vnguentum populeon ℥ i. and. ss of oyle myrtyne of oyle of roses made of vnrype olyues Ana ℥ iii. of calues tallowe ℥ iiii of the iuyce of plantayne and nyghtshade Ana ℥ ii and. ss of the iuyce of houseleke These bene kyndes of maydēheer of gallitricū and politricū of the croppes of bryers Ana. m̄ i. of wodbinde and grounswell or peny-grasse ana m̄ ss stampe the thynges that ben to be stamped with the said calues suette than let them abyde togyther the space of a daye and afterwarde lette them be boyled togyther vntyll the iuyce be consumed Than strayne them adde to the strayning as moch whyte waxe as shall suffice and thā take them from the fyre and styrre thē about til they be but warm whiche thynge done adde of litarge of golde and syluer well brayed Ana ℥ ii of burnt leade ℥ i. of cerusse ℥ i. of tutia Alexandrina of the poudre of fresh water creuyses dryed in an ouē ana 3. x. of camphore 3. ii of the stone called an amethist ʒ iii. mengle them and laboure them in a mortare of leade An other liniment for the same intention ℞ of oyle of roses A liniment omphacine of vnguentum rosarum Ana ℥ i and. ss of the iuce of plantayne laictuce nyghtshade and purselane ana ʒ ii of litarge of golde and syluer an̄ ℥ i. of tutia alexandrina ℥ ss make a lynimēt of all these accordyng to arte laboryng it and styrryng it in a mortar of leade the space of a daye This liniment is meruelous good to defend the canker from encreasynge swageth payne and auayleth as well agaynst a canker vlcered as not vlcered An other An other ℞ of the muscilage of psillium and quinces ℥ i. ss of the iuce of coriandex or in the stede therof of sorel ℥ ss of oile of roses ℥ ii of litarge of golde syluer ℥ ii of tutia 3. ii of cerusse ʒ ss of burnt lead ʒ iii. the yolke of a new layed egge of womās milk ʒ v. of opium graines .iiii. of camfore graines .ii. mengle them and laboure thēin a mortare of leade sixe houres we haue founde it good to washe the vlcered place with thys decoctiō ℞ of the water of roses of the water of playntayne of the water of nyght shade Ana ℥ ii of Myrobolane citri of floures of Pomegranades Ana. 3. ii of roche Alumme ʒ ss braye fyrste the thynges that bene to be brayed than boyle them all togyther a lytle afterwarde strayne them and wash the place ofte An oyntment to the same intention ℞ of oyle of Roses of oyle mirtine Ana. l. ss of calues suette An other and cowes suette Ana ℥ iiii of the iuyce of plantayne and nyghtshade Ana ℥ iii. let them boyle all togyther tyll the iuyce be consumed than strayne them and adde to the straynynge of litarge of golde and syluer Ana ℥ ii of cerusse bole armenie of terra sigillata of minium Ana ℥ i. sette them to the fyre agayne and styrre them euer and wyth suffycyente whyte waxe make a softe cerote addynge in the ende of the decoctiō of camphore ʒ i. A signe of perfect decoction of this vnguent is whan it waxeth blacke or blakish Thys vnguent putte vpon cloutes and layed vpon the canker is a good remedye Furthermore yf it chaunce after the incision of a canker or cauterisation that there remayn any maligne or superfluous fleshe whiche must be taken away there is nothyng better than our
folowethe â„ž of the muscilage of the seede of Quynces of Psillium made wyth barley water of womaÌ„s mylke noursynge a wenche of whyte Syef wyth Opium Ê’ j. An opiate medicyne mengle them together and make a collyrie wyth a barbyers whettestone We haue proued that the applycatyon of a warme Collyrie wythin the eye is verye synguler to swage the payne therof After that the payne is appaysed ye muste procede wyth the aforesayde remedyes accordynge to the tyme. Also the decoction of fenugreke made wyth Rose water and barley water is ryght good to appayse gryefe whyche thynge Auycenne testyfyethe If it chaunce that the eye lyddes or Cornea or Coniunctiua be vlcered thorough an antecedente cause than the Chirurgien muste succoure that accidente wyth a conuenient medicyne A water of Galenes inuentyon as thys is â„ž of Rose water of the water of the leaues of Myrte Ana â„¥ j. of suggre candye of syrupe of Roses â„¥ ij of Tutia preparate Ê’ j. and. ss of Syef of leade of a whyte Syef wythout Opium Ana. ℈ j. braye the thynges that ben to bee brayed fynely vnto the lykenes of alchoholl than the waters beynge somewhat heated mengle them together Thys water is merueylous to heale vlceratyon caused of hote mattyere And it scourethe awaye grosse mattyer and dryethe vp subtyle mattyer that causethe vlceratyon and it is Galenes inuentyon whyche auctoure sayethe that in the vlcers there ben two superfluytes engendred namelye a grosse and a subtyle Wherfore the Chyrurgyen muste ordeyne a medicyne hauynge two prerogatyues one to drye subtyle mattier and another to scoure awaye grosse mattyer If ye wyll that the sayde water shal be more desiccatyue and mundifycatyue adde vnto it the thyrde parte of the grene water of oure inuentyon Also ye maye laye to the sayde vlceratyon whan the place is not verye paynfull nor enflamed the sayde grene water actually hote Fynallye we wyll entreate of the mattyere or quytture retayned betwene Cornea and Coniunctiua in the next Chapytre and of the cure thereof by goddes grace Thus endethe thys present Chapytre of obtalmia Wrytten in the Citye of Bononye the yere of oure lorde M. ccccc x. the .xiiij. day of NoueÌ„bre For whych the name of god be praysed ¶ The thyrde Chapytre of quytture engendred and retayned betwene the skynne of the eye called Cornea and betwene coniunctiua WE haue ofteÌ„ seen quytture engendred and retayned betwene the skynne of the eye called Cornea Aposteme of Cornea or coÌ„iunctiua and the skynne coÌ„iunctiua cheifely in an optalmie caused of an hote mattyer whyche accident yf it shulde not be quyckely succoured euapored and purged by the applicatyon of resolutyue and gentle maturatyue medicynes it wolde be no merueyl if the eye shulde comme in daunger of euyll and harde curatyon and that the apple of the eye shuld be vlcered or that the Crystallyne humour shulde vtterly be loste To auoyde thyes accidentes a wyse Chirurgien wythout delaye must prepare some conuenieÌ„t remedye and he must procure an openynge betwene the skynnes by whyche the quytture enclosed maye issue out by the coÌ„missure that is betwene Cornea and Coniunctiua for which purpose this descriptyon folowynge is of good operatyon Decoctyon â„ž of fenugreke â„¥ ss of cleane barley mÌ„ j. of the sede of Quynces Ê’ ij of the rootes of holyhock somwhat stamped of the rootes of langdebeef ana â„¥ j. boyle thies thinges together with a chickyn in sufficieÌ„t water tyll they comme to suche a gelye as calues fete make than strayne them and putte of it ofteÌ„ in to the eye beynge actually hote addynge some tyme a lytle fyne sugre If perchauÌ„ce the quytture issue not out by thys remedie after the sayde suppuration ye muste open the place wyth a lancette makyng a lytle hole And yf it be possyble lette the openynge be betwene the commissure of the two skynnes cornea and coniunctyua After the openynge ye muste procede with the remedie last wrytten the space of two dayes addynge a lytle suggre candie of syrupe of roses and a lytle of other fyne suggre Whan ye perceaue that the quytture is mundifyed whyche is sone knoweÌ„ by the mitigation of the payne and by the clearenes of the eye thys remedye folowynge maye conueniently be vsed Collâ—eye â„ž of water of roses of water of Mirtilles or in the stede thereof of plantayne Ana â„¥ j. of Fenell water of odoriferous whyte wyne Ana â„¥ ss of sarcocolle dissolued wyth womans mylke of Tutia preparate Ana. ℈ ij of suggre Candie of syrupe of Roses Ê’ j. of Myrobalanes cytrins Ê’ ss of whyte Sief wythout opium of Sief of frankencense Ana Ê’ j. and. ss lette thies foresayde thynges be brayed fynely and cerse them and make a collyrie accordynge to arte whyche ye muste vse tyll the place be mundifyed and incarned and for the cicatrisatyon adde to the sayde collyrie Ê’ ij of Sief of leade And note that in the tyme of maturation to appayse griefe and to cause the mattyer to issue out ye maye conueniently applye the foresayde playster of a rosted apple And as we haue sayde before thyes remedyes muste be applyed after purgatyon Lykewyse in the cure of pustles or spottes that chaunce thorough an Aposteme beynge in the apple of the eye ye muste procede as in cornea and coniunctyua but wyth more spedines and wyth lyghter and gentyller medicynes bycause of the nobilite of the eye Thus endeth thys present Chapytre for whyche the name of god be praysed ¶ The fourthe Chapytre of the burnynge and itchynge of the eyes and of the cure of the same IN the corners of the eyes there chauÌ„cethe oft itchynge Itchyng and blerenes and burnyng and some remenaunte of blerenes cheifely towarde nyght procedynge of catharrhous and salt sharpe mattyer For the cure whereof the two foresayde remedies a purgation of the mattier antecedent presupposed ben conuenient The fyrste is thys A water and it is of oure inuentyon â„ž of rose water of plantayne water Ana â„¥ j. of Tutia preparate Ê’ j. and. ss of the water of the floures of Mirtilles â„¥ j. and. ss of the leaues of housleke Ê’ x. of the whytes of Egges somewhat rosted vndre coales in nombre iij. of whyte Sief wythout Opium Ê’ j. and. ss of camphore graynes .iij. sette the foresayde waters vpon the fyer tyll they ben hote and beate them all together and so leaue them the space of foure houres than strayne them and kepe the lyquour in a brasen vessell well stopped Applye thys to the corners of the eyes for it is a present remedye and easethe spedelye the burnynge and the itchynge of the eyes If ye perceaue that abstersyon wil be good in thys case by reason of the blerednes whyche some tymes commethe in greate quantytie it shal be good to procede wyth thys water addynge a lytle suggre candye of syrupe of Roses and so muche of other fyne suggre Here foloweth the seconde remedie whyche is good in
by infusyon ℥ iij. Let them seethe together one boylynge At the begynnynge after euacuation accordynge to the foresayde doctryne you maye procede wyth stronger repercussyon Good Mesue praysethe in all kyndes of squynantie a gargarysme of Rose water and vinegre Another For the same intention you shall vse chys gargarysme folowynge ℞ of sower apples in nombre foure of sumach of roses Ana. M. ss of the sede of quynces ʒ ij Let thē boyle all with sufficient water vnto the cōsumptyon of halfe adde of the wyne of both the kyndes of pomegranades Ana ℥ ij of diamoron ℥ iij. of dianucū ℥ j. let them boyle agayn a lytle This gargarisme is good from the begynnyng vnto the augmentation Another Here foloweth another gargarisme whyche is of a merueylous good operatyon ℞ of the water of roses ℥ ij of the wyne of swete tarte granades ℥ iij. of veriuyce ℥ j. of the water of night shade plantaine Ana ℥ j. ss of roses of sumach of eche a lytle of the iuyce of apples sower and swete ana ℥ ij of the iuyce of wyldinges and medlars yf they maye be gotten Ana ℥ j. of syrupe of roses ℥ ij of diamoron ℥ j. let-them boyle all vnto the cōsumptiō of the thyrde parte Gargaryse this decoction oft as it is aforesayde Whā the aposteme is in the augmētatiō In augmentation the medicines must be mengled with thinges resolutiue after this ordinaūce ℞ of roses of sumach ana m̄ .j. of barley of raisines ana M. ss of drie figges in nōbre .vi. of iuiubes in nōbre x. Seeth thē al with sufficiēt water vnto the cōsumptiō of the third parte adding of diamorō ℥ iiij of the honie of roses ℥ j. ss Note that if fleame surmounte other humours you maye adde to the foresaid remedies a lytle alume and a lytle vynegre and saffran Itē to this intentiō it is good to gargarise a litle of cassia wyth water of nightshade plātain Also it is expediēt to gargarise warm gotes milk to appayse the payne to souple the throte whiche propretie is good in this case Gargarisme Lykewyse the gargarisme folowing is alowable in this case ℞ of the brothe of a chickin sufficient quantitie of barley m̄ ss of the sede of quynces ʒ ij of the rootes of lāgedebeefe .li. iiij of drie fygges .iiij. in nombre of liqueritie ℥ j. lette thē boyle to the cōsumptiō of the thyrde parte thā adde of diamorō of honie of roses of dianucū Ana ℥ j. lette them boyle agayne In the state of this disease whan the Aposteme is in the waye of resolution you maye applie this resolutiue In the state Resolutyue ℞ of the rootes of Holihocke ℥ iiij of drye fygges in nombre .x. of raisynes ℥ ij of branne m̄ ss of barley M. j. of liqueritie ʒ x. of the nest of a swallow .li. ss of the byrdes of swallowes yf they maye be gotten in nōbre .iij. or in the stede of them take of dryed swallowes and layed vp in salt in nōbre .ij. Seethe them all together with the brothe of wethers fleshe or of hennes vnto the consumptyon of the thyrde parte and adde of honye of roses ℥ ij of redde suggre ℥ j. and. ss of saffran ℈ j. of syrupe de duabus radicibus ʒ x. If the mattier be grosse adde to the foresayde thynges of oximell ℥ ij and ss Note that yf ye seethe in thys decoctyon a dogges torde wyth a lytle wyne of swete granades it shal be verye expedyēt in the declinatyō of thys Aposteme If the Aposteme comme to maturatyon the Chirurgiē muste further the rypynge appliynge maturatyue thynges bothe wythin and without Thys playster folowyng causeth terminatyon of all kyndes of squinantia merueylously ether by maturatiō or by resolutyon and it muste be applied in the outwarde partes vpon the Apostemed place Plaister maturatine ℞ of the rootes of holyhock .li. j. of mallowes and violettes Ana. M. ij of horehounde M. ss of whyte lyllie rootes ℥ iiij of drye fygges ℥ ij of dates ℥ iij. the nest of a swallowe Seethe thies thynges in water vntyll they ben perfectly sodden after that they be soddē choppe them stampe them and strayne them and make a styffe playster vpō the fier wyth the floure of fenugreke barley and wheate and lynsede addynge of buttyre ℥ iiij of hennes grese and duckes grese of oyle of violettes ana ℥ j. and. ss of saffran ℈ j. and the yolkes of three egges and wyth the foresaid strayned thynges make a playstere and applye it as it is sayde To the same intentyon a playster made of rosted apples wrytten in the Chapytre of the apostematyon of the two almandes is verye good cheifely whan the mattyer is hote lykewyse for the maturatyon of euerye Squinantia lettē the patient gargarise often a decoctyon of the thynges afore rehersed wyth redde suggre and syrupe of violettes After the maturatyon you muste open the Aposteme by subtyle meane A certayne lerned man commaundeth to open the Aposteme wyth a softe waxe candelle puttynge in to the mouthe vnto the Aposteme or in the stede of it wyth a leeke blade Some cōmaunde to swallowe downe a morselle of beefe tyed to a threde and to plucke it out agayne sodaynely vehemētly Some haue assayed to serch the Aposteme wyth certayne instrumentes and to open it wyth a lytle sharpe instrumente made after the facyon of an hankes talande After that ye haue opened it you must mundifye it incarne it and seale it vp accordyng to the doctrine vndre wrytten Fyrst for the mundificatyon you maye vse a decoction of fygges of raisynes of barley mengled with honye of roses Semblably for incarnatyon you maye adde to the foresayde decoctyō a lytle sarcocolle and a lytle frankencense For the sigyllatyon or sealynge vp vse a decoctyon of barley of lētiles of roses of olyue leaues boyled in suffycient quantytie of water wyth a lytle alume Let the patyent gargaryse it often with syrupe of roses The fourth intentyon which is to cōforte the membre mandāt that is to say frō which the mattier cōmeth by deriuation is accomplished by the administratyon of the poudre that foloweth vpō the toppe of the heade with towe somwhat burnte with which ye shal receaue the fumee of encēse By the effecte of thyes two remedies the heade is greatly conforted and the humours ben kepte frome the sore place The descryptyon of the poudre is thys A poudre ℞ of Roses of wormoode Ana. M. j. of franckencense of mastyke Ana ʒ ij of Calamus Aromaticus ℥ ss of squinantum of sticados of eche a lytle The fyfth intention which is to correcte the accidētes is accomplyshed by the administration of certaine thinges that haue strengthe to take awaye the sayd accidentes Accidentes The accidentes that are wonte to chaunce in thys case are chiefely two namely vehement paine and suffocation or chokynge wyth difficultie to take
oyntment of miniuÌ„ And for as muche as after thys aposteme is healed communely there remayneth greate hardnes in the place where the aposteme was you must resolue it dyscretelye that the hardenes come not to a cankreous Sephirous For thys resolution ye shal administer diaquilon magistrale wrytten in oure Antidotarie whyche resolueth all hardnes wythout drawynge of matter to the place Yf thys aposteme procede of great abouÌ„daunce of humours you must vse a conuenient purgation at the begynnynge and procede wyth thynges som what repercussiue as is the oyle of roses the whyte of an egge and a lytle of the iuyce of plantayne In the augmentation ye shal procede wyth greater resolution and greater repercussion Touchynge the reste of the cure ye shal do after that that is wrytten in thys presente chap. of the curdynge of mylke Semblablye yf it come by one of the causes primitiue declared at the begynnynge of thys chapitre it muste be healed after the doctrine taughte in the chapitre of the cure of Flegmon commynge of a primitiue cause and in maner ye muste procede as we haue sayde in the fyrste cure of thys chapitre For the whyche the name of God be praysed ¶ The seconde chapitre of a colde aposteme of the mamilles or dugges THe curation of a colde aposteme chaunsynge in the mamilles the obseruation of an vniuersall purgation presupsupposed shall be accoÌ„plyshed by the remedyes vnderwrytteÌ„ The cure of a colde aposte in the dugges At the begynnynge ye shal anoynt the mamille or dugge with thys vnction â„ž of the oyle of camomill roses and dille of euery one â„¥ i. of the oyle of lillies of the oyle of lynsede and swete almandes of hennes grese Oyntment of euerye one Ê’ vi of whyte waxe Ê’ x. make a lyniment at the fyer After thys vnction it is good to laye vppon the place vnwashed woulle taken from betwene the legges of a shepe or towe wel kembed wyth the foresayde thynges For they resolue wyth some confortation Yf there be nede of greater resolution the cerote ordeyned in the chapitre of an aposteme in the necke is conuenient in thys case But yf thys aposteme canne not be resolued but semethe to come to the waye of maturation then rype it wyth a playster of holihockes and floure of lynsede and fenugreke c. After maturation it shall be conuenient to open the place accordynge to that that is aforesayde of incisyon after the dyuersite of the partes of mans bodye After incisyon for the dygestion mundifycation incarnation and sigillation ye shall procede as it is declared in the chapitre afore Lykewyse touchynge resolution and mollifycation of the hardenes that remayneth after the curynge ye shall resorte to the sayd chapytre as nede requyreth Thus we make an ende c. ¶ The thyrde chapitre of an harde aposteme in a womans breste called Cankreous Sephiros Cancrous sephiros in a womans breste IN the fyrst doctrine of apostemes we entreated of Sephiros and of all the kindes therof In this presente chapitre I haue determined to dyscrybe a Cankreous sephiros A Cankreous sephiros in a womans breste is a greate hardnes of duskyshe colour whyche can not be moued hyther and thyther It is more angrye at one tyme then at another often tymes of such malignitie as causeth Herisipelas and induceth pryckinges and inflammations so that the woman whyche is vexed wyth thys dysease can nether eate nor drinke and hath alwayes a lytle fieuer And sometymes there appeare rounde aboute certayne veynes full of melancholyke bloode The cure of thys aposteme the obseruation of dyete and of purgation as we haue appoynted in the chapitre of Sephiros presupposed shal be accomplyshed after the custome of a noble woman dwellynge at Arras called ladye Godinne Thys we tok out of the frenche boke which dayly healeth a great multitude of women hauynge thys dysease and cankreous and harde vlceres Fyrst wheÌ„ the hardnes begynneth she is wont to proue yf by the waye of resolution she maye resolue the matter And theÌ„ she applieth a cerote of oyle of roses oyle of camomill oyle of dille and whyte waxe in sufficient quaÌ„titie Somtymes she resolueth it wyth a decoction of parietarye camomill melilote layed to wyth the crommes of browne breade And when she seith that the aposteme wyll come to maturation she is wonte to applye a playster made of the oyle of swete almandes freshe buttyre lillye rootes swynes grese barley floure and fenugreke floure And when the aposteme commeth to vlceration or to a canker she procedeth wyth thynges mundifycatiue that is to saye wyth thinges that mundifye moderatelye muÌ„dificatiue and chiefelye wyth thys mundifycatiue â„ž of cleare terebentyne â„¥ ij of honie of roses strayned â„¥ iij. the yolke of an egge of myldust as muche as shall suffyce make it after the maner of a playster In greate dyfficulties of cankers and maligne vlcers as well in the mamilles as in the legges the greatest remedye that she vseth is a fomentation made wyth an herbe called clymenon of whyche mention shall be made in the chapytre of Malum mortuum After this fomeÌ„tation alwayes she applyeth a blacke playster A blacke playster made after thys forme â„ž of commune oyle .li. i. of lytarge broughte to a pouder and of burnte leade of euery one â„¥ iij. of black waxe â„¥ ij Lette them boyle three houres and euer styrre them aboute and adde in the ende of cleare terebentyne â„¥ ij of the iuyce of clymenon clarifyed â„¥ iiij styrre them well aboute and procede to perfyte curation with thys playster For the cicatrisation vse the water of alume and water of plantayne By this curation the sayde woman hath acquyred great honoure For she hath healed manye women of this disease and in a maner infynite other of maligne and corrosiue vlcers so that she is nowe called the mother of poore folke bycause she healeth them onely for the honour of God Thus endeth this Chapitre For the which God be praysed and thanked ¶ The .iiii. Chaptre Of the hardenesse of the mamilles not cankerous IN the mamilles as we haue sayde before after the cure of Apostemes Hardnesse of â—ugges not concious there remaineth a great hardnesse whyche yf it be not cured by a good Chirurgyen maye come to Sephiros In thys case thynges of moch drawyng haue no place wherfore a cerote of marche mallowes wrytten in the Chaptre of an Aposteme in the necke is conueniently admynistred which maruaylously resolueth by lytle and lytle all hardenesse with mollification Item to this intention the cerote folowynge is good A cerote â„ž of whyte diaquilon gummed â„¥ ii of hennes grese of the mary of the legges of a calfe and of a cowe ana Ê’ vi of the oyle of swete almandes of fresshe buttyre ana Ê’ v. of oyle of camomylle dylle lyllies ana â„¥ ss of Duckes grese and gose grese ana Ê’ vi and an halfe of of the muscilage of
payne A signe that the matier is sharpe thys shall be also Signes of â—â—â—â—pe mattier namelye it wyll be lyke water wherin fleshe hathe bene washed To returne to the remedy it is good to laye vpon the aposteme a cerote of minium wythout guÌ„me after our description If thys remedy be not sufficient to correcte the malignitie of the vlcered borders of the corrosion and inflammation than ye shall applye oure corrosiue poudre and put it in to the vlcere vpon the borders so that they be couered therwyth This poudre so applied thre or foure dayes is of merueylous operation to take away the malignitie of the borders being harde and hollowe Ye shall vse it so longe tyll all the superfluous flesh be taken awaye layenge alwaye vpon the vlcered place a playster of vnguentum de minio vntyl the cure be finished If the borders be so hardened that they can not be amended wyth thys poudre than ye maye applye a cauterie of capitell written in oure antidotarie which is of such efficacitie that it taketh awaye in halfe an houre superfluous fleshe and the malignitie that is in the borders of the vlcers After that the malignitie is remoued mundifye the place wyth a mundificatiue of smallage muÌ„dificatiue or of honye of roses whyche is after thys forme R. of clere terebentyne â„¥ i. ss of hony of roses Ê’ vi Let them boyle a lytle and adde asmuche barley floure as shall suffice to make it thycke After thys mundificatioÌ„ for the incarnation ye may adde to thys last mundificatiue of sarcocolle Ê’ i. ss of frankencense of myrre anÌ„ Ê’ ss whan the incarnation is finished seale vp the place wyth the water of decoction of alume and wyth linte and vngueÌ„tum de minio Thus endeth c. ¶ The .vi. chap. of an aposteme of the flanckes whiche cometh by termination of longe fieuers mattier beynge deriued froÌ„ the liuer to the said place It treateth also of an aposteme that porcedeth of coÌ„geled bloode in the bellie caused of a percynge wounde which blood nature sendeth thyther AN aposteme of the flanckes whiche procedeth by termination Aposteme of the flankes or by coÌ„geled blood cometh to suppuration wherfore the Chyrurgien ought to procede to the cure with thynges maturatiue actractiue Somtymes the mattier of thys aposteme is in the inner parte of the bellie and appeareth not in the outward Than a wise chirurgien must make depe incision Incision wyth some croked instrument vntyll he come to the place where the matter is and there he muste open it wyth an actuall cauterye well poynted and afterwarde wyth another sharpe instrument takinge hede that he touche not the sinnowes After the cauterization it is conuenient to fyll the place wyth the whyte and yolke of an egge mengled wyth oyle of roses The next day buttyre must be layed to mengled wyth the yolke of an egge to cause the eschare to fall After that the eschare is remoued he shall procede wyth a digestiue of terebentyne and the yolke of an egge yf the place were opened with a colde yron The other intentions namely mundification incarnation and sigillation shal be accomplyshed after the doctrine gyuen in the former chap. Thus endeth c. ¶ The .vii. cha of the aposteme of the yarde THe apostemes of the yarde Aposteme of the yarde for the mooste part ar caused of hote mattier whyche apostemes by reason of the continuall flowing of humours to the sayde place and bycause of the heate and exercitation of the same they come quyckly to maturation Liâ—â—â—enâ— wherfore at the begynnynge the vniuersall rules obserued it is good to apply to the yarde thys liniment folowynge Take an egge and beate it well wyth the oyle of roses and iuyce of plantayne and laictuce A defeÌ„satiue And laye vpon the place called pecten which is the nethermoste parte of the bellie aboue the yarde thys defensiue R. of the oyle of roses â„¥ ii of white waxe Ê’ vi of bole armenie â„¥ i. mengle them And two or thre dayes after yf ye perceaue that it cometh to maturation than rype it wyth thys playster Maturatiue R. of the leaues of mallowes and violettes soddeÌ„ in water anÌ„ mÌ„ ii presse out the water and stampe them and in the decoction wyth barley floure make a styffe playster addyng of oyle of violettes of buttyre anÌ„ â„¥ ii the yolkes of two egges MeÌ„gle them wyth the foresayde thynges Thys oyntment rypeth and swageth payne whan the aposteme is rype open it in the ripest place according to leÌ„gth The reste of the curation shal be done after as it is wrytten in the chapi of the cure of flegmon If the aposteme be colde ye shall procede after the doctrine gyuen in the chapi of colde apostemes Thus we ende c. ¶ The viii cha of carbunculous pustles which be engendred betwene the fore skynne and toppe of the yarde THese Apostemes procede for the moost parte by hauynge company with an vncleane woman Of carbuncles and pustles in the yarde that hath her secrete place vlcered wyth some maligne vlcer or that hath had the floures lately For the curation wherof the vniuersal canons of purgatioÌ„ presupposed ther is no surer remedy thaÌ„ to cauterize the place of the pustles with an actual cautery in the fourme of an olyue or to scarifye the place wyth a depe scarification in the middeste of the eschare makynge in euerye pustle one hole Afterwarde ye muste put in to the hole a trociske of minium after our description and a lytle of vngueÌ„tuÌ„ egyptiacuÌ„ of oure inuention wyth an addition of arsenyke made in an hard forme These two remedies kyll the pustles merueylously A signe that the pustles ben mortified A signe of mortification of pustles is thys there appeareth about them a rounde circle To remoue the eschare ye shal vse the foresaid remedies Neuerthelesse I wyl not passeouer this one thing that it is a preseÌ„t remedy to anoynte al the yarde with the whyte of an egge mengled wyth the oyle of roses and the iuyce of plaÌ„tayne and nyghtshade in a litle quantitie Lykewyse the defensyue wrytten in the former cha layed vpon the place called pecten with a cloute dipped in vinaygre rose water is good in thys case kepeth the mattier froÌ„ arriuynge to the sayd place And bicause we haue sene two euil and daungerous accideÌ„tes to happeÌ„ in thys disease The accidentes a diligent cure therof must be had The accideÌ„tes ben these fluxe of bloode and corruption of the ligameÌ„t so that the corruption of the ligament cometh ofteÌ„ vnto the place called pecteÌ„ in so much that I haue ben constrayned to cutte the yarde accordynge to length vnto the pecten and haue taken awaye the rotten ligameÌ„t wyth a sharpe actual cautery haue gotten worshyp therby SeÌ„blably ye shall restrayn the fluxe of bloode after the doctrine declared in the cha of the fluxe of bloode
the heade downeward Incisyon and let hym be tyed handes and fete and vnder the arme holes to the bench hys heade downewarde Returne the guttes wyth the stones into theyr places and let all the parte called pecten whych is aboute the priuie membres be shauen and cut the place of the pecten towarde the grynde so that the stone maye come out And yf there be any gutte wythin the conducte called didyme you muste putte it into hys place agayne wyth youre two fyngers And afterwarde tye the didyme enlargynge it a lytle wyth an instrumente made after the lykenesse of a cranes becke Then sewe it vp wyth cered threde as taylours sewe garmentes or els tye it wyth the sayde threede After that cutte the dydyme a fynger vnder the seame and incontinentlye cauterize the place wyth an actuall cauterie vnto the seame or knotte of the didyme exclusyuelye Then lette the fleshye place be cauterized and leaue the ende of the threede hangynge oute and also leaue an hole in the basse or lower part of the incisyon The reste of the curation muste be handeled accordynge to that that is taughte in the chapytre of solution of continuite Note that this cure muste not be practysed in them that haue a great cough nor in thē that begynne to waxe hole of some sycknesse nor in olde men cheifely yf they passe .lx. yeres nor in a tyme to hote or to cold Also the patientes fryndes muste be admonyshed of the daunger It is thā conuenient that this cure be enterprised in the spryngtyme or in the haruest Thus endeth c. ¶ The .viij. Chapitre of an Aposteme in the fundement Apostemes of the fundamēt THe Apostemes of the fundement ben engendred for the moste parte of the payne of hemorroydes and of corrupte and hote mattyere whyche is sent frome the membres nutritiue to the saide place and therfore they comme al most euer to suppuration The cure of this Aposteme is this After euacuation caused by medicyne laxatiue and by cuttynge the veyne called Basilica in the same syde whan the bodye is full of humours ye shall at the begynnyng laye vpon it thynges that ben nether to muche repercussiue nor to muche maturatiue For yf the thynges shulde be muche repercussyue it were to be feared leste the mattyere shulde be enclosed wythin though a purgation went before For thys Aposteme is not engendred by mattyer gathered together by lytle and lytle but as you wolde saye by deriuatyon Lykewyse to great maturation is to be feared For the place sone receauethe putrefaction wherefore thynges maturatyue beynge hote and moyste myght lyghtly further the same For thyes causes it is good to anoynte the place wyth Oyle of Roses omphacyne wyth Oyle of Camomyll and Oyle Mirtyne Afterwarde ye shal vse the whyte and the yolke of an Egge beaten together wyth Oyle of Violettes and vnguente of Roses and a lytle Saffran If the Aposteme comme to maturation Maturatiue than ye shall vse thys maturatiue ℞ of mallowe leaues M. j. of the rootes of Holyhock and whyte Lillies Ana ℥ iij. Seeth them all in a brothe or in rayne water stāpe thē and strayne them than in the decoction wyth wheate floure make a stiffe playster addynge of oyle of Violettes of freshe buttyre Ana ℥ ij Thys playster rypeth wythout drawynge of mattyer to the place and moreouer it swageth payne Whan the Aposteme is rype wythout lokynge or tariyng for perfecte rypenes make incisyon after the figure of a new moone And for the digestyon mundifycation incarnation sygillation Incision and cycatrisation ye shall procede after the doctryne declared in the former chapitres of hote Apostemes And bycause thys Aposteme engendreth often a fistula persynge and not persynge to the gutte called rectum bycause of hys greatnes or bycause of the malignyte of the mattyer or bycause the Chirurgien hathe bynne to slowe in the openynge of it For the cure of a fistula not persynge ye shall resorte to the Chapytre of a fistula and for a persynge fistula goe to the Chapytre of a Fistula of the fundement Thus endeth c. ¶ Here endeth the .vi. treatise ¶ Here folowethe the seuenthe treatise of the seconde boke whyche treatethe of Apostemes from the shulders vnto the handes ¶ The fyrste chapytre of Apostemes colde and hote mattury and not matturye engendred in the shuldres Apostemes in the shulders THe Apostemes whyche are engendred aboute the ioynctures muste be diligently cured by dyscrete Chirurgiens leste the synnowes be hurte and the membre leese hys mouyng After obseruation of the vniuersal rules concernynge purgation flebotomie and diete the cure at the begynnynge is accomplysshed by the application of locall remedyes as wyth oyle of roses Omphacine and wyth a decoction of grounde wormes for they conforte greatly synnowie places at the begynnynge Linimente Item this liniment folowynge is profytable at the begynnynge vnto augmentation ℞ of oyle of roses cōplete of oyle Omphacine Ana ℥ ij of oyle of Camomyll ʒ x. of grounde wormes washed wyth wyne ℥ j. and. ss of saffran ℈ j. of odoriferous wyne ℥ vi of Camomill of melilote of eche a lytle Lette them boyle all together vntyll the wyne be consumed than strayne them and make a liniment wyth suffycient whyte waxe You must rubbe the place wyth thys liniment and laye vpon it vnwasshed woulle taken from betwene the legges of a shepe And yf ye putte to this liniment of the rootes of Holyhocke sodden and strayned the quantytie of ℥ iiij it shal be verye good frome the begynnyng vnto the ende of augmentation in resoluyng and appaysyng payne If the Aposteme comme to maturation and is flegmonyke lette it be cured after the curation of sanguine Apostemes If it be engendred of mengled humours lette it be cured accordynge to the commixtion of the same If it be Coleryke lette it be cured wyth the cure of a Coleryke Aposteme Merueyle not good reader that for the accomplysshement of some intentyon I sende you from one chapytre to another for one Chapytre aydethe another and I doe it to auoyde manye wordes and hereby ye shall haue an occasyon to reade sondrye chapytres and to lerne by that meane thynges whyche other wyse perchaūce you wold not haue sought for After that the place is comme to maturation Intisyon ye shall open it wythout lokynge for perfecte rypenes so that it be not to grene nether muste the incisyon be to depe that the synnowes be not touched After incisyon lette the place be digested wyth a dygestyue of terebentyne and of the yolkes of Egges addynge of the oyle of Hypericon ℥ ss For the other intentions ye maye procede by the remedyes wrytten in the chapytre of solution of continuite of synnowes Neuertheles we wil adde some profytable thynge for the cure of thys Aposteme whyche is that from the daye of incysyon vnto perfecte digestion this playster be applyed ℞ of the leaues of mallowes of the leaues and
endeth c. ¶ The .v. chapiter of an Aposteme of the fyngers called Panaritium PAnaritium is an Aposteme of a very hote nature Apostemes of the finger called Panaritium it is venomous so that thorow his veninositie heate it corrupteth the synnowes and sometimes the bones causynge greate and sharpe payne Also somtymes it engendreth a sharpe fieuer And sometymes as wyllyam Placentinus sayeth it bryngethe the patient to deathe whyche thynge we haue sene also It is a rule in thys cure that we vse at the begynnynge styptyke thynges the cuttynge of the veyne called basilica in the cōtrary syde and a purgation with the iuyce of roses or cassia or Diacatholicon presupposed The fyrste playster muste be in thys forme Playster R. the two kyndes of hole pomegranades sodden in a decoction of barley Roses balaustyes and sumach than stampe them and strayne them and wyth the floure of lentiles barley and beanes wyth a lytle quantitie of the foresaid decoction and the sayde straynynge make a styffe playster addynge of oyle of roses omphacine and oyle myrtyne ana ℥ i. ss of saffran ℈ i. or make it thus R. of the floure of Lentiles barley and beanes ana ℥ i. of myrobalane citrine ʒ i. of diers gaules ℥ ss lette them all be boyled with the wyne of granades a lytle vinegre of roses vnto styffe thycknes addynge of oyle of roses of oyle omphacine ℥ ii Note that if these two plaisters swage paine ye may procede with them but yf after the applicatiō of the same the payne dayly encrease than ye shal vse a maturatyue of mallowes violettes the floure of barley soddē in the foresayde decoction made wyth buttire and yolkes of egges This must be applied the space of two dayes Afterward there is no greater remedy than to open the place wyth an hote yron in the toppe of the fynger This cauterizatiō though it be done before perfecte maturation saueth the fynger from corruption of the bones and sinowes oftentimes appaiseth griefe But bicause many wyl not suffre cauterization it is necessarye to vse a stronger maturatyue And whan it is rype you muste open the place wyth a sharpe instrumente or wyth a caustyke of capitell whan the mattier is aboute the skynne Than afterwarde lette the place be mundifyed with Vnguentum egyptiacum mengled wyth Vnguentū apostolorum or wyth oure poudre of mercurye or wyth a trocisque of minium And than lette the place be purified wyth honie of roses and wyth a mūdificatyue of Smalage and incarned wyth oure poudre incarnatyue Poudre incarnatiue the description wherof is after thys sorte R. of Aloes Hepatike ʒ iii. of myrrhe of frankencense of Sarcocolle ana ʒ i. mengle them And yf you adde of cleare Terebentyne ʒ v. of honye of roses strayned ʒ ii it shall be verye profitable Lette the place be sealed vp and cicatrised wyth our poudre cicatrisatyue and wyth water of Alume wyth vnguentum of miniū whyche ben written in our antidotarie whervnto resorte ¶ The .viii. treatise speaketh of the apostemes of the hyppes thighes legges And of the apostemes of the liuer and scrophules and fugilles whyche chaunce vnder the arme holes ¶ The fyrst cha treateth of apostemes of the hyppes hote and colde saniouse and not saniouse Apostemes of the flanckes c. OF Apostemes of these partes som are engendred in the outward partes as in the stones the flanckes the fondement of whyche we haue spoken we wyl here speake of an Aposteme that is engendred in the inner partes The curation of thys aposteme differeth not frō the comune cure of other Apostemes wherof we haue spokē in the former chapiters wherefore yf it be a colde aposteme for the resolution and mollificatiō and other intentions ye shal procede as in the cure of colde apostemes And likewise if it be hote come to maturatiō let it be opened mūdified incarned and sigilled c. as is declared in the former chapitres Neuertheles thys is to be noted the it requireth a discret chirurgien whā there is mattier or corruption in the place or not bycause of the thycknesse of the muscles and of the fleshe wherfore good wylliam Placentine in his tyme resisting chirurgiens that said that this aposteme was not sanious obtayned greate worshyppe and profite For he made incision in the presence of chirurgiens and found great quantitie of mattier or corruption in the aposteme Thus endeth c. ¶ The .ii. chapi of hotte and colde Apostemes of the knees thyghes and legges THe Apostemes of the thyghes Apostemes 〈◊〉 the thyghe◠knees and legges knees legges haue no differēce touchynge the curation from apostemes of the shulders elbowe of the bone of the arme called adiutoriū wherfore for all the intentions of the cure of the same ye shal resorte to the former chapitres Neuertheles they differre in one thing that is that the patientes must not excercise them selues in going cominge as muche as shal be possible Thus. c. ¶ The .iii. cha of the swellyng of the knee THere ben often Apostemes engendred in the knees Swelling of the knee hote and colde sanious and not saniouse wyndy humorall or full of water If the aposteme be hote it must be cured after the curation of an Aposteme of the elbowe hotte or colde wherefore ye shall peruse that chapiter Of the curation of this Aposteme whan it is colde we wyll here speake accordynge to the truth Fyrste a conuenient purgation presupposed if the swellyng be olde and not very harde it is profitable Playster of gotes dunge to applye a playster of gotes dunge made wyth new grape shales or huskes water and barley floure The auctoure of the pandectes merueyleth in the chapiter de stercore caprino how he healed a mā so quyckly with thys playster which had longe tyme bene vexed with the swellynge of the knee Howebeit we haue founde a more excellente remedye in thys playster folowynge for an olde swellynge of the knee Plaister for an olde swellynge R. of beane floure and barley floure ana ℥ iiii of branne well grounde ana m̄ ii of goates dunge brayed li. ss of Camomylle Melilote stamped ana m̄ .i. make a styffe playster wyth lye and sufficiente sodden wyne addynge of oyle of Camomyl and dylle ana ℥ ii Thys playster resolueth easelye al wyndie swyllynge wyth resolution of the humoral mattier and mitigation of the payne And yf thys swellynge be caused by colde humorall mattier with commixtion of hotte mattier it is verye profitable to vse in the stede of lye the muscilage of Holihocke Also a sponge dypped in a decoction resolutyue and breakynge of wynde layed and bounden vpon the knee hathe a merueylous vertue And yf this aposteme be watry for the cure therof ye shall resorte to the chap. of the cure of hernia aquosa Thus. c. ¶ The .iiii. chapi of apostemes of the fete hote and colde
the begynnynge ye shall retayne the bloode and the quytture whyche thynge myghte encrease difficultie of breathynge a daungerous thynge in thys case wherfore at the begynnyng ye shal not applye stiptike and clammyshe thynges nether wythin nor wythout Furthermore you maye vse flebotomie in the contrarye parte and scarifycation vpon the botockes and rubbynges and byndynges of the extreme partes to kepe of apostemation at the begynnynge Item it is commendable to vse a clyster hauynge vertue to dyssolue wyndynes and bloode The thyrde intention whych consysteth in purgation of bloode in the inner parte by the mouth of the wouÌ„de shal be accomplyshed as it foloweth Fyrste when the chirurgien commeth to the patiente he muste consyder the sygnes And when he is certayne he muste diligeÌ„tly serche meanes to cause the blood whych is in the inner parte to issue out by the orifyce of the wouÌ„d whych thyng may be brought to passe by conuenient situation of the bodye that is to saye that the heade be layed downewarde the feete beynge raysed vp or that the patientlye vpon a bedde hys heade hangynge downeward leanynge vpon some fourme or stoole lower then the bedde that the blood wyth in maye easely issue out He muste lye thus the fyrst daye For it is good for two causes Fyrst to purge the bloode that is wythin Secondly that bloode other humours the communly chauÌ„ce in woundes fall not into the bodye And the patient muste lye grouelynge asmuche as he can vpon the wounde Some gyue certayne thynges by the mouth to cause the blood to come forth whyche thinge is very commendable so that the medicines be not to sharpe and to stronge Furthermore it is to be noted that if the wouÌ„de be very large so that the spirites come forthe aboundauntly then you muste sewe the sondred partes leauynge an hole beneth that the bloode and quytture maye easelye issue out And after that the bloode is issued and the wounde mundifyed you must begynne to applye tentes of lynte dypped in the whyte of an egge or in wyne And lette the sayde tentes be greate in the outwarde parte that they fall not in or els tye them to a threde that yf they fall in they maye be drawen out agayne Here it is to be noted that ye must not in any wyse laye vpon the wouÌ„de poudre restrictiue as Albucasis sayeth ☜ for it wolde dryue matter towarde the herte or deriue bloode whyche myghte sone choke the patient Item yf ye be sure that there is no bloode entred in by the waye of the wounde then it shall be conuenient that ye sewe the wounde and procede wyth thynges incarnatiue in the fyrst dayes But bycause a man can not haue trewe knowlege at the begynnynge whether the bloode be entred or no it is the surest waye to kepe the orifyce of the wounde open at the begynnynge howe be it the seconde daye ye shall putte in a tente dypped in oyle of roses hote and in a digestiue of terebentyne and a yolke of an egge and a lytle saffran vnto the seuenth daye layenge aboute the wounde a defensiue of oyle of roses of bole armenie and a lytle whyte waxe And for as muche as in the fyrste dayes there happen euell accidentes as payne in the syde Accidentes dyfficultie of breathynge and a greate coughe it is good to applye thys playster folowynge vpoÌ„ the sore syde â„ž of camon il Plâ—yster melilote dille wormewoode ana mÌ„ i. of dryed branne and cersed mÌ„ ij ss of the floure of barley beanes and leÌ„tiles ana .li. ss of roses mÌ„ ss stampe them all and wyth sufficient sodden wyne and a lytle odoriferous wyne by arte and fyer make a styffe playster addynge of oyle of roses â„¥ iiij of camomill dille of euery one â„¥ ij of whyte waxe â„¥ ij and. ss Set the foresayd thynges agayne on the fyer wyth the oyles and the waxe melted and put to in the ende of saffran Ê’ ss This playster as ye may knowe by the symples hath vertue to swage payne and is resolutiue and coÌ„fortatiue and prepareth the bloode the matter to yssue out WheÌ„ the patient is come to the thyrd or fourth daye no euel accident happenynge vnto hym as a spasme tremblynge of the herte and difficultie of breathynge and other lyke and when the patient fyndeth hym selfe in good dysposition a maÌ„ may iudge knowe that the wounde is not mortal Wherfore at the begynnynge vnto the seuenth daye for resolution and purgation of bloode thys poudre wyth hys waters hereafter prepared Poudre maye well be gyuen to the patient â„ž of reubarbe Ê’ ss of madder of mumie of euery one ℈ .i. of terra sigillata ℈ ss of the water of stabious the water of buglosse of the wyne of granades of euery one â„¥ i. Some doctours gyue at the begynnynge potions or drynkes made wyth wyne and hote thinges as cloues and madder whyche thynges maye greatlye hurte the patientes For they cause fieuers and dyfficultie of breathynge Wherfore at the begynnynge pectoral decoctions are better as diadragantum and diapenidium or as thys description A pectoral decoction â„ž of penidies of suggre candye of syrupe of violettes of euerye one â„¥ i. of the nuttes of pyne apples of swete almandes of coÌ„mune seedes of euery one â„¥ iij. of diagragantum â„¥ ss meÌ„gle them and wyth syrupe of violettes make a loch addyng of the iuyce of lyquerice â„¥ ss After that the wounde is come to manyfeste quyture for the mundification and purgatioÌ„ of the same we say that ye muste often washe the wouÌ„de wyth conuenient lotions And though sondrye lotions ben wrytten of the doctours as of Guilhelmus placentinus and other whych are composed wyth wyne and with the decoction of floure delice lupines myrrhe and other hote simples myne opinion is that suche medicines are not coÌ„uenieÌ„t as I haue ofteÌ„ proued for two causes The fyrst is the inflammation of the foresayde thynges The seconde is bycause that when bloode putrefyeth greate heate alwaye happeneth Wherfore to muÌ„difie the quytture and to take awaye the euell complexioÌ„ of the place it is a more sure waye to procede wyth thys lotion A lotion â„ž of cleane barley of lentyles ana â„¥ ij of roses mÌ„ ss of the herbe called horsetayle mÌ„ i. let them boyle wyth water of plantayne and rayne water and a lytle wyne of granades vnto the consumption of the thyrde parte and adde of redde suggre â„¥ ij of syrupe of roses by infusion â„¥ iij. of saffran ℈ ss The quantitie of water muste be fyue pounde whyche muste boyle tyll it come to thre Ye shal wash the wounde here wyth all and bynde it coÌ„ueniently so procede vntyl there issue out matter lyke cleare water when the patient hath vsed the sayd lotion and hath no fieuer and when the wounde is rectifyed and the quytture mundifyed then ye maye adde to the former decoction of honye of roses â„¥ iij. And when the quytture
is altogether mundifyed then ye maye conuenientlye administer stiptike lotions A stiptike lotion as thys that foloweth ℞ of roses of the floures of pomegranades called balaustie of the croppes of brambles called cyme rubi of myrtilles of sumach of euery one m̄ i. of hypoquistidos of myrobalane cytrine ana ʒ ij of hony of roses ℥ ij let them boyle wyth water of plantayne wyne of pomegranades in sufficient quantitie vnto the consumption of the thyrde parte Let thys decoction be spouted into the wounde that perseth wyth a syrynge For so Auicenne teacheth Item in the same tyme yf the patient be not troubled wyth the coughe and the quytture dryed or mundifyed consoundyng and stiptike thynges are permitted to be receaued by the mouth in a liquide forme or in meates as terra sigillata wyth the iuyce of quinces sumach hypoquistidos roses floures of granades c. Galene affyrmeth the same wyth lyke wordes Furthermore we wyll descrybe a playster abstersiue and mundifycatiue whyche shal serue for those intentions when nede shall requyre ℞ of hony of roses strayned Playster ℥ ij of cleare terebentyne ℥ iiij of the iuyce of smalage ℥ i. Let them boyle altogether a lytle and take them from the fyer and forthwith adde the yolkes of two egges of wheate floure well cersed ℥ ij of the floure of fenugreke and barley of euery one ʒ ij of saffran ℈ .i. For the same intention ye maye applye our cerote wrytten in the chapitre of the cure of the sculle beynge brused It is more attractiue thē this plaister When the intention is to consoūde and to drye you may vse a cerote of minium descrybed in the foresayde chapitre Item yf the sayde wounde resyst greatlye true curation and endureth longe tyme ye maye knowe that the sayde wounde is turned to a fistula whyche receaueth seldome trewe curation howe be it we haue healed many whyche hadde fistules and dydde caste out quytture longe tyme by the orifyce of the wounde after thys sorte The cure of a fystle in the breste Fyrst we washed the wounde with thys decoction Decoction ℞ of honye of roses strayned ℥ iiij of the croppes of brambles of the leaues of wylde olyues of euery one m̄ i. of balausties of the ryndes of granades of euery one m̄ ss of lentyles asmuche of the herbe called horsetayle in latine cauda equina m̄ i. of saffran ℈ .i. Let these forsayd thynges be boyled in the lye of vynebraunches and fygge tre braunches and a lytle wyne of granades vnto the consumption of the thyrde parte then strayne the sayde decoction and applye it often wythin the wounde After the sayde lotion I vsed vnguentum de minio and I caused the patiente to vse drynkes that drye and purge quytture as is the potion descrybed by Mesue destinctione eleuen where he makethe mention of playsters and oyntmentes and the sayd potiō is called a mixture to heale woūdes The forme there of is thys A potion of Mesue hys description ℞ of cloues of the rootes of motherwurte of pimpernell of camomill of synckfoyle of the herbe of violettes of the herbe of redde coalewurtes of hempe of euerye one m̄ i. of madder to the quantitie of all Let these forsayde thynges be boyled in sufficient quantitie of wyne tyl halfe be consumed then strayne them and adde vnto them as muche of cleare and cleane honye as the thyrde parte of the sayde decoction shall be The dose of it is in the mornynge ℥ iiij wyth water of mayden heere and scabiouse Here ye shall note that yf in the stede of wyne the sayde potion were made wyth water of maydē heere and scabiouse and wyne of granades it myght conueniently be gyuē to the patient in a fieuer And briefely to fynyshe thys chapitre we wyll gyue two doctrines profytable in thys case The fyrste is that when the chirurgien is called he must dresse it as quyckelye as maye be And the chāber muste be very warme and manye hote clothes aboute the wounde lest the ayre enter in and yf it enter that it be hote and not colde The seconde is the chirurgien muste pronosticate accordynge to the signes that he shal see that he maye saue his name Neuertheles the Chirurgien shall not refuse to cure anye hurte of the membres contayned in the inner parte excepte the harte For nature by the Chirurgiens ayde workethe so well that oftentymes it bryngethe that to passe that semed impossyble Thus. c. ¶ The .xj. chapytre of penetraunt or persynge woundes of the bellie Of woundes persyng thorow the bellie THe woundes of the bellie as the Doctours affyrme ben daungerous cheyfely those that persewyth the hurte of the membres cōteyned The woundes of the bellie communely are caused of cuttynge thynges as by a swerde or poynted thynges as wyth a darte c. Whan the Chirurgien is called to the cure he must consyder the place of the wounde and whether the conteyned membres ben hurte or no which thynge maye be knowen by the sygnes that folowe signes of stomake hurte The sygnes that declare the stomake to be hurt are thies the patient spettethe bloode and hys meate commethe out by the wounde That the guttes ben hurte it is knowen by the great payne Of the guttes and torsyon or grypynge of the bellie and whan the superfluites of the meate commeforthe by the mouthe of the wounde Of the small guttes The sygnes that the small guttes ben hurte are knowen by the place where the wounde is namelye whan the wounde is aboue the nauell If the wounde be benethe the nauel it is in greate guttes we haue declared in oure Anatomie howe that there ben three greate guttes and three small of whyche the three greate are vndre the nauell the three smalle aboue the nauell Wherefore by the place of the wounde ye maye knowe what guttes are hurte You maye knowe whan the lyuer is hurte by thys Of the lyuer that the wounde is aboute the false rybbes of the ryght syde and the bloode that issuethe out of the wounde is redde and the patient hathe greate payne frome the sayd rybbes vnto the flanke by cause the bloode is deryued frome the liuer all a longe vnto the grynde Whan the mylte is hurte it is knowen by thys Of the milte that the wounde is betwene the false rybbes of the lyfte syde and the bloode that issuethe out of the wounde is grosse Of kydnes and verye blacke The hurte of the kydnees is knowen by the place whan the wounde is somewhat lower than the nauell and the bloode also that issuethe oute is cleare and watrishe It is to be noted that sometymes the woundes of the bellie not penetrant or persynge ben not wythout daunger of deathe namelye whan they are aboute the nauell wythin three or foure fyngers bycause of the great muscles that are knytte to the nauell Furtheremore the woundes whiche are in the hyndre
Syrupe of Roses wyth water of the herbe called horsetaile and water of barley For it engrosseth the mattyere and conforteth the membres and so they kepe the mattyer that it bee not deryued to the blader If the hurte be onlye in the necke of the blader The cure of a wounde in the necke of the blader ye maye haue confydence that it is not mortall as the experience of them declareth whyche cutte stones out of the blader And thys hathe ben proued in the cure of an Almayne whych was a familiare frynde of Iulie the seconde and was hurte in the lyfte flancke with a mauryse pyke so that the blader was hurte And the space of vij dayes hys vryne issued not after his natural course but onlye by the wounde We seyng the blader to be perced and that the vryne issued out by the wounde made answere that the man was in greate daunger of deathe neuertheles that we wolde not omitte the reasonable cure whiche we haue declared in this present chapytre And by the helpe of God the sayde Almayn became as hole as yf he had neuer ben hurte Howebeit the wounde was onely in the necke of the blader and not in the substaūce of it otherwyse seyng that the wounde was great he coulde neuer haue escaped deathe Eyght dayes after the wounde there came out of the wounde a piece of a pannicle as large as the patientes hande whych we iudged to haue been cutte frome the pannicle called Siphac wherfore yf suche woundes ben wyth incision of the pannicle Siphac it is necessarye to ioyne together the sondred partes wyth a conuenient seame lest the guttes falle in to the purse of the stones called osseum The cure of the matrice And whan the matrice is hurte ye shall procede as we haue sayde of the bladder excepte that two or three dayes after the wounde you must gyue the patiente more abstersiue thynges as honie and the water thereof and honie of roses Moreouer ye shall applie vpon the bellie whan the bladder or matrice is hurte the foresayd playster of sodden wyne and make an vnction as is sayde afore For the playster and vnction are verye profytable to ease payne and the grypynges of the bellye to resolue also and disperse ventositees It remaynethe The cure of a wounde persyng thorow the bodye that for the accomplyshement of thys present chapytre we speake breyfelye of the woundes whych perce thorough the body First whan the Chirurgien seeth that the bodye is perced thoroughe wyth an arowe maurise pyke c. He muste cōsyder whether the inner membres bē hurte or not before he drawe the instrument out of the wounde whyche may be knowē by the strength of the patient and the poulses and other euyll accidentes that communely happen as soundynge spasme tremblynge of the harte and by the pale or blackysshe colour of the face If these accidentes ensue the patient is nygh deathe But yf they ensue not nether the patient is weake it is a sygne that the inner membres are not hurt And than you muste anoynte the instrumente with oyle of roses beyng hote and procede wyth tentes moysted with hote oyle of Roses and a digestion of terebentyne vntyll digestion be accōplysshed For other intentions that is to saye mundification incarnation and sigillation ye shal procede as is afore sayde And for asmuche as nature cōmunelye sendethe the bloode that remaynethe wythin the bodye to the emunctories of the flanckes and an Aposteme thereby is engendred which muste be cured as flegmon therefore I saye ye shall resorte to the chapytre of the cure of Apostemes in the flanckes Thus. c. ¶ The .xij. Chapitre of the woundes of the hyppes THe woūdes of the hyppes muste be cured as the woūdes of the shulders woundes of the hippes For the hyppes ben synnowie and full of ligamentes great muscles as the shulders wherfore ye shal resorte to the cha of the same Neuerthelesse that ye maye haue a certayne doctrine for the cure of the said woūdes we say the therunto thre intētions are required The fyrst is regiment of diete The seconde euacuation of the body The thyrde consisteth in the application of conuenient thinges vpon the sayd woundes As concernynge the fyrste and second intentions ye shall procede as it hath ben often declared in the former chapiters The patient must abstaine from wyne and flesh tyl the daunger of apostemation be passed Also ye must cutte the veine called basilica or the comune veyn in the opposite syde Item it is conuenient to kepe the belly alwaye soluble or loose by lenitiue clysters For most comunely the sayd woundes cause greate paynes the mattier that is deriued to the hyppes engendreth apostemations Moreouer at the begynnynge ye maye gyue the patient a medicine minoratyue de cassia diacatholicon and de electuario lenitiuo or of other accordynge to the complextion strength of the patientes The thyrde intention shall be accōplished by the administration of local medicines Fyrst the chirurgien must cōsyder whether the wounde be depe or not large or strayte For whan it is depe strayte it must be wisely enlarged that the veynes sinnowes ligamentes and muscles be not hurte And afterward let the wound be healed with oyle of roses hote a conuenient digestyue And laye aboute the woūde a defensiue magistral whych is wrytten in the cha of the woundes of the shulders And yf the wounde cause greate payne ye shalle put in to the wounde oyle magistral of Hipericō wherof we haue spoken in the former chapiters Itē to swage paine we haue foūde it good to vse an embrocation made of oyle of roses oyle of camomylle dylle wyth the decoction of erth wormes Lykewise in this case a plaister made wyth the cromes of breade and with mylke written in our antidotary is profitable And a plaister of sodden wyne wrytten in the chap. of the woūdes of the breste is of the same operation After digestion for incarnation other intentions ye shal procede after the doctrine wrytten in the sayd cha If the wound be to large you shall sew it cōueniētly layēg a large orifice in the nether part Note that these woundes muste be diligently cured and by a wyse chirurgien for we se it often cometh to passe that through the faute of the chirurgien the patientes halte al theyr lyfe longe Thus. c. ¶ The .xiii. cha of the woūdes of the stones and of the yarde THe woūdes of the stones the yard ben not mortal woundes of the stones and the yarde if it be not through the errour of the chirurgien Neuertheles bycause they are necessarye to generation they must be healed with al diligence To come nere to our purpose there are required to the cure of the sayde woundes thre intentions And concernyng the fyrst seconde intention ye shal procede accordyng to the doctrine of the former cha The third shal be accōplished by
ss let the sayd thynges be boyled togyther excepte the tutia with a glasse of water of the decoction of barly vntyl the water wyne be consumed than strayne thē and set them on the fyre agayne addyng as moche whyte waxe as shal suffyce and in the ende the forsayde tutia and of saffran ʒ ss This lynyment is conuenyent in all woundes in which the sinnowes ben hurt and discouered for it appayseth griefe engendreth flesh vpon the synnowes beinge discouered A precious oyle Here floweth a precyous oyle for greate woundes with mundification and incarnation of the synnowes ℞ of gūme elimi of mastyke of newe rosyne of the pyne tree of most clere terebentine ana ℥ i. of armoniake of bdelliū of galban of serapine of opoponax ana ʒ i. ss of earth wormes wasshed with wyne ℥ ii of antimoniū brought to poudre ʒ iiii rosemarye of mylfoyle of centaurie the greater and the lesse of the herbe called horsetayle ana m̄ ss of s Iohns worte m̄ i. of oyle of roses omphacine ℥ i. ss Lette them be brayed all togyther put into a lembike of glasse well stopped and set it on a furnays and stylle the sayde thynges The first destillations shal be after the maner of water the rest in the fourme of an oyle and ye must mengle the .ii. liquores togyther and seeth them on the fyre Than ye must adde vnto it a lytle of fyne grayne and madder and the seede of saynt Iohns worte and of the foresayde herbes a lytle vntyll the water be consumed Than strayne them with a thycke clothe kepe them as preciously as golde for this oyle conteyneth all the secretes and properties that ben requyred to the cure of all woundes in which the synnowes are hurt for it hath vertue to swage payne and it draweth and dryeth with abstersyon which intentions are requisite in this case Moreouer ye must note that all conuenyent remedyes muste alwaye be applyed actually hote yea the bādes wherw t the sore places bē wrapped must not be colde but hote For colde is verye noysome as we haue sayde before we wyll declare some remedye for the pryckyng or foynynge of the synnowes albeit that we haue spoken therof suffyciently in this chapitre that the diligent reader maye haue a more certayne doctrine Fyrst at the begynnyng it is very expedyent to laye a cauterization of oyle of elder being very hote vpon the foyned place An other attractiue Furthermore ye may cōuenyently apply vpon the wounde a medycyne attractyue as is this description ℞ of leuen ℥ i. terebentyne ℥ ii of hennes grese of oyle of lineseed ana ʒ x. of oile of elder ℥ i. ss of the flour of fenugreke barly ana ʒ vi of saffran ℈ ii the yolke of one egge mēgle them and let them boyle a lytle and put in the yolke of the egge in the ende Item to the same intention thys oyntment folowyng is cōmendable A cerote ℞ of whyte diaquilon with gūmes ʒ x. of clere terebentine of gūme elimi ana ʒ iii. of oyle of elders ʒ ii of oyle of euphorbiū ʒ ss of armonyake dissolued in vynegre ʒ i. mengle them and let them boyle a lytle at the fyre and make a cerote we haue in this present Chaptre wrytten sondrye remedyes as well oyles as playsters which ben conuenyent in this case therfore we wyll now speake brefely of the accidentes of these woundes thoughe we haue spokē therof largely hertofore Fyrst we say that there is no surer remedy to remoue a spasme than to cauterise the sore synnowe incontynently with an hote yron and consequently to apply thervpō of oyle of elders being hote And afterward ye shal procede with a lenitiue oyntmente and digestiue to remoue the escare and the heate for we haue often proued thys curation and haue gotten worshype thereby Galene and Auicenne haue wryttē sondry remedyes which ar cōpound of maruelous thynges not vsed of the practisiens of oure tyme and for as moche as we haue not founde greate profyte in them we let them passe for this present we haue proued that the playstre aforewritten of meales lye and syrupe of Roses is conuenyente for the cure of apostemes in the sinnowes and lykewyse the playstre de sapa or of soddē wyne ordeyned in this present Chaptre Fynallye it chaunceth somtymes that besyde apostemation the sinnowes come to putrefaction and than yf ye can not separate them by a digestyue it is necessary to vse an actuall or potentiall cauterie and we haue often separated the putrefaction of the synnowe with vnguentum egiptiacum of the description of Auicenne and with a trociske of minium of our descryption and lykewyse with our poudre of mercurye of which we wyll speake in our antidotary by the grace of god c. ¶ The .xvi. Chaptre Of the cure of a spasme A Spasme after Auicen is a synnowye disease The cure of spasmes by the which the lacertes are brought to the place of theyr begynning are inobedyēt to the verue motyue so that they can not extende them selues after the wyl of the patient vntyll the disease be remoued And there be .ii. kyndes of a spasme namely a spasme proportioned to the matter and not proporcioned That which is proportionat to the matter is double of inanicion and repletion Howbeit some say that a spasme not proporcionat chaunceth sometymes by a cutte or foyne sayinge that the vertue is prycked and hurt by the payn and solution of continuitie chefelye whan the pryck is made by an instrument with a small heed or by styngynge of venemous beastes or by colde Also they grounde them selues vpon Hipocrates which sayeth that colde byteth the skynne and causeth payne rygour and a spasme But in dede this chaunceth seldome and yf if it chaūce the spasme incontinently becōmeth proportionate to the matter by repletion wherfore in the cuttynge or pryckyng of synowes a spasme chaūceth by replecion by reason of the vehemēt payne For payn as Galene sayth is as a ventose drawīg mater to the place by the which the synnowes be hurt replenysshed and the sayd matter is conueyed sometyme to the brayne by the sinnowes And whan the brayne feleth that matter it dryueth it backe agayne by which expulsion the synnowes are fylled with the foresayde matter and are inobediēt to theyr accustemed mouynge And somtyme the spasme is throughout all the bodye somtyme the spasme is caused by putrefaction for whan the hurted synnowes come to putrefaction a venimous matter ascēdeth to the brayne and whan the brayne feleth the sayd venenositie it forceth it selfe to resiste the same and whan it can not resist it a spasme is caused through the venemous qualitie and not by reason of the multitude of it And therfore we haue often sene this spasme to be caused through the coniunctiō of the synnowes as good Mesue testifyeth by the auctoritie of Galene saying a spasme foloweth the pryckyng of the
all tymes ben these Oyntmentes godd for fistules Vngm̄ basilicū magistrale of oure description Vngm̄ de minio noted in the chapiter of a broken skulle likewise diaquilon magistrale in our antidotary mentioned Item we haue founde cōuenient for the dryenge of fistules a plaister made of goates donge wyth beane floure soddē wyne called sapa other wyne and barbers lye Item lotions conuenient in thys case are these that folow R. lye made with asshes of vine or figge tree braūches Lotions for fistules or of barbers lye with a sufficient quantitie of hony of roses roch alume let them seeth a litle Item R. of the sayd decoction ℥ ii of poudre of mercury of our descriptiō ℥ ss mengle thē together This lotion must be cōueyed in with a sirupe that it may worke in the botome of the fistule for it purgeth the superfluitie eateth awaye euyll fleshe in short time causeth not gret payn And we haue oftē sondred rotten synnowes frō the hole partes with this lotion applied vpō the yarde A lotion for olde vlcers Item this lotion folowyng is good to mūdify olde hard vlcers R. Vngm̄ egiptiacū ℥ ss of mercury sublimate ʒ ss of lye ℥ iiii of water of roses ℥ ii of arsenike ℈ i. of water of plantayne ℥ iiii seeth these thynges together tyl the thyrde part be cōsumed apply it with a syryng for it mortifieth al fistules applied .ii. or .iii. times in the vlcers Itē trosciscus de minio aforesayd these that folowe are of greate efficacity R. of sublimate well pounded A trociske very good for fistules ℥ ss of the myddes of breade vnbaken and wel leuened ℥ iiii of Minium ʒ x. mengle the sayd thynges together wyth a lytle Rose water make trociskes accordynge to the fashion and fourme of tentes and drye them vpō a tyle and kepe them to your vse For sigillation ye shall procede with stiptike and dryenge thynges as we haue often sayd we could wryte many other remedies but oure custome is onely to wryte those that we haue proued to be true c. Here beginneth the fyrst treatyse of the .iiii. boke whyche treateth of vlcers perticulerly ¶ The fyrst chapiter of the vlcers of the heade Vlcers of the heade THe Vlcers of the head differ not in cure frō other vlcers For yf they be corosiue they must be cured after the cure of corosiue vlcers Yf they ben rotten ye shal resort to the chapiter of rottē vlcers if they be holow ye shal turne to the chapiter of holow vlcers c. If the bone be corrupt thorow aposteme called topinaria or talpa resort to the chapiter of those apostemes The doctours haue manye other remedies wherin we haue foūde litle profit and therfore we ouerpasse them for as Celsus sayeth one medicine sufficeth not to diuers and sondry diseases ¶ The second chapiter is of moyst vlcers of the heade Of moyst vlcers of the heade SOmtymes there ben engēdred in the heade moyst vlcers which are harde to be cured The moost conuenient thyng in this case is to purge the humours of the heade than to procede wyth the remedies folowyng Fyrst ye shal mundify the place with our poudre of mercury and after that the place is mundified ye shal applye an abstersiue made with the iuyce of smallage of the syrupe of roses of the iuyce of plantayne for sigillation water of alume is cōmendable or vngm̄ de minio of this description R. of oyle mirtine of oyle of roses omphacine Vnguētū de minio an̄ ℥ iii. of goates and calues talow an̄ ℥ i. ss of the iuyce of plātaine nyghtshade an̄ ℥ i. of the herbe called horsetaile of the leaues of myrtilles of the tēder partes of brambles of the leaues of wylde olyues an̄ m̄ ss of the floures of pomegranades of galles an̄ ʒ vi an hole sower pomegranate of the water of plātayn li. ss braye al those thinges that be to be braied and lette them boyle tyl the iuyce water be consumed then strayne thē and adde to the straynyng of litarge of syluer ℥ i. of miniū ʒ vi of bole armeny ℥ ss Let them seeth againe and stirre thē about tyll they be blacke in coloure with sufficient white waxe make a soft cerote addyng in th ende of cleare terebentyne ℥ i. ss of mastike ʒ iii. Itē in this case water of alume water of alume made as it foloweth is cōuenient R. of water of plantayne of lye made with the ashes of vyne tree and figge tree an̄ li. ss of the beries of mirtilles and floures of pomegranades an̄ ℥ i. of a myrobalane citryne of Hipoquistidos of laudanum an̄ ʒ iii. of roche alume ʒ vi of hony of roses ℥ i. ss Lette them seeth all tyll the thyrde parte be consumed then strayne them and vse them After that the place is washed wyth thys decoction ye shall applye thys poudre R. of roche alume brent of bole armenye an̄ ʒ iii. of a myrobalane citrine of the floures of pogranades ʒ i. ss Mengle them and poudre them fynely And yf ye can not drye nor mundifye wyth these sayde remedyes then ye shal vse Vnguentum egiptiacum or Vnguentum mixtum Concerning the rest of the cure it shall suffice to applye the foresayde mundificatyues for the fleshynes of the heade is but smal therfore the vlceres are not holowe nether haue we described incarnatyue medicines for the medicines mundificatiue do partly incarne also c. ¶ The thirde chapter of vlcers of the heade proceding of drie skalles of exitures called vlcera fauina et mellina Oftentymes there are vlcers engēdred in the heed procedyng of hard knobbes Of dry skalles of the heade whych ben of hard curation and also of dry skalles Here we wyll only treate of the vlcere that is called mellinū procedynge of harde knobbes whych is that the place be mundifyed wyth a trociske of miniū or with our poudre of mercury or with vnguentū egiptiacū from al euyl fleshe whiche thing is knowen by the growynge of good fleshe Let the heade be purged also wyth pilles of hiera picra wyth agarike or pilles called cochie or aggregatiue c. for the other intentions ye shall procede as it is sayde in the former chapiter ¶ The .iiii. chapiter of the skalles of the heede AFter the doctrine of aūcient writters ther be sondry kindes of skalles of the heade Of the skalles of the head one is called Fabina for the semblans of beanes an other furfurea like brāne another viscose slimy another lupinosa for semblaunce of a husked lupine some dry some moist some vlcerous some without vlcers Howbeit the names are not to be regarded so that we haue the ryght curation for the cure of one differeth not frō the cure of an other but in the greater or smaller mordication or bytyng of local medicines The
preparate wyth oyle of swete almans and oyle of elders wyth a lytle vynegre wyne of granates and butter wyth .xij. earth wormes and snaylles and as many chest wormes boyled altogether wyth .ij. ounces of oynyōs rosted in an ouen somewhat cut and stamped these thinges muste sethe tyll the wyne and vynegre be cōsumed wyth a lytle saffrā then ye shall strayne them and powre of the straynynge into the eare for it hath the forsayd vertue Item to this intention it is conuenient to applye a playster made of sapa sodden wyth butter oyle of elders a lytle saffran whyte waxe brayed branne barlye floure Also the oyle of lynsede the oyle of bytter almandes soddē wyth erth wormes may cōueniētly be vsed Furthermore a playster of sapa sodden wyth branne and wyth oyle of camomill and dille and wyth a lytle camomill and mellilote and applied vppon the eares hath a great prerogatiue Besydes thys the suffumigation folowing helpeth to swage payn caused of hote humours A suffumigation in a hote cause ℞ of malowes violettes camomill mellilote dille of euery one m̄ i. of barlye chaffe small cutte of cleane barlye of branne ana m̄ ij of licorice of raysons of euerye one ℥ .i. seeth the forsayd thynges together tyll halfe of the water be consumed then let the smoke be receyued into the eare and afterwarde vse in a hote cause the forsayde remedyes Here foloweth another suffumigation conuenient to release the payne procedynge of a colde cause ℞ of the rootes of holihocke A remedy for a colde cause li. ss of camomill mellilote dille of the leaues of horehounde ana m̄ i. of sticados of squinātum of maiorum of euery one a lytel seeth them wyth water and a lytel odoriferous wyne tyl halfe be cōsumed and receyue the smoke into the payned eare and afterward let the remedyes afore wrytten for paynes procedynge of a colde cause be poured into the eare accordynge to necessitie ¶ The .ix. chapter of impedimētes of hearynge or of defnesse NAture is wonte to be vexed with sondry dyseases Impediment of hearynge about the vertue of hearyng whych is very necessary to euery man as wel to optaine knowlege as to conducte other affayres of thys present lyfe Wherfore it is diligently to be conserued when any euyl chaunceth it muste be wysely remoued The accidētes Causes of defnes that hynder sometyme destroy the vertue of hearyng are these griefes apostemes wyndynesse vlceres superfluous fleshe deafnes wormes and suche lyke wherof we wyll make a proper chapter by the helpe of god Wherfore yf the cause of defnes of the eares be an aposteme for the remotiō therof ye shal resorte to the proper chapters of the apostemes of the eares lykewyse in al other We entēde in thys present chap. only to entreat of deafnes in general Fyrst before ye come to locall medicines ye must purge the humours of the heade with pylles of hiera agregatiue or cochie or of assagereth with agaryk accordyng to the euyl humours Also ye must order a dyete whych ought not be to moyst in thys case And therfore the patiēt may wel vse tyme maiorum percelye myntes nept organy nutmegges cynamon in hys meates he may drynke wyne of good odoure delaied with water sodē with coriāder Itē it is good to vse water sodē with hony coriāder and a lytle cynamon and he shall receyue therof halfe a glasse full in the mornynge as muche at nyght As touchynge locall remedyes we saye that the medicines wrytten in the chapter of the soundynge of the eares are conuenient in thys case Of the remedyes praysed of learned men thys is one ℞ of oyle of bytter almondes ℥ i.ss of oxegalle ʒ.i of black elebore stamped graynes .ij. of castorium of vynegre of euery one ʒ.v let them seeth all together tyll the vyne egre be consumed then strayne them and poure therof into the eare warme Item thys remedye folowynge is profytable to recouer hearynge ℞ of hares galle ℥ .i. of oyle of castorium oyle of elders of oyle of nardus of euerye one ʒ.vi of odoriferous wyne of vyneegre of euery one ℥ .i. of the floures of rosemarye of the leaues of rue of eche a litle of foxe grese of the fatte of an ele of euery one ʒ.iij or of blacke eleborus brayed ℈ .i. let them seeth all together tyll the wyne and the vyneegre be consumed then strayne them and vse them as is aforesayde Also the oyle of balsami and the oyle of castor hath a greate prerogatiue in this case Lykewyse the vnderwrytten suffumigation restoreth hearynge maruelouslye Suffumigation ℞ of camomille of mellilote of dille of stycados of squinant of rosemary of euery one m̄ ss of whit oynions nombre .iij. of the rootes of affodilles ℥ .iiij. of blacke ellebor brayed ʒ.i of horehounde of maioram of serpillum whych some call our ladyes bedstraw of organy of wormewood of euery one m̄ i. of honye li.i of bytter almanse somewhat stamped ℥ .iij. of oxegalle ℥ iij.ss seeth these forsayde thynges wyth sufficient quantitie of water and a lytle vynegre and vse them after the maner of a suffumigation Another remedye for the same purpose A synguler remedye ℞ of iuniper seede ℥ ss of blacke elebore ℈ .i. of oyle sysamyne of oyle of lynseede of oyle of elders and rue of euery one ℥ ss of oyle of castorium of oile of a foxe of euery one ʒ.ii of vynegre ʒ.x of odoriferous wyne ℥ .i. Lette them seeth all together tyll the wyne vynegre be consumed strayne them put therof into the eare warme Item an other ℞ of the beryes of laurell of the seede of iuniper of euerye one ʒ.ijij of oyle of bytter almans ʒ.x of oyle of dille and of lynseede of euery one ℥ ss of oyle of castorium oyle of elders of euery one ʒ.ij.ss of the iuyce of purslane of the iuyce of ciclamine ana ʒ.v of maioram of rue of eche a lytle of vynegre ʒ.ij of the galle of an hare ʒ.vi seeth them all together tyll the iuyces and vynegre be consumed then strayne them and vse them as is aforesayde Another suffumigation good for deafnes ℞ of the leaues of elders of the leaues of walwort and mugwort of euery one m̄ i. of the beries of iuneper and laurell ana m̄ ss of the rootes of ciclaminie of the rootes of affodilles of euerye one m̄ i. of maiorā of wormewood of myrrhe of euerye one ℥ i.ss of honye ℥ .iij. of oxe pysse li.i of vynegre li.ij of water as muche as shal suffyce adding of nept calamynte betonye rue ysope sticados cētaurie spykenarde of euery one a lytle let thē seth tyl the thyrd parte be consumed and vse them after the maner of a suffumigation for the operation is maruelous Item the oile of elders soddē wyth oyle of dille and rootes of affodilles is a synguler remedy for deafnes Item some saye that it is
very profytable to applye thys decoction ℞ of the rootes of a whyte and a blacke vyne called vitis alba et nigra bearynge grapes of euerye one ℥ .i. of wormewoode m̄ i. of oxe galle of hares galle of euery one ℥ .i. of the fatte of a foxe ʒ.vi of the fatte of a wesyll or of elys ʒ.x of castorium of blacke elebore of euery one graynes .ij. of vynegre of odoriferous wyne of euerye one ℥ iij. of oyle of nardus ℥ .i. of oyle of laurell ℥ ss lette them seeth together tyll the wyne and vynegre be consumed then strayne them and put therof into the eares It is also good that the patient exercyse hym selfe in grauelye places Item contynuall purgations of the heade make muche to the purpose Yea the foresayde remedyes are not to be administred before the purgation of the bodye and of the heade Lykewyse in the tyme of the administratiō of the same they oughte not to be nother to hote nor to colde Furthermore it is the duetye of a good chirurgion to prouyde that the medicines that enter vnto the synowe planted wythin hurte not the same It is moreouer to be remēbred that medicines of the eares muste not be styffe but liquide that they may perce into the inwarde parte Item the medicynes muste be often chaunged namelye euerye fourth houre and the pacient muste lye on the cōtrary syde a certayne space after the application of the medicine stoppynge hys eare that the ayer enter not in The beste maner of administryng medicines for the dyseases of the eares is that the eare be clensed from all superfluous thynges before the application of the sayd medicines c. ¶ The .x. chap. of water and stones and wormes graynes or such lyke thynges entryng into the eare WOrmes Of wormes and other noysome thynges in the eares and other thynges enter into the eares and hynder hearing may be knowen by the relation of the patientes whyche fele a bytynge and mouynge in the eares heuye paynfulnesse The cure therof Cure is to drawe out the sayd thynge And to come to oure purpose bryefly some doctours saye that water whyche is entred into the eares maye be drawē out easely with instrumētes wherwith great wyndy balles be puffed vp whych are after the maner of a syrynge The way to draw out the sayd matter is thys Fyrst ye muste bathe the eare wyth wyne of the decoction of nepte of maiorum afterward ye muste put the instrument into the eare vnto the botome whyche muste be stopped with cottō that the instrumēt may drawe the water frō the botome vnto it selfe And thys ye shal do so often tyl ye perceaue the water dryed vp whych is knowē by the remotion of the accedētes that were ther before Some allowe that the water be drawen out wyth the woode of a palmetre or drye elder Ye muste put one ende of the woode into the fyer and the other in the eare and the woode muste be thre cubites longe for they say that by reason of the fyer the wood draweth the water vnto it selfe Lykewyse some vse thys meane to drawe out the water After a suffumigation the patiente muste iompe wyth the fote that is on the sore syde in leapyng he must strike his eare of ten with hys hande afterwarde they put into the eare a see spōge thē cause the patiēt to slepe vpon the same eare Lykewyse ye may drawe oute the water wyth such a syrynge as the surgeons vse to drawe vryne oute of the bladder puttynge it into the eare wythout payne and suckinge out the water at the other ende wyth youre mouthe Fynallye the doctours haue descrybed few remedyes in thys case for they knewe that instrumentes were more fytte to draw out the sayd water then locall remedyes Howe be it Auicenne sayeth that the iuyce of oynyons put into the eares easeth the heuynes of the heade and draweth out the water Arsilata and Platearius saye that the sayde iuyce mēgled wyth gose grese and put into the eares is of the same effecte Nysynge also prouoked by arte is conuenient in thys case As touchynge the drawynge oute of lytle wormes and suche other thynges yf it be possyble they muste be drawen oute wyth lytle pynsons or some other conuenient instrument enlargynge the conduyte of the eares And yf ye can not drawe them oute on thys meane Medicyne to kylle the wormes in the eares ye muste procede wyth localle medicines Fyrste to kyll the lytle wormes ye shal poure into the eare oile of bytter almondes dyssolued wyth a lytle aloes epatyke and oxe galle afterwarde ye shall make a suffumigation of thynges anodyne that is to saye whyche swage payne For within the space of a fewe dayes the wormes shall appeare to youre eyes and then ye shall take them oute wyth some conueniente instrumente Lytle stones and graynes beyng entred into the eares muste be drawē out after that that is wrytten in thys present chapter concernynge drawynge out of water excepte that when the greyne is in the eares ye muste not vse oyle and suffumigations but when ther is greate payne for they enlarge the greyne Wherfore it is better to drawe it out wyth some conuenient instrumente somewhat croked And bycause that sometyme the stone or the greyne stycketh so in the eare that it can not be drawen oute then ye shall breake the stone or the grayne wyth small sharpe tenacles made for the purpose And for asmuch as often tymes the sayde thynges can not be drawen oute but they cause greate payne and brynge the place to an hote apostemation some haue counsayled to make incision vnder the eare that so the sayde thynges maye be drawen oute by the cutte place Neuerthelesse my councell is that no incisyon be made in the sayde place bycause it is noble and synnowy excepte a sygne of apostemation appere vnder the eare but to leaue the cure to the workynge of nature whyche is euer myghtye in her operation Yf apostemation appeare vnder or aboue the eare ye shall further maturation therof wyth a playster maturatiue and attractiue afterwarde ye shall open the place in the forme of a newe moone before it come to maturation For mundifycation incarnation and sigillation ye shall procede after the doctrine declared in a peculier chapter of the vlceres of the eares c. ¶ Here begynneth the fourthe treatyse of the fourth booke ¶ The fyrste chapter of the vlceres of the belye vlceris of the belye THE cure of vlceres of the belye that perce not dyffereth nothynge frō the common cure of vlceres of other partes of the bodye Wherefore yf the vlceres be virulēt or venemous they muste be cured after the cure of the sayde vlceres and so of other But if suche vlceres bee penetrante and percynge or fystulous than they are verye harde to be cured howebeit the cure must not be refused for nature worketh sometyme
Parietarye of the leaues of Holihocke of Tapsus barbatus wyth the rote an̄ m̄ ii of quynce sedes ʒ vi of cleane barlye m̄ i. ss of branne m̄ iii. of lynsede of Fenugreke ana ℥ .iiii. of peres wylde or swete somewhat brused nombre twelue of lingua passerina or knotgrasse of wyld Tasyll ana m̄ i. seeth them all together with sufficiente water and adde of Camomylle Mellylote Dylle ana m̄ i. ss Lette them seeth tyl the thyrde parte be consumed and vse them after the maner of suffumigation and fomentation A good liniment for the same purpose R. of cowes buttyre ʒ.x of the oyle of yolkes of egges ℥ ss of duckes grese ʒ.iii of the iuyce of plantaine of tapsus barbatus ana ʒ.ii mengle thē and laboure thē in a mortar of leade halfe a day make a liniment which ye shal put into the fundamente with your fynger or wyth lynte Item ye shall administer thys playster folowyng after suffumigation R. of rosted apples ℥ iiii of buttyre ℥ .iii. the yolkes of two egges and laboure them in a mortar of leade the space of thre houres wyth oyle of Violettes oyle of swete almons hennes grese duckes grese an̄ ℥ ss of womans mylke ʒ.xii of freshe barlye floure wel bulted and of beane floure ana ℥ .i. of the iuyce of the roote of tapsus barbatus and of the leaues therof ʒ x. Let them seeth all together besyde the oyle and the yolkes of egges vntyl they be thicke then put to the oyles and the yolkes of egges and lette them seeth agayn one boylynge and putte therunto in the ende of saffranne ʒ.ss applye thys medicine vpon the place after the maner of a playster for it mollifyeth the hardnes and resolueth the mattier and swageth payne Another R. of the Muscilage of holihocke of malowes of the sede of quynces of psiliū of fenugreke prepared li. ss of whyte dragagantum stamped and layed in the water of roses the space of a night of beane floure ℥ iii. of oyle of camomylle of oyle of lynsede an̄ ℥ i.ss of butter laboured in a mortar tyll it be blacke in colour ʒ.x of oyle of violets of duckes grese ana ℥ ss of the meate of rosted apples ℥ iii.ss of the iuyce of plantayne of houndestonge langdebefe of tapsus barbatus an̄ ℥ .v. Let them seeth all together tyll they be thycke and styffe and put in the ende of saffran ʒ.i wyth the yolkes of egges and vse them after the maner of a playster Item white dragagantū lythed in water of roses with the muscillage of psiliū laboured in a mortar of lead the space of an houre resolueth the swellyng of emoroydes swageth paine Itē byttilles chestwormes sodden in oyle of camomyl buttyre oile of linsede oyle of chrisomeles of euery one ʒ vi whyche afterward ye must streyn labour the space of an hour wyth the yolke of an egge and a lytle saffran it is a presente remedye agaynst the payne of the emoroydes Lykewyse oyle of lynsede freshe buttyre in equall quantitie laboured in a mortar of leade the space of an houre and cōueyed in with a syringe warme swageth the peyne of the emoroydes with oute fayling which thynge the sayde oyle alone dothe perfourme And therfore Mesue sayeth that oyle of lynsede is a greate medicine in al deseases of the fundament Item the oyle of the yolkes of egges is of the same operation lykewise buttyre boyled in a great holow rape in an ouen or boyled in a great apple and stāped together is of lyke efficacitie And buttyre boyled in a whyte oynyon hath the same vertue as Rasis sayeth Item thys remedy folowynge is cōmendable R. of oyle of chrisomeles ʒ vi of freshe buttyre of the oyle of lynsede ana ℥ ss of serapyne ʒ.ss of wyne of pomegranades of the iuyce of tapsus barbatus an̄ ℥ i. of byttylles nombre sixe lette them seeth all together and streyne them vse them wythout and wythin Here foloweth a plaister that resolueth the swellyng of the emoroydes and swageth payne R. of camomyll mellilote ana m̄ i. of cleane barlye of the leaues of malowes and violets of horehounde ana m̄ ss of the rotes of Holihocke of the leaues of Coleworte of the leaues of holihocke ana m̄ ss of swete apples nombre x. of clene barlye of lentilles ana ℥ .ii. of the rotes of tapsus barbatus and the leaues therof ana m̄ ii of lynsede ℥ i. ss the heade of a wether and the fete therof somewhat broken The maner of makynge the plaister is thys First ye must seeth the heade the fete together tyll the fleshe be well sodden and afterwarde lette the foresayde thynges seeth in the brothe onely tyll they be perfitely sodden then presse them stampe rhem and streyne them and afterwarde ye must take the stamped thynges and as muche of the brothe wherein they ware sodden and sette them on the fyre agayne and make a solyde playster addynge of the floure of beanes barlye and cycers ana ℥ .i. of oyle of Camomylle of oyle of Roses complete of oyle of Dylle of oyle of lynsede ana ℥ .i. of hennes grese duckes grese of oyle of Violettes an̄ ʒ.x of saffrā ʒ.i the yolkes of thre egges whyche muste be putte in when the reste shal be taken from the fyre Item the cerote vnder written is profitable to resolue harde emoroydes knottye peces of fleshe that are wont to rise about the fundament through the payn of the emoroydes R. of oyle of camomyl dyl lynsede an̄ ℥ .iii. of the oyle of chrysomeles swete almons butter ana ℥ i.ss of cowes talowe of calues talow an̄ ℥ .ii. of duckes grese of hennes grese of gose grese ana ℥ .i. of Muscilage made of the sede of holihocke and of the rotes therof and of the sede of psilium and lynsede of malowes and violettes li. i.ss litarge of golde and syluer ℥ iiii make a soft cerote accordynge to arte addynge of cleare terebentyne ℥ ii.ss Thys cerote is a singuler remedye to resolue and mollifye all swellyng of emoroydes chiefly yf it be applyed after the payn be swaged Whyche thynges administred for the accomplishmente of the thyrde intention yf the mattier cōioynct cā not be resolued and that the pyles be grosse as ben those that ben lyke mulberies it is conueniente to drye them wyth sharpe medicines as wyth oure poudre of mercurye or wyth a caustyke or capitelle so that the partes aboute be not towched therwyth But yf the emoroydes be warty or lyke figges ye shall cutte them of and cauteryse the rootes wyth some sharpe medicines Some doctours cōmaunde to bynde them whyche is paynfull and not so good as the foresayde waye But yf they be lyke grapes stones bladrye in bodyes that are wonte to haue purgation of the emoroydes at certayne tymes then ye shall applye bloode suckers to drawe out the melancholye bloode or in stede therof ye shall cut a
vpon the gutte some of this pouder vnderwritten R. of roses of mirtiles of the floures of pomegranades ʒ.ii of bolearmenye of terra sigillata poude◠ana ʒ.ii frankensence ʒ.i myngle them togyther and make a fyne poudre of thē all Item the suffumigatiō and bath vnderwrytten is conuenyēt in thys case ℞ of roses myrrylles of lingua passerina or knotgresse of tapsus barbatus of camomyl an̄ m̄ i. of wormwood of mugwort ana m̄ ss of sticados of squinantum of the leaues of plantayne and horsetayle of euery one a lytle of floures of pomegranades of the nuttes of cypres of dyers galles ana nombre x. of roche alume ℥ ss of hipoquistudos of acatia ana ℥ .i. of licium ℥ ii.ss of frankensence of myrre of aloes ana ʒ iii. let these forsayd thinges be sodden with redde wyne and water of plantayne tyll the thyrde parte be consumed and make of this decoctiō a suffumigation and fomentation and afterwarde vse this poudre vpon the gutte ℞ of myrobalans cytrines of the floures of pomegranades of galles ana ʒ.ii of frankēsence of myrre of mastyke bole armenie of terra sigillata of hipoquistidos ana ℥ i.ss mengle them togyther and poudre them fynely After suffumigation of the bathe ye shall conuey the gutte into his place with your fynger Item oyle of roses omphacyne oyle myrtyne in equall quantitie and sodden with the forsayde poudre and a lytle iuce of plantayne and mugwort tyl the iuce be consumed is a soueraygne medycyne to annoynt the gutta or the fundament therwith Furthermore pylles of bdellium make to the purpose Diacatholicon also with the decoction of myrobalanes citrines emblykes maye sometyme be permytted Item redde wyne moderatly delayed and ryce sodden in the brothe of hennes or mutten ben conuenient in this case And the patient muste rather vse rosted fleshe than sodden Et sic deo dante c. ¶ The syxte treatise of the vlcers of the pryuey membres of women and of the partes thereof ¶ The fyrst Chapter Of the chappes of the sayde places called ragadie or fyssure THe remedyes written in the chappes of the fundamente are conueniente in this case De ragadiis value neuerthelesse we wyll descrybe some remedyes which we our selues haue proued And fyrst a lyniment of good operation ℞ of oyle omphacyne ʒ ii of oyle of lyneseede ℥ .i. of gootes tallowe of calues tallow an̄ ʒ.vi of the iuces of plātayne of nyghtshade of lingua passerina or knotgras an̄ ℥ ss Let them seeth al togyther tyl the iuces be consumed then strayne them and put to the straynynge as moche whyte waxe as shall suffyce laboure them in a mortare of leade the space of .ii. houres and put therunto of lytarge of golde ℥ .x. of tutia ʒ.ii of brēt leade ʒ.i.ss make a liniment hereof Before ye apply this linimēt ye shall vse suffumigation and fomentation A good bathe of the matrice with the decoction vnder wrytten ℞ of roses of myrtyls of the leaues of plantayne of lingua passerina or knotgrasse of tapsus barbatus and of horsetayle ana m̄ ii of mallowes violettes clere barly and lentyles ana m̄ i. Let them seeth all togyther wyth suffycyent quantitie of water tyl the thyrde parte be consumed and vse them as is aforesayd Item the sayde decoction with syrupe of roses cast into the place with a syrynge is a great remedye for the chappes of the matryce Oyle also of the yolkes of egges with butter and a lytle tutia and a lytle brent leade laboured in a mortare of leade the space of .iii. houres healeth the sayde chappes Moreouer a collirye made wyth water of Roses and water of plantayne with a whyte syef wythout opium maye conuenyentlye be mynystred c. ¶ The .ii. Chapter Of the vlcers of the matrice and the secrete partes of women THe vlcers of these places are cōmenly virulēt and yll complexioned and are caused of hote corrosyue rotten or cācreous matter wherfore the remedyes noted in the chappes of the vlcers of the yarde are conuenyent in this case and they dyffer not greatly from the cōmen cure of other vlcers wherfore yf they be corrosiue ye shal resort to the propre chapter therof lykewyse in other cases But ye shall note that the remedyes of these vlcers muste be more desiccatiue than of other fleshy vlcers by reason of the moystnesse of the place And therfore Galene sayeth that the vlcers of the secrete partes nede not moyst ne mollificatiue medicines but rather thinges desiccatyue and citatrisatiue Here foloweth a remedy convenient in vlcers of this place euyll complexioned and caused of hote matter ℞ of the water of plantayne of the water of roses an̄ li. ss of whyte sief without opiū Collyrie for hote matter ℥ .iii. of myrobalane cytrine ℥ i. ss of camphore graynes ii mengle them togyther and make a collirie A liniment for the same purpose ℞ of oyle of roses omphacyne of vnguen rosa or in the stede therof of vnguen Galeni ℥ .ii. of calues tallowe melted ℥ i.ss of the iuce of plantayne and nyghtshade of the iuce of lingua passerina or knotgrasse an̄ ʒ vi seeth them all togyther tyll the iuces be consumed then strayne them and make a softe oyntment with white waxe accordyng to arte adding in the ende of litarge of golde and syluer of ceruse an̄ ℥ .i. of tutia ʒ ii ss of antimoniū ʒ.ss of brēt lede ʒ.i of cāphorbrayed accoordyng to arte ℈ .i. mēgle them and laboure them in a mortare of leade the space of an houre and so vse the lyniment An other liniment ℞ of oyle of roses complete of oyle omphacine of vnguen Galeni ℥ .ii. of the iuce of plātayne ℥ .x. of litarge of golde and syluer ana ʒ.vi of ceruse ℥ ss of tutia ℥ .ii ss of camphore graynes .iii. mengle them togyther make a lyniment in a mortare of leade Yf the vlcers bene maligne and virulent and corrosiue there is no better remedy then to applye oure poudre of mercury Lykewyse vnguen egiptiacū mengled with asmoche vnguetū applorū is conuenyently admynystred in the same vlcers water of plantayne also wyth a lytle alume and liciū is of the same efficacitie Note here that when the malignitie and corrosyon is remoued the oyntmentes aforesayde may be conueniently vsed Yf the sayde vlcers ben cācreous ye shal scarifye the place that they be in and applye bloodsuckers and afterwarde wash the place with the lye of the decoction of lupynes Also in this case to vse vnguentum egiptiacum is an excellent remedy for it byteth away euyll flesh and cōserueth the good Yf a stronger medicine be requyred ye shall admynistre an hote yron Fynally yf the matryce or the necke thereof growe to a cancreous vlceration whiche thynge is knowen by the pryckynge and inflāmation of the same and by the stynkynge odour of the matter and of the sondry coloure therof and whan
the matter is hote Here foloweth the ordinauÌ„ce of Rasis when the matter is myxt â„ž of the sede of purslane of corrianders of sumach of leÌ„tilles husked of yelowe sandres of roses of piretruÌ„ of camphore of all equall partes and make trosiskes with the iuyce of nyght shade laye a trosciske vpoÌ„ the tothe dissolued in wyne rose water good Mesue prayseth thys medicine Now that we haue declared the medicines of the tothe ache caused of an hote and myxt matter we wyl speake of medicines that swage the payne of the tethe Haue viâ—e in colde matter in a cold mattier Fyrst aquavite myngled with the decoction of rosemary piretrum and organy and leyd vpon the tothe warme spedely easeth payne caused of a colde matter and so doth aqua vite also wyth Galiens triacle Item armonyake dyssolued with aqua vite and a lytle sandrake and a lytle myrrhe applyed to the teeth wyth the fynger after the maner of a lynement appeaseth payne without fayle Item to thys intention the coÌ„position folowynge is ryght profytable layed wtin the rotes of the teeth â„ž of peper of assasetida of opiuÌ„ of myrthe of castorium ana ℈ i. incorporate them altogether with hony the wyne of pomegranades Item it is good to washe the mouthe with thys decoction folowyng whych we haue often proued â„ž of odoriferous wyne .li. ij of the water of the floures of camomill .li. i. of the water of sage rosemary ana .li. ss of myrrhe Ê’ ij of armoniake Ê’ ij ss of nutmegges of fraÌ„kensence of mastyke of cloues ana Ê’ ss of sandrake Ê’ i. ss of yua muscata of sauyne of rosemary of squinaÌ„tuÌ„ of organy of serpilluÌ„ anÌ„ a lytle of licorice Ê’ vi of reysoÌ„s Ê’ x. of hony Ê’ ij of vynegre Ê’ i. seth theÌ„ al together tyl the halfe be consumed then strayne them vse them Mesue sayeth also Garlyke that garlyke stamped and bouÌ„de to the palme of the hande healeth the tothe ache Item Alexander sayeth the garlyke soddeÌ„ with wyne and wyth Ê’ i. ss of olibanuÌ„ Ê’ i. of myrrhe tyll they be as thycke as honye swageth the payne of the tethe beyng robbed therwythall IteÌ„ to the same enteÌ„tion it is good to washe the mouthe wyth thys decoction â„ž good wyne sethe it with redde roses piretruÌ„ rosemary sage honye the skynne of an addre a lytle vynegre Item piretrum lythed in vyneegre of the decoction of opium henbane deteyned betwene the teth swageth payn kylleth wormes IteÌ„ the iuce of wormood sothernwood taketh away the payn caused of wormes if the teth be anoiÌ„ted therwithal the same thing doth triacle also with vinegre Furthermore ther chauÌ„ceth payne to the teeth through the corrosion holownes of the same for therby venymous fylth is deteyned wtin theÌ„ is spred to the rootes of the sayd teeth so the synowes lygameÌ„tes cleuyng to the same are greatlye hurted We haue healed thys corrosion cauterisyng the place wyth hoote oyle putte into the holowenes with cotton or with a prouet garnyshed wyth cotton and sometyme wyth an whote yron or with vnguentum egyptiacum of oure dyscryption And sometymes also in steade of a cautery we haue putte into the holownes of the toothe one grayne of a ruptorye of capytelle wythe a lytle cotton Item oyle of vitrioll putte into the concauitie with cotton is a sure and a proued medecine Whan thes remedyes cannot preuayle we must come to handye operation to drawe out the teethe whereunto an experte man is requisite wherefore the chirurgiens do remytte this cure to barbours and to vacabounde toothdraweers Howbeit it is good to haue sene and to marke the workynge of such and thus we conclude thys presente chapter Here beginneth the .vi. booke of master Iohn de Vygo of breakynge of bones of the dislocation of bones and ioyntes of the hole bodye ⸫ The fyrste chapter of the generall curation of broken boones ⸫ THE breakyng of bones as auncyente latter wryters affirme may be put in the nombre of solution of coÌ„tinuitie caused of a brusiÌ„g thing for it is wont to chaunce for the most parte of a fall or of a strooke Concernynge the breakynge of the boones of the heade and of the cuttynge of the same we wyll speake nothynge here but referre the reder to the booke of woundes Kyndes of fractures Of fractures and brekyngges as saythe Galene some bene symple and some compounde Of symple som ben after the bredth orouerthwart the boone some alonge and are called fyxurale And of those as Lanfranck sayeth some are complete and some are not complete These that are complete in whyche the boone is broken cyrcle wyse are of harde curation because the two endes of the bone can not easlye be ioyned to gether Those that be not complete in whyche one onelye parte of the boone is broken bene easye to be cured Lykewyse the curation of the boones called focilia bene of easye curation so that they bene not bothe broken for yf they bene bothe broken cyrclewyse than it muste nedes be harde to restore them The breakynge that is accordynge to the lengthe of the boone is of easye curacion but yf the breakynge be after bredth and the boones be in lytle peces they are dauÌ„gerous because the peces prycke the senewy muscules and flesshye places And we haue sene often that through the pryckynge of the said peces a spasme and other euil accideÌ„tes haue chaunced whiche haue broughte the pacyente to death Furthermore we haue sene the sayde fractures to haue chaunced in one of the bones called focilia and sometyme in bothe A fracture compounde is that whych is accompanyed wyth a wounde or payne or aposteme or whan one bone rydeth vpon a nother throughe euell restauration and accordynge to these dyfferences we muste order our cures The causes of fractures or brekynges are all thynges whych maye bruse or breke as a fall a strooke c. The sygnes are easely knowen as Aliabbas sayeth yf ye beholde hys felowe that is not hurt for they are not equall Also ye may knowe it by towching the fracture with your finger for ye shall perceaue the sondrynge of the bones whan the fracture is complete the pacient can not sustayne hym selfe vppon the broken member In a fracture longitudinall or accordynge to length ye shall not feele seperation of the boones but ye shall fele a certayne vnnaturall grossenes vppon the broken boone and furthermore the member is payneful and vnapte to do any thynge And note that euery fracture which is nye the ioyntes is of harde curatyon because the remedyes administred by the chirurgines can not conuenientlye be bounde and splented And more ouer because that thoroughe the nyghnes of muscles that bynde the ioyntes the pacyente abydeth vehement payne and consequentlye an aposteme is engendred in the place Wherefore it is necessarye to anoynt the broken members with such thynges as haue vertue to
vsed in makynge of playsters oyntmentes lynimentes embrocatiōs c. For to wryt of all the symples it requyreth a man of greater learnynge and eloquence then I am of Wherfore I wyll declare onelye those that are in vse by the order of the. A.B.C. whervnto I wyl adde the compositions of playsters oyntmentes and the vse of the same folowynge Dioscorides Serapion Galien Paule and Auicenne wyth other auncient doctours whych boke I councell all them that are studious in surgerye to reade diligentlye that they may more surely procede in theyr workynge c. And thus we begynne our booke ACetum or vynegre is cold in the fyrst degre and drye in the thyrde hath compoūd vertues wyth great percynge The opinions of philosophers agre in the drienes of it but they varye in the heate and the colde for some saye that it is colde for that it represseth choler and other saye that it is hote bycause whē it is poured vpon the grounde it boyleth and breaketh stones wherfore it is better to saye that it is hote and that afterwarde it is colde and sharpe And therfore when it is made of stronge wyne it is of hote complexion and when it is made of small wyne it is of a colde and drye qualitie Aloes epatike is hote and drye in the seconde degree and it is conuenientlye administred in the vlceres of the priuye membres and of the matrice chyeflye when it is stamped wyth burned dille also it incarneth freshe woundes effectuallye clarifyeth the syght and beynge myngled wyth rose water waterof myrtylles and aplyed wythin the eys restrayneth the droppynges of the eyes Agaryke is hote in the seconde degre and drye in the thyrde when it is poudred and myngled wyth lytarge honye terebentyne and the floure of lupines wyth a lytle salte and lyes of wyne it healeth all kyndes of morphewe and chyeflye when the place is a lytle scarifyed Also it draweth out and mundifieth rotten bones beynge put in wyth a lytle paucedinis and aqua vite Item it is of good operation to heale fystules myngled with the rootes of dragons and our pouder of mercury and a lytle salte and a lytle tartare or lyes of wyne Assarum bacar is an herbe of hote and drye complexion in the thyrde degre whose goodnes semeth to consist only in hys roote it is good for lotions of the heade to cōforte the same All other auctours say that it is moyst not dry Argentum viuum or quycksyluer as Paule sayeth is hote and drye in the fourth degre And it is knowē by hys effecte for it cutteth and perceth in dyssoluynge through hys heate Howe be it some saye that it is colde in the fourth degre Alume is hote and drye in the .iiij. degre it kepeth of flegmatyke matter descendynge towarde some member and when it is mengled boyled wyth water of plantayne it healeth vlceres of harde curation Amigdale amare or bytter almandes are hote drye in the seconde degre theyr oyle is of the same nature Swete almandes are hote moyste in the fyrst degre theyr oyle and the oyle of bytter almandes ben good agaynst deafnes But the oyle of swete almons cureth the payne of the eares caused of myxte matter moreouer bytter almons brayed and thycked at the fyre after the maner of a cerote hauing added a lytle aloes caballine dooeth maruelously kyll wormes beyng layed vpon the nauyl Anyse is hoote and drye in the .iii. degre and hath vertue to break wind Antimonie is colde and drie in the thyrde and yf it be myngled with the whyte of an egge wyth the herbe called lingua passerina or knotgrasse beane floure frankensence the heere 's of an hare cut in smal peces it is a singuler remedye to staunche bloude of the nose beynge put into the same It maye also conuenyentelye be admynystred in colliries for as Almāsor saith it conserueth the eyes It consumethe morouer superfluous flesh in vlceres without mordication or bytyng and it mundifieth and incarneth maligne and corrosiue vlceres Arsenick and orpyment are hot in the thyrde degre drye in the seconde They haue vertue to mortifie and putrifie a member Howebeit auripigmētum is of lesse strength Absinthium or wormewod is hote in the fyrste degre and drye in the seconde And throughe hys bytternes it is stypticke and it hathe contrarye vertues in operatiō wormewood beynge stamped and heated vpon a tyle and sprincled with odoriferous wine healeth brusynges and taketh awaye the blewe spottes of any stroke and when it is sodden wyth branne camomill malowes mellilote and wyth sapa in sufficient water and wyth oyles whych take awaye payne as oyle of roses of myrte camomill it is meruelous good to take awaye the payne of brusednes and of attritions of lacertes Althea or holihocke after the comō opiniō of doctours is hote and moyst temperatly but some iudge that it is hote and drye and therfore Serapion affyrmeth that it is stiptyke and hath vertue to bynde Galien sayeth that it hath vertue to scoure to digeste and to loose and to swage payne And therfore when it is myngled wyth wheate floure and sodden in the brothe of a henne wyth butter and made in the fourme of a playster it rypeth apostemes of harde maturation and of rawe and grosse humours Item it is conueniently added to other agreable medicines for fractures of bones for it gleweth broken bones by reason of hys slymynes Acorus is hote and drye in the seconde degre it is vsed in medicines for the mylte bothe wythin and wythout Acetosa or sorell is colde in the fyrst and drye in the seconde degree when it is stamped wyth lettuse and wyth knotgrasse and the whyte of an egge beaten wyth oyle of roses omphacine it easeth cholerike apostemes whych passe from membre to mēbre Agrymonye is hote and drye in the seconde degre and the iuyce therof entreth into cerotes made for woundes in the heade and a syrupe made therwyth healeh the crampe the epilepsie and the palsye And it is made after thys sorte ℞ of agrimonye of mugworte of pympernell of primerose of the floures of rosemary of euerye one m̄ i. of sage nepte and wyld myntes of euery one m̄ ss of the seede and roote of pyonye of euerye one ʒ ij of maioram of fenell of euerye one m̄ ss of cinamome of nutmegges of quibibbes of euerye one ʒ i. ss of agaryke in trociskes ʒ ij stampe them al together and let thē seeth wyth water of fenel and sage vnto the thyrde parte be consumed then strayne them and make a syrupe wyth sufficient hony and sugger and let the bodye be afterwarde purged with pylles aggregatiue and with pylles called fetida For the sayd syrupe taken wyth water of wormewood and sage resolueth swageth all paynes of sciatica and the crampe and comforteth the membres Allium or garlyke is hote and drye aboute the fourth degree and when it is rosted wyth oynions and
Betonie is hote and dry in the fyrst and it mundifieth incarneth woundes of sinewes and it is a principall herbe agaynste the vlcers of the head and the leaues thereof laied vpon the forheed swage the paines of the eies in retaynyng the matter that would aryue to the sore place Berbena or veruene is colde drye and hathe vertue to confound woundes wythout mordication as Galen sayeth therefore the strength thereof is administred in cerotes for the wouÌ„des of the heade and of the synewes Branca vrsina or beares claw is hot and moyst and hath vertue to rype apostemes of harde maturation and it is good to mollifie the hardnes of the synowes whan it is stamped and sodden wyth holyehocke oyle of swete almondes hennes grese a lytle whyte waxe And yf ye wolde adde thereunto of whyte diaquilon gummed â„¥ ij of Galenes cerot of isope â„¥ i. ss a litle floure deluice it wold be a singuler remedye to resolue al hard apostemes Bleta or beetes is colde and moyst it hath vertue to scoure to coole and to moysten and therefore sodden in a brothe wyth a lytle mercurye and borage and a litle suger lowseth the bellye but the blacke beeres doth contrarye wyse for they bene stipticke Berberies bene colde and drye in the seconde but wyld berberies are in the thyrde degree wyth muche scipticitie Basyll is hote in the fyrste and dry in the second and it conforteth mundifieth and dyssolueth If it be eaten it darkeneth the eyes but if it be admynystred in colliries it amendeth the dymnes of the same Brionia is hote and drye in the seconde and it hath vertue to scoure with maturation And the iuce thereof mingled wyth the iuce of smallage floure of lentylles wyth terebentyne and honye of roses heleth vlceres called fraudulenta or dyceatfull for an example suche an ordinaunce may be made â„ž of the iuce brionia of the iuce of smallage purified ana â„¥ i. of terbeÌ„tin â„¥ iii. of hony of roses Ê’ x. let them seth together a lytle and adde thereunto of floure of lentilles Ê’ x. of floure of barlye â„¥ j. mingle them and vse them Baucia or persnippes is hote and therefore ripeth apostemes of hot maturation Bdellium is hote in the ende of the fyrste degree and a lytle more therefore mollyfieth and resolueth harde apostemes Balsamum bawme or oyle of bawme hathe vertue to drawe to scowre and to comforte and maketh cycatryces of woundes thynne and therfore it is hote and dry in the second degre Balaustia or the floures of pomegranades are colde and drye in the seconde and are somwhat repercussiue and they bene much sciptike Butter is hote moyst and of temperate heate it rypeth mollyfyeth swageth payne and beynge laboured in a morter of leade wyth oyle of the yolkes of egges it swageth sharpe payne of the eares Boras is hoote and dry wyth temperate heate and hathe vertue to consound and glewe together woundes COlewortes are hot in the fyrst and dry in the seconde and as Diascorides saieth they mend the fallyng of the heere and they are conuenyently put into playsters for the deseases of the stone Cucumer is colde and moyste in the seconde the iuce thereof myngled wyth the iuce of plantayne and oyle of rooses and violettes and with the whites of egges healeth al sanguine colerick apostemes at the begynning Citonium acetosum or a sower quince is of cold nature and â—herfore at the begynnynge it dryueth backe hote apostemes It hath morouer vertue to incarne and consound wouÌ„des That that is swete is of a temperate substaunce and of lesse refrigeracion and stipticitie A plaster of rosted quiÌ„ces as serapion sayeth helpeth hote apostemes in womeÌ„s brestes And I saye that it is good for al apostemes of the stoones of the fundament and of the emeroydes The maner to make thys playster is wrytten in the Chapiter of ophthalmia and of the cure of hemoroydes Calx viua or lyme vnquenched is hoote and drye in the thyrde but wasshed with wyne accordynge to arte it is hote and drye in the fyrste If ye mengle it with oyle of roses the iuce of lettuce and plaÌ„tayne and labour them all in a mortar of leade it healeth skaldynge or burnyng and also skabbes and itche of the legges and suffreth not humours to desceÌ„de to the place But vnslecked lime mengled with waxe oyle of terebentine and verdegrese mundifyeth all rotten vlcers Corall whyte and redde are colde and drye in the seconde degree and they be confortatiue and restryctiue therfore yf they be myngled with the iuce of knotgrasse with sanguis draconis and the donge of an asse somewhat dryed at the fyre wyth the whyte of an egge they stanche bledyng at the nose Also beinge hanged at the necke so that they touche the stomake they helpe digestioÌ„ defende them that cary them froÌ„ lygghtenyng and theyr houses also Auicenne sayeth that coralles consume superfluous flesshe of woundes and vlcers without payne Ye may make a poudre of corall after this sorte â„ž of brent roche alume of myrobalane citryne of terra sigillata floures of pomegranades ana Ê’ ii of oure poudre of mercurye of the poudre or corall ana Ê’ i Coloquintida is hote in the thyrde and drye in the seconde and a decoction thereof made with vinegre and honye and with a lytle sandrack taketh away the payne of the teeth caused of a colde and drye matter and yf ye mengle one For wormes in chyldren Ê’ wyth an ounce of honye sodden tyll it be thycke and Ê’ iii. ss of aloes caballine and as moch of the floure of lupynes and a lytle vynegre it shall be a good medicine to kyll wormes of chyldreÌ„ layed vpoÌ„ the nauyll Cassia is of lyke heate and cold as Auicenne sayeth and it is resolutiue and lenitiue and being gargarized with the water of morell it easeth the hote aposteme of the entralles and of the throte Moreouer it mollifyeth and resolueth harde apostemes and it is a singuler remedye for the goute and other paynes caused of hote matter and it may conuenyentlye be put into playsters made agaynst the sayde payne Fynallye it mundifyeth blood and purgeth gros fleame Cinamome is hote in the seconde drye in the third degree and it is put into colliries agaynst the dymnesse of the eyes and catarres Crocus or saffran is hote in the second drye in the fyrst degree It rypeth digesteth swageth payne and therfore it entreth into digestyues of woundes playsters of hote apostemes It is also conueniently vsed for woundes of synnowes Item it appayseth payne of the eares mengled with oyle of roses vyolettes and with the oyle of yolkes of egges Calamus aromaticus is drye and hote in the seconde Galene sayth that some affirme that the rotes therof sodden with the rootes of lyllyes draweth out thornes peces of bones But he him selfe neuer proued it The roote burned and afterwarde poudred and mengled wyth honye and vynegre is
a good remedye to heale the disease called alopecia layed on in the fourme of a cataplasme and the water of it stylled as it foloweth clarifyeth the syghte merueyloflye â„ž of Calamus aromaticus of honye ana â„¥ ss of the iuce of rue Ê’ iii. of the water of celidoni â„¥ vi of the water of fenelle and of veruene ana â„¥ iiii of longe pepper of nuttemygges of clowes ana Ê’ ss of saffraÌ„ ℈ i. of the floures of Rosemary some what stamped of Sarcocolle of aloes ana Ê’ i. ss of the gall of byrdes that lyue by praye Ê’ vi yf they may be gotten or elles of hennes capoÌ„s or partryches thryse so moche braye them and mengle them all togyther and stylle them in a leÌ„bycke of glasse accordynge to arte Ceruse is colde and drye in the seconde degree and therfore is conuenyentlye vsed agaynste hoote and inflamed vlcers The vertue of it is to scowre gentyllye to drye and to thynne Capparis ben hote in the fyrst and drye in the seconde they haue vertue to comforte appetyte and to heate a colde stomacke The wyne of the decoction of the same is a synguler medycyne agaynst the hardenesse of the mylte and the lyuer Item the iuce therof made in a fourme of a syrupe as it foloweth is meruelous good agaynste sciatica and olde arthetycke passyons â„ž of the iuyce of capparis and succorie ana â„¥ iii. of the iuce of walworte â„¥ i. ss of the comon seedes â„¥ ii of hertestonge of gallitricum and pollitricum of the floures of rosemarye ana mÌ„ i. of yua muscata of wormwod of sticados of sage ana mÌ„ ss of vyolettes mÌ„ i. ss of iuiubes of prunes of raisons anÌ„ â„¥ i. of clene lycorice staÌ„ped Ê’ x. of maiorum of mugwort ana mÌ„ ss of water of buglosse endyue and fenel ana li. ii of polipodye Ê’ v. let them seeth all togyther wyth a soft lyre tylle the thyrde parte be consumed Than strayne them and wyth suffycyente sugre and Ê’ ii of good reubarbe infused accordynge to arte in the foresayd decoction make a syrupe in good fourme This syrupe is synguler agaynste the foresayde diseases and I haue proued it in goutes and in the Frenche pockes it dygesteth perfytelye all grosse and myxte matter comforteth the stomacke remoueth all oppylacyons of the lyuer and the mylte it mundifyeth the brayne and the reynes and prouokethe vryne Chestnuttes bene hote and drye in the fyrste degree they restrayne and are of great noryshment and engendre wynde The auctoure of the pandectes setteth them aboute the fyrst degree of coldenesse Cubebes are temperatelye hote and drye They comfort the stomake and yf they be myngled with water of borage they bene good agaynste soundyng and agaynst the epilepsia and passions of the herte Caâ—wayes bene hoote and drye in the thyrde degree They prouoke vryne and mundify the reynes chefely the wyne of the decoction of them Camphore is colde and drye in the thyrde degree and therfore it is put conuenyentlye into cerotes and oyntmentes of enflamed vlcers Cynoglossa or houndestonge is colde and drye the iuce of it mengled with the iuce of plantayn with wyne of pomegranades and a lytle lycium and sodden vnto thycknesse healeth the vlcers of the mouthe nastrilles guÌ„mes and priuey meÌ„bres Item mengled with honye of roses and terebentine it is a good medycine for vlcers caused of colde humoures wherfore as experience hathe taught vs it is of synguler efficacitie agaynst olde vlcers of the frenche pockes and it mollifyeth purgeth and clenseth the harde fleshe of them chefelye yf it be made thycke at the fyre wyth a syrupe of Roses and oximelle squilliticum Item the leaues of the sayde herbe throughe a certayne propertye that they haue layed vpon colde and scrophulous vlcers do heale them Camomylle is hote and drye in the fyrst it resolueth wythout attraction but wyth some mollification and comfortation of the place And therfore his oyle called benedictum resolueth wythout attraction And the decoction thereof wyth the toppes of wormewoode wyth lyquerice and with the rootes of fenelle parselye and asprage and wyth the foure colde seedes with iniubes and sebesten made swete in the wyne of Pomegranades water of Endyue and sugre and taken fastynge prouoketh vryne myghtely and dryueth oute the stone and cureth the payne of the mylte of the lyuer and of the guttes and fynallye it remedyethe the yelowe iaundyse Chamepytis is hoote and drye in the seconde degree It perceth mundifyeth and resolueth And therfore the iuce of it layed vpon the brestes of women wyth the floure of fenugreke of lyneseede and wyth holyhocke sodden and strayned and wyth hennes grese and duckes grese resolueth the hardenesse of the sayde brestes Semblably whan the iuyce is sodden wyth Terebentyne and Oyle of Ypericon it healeth greate woundes Capillus veneris or mayden-heere is moderately colde and drye It prouoketh vryne and is good agaynste diseases of the mylte and of the lyuer and the iuce thereof wyth the iuce of holyhocke sothernewood with the iuyce of cresses resolueth scrophules and it engendreth heere 's in alopecia Cepe or oynyons are hoote in the fourth degree with superfluous humiditie or moysture beynge sodden with oyles and whyte lylly rootes with butter and wheate floure they rype apostemes of harde maturatioÌ„ and a whyte oynyon rosted with triacle and with syrupe of the iuyce of orenges a lytle dytanye and tormentille and than pressed strongly receyuyng of the sayd expressyon the quaÌ„titie of .iii. ounces with a fastyng stomacke .vi. For the pestilence houres before meate it helpeth them that haue the pestylence and yf ye put thereunto of electuarij indi and electuarii rosati ana Ê’ i. of Diafinicon Ê’ ii of manna â„¥ ss there is nothyng better in a pestilent matter for it resolueth the matter thorough a certayne vertue that it hath agaynst venyme Item water stylled out of the sayde oynyons prouoketh vryne myghtelye yf that .iii. â„¥ be taken of it in the mornynge wyth a lytle sugre Corianders are colde and drye but some saye that they are hote bycause they resolue wynde and scrophules and on the other syde they seme to be colde bycause they repres vapours after meate and the decoction of them made in fourme of a styffe plaister with beane floure oyle of roses oyle of myrte resolueth hote apostemes of the stones swageth payne IteÌ„ the iuce of it with that iuce of plantayne the whyte of an egge and oyle of roses omphacine It is a good remedye agaynste apostemes of the nature of herisipelas and other hote apostemes Cuscute or dodder is hoote in the fyrst and drye about the secoÌ„d degre and hath vertue of mundifyinge and purgeth melancholye and fleme and therfore the electuarye folowynge is good agaynst harde and cancrous apostemes â„ž of dodder â„¥ i. of maydenheere of the coddes of sene of epithimuÌ„ ana Ê’ ii of polipodye Ê’ x. of agarycke in trosiskes â„¥ i. ss of annyse Ê’
vi mengle them and make as it were an electuarye with honye of roses and a syrupe of vyolettes the receyte of it is from .vi. ʒ to ℥ i. Celedony is hoote and drye in the thyrde degree the vertue thereof is put in colliries to sharpinne the sighte The iuce of it put into the teeth causeth them fal within a certayn space as some reaporte The roote is of lesse exiccation or drying and it hath vertue to drawe and to resolue and therfore the sayde roote brayed and sprynkled with vynegre and holden in the teeth healeth the toth ache cōmynge of a colde cause Catapucia or spurge is hote in the thyrde and moyst in the seconde and it hath vertu to purge fleme melācholy choler therfore the decoctiō therof with mercury polipody doder borage reisins damaske prunes soddē in the broth of an henne and spyced wyth a lytle cinamome purgeth al rawe slymye flegmatyke and melancholycke humours chefely if it be takē fasting wyth syrupe and honye of Roses Furthermore the poudre of spurge taken with a lytle cynamome in a rere egge or in the broth of an henne purgeth grosse fleame myghtely and wythoute payne wherfore the vse thereof is good for the conseruacyon of the health of the bodye Canabus or hempe is hote and drye in the seconde and the seede is dryer and therfore it hath vertue to breake wynde Coperose is hoote and drye in the fourth and therfore it is corosyue Consolida or comfery is hote and drye with temperate heate and slymy moysture and therfore being chewed it taketh awaye the drynesse of the mouth and both the consolidaes that is to saye comferye and dasies haue vertue to consounde woundes Some say that comferye brayed bytwene two stones by a diuyne myracle kylleth anthrax Howbeit they ar both of one vertue Cantharides are lyke the greater flyes but that theyr bodyes be longer of grene colour and they ben hoote and drye in the thyrde degree and haue vertue to burne and to blyster Castoreum is hoote and drye in the seconde it hathe vertue to comforte synnowye places and therfore his oyle is good for the crampe Capitellum whiche is made of lye of Frenche sope is hote and drye in the fourth it burneth and cauteriseth as it were fyre Item capitelle made thycke at the fyre in a brasse banne wyth a lytle vitrioll romayne breaketh all Apostemes in cauterysynge Cinis or asshes is of hoote and drye complexion but of more or lesse excesse accordynge to the nature of the woode wherewyth it is made it hath vertue to drye and to scoure Chese beinge fresshe hath vertue to consounde but olde chese is cōtrarye Crassula is colde in the thyrde and moyste in the seconde and therfore it quencheth inflāmations and is very repercussiue and the iuce thereof with the iuce of lettuse oyle of roses and the whyte of an egge beaten all togyther easeth Herisipelas and healeth the chafynges of the priuye mēbres and is good agaynst scaldynge Cressoni or water cresses ben hote and drye in the second they open and perce and when they bene eaten with oyle and vinegre they prouoke vrine and they are agreable to some mennes taste Cumyn is hote in the thyrde and drye in the seconde It hath vertue to resolue and to breake grosse wyndynesse and when it is mengled wyth waxe with oyle of camomyll and of myrte with the iuce of radyshe and a lytle iuyce of wormewoode it resolueth deed blood that remayneth vnder the skynne throughe a bruse and it healeth easelye the blacknesse and blewnesse of the eye lyddes whē they come of a primitiue cause Carduus benedictus hath vertues that coole and bynde The leaues and floures sodden in swete wyne wyth sapa resolue the swellynge of the stones and the sayde carduus benedictus healeth all vlcers of the fūdament Item the iuce of it is conuenyentlye putte into oyntmentes agaynst woundes Galene sayth that carduus benedictus hathe vertue inflatiue or puffynge vp and that it is moderately percynge Dytany is hote and drye in the thyrd and it is good gaynst the stingyng of venemous thynges howe soeuer it be admynystred and therfore Virgil sayth that deere being wounded by venimous arowes naturallye seke out dytanye whiche they eate rubbe the wounded place therewith and so recouer health The decoction folowyng taken in drynke hath gret vertue in all percyng woundes in the brest and fystles ℞ sufficient quantitie of the rootes of dytany of auens of mugwort of mouseare of ielosioures of red coolewortes of threleafed grasse seth thē with the wyne of pomgranades and let thē be made swete with a syrupe de duabus radicibus Daucus or frenche persnepes or as some thynke yelow carattes bē hote and drye in the thyrde degre Theyr vertue is to drawe to loose to consume and to prouoke vryne ELeborus albus or whyte elebore is hote and drye in the thyrde hath vertue to purge fleme but the blacke purgeth melancholy and in old tyme they were vsed in purgatiōs bycause the bodyes were then stronger and myght sustayne stronger purgatiōs But nowe in stede therof we vse scamonie neyther can the other be vsed wythout euydent daunger The iuce of elebore mēgled with swynes grese and oyle of mastyke and laurell with a lytle quycksyluer quenched and a lytle litarge which all must be incorporate after the fourme of a liniment healeth all scabbes of harde curatiō chefely after a bathe of the decoction of mallowes vyolettes barly brāne fumyterrye and apples Item the sayde linimente mengled with terebentine is good agaynst all morphewes and scalles Enula campana is hoote and drye in the seconde degree the roote thereof sodden wyth holyhocke and Salomons seale and a lytle wormwod which all afterwarde must be stamped and strayned and ye must make a styffe playster with sapa beane floure branne and melilote addyng of oyle of roses camomyll and myrt an̄ ℥ ii The roote I saye thus ordeyned resolueth marueylouslye contusyons and attritions of muscles and lacertes and wrestynge of synowes after the fyrst dayes ben passed and it swageth payne Item it may be admynistred in goutes of the feete and of the iointes Fynally the vertue of it how so euer it be admynystred easeth the passyons of the herte and of the stomacke Esula or rounde spurge is hote and drye in the thyrde hys vertue is to purge melancholie and fleme and it draweth vp the rootes of wartes and dryeth them Epatica or lyuer worte is colde and drye in the fyrst The leues of it stamped and sodden in the wyne of pomegranades wyth barlye floure wyth whyte saunders and with oile of roses omphacyne disperse dryue backe and resolue a hote aposteme of the lyuer And a decoctiō of the same made with garden endyue and wild endyue and a lytle maydenheer and a lytle cicorie sodden in water and suger and a lytle wyne of pomegranades healeth the lyuer when it is distempered in heate Ebulus or walwurte is hote and drye it
therefore they are colde and drye very hurtful to the sinnowes Ripe apples rosted swage the peyne of the eyes and of the fundament whē they ben mengled with mylke and yolkes of egges and so applyed in the fourme of a playster Matrisilua is hote and drye and it cutteth and thynneth as Galene sayeth and is conuenientlye administred in oyntmētes of the legges and the leaues of it healeth the vlcers of the legges Margaryte or perles are temperate and when they be poudred and mengled wyth honye of Roses they are good for passions of the hert Manna is hote and moyst temperatlye it hathe vertue to mundifye choleryke bloode and it quencheth the boylynge heate of cholere Millium is a grayne colde in the fyrste and drye in the seconde and it is conuenientlye putte into lytle bagges and applyed in sondrye partes of the bodye to drye And when it is dried in a brasse panne wyth branne and well stamped it apeaseth the peyne of the ioynctes If ye rubbe the heade therwyth the heere beinge shauen of it stoppeth reumes hauynge added a lytle of calamus aromaticus and a lytle sandrake Mastyke is hote and drye in the seconde and hys vertue is to conforte synnowye places wyth incarnation and stypticitie and yf mastyke be chewed wyth a lytle of staphisagre they prouoke humours from the brayne to the mouth Myrrhe is hote and drye in the seconde it hath vertu to cōfort defend putrefaction it cōsoundeth and therfore it is vsed in freshe woundes to glew them together it is also good in rotten vlcers Mespiles or meddlers are colde drye in the third be very restrictyue the vnrype are more byndynge then the rype NVttes are hote and dry of euyl nouryshmēt of hard digestiō they cause heed ache whē they ben mēgled with hony figges salte a litle triacle they heale the byting of men dogges serpentes other venomous beastes Auicenne sayth that hasyll nuttes encrease the brayne Nutmygges cōforte by the aromatike nature dissolue Sōtime theyr vertue is necessarye for the dymnes weaknes of the eyes Nuttes of cypresse are hoote drye temperately they cōfort and dry with notable stipticitie Nasturcium or cresses are hote dry in the thirde haue vertue to rype colde apostemes The sede of it soddē wyth vinegre brayed dissolue scrophules Nigella is hote dry in the thyrde whē it is stāped with hony oxe gal aloes caballine and applied vpon the nauell in the fourme of a playster it kylleth wormes in chyldren Nenupher is cold moist in the seconde the flour soddē with oyle of violettes oyle of roses omphacine and a litle wine of pomegranades vnto the cōsumption of the wine quēcheth the inflamation of herisipelas and phlegmon OYle made of rype Olyues is hote moyst wyth temperate heate and it hath vertue to receyue into it selfe al the vertues of simples Yf it be made of vnripe oliues it is cold and dry and therfore it is stiptike is called oyle omphacine And whē it is made according to art wyth roses it quencheth al hote mattiers conforteth the cōplexion of the mēber Oua gallinarū or hēnes egges are tēperat Their yolkes ben moderatly hote and moyste the oile therof as Auenzoar saith is an excellent remedye to swage the peyne of the eares The whyte is colde and moyst Organy is hote dry in the thyrd it hath vertue to dissolue and to consume with attraction whē it is mengled with camomyll mellilote dylle mugwort and put in a bagge it swageth peyn of the belly coming of a colde cause chieflye if it be first heated vpon a tile sprincled with wine Itē whē the arsegutte issueth out of the fundament stāped organy with roses calomus aromaticus and wormewoode and layed hote therunto reduceth the gutte vnto hys place Opoponax is a gūme of hoote and drye complexion and it is resolutyue wyth mollification Opiū is colde drye in the fourth and therfore it is stupefactyue Os sepie that is the bone of a fyshe called a cuttle is colde and drye and mundifieth gentlye Ordeum or barlye is colde and dry in the seconde and dryueth backe hote apostemes and when it is mengled wyth thynges resolutyue it resolueth the sayde apostemes And when it is sodden in the decoction of malowes the yolkes of egges oyle of violettes and a litle buttyre it ripeth cholerike and sāguine apostemes beynge applyed after the maner of a playster and hauynge added a lytle saffran Orobus is hote in the fyrste and drye in the seconde and beynge chewed with almondes of a fastyng stomake and layed vpon tetters ryngwormes and morphewes it helpeth the sayde diseases And yf ye rubbe youre handes and face therewyth it clarifieth the skynne It scoureth and purgeth fylthye and rooten vlceres beynge mengled wyth floure of lupines honye of roses and terebentine And it is of lyke efficacitie in woundes of synnowes after that the daunger of apostemation is paste Item the floure of orobus put in playsters is good for synnowye woundes and apostemes Olyues vnrype are colde and dry and therfore theyr oyle is stiptyke And whē they be seasoned wyth salt Fenell water or veriuce and eaten in small quantitie they confort the stomake and prouoke appetite Rype olyues be temperatelye hote and moyst but they ben of euyl digestion and nouryshment Oleum muscelinum is hote hath vertue to resolue Guydo sayeth it is drawen out of a certeyne grayne as oyle is drawen out of behen PEares are of sondrye kyndes and their substaunce is watrye and earthye some of them be swete some harryshe some sower The swete are lesse colde than the sower howebeit they haue all some stipticitie but beynge rosted they are of lesse stipticitie than whē they be raw Peares and apples rosted are conuenientlye vsed in playsters for hote apostemes at the begynnynge And some saye that the iuyce of them incarneth and consoundeth woundes and vlceres But it shall be better and surer yf ye put to a dramme of the sayd iuyce two drammes of syrupe of roses and ʒ x. of clere terebentyne ʒ i. of frankinsence and ℥ ss of beane floure Lette them seeth together besyde the floure and the frankynsence and thā incorporate the reste and vse them after the maner of an oyntment Porrum or a leke is hote and drye in the thyrde degre wherfore the water therof dronken wyth honye and water or meth is a presente remedye for venomous styngynges If ye rost leekes and make a playster of them wyth a lytle triacle terebentyne and oyle of rue they heale the wound that cometh by bytynge Item yf ye mengle the iuyce of a rosted leeke wyth a lytle olibane oyle of roses and a litle womans mylke and a litle oyle of the yolkes of egges it hath vertue to take awaye the payne and sowndynge of the eares comynge of a colde cause Pix naualis or shyp pytche is hote and drye it hath vertue to consume
digestion The iuce of it thycked wyth oyle of dylle cumyne and a lytle waxe taketh awaye blacke and blewe colour caused vnder the eyes by a stroke Rubea tinctorum or madder is hote and drye in the seconde Aueroys sayeth that it helpeth the difficultie of grosse vryne and it is good for vlcers that perce into the breste them that are fallen frō an hye place for it purgeth with confortation Rapesben hote in the seconde and moyst in the fyrst Auicenne saith that when they be eaten sodden with flesh they sharpen the syght and encrease seede but they be of harde dygestyon Ryse as Galene sayeth byndeth the belly Serapion sayeth it is hote and drye in the fyrst but Rasis sayth that it is temperate when it is sodden in an hennes broth without salt it resolueth the swellyng of womens brestes in mollifying theyr hardnes Item sodden with the sayde brothe horstayle lignū aloes in small quantitie and with redde sugre it healeth the intrayles or inwardes beinge vlcered Item when it is sodden wyth feete or heed of veale or of mutton and eaten as is aforesayde it engendreth the pore called Sarcoides in broken bones Realgar is hote and mortifyeth and is nombred amonge medycines that putrefye for it bryngeth an escare in the membres lyke deed fleshe Rubus or a bramble is colde drye with stipticitie and it consoundeth woundes and vlcers The decoction of the croppes with the leaues of wylde oliues roses and a lytle alune and licium healeth vlcers of the gummes and of the mouthe and of the partes therof SOlatrum nyghtshade or morell is colde and drye in the second with stipticitie Auicenne sayeth that it hath vertue to resolue inwarde hote apostemes The iuce of it mynystred in a liniment as it foloweth healeth ytchyng which cōmeth of fracture of bones and taketh away the heate of vlcers and also the chafynge of the priuey mēbres ℞ of the iuce of night shade of the iuce of plantayne ana ʒ vi of the wyne of pomgranades ℥ ss of oyle omphacyne of roses complete ana ss ii of vnguen populeon of vnguentum rosarum ana ℥ i. of litarge of golde syluer aū ℥ ii of tutia ʒ iii of ceruse of wasshed lyme ana ʒ vi mengle them in a mortare of leade and make a liniment after thys sorte Fyrst putte the myneralles in a mortar and than put in a droppe of oyle and a droppe of the iuyce and so styll tyll they be well incorporat stirryng thē euer about with a pestel of leade then put to the reste and adde in the ende of camphore brayed ʒ ss Spica Nardi is hote in the fyrste and drye in the seconde and hys vertue is to retein heere 's the fal in the eye lyddes or in the bearde confortynge the rotes of them The odoure conforteth the braine hurte by colde Item when it is mengled wyth tucia aloes epatyke water of eufrage fenell and roses and wyth a lytle clowes and so soddē and strayned it is a singuler remedye to conforte the syght and to heale the disease of the eyes Sticados arabike is hoote in the fyrst and drie in the seconde and hath some part of stipticitie and by reason of hys bitternes is subtiliatyue and resolutyue with some stipticitie A decoction of it wyth water and wyne wyth camomyll mugwort buglosse sage rosemarye and other confortatiue herbes as organy nept serpillum arsmerte is good to heale apostemes of the legges called vndimyes Also a suffumigation and fomentation of the legges made with the forsayde decoction comforteth the membres being weryed with iourneying Squilla marina is hote and drye in the thyrde It hath vertue to thyn to mundifye and to scalde and chefelye it mundifyeth rotten vlcers from grosse matter with resolution The iuce of it beinge rosted vnder the cooles with the iuce of dockes and oximell squilliticum and stamped with blacke Elebore and boyled togyther with a lytle brymstone healeth all maner tetters ryngwormes morphewes alopecia and suche lyke Also vinegre squillitik with liciū strengtheneth the teeth and remoueth the putrefaction of the gummes Semperviua or housleke is colde in the thyrde and drye in the fyrst the iuce therof mēgled with lettuse oyle of roses omphacyne oyle of vyolettes beaten wyth the whyte of an egge quencheth inflammations of choleryke apostemes Satirion is hote and moyste in the fyrst and therfore it prouoketh lechery through his inflation or wyndynesse Sparagus is hoote and drye as Platearius sayeth in the thyrde degree It scoureth and prouoketh vryne Salix or wyllowes is colde and drye and byndeth and is good for chafynge of the mouth and inflamed vlcers Sumach is colde in the seconde and drye in the thyrd withstipticitie and therfor it is good for hote apostemes of the mouth A decoction of it wyth barly wyne of pomegranades and licium and a lytle diameron is good for the sayde diseases Sambucus or elders is hoote and drye in the begynnynge of the thyrde degree It resolueth dryeth openeth and is of subtyle substaūce and therfore the oyle of elders is good to cauterise in the pryckynge of synowes by reason of his vehement percyng and dryinge The leues stāped with elebore oximel squilliticke heale the morphewe scalles and other kindes of scabbes Item the rynde of the roote chopped in small peces and steped in wyne the space of a night maketh the wyne of suche nature that it prouoketh vomyte and purgeth the bellye of euyll humours Fynally elders haue vertue to discusse Sauyne is hote and drye in the thyrde A decoctiō of it wyth lye dyl paritary camomyll branne organy mugwort holyhocke sapa taketh awaye all paynes and grypynges of the bellye and dissolueth all ventoses of the guttes yf they be not caused of a coleryk matter and it must be admynistred vpon the bellye with a sponge or with rawe threde Item wyne of the decoction of sauyne with dyll seede paritary leues and of holyhock layed on the bellye about the pryuey membres as a playster cureth the strāgury and dissury prouokyng vryne and swageth the payne of the bladder Scrophularia is hoote and drye and is very resolutyue Stercus or donge is hoote and drye more or lesse accordynge to the nature of beastes Gootes donge poudred and sodden with honye and sapa mundifyeth hollowe vlcers after the mundification of them Item sodden with beane floure branne camomyll vynegre and water and sapa hauyng added in the ende oyle of camomyl and dyll healeth perfytly the paynes of the knee and wyndy swelllynges of the same thoughe they be very olde as I haue often proued Item a dogges tourde that eateth bones stamped and sodden with lentyle floure and gootes mylke healeth maligne corrosyue and disceytefull vlcers yf it be applyed as a playster Sepum or tallowe is temperately hote accordynge to the nature of beastes it is resolutiue and maturatiue and swageth payne Sarcocolle is a gumme hote in the seconde and drye in the fyrste it hath vertue
to incarne woundes and vlcers and is put in colliryes ordeyned for ophtalmia Sanguis draconis is cold and drye in the thyrde and by reasō of his stipticitie coldnesse and slymynesse it easelye stancheth blood And Galene sayth that it hath vertue to cole and to bynde moderately Item the plant brayed and broken with the blood cōsoundeth fresh woundes and so doth terebentine also myngled wyth sanguis draconis frankensence and a lytle oyle of ipericon Sapo or sope is hote and drye with adustion or burnyng And frēch sope mengled with the poudre of blacke elebore litarge of syluer verdegrese a lytle quycksyluer and a lytle glasse brayed cureth the blacke morphewe tetters and ryngewormes beynge made in the fourme of an oyntment Spuma maris or the fome of the see is hote in the fyrst and drye in the thyrde it hath vertue to scoure to drye Spongia maris or a sponge is hote in the fyrste and drye in the seconde It hath vertue to resolue and to drye and being somwhat burned and layed vpon superfluous fleshe it cōsumeth it without payne and therfore it maye be layed vpon dura mater to consume superfluous flesh for it mundifyeth wyth some corrosion and without payne Staphisagria is hote and drye in the thyrde and hath vertue to draw and therfore beinge chewed it purgeth rewmes of the heed and when it is mēgled and stamped with oyle it kylleth lyse Scabiouse is hote and drye in the seconde and hathe vertue to scoure the iuyce of it mengled with the iuyce of dockes and fumyterrye and oyle of laurell and mastyke and thā sodden with terebentine with litarge of golde and a lytle quycksyluer quenched with spettle with the addition of a lytle iuce of sothernewoode and of the rotes of affodilles and a lytle black elebore brayed cureth scalles ryngwormes and tetters mophew and alopecia And moreouer it hathe a great prerogatyue in diseases of the brest For the cough The water of the decoction of it with licoryce reysons fygges iuiubes branne damaske primes sebestē penydies and a lytle honye is a synguler remedy for the cough and for a short breth halfe a cyath must be taken in the mornyng and when the patient goeth to bedde And it was cōmytted to me as a secret and I haue proued it to be verye good Sisaminum is a grayne hote and moyst in the fyrst and hath vertue to mollify and to rype hote apostemes Sulphur or brymstone is hote drye in the fourth and when it is sodden with oyle of elders and erthwormes with a lytle vynegre tyll the vinegre be consumed it is a good medicyne for the pryckynge of the synowes Item beinge sodden with oyle of roses and of laurell and a lytle vynegre it consumeth and dryeth all maner scabbes Salt is hote and drye and is vsed in lotions of fylthye vlcers Sandalus or saunders is a tree of colde and drye cōplexion in the secōd and there ben thre kyndes of it namelye whyte yelowe and red and they are put in repercussiues of hote apostemes and woundes Semen lini or lyneseede is hote drye in the fyrst with some moisture and it rypeth colde apostemes And the oyle of it is a good medycyne for diseases of the fundament agaynst the crampe of woundes yf ye anoynt the backebone and the ioyntes with the sayde oyle Storax calamyte and liquide storax are hote in the first and drye in the second and they haue vertue to heate a colde brayne And when they are incorporate with laudanū odoriferous new waxe after the maner of a pomāder they cōfort the brayne and whan the pomander is borne in the hande it comforteth cut synowes Liquide storax is put in linimentes agaynste scabbes and scalles of the heed and agaynst the frenche pockes and maketh the oyntmentes of good odour Spodium is colde and drye and when it is mengled with water of plantayne antimony myrobalane citryne sumache and a lytle roche alume licium somwhat sodden cureth perfytely vlcers of the mouth being mēgled with tutia antimoniū and burned leade it healeth cancreous vlcers Item it stauncheth bledyng at the nose being blowen with antimonye and frankensence TErebentine is hote drye with temperate heate it is good for woundes of synnowes and muscles and it passeth other in woūdes of chyldrē and women A suffumigation therof healeth the disease tenasmos when it is taken by mouth as it shal be declared hereafter it swageth the paynes of the inwarde partes ℞ of mooste clere terebentine thryes washed with water of fenelle ℥ i. of syrupe de duabus radicibus without vynegre ʒ x. of asses donge that gyueth mylke frō the moneth of may dryed in the shadowe and fynely poudred ʒ i. ss of saffran graynes .ii. of swete fenelle ℈ i. mēgle thē and let the patiēt receyue this ordinaunce with a fasting stomak Tartare or wyne lyes is hote and drye in the thyrd it is conuenyentlye put in oyntmentes for scabbes whā it is poudred and takē with a litle mastik in the broth of an henne or with sugre of roses it hath vertue to cause .iiii. or .v. syeges Tucia is colde and drye and is vsed in vlcers of the yarde and in cācreous maligne corrosyue vlcers for it dryeth and incarneth them And when it is mengled with the iuce of fenell or water of fenel and antimony it preserueth the eyes and it is conuenyently vsed in colliryes Tamariscus is hote and drye and prouoketh vryne And wyne of the decoction of it is good for the hardnesse of the mylt and of the lyuer and for dissurye and strangurye by reason of his openynge Tamarindes are colde and dry in the thyrde or in the seconde as Paul sayth A decoction of them with barly and reysyns healeth hote apostemes of the throte at the begynnynge and in the augmentation and they quēch the sharpnes of humours chefely yf ye adde a lytle wyne of pomegranades Tapsus barbatus or milliū is hote and drye and swageth payne A decoction of it with thynges folowing is conuenient for all diseases of the fūdament ℞ of Tapsus barbarus m̄ ii of the leaues of mallowes violets and holyhokke of clene barly brāne an̄ m̄ i. of lineseed li. ss of apples somwhat broken in nombre x. Let them seeth all with sufficient water tyl the thyrde parte be consumed and make a suffumigation Tormentille otherwyse called bystorte is colde and drye in the thyrde and hath vertue to consounde woundes it hath a diuine power agaynste the pestilence if it be gyuen to drynke in the quantitie of ℥ iii. with a rosted oynyon and a litle triacle and syrupe of the iuce of orēges and a lytle wine of pomegranades Guydo sayth that the same herbe is hote and drye Thus or frankensence is hoote in the seconde and drye in the fyrst and it hathe vertue to engendre flesshe in woundes of tender bodies and more ouer it consoundeth Terra sigillata is hote and drye with moche
stipticitie and therfore it is put in linimentes oyntmētes and composicions to stanche blood VErrucaria or Scorpiuron is hote and dry and is called storpiura for the floures of it bene lyke to the tayles of scorpions The iuce of it dronken with wyne remedieth the styngyng of scorpions and pryckynge of synowes beinge layde therupon And it is called verucaria bycause it healeth wartes and cancreous vlcers comynge of the same wartes as I haue proued in a cancreous vlcer of the eye lyddes which came of a warte This herbe is dried vp in the wynter and it hathe leaues lyke basylle but they be somewhat rougher and blacker It hath a stalke with one roote and .v. or .vi. braunches which stalke is rounde and wil not be broken lyghtly It is called of Dioscorides Heliotropium Vmbelicus veneris or penygrasse is colde and moyste in the thyrde Howbeit Mesue sayth that the moystnesse of it passeth not the seconde degree And it is good to delaye the inflāmation of Herisipelas when it is myngled with flour of barly water and oyle of roses and it is to be aplyed in the begynnyng and in the augmentacion WOrmes of the grounde are hote and subtiliatiue The oyle of thē is good for woundes of synnowes and the crampe It swageth payne and mundifyeth with incarnation and it is made after this sorte ℞ of erthwormes wasshed with wyne Oyle of wormes ℥ iii of oyle omphacyne ℥ iiii of oyle of roses complete and odoriferous ℥ ii of oyle mastik ℥ i. of oyle of terebentine ℥ ss of oyle of yolkes of egges ʒ x of the seede of S. Iohns worte m̄ ss of yarowe of the floures of rosemarye of consolida the greater and the lesse ana m̄ ss of the iuce of plātayne ℥ vi of centaurye the greater and the lesse ana a lytle of madder of fyne grayne of saffran ʒ i. of most clere terebentyne ℥ iii. ss stampe them all togyther saue the wormes and let thē seeth wyth a cyathe of odoriferous whyte wyne tyll the wyne be consumed then strayn them and put to the straynyng a lytle of the seed of saynct Iohns worte with the floures therof chaungyng them euery weke and set the sayde ordynaunce a sunnynge in the moneth of Maye and Iulye Vsiphur that is cinabrium is hote and drye in the second and it is made of quycksyluer and brymstone therefore it dryeth moche with stipticitie and beinge sodden with vynegre and brymstone it healeth tetters ryngwormes and gutta rosacea Also it is good for scalles alopecia and the morphewe Item a suffumigation therof made vpon the coles with frankensence from the necke downewarde vnder a canapye of lynte is a princypal remedy agaynst the frēch pockes Vryne is hote and dry with some adustion chefelye of them that haue hote feuers Vernysh is hote and drye in the seconde it hath vertue to scoure and to consounde woundes Vsnea or mosse chefely of the oke is hote and drye temperately Vitrum or glasse is hote in the fyrst and drye in the seconde when it is poudred it entreth into oyntmentes for scabbes and tetters wyne is hoote and drye more or lesse accordynge to the nature of vynes Newe wyne and swete is moyste and therfore rypeth Vrtica or nettles is hote and dry in the thyrde and it is verye subtiliatyue and therfore when it toucheth the skynne through his subtiliation and heate it byteth the same and reyseth pymples when it is brused it netleth not Galene saith that it hath nature to discusse the seede of it dronken with sodden newe wyne prouoketh lecherye Violettes are colde and moyste in the fyrst They rype hote apostemes quēchyng inflāmation of choler and they heale herisipelas not vlcered Viride es or verdegrese is hote drye and hath a corrosyue nature with stipticitie And therfore it cōsumeth superfluous flesh being mēgled with waxe and oyle whē it is soddē with vynegre roche alume and honye vnto thycknesse it mundifyeth rotten corrosyue virulent holowe and fylthye vlcers Moreouer it remedyeth rotten maligne cancrenous and corrosyue vlcers of the gummes yf ye adde therunto a lytle licium a lytle vynegre squilliticke a lytle water of plantaine Item it is vsed in colliries for diseases of the eyes commyng of colde and grosse matter Vitriole is hote and drye in the fourth It stancheth blood being burned in an ouen Virga pastoris or wylde tasyll is colde and drye There be two kyndes of this herbe that is to saye the male and the female The leaues of the male when they sprynge fyrste are lyke to the leaues of lettuse but whē they are more thornye and brynge forth a stalke of .ii. cubytes longe fullers vse the heedes of them to carde clothes The female is called lingua passerina or cētūnodia or knotgras and hath vertue to coole and to drye in the seconde and a lytle more and is good for herisipelas crepyng from membre to membre and the iuce of it is put in medycynes to stanche bledyng at the nose Viscus quercinus or mystletowe is hote and attractiue and therfore it rypeth apostemes whiche chaunce vnder the roote of the eares And being mengled with other thynges prepared for harde apostemes it aydeth theyr strength in mollifyinge and resoluynge ZVccarum or sugre is temperatelye hote and moyste and is put in to abstersyue medycynes in woundes and vlcers ¶ And thus endeth the boke of symples Here beginneth the .viii. boke called the Antidotarie whiche conteynethe the description of Oyntmentes Cerotes Playsters Oyles Pilles and other confections necessary to the art of Chirurgerye ¶ The fyrst chapter treateth of repercussiue medicynes aswell symple as compounde of hote Apostemes GAlien saythe in the .v. booke of symples that a repercussiue medecyne is necessary in the cure of diseases for it comforteth and bindeth the place stoppeth the wayes and kepeth Apostemes frome encreasyng Lykewyse beyng applied in woundes and fractures of bones in the ouer part of the membre suffreth not flowyng of matter to haue recourse to the sore place Symples repercussyue of hote mattier Symple repercussiues are these that folowe Waybred housleeke great tasill and lesse roses ribwort lettuse stōcroppe gourdes cucumers the muscilage of psillium and of the seed of quynces the leaues and ryndes of an ashe tree violettes mallowes nenuphar and all the kyndes of morel purselan saūders myrt sorell alleluya sower pomegranades stamped wyth the rynde sower apples peares and quynces vynegre eyther delayed wyth water or made of wyne of moderate strength horsetayle herbe of strawbery the toppes of brambles and of vynes vnripe frutes as mulberyes blacke beryes medlars crabbes wylde plommes ypoquistidos sloes leaues of popler wyllowes veriuyce water of roses water of plantayne reyne water water of nyghtshade water stylled out of the foresayde thynges bole armenie terra sigillata saunders sanguis draconis Psidia ceruse tucia camphore litarge antimoniū burnte leade and not brent quycksyluer myrabolanes cimolea myldust barley floure beane floure lentyll floure whytes of
of colde mattier and agaynste a catarrat and they are thus made R. of the spyces of hiera simplex ʒ vi of turbith of sticados ana ʒ iii. of trociskes of coloquintida ʒ ii ss of diagridium ana ʒ ii of agaryke in trociskes ʒ v. make pilles with the iuyce of wormewood in the quātitie of peason The receyt of them is ʒ i. Pilles whyche olde men reumatyke and of dymme syghte vse They purge all euyll humours sharpen the syghte repare hearynge strength the other sences mundifye the brayne are thus made R. of washed aloes ℥ i. ss of diagradium ℥ ss of all the mirabolanes of reubarbe of mastyke of sene of wormewood of dodyr of euerye one ʒ i. ss of agaryke in trociskes of the spyces of hiera simplex of diarrodon abbatis ana ʒ iii. make pilles wyth the iuyce of fenell in the quantitie of peason the receyt of them is ʒ i. Pillule auree purge cholerike humours in the stomake in the brayn and cure choleryke diseases ben good agaynst wyndynes Pillule lucis are verye good for cold diseases of the eyes they bryng forthe euyll and duskysh humours Moreouer they resolue vapoures in the brayne darknyng the syght they strengthen the spirites and vertue of seynge R. of eufrage ʒ vi of agaryke of sene ana ʒ v. of all the mirobalanes ana ℥ ss of roses violettes trociskes of coloquintida of turbyth of cubebes of calamus aromaticus of nutmigges of spike of epithimū of xilobalsamum of carpobalsamū of siler montanum Rue squinantū assarū cloues cynamome annyse fenel smalache cassia lignea saffran mastyke an̄ ʒ ii of aloes ℥ ii make a past wyth water of fenell the receyt is ʒ i. ss Pilles of fumitory are verye good aagaynst all scabbes morte mall canker leper frenche pockes cancrena Item they purge all coleryke burnte and bytynge humours salt fleume Pilles agaynst the frenche pockes whyche muste be ministred in stronge bodies in the somer whē the disease is confirmed for they purge salt fleume burnte cholere Pilles for the pockes and wyndy humours from the ioynctes and from farre places are made after thys sorte R. of al the mirobalanes an̄ ʒ iii. of trociskes of coloquintida of mastyke of diagredium ana ʒ ii ss of nigella of organy of cumyne ana ʒ iii. of blacke elebore ʒ ii of spyke of euphorbium of a hartes horne brente of sall gemme ana ʒ ss of maydenheare of the coddes of sene of politticum and gallitricum of the floures of rosemarye of hartes tonge of epithimum ana ʒ i. ss of corianders of annyse of polipodium an̄ ʒ v. of good triacle ʒ vi of agaryke in trociskes of washed aloes ana ʒ x. of the spices of hiera de octo rebus of the spyces of diarrodon abbatis ana ʒ viii make a paste of pilles wyth the iuce of fumitory and honye of roses the receyt is ʒ i. Pillule inde haue lyke vertue Pillule fetide haue vertue to purge corrupte grosse raw slymye and choleryke humours from farre places from the ioynctes Therfore they be geuen to them that haue goutes and be scabbie Pilles of euphorbiū haue lyke vertue Pilles of harmodactiles the lesse are vsed in hote goutes the greater in colde goutes for they purge grosse humours of the ioynctes Pilles of liquiryce or bechichie take away the roughnes of the throte and helpe them that haue a stronge hote coughe smothinge the brest and causynge spitle to issue out easelye ¶ The .xxi. chapter of waters and fyrst of magistral waters WAter called the mother of bawme Mother of bawme is thus compounde ℞ of terebentyne li. ii of frākincēce ℥ ii of lignum aloes ℥ i. of mastyke of cloues of galingale cynamome nutmigges cubebes ana ℥ i. ss of gūme elimi ℥ vi as muche good aqua vite as the quātitie of all the forsayd is stampe the thynges together and putte them in a stillatorye after one daye and stille them wyth a softe fyre the water that shall come forth is called the mother of bawme which beynge mengled wyth as much of aqua celestis herafter wrytten and stilled agayne shal haue marueilouse vertues agaynste colde passions and also hote it is called the ladye of all medicines A singuler water whyche is called the water of bawme A singuler water or oyle of bawme is made as foloweth R. of terebentyne li. iiii of frankincence of mastyke ana ℥ ii of aloes epatyke of laudanum of castoreum of date stones of the rootes of ditanye and of consolida the lesse ana ℥ i. stille them al in a lembike of glasse wyth a soft fyre The fyrste water shal be clere as the water of a sprynge The second shal be yelow swymmeth aboue the other in the vessell The thyrde shal be reddesh as good saffran and when it begynneth to be red and thycke as honye than begynneth the thyrde water The fyrste water is called water of baume the seconde oyle of baume the thyrde artificyall baume And some call it the ouercomer of baume for it is stronger than baume The fyrst burneth lyke a candle the secōd curdeth mylke If ye put the thyrde into a glasse of clere water with the poynt of a knyfe one droppe at ones it wyll go downe to the botome wtoute sondrynge of it selfe and whan it hathe bene there an houre yt wyll mount vp to the toppe as true baume doeth The fyrst is good the seconde is better the thyrde is best and hath the vertues folowynge Fyrste yf ye wash your face twyse or thryes a day with it and chefely the nosethrylles it cureth a reume descendynge from the brayne and clarifyeth the syght And yf ye rubbe the hyndre parte of the heed therewith it comforteth the remembraunce and sharpeneth the spirites of man Item yf ye put it in a violle well stopped with odoriferous herbes and so leaue it syxe dayes it wyll drawe the vertue of the sayde herbes vnto it and so ye maye make sublymed wyne puttyng into a glas full of wyne two or thre droppes of thys water and so the wyne shall haue the coloure sauour and odoure of the herbes and spyces wherewith it was mengled Item flesh and fysh put in this water rotte not and yf it be rotten it byteth awaye the tottennesse and preserueth the hole parte It induseth appetite comforteth the stomake and consumeth fleme in the botome of the stomake Taken wyth a lytle wyne it cureth a stynkynge breath Yf ye put a serpent or a toode in a cloute wette therwith they shall dye incontinentlye And it hathe lyke vertue agaynst all venymes euen as true baume hath And it is like in operation to fyne triacle and consumeth all apostemes vlcers fystules swellynge pustles woundes emoroides brusynges c. And it is repercussyne of colde humours deficcatiue and cōsumptyue Item if ye wash the teeth with it twyse or thryes it shal heale mundifye and strengthen them It healeth also
the palsye and fortifyeth all the membres and is hoote aboue all thynge that maye be founde and of so great percynge that yf one drop be put into the hande it wyll pearce through the same wythout hurte Item in swellynge of the feete or of the legges and paynes of the ioyntes yf ye wash the sayde places therwith and playster them with a lynnen cloute it shall cure all diseases commynge of colde matter and rotten blood Fynally it is a synguler remedye for synnowes drawen togyther yf ye bathe them thre or four tymes therewithall The thyrde water whiche hath the colour of blood is of such vertue that yf a leprous man vse therof xv dayes halfe a sponefull euerye mornynge he shal be healed Item it preserueth youth yf it be receyued in the mornynge with a grayne of wheate with a sponeful of floures of borage Aqua celestis is of two kyndes Aqua celestis as we wyl declare in this present chapiter Yf ye mengle with it asmoch of the water called mother of baume stylle it agayne ye haue the treasure of al medicynes And yf ye wyll ye may sondre the foure elementes one from an other Fyrst we wyll speake of the vertues of these two waters The fyrst water is of suche vertue that yf it be put into a fresh wound it healeth it in .xxiiii. houres so it be not mortall And it healeth maligne vlcers cankers noli me tangere olde woundes within the space of .xv. dayes yf ye wash them with the sayde water euery thyrde daye And yf ye putte a droppe of it vpon a carbuncle it mortifyeth the malignitie of the same shortly Item yf ye put of the sayde water into the eye that hath lost his syght so that it be not vtterly lost it shall be recouered within thre dayes or .viii. at the vttermoost And if a man drink a droppe of it with a lytle good wine it breaketh the stone in the space of .ii. houres whether it be in the reines or in the blader It mollifyeth hardned synnowes yf ye wash thē therewith and manye other vertues it hathe whiche for breuitie we ouerpasse The seconde water hath colour of bloode and is mooste precyous it preserueth the bodye from diseases and comforteth the weake membres chefely of olde men It restoreth remēbraunce sharpeneth the spyrites comforteth the herte purifyeth blood consoundeth the longes healeth all dyseases of the mylt and kepeth the ioyntes from goutes causeth good digestion purgeth colde and rotten humours healeth all agues and brefely it conserueth and comforteth al the partes and membres of mans body This water must be vsed from the monethe of Nouember tyll the moneth of Apryll and ye must take but halfe a sponefull at ones nor oftener thā ones a weke The maner to make it is this Fyrst ye must haue a vessell of glasse a cubyte hye or ther aboute and fylle it with aqua vite made of good wyne and se that it be wel stopped than couer it in horsedonge or in grape shales or in doues donge so that it be not to moyste nor to hote lest the glasse breake and ye must leue the necke of the glasse without in the ayre The glasse through the heate of the donge wyll boyle myghtelye so that the water wyll ascende to the neck of the same and descende agayne to the botome through the coldenesse of the ayre and so it wyll come to perfection within the space of thirty days than drawe oute the glasse and putte the thynges folowynge into the water and stop the mouth that it breath not out and so leaue it eyght dayes Laste of all put the glasse in balneo marie with sande settynge on a heed wyth a receyuer well stopped and make a softe fyre and gather the first water while it semeth to drop down clere But when ye se the water turne into a redde coloure immedyatelye chaunge the receyuer for this is the second water whiche ye shal kepe in a glasse well stopped The spyces that enter into this water be these ℞ of good cynamome of cloues of nutmygges of gynger galingale zedoarye longe pepper and rounde of the ryndes of a citron of spyke narde lignum aloes cubebes cardomomum calamus aromaticus germander saynt Iohns wort maces white frankensence rounde tormentyl hermodactiles of the pythe of whyte walworte of iuniper and laurell beryes of the seed of mugwort of smalage of fenell of aneys of floures of basyle of rosemarye of sage leaues of maiorum mynte penyryal sticados floures of elders of red roses whyte of rue of scabiouse of lunarie the lesse of agrimonye of tentaurye of fumiterrye of pinpernel daundelion of eufrage of maydeheere of the herbe called caput monachi or ēdiue of the seed of sorelle of yelowe saunders of aloes epatik ana ℥ ii of ambrosyne of fyne reubarbe ana ʒ ii of drye fygges of reysons of dates wtout stoones of swete almondes of graynes of the pyne ana ℥ i. of aqua vite made wyth good wyne to the quantytie of them all and foure tymes as moche sugre as they ben all that is to saye for one pounde of ingredience foure pounde of sugre of whyte honye two pounde than put to the vnderwrytten of the rootes of genciane of the floures of rosemarye of nigella that groweth in the corne of bryonia of the roote of the herbe called panis porcinus of the seede of wormewoode ana ʒ ss This water is called aqua celestis but before ye styll the water ye must quenche in it an hoote plate of golde oftentymes and putte to it orientall peerles and so stylle the water and take hede that the peerles remayne not aloone wythoute water for yf they be sette on the fyre without water they wyll loose theyr coloure ¶ Of the vertues of sondrye waters THe water of buglose or baume called melissa and the floures of Borage reioyse the hert of man water of the floures of elders is good for the hardnesse of the milt and it openeth the wayes of vryne and scoureth the face water of rosemarye is good for all colde passyons of the synnowes water of plantayne is good for bledynge with refrigeratyon and stipticitie water of synkefoyle prouoketh vryne and grauellye water water of scabiouse is good for the passyons of the brest as a cough a canker .c. water of the rootes of bruscus asparage fenell percelye smallage is good for the stoone For these herbes open the veynes and prouoke vryne The water of the herbe called gramen kylleth wormes openeth opilations and prouoketh vryne water of nyghtshade or morell is good for an hote lyuer and is very refrigeratyue water of madder openeth the veynes of the matrice water of the floures of camomylle swageth inwarde paynes water of myntes comforteth a colde stomake water of betonye openeth the veynes of the matrice water of saxifrage breaketh the stone in the reynes and in the bladder and dryueth out grauellye water ¶ Here endeth the
aposteme ye shall apply this cerote folowynge in large cloutes ℞ of oyle of roses odoryferous oyle of vyolettes ana ℥ i. ss of calfes tallowe ℥ ii of whyte waxe ℥ i. ss of the muscilage of the seed of holihoke of the seed of quynces of mallowes vyolettes clene barlye one ciathe Let them seethe all togyther except the waxe tyll the muscilage be consumed laste of all put to the waxe and make a softe cerote Or make it thus ℞ of the rootes of hollyhocke sodden and streyned ℥ iii. of oyle of roses camomille ana ℥ j. of hennes grese of oyle of vyolettes ana ʒ vi of calues suet ℥ ii ss seeth them all togither a lytle and putte therevnto of whyte waxe ʒ x. of barlye floure ℥ i. of sasfron ʒ i. and thus endeth this c. ¶ A chapter of smellynge dymynysshed THe vertu of smelling is corrupted thorough sundry causes Sometyme through opylation of the passages of the .ij. lytle pyeces of flesshe in the heade whiche ben the instrumentes of smellyng Sometyme by corruption and putrefaction of the said peeces of flesh The cure hereof shal be acomplisshed with .iii. intencions The first is ordinaunce of diet the second purgacion of the matter the thyrde administracion of locall medicines For the first and the seconde ye shall procede as it is sayd in the chapter of the stynkyng of the nose Lykewyse the remedyes there discribed in the forme of decoctions may be cōuenyently vsed in this curation Howbeit some auncient wryters affirme that a decoction of nigella rue serapine maiorom rosemary with wyne and honye amendeth the diminution of smelling Rue also smelled to wyth myntes and maiorum is of good effecte Haliabbas sayth that the vryne of a harte stilled in to the nose recouereth smellynge Item the galle of a hawke poured into the nosethrilles remoueth oppilation of that lytle peces of fleshe The galle of a cocke or of an henne is of like effecte ¶ A chapter of bonchines BOnchines is caused somtime of moistines dilatīg and slackyng the ligamētes and synnowes wherunto the spondiles are tyed and when the spondiles are out of theyr proper place they cause an eminence or bonchynes Sometymes coughing and shortnes of wynd causeth the sayde bouchynes and sometymes it is caused through apostemation in the muscles of the backe and then the pacient feleth payne lytle heat the peyn remaineth alwaies in one place whych thyng doth not happen so whē it procedeth of wyndines As concernynge bonchines procedynge of a primityue cause we haue spoken in the chapter of dislocation of the spondiles In thys present chapter we wyl onely treate of bonchines that procede of grosse wyndynes and moysture dilatynge and slackinge the ligamentes and synowes of the spondiles The cure of thys bonchines consisteth in thre intentions namelye in diete in purgatiō of matter antecedent in administration of locall medicines For the fyrst ye shall resorte to the cure of bocium The seconde is accomplyshed as it foloweth Fyrst yf the mattier be grosse and slymie it shal be thus digested R. of sirupe de duabus radicibus wythoute vinaygre of syrupe of stichados ana ʒ vi of waters of sage rosemary and fenel ana ℥ i. when he hath receyued thys syrupe the space of a weke lette him be purged as it foloweth R. of pilles de hiera wyth agaryke ℈ ii of pilles of hermodactiles the greater ℈ i. mēgle them and make v. pilles wyth water of fenell And yf the patient be stronge pilles cochye pilles hermodactiles the greater maye be permitted in the wynter But in delicate persons of tender age pilles of hiera and assagereth wyth agaryke are to be vsed ones a weke Further it is conuenient after purgation to vse thys decoction diuretike the space of certayne dayes R. of maydenheere of the floures of rosemarye ana m̄ i. of comune seedes ℥ i. of liquyryce ʒ x. of damaske prunes iuiubes of eche in nomber ten of syrupe de duabus radicibus wythout vinaygre ℥ vi of honye ℥ i. ss of whyte suger ℥ iii. of cynamome and swete fenell of euerye one two drāmes Seeth them al together with swete water in a vessel of glasse tyll the thyrde parte be consumed and vse thys decoction two houres before supper in the mornyng and euenyng after the maner of a syrupe The thyrde intention shall be accomplyshed by the administration of the vnction and cerote folowynge R. of oyle of camomylle lillies of agrippa and dialthea of euerye one ℥ i. ss of oyle of spyke iuniper terebentyne and of a foxe ana ℥ ss of liquide storax ten drammes of rosemarye sticados squinantum of maiorum yua muscata sauyne serpillū mugwort wormewood of euerye one m̄ ss of erth wormes wasshed wyth wyne of the nuttes of cipresse brayed numbre sixe of cynamome of nutmigges of euerye one ʒ i. of calamus aromaticus ʒ iii. of odoriferous wyne li. ii seeth them all together tyll the wyne be consumed then strayne them and annoynte the place therewyth twyse a daye After thys vnction ye shall put vpon the place thys cerote folowynge R. of the oyle magistrale afore ordeyned li. ss of clere terebentyne ten drammes of the rootes of enula campana soddē wyth water and wyne stamped and streyned ℥ iii. of whyte waxe asmuche as shal suffice make a softe cerote adding of saffran ʒ ss Item it is verye good to euapour the place wyth a sponge dypped in the decoction folowyng R. of camomylle mellilote dylle of maiorum sticados squinantum wormewood of euerye one m̄ ss of nuttes of cipresse brayed nombre ten of corianders cumine calamus aromaticus of euerye one two drammes of honye ℥ i. ss Let them seeth all together wyth water and odoriferous wyne sufficientlye tyll halfe be cōsumed and let the place be epethimed wyth a sponge thus we ende c. ¶ Of too muche fatnes and grosnes of the body GAlene sayth that through the vertue assimulatiue attractiue the bodye is so engrossed that a man can not walke nor breathe but wyth greate difficultie whereby yf he contynewe wythout excercise he must nedes fall into some euyll disease as apoplexia palsye chokynge euyll fieuer wherfore it is necessary to reherce the thynges that haue vertue to extenuate the body and to make it thinne whyche thynge consisteth in two intētions that is to saye in diminution of bloode and resolution of mattier conioyncte The fyrste is accomplyshed by the administration of a slender diete and by thynges that prouoke vryne and sweate as fenell percelye rue asparage polium c. Also solutyue medicines that purge fleume ar profitable wyth exercise and muche fastyng and drynkynge of vinaygre The seconde intencion is accomplyshed by administration of meates of lytle nourishment and also by conuenient purgation The meates must be of such nature that they may passe easelye from the stomake to the guttes that the operation of the veynes called miseraice be not fulfylled Item a bathe
℥ .ij. pouder them all except the sponge and palea marina whyche must be burned and their ashes must be myngled with the foresayde thynges and tersed and he commaundeth to holde this poudre in the mouthe daye and nyght He thynketh it good also to take thys poudre after digestion before daye and to vse it in hys meates Furtheremore it is good sometymes to take a dramme of pylles cochie Thys is the cure of Arnolde whyche muste be begonne the next thursdaye to the reuolutiō of the moone and so ye must procede to the ende of the moone folowynge And than ye muste cutte the veynes vnder the tonge to dymynyshe the mattier conioynt As towchynge the thyrde intentiō sondrye doctours haue wrytten sondrye resolutiues howebeit they are of small effecte Neuerthelesse ye may applie thys that foloweth ℞ of the rotes of dockes and radyshe of a wylde gourde of saxifrage of the rootes of holyhock ana ℥ .iiij seth them al with wyne and lye and applye them after the maner of a plaister We haue written manye resolutyues whyche are conuenyent in thys case And forasmuch as this swellyng cometh sometyme to maturation for that intentiō ye shal procede with the maturatiues wryttē in the chapter of colde Apostemes And ye may make incisyō according to the lēgth of the neck takyng head that ye cutte not the veynes synnowes For the reste of the cure that is to saye for mundifycation and incarnation sigillation ye shal procede as is declared in the fore alleged place c. ¶ A chapter to remoue a superfluous synger in the hande and the cure of a hande cut of for some euyll facte IT chaūceth sometyme that through aboūdaūt matter in generation a chylde is borne wyth a superfluous fynger for the remotion wherof ye shall procede as it foloweth Fyrste ye shall cut it as nyghe the hande as is possyble with a rasour And afterwarde ye muste cauteryse the place with oyle of elders or oyle of roses brennynge hote Thys cauterisation is good for two causes Fyrst to restrayne fluxe of bloode and to remoue a spasme and payne After cauterisation ye muste playster the place wyth the whyte and yolke of an egge beatē wyth oyle of roses omphacyne and butter and so the payne may be swaged and it dygesteth the escare Yf ther chaūce great bleedyng whych yet happeneth but seldome ye shal cauteryse the place and afterward leye vpon it our redde pouder restrictiue with the whyte of an egge and afterwarde ye shall procure the fall of the escare wyth a dygestiue of yolkes of egges and terrebentyne and ye shall mundifye the place wyth a mundificatiue of a syrupe of roses of smallage or of sarcocoll For the reste of the cure ye shal procede wyth vnguentū de minio or Basilicū other remedyes which are wryttē in the generall chapter of woūdes How be it ye shall note thys one thinge that is to saye that after the tyme of incisyon ye muste leye vpon the arme a defensyue ordeyned in the chapter of hurted synowes vnto the .vij. daye And ye muste anoynt the hande wyth oyle of roses and camomill wherin a lytle saynt Iohns worte and saffran and an ounce of erth wormes washed wyth wyne hath ben sodden A hande or fote beynge cutte muste lykewyse be vsed and in no wyse ye muste cauteryse the place with fyre as some ignoraunt men do for euell accidentes maye ensue c. ¶ A chapter of the preseruacion of a deade bodye that it rotte not A Deade body may thus be preserued from rottynge as Rasis sayth Fyrst ye muste purge the carkas with sharpe clysters as are clysters made wyth wyne vynegre and salte water where in myrre coloquintida salt and alume hath ben sodden Thē ye muste hāge vp the bodye and presse the bellye wyth your handes that the decoction and excrementes may yssue out And ye shal renewe the clyster tyl ye perceiue that the guttes are wel clēsed whych done ye shall put into the bellye a good quātitie of thys description folowynge whyche is of the description of Rasis ℞ of aloes myrre accatia galla muscata nuttes of cypresse saunders lignū aloes cumyne alume of roche myngle them all together after they be poudred wyth vynegre and rose water and put them into the belly and stoppe the condyte with bolsters and bynde it wyth bandes that the lycour runne not oute and afterwarde ye shall caste into the eares mouth and nosethrilles spyced wyne And then ye shall anoynt all the bodye wyth blacke pytche and wrappe it in thys sparadrap folowyng ℞ of black pytche rosen of the pyne colophonia frankynsence mastycke storax gūme arabyke dragagantum melte them al together at the fyer and make a sparadrap wyth the sayd pouder wrappe the legges armes and al the body therwith and bynde them fast Thys is the meane to preserue a leane bodye The meane to preserue a fleshlye grosse bodye is thys Ye muste open the bodye from the pytte of the brest to the bone called pecten aboute the priuye mēbres and ye muste take out al the intrayles then ye must washe the place wyth vynegre and wyth the salte called Baurach and afterwarde wyth aqua vite then ye muste rubbe the partes of the bodye wyth thys pouder ℞ of brayed salt of alume of eche thre partes of cloues nutmegges cynamome al the saūders frankinsence myrre terra sigillata of euery of thē one parte of nepte serpillum rosemary coriander wormewood roses myrtylles of euery one m̄ ss stampe them all together as is aforesayd rubbe the bodye wythin and wythout And afterwarde ye muste fyll the bellye with the flockes or shauinges of cloth dyed with grayne or some other cloth wyth asmuche of the forsayd pouder Then ye muste sowe vp the belly and wrappe all the body in a sparadrap as is aforesayd and laye it in a chest of odoriferous woode yf it may be gottē remembrynge that ye stoppe the seames well wyth hourdes and pytche And ye shall putte into the chest the leaues of rosemary laurell nept wormewood myrte Thus may bodyes be preserued and caryed from one region to another ¶ A chapter of burnynge by fyer boylynge water or oyle SOmetyme the burnyng of fyer is lyght and in the ouermoste parte of the skynne produceth only lytle blysters Sometime it is depe hurteth the muscules The cure of thys scaldynge whether it be wyth water or oyle dyffereth not but in the smaller or greater burnynge Yf the scaldynge be small it suffyceth to mynistre incontinently the whyte of an egge beaten wyth oyle of roses omphacine a lytel iuice of plātaine nightshade house leke cymolea These thynges muste be layd on oftē for they swage payne stoppe the blysters that might aryse afterwarde wyne of pomegranades wyth a lytle rose water plantayne water is of lyke effecte After that the payne is swaged ye muste cut the toppes of the bladders wyth cysers
in this case maye thus be ordeyned ℞ of syrupe of roses of syrupe of the iuce of endiue ana ʒ vi the waters of endiue buglosse and wormewoode ana ℥ i. The sygnes of this disease yf perchaunce ye shall doute thereof are vehement payne and swellyng of the place Some ignoraunte Chirurgiens thynke that it is a dislocation and inforce themselues to reduce it putting the membre into hote water and after into colde water whyche thynge ought not to be done for hoote water draweth matter to the place and colde induceth a spasme And whan they se the place blacke aboute the seuenth or tenth daye they scarifye it thynkynge that it is the begynnynge of cancrena whyche thynge causeth sondrye accidentes Nowe that we haue warned you of theyr erroure we wyl returne to oure purpose wherfore as touchynge locall medicines the fyrste thre or foure dayes ye shall emplayster the membre with stoupes moystned in water and wyne of pomegranades or vynegre of Roses and annoynted wyth this myxture folowynge ℞ syxe egges with whytes and yolkes of oyle of roses omphacyne or oyle of roses complete ℥ iiii of oyle of myrte ℥ ii of womans milk ℥ i. rybworte cutte in small peeces m̄ ii of barlye and beane floure ana ℥ i. ss shake them all togyther addynge of the poudre of the leaues and graynes of myrtylles ana ʒ x. applye this playster vpon the place twyce a daye actuallye hote and after the .iiii. daye put to the sayd playster of wormwod cut and stamped m̄ i. ss of oyle of camomylle ℥ i. ss ye shall procede with thys remedye vnto the .vii. daye And yf the peyne be vehement in the stede of the foresayd remedye ye shal vse this playster folowynge ℞ of mallowes roses wormewood ribworte ana m̄ i. ss of branne of husked beanes ana m̄ ii of camomylle mellylot stamped ana m̄ ss sethe theym all togyther in sufficient water tyl the beanes be perfectlye sodden stampe theym all and strayne them and set them to the fyer agayne and make a playster with .li. i. ss of sapa and as moche bean flour and with the foresayde streynyng addyng in the ende of oyle of roses odoriferous ℥ iii. of oyle of camomylle and myrte ana ℥ ii of saffron ʒ i. let them seeth agayne a lytle Item to comfort the ioyntes in the ende it is good to apply this plaister ℞ of the rootes of holyhocke .li. i. of salamōs seale .li. ss cutte them seeth them in the broth of a wethers heade then stampe them and strayne them and put to the streynyng of good odoriferous wyne ℥ viii of beane floure li. ss of oxe dounge brayed ℥ ii of iva stamped of wormwood of roses ana m̄ ss of oyle of roses odoriferous of oyle myrtyne ana ℥ i. of oyle of camomylle spyke agrippa and dialthea ana ℥ ss myngle them and lette them seeth agayne tyll they be thycke vse this ordynaunce after the manner of a cerote or playster And yf ye adde of clere terrebentyne ℥ iii. it shal be more subtyle and shall the better comforte the synowes and the muscules An other for the same intention ℞ of holy hock of salomons seale sodden strayned ana ℥ iiij of clere terebentyne ℥ ij of odoriferous oyle of roses of oyle myrtyne spyke mastyke ana ʒ ij of whyt waxe ʒ x. of hony ℥ i. of agrippa dialtea ana ʒ v. of good whyt wyne halfe a ciathe seeth them al together with an oūce halfe of earth wormes washed wyth wyne tyl the wyne be consumed then strayne them put to the straynynge of redde pouder ʒ vi of the pouder of myrtilles wormewood roses ana ℥ ss of al the saūders ana ʒ iij. of mumia ʒ ij ss of saffron ℈ i. of bean floure ʒ xiiij myngle them Here foloweth a cōfortatiue decoction whych dryeth and resolueth and serueth in the ende ye muste foment the place twyse a daye wyth sponges ℞ of wormewood roses myrtilles rosema floures yua an̄ m̄ i. of sage squinātū sticcados maiorum an̄ m̄ ss the nuts of cypresse brayed of the floures of pomegranades ana ℥ ij of honye of roses ℥ iij. of roche alume of salt ana ℥ i. ss of frankynsence mastycke storax calamite ana ʒ ij of laudanum ʒ v. of liquide storax ʒ i. ss of corianders and anyse ana ʒ ij ss stampe them al together seeth them with redde wyne and barbours lye tyll the thyrde parte be cōsumed thē strayne them vse them Here foloweth the remedyes whych are conuenient in all fractures dislocations and ben of fyue kyndes wherof the fyrst is thys wherwyth ye shal procede vnto the seuenth daye ℞ the whytes of foure egges oyle of roses oyle myrtine ana ℥ ij of mylduste ℥ ij ss of sanguis draconis ℥ x. of terra sigillata ʒ vi myngle thē vse thys medicine leynge fyrst vpon the fracture a pece of lynen cloth wette in oyle of roses and oyle of myrte The seconde kynde wherwyth ye must procede vnto the .xx. daye is thys ℞ of clere terebenti ℥ iij. of hony ℥ i. ss oyle of myrte oyle of roses odoriferous ana ℥ ij of mirrhe wel brayed frākinsence aloes sanguis draconis ana ℥ ss of bole armeny of terra sigillata ana ʒ vi of mumia ʒ v. of myldust of the floure of lynseed of fenugreke ana ℥ i. the whytes of .iiij. egges of dragagantū brayed ʒ x. These thynges muste be put in wyth vij pounde of the muscilage of calues feete soddē wyth the leaues of holihocke ashe and wyllowes they muste be well myngled together after the maner a playster and chaūged ones or twyse a weeke The thyrde is a sparadrap whyche is conuenient in the fractures of great bones as of the thyghes of the shulders is writtē in our antidotary called a cerote for the fractures of bones The fourth kynde is an embrocacion whych muste be vsed euery thyrde daye after the application of the sparadrap vnto perfyte curation is thus made ℞ of roses wormewood of the leaues of both plantaines of yarowe knotte grasse of the rootes of the ashe tree and wyllowe tree of the leaues graynes of mirte ana m̄ ij of the rootes of holihock somewhat stamped .li. i. of horsetayle woodbynd of the rootes and leaues of consolida the greater and the lesse ana m̄ ss of hony ℥ iij. of roche alume salt ana ℥ ij of frankyncence myrre sarcocoll ana ℥ i. of aloes eparyke ℥ ss of laudanū ʒ x. seethe all these together with two partes of water one of good redde wyne tyll the fourth parte be consumed then strayne them and vse thys decoction actually hote The .v. is a liniment whych taketh awaye ytchynge caused through dryenge medicines And it is in this fourme ℞ of oyle of roses of vnguentū populeon ana ℥ ij of the iuice of plātaine ℥ i. of oyle of myrte ℥ x. of
cutte of incontinentlye after incision ye shall cauteryse the place wyth comune oyle wherin earth wormes haue ben sodē wyth a lytle terebentyne and afterwarde ye shall dygeste the place with thys oyle myngled wyth the yolkes of egges and terebentyne And ye shall anoynt the partes adioynynge wyth oyle magistral and bynde vpon it the sparadrap wrytten in the chapter of hurted synowes After the remotiō of the escare and whē good quytture is engendred let the place be mundifyed wyth thys mundifycatiue ℞ of clere terebentyne ℥ vi of the iuyce of plantayne ℥ ij of water of barly one cyath of syrupe of roses ℥ i. ss seeth them al together tyll the water and the iuyce be consumed then streyne them and put to the streynynge of barlye floure ℥ ij ss the yolke of an egge of sarcocolle ʒ ij For the other intencions ye shal procede as is aforesayd As touching dyet and preseruatiues we haue sufficientlye spoken in our former boke ¶ A chapter of the cure of woundes caused by arowes dartes c. WHen a man is wounded wyth an arowe or darte or lyke thynge ye shal enlarge the place with sharp yron as sone as may be except ther be daunger of cuttynge synowes veines and arteries and then ye shall drawe out the darte or arowe wyth tenacles or some other conuenient instrument Howbeit some commaunde to mollifye the place wyth dygestiues whych thynge is very daungerous Yf the arrowe be not venemose it shal suffice to cauterise the place with hote oyle of elders afterward ye shal procede with remedyes ordeyned in the former boke in the chap. of a fleshye woūde Yf the arowe or dart be enuenimed whych is knowen by swellyng blackenes of the place than ye shall burne awaye the venemouse flesshe wyth an hote Yron and scarifie the place about and lay on bloodsuckers and vpon the wounde ye shall applye the playster of meales wrytten in the chapter of cancrena If the arowe be barbed it is better to cause it passe thorough thā to drawe it backe It chaūceth sometymes that the arowe heade remayneth in the bellye longe tyme and afterward is sent of nature to the flankes and likewyse sometymes the pellettes of hagbuttes remayne fyue or syxe dayes in some member and comme oute in the ende of the membre The remedies conuenient to drawe out yrō thorne or other lyke are these The iuyce of the rootes of a cane or reede incorporated wyth newe leauē terebentyne armonyake the heades of lysardes cutte brent and stamped and made after the maner of a playster Item thys playster folowyng is good for the same purpose ℞ of great diaquilon of oure description ℥ iij. of armonyake serapyne Bdellium galbane ana ʒ vi of the iuyce of the rotes of a cane or reede ʒ x. of terebentyne shyppe pitche oyle of lynseed ana ʒ j. melte them all at the fyer and adde of wheate floure ʒ v. of newe leauen ʒ x. of oyle of elders ʒ vij myngle them and vse them after the maner of a cerote Thus endeth the first booke of woundes and begynneth the seconde booke of Apostemes ✚ The seconde booke of Apostemes ¶ The fyrst Chapter of the cure of hote and colde Apostemes THe remedies whiche are conueniēt in the begynnyng of apostemes vnto augmentatiō must be repercussiue whan they come to augmentacion ye muste procede wyth the remedies gyuen in theyr proper Chapter After maturation incision and digestiō ye shal applie this incarnatiue ℞ of cleare terebentyne ℥ iij. syrupe of rooses honye of rooses ana ʒ vj. of the iuyce of plantayne ℥ ss seth thē all together a lytle and whan ye take them from the fyer adde therunto of frankensence myrre sarcocolle aloes ana ʒ ss of the floure of barley lentilles and beanes ana ʒ iij. vse thys incarnatiue in a sanguine and flegmatyke aposteme In choleryke Apostemes ye muste not applye incarnatiue medecynes but rather suche as maye alter the Coleryke matter for whych purpose ye shall vse vnguentum de Minio wyth the iuyce of plantayne and nyghtshade or vnguentum de tucia of oure description For cicatrisation ye shal vse vnguentum Basilicū the greater and the lesse a lotion of water of alume and our pouder cicatrisatyue ¶ A Chapter of malygne pustules as Carbuncles ignis persicus and Froncles IN venemouse pustules it is necessary at the begynnyng to mortifie their venemousnes with an hote Yron or some other caustyke medicyne and ye must cut a veyne of the same syde to drawe euyll bloode towarde the Carbuncle that it be not deriued to the principall membres Afterward as Antonius Gaynerius saythe ye must gyue the pacient some purgation that hath vertue to resyste venyme as we haue declared in the chapter of the pestilence and of a carbuncle Item for the comfortation of the harte ye shall vse cordyall Epithimies and ye shall maynteyne the strength of the paciente wyth good meates and ye shall not laye vpon the place thynges repercussyue nor to much attractiue as some do that applye serapyne and galbanum c. After cauterisation to cause the escare to falle ye shall administre thynges mollificatiue and maturatiue as are butter swynes grese and a digestiue of terebentyne Whan the escare is remoued for mundification ye shal procede as it is sayde in the former booke The comune remedies conuenient in thys case are these that folowe Vnguentum Egyptiacum of our description wyth arsenyke water of arsenyke and sublymate to mortifie the Carbuncle whyche is wrytten in our additions a trocysque of Minium ruptorie of capitelle cauterisation wyth hote Yron all these mortifie the carbuncle After mortification ye shal applye the yolke of an egge beaten with salt and scabiouse a mundificatiue of smallage incarnatiue of sarcocolle terebentyne honye of rooses iuyce of herbes ordeyned in the additions vnguentū de Minio water of alume pouder cicatrisatiue blacke colewortes stamped wyth salt Thys playster folowyng is a synguler remedye agaynste ignem persicum ℞ of roses weybred mallowes lentilles clene barley ana m̄ ij of the cromes of broune breade .li. ss of the floures of pomegranates myrtilles ana m̄ ss sethe them al together with sufficient water tylle the beanes and barley be sodden than stampe them and streyne them and sethe the straynynge ageyne a lytle whyche done adde therunto of oyle of rooses and myrte ana ℥ ij of whyte waxe ℥ j. ss myngle them The plaister of two pomegranades and the liniment made in a morter of leade described in the Chapter of ignis Persicus in oure former booke are conuenient in thys case ¶ A Chapter of the cure of Froncles FOr the cure of Froncles ye shall sethe whete in water wyth the rotes of whyte lillies malowe leaues and stamped with swynes grese for it hathe greate strengthe to rype For the same intention ye may vse the playster folowynge ℞ of the rootes of Holyhocke and lillies ana ℥ iij. of wheate m̄ j. of
of the borders of the fistula in space of tyme for there must nedes be manye dayes afore a fistula be confyrmed but an hollowe vlcer maye soone chaunce through a wounde euyll handeled The remedyes which are conuenyēt for the one are good for the other and therfore the lotions aforewryttē are mete for fistules The remedyes whiche take awaye the hardenesse of the borders of a fistule are iii. The fyrst is a trociske of miniū the second is vnguentūegiptiacum made with arsenicke and sublimate the thyrd is after this sorte ℞ of oure poudre of mercurye ʒ iii. of arsenycke and sublymate ana ℈ i. of ceruse antimony an̄ ʒ i. of the iuce of celidonye plātayne and agrimonie ana ʒ vi of water of roses and lye ana ℥ iii. seeth them all togyther tyll the lye water and iuyces be consumed than poudre them fynelye and vse them wyth a tente fyrst moystened with spyttle whan the Fistula is mortifyed which thing is knowen by remotion of the hardenesse and appearaunce of good flesh and quyture than ye shall procede with this lotion abstersiue ℞ of barly lentilles lupines beanes ana m̄ ss of honye ℥ ii of redde sugre ℥ i. of barbours lye two pounde seeth them all togyther tyll halfe be consumed than strayne them or make it thus ℞ of wyne one cyathe of lye ii pounde of water of fumyterrye and endiue ana l. ss of honye of roses thre ounces of sarcocolle halfe an ounce seeth them all tyll halfe be consumed and so strayne them whan incarnation shal be requyred ye shall vse this lotion ℞ of honye of roses ℥ iii. of aqua vite of odoriferous wyne ana ℥ ii paucedinis sarcocolle ana ʒ ii of myrre aloes ana ʒ i. ss seeth them all togyther tyll halfe the wyne and water be consumed These remedies are excellent after the mortificatiō of the fistula or hollowe vlcers For cicatrisation ye shall vse vnguentum de minio wyth a lotion of water of alume ¶ A Chapter of paynefull vlcers IN paynefull Vlcers ye must be diligent in swagynge the payne Fyrste ye muste consydre whether the paine procede of an euyll complexion hote or colde of sharpe corrosiue matter or of some aposteme Yf it procede of an euyl hot complexion than ye shall vse onelye thynges that altere as are water of Roses of plantayne of nyghtshade mēgled with a whyte sief without opiū Yf the payne procede of hote matter ye shall vse a decoction of vyolettes mallowes barly quynce seedes lettuse in the fourme of a fomentation or playsters ordeyned agaynste the payne of herisipelas and phlegmon whan the payne is caused of matter reteyned in the botome of the vlcer It is good to mynistre a playstre of barlye floure made in the decoction of malowes and vyolettes with butter and oyle of roses for it prepareth the matter to yssue out and swageth payne A playster of the crommes of breed with mylke is of lyke effecte whan the payne procedeth throughe the sharpnesse of the matter and thoroughe malignitie and corrosion of the same there is no better remedye than oure poudre of mercurye or to wasshe the place with the decoction of roses water of barlye floures of pomegranades lentilles Snmache plantayne knotgrasse sorelle or with vnguentum album camphoratum Yf the payne procede of some apostemation colleryke or sanguine ye shal resorte to the propre Chapiters of the former boke ¶ A Chapter of vlcers wyth the bone corrupte AS touchynge vlcers which are with corruption of the bone they maye be cured by two meanes that is to say by stronge medicines and actuall cauteries The curation by sharpe medicines is conuenyent when the bone is corrupte in the ouer parte but when the corruptiō is depe and caused of colde matter good practiciens open the vlcered place wyth an hote yron or with a sponge so lōg vntyll the bone and corrupte parte be vtterly consumed for a litle cautterisation shulde be of none effecte in this case wherfore it is better that the cauterye be to great than to small After this ye muste procure the fall of the escare as we haue often sayde Yf the corruption of the bone be small ye maye remoue it with oyle of vitrioll or with vnguentum Egiptiacum or with brent vitriolle myngled wyth aqua vite or with water wherewyth siluer is deuyded from golde And for asmoche as sometymes litle peces of bones are found through a prmitiue cause ye shall procede wyth medicynes attractiue for nature casteth thē out easely by the helpe of thynges attractiue And thus at Rome I cured Pomponius whose legge was broken by the stroke of a ferce horse oute of the which legge I toke more than .xii. litle peces of bones with oure poudre and a cerote of minium and so healed the patient Yf the corruption be in some spongious done than ye shall deuyde the whole parte from the corrupte wyth some conuenyent instrument and afterwarde ye shall digeste mundifye and incarne as is sayde in other vlcers And thus endeth this thyrde boke of vlcers and begynneth the fourth booke of remedyes appropriate to euerye membre ✚ The fourthe booke of remedyes appropriated to euerye membre ¶ The fyrst Chapter Of remedyes for the diseases of the heed THere are engendred in the heed sondrye dieases as scalles baldnesse talpa and topinaria Fyrste we wyll declare the remedyes to cure the scalles and they be .ix. The fyrst is a lotion in this fourme The cure of scalles ℞ of the leaues of mallowes vyolettes fumiterrie dockes of branne husked beanes and lupynes ana m̄ i. seeth them in the brothe of a wethers heed tyll the third parte be consumed The seconde is butter and larde ana equall partes beaten and sodden with a cyath of the foresayde lotion The thyrde is to take lynnen cloutes and dyppe them in shyppe pytche and a lytle terebentin The fourthe is vnguentum egiptiacum wythout arsenycke The fyfth is vnguentum mixtum The syxte oure poudre of mercury The .vii. an oyntment of litarge and of the iuce of herbes made in a mortare of leade The eyght vnguentum de minio The .ix. water of alume The maner to applye these remedyes is this Fyrste ye must shaue away the heere and wasshe the heed with the forsayde decoction three or foure dayes twyse a daye and than ye must anoynte the sore places with butter and larde layinge on a leafe of blacke colewortes and afterward to plucke vp the rootes of the corrupte heere 's ye must applye peces of fustian in the fourme of the herbe called houndestonge couered with pytche and terebentine And to remoue the corrupte flesshe ye shall apply vnguētum Egiptiacum And yf the body be delicate it shal suffice to vse our pouder of mercurye or vnguentum mixtum And forasmoch as through the application of sharpe medicines gret inflammation ensueth to ease the same ye shall applye the foresayde oyntment of litarge After that the
corrupte flesshe is remoued to fele vp the place ye must wash the heed with water of alume layinge an oyntmente of minium in the fourme of a sparadrap As touchynge diete and purgation ye shall procede as we haue declared in the Chapiter of sephiros Pylles of fumiterrye and reubarbe with agarike in trociskes are conuenient in thys case ¶ The remedyes of alopecia and albaras THe remedyes Alopetia conuenyente to heale Alopecia are fyue wherof the fyrste is a lotion in thys fourme Take of fumyterrye of the leaues of blacke colewortes of docke rootes of celidonye ana m̄ ii of husked beanes and lupynes ana one handeful seeth them all togyther with suffycyente barbours lye and the heed of a wether tyll halfe be consumed The seconde fourme is an oyntment made after this sorte Take of syrupe of vynegre of cleare terebentyne of euery one two ounces of the iuce of fumiterry ℥ i. of the rootes of stāped dockes ℥ i. ss the wyne of pomgranades ℥ ii seeth them al togyther tyl the wyne and iuces be consumed thā strayne them and put to the strainynge of oyle of roses and myrt ana ℥ i. ss of verdegrese an ounce of roche alume ʒ x. of water of plantayne ℥ ii ss seeth them all togyther tyll they be thycke as honye The thyrde fourme is a lyniment thus ordeyned ℞ of oyle of roses ℥ ii ss of calues tallowe ℥ i. ss the iuyce of plantayne finnyterrye and alleluya ana ℥ i. ss wyth rootes of dockes stāped ℥ iiii of whyte vynegre ʒ ii seeth them all togyther tyll the iuces and vynegre be consumed then strayne them and put to the straynyng of litarge of golde and syluer ana ʒ x. of terra sigillata of roche alume brent and well brayed of wasshed lyme an̄ ℥ vi of verdegrese ʒ vii mengle them and labour them in a mortar of leade the space of two houres The fourthe is also a linimente made after this sorte ℞ of the oyle of yolkes of egges ℥ ss of roses odoriferous and of myrte of euery one .ii. ounces of the iuce of plantayne ʒ iii. of ceruse of litarge of golde and syluer syxe drammes terra sigillata ʒ xv of whyte waxe seuen drammes myngle them and make a liniment in a mortare of leade The fyfth fourme which is good agaynste Albaras and morphewe and produceth heere is thus ordeyned ℞ of maydenheere sothernewoode mugwoorte of the floures of rosemarye of euery one halfe an hādfull of the coddes of sene of epithimū ana ʒ ii of the rootes of floure de luyce enula campana and walwoorte ana ℥ ii of the floures and ryndes of elders ʒ x. of gootes tallowe ℥ iii. of oyle of lyneseede an ounce and an halfe of oyle of lyllyes ℥ ii of hennes grese of oyle of bytter almondes ana ℥ i. of terebentyne and rasyne of the pyne tree of euerye one an ounce and an halfe of shyp pytche ℥ vi stampe all these thynges togyther and so leaue them the space of thre dayes than seeth them wyth a cyath of odoriferous wyne tyll the wyne be consumed whyche done strayne them and make a styffe cerote with whyte newe waxe And before ye applye the cerote ye muste rubbe the place with a drye course cloth tyll it be red when ye perceyue in Alopecia that the rootes of the heere 's be rotten ye shall plucke them vp with lytle pynsons or pytche The maner to vse the foresayde remedyes is this ye muste shaue of the heere and wasshe the heede the space of a weeke ones a daye in the fyrst decoction And afterwarde ye muste applye the oyntment of the sayde receyte tyll the skynne be mundifyed and so ye must procede certayne dayes wyth the liniment of the thyrde receyte And afterward for sigilatiō ye must vse the liniment of the fourth receyte wasshynge the place euery day with water of alume The remedyes to heale the diseases called topinaria talpa which chaunce in the heade wyth corruption of the bone as well of the french pockes as of other causes are of .ix. sortes A cerote of grayne of whyche the fyrst is a cerote of grayne thus ordeyned ℞ of yarowe betonye woodbynde madder of the floures of rosemarye of euerye one two handefull of grayne wherewyth scarlet is dyed ℥ i. seed of saynt Iohns worte ℥ i. ss of wormewoode halfe an handfull of clere terebentine a pound of oyle of roses odoriferous two pounde of wethers tallowe li. ss of mastyke ʒ iii of gumme elimi of rasyne of the pyne ana ℥ iiii bray the thynges that are to be brayed and myngle them togyther wyth a cyath of good wyne and so leaue them the space of a daye than afterward seeth them tyll the wyne be consumed and strayne them through a thycke cloth and put to the straynyng of litarge of golde and syluer of euerye one three ounces of minium two ounces sette them to the fyre agayne and styrre them aboute agayne vntyll there appeare a verye blacke coloure Last of all adde suffycyent whyte waxe and make a soft cerote and malaxe it with aqua vite The setonde is a capitall abstersiue thus descrybed ℞ of cleare terebentine ℥ vi of honye of roses ℥ ii of the iuce of plantayne halfe an ounce of the iuce of wormewoode and smalage ana ʒ v. seeth them all togyther tyll the iuces be consumed thā strain them and putte to the straynynge of the floures of lentylles and barlye ana ℥ ss of sarcocolle ʒ ii The thyrde is oure oyntmente made of two partes of vnguentum apostolorum and one parte of vnguentum Egiptiacum whereunto the wyne of pomegranades entreth in stede of vynegre The fourthe is oure poudre of mercurye The fyfth is this lycoure folowynge ℞ of honye of roses syrupe of roses of euerye one two ounces of the iuce of yarowe and betonye ana ʒ vi of grayne of madder of euerye one halfe an ounce of myrrhe aloes sarcocolle ana ʒ ii ss of armoniake ʒ i. of saffran ℈ i. of mastyke gumme elimi ana ʒ v. seeth them all togyther wyth a cyathe of odoriferous wyne tylle the wyne be consumed than strayne them and putte to the straynynge of good aqua vite two ounces and an halfe and lette them seeth agayne a lytle and kepe this lycoure in a glasse well stopped The syxthe is an oyntmente of minium thus ordeyned ℞ of oyle of roses odoriferous thre ounces of oyle of mastycke myrte cleare terebentyne of euerye one an ounce of wethers tallowe two ounces of minium of lytarge of syluer fyftene drāmes Seethe them all togyther and styrre them aboute tylle the coloure thereof be verye blacke which done make a suffycyent cerote with whyte waxe The seuenth is water of alume thus made Take of odoriferous wyne of lye made of the asshes of vyne braunches of euerye one a cyath of redde sugre two ounces of myrobalane cytryn of the floures of pome granades of euerye one
pilles sine quibus esse nolo and pillule lucis The fourth is water of roses rue celidony eufrage verueyne sodden wyth a lytle suger aloes epatike and a lytle saffran The fyfth is a large lace of lynen or of lether bounde aboute the eye The sixte is an issue made vpon the coronall bone wyth a ruptorie or actual cauterye As concernynge purgation we haue spoken sufficientlye in a proper chapter of the former boke ¶ A chapter of matter reteyned in the skynnes of the eyes through the disease ophtalmia THere be foure remedies for the cure of this disease The fyrste is thys decoction ℞ of cleane barly m̄ i. of the sede of quynces ʒ i. of hole fenugreke ℥ i. of the rootes of buglosse ℥ ss seeth them all together tyll they come to the fourme of a muscilage The seconde is a playster of apples thus ordeyned R. of the meate of rosted apples ℥ iiii the yolke of an egge of womans mylke of the forsayd muscilage ana ℥ ss seeth them wyth a soft fyre tyll they be thycke The thyrde fourme is womans mylke wyth a lytle suger candye The fourth is a colirie in thys sorte R. of whyte sief wyth out opium ʒ i. of sief of frankynsence ℈ i. water of roses ℥ i ss mengle them and make a colliry These remedies cōsume and vapour out humours reteyned betwene the skynnes cornea and coniunctiua And fyrst ye must droppe some of the muscilage in to the eye laye vpon the eye a greate playster of apples And after that the matter is drawen out ye must applye an absterfiue of suger And then to cure the vlceratiō the forsayd collirie is a singuler remedie ¶ A chapter of a fistula in the corners of the eyes IT chaunceth often that in the weping corners of the eyes there groweth a fistula through reumatike matter and subtylle and watrye quytture there reteyned wherby often tymes an aposteme called flegmō is often ingendred For the cure whereof a maturatiue medicine wyth mitigation of peyne inflamation as is thys playster folowyng is cōuenient R. of the meate of rosted apples ℥ iii. of the leaues of mallowes sodden in the broth of fleshe and streyned m̄ ii of barlie flour ℥ ii the yolke of an egge of womans milke ℥ ss mēgle thē and make a styffe playster at the fyre An embrocation of cloutes dipped in thys decoction is good for the same purpose After maturation ye shall vse the foure remedies folowynge of whych the fyrste is oure pouder of mercurye the seconde vnguentum de minio the thyrde water of alume the fourthe a collirie as foloweth R. of water of roses of water of the floures of myrtilles yf they may be gotten ana ℥ i. of aloes epatyke ʒ i. of cloues brayed graynes .ii. of whyte wyne ℥ ss of tutia of whyte sief wythout opium mirabolane citrine ana ʒ ss braye these thynges that are to be brayed mengle them together and so leaue them the space of two houres then seeth them tyll the thyrde parte be cōsumed then streyne them and kepe the licour in a glasse for it is an excellente remedye to drye the moystnes of the corners of the eyes The two other aforesayd remedies maye be applied in stede of the pouder of mercurye puttynge a tente into the concauitie with hony of roses or a mundificatiue of sirupe of roses For cicatrisation ye shal washe the place wyth water of alume and lay vpon the place vnguentum de minio And when the fistule is wyth corruption of the bone ye shal procede as it is sayde in a proper chapter of the former boke ¶ A chapter of virulent and corrosiue vlcers in the inner outwarde parte of the nose HEre folowe remedies for corrosiue vlcers of the nose caused aswel of the pockes as of other diseases both in the inner outwarde partes As touching the vlcers proceding of the frenche pockes there is no thing better then to mundifye them wyth our pouder of mercurie and after mūdification to procede wyth the remidies ordeined in the chap. of the french pockes confirmed And whē they procede not of the french pockes the remedies folowenge are of greate efficacitie wherof the fyrst is vnguentū mixtum the seconde our pouder of mercurie the thyrde the licoure folowynge R. ii hole swete pomegranades half a sower of the leaues of plātayn night shade wyld olyues woodbynd knotgrasse of the croppes of brambles an̄ m̄ i. of synders of yron ℥ i. beate these thynges together so leaue them the space of thre houres then seeth thē with thre ounces of water of plantayne asmuch water of roses tyl the thyrd parte be consumed so streyne them seeth thē agayn tyl they become thick as honye Thys oyntment is good to heale a cankerous polipus all virulent vlcers after the mūdificatiō The fourth is a linimente made as it foloweth R. of oyle of roses omphacine of oyle myrtine of vngm̄ populeon or of roses or in the stede therof of Galiens oyntmente ana ℥ i. of the iuyce of plantayne and nightshade ana ℥ ii of the iuyce of sorel and alleluia ana ℥ ss of roche alume ʒ ss of mirobalane citrine ʒ i. seeth them al tyll the iuyce be consumed and streyne them then put to the streynynge of whyte waxe ʒ v. of tutia preparate ʒ ii of cerusse ʒ vi of titarge of golde and syluer an̄ ʒ iii. of burnt leade ℥ ss of camphore graynes .ii. mengle them and labour them in a mortar of leade the space of sixe houres Thys linimēt maketh a good cicatrise ¶ A chapter of remedies for passions for the throte THe remedies of squinātia are these For squinantia Fyrste is a gargarisiue made of water of barlye wyne of pomegranades and a lytle diameron The seconde is goates shepes or cowes mylke gargarised The thyrde is a lotion of the extreme partes wyth a lotion ordeyned in the cure of ophtalmia The fourth is a decoction of dates after thys sort ℞ of dates iuiubes dry figges an̄ ℥ i. of raysons damaske prunes ℥ i. ss of cleare liquirice ʒ x. of bran and clere barlye ana m̄ ii of redde suger li. i. seeth them all together in water sufficient tyl the barlye breake thē streyne them and let the decoction be gargarised hote The fyfth fourme is a playster of apples after this sort R. holihocke sodden in the decoction of a swallowes neste li. i. of the meate of apples rosted ℥ iiii of the oyle of swete almons and hennes grese an̄ ʒ i. buttyre ℥ iiii stampe these thynges together and seeth them a lytle with a soft fyre and when ye take the iuyce from the fyre take the yolkes of thre egges and mengle them together The sixte is phlebotomye of the veyne called cephalica at the begynnynge and in the state of the veynes vnder the tonge to purge the matter conioyncte These remedies must be administred as it foloweth Fyrst
of .iiii. or .vi. dayes it is in this fourme R. of swines grese melted â„¥ vi of quicke syluer â„¥ iiii of lyquyde storax of Galiens triacle ana â„¥ ss myngle them make a liniment Here ye shal note that the moste conuenient tyme to vse this cure whether it be by vnctions cerots or suffumigations is the spryng of the yere In other times it is suspect aswel by reson of the gret heate as of the cold for colde maketh the humors vnapte to be purged heat resolueth the spirites and wekeneth the partes Here foloweth a good fumigation for the french pockes confirmed â„ž of cinabre â„¥ ii of fraÌ„kensence of liquide storax anÌ„ Ê’ i. ss mingle them The maner to minister this suffumigation is this Ye must set the patient naked vnder a streit canapy ye must lay vpon the coles the .v. part of the forsayd receyte And the patiente muste enforce hym selfe to receiue the smoke keping the fier betwene his legges tyl he beginne to sweate then he muste laye him in a bed cause hym to sweat so doyng the space of .iiii. dayes tyll the teeth begyn to ake For the rest of the cure ye shal procede after the generall doctryne in the former booke of the pockes This cure muste be vsed in a desperate case when the remedies made with mercurye produce not good effect Here foloweth the last remedye for strong bodies â„ž of hole cinabre Ê’ v. of Galiens triacle Ê’ ii of the ryndes of lymons apples ana â„¥ i. whiche ye must vse as is aforesaid ye shal knowe the good operation of this remedye whan towarde the eleuenth daye the vlcers begynne to drye and ye muste renewe the foresayde remedies tylle ye perceaue that the bodye is cleansed from the dysease Peyne and vlceration of the mouthe or a lytell fyeuer appeare aboute the seuenth daye Here ye shalle note that ye muste not procede with the foresayd remedies but after purgation of the bodye In this dysease confyrmed we were wonte to vse the laste remedye in the moneth of apryle And when the vlceres were cured the payne ceased we renued the vnctioÌ„ cerote and suffumigacion aforsaid sometymes I haue assayed the cure agayne the thyrd moneth it succeded well For as Mesue sayeth in harde dyseases we oughte not to be content wyth one purgation For delicate persones the suffumigacion folowynge is good in the frenche pockes confyrmed â„ž of hole cynabre â„¥ ss of beniymyn â„¥ i. ss or of laudanum asmuche of galienes triacle Ê’ ss of dorouike stamped of tormentyl dytany ireos ana Ê’ i. of the ryndes of cytrons or orenges â„¥ ij of foure apples noÌ„bre iij. staÌ„pe these thinges together except the cinaber the apples the ryndes ye muste put the cynaber a parte in a lytle vessell and the myxture in another vessell the apples and ryndes of oreÌ„ges in another vessell and procede as is aforsayd in the other two suffumigacions Here folowe remedyes for an vlcered canker Fyrst a pouder â„ž of tucia alexandrina â„¥ ij of pouder of creuises burnt in an ouen of lytarge of golde of euerye one Ê’ ij of antimonium of burnt leade ana Ê’ i. ss of the iuyce of plaÌ„tayne gallitricum politricum nyghte shade knotgrasse alleluya of euerye one Ê’ vi of roche alume Ê’ i. ss Fyrst streyne the iuyces and seeth theÌ„ al together tyl the iuyces be coÌ„sumed then pouder them and labour them in a mortar of leade tyl the colour of theÌ„ be blacke then laye thys pouder vpon the canker applyeng thervpon vngueÌ„tum pomphilicos of our description Another pouder for the same purpose â„ž of tucia Ê’ ij of mirabolane cytrine of lytarge of burnt lyme of euery one Ê’ i. of lyme ten tymes washed wyth water of barlye Ê’ iij. of ceruse Ê’ vi of terra sigillata Ê’ ij ss of vynegre â„¥ iiij of the iuyce of plantayne and nyghteshade of euerye one â„¥ iij. ss seeth these thynges together tyl the vynegre and iuyces be coÌ„sumed then pouder them and labour them in a mortar of leade the space of two houres The ruptory of capitelle is described in our antidotarye amonge caustyke medicines Here foloweth the ordynauÌ„ce of the oyntment called gratia dei of oure description Graâ—â—a dei whych is mundificatiue and incarnatiue and good in woundes vlceres â„ž of the greater and lesse centaurye of woodbynde alleluya plantayne rybwort of euerye one mÌ„ ij of consolida the greater and lesse of mouseare of galitricum of yarowe of euery one mÌ„ i. of the floures of rosemary of wormewood mugwort of euerye one mÌ„ ss of the rootes of madder â„¥ iiij of greyne poudered â„¥ ij of the floures and leaues of saynt Iohns worte agrimonye knotgrasse verueyne horse tayle of euery one mÌ„ i. ss cut them all and stampe them addynge thervnto of freshe swynes grese melted li. j. ss of oyle of roses odoriferous .li. ij of clere terebentyne of cowes talowe .li. ss stampe these thynges agayne wyth thre pouÌ„de of good wyne and so leaue them the space of .ix. dayes settyng theÌ„ to sunne euery daye and theÌ„ seeth them wyth a softe fyer tyll the wyne be consumed then streyne them and set them on the fyer agayne addynge of moost clere terebentyne â„¥ viij of mastyke rosyn of the pyne of euerye one â„¥ iij. of gumme elimi â„¥ ij of whyte waxe as muche as shall suffyce make a styffe oyntment and malaxe it fyrst in good wyne theÌ„ in goates or cowes mylke and last of all in aqua vite Thys oyntment healeth al woundes Here foloweth a cerote of our inuencion that healeth all woundes and vlceres â„ž of swynes grese .li. ij of calues suet li. j. ss of oyle of roses odoriferous li. iij. ss of lyme thryse washed with water of barly Ê’ xv water of plaÌ„taine .li. iij. seeth theÌ„ al together tyll the water be coÌ„sumed theÌ„ strayne them strongly put to the straynyng of brayed ceruse .li. ij ss and seeth them wyth a soft fyer thre houres and put thervnto of moste clere terebentyne â„¥ vi of whyte waxe as much as shal suffyce let them seeth agayne a lytle Tessilus oyntment Here foloweth a grene oyntmente whych Tessilus vsed at Rome which mundifieth rotten corrosiue and virulent vlceres â„ž of celedonye alleluya or sorel centruÌ„ galli louage scabious ana mÌ„ i. of the iuyce of plantayne and knotgrasse of euery one Ê’ x. of the iuyce of wormewood smallage fumiterrie horsetayle of the croppes of brambles of euery one Ê’ vi of fresh swines grese Ê’ iij. of calues suet and cowes suete of euery one li. ss of clere terebeÌ„tyne â„¥ iiij of mastyke â„¥ i. of lyme quenched wyth rayne water â„¥ iij. ss of roche alume â„¥ i. ss of the wyne of pomegranades â„¥ v. seeth them all together to the wyne iuyce be consumed then strayne them and put to the straynynge of whyte waxe and oyle of roses of euery one â„¥ v. ss seeth
space of .ii. houres and make a soft cerote with whyte waxe theÌ„ take theÌ„ froÌ„ the fyre styrre theÌ„ about til they be luke warme theÌ„ put therunto of quickesiluer queÌ„ched â„¥ vi of liquide storax Ê’ vi incorporate theÌ„ and styrre them wel together Here foloweth a purgation which is good after the patient hathe vsed the last potion .xii. dayes R. of diacatholicoÌ„ of cassia ana â„¥ ss of electuarii indimaioris Ê’ ii of trifera ê‘sica Ê’ i. ss make a smal potion wyth the comune decoction addyng of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. Here ye shall note that the sayde diseases is not contagious but at the begynnynge when it is the fourme of scabbes Item it is verey good at the begynning that the patient take soÌ„time the purgation folowynge Digestion wyth the lesse syrupe of fumiterrie and the iuyce of endyue wyth waters of endyue fumiterry hoppes presupposed R. of diacatholicon cassia anÌ„ â„¥ ss of an electuary of roses after Mesue Ê’ ii of the confection of hamech Ê’ i. of good reubarbe Ê’ ss make a small potion with the comune decoction adding of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. or make it thus R. of diacatholicon Ê’ vi of electuary of psilium of trifera persica diafinicon ana Ê’ ii of the coÌ„fection of hamech Ê’ ss make a smal potion adding of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. A playster for apostemous woundes of the synnowes R. of husked beanes li. ii seeth them in the broth of a shepes heade or in barbours lye tyl they be wel soddeÌ„ Then stampe them and put vnto theÌ„ of oyle of roses odoriferous and camomylle ana â„¥ ii seeth them agayne tyll they bene thycke addynge the yolkes of two egges of saffran ℈ i. Here foloweth the ordinaunce of pilles of master Nicholas de Furnariis whych ben good agaynst the migryme ophtalmia and swimmyng of the heade R. of myrrhe Ê’ iii. of aloes epatyke Ê’ vi ss of saffran Ê’ ii of all the mirobalanes ana Ê’ ss of agaryke in trociskes Ê’ iii. ss mengle them make pilles wyth water of fenell the receit is Ê’ i. Ê’ i. ss If ye adde to these thinges of trifera perfica Ê’ v. electuarii indi electuarii rosarum Mesue ana Ê’ iii. of triacle Ê’ i. of carduus bnÌ„dictus tormeÌ„tylle Doronike ana ℈ ii they shall be good in the frenche pockes agaynste the pestilence A potion agaynst the styngynge of serpentes bytynge of wood dogges the pestilence R. of tormentylle ditany cardus benedictus ana Ê’ i. of Galenes triacle Ê’ ss of saffran graynes i. of Citron seed ℈ i. of a smaragde one grayn of doronike Ê’ i. of syrupe of the iuce of sorell water of buglosse ana Ê’ vi of the wyne of pomegranades of doriferous wyne anÌ„ Ê’ ss mengle theÌ„ Here foloweth the ordinauÌ„ce of vnguentum basilicum the greater Vug. basilicum R. of oyle of roses odoriferous li. ii of cowes tallowe and calues talowe ana li. ss of swynes grese â„¥ iii. of oyle of camomylle lynseede swete almons of hennes grese and goose grese ana â„¥ ii of anthos yarrow centaury the greater woodbynde saynt Iohns worte ana mÌ„ i. of rootes of madder â„¥ iii. of fyne grayne â„¥ i. ss of the leaues of plaÌ„tayn and ribworte anÌ„ mÌ„ i. of comune oyle li. i. ss stampe these thynges and leaue theÌ„ together the space of a weeke then seeth them wyth a cyath of good wyne and thre ounces of earthe wormes tyll the wyne be consumed so streyne them and put to the streynyng of rosyn of the pyne tre Ê’ iii. of colophony of mastyke anÌ„ â„¥ i. of shyppe pytch Ê’ x. of litarge of golde and syluer ana â„¥ iii. of minium asmuch seeth them tyl they be verye blacke euer styrryng theÌ„ about addyng in the ende of terebeÌ„tyne â„¥ xiiii a sufficient quaÌ„titie of whyte waxe seeth them agayne a lytle and make a softe cerote Thys is the ordinaunce of vngueÌ„tum basilicum the lesse whyche swageth peyne more then the other and is conuenient in woundes of the synnowes R. of oyle of roses â„¥ iiii of comun oyle li. i. of freshe buttyre li. ss of swynes grese calues suet and cowes suet anÌ„ â„¥ v. of yarrowe plaÌ„tayne wood bynde verueyne ana mÌ„ i. of the rotes of madder of earth wormes ana â„¥ ii of shyppe pytche of rasyn of the pyne anÌ„ â„¥ ii ss stampe the herbes and incorporate them wyth the oyles fattes so leaue theÌ„ the space of a weke then seeth them with a cyathe of odoriferous wyne tyll the wyne be consumed so streyne them put to the straynyng of miniuÌ„ â„¥ iiii of litarge of syluer â„¥ iii. seeth them agayne tyll they be black and put to them of clere terebentyne â„¥ vi suffycieÌ„t whyte waxe and make a softe oyntment Here foloweth a liniment good to remoue corrupt flesshe of formica procedyng of the frenche pockes and to drye vp redde buddes in the foreheed or in the necke coÌ„mynge in the sayde disease and to remoue wartes â„ž of the iuce of lettuse and plaÌ„tayne of euery one two ounces of Galenes oyntment â„¥ i. The whytes of .ii. egges of sublimate well brayed Ê’ one beate them togyther and labour theÌ„ a good whyle in a mortare of leade This water is good for the same purpose â„ž of roche alume .iii. draÌ„mes of sublimate Ê’ i of sall armoniacke Ê’ ii of barbours lye a pounde of water of roses â„¥ iiii sethe them all tylle the thyrde parte be consumed And yf ye wyll haue it of greater desiccation adde a lytle verdegrese when y take it from the fyre The iuce of the herbe verucaria whereof we spake in the boke of symples is good for the same purpose Auicenne sayeth that the thyrde parte of a dramme of Squinantum with a lytle pepper comforteth the synowes and muscles And yf ye put thereunto of water of camomylle â„¥ v and make a potion it shal be more coÌ„fortatiue it shall take awaye youxynge commynge of replecyon and werynesse of the membres and wyndynesse of the guttes And therfore the decoction folowynge is good for the same intention And moreouer it swageth paynes of the pockes and breaketh wyndynesse of the matrice â„ž of squinantum Ê’ i. of anthos Ê’ ii of swete fenelle of anyse ana Ê’ ss of lyqueryce Ê’ v. of mugworte nepte ana halfe an handfull of cinamome nuttemigges cloues cubebes ana ℈ i. of good honye â„¥ iiii of syrupe de duabus radicibus without vynegre of sugre taberzet of euery one fyue ounces of water of camomylle wormewoode of euerye one two pounde of water of endiue and fenelle ana l. ss seeth them togyther tylle the fourthe parte be consumed then strayne them and gyue halfe a cyathe of the straynynge actuallye hoote The roote of squinantum comforteth a weake stomacke and the lytle leues that grow aboute the rote are good agaynst venemous bytynges An vnction for a weake stomacke â„ž of Squinantum Ê’ i. of
oyle of camomyl and Roses ana ℥ ii and the yolkes of two egges Thys composition made in the forme of a plaistre and layed vpō the paynefull place swageth the payne and prepareth the matter to suppuration mūdificatiue After digestyon let the place be mundifyed with thys mundificatiue vnder wrytten chefely whan the Aposteme is aboute the nauyll ℞ of cleare terebentyne ʒ x. of Syrupe of roses ℥ ss the thyrde part of the yolke of a newe layed egge Let the syrupe of roses boyle wyth the terebentyne one boylyng and than adde the part of the foresayde egge a lytle barleye floure and a lytle saffran And for incarnation it is good to adde to the foresayde mundificatiue of sarcole ʒ ii of myr ℈ i. of frankensence ʒ ss whan incarnation is fynyshed seale vp the place wyth vnguentum de minio and wyth the water of decoction of alume spryncklynge often vpō it this stiptyke poudre A poudre ℞ of bole armenie of terra sigillata ana ʒ ss of roche alume burnt ʒ ss of floures of Pomegranades of Myrobalanes citrines fynely brayed ana ℈ ii mengle them and make a poudre Yf the Aposteme of the bellye becaused of a cold matter or mengled for the resolution and maturation ye shall procede after as it is declared in the Chapitre of Apostemes in the necke The rest of this curation shall be accomplysshed accordynge to that that is wrytten afore in this present Chapitre For whyche the name of God be praysed ¶ The .v. Chaptre Of the Apostemes of the flankes THe apostemes of the pryuye membres Apostemes of the flankes procede of one of these thre causes namelye of euyll complexion of vlceracyon of the yarde or vlceration of the extremities we wyll speake in the nexte Chapitre of an Aposteme caused in the sayde place after some longe fyeuer or by bloude of a wounde in the bellye dryuen of Nature to the flankes The foresayde Apostemes which waye so euer they come for the most parte they be caused of hote mattier which we haue euer healed as it foloweth Fyrst the obseruacion of the rules prescrybed in the Chapitre of flegmon touchynge Flebotomie and Purgation by the bellye presupposed we dyd annoynt the place with oyle of Camomyll hote with a lytle of oyle of Roses omphacine layeng vpon the place vnwasshed wolle taken from betwene the legges of a shepe To this intention and for greater resolution a playster made wyth the cromes of breade wyth oyle of camomille and a litle oyle of roses wyth a decoction of mallowes holihocke camomille and melilote Thys playster must be made at the fyre in a styffe forme It is of good operation in resoluynge A cerote mollificatiue Item to the same intention thys cerote mollificatyue and resolutyue that foloweth is of great efficacitie For bisydes the sayde properties it swageth payne R. of the rootes of holihocke li. ss of lillie rootes ℥ ii Lette thē be boyled together wyth the broth of fleshe vnsalted vnto perfecte decoction than stampe them and strayne them and set them on the fyre agayn addynge of oyle of camomille ℥ iiii of oyle of roses ℥ i. of hennes grese ʒ vi of vnttyre ℥ ss of calues grese of white diaquilon an̄ ℥ ii sette them agayne on the fyre and make a cerote in good forme Thys cerote mollifyeth and resolueth and swageth the payne and resisteth not maturation yf nature hath brought the aposteme to the waye of maturation A plaister Item to this intention the plaister folowyng is cōuenient Take wheat floure and barley floure and put thē in the foresayde decoction and boyle them tyll they be thycke addynge of oyle of camomill ℥ ii of oyle of roses ℥ i. of saffrā ℈ i. and the yolkes of two egges If the aposteme cānot be resolued but cometh to the waye of maturation than ye shall applye maturatyue thynges as the playster folowynge R. of the leaues of mallowes Maturatiue and violettes an̄ m̄ ii of the rootes of holihocke being cut according to breadth li. i. ss of white lillie rotes ℥ iiii thā let them boyle wyth water vntyl they be perfectly soddē afterwarde stampe thē all and in the decoction wyth the floure of wheate or barley if the mattier be very hote make a styffe playster at the fyre addyng of oyle of swete olyues of buttyre an̄ ℥ iii. of swynes grese ℥ ii ss the yolkes of two egges mengle them and incorporate them wyth the sayd decoction Note that ye must often make euaporation dippyng cloutes in the sayd decoction beynge hote For it appaiseth griefe and prepareth the mattier to maturation lykewyse ye maye vse the maturatyues wrytten in the cha of flegmon And whan the sayde aposteme is come to maturation ye shal make incision in the rypest and lowest place after the figure of a mone Incision accordinge to the breadth of the bellie After the incision putte in a tente rolled in the whyte and yolke of an egge mengled together Lette not that tente be to longe After thys make a digestyue wyth the oyle of roses and oyle omphacine the yolke of an egge chiefly whan the patient is of a choleryke cōplection whā the mattier is sharp But whan the place is not paynfull procede wyth terebentine the yolkes of egges and a lytle saffran After digestion whych is knowen by good quytture mundifye the place wyth a mundificatyue of syrupe of roses after our description whā the bodye is choleryke or with a mundificatyue of honie of roses yf the body be flegmatyke Note that a playster swaging payne may conueniently be applyed after the daye of incision tyl the thyrde or fourth daye folowyng whyche also hath vertue to resolue to molifye In this case we haue alwayes vsed thys playster A plaister swaging paine R. of the floure of barley and beanes an̄ ℥ iiii with a decoction of mallowes or violettes or els wyth fatte broth vnsalted Let them seeth tyll they be thycke than adde thervnto of oyle of camomill ℥ i. ss of oyle of roses ℥ i. the yolkes of two egges of saffran ℈ i. Thys playster is of good operation For it resolueth the mattier cōioyncte and appayseth griefe and prepareth the mattier to suppuration whan the payn after incision hath bene great and hath vexed sore the patiente by reason of the great sensibilitie of the place and bycause the mattier is sharpe so that it scorcheth the lippes or borders of the vlcere we haue bene constrayned in thys case to take awaye the tent and in stede therof to wasshe the place oftentymes in a daye wyth this lotion R. of cleane barley A lotion of roses an̄ m̄ i. of plantayne leaues m̄ ii of sumach of lentiles an̄ m̄ ss of the sede of quinces ʒ ss Let them boyle in sufficiente water vnto the cōsumption of halfe washe the place wyth this decoction for it taketh awaye the sharpnesse of the mattier and swageth the
stamped wyth fygges and swynes grese it rypeth colde apostemes of harde maturation Item beynge rosted and stamped wyth nuttes fygges and triacle is a great medicine agaynst styngyng of venimous wormes whether it be mynistred wythin or wythout therfore it is called the husbandmās triacle Apium marche or smallage is hote in the fyrst degre drye in the second The iuyce therof wyth terebentyne wheate floure hony of roses and sarcocolle mingled together vpō the fyer maketh a perfyte mūdifycatiue of malygne and carbūculous vlcers Moreouer apium sodden wyth the leaues of colewortes and wyth mellilote hauynge added in the decoction branne oyle of camomil dille and roses resolueth the apostemes of womans brestes partlye dryenge and partlye purgynge the mylke Aristologia is hote and drye in the seconde degree and it hath vertue to incarne vlceres wyth mundifycation Antheca is the yelowe in the myddest of a rose and it is colde and drye in the fyrst degree wyth stipticitie Alkechyngy or solatrum montanum or morel of the hyll is colde and drye of complexion and it prouoketh vryne and mundifyeth the reynes beynge taken in fourme of a syrupe ℞ of alkechingi ℥ i. ss of resyns of the kernelles of pyneaple clēsed of euery one ℥ vi of the .iij. lesse seedes of euery one ℥ iij. of the rotes of percelye fenel asperage bruscus and smallage of euerye one m̄ ss of lyquirice ʒ x. of damaske prunes sebesten of iuiubes of euerye one in nombre .xij. of the floures of violettes and of the herbe called gyrus solis of euery one m̄ i. of saxifrage m̄ ss let thē seeth a lytle beynge brayed wyth water of endiue buglosse fenel and a lytle wyne of pomegranades tyll the thyrd parte be consumed then streyne them and make syrupe wyth sufficient whyte waxe ʒ i. ss of good reubarbe thys syrupe mundifyeth the reynes from the stone from branne and from here 's cōforteth the stomack strengtheneth digestion and breaketh wynde of the entrailles Ameos is a seede hote and drye in the thyrde degree it is administred in medicines to prouoke vryne Anetum or dille is hote and drye in the second degre and it is nombred amonge symples that take awaye payne and it resolueth and breaketh wyndynes and beynge burned as Galien sayeth it healeth the vlceres of the yard And it swageth the payne of the eares Moreouer dille is resolutiue wyth maturation Wherfore when it is myngled with resolutiues it increaseth resolution and added to maturatiues it furdereth maturation Item the oyle therof myngled wyth oyle of bytter almandes remedyeth the wyndynesse and sowndyng of the eares Also beyng myngled with oyle of the yolkes of egges butter oyle of violettes it swageth maruelouslye the payne of the eares caused of hote mattyer chieflye when it is boyled wyth chestwormes called porcelliones and a lytle saffran and wyne of pomegranades vnto the cōsumption of the wyne Arthemisia or motherworte is of hote and drye complexion aboute the begynnynge of the thyrde degre It comforteth synowy places and when it is sodden wyth wyne and thynges anodine that is to saye whych take awaye payne and applyed in the fourme of an epitheme wyth a sponge it comforteth synowie places wyth some resolution Also it is of greate efficacitie in the dysease called tenasmos caused of colde beynge ministred after thys sorte Take poudred colophonie with nuttes of cypresse and frankensence and put the pouder vpon hote coles and let the pacient receyue the smoke and afterwarde ye muste haue a handful of motherwort heated vpō a tyle spryncled wyth stiptike wyne whervpon the patient muste syt for it is a maruelous medicine agaynste tenasmon Agrestum or veriuyce is colde in the seconde and drye in the thyrde degree and it represseth the heate of humours Acatia comenly taken for sides is colde and drye beyond the seconde degre and of great stipticitie Aqua or water is colde and moyst in the fyrst degre and it hath vertue to make thicke to congele therfore it dryueth backe colerike apostemes Aqua aluminosa or water of alume hath vertue to drie and therfore it mūdyfieth vlceres and it kepeth backe flegmatyke matter dyscending to an vlcered place Acedula or lytle sorell is colde and drye aboute the seconde degree and it is repercussiue and confortatiue Abrotanum or sothrenwod is hote in the fyrst and drye in the second degree It mundyfieth vlceres and comforteth the vlcered place And the iuce thereof mingled wyth hony vyneger and aloes caballyne and applyed vppon the nauel lyke a playster kylleth wormes Armoniacke is hote in the thyrde and drye in the fyrste yt hathe vertue to resolue wyth molyfication Assafetida is hote and dry in the second and it is abstersiue wyth great attricion Affodillorum radices the rotes of affodilles are hote dry in the thyrd and they scoure wyth corrosion and the iuce of them mingled with hony and the oyle of tartare or wyne lyes as Platearius saith produceth heere in the disease called albaras Item the decoction of affodilles wyth lye and lupines healeth cotton ambulatyue and cancrenouse vlceces Argilla or clay is cold in the fyrst and drye in the seconde and is repercussiue Aspaltum is hote and drye in the seconde and therfore it hath vertue to drye and glewe together fresh woundes it is a hardened fome founde in the sea called mare mortuum Atramentum minerale is hote and dry in the thyrd degre and it is corrosyue wyth muche stipticitie Auricula muris anagallus or mousere is of two kyndes that is to saye the male and the female of whych one hath floures of the coloure of a iacyncte or reddyshe the other hath a blew flour after the coloure of the skye and theyr seedes be in the fourme and greatnes of coriāders and the herbe is of temperate hotenes as the seedes bee and dryeth as Gallien sayeth wyth greate absterciō and attraction some saye it is oculus christi but they are deceaued BOLE armenie is colde and drye in the seconde degree It is restrictiue kepeth of hot matter Beries of laurel are hoote and drye and more hote than the leues The leues thereof maye be sodden in bathes conuenyently wyth sage rosemarye wormewoode and a lytle salt to comforte the ioyntes of the feete Borage is hoote and moyste in the first and engendreth good blood and it is conueniently permitted to wounded men in theyr dishes with parcely mintes chyefly in the broth of an hēne Buglosse is hote and moyst cordiall and engendreth good bloode and hath vertue like vnto borage and his rote rosted vnder the cooles in weted cloutes and afterward stamped with asmuche of rosted apples and a lytle butter swageth the payne of a white flawe and rypeth all froncles and it is good to take awaye the roughnes of the tongue in a feuer yf it be holdē in the mouth after that it is steped in water and wine of pomegranades and deliteth the paciente