of burned leather Ê’ iii. worke them with oile of roses Or take of quicke lime so often washed in water vntill it haue lost all his sharpenesse ii ounces of Terrae Armeniae i. ounce boile them with oile of mirtilles Of burnt Lead burnt Stibium Cadmia Pompholyge may also be made medecines most fit for that purpose Advenenata vulnera Take of the iuice of Anagallidis purpureae of Cyclaminis ana i. ounce Sulphur Viue mingled with mans spitâ—e â„¥ ss mingle them Or take of Litarge ii ounces Galbanum â„¥ ss Greeke pitch and turpentine ana ii ounces oile as much as shall suffice Or take of oile iiii ounces of Sagapenum Mumiae and Amber anaÊ’ iii. Frankinsens Mastick anaÊ’ ii the best Terrae Sigillatae and red Corall anaÊ’ i. pitch ii ounces waxe as much as shal suffice to make an ointment Or take two Onions of the leaues of Vincae peruincae scabiosae Risini of ech a handful rost them vnder the ashes and put therto of treacle â„¥ ss and with turpentine make an ointment Ad ambusta Take of the iuice of Onions rosted vnder ashes ii ounces oyle of Nuts i. ounce mingle them togither Or take of the leaues of black Iuie stamped with plantaine water m. ii of oile i. pound boile them togither with iiii ounces of white wine vntil the wine be consumed then put to waxe as much as shal suffice to make it a salue Or take of larâ— molten in the â—lame ii ounces and poure it into the iuice of Beetes and Rue the creame of milke i. ounce Mucilege of the seede of Cidoniorum and Tragacanthe ana â„¥ ss mingle them Repellentia sanguinem cohibentia Take of the iuice of the leaues of woodbind and of oken leaues ana oâ—e ounce red roses Ê’ i. Boli Armenae and Sanguis Draconis anaÊ’ ii oile of roses iii. ounces wax as much as shall suffice Or take of the Pulpe of apples boyled in milke iii. ounces of 〈◊〉 â—â— the seeds of Psillij and Cydone ana â„¥ ss of the iuice of Bursae Pastoris and Poligonum ana i. ounce of Acaciae and Sanguinis Draconis anaÊ’ iii. of Terrae Sagillatae â„¥ ss oile of Mirtils iiii ounces white waxe as much as shall suffice to make an ointment BVt these medicines following are not so much vsed among the Apothecaries neither knowne vnto the Chyrurgions yet most profitable for wounds by shot and all other whose fit preparation the Spagericke Art doth partly declare Suppurantia Take of the rootes of holy Oke and Lillies ana â„¥ iiii Beetes with the rootes m. i. fresh butter halfe a pound wormes prepared in wine â„¥ iii. yolkes of egges 12. the marrow of a calfe of turpentine ana v. ounces oile Oliue clensed from the Pheces i. pound stampe those that are to be stamped mingle all well togither and digest them in warme donge one moneth after presse it out and with a fire on ashes boile it to the substance of a salue Or take of the iuice of the herbe Tussilage and Oxalidis ana iii. ounces fat drie figges xx Frankensence ii ounces rosen of the Larix tree i. ounce and a half grease of a Goose and henne ana two ounces fresh butter halfe a pounde Olei visci pomorum compos i. pound al mingled togither let them boile in a double vessell luted with LutoSapientiae for y e space of sixe houres straine it warme and set it againe in the sunne or boile it to a fit substance these medicines do quickly moue matter and are anodina verie commodious for wounds by shot Detergentia Take of the iuice of Centuarie Selandine ana iiii ounces of hony iii. ounces of flowers of Virbascum p. ii of Frankensence Myrrhe and Masticke ana â„¥ ss oile of Turpentine vi ounces good white wine i. pound putrifie them all in warme dongue and boile them as before with a fire of ashes vntil the wine and iuices be coÌ„sumed and it be brought to the forme of an ointment then put to one ounce of this ointment Ê’ i. of mercurie precipitat dulcified If there be neede of greater clensing Or take Visci herbarum saniculae Pirolae Aristoloch and Uince Peruince ana ii ounces of turpentine washed â„¥ iiii Crocus veneris â„¥ ss Balsami tartari ii drams Sulphuris antimoni i. dram and a halfe set them vpon a fire of ashes vntill it haue the substance of a salue Sarcotica Take of Mucilage of the seede of Fenigrecke â„¥ ii of the iuice of houndes tongue Persicaria and the great comferie ana â„¥ i. and a halfe oile of Frankenâ—ence and Myrrhe ana â„¥ iii. oile of Hipericon simple â„¥ ii turpentine washed with white wine â„¥ ii let them stand in the sunne or at a soft fire vntil they wax thicke Vnguentum de paeto Take of the iuice of Petum i. pounde turpentine v. ounces of compound oile of Hipericon viii ounces good white wine halfe a pound digest all viii dayes after seeth theÌ„ vntill the wine be consumed then put to Colophoniae and wax ana iii. ounces Mumia and Amber ana ii drams melt them againe at the fire and make an ointment according to art Take of the iuice of Paetum and comferie ana iiii ounces oile of turpentine i. pound flowers of Hipericon and Verbasâ—us ana m. ii apples of an elme tree iii. ounces the buds of the Poplertree iiii ounces the spirit of wine i. pound and a halfe digest all these in horse dongue or in a warme bath in a glasse vessell well stopped one whole moneth then wring it out and straine it and put to it of Frankensence Masticke and Myrrhe ana ii ounces Sanguis Draconis halfe an ounce Mumiae Ê’ vi turpentine halfe a pound Beniamin i. ounce circulate them togither in a Pelliâ—ane viii dayes after with a moderate heate distill away the spirite of wine and there will remaine in the bottome a most pretious balme Cicatricem inducentia Take of burnt Allom i. ounce Cretae vitrioli iii. drams Crocus martis Crocus veneris ana ii drams mingle them make a pouder which you may vse by it selfe or mingled with hony Or take of Bole armenae prepared after our manner Ê’ ii Calex of egshels â„¥ ss the iuice of vnripe Damascens iii. ounces boile them with a soft fire to a perfite substance Ad Venena Take oile of Amber and turpentine ana i. ounce oile of Iuniper ii drams nettle seede and the roote of Gentian anaÊ’ ii oile of Sulphur VitriolatÊ’ i. ss redde Corall i. dramme mingle them togither Or take of the iuice of Pentaphillon scabious and Rue ana â„¥ ii Olei Sulphuris Rubei i. ounce oile of myrrhe Ê’ ii Colophoni and gum of Iuâ—e anaÊ’ vi mingle them Ad Ambusta Take of larde molten and washed in water of nightshad two ounces olei Saturni â„¥ ss mingle them Or take of the Iuice of the rootes of Henbane and flowers of red Poppie ana i. ounce Sait peter Ê’ i. Mucilage of Seminis
a red oyle most excellent for all inward Hemerodes or issues of bloud and to strengthen the bowels if one drop be mixed with conserue of Roses or Comferie or giueu with wine The filinges of Iron first well washed you shall calcine with the flower of Sulphure or dissolue with strong water then poure on very sharpe vineger and set it on a warme place certain dayes then reuerberate it with an open fire as Arte commaundeth one whole day gathering alwaies the flowres which remaine aboue vntill all be conuerted into a very red and light powder After the same maner you shall make the Balme oyle and Crocus of Copper out of the which with the sowre fleame of vitrioll circulating all artificially you shall draw a blewshing vitrioll whose qualities we haue described in another place Out of Saturne calcined is drawne a sweetish salt in Balneo with distilled vineger powring it so often vppon the Feces vntill it draw no more The menstrew euaporated the salt remayneth in the bottome which by often dissolutions and coagulations is made Christaline and afterward easily dissolued into oyle being set in a moyst place But if you circulate this Christaline salt in a Pelliâ—â—n with the alcoole of wine 15. dayes and after take away the menstrew by distillation and put to new wine and circulate it puâ—ting to a fit dose of christaline salte of Tartar you shall make a Balme sweeter then sugar which wil marueilously preuaile against all maligne vlcers and diseases of the eyes Decoct Antimonie made in powder with a capitall lye prepared of Tartar calcined and Sope ashes and quicklime the space of one houre then let it coole pouring vpon it a little Vineger and there will appeare a certaine rednesse swimming vpon which you shall gather then againe let it boyle for one houre or two againe let it coole and gather that which swimmeth vp Doe this so often vntill there appeare no more rednesse For it is the sulphure of Antimonie whiche dried at a softe fire you shall keepe to good vses Mingle Antimonie with sugar and alum and put all into a Retort of glasse make a soft fire for foure or fiue houres afterward increase it and there will come out an oyle red like bloud It is also done with Mercurie sublimate but great heede is to be taken least anie error be committed in the degree of fire Boyle sulphure prepared with oyle of Lynseede with a verie soft fire and it will be like bloud congealed Let the matter coole put it into a Retort and giue it fire and there will distill out of a verie red oyle of sulphure It is also done if you mingle bran with your sulphure and distill it Take of sulphure Viue P. i. with which mingle with a soft fire so much pure vitrioll molten that it may be one body Distill this by a discensorie and there will descend a red oyle into the receiuer If one pound of the flower of sulphure be mixed with two or three pound of oyle of Turpentine in a drye heate the flowres will dissolue into a red oyle Then the menstrew rightly and artificially separated circulate the Rubin of sulphure with the Alcoll of wine eight dayes and you shall haue oyle of sulphure that hath the qualities of the naturall Balme The sowre oyle of sulphure is made of sulphure by setting it on fire and hanging ouer it a Bell or a large glasse head to keepe the vapours which are conuerted into that sowre oyle Put vitrioll beaten into powder into a Cucurbite giuing it a fire of the second degree and there will issue a sowre water which is called the fleame of vitrioll Take the Feces which remaine in the bottome of the vessell which is called Colcothar stampe that and if you mingle flintes with all with a violent fire there will come out a red oile It is also made with the simple Colcothar driuen out with a violent fire three dayes space and theâ—e will come forth a verie hot oile which is made sweete by circulation with the spâ—rit of wine Tartarizated But if the Colcothar be dissolued in warme water and the rednesse in it separated and the water euaporated the Colcothar will remaine sweetish that which remaineth the rednesse being taken away is called Creta Vitrioli But if Vitrioll be drawne by the ninth a Limbeck powring on alwayes the liquor vpon the dead head and after circulating all by the space of eight dayes You shall haue the spirit of Vitrioll verie profitable for many things The fleame of Allum is made like the fleame of Vitrioll But Allum is prepared if the fleame be fiue times powred vpon the Feces out of which it was drawne and distilled last of all driue out all the fleame vntill it be drie Make brine of salt into which cast hot burning stones that they may be imbybbed those stones so imbybbed put into a Retort giuing fire by degrees there will come forth a very hot oyle of salt I said before that there was great force in Butyro Arsenici fixo to cure all venemous and maligne vlcers it is made in this manner Mingle Christaline Arsenick first subblimed with onely Colcothar which doth keepe backe his poison with like waight of salt of Tartar and salt Peter put al into two glasses and fixe it giuing fire the space of xxiiii houres first very gentle then of the highest degree You shall finde the matter very white fixed resembling the colour of Peerles which dissolue in warme water that you may draw the Alcoly from it And the powder which remaineth unbybbe with oile of Tartar or of Talcum which is better drie it at the fire and do this thrise Againe dissolue the matter in warme water that you may take away his salt and there will remaine a very white pouder and fixed which will dissolue in a moist place into a fate oile which is anodinum like butter Out of Talcum rightly and artificially calcined is drawne the spirite with distilled vinegar This is dissolued into a precious oyle being set in a moist place Take of the iuice of Aristolochia Rotundae and Sanin ana â„¥ iiii Serpentariae ii ounces spirit of wine one pound circulate them first the space of xxiiii houres then distill them of this water take one pound of elect Magnes made into pouder iiii ounces circulate them togither and distill away the water from the Feces reiterate this three times and by this meanes you shall obtaine the preparation of Magnes But because as we haue said y e noblest parts are to be strengthned and the heart the principall organ of life must alway be defended these preparations following are to be vsed Take of Theriacae of Alexandriae ii ounces and a halfe the best Myrrhe i. ounce and a halfe Saffron ii drams the spirite of wine vi ounces mingle all these and in
and in clensing the wound throughly from fiâ—th and all other thinges which may hinder the consolidation thereof And also I must greatly commend their indeuour which will oyle and vinegar to be added thereunto for with that remedie was that Vinsius cured of whome we spake before being wounded greeuously at the siege of Rochell and not onely he but diuers others for these thinges being mixed doe resist all kinde of accidentes as paine inflamation fluxes and also putrifaction which last especially is to be preuented because these kindes of woundes are verie much subiect thereunto least Gangrena and Sphacelus follow after And it is manifest y t vineger withstandeth corruption in that it preserueth thinges coâ—â—it therein from venoming and moulding likewise oyle being powred vppon wine or anie other liquor preserueth them from sowring or dying in that it keepeth away the ayre and excludeth all fumes which may cause putrifaction And so much the more I allow the vse thereof in that whether it be inwardly ministred or outwardly applyed it suppresseth the power of venome which may sometimes be ioyned with these woundes as we haue taught and that is the cause that I allowe the iudgement of those which cause hote oyle presently to be applied for it is verie wholesome partly because by relaxation it dissolueth the inward venome of euill humours and partly in that it defendeth the hollownesse of the wound from the violence of the aire which thing aboue the rest is to be heeded That the wound be not long open but so soone as may be it be couered and that the aire is altogether subiect to putrifaction it is manifest to those whiche set anie kinde of pippins and stoppe the same verie close with lut um sapientiae as they tearme it that no aire breake in and bury it in a pâ—t so these fruits being kept from the aire cannot rot or putrifie but are taken out againe as freshe and sound as they were when they were put in the which things I haue spoken by the way to proue that manie were cured by medicines and not by enchantmentes as the common people iudge although that some vse them not with reason it is agreeable to reason yet I would not haue anie man thinke that I haue written this to defend the quaâ—reâ—â— of the Eâ—pericks which sticke not to crie cunning on the verie bodie and life of man and as the prouerbe saith by breaking of a pot to proue the potters craft but I iudge rather such to be rooted out for through their ignorance rashnesse it comes to passe y t Phisick which otherwise is highly to be praysed is condeÌ„ned despised But that we digresse not far froÌ„ our purpose to my iudgment it seemeth profitable to poure into such wâ—unds made by shot by by the compound oyle of the Misselto of the Apple tree or the oyle of the flowers of Mulleyn or of Hypericon or of eggs the making of which you shall finde in our Antidotare of gunshot and such the Chyrurgion ought to haue in a readinesse For they greatly preuaile to mollifie and asswage paine and are verie profitable to cure suâ—h kindes of woundes But when these are not at hand you may vse the oyle of Elders which is highly commended of Ioubertus an expert Phisition or y â— oyle of Lynseed or of Eggs or of wormes or Lyles or Chamâ—mill or of Turpentine and in case anie man be destitue of all those let him take warme butter or Turpentine and annoynt the clothes or lynt with the oyntment following Vnguentum Magistrale Take of Goates suet of Colophonie of ech â„¥ iii. of the marrow of the legges of Oxen and oesepi humidi of eche â„¥ ii ss of freshe butter â„¥ ii of the iuice of Selondme and centuary of ech â„¥ i. of the oyle of Ware and of Misselto of eche as much as suffiseth to make an oyntment take of this oyntment â„¥ iii. of Mercurie Precipitat sweetned and prepared after our maner and of Crocus Veneris right prepared of ech Ê’ iii. and mixe them together and annoynt therewith the Plegettes and Tents if the vse of them be necessarie The powders ought to be prepared in a redinesse the which the richer sorte may carie about them in a boxe and if the foresayd oyntment be not at hand you may verie well mixe them with freshe butter and make thereof a broad plaister that may couer the sides also of the wound and the lint is to be wet with simple Oxirhodino made with vineger and the oyle of Roses and of Miselto and the partes farre of must bee defended with this oyntment following Take Bole Armoniack sanguis Draconis red corrall and â„¥ ss croci martisÊ’ ii baccharum myrthiÊ’ i. ss oyle of Roses Omphacine â„¥ iiii vineger of Roses â„¥ ii waxe â„¥ i. ss so make thereof a lynament In the meane while this one thing is chiefly to be obserued in rowling of suche woundes that the rowle be not so lose that the medicines sagg from the wound neyther it bee so hard that it be grieuous and so draw fluxes of humours and sometime impostumation and at the last Gangrena and Canker as Celsus sometime hath seene happen we therefore must giue our indeuors that in auoyding the discommodities of the one we may reape the commodities of the other and in the meane space let the linnen cloth be oft made moyst with Oxyrhodino and the dressing renewed after xii houres except through the cutting of some great vaine or arterie we feare bleeding a fresh The which if it chance to happen aboue measure it must presently be seene to and staied which may well be brought to passe by the applying and taking of these medicines following but yet I would not haue it staied vntill such time as a reasonable quantitie of bloud is issued An oyntment to stay bloud Take Crocus Martis finely reuerberated Crocus Veneris of eche â„¥ ii let them be tempered with the oyle of Visci pomorum and make thereof an oyntment it is to be wondered at to see y e strength of this medicine in stopping bloud and doth moreouer reduce the wound to a better state digest the superfluous humors strengthneth the member and greatly withstandeth putrifaction Another Take Crocus Martis â„¥ i. the lyme oâ— Eggeshels and Colchotar of ech â„¥ ss the ashes of Frogs burnt Ê’ ii mixe them with the oyle of visci pomorum Another easily to be made and of no lesse vertue Eake Colchotar prepared with vineger â„¥ ii the ashes of snayles â„¥ ss fresh butter â„¥ iiii make thereof an oyntment or mixe them with the white of an egge Moreouer in great fluxe of bloud it were good to vse this or the like drinke following For the wealthier Take Crocus Martis and the essence of corrall of ech ℈ i. and make thereof a potion with the water of spermatis ranarum or of Roses For common souldiers approued Take Crocus Martis prepared after our maner ℈ i. the lyme of
for such keepe in and driue backe and not draw out the fire and doth driue it more into the parts and increase the griefe and especially vineger which they commonly vse for with his astringent vertue it stoppeth the pores and keepeth backe the fiuxe of blood as Aetius writeth For rather brine or salt-water dooth presently draw on the burning and fire of such wounds and doo aswage the great paine and keepe backe blisters if the burned part be presently couered with a fine cloth wette in salt water But Oribasius and Paulus haue thought good that burnings were to bee cured with clensing medicines and therefore they haue commended terram Chiam Cimoliam and Creticam and all other light earth being tempered with vineger being not sharpe The late writers commend an vnguent made of lime seuen times washed and tempered with oile of Roses and applied to the griefe Other haue recourse to Walwort boiled in wine and made as a Cataplasine and to all such medicines which by heate may draw out the burning from the slesh and by this reason the fire it selfe if the part burned bee holden thereunto becomes aremedie to cure his owne hurts for in opening the pores it draweth out hte fire and ceaseth paine but wehaue oftentimes to our great profite vsed these medicines following Anvnguent for common souldiers to quench the burning and keepe backe blisters Take oile of elders and of nuts ana â„¥ ii oile of egges â„¥ ss harts tallow and marrow of a bull ana â„¥ i. two Onions rosted a little Waxe make of these an vnguent and lay it to the part affected Another for the same of great vertue Take of oile of lard and oile of butter ana â„¥ ss the iuice of the berries and leaues of Iuie â„¥ ii the iuice of the middle rinde of Elders â„¥ i. oyle of elders â„¥ iiii salt peter zii boile them altogither till the water be consumed and with a little waxe make thereof alinament which is of great force to take away burnings Also this water following is most excellent for the same purpose A water against burning Take of the fieame of vitriol and allome ana lb. ss the flowers of tapsus barbatus leaues of blacke Iuie ana m. i. sâ—afles frogges and crafishes ana numerox distil them in a leaden limbeck with somewhat a strong fice and wash the burned place with this water fiue or sixe times a day Likewise the water of sperma ranarum mixed with the fieame of vitrioll is very good but there cannot be found a more excellent remedy to quench the burning heate of pouder theÌ„ this lynament following for it putteth away all inflamations and alâ—wageth pâ—ine and the rich may vse it An excellent lynament Take salis saturni saccharini â„¥ i. oyle of yolkes of egges â„¥ ii buttâ—r prepared â„¥ iiii mixe them and make alynament wherewith annoint the bin ned place thrise or foure times a day and lay this defensiue following to the parts about it to withstand the fluxe of homors and inflamation Nutritum Magistrale Take of the iuice of henbane housleeke and water lilies of ech â„¥ ii water of the sperm of frogges and flowers of Mullein ana â„¥ i. Wharge or his salt which is better â„¥ ii oâ—se of visci pomorum and Rosâ—omphac ana â„¥ ii ss vineger of Roses â„¥ i. teÌ„per them long in a leaden morter with a pestill of the same and make it in forme of Nutriti and vse it for a defensiue These are the locall medicines which are necessary for such burned woundes but in so much as these inconueniences are wont to happen to bodies being sicke and filled with euill iuice and weake of strength which are subiect to all mishaps as to great paine and inflamation whereof feuers may grow and so death follow For so old patched and rotten shippes doo soonest giue vp in a tempest In which case wee must haue a care that a good order of diet bee kept and also if neede require purgation and blood-setting all which things are to be committed to the iudgement of the skilfull and wise Phisition who may prudently presage what will be the ende of the griefe not to neglect that which is great neither to make that great which is little least it should seeme that he hath done more then neede and this thing according to Celsus minde must alwayes be looked to least that griefe which is of it selfe being small be made great by the negligâ—nce of the Phisition CHAP. 1. A perticular curation of these wounds and also of the accidents happening thereunto Of vvounds vvith fracture of the bones THe curation of such wounds is commonly iudged more difficult if so bee it bee ioyned with fracture of the bones and that not without great cause especially if the greater bone as of the leggs and armes bee so broken that the marrowe goeth out which cannot be without great perishing of the sinewes vaines Arteries the which bring life feeling and mouing to euery part and that being kept back the member must needs perish commonly death ensueth Whereunto the Phisition or Chyrurgion ought so much the more to looke by how much the more the number greatnes of accidents shall increase that he may let nothing passe which doth pertain to the perfite â—uratio therof And it is better to attempt that with excelleÌ„t medicines theÌ„ by vtter desparation by a heauy sorrowfull meanes â—o cut off the member and especially in the beginning when as yet Sphacelus is not growen and that I haue not spoken this without a cause the workes and myracles of nature may teach vs the which she oftentimes brings to passe being furthered with meete medicines and deceiueth the iudgement yea of the learned the which with these eyes I haue oftentimes seene to haue happened in the tentes at this last warres and among all the rest a certaine noble man named Brosseus whose arme was so torne by a great shot that it missed but litle of breaking of y â— head which is fastened on the bones named Omoplat which was the onely cause why the Chyrurgions did not cut it off but they meant shortly to doo it for feare of Sphacelus but it fell out that the pacient recouered whom they iudged past helpe in that the wound was accompanied with such euill and sundry accidents yea and his arme saued that he is able to doe any thing with it I haue thought it good to set out this ensample to the younger Chyrurgions that thereby they may indeuour themselues by all meanes rather to preserue the hurted member then to beginne their curation by taking it off which ought not to be done before it is plainly perceiued the member to be come to mortification and then let it be done by due warning and prediction some wil obiect that in the beginning the strength of the paâ—ient to be of more force also to sâ—â—â—er better the taking off the which by the greatnesse of the griefe dacayeth
remedies After this you shall fasten some tent with a threed and put it in the hollownes of the wound of such length as shall seeme meetest to keepâ— alwayes the mouth of the wounde open that the inward parts being purged and clensed may by litle and litle incarnat before the orofice be quite growne togither least otherwise the filth within might be stopped Moreouer whiles the sicke is a healing he must eschew the cold aire for nothing is more hurtfull to such wounds and if both sides be perced you must put tents in both holes and by so much the more keepe them open the longer that the matter way the easier haue issue But if that Callus happen to growe as sometimes it doth apply such remedies as hereafter shalbe declared As concerning his diet let him keepe such as is prescribed in other wounds that is cold dry and scleÌ„der but let him abstaine from astringent and sharpe meates and that from the beginning because they moue the cough and bring shortnesse of breath which thing commonly doth greatly hurt the seely sicke patient contrariwise such things as comfort the brest are very good as figges raisons picked barly and other like and blood-letting also is very good and euacuation by glister and otherwise if the body be filled with ill iuice The like in all points is to be obserued in wounds of the belly thecuration of which is not vnlike to the cure of other wounds by shot which we haue set downe already although these vulner ary potions are more in vse in that in the partes they more perfitly worke and shew their strength And such potious must bee mixed as intentions shall require and more strengthners must be vsed if any nutritiue part be hurt as the liuer and splene which also is good to foment outwardly and sometimes such wounds are cured by giuing fit glisters when they shall touch the lower parts but if the perce the body and hurt the backe bone then you must vse these remedies which wee haue prescribed in wounds of the heade and the like iudgement is to bee giuen if the marrow of the backe come forth as was before touching the braine But because it oftentimes happeneth that the shotte is drawne from the vpper parts lower and so sticketh in some member and commeth not out in which case the filth and matter cannot haue issue out then it must be wayed where the shot may without daunger be taken out by the lower way which the easier may bee done if you may feele it with your fingers for y t wayes it may far better be taken out as we said before where we intreated of taking out things infixed but if that cannot be then must we vse compressions and hard bindings that there by the corruption may come forth the hâ—tter for by pressing of it toward the orâ—â—ee it issueth the better also iniections are good for these â—â—â—ewy woundes because other medicines cannot reach the bottome of them but you must giue indeuour that you leaue none thereof in the wound but draw it vp againe with your spout which cast it in In these kinds of wounds tents made of sponges are very good because they draw corruption and sucke it in and dry the wound But because oftentimes the lippes of the wound ware hard which letteth perfite consolidation you shall therefore vse the remedies following for they are most fitin this case and for all fistulaes neither shall you need to vse hot irons the which extreme remedy the common Chyrurgeons are wont to apply Ad callum fistulas curandas Take oile of hony drawne by heate of fire â„¥ ii oile of saturne and mercury sublimate anaÊ’i olei petr and of clâ—ues anaÊ’i ss let them be ioyned togither with turpentine and with tentes or plegets and apply to the wound Another excellent for the same Take Antimoni â„¥ iii. of mercuyie sublimate â„¥ i. ss mellis â„¥ vi mixe all togither and distill them in a retorâ— according to art with a small fire there will issue an oile most exâ—ellent to cure al callous and mallgne vlâ—ers fistulaes cankers and also Gangrena CHAP. V. The order to correct such accidents as happen to these wounds ALllearned Phisitions do grant that those greenous accidents which doe greatly diminish ouerthrow the strength of y e bodie are first to be cured letting passe for a while the proper curation of the wound and the curation of these accidentes is not as an accident but as the cause of pulling downe strength or any other grieuous affection Therefore great paine intempery impostumation palsâ—es Gangrena seuers crampÌ„es and Sphacelus because they are weightie and daungerous accidents and do often happen to the wounds must out of haâ—de bee remedied in that they â—â—â—â—ken strength and bring perillous diseases in this case therefore y â— method must be altered least by the violence of these accidents the patient be killed oâ— else through the crueltie thereof he be sore vexed and let the curation beginne where the siche is in most danger for thither the Phisition ought to direct his comming for no wound can perfectly be cured except first suche accidentes be driuen away Therefore I haue thought it good to discourse of them all with a fit method and order and with few wordes to prescribe to eche hys proper remedie Of griefe We asswage paine with onodinis or els with paregoricis medicamentis which are temperate agreeable to our bodies and hold in the first degree and of a thinne substance and this we doe with fometation and lynaaments Fomentations are made with the decoction of the root of hollihocke sheepes heades mallowes of the flowers of Mullein camomill mellilote of the seedes of linen fenigrecke and milke Lynaments are made of y e Macilage seminum psillij fenigreck and of hollihock of butter capons grease and bawsons grease of oesypo and oyle of visci pomorum Also Narcotica asswage paine by henumming the feeling of the member and making at first that it cannot feele the raging of the paine we vse such when through great paine the strength is wasted and feare of swounding draweth on and when the payne comes of great infâ—amation Take the rotes of the henbane and waters lilies ana lb. s digest them in the sonne with vineger of roses and oyle of Nenuphar for a fewdayes then straine it and therewith foment the place agreeued warme and after annoynt with this lineament Take the iuice of the leaues of henbane and senegrene ana â„¥ ii olei visci pomorum nenuphar ana â„¥ i. ss freshe butter â„¥ ii mixe them and make thereof a lineament and let the wise Phisition alwaies marke this that he be very carefull to asswage paine for it alwaies prognosticateth some ill and let this suffise for that we haue prescribed manie medicines before this intention Of distemperature If a whote distemperature do molest the wounded part which is easily knowne by paine and blistering thereof then
annoint it with vnguent nutrito or Caphurato albo with populion this following is of great force Take the iuice of plantaine night shade houseleeke ana â„¥ i. bolearmeny â„¥ ss litharge washed with plantine water and tuttie prepared ana â„¥ i. oleiros omphac and of nenuphar ana â„¥ ii vineger of roses and a little waxe and make an vnguent But if it haue a colde distemperature which is knowne by the fastnesse then is it remedied by fomenting therof with wiâ—e wherein was sodden dill lyneseed and the flowers of Camomel Wherof also you may make a cataplasine We speake nothing of Haemorrhagia because we haue made sufficient mention thereof before Of the feuer You must presently beware that a feuer come not but keepe him backe by a cold and slender diet by blood letting and by purging such humors as offend But if it chaÌ„ce that it increaseth as I haue oft seene and breed to an ague then the humors must be digested with some conuenient decoction and then purged againe wherunto the Phisition must take diligent heede and by ali meanes helpe the sicke least by the sharpnesse of the griefe death doth follow Of conuulsions The Phisitions affirme that conuulsions may come by three occasions the first is emptinesse which proceedeth through ouermuch purging or immoderate bleeding which is daungerous as Hippoc. witnesseth Aphon 3. lib. v. The seconde is repletion or fulnesse which happeneth through vnnatural tumors rising about the wounde and suddenly vanishing away and through ouermuch cold which contracteth the sinewes and staieth them backe and filleth them the which also Hippoc. hath noted Afforisme 17. lib. 5. It happeneth also the braine being affected per consensum by reason of great paine when either a synew is pricked or else when sharpe byâ—ing and venemous humors do alter and corrupt nature whereof comes paines as Hippoc. witnesseth through which by the vehemencie of the sence cramps arise Conuulsion comming through emptinesse is thus cured First let a diet be prescribed which is moist let the sicke take supings of almond milke ptisan or any conuenient broth and prepare him a bath wherein hath bene boiled moist things and such as haue vertue to asswage paine such are the heades and feete of wethers also the rootes of holihocks mallowes violets and the leaues of mistelto of the apple tree and let the sicke stande therein if so his wounde will suffer him or els foment the affected part therewith After this annoint it with oleo visci pomorum violarum or with some ointment made of the aforesaid things And because this conclusion proceeding through emptinesse being once consumed is incurable as Galen saith in lib. 7. Meth. meden Wee must haue therefore recourse to some excellent remedie that is the tincture of gold or of y e natural Balme for if there be any hope left it consisteth in these two But if the conuulsion come through fulnesse it is cured by a slender diet and in the beginning somewhat hot and drie yet wine is to be eschewed for it increaseth fluxes and hurâ—eth the synewes and vse to drink in the steed therof Hydromel maluacicum or smamon water and after make euacuation partly vniuersally as by Phlebotomy and purgation and partly by the part agreeued which is done with vnguentis Aregonis and Martiati with oile of castorie of a foxe of baies and such like wherwith the bodie being purged annoint plentifully the necke and all the backe bone and also the wounded member but yet those which follow seeme to me more profitable Take harts tallow bawsons greace and beares greace ana â„¥ i. olei laurini â„¥ i. ss olei vnlpini castorei terebinth iuniper lumbr. ana â„¥ ss vnguenti Agrip. Dialth ana â„¥ ii turpentine washed in water of lillies â„¥ i. Euphorbii ℈ i. and with a litle waxe make therof an ointment or else thus Take rosme shippe pitch ana â„¥ i. colophony and new waxe ana â„¥ ii olibanum mastick ceruse ana ounce ss salt niter sanguis draconis turpentine oile of roses salt armoniac oile of y e yelkes of egges ana â„¥ ii camphere Ê’ i. y e mother of perles â„¥ i. amber Ê’ i. ss lodestone ounce ss white coporus Ê’ ii make an emplaister according to art Take balsam gummi elemi haederae ana â„¥ ii oiles of waxe turpentme and iuniper distilled according to the Chimicall order ana ounce ss oile of cloues of benioyn ana ℈ ii mixe them make thereof a lynament and anoint therewith the backe bone and wounded member or els thus Take the balme of visci pomor and of Iuie and hipericon ana â„¥ ii oile of sage and turpentine ana â„¥ i. oile of iuniper â„¥ ss olei tartare faeten Ê’ iii. auxungiae taxi ounce iii. mixe them vse them as aforesaid and vse with all inwardly this following Take aquarum lilii conuallii iuniperi ana â„¥ i. oile of amber ℈ ss make thereof a mixture or els this Take the water of sinamâ—n and the water of Florum tiliae ana â„¥ i. oile of iuniper drawne by Balneo gut iiii oile of Amber ℈ ss of the spirit of vitrioll gutij mixe them But if the conuuision shall come per conuulsio sympathiam by reason of great pain let the paine be aswaged with such medicines as are declared in y e chapter de dolore And if it happeÌ„ through the sharpnes of the poison and venemous shot which oftentimes happeneth to these wounds theÌ„ you may vse these remedies which we haue set downe in the Chapter de venenatis vul And if it happen through pricking or cutting of a nerue which I haue seene oftentimes to happen not through the stroke of the shot taken which rather bruseth the sinewes then cutteth or pricketh them but by the vns kilfulnesse of the Chyrurgion in going about to take out the shot or vse any incision do oftentimes prick the nerues ouerthawrt whereby conuulsion comes especially if they chance to touch any of those which go to the muscles In this case now that this dangerous accident may be withdrawne such medicines must be choseâ— which by the subtlenesse of their substance may perce to the very bottome of the hurted nerue and also digest aud aswage paine as Galen lib. Artis med doth teach And contrariwise such must be eschewed as are raw and colde and such as stoppe and hinder perspiration Likewise Galen forbiddeth the vse of hot water as a thing very hurtful to y e wounded sinews because they consist of cold moist coÌ„iealed substance the which being so must needs putrifie and resolue by the applying of such thinges as are hot and moilt And therefore hot water is hurtfull to them although otherwise it greatly aswageth impostumation whereof I admonish those which indifferently without any regarde vse this remedy in these wounds by shot for Galen writeth in li. 6. meth med that rather oleum iasminum especially sabinum veterum are moste
ashes with a very soft fire distill it circulate that which is distilled in Balned eight dayes and then distill it againe This water hath a excellent qualitie against the plague and al venemous things and doth maruellously strengthen the heart We haue shewed the extraction of the Tincture of golde Corals naturall Balme and the essence of Perle in the booke which I wrote of preparation now resteth for vs to speake of the golde of life which all shall know to be the most excellent and extreame medicine in cuting all diseases which do but consider the singular excellencie of gold in the cure of the leprosie Aurum vitae is made many wayes for being calcined after the Spagerick manner it is made light and spungcous which cannot be reduced again from which with distilled vinegar it is drawn the salt in Balneo whose qualities by circulations with the spirit of wine are so increased that they seeme to be incredible for the curing of innumerable diseases Calcine gold made into thinne plates so oft with salt preparate by a Philosophicall calcination vntill it be made vnpalpable the salt by dissolutions being seperated from the Alcoole of gold then calcine it againe with very white sugred salt and to this mixture powre of the spirite of wine alcolyzat with his proper salt According to the precepts of arte that it may couer it ouer onely foure fingers then set on fire that the alcooll may burne and this you shall do oftentimes then powre on new alcooll of wine and circulate all rightly and decently the space of foure dayes Then separate the menstrew with compotent distillation and powre on new againe circulating and distilling as you did before so often vntill all the substance of golde bee carried out of the Limbecke The menstrewe being separated as it ought the golde of life will remaine in the bottome the most excellent and best of all secretes Omnibussed pancis luceo FINIS A TABLE OF THE MOST ESPECIALL tinges contained in this Booke A Aire is the most moist thing Pagina 21. Aire by his moisture brings putrifaction to the things it incloseth 32. Aire especially cold aire is hurtfull to these wounds 32. 51. 63. Aires substance hovv it is infected 18. Aire vvhat sort is to be chosen 3. 21. 22. Aire hovv it is to be corrected for the health of the vvounded 23. Alexipharmacon or an excellent medicine against poison 41. Another such like easie to be made 42. Another Alexipharmacon for rich men 43. Alphonsius Ferrius his error 6. Apolonius Tyancus Peregrinations 73. Aqua theriacalis compositio 94. Arts when they are happie 72. Arsnick vnprepared hurtful to vse 71. Attractiue or dravving medicines 30. 31. 75. 77. 83. Auicens false opinion of blood-letting 25. Aurum vitae 94. B. Balme of Hipericon of tvvo sorts 87 Balsamus Martis 91. Balsamus Mercurij ibidem Balme naturall in consolidating of vvounds the chiefest doer 4. 32. Balsamus Saturni 92. Balsamus Tartari 85. Balsamus Veneris 91. Balsamus visci pomorum of both sorts 87. Bands to tye vvoundes and hovv they are fitted 34. Bands or rovvlers their commoditie or vse in binding vvounds among the auncients 40. Belly bound hovv it is to be opened before purgation 27. Benbruch stones their force vertues 59. Blood flovving into a brused place is quickly thickned and doth easily putrifie 2. Blood stoppers 34 35. 80. 83. Blood letting necessary to the vvouÌ„ded 25. Bloode letting on vvhich side it should be done ibidem Blood letting his time ibidem Blood letting vvhat to be obserued therein ibidem Bones corrupted vvith their medicines 59. 608. 4. Bole Armoniack his preparation 86. Brossâ—us though he vvere grieuously hurt yet vvas he cured 47. Bruses or contusions their inconueniences 2. Braine comforted strengthened 85. Butyrum Arsenici fixi his preparation 93. Bullet when it is to be dravvne out and what the chyrurgion should especially looke vnto 30. Burning hovv it chaunceth to these vvounds 12. Burning medicines most fittest for them 44. 45. 75. 77. 83. Bullet of it selfe brings no poison to avvound 6. Bullets especially of leade may be infected vvith poison 7. Bullet fast in the body hovv it is pulled out 30. Bullets poison their signes 15. Bullet many times tarrieth verie long in the bodies of vvounded men vvithout hurt 7. 30. Bullet if it neither go thorovv nor cannot be pulled out hovv the vvound is cured 62. C. Calcinatum magnum Paracelsicorum 37. Calx of eggshels and snailes 88. Catagmaticum Quercetani 58. Cataplasme emolliatiue or softning 37. Chyrurgions reprooued for their custome in applying medicines as vvell in the first as in the second dressing 30. 35. Chyrurgions of the common sort their boldnes and their speciall medicines 56. Cicatrices what things induce them 83. Cicatrises swollen vp and red holpen 55. Clister emolliatiue 27. Colcothar vvhat it is and hovv it is dulcerated 93. Consolidatiues especiall 4. 31. Conuulsions and their causes 65. Conuulsions of emptines and their cure ibidem Conuulsions of fulnes and there fit medicine 66. Conuulsion by simpathy or agreement hovv it is cured 67. Coroboraters or strengthners 42. 85. Corruption and his matter 3. Creta Vitrioli 93. Crocus martis 91. Crocus veneris ibidem Cold things and greatly repressing are hurtfull to burnings 44. D. Dangerous affections are first to be cured before the lesser 15. 17. Dismembring hovv and vvhen it is to be done 56. Drinking of vvater hurtfull to certaine wounded persons 20. Deadly wounds of the head vvhen they bring death 53. Defensiue medicines 34. 38. Defensiuum Magistrale 44. Detersiue or clensing medicines 38. 52. 75. 76. 78. 83. Digestiues in bâ—used wounds vvhen they are to be abstained 3. Diseases publike 18. Drinke what kind is most fit for the wounded 24. E Emperickes from whence oftentimes they ambitiously seeke praise 18. Emperickes rashnes 33. Epithemmata or moist medicines are to be applied to the heart 42. Emplaisters inducing cicatrizes 75. 77. 79. 83. Extractions the vse of them commended 27. 29. External or outward things are first to be taken from a wound 30. F Flesh putrified corrupted what helpes it 84. Fissures or cracks of the skull hard to knowe and a method to finde them out 49. Fractures sundrie of the skull and their cure 48. Face burnt what things heale it 54. Feuer how it is holpen 65. Figures of iron instruments are to be sought in the booke of Ambrosius Pareus 30. 50. Fistulaes a linament to cure them 63. Fomentation mollifying and mittigating paine 37. Fractures of all sortes a most fit cerote 58. Frications and their vse 24. Fruites how they are conserued 33 Fire of his owne force or vertue resisteth poison 6. Fire sometime violent is most fit to purge poison 16. Foxe tongue a speciall drawer 44. Fleame of Allome 5. 93. Fleame of vitrioll 92. G Gangrena neere at hand his signes 39. Gangrena a signe of corruption beginning 69. Gangrena his cure how it is performed 70. Gunpouder cornes if they