pleasant fauour good for wounâ—â—s by Gunshot and eating vlcers Out of the Pheces which remaines is drawne a salt first being calcined with a fire â—â—â—râ—uerbeâ—ation dissoluing it with his proper menstrua or common water distilled filtring and coagulating it three times It is good for all 〈◊〉 vlcers This salt you shall mingle with his proper burning oyle according to arte and you shall â—â—ape greater commoditie thereof then is lawfull to bee spoken Take of honnie not separated from his waxe ii pound Tartar made into powder i. pound let them putrifie together in doong xv dayes and distill it by a reâ—ort and there will first come a cleare water then a yellowish Put thâ—â—â— againe vpon the dead head and putrifie it againe other fifteene dayes after distill it againe and this doe three times and you shall haue an excellent oyle of home Take Butter first molten in white wine then distill it with a meane fire there will distill out an oyle greatly swaging pains and suppling So shall you make oyle of Lard and of all greases Take 100. yolkes of Egges first sodden hard put them into a Cucurbite and make a fire by degrees first there will come out a water after a yellowish oyle swimming vppon the water last a thicke oyle The water is good for all spots in the face the oyle to appease all griefes or aches Boyle Creuises in water of Orpine in a double vessel wel stopped one whole day After distall it powring the water three times vpon the Feces then let it be kept it is very good for inflammations burninges and the Carcynomata The sperme or seede of frogges is gathered in the moneth of March and is distilled by a glasse limbecke and thereof is drawne a water verie commodious for inflamations and burninges Eggeshels or the shelles of snailes are reuerberated in a sharpe fire iii. dayes vntill they be brought into a verie white Calce But if they be sprinckled with vineger whilest they are calcined the Calce will be the lighter and apter to worke his force Mercurie first washed and prepared according to Gebers prescription dissolue with the double waite of common strong water then distill it foure times and poure it so often againe vpon the Feces and so it is brought into a very red powder out of the which beeing reuerberate at the fire are drawne away the spirites of the strong water whiche otherwise would moue great paine But it were better if it were washed with the fleame of Allum vineger distilled and the water of Egges for by that meane the sharpnesse is taken away But it is better to prepare Mercurie with often sublimations and to fixe it beeing quickened againe and purged from his filthie earth and superfluous humiditie with the water which we haue described in the booke by me published of the Spagericke preparation But if all men doe not vnderstand that description for the dark wordes of Arte it shall not be incommodious to fixe the Mercurie with common strong water three times powred on and drawne away and to bring it into a red powder and that with a sufficient violent fire that all the sharpenesse and venome of the mâ—nstrew may be drawne away which shall much the better be done if this water following be mingled with it and by often distillation separated Take of distilled vineger ii pound a halfe of the fleame of Allum i. pound and a halfe Calxe of Eggeshels vi ounces distill all till it be drie Take of this water iii. pound of Mercurie precipitate as afore i. pound mingle all well according to Arte distill it by a Limbeck powring the water againe vnto the Feces three times Last of all driue all out vntill it be drie and there will remaine a powder in the bottome which grinde vpon a marble and put it into a Limbecke powring on the water aforesaid which you shall three times distill from the Feces as afore Lastly the Mercurie precipitate must be circulated with the alcole of wine 24. houres TheÌ„ distill away the spirite of wine that the matter may drie then poure on newe againe and circulate it and distill as afore and that doe foure or fiue tunes and then you haue attayned the perfect preparation of Mercurie whose qualities cannot be sufficiently commended in the curing of sundrie diseases specially of the Poxe whether it be taken by mouth or applyed to the place grieued Make Amalgama with foure ounces of Mercurie crude and one ounce of the best time Spread this vpon a plate of Iron and set it in a moyst place and all will dissolue into oyle it is also made with Mercurie alone and a plate of Time Mercurie as the maner is three times sublimed with salte and vitrioll at the last is mingled with the like portion of salt Armoniacke and againe sublimed three or foure times all that sublimate is dissolued into oyle out of which the spirit of the salt Armoniacke is to be drawne away circulating all with the essence of wine and distilling it so long vntâ—ll the oyle haue lost his heate and sharpnesse and the Armoniacke be separated It is also reduced by it selfe into an oyle with a verie soft heate of an Athanor by long distance of time Sublime Mercurie so often with the simple Calce of egges well prepared vntill it be vtterly extinct To this mixture poure vineger dâ—stilled alcolerated that it may couer it foure fingers distill the liquor from the Feces foure or fiue times vntill the Mercurie be come into a very red powder whiche you shall circulate with the alcoole of wine in a Pellican eight dayes seperate the alcoole by a Limbecke and there will remaine in the bottome the moste pretious and sweete Balme of Mercurie It healeth all desperate vlcers and also carunculam in vâ—sica and greatly helpeth these woundes by Gunshot All other preparations of Mercurie and the maner of vsing it you shall gather out of the booke which we lately set forth Vpon the filinges of Iron often washed with salt water poure sharpe vineger that it may couer it foure fingers set it vpon warme ashes eight dayes euery day moouing the matter and separating the vineger which will be coloured and powring on againe newe and that so long till the vineger be no more coloured which being vapoured away take the powder that remayneth in the bottome and subblime it with like portion of Armoniacke the same subblimate you shall ret urne againe so often vppon his Feces and subblime it again vntil there appeare the colour of a Rubin then cast all into scalding water that the salt may dissolue them by and by put to cold water and the Balme of Mars will rest in the bottome like the Calx of gold Poure away the water and put to freshe againe that the Balme may be made sweete Of this with the spirit of wine alcolizat by circulations you shall make
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
shal finde the right and orderly preparation and dose of them CHAP. V. Of the third generall intention curatiue which is done by Chyrurgerie and first of the manner of the first dressing VVE said in the beginning that in wounds by shot two Indications curatiue were to be considered that is suppuration and generation of new flesh which are sufficient if we onely regard the contusion and brusing thereof and not the venemous qualitie and burning which may be ioyned therewâ—th the which two intentions that we may orderly do and so obtaine our pretendid purpose there are eleuen indications to be considered of vs which they call Subalterne of the which one of them commandeth the shot to bee taken out or small peeces of the coate of maile or points of weapons sticking fast and also peeces of their apparell scales of bones sharpe and pricking clots or any such other thing which may happen in the wounde which must be taken out if it may be without paine and if any thing bee deepe in it must bee wrought with your fingers or pincers or toothed tenacles made after the fashion of a Crowes bill as you may see them pictured in sundery sorts in the booke of Ambrosius Pareus a most skilfull Chyrurgion And the shot must be taken out the same way it went in placing the wounded person as Hippocrates commandeth in the same sort as he was in when he receiued the wounde or at the least so placed and laide in his bedde that so nigh as may be he resemble the same And the shot is commonly taken out by that way as vy force it was driuen in because it hath made and prepared it selfe a way to come forth thereby the which passage if neede require must be inlarged with a lancet or incision knife that the bullet may follow the easier and the lesse inflamation arise if so be it be found by a searcer sticking in the flesh and hath not pearced any great vaine or sinewy place In which case we must vse a new incision with more profite if the flesh in the contrary part be verie thinne and by feeling the shot is perceiued and no manifest let but incision may be made in the contrary side And of this the Chyrurgion ought alwayes to haue a speciall care as saith Celsus writing of drawing out things infixed in wounds least that a sinew great vaine or artery bee hurted thereby which if it be like to insue or the shot be so hidde that it cannot be founde it is better to let it stay till such time as nature it selfe shall expell it For what shall it preuaile when the wound is great of it selfe to make a newe and in vaine to molest the patient with double paines in so much as in diuers the shot hath beene so secret that many yeares after y e wound hath bene healed it hath fallen out of his owne accord with a small impostume Moreouer this thing may be done by applying of drawing medicines whose vse is dayly especially if it be suspected the shot to be venemous for in such case it must be had out with speede wherefore least the venime stricke vpward and draw to the principall parts we must presently vse the strongest drawers as in other cases those not so forceable of the which we shall haue occasion to speake when we intreate of venemous woundes This first intention being done that is all things as much as in vs lieth taken out of the wound next we will speake of such medicines as first are to be applied to the same in which case we finde the iudgement of the Phisitions and Chyrurgions much to varie some woulde haue a burning whot iron or causticke or any other eating medicine to be applied to euery wounde indifferently others the oyle Oliue or oyle of Elders to be powred on exceeding whot some commende Treacle others Turpentine and some woulde haue the oile of whelpes to be applied verie warme but the common sort vse to take their matches stupes or tow and dippe it in vineger the white of an egge and some astringent medicine and therewith fill the whole wound and binde and roole therein the parts about it and that dressing they will not to bee remooued for the space of a whole day as they say for feare of bleeding But how euill this coÌ„mon vse is the skilfull may iudge for these emplasticall medicines are of a thick and earthy substance and astringent power which suddainly are dried vp and do preâ—se the sore member too much and cause great paâ—ne whereby comes great fluxes of humors and inflamations and other grieuous accidents because they doo shut vp the pores and passages of the skinne and do thickeÌ„ and ingrosse the humors euen as Lard Rosine Pitch Waxe Butter and the substance of all things meltable doth congeale with colde and in feeling is harder euen so are the humors thickened and become hard to be discussed by the sinister application of these colde medicines for the pores of the skinne being shut vp the spirits by by are choked by the staying of exhalation of euill humors whereof many times comes Gangrena and mortification of the whole member But if meere necessitie and want of other medicines doth inforce the Chyrurgion to vse these common remedies to stop the great fluxe of blood which in these wounds is seldome seene yet if they may let them bee picked out or chaunged or els often made moist with Oxirhodino warmed neither is it to be forgotten that many now adayes do vse to the cure of such wounds not only at the first dressing but vntill they be fully healed onely running water warmed and some put therevnto vinegar and oyle and dippe therein their matches and towe which so well falleth out that diuers thinke that it is done by magicall incantations the which thing by daily experience is prooued neither is it against reason for Celsus writeth that simple cold water is profitable for woundes and in another place he saith it is good how euer it be applied yea warmed for it easeth paine expelleth inflamations and putteth backe fluxes the which accidents by the consent of all men in the very beginning are to be resisted Furthermore by the aduice of Hippoc. all contused wounds are to be cured by present supuration the which is done as experience and all auncient writers haue taught by fomentation of warme water If so bee then water doth repel and driue backe the violeÌ„tnes of such grieuous and great accidents which commonly come to wounds why should then any man mauell if the nature wherein is contained the efficient cause and naturall balme which doth eonglutmate both broken bones and wounded flesh doth so incarnate wounds and socicatrise them so be it that art giue attendance to nature and dooth minister and serue thereunto in taking heede that the wounde bee not hâ—ndered by outwarde causes and that the curatiue vertue of the Balme bee not let but may doo his office
Egshels Ê’ i. the sirope of drie Roses and of mirtils of ech â„¥ i. and with the water of the flowers of red popie make thereof a potion and minister it three houres before meate the which may be barly broth boyled with Rosewater and popie seede if it â—e toward bed Aboue all there cannot be found a worthier remedie both to stop bloud and case all paines and suppresse fluxes of humours then Laudanum Opiaticum if you minister a pill thereof as bigge as a Pepper come the vse wherof especially in these kind of wounds cannot to highly be commended that I haue more plenteously intreated of in my answer to y â— treatise of Aubertus vindonis do ortu causis Metal After these thinges being first done then apply medicins which quickly may suppurate and being come to maturation let it be mundified with exiccation that naturall fleshe may growe that is it be neither ouer hard or soft or proud and the scales of the bones if there be anie may come out from the sound bone Moreouer we hasten the suppuration of these wounds least the venome closed within and filthy saines doe some greater hurt for being throughly ripened feuers paines and almost al other passions will decay For this intention the common sorte are woont to vse at the second dressing digestiues as they tearme them made of the yeolke of an egge oyle of Roses and Turpentine which as I may say the trueth I cannot allow in that they soone putrifie and cause the wound to smell whiche thing is alwaies ill Others vse hydreleon warmed with butter and other thinges which haue nature to suppurate and some boyle the flower of wheate with a litle safron some againe there be which greatly commend Tetrapharmacon made of pitche rosin waxe and suit and Cor. Celsus esteemeth this aboue all others Also Macedonioum is made with the forenamed simples and frankencense and much commended of some Other greatly allowe Basilicon for it is a great suppuratiue and also readie at the Pothicaries and some commend Dialthea which they call Resumtiuum Others Emplas dia Chilo simplex and de mucilaginibus which they temper with oyle of lylies And with all these and other like medicines they out of hand doe suppur at the bruised flesh following the preceptes of Hâ—ppoc For he writeth that it is expedient that the brused flesh be supurated and by such meanes is the wound lesse subiect to impostumation and anguish and this is the iudgement of Hippoerates and all other antient Phisitions and I my selfe cannot but highly commend the vse of the supuratiues for they doe defend the nature and strength of naturall heate and do temperate the rage of rotten humours and verie quickly doe bring the corrupted bloud to matter and thereby doe bring the wound in a farre better estate But yet this one thing must be taken heede to that the vnorderly vse of them cause not the wound to rot which is remedied by putting to euerie ounce of the suppuratiue one dram of precipitate prepared after our order yea and more to if the wound shall smell and so shall the medicine pearce farther and worke his effeâ—t without danger and by this onely meanes you shall haue white matter and the affected member shalbe safâ— from Gaâ—grena and putrifaction whereunto in theâ—e kinde of woundes they are much subiect and this haue I oftentimes proued by sure experience Neyther haue I thought it amisse in the behalfe of the vnpractised chyrurgions to set downe some ensamples for this intention I would therefore that the tents Plegetes and whatsoeuer is put in the hollownesse of the wound be dipped in this oyntment following which is easie to be made Take vnguents Basilici maioris discrip Mesnae â„¥ ii fresh butter â„¥ i. Precipitate prepared after our manner â„¥ ii ss mingle them and annoint therewith the tents and plegets Another Take new Waxe Rosme ship Pitch of ech â„¥ iiii Goates sueâ— marrow of calues leggs of ech â„¥ ii aesypi humidae â„¥ i. oile of Oliue or of Linseed or of Visci pomorum one pound melt them straine them and make thereof an ointment An addition Take of that ointment â„¥ ii of our Precipitate Ê’ ii mixe them and so shalt thou haue a most excellent remedie which being vsed in emplasters without Precipitate is to bee annointed and put into the wound Or else thus Take venice turpentine and white hony of ech halfe a pounde the yelkes of twelue eggs and mixe them very well and boile them to the thicknesse of a pultise This ointment which the Paracelsians call Galcinatum magnum you may safely vse in sreede of a digestiue for being so prepared it resisteth putrifaction and is very good to bring such wounds to suppuration But in so much as it is the office of naturall heate to maturate and not of medicines we must therefore by all meanes possible increase such heate as is likest thereunto which is to be increased and nourished by wraping the member in bombase lana succida and linnen clothes or else with some Cataplasme by all which meanes as Celsus writeth daungerous wounds are cured and such things must be dipped in Hydraelion made of oyle of Rosâ—s and rose-Rose-water wherunto you may put a little vineger but not too much in that it hindereth suppuration or else vse this fomentation following which I my selfe do often vse A fomentation to mollifie and ease paine Take of the leaues of Visci pomoruÌ„ smal shred with the berries m. iii. the rootes and leaues of Holihock Mallowes Violet leaues ana m ii of Fenigreke Linseed ana â„¥ ii the flowers of Camomell and melliâ—ote ana p ii seeth them in milke This medicine neuer failed me for it driueth away inflamation greatly easeth paine and strenthning the substance of the member it very quickly moueth good matter and of the foresaide substance pounded and driuen through a seeue is made a cataplasme by putting thereunto the meale of Lineseed Fenugreke ana â„¥ ii Oesepâ— humidae and marrow of calâ—â—es â—eete ana â„¥ i. ss the yelkes of foure eggs of saffroÌ„ sixe graines oile of Viscipomorum and rosarum as much as sufficeth let it be applied to the wound and parts nigh vnto it but round about it somewhat farther off let this ointment following be vsed to withstand the flux of humors An excellent defensiue Take the powder of red Roses and of Myrtils of ech Ê’ i. bole Armeny terrasigillata of ech Ê’ vi the iuice of Plantine and Dwaâ— of ech â„¥ i. vinegar of Roses â„¥ ii oile of Roses Omphacine and of Myrtils ana â„¥ ii ss Waxe â„¥ ii make thereof a defensatiue And such medicines so long you must vse as we saide before dressing it twise a day vntill the wound come to good matter and then must you vse clensing medicines wherwith you may always mix our Precipitate in greater dose which brauely clenseth wouÌ„ds from matter and also resisteth corruption An excellent mundificatiue easie to
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
profitable for wounds of the sinews He aloweth also turpentine rosine likewise Sulphur viuum in the same book is greatly commended of him in wounds of the nerues in that it is of a subtill substance then it must needs follow that these oiles drawne chymically out of turpentine rosine waxe Sulphur and sabine to be of a greater force because by distillation they are made much more subtiller and thereby they doo drie more strongly The which thing Galen saith lib. 6. Meth. med is to be obserued in puncturs of the nerues for hâ—s words are these Nerui vulnerati curatio medicamenta postulat quae tepidum calorem exâ—tent valenter sine molestia tamen desiccare possint Tum quae ex substantiae suae natura traâ—end vim habeant tenuim partium sint And by y â— way this one thing is to bee noted that these bodies which are strong require stronger medicines and such as are weake weaker by which reason this following may be vsed Take olei sulph terebenth olei sabinae therebenth anaÊ’ ii oile of eggs â„¥ ss mixe them and apply them warme to the griefe Another Take oile of butter and of rosine anaÊ’ii olei cuphorbii distillati and oile of iuniper berries anaÊ’ ss oile of turpentine Ê’i ss oile of yelkes of egges â„¥ i. mixe them but if the griefe cease not by the application of the foresaid medicines then the nerue is whole to be cut a sunder whereof as Galen saith comes no daunger sauing onely the member shall euer after be maimed De paralysi The Palsie or resolution of the sinewes which oftentimes happeneth to such wounds must be cured by an apt diâ—t and fit application of inward and outward medicines as fomentations cataplasmes lynaments oâ—ntments and such like Some higher commendeth oleum iasminum olea saluiae castorei de lateribus vulpinum and such like And it will preuaile greatly to vse theâ—e medicines following Take aquarum lilii conuallii florum lauendulae ana â„¥ iiii boile these perfitely with halfe a pound of sugar and taking it from y â— fire put therto olei succini flaui per descens distil rectified ℈ i. s oile of sinamon and essence of sage ana ℈ ss make lozings thereof and let the sicke vse thereof And for a locall medicine vse this following Oleum ad paraliso Contracturas praecipium Take oyle of Hipericon lb. i. turpentine lb. ss oyle of bayes â„¥ iiii oyle of spike â„¥ i. Iuniper berries lb. ss eastorie â„¥ i. euphorbii â„¥ ii Cloues Mace Nutmegges Synamon ana â„¥ i. ss flowers of Lauender Sage and cillij conuallij ana m. ii Mastick Myrrhe Frankensence ana â„¥ ii Mumiae â„¥ i. ss Brocks grease â„¥ iii. digest thâ—m all for a moneth in horse doong and then distill them according to artâ— and annoynt the member hauing the pâ—lsie and crampe for it is a most excellent remedie Of Sownning Syncope or sownning is a dangerous accident and signifieth death to be not farre off and is verie incident to these kinde of wounds caused eyther through great fluxe of bloud or els through vehement paine and griefe The curation thereof is not to be neglected but the spirites and strength must be restored by giuing some nourishment made of iellie expressions distilled liquors wine and spices The ancients haue commended cordial powders ex margaritis splend ras ebor ex folijs auri frag pretio sorum lap which must be ministred in wine or y â— sirop of Citrâ—ns But we iudge the Tincture of gold and corall or thessence of these pretious stones to be of greater force the reason whereof wee haue declared in our booke de mid mineral spagir praepar where also you shall find the order to prepare them De Gangrena sphacelo We haue written of sundrie accidentes and inconueniences happening to these woundes but yet there is none so pitifull and dangerous as is Gangrena which is a token of corruption drawing on which comes according to the opinion of Paul eyther because the inflamation was not defended are brought to suppuratition or else as others iudge when the aboundance of humours with some euill and maligne qualitie doe choake and extinguish the naturall heate of the member which happeneth in great inflamations and obstructions through the vse of Emplasters which hindereth perspiration as before we haue noted and whensoeuer a thinne and virulent quitture issueth it is a manifest signe thereof whereunto except present helpe be ministred it is to be doubted least the part corrupted and dead will infect the partes adioyning next vnto it and so to fall into mortification the whiche they call sphacelus or sideratio the which is knowne if the member be wan or blacke and doth appeare swolne softe and like death and that without anie beating of the arteries and without paine feeling yea that a man may thrust in the inâ—ision knife and neuer feele this mortified and dead member must presently be cut off so farre as it extendeth and as for Gangrena it must be cured pâ—esently all other thinges layd aside the which is done by drawing out the corrupted bloud froÌ„ the member by lancing applying of such medicines as bring to putrifaction as y â— foresayd Paule hath taught the common Chyrurgions so soone as they haue scarified and launced the member wash it straight with salt water or salt and vineger others vse Egiptiacum which is alwayes to be had at the Apothecaries and if the griefe mend not thereby then they take stronger as causticks and suche as bring eschar suche are trochisci Andronis and Arsnicke and if great neede be they seare the dead flesh from the quicke with a hote iron Also these medicines following are very good for Gangrena But first let the corrupted bleud be drawne out then washed with this lotion Take soot ounce iiii honie ss ii of vineger lb boyle them to halfe or this Take the iuice of radish selandine ana ouÌ„ce ii oyle of honie â„¥ ss the sower fleame of alome â„¥ iiii salt Peter Ê’ ii salte of soote Ê’ i ss mix them for a lotion Or els take the fleame of vitrioll and alome ana â„¥ iiii vineger â„¥ ii powder of y e root of aristolochie ounce i. ss salte of Tarter ounce i. Myrrhe ounce ss camphere ounce ss boyle theÌ„ all togither tillhalfe be wasted make a lotion which must be oft vsed Another for the same Take Tartar calcined white â„¥ ii ashes of eg-shels Aristoloc rootes or of Uine twigs ana â„¥ i. ss salt niter Camphere ana â„¥ ss phleme of vitrioll and alome ana lb. i. boyle them to halfe and make there of a lie and vse it as aforesayd the member being first scarified and then lay thereon this Cerote following Take waxe ship-pitch ana â„¥ iii. liquor of Myrrhe â„¥ ii colophonie ounc i. ss oyle of Wheâ—te and eggs ana ounce ss make a cerote according to arte or els
ouorum Oleum lardi Oleum butyri Aqua gammarorum Aqua spermatis ranarum Aqua floruÌ„ papauer rubri Viscus rad hyoscyami Oleum Saturni eiúsque Sal. Oleum Lithargyri Attra hentia Viscus aristolochiae Viscus corticis med tiliae Succinum praeparatum Magnes praeparatus uered foure fingers Distill y â— vineger in Balneo M. and there will come forth a sweete liquor then power on the vineger againe to distill this do so long vntill it be no more sweete but sower as when you powred it on first and so rise in the Limbecke Then distill all in a strong fire by a Retort and there will come forth a hot oyle the commodities whereof can scarsly be declared After the same maner if you will you may distill all the salt of Tartar by a Limbeck whereof you shall make a most excellent and wholesome oyle Vineger being distilled by a Limbeck the pheces remaine in the bottome of the vessell which first dryed afterward with a violent fire if thee be driueÌ„ out by a Retort there wil come forth a very red and sharpe oyle Then if you doe againe dissolue the dead head or pheces in warme water filter and coagulate it the salt of vineger will rest in the bottome the which is verie profitable for all eating vlcers Soote brought into fine powder dissolued in distilled vineger in Balneo and separating all the menstrue that which remayneth in the bottome dissolue and coagulate againe so long till it come to a white salt which in a moyst place will dissâ—â—â— into oyle very apt to cure the Gangrena and all maligne vlcers Bole Arinoniack made into fine powder dissolue it in the sowre fleame of Alum then separate the fleame by Balneum and poure on other Doe this three times and then the Bole will be turned into a very fatte oyle whiche with a very softe fire is dryed and brought into powder moste apte to staunch bloud wheresoeuer it breake out Take of Cloues beaten in powder one pound simple water or Aqua Vite which is better vi pound infuse them to digest in Balneo or doong iiii dayes then put them in a Limbecke with his Refrigatorie distill it according to arte and separate the oyle from the water by a funnell and keepe it for your vse After the same maner shall you drawe the oyles of Sage Iuniper Amber Turpentine Myrrh Frankensens Sarcocolla Maflicke and Euphorbium We haue written another better way to draw oyles out of the foresaid thinges in the Spagericke prepararation of medicines Wheate being put into a Retort with the spirite of wine digest it viii dayes then distill it with a violent fire that which is distilled poure againe vpon the dead head digest it againe distil it againe if you reiterate this three times there will come forth a most excellent oyle for the Gangrena and Carcinomata Take of the flowers of Hipericon finall cut ii pound oyle of Turpentine i. pound yeolkes of egges 20. Aqua Vite halfe a pound mingle them together and let it putrifie in hote doong one whole moneth then wring it out and set it in the sunne two monethes After the same maner is the Balme of Visci pomorum made or with oyle Oliue first purified in Balneo Take of the flowres of Hipericon i. pound of the Muslage of the roote of the great Compherie iiii ounces flowres of Camomill Verbascum ana pug ii oyle of egges and Turpentine ana halfe a pound Myrth Frankensens Masticke Mumie ana ii ounces red sugar vi ounces putrifie all in doong one moneth in a vessel diligently stopped then wring it out and circulate it in Balneo three dayes afterward with a soft sire boyle it to the substaunce of a Balme Take of the leaues of the Misselto of the Apple-tree cut small ii pound put them into a vessell of glasse putting there to buds of the Popler tree halfe a pound oyle of the grease of a Badger and of Butter ana iiii ounces Turpentine vi ounces oyle of wormes ii pound and a halfe good white wine ii pound digest all well stopped in verie hote doong ii Monethes then presse it and circulate it and with a soft fire boyle it vntil the liquors be consumed there can not be found a more excellent medicine to asswage aches paines The iuice of the leaues and rootes of hearbes you shall purifie vntill it be cleare powring it to so much Aqua Vite and digest it in Balneo in a glasse xv dayes then separated the water by distillation and there remaineth in the bottome the slyme or mustage of the hearbes Steepe the leaues and rootes of hearbes in common water filtred or that which is better in white wine eyght dayes then let them boyle three dayes with a soft fire vnder them Then wring them out and purifie it then boyle them with a soft fire vntill they come to the thickenesse of honie which we call the slyme or muslage By this rule you shall drawe out of both Comferyes Cynoglosso Centaurie Vinca peruinca Aristolochie the roote of henbane and the midle bark of Tillia their muslage very profitable for the aforesaid medicines Out of the flowers of red Poppie or their iuice you shall drawe a water by a Limbecke very profitable to coole The salt of mans vrine hath anexcillent qualitie to cleanâ—e It is made thus First the vrine is to be fiitred then coagulated after with distilled vineger dissolued and againe coagulated this must be reiterated three or foure times Melt waxe at the fire and boyle it with wine till it be consumed doe it so long vntill it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Take one pound of waxe thus prepared Alum calcined halfe a pound Sage leaues M. i. put all into a Liâ—beck with his receiuer and distill it with a meane fire First there will come forth a grose oyle thicke hard white which must be distilled againeos afore and three times reuerated and so you shall make an excellent oyle of ware for all griefes of the sinewes In like maner is the oyle of Rosen and pitch made Out of honnie you shall first drâ—we an excellent water by Balneum afterward you shall put vnto the dead head Or pheces that are left sand or flint stones calcined that the matter boyle not vp which you shal driue out by a 〈◊〉 of glasse giuing fire by degrees and so you shall distill a yellowish â—â—eare oyle togâ—ther with a grose impure oyle Let all digest againe foure or fiue dayes after distill it againe by a Limbeck in sand and there will come out a pure red oyle swimming vpon the water This water is sowre almost â—ike vineger distilled and is verie good against the Gangrena but the oyle which burneth like Aqua Vite hath maruellous qualities specially if it be circulated certaine dayes with the spirite of wine for the spirite being after separated there remaineth a sweete oyle of
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