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
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
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
after to Tarentum to Architas and ouer all Italie to heare the other Pythagoricall Philosophers Appollonius Tyanius trauailed through the kingdome of Persia and passed ouer the mountaine Caucasus and visited the Albanes Scythians Massagetes and all the rich kingdomes of India Afterwardes was caried vnto the Brachmanes and heard Iarchus in his chaire of gold disputing of the hidden causes of thinges and of the hidden misteries of nature From thence by the Elanutes Babylonians Chaldees Meedes Assirians Arabians and Palestines he returned to Alexandria and from thence went into Ethiopia to heare the Gymnosophistes and to learne their secret and hidden artes This vertue is truely to be followed and not the sluggishnesse of those slothfull followers which hauing searse once moued their foote from their countrie fires yet will disalowe this Spagericke arte and thinke â—o further labour to be taken in searching of the trueth when notwithstanding the arte doth make open vnto vs the marueilous and hidden secretes of nature Neither in my iudgement are they vnworthely contemned of those which with their manifold periâ—les and trauels haue sought out those secretes of nature But I pray you what foolishnes is this to forbid vs to vse any other medicins then those which were known in old time As though Rhabarbe then which no medicine is more in vse at this day theÌ„ were known to the olde Phisitions Further to what purpose is it that they obiect vnto vs y e sulphurie metaline venomous stinckes as they call them by whose smell and drawne breath for these are their contumelious words they be almost strangled that come into the dennes of those Cyclops But is it vnknowne vnto those slaunderers and sicophantes that the olde Phisitions made verie many medicines of most filthie thinges as of the filth of eares sweate of the body of womens menstrewes and that which is horrible to be spoken of the doong of man and other beastes spittle vrine flyes mise the ashes of an Owles head the hâ—ues of Goates and Asses y e worms of a rottentree and the scurâ—e of Mules as may be gathered out of the writinges of Galen Aetij Aegineta Diose Plinius Serap to passe the metalines which it is euident they did also vse Truely when I consider with my selfe the pride of these fooles which disdaine this mettaline part of Phisicke which after their maner contumeliously they call Chymericam and therefore can neyther helpe their owne nor many other diseases I call to minde a storie peraduenture knowne vnto theÌ„ of Heraclito Ephesio which being sick of a dropsie dispising the helpe of Phisitions annoynting himselfe ouer with Cowdoong set himselfe in the sunne to drie and falling a sleepe was torne in peeces of dogges but these are more then sufficiently answered vnto these scoles and slanderers Nowe will I declare what is my purpose and scope in this treatise verily to prescribe plainely hereafter not those thinges which are alreadie common or as it is commonly sayde knowne to blinde men and barbers least I might seeme to imitate those which write rhapsodias and heapes but the methode and way of preparing medicines by Spagericke arte that pertaine vnto Gunshot which I knowe are yet vnknowne vnto many Phisitions and Chyrurgions And this I can truely confesse that I am induced for two causes to doe it First to prouoke those that are better learned if they haue any better medicines to vtter them as also that I might specially help my countrie and mankinde vnto the which the more is the griefe there is too much neede of those kinde of medicines in these moste lamentable and cruell times wherein it hath so long bene bloudied with domesticall and Ciuell warres but to encounter with their slaunders which crie out that these kinde of medicines doe not onele require long and difficâ—le preparation but also that they are so deare that euerie one cannot easily vse them I haue thought good therefore first to set downe common medicines and then to come to those which I doe farre more esteeme as indeede they are farre more excellent then the other as by their preparatioÌ„ you may know Albeit also I haue determined to haue consideration of the poore and common souldier and to set downe them apart that shall helpe the rich THerefore the Chyrurgions are to bee admonished that when they go into the warres that they take with them these things readie prepared which are to be had at most Pothecaries Suppurantîa Vnguentum Basilicum of both sortes Vnguentum Macedonicum Tetraphramacum Galeni Vnguentum Resumpiiuum The emplaister of Mucilages which may be dissolued with oyle Oliue if neede be Detergentia Vnguentum diapompholigos Nicolai Vnguentum viride Andromachi Emplastrum diuinum disolued with oyle of Roses Vnguentum Apostolicum Auicennae Vnguentum Egyptiacum of the same Sarcotica Vnguentum Aureum Vnguentum ceraseos Mesuae vtrumque Emplastrum de Gratia Dei de Ianua Cicatricem inducentia Vnguentum de Minio Desiccatiuum rubrum Emplastrum de cerusa Venenum attrahensia res extraneas Vnguentum fuscum Nicolai Vnguenta Magistralia of the Phisitions of Florens described by Weckerus Vnguentum de calce viua Repellentia astringentia Vnguentumde b olo commune Vnguentum Rosatum Mesuae OR for the sayd intentions medicines may be made whiche neede no other then common preparations Suppurantia Take of newe Butter and Oyle Oliue ana â„¥ ii Wheate meale clensed from his bran halfe a ounce faire water â„¥ iiii boyle all together Or take the leaues of Tussilage and Mallowes ana m. ii rost them vnder ashes and mingle them with bitter Or take of the iuice of the roots of the Lillies first rosted vnder ashes â„¥ iiii of the grease of a henne goose or swine â„¥ ii with the oyle of Linseede or Oliues the yeolke of an egge and a little wax make an oyntment Detergentia Take of honie â„¥ iii. of beane meale and barely meale ana ii drams boyle them with wine to the height of an oyntment Or take of Plantaine leaues and Smalege ana m. i. red Roses p. ii red wine â„¥ viii boyle it to half straine it and dissolue in it of red sugar â„¥ ii Turpentine â„¥ i. Meale of Lupines and Orobus anaÊ’ i. Alloes and Myrrhe ana halfe a drain boyle it againe putting to so muche waxe as shall suffise to bring it into the forme of an oyntment Or take of the iuice of Plantaine and Agrimonie ana ii ounces Rose honie iiii ounces of the roote of Ireos and Beane Meale ana halfe a ounce mingle them toward the ende with Turpentine i. ounce make thereof an oyntment Sarcotica Take of Manna of Frankinsens ana ii drammes of Meale of Fenegreke and Orobus anaÊ’ i. let them be wrought with honie and the yeolke of an egge Or take of Sarcocolle dissolued in milke Ê’ iii. Masticke Olibanum anaÊ’ i. Liquid pitche and Turpentine ana i. ounce mingle them and make on oyntment Epollotica Take of white chalke ii ounces of ashes
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
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
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
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
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
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
vvhat it is 48 vvheÌ„ to be vsed ibid. 49. to vvhat place it must be applyed ought to be knowne to the Chyrurgion 50. V. Venom his dravvers among the old vvriters 41. Venomous matters 9. Venomous mixtures haue drye effectes 9. 10. Venomous vvoundes why their knovvledge is needefull 15. Venomous vvoundes vvhat medicines are first to be applyed to them 36. Venomous vvoundes and vvhat belonges thereto 79 83. 75. 76. Venome to these woundes from vvhence it proceedeth 9. Venome mixed vvith the bullet is not to be extinguished by force of fire 11. Venome hovve it may be dravvne out 25. Vitriolum veneris 91. Vnguentum magistrale 33. Vnguentum de peto 79. Vnguentum de peto aliud 80. Viscus or muscilage how it is drawn out of herbes 87. Vinsius being forsaken of the Phisitions by vvhat meanes hee vvas cured 19. 34. Vineger not conuenient for burninges 44. Vineger resisteth corruption 34. Vineger doth cause slovve suppuration 37. W. Water conueuient to the cure of these vvounds and taking avvay inflamations 31. Water enemie to vvounded sinevvs 67. Water of Creuisses or of Crabs 89 Water of honnie 88. Waters of niter and brimstone to vvhome they are good 5. Waters of the sperm of frogges 89. Waters venomous 9. Warmth is to be brought to these vvoundes 37. Woundes in the head vvith fracture of Cranium cured 48. Woundes of the head vvhy moste dangerous 48. Woundes of the head not to be neglected sayth Hippocrates 52. Woundes of the head vvhich are moste dangerous 53. Woundes receiued vvhat care is to be had of custome age and time 19 20 WouÌ„ds contused are to be brought speedly to passe or maturation 36 Windes and vvhat changes there qualities 21 22. Woundes in the belly their cure 62 Wine to vvhat vvounded men it is permitted to vvhom not 20. 24. Wine the vse thereof not to be permitted to those vvounded in the head 52. Woundes receaue in the head at Feraria and vvoundes of the legs in Florens are vncurable 22 Woundes made by Gunshot the essence according to Botallus Pâ—reus Ioubertus 1 5 Woundes of Gunshot are often or for the moste part ioyned vvith poyson and burning 5. Woundes of Gunshot and vvhereof their differences doe arise 13 Woundes of Gunshot and their intentions curatiue 19 Woundes lesse dangerous 18 more dangerous 17. deadly ibidem Woundes hovv they become more dangerous ibid. Woundes vvhat is presently to be applyed in the first dressing 32 vvhat in the second 35 vvhen they are to be incarnated 38 Woundes ioyned vvith a fracture and there cure 46. Woundes of the head and their cure vide head Woundes vvherein the bones of the armes or legges are broken their cure 55. Woundes vvhich pearce through the body vvithout fracture their cure 57 Woundes if they come to the chine or ridge of the backe and thereby the marrovve issue out hovve to be cured 62. Woundes of the face vvith shiuering of the bones hovve to be cured 53. Woundes of the brest their medicines 61 FINIS Especiall faultes escaped in the Printing Page 27 line 29. read â„¥ i. 27. l. 33. read aniseeds P. 28. l. 4. for oke ferne read polipodie 〈◊〉 new P. 28. l. 8. far thereunto read therein P. 28. l. 20. put out or els Ê’ ii P. 29. l. 4. read ciâ—rons P. 34. l. 7. read bole armoniack prepared P. 34 l. 28. read visci pomorum simplex P. 38. l. 22. read hipericon compositum P. 43. l. 17. read salt butter P. 43. l. 19. read 〈◊〉 P. 52. l. 20. read peruincle P. 60. l. 12 read aloes hepatica mâ—â—â—iae P. 60. l. 34. read oile of antimonie Ê’ iii. P. 68. l. 6. read oyle of spike â„¥ i. ss P. 68. l. 2. read lilij P. 70. l. 17. read honnie â„¥ ii ibidem read vineger one pound P 70 l. 29. read mirrhe â„¥ i. ss P. 77. l. 1. read Epulotica P. 77. l. 19. read Ricini P. 81. l. 33. read veronica P. 85. l. 30. for pheces read feaces P. 93. l. 32 read alkaly Signes of poison gathered togither Signes of Adustion gathered together Hip. lib. Epid. Aphor 3. The order of dyet Of the aire Of meate and drinke Met. 4. cap. 6. Of purgation to be vsedâ—â— these wounds Hippoc. in his booke of vlcers Vide Oribas lib. 7. cap. 22. Clyster Emolliens A conuenient â—otion for the Phlegmatike A potion for the Cholerike Let the Phisition coÌ„sider of this medicine A potion for melancholie A potion fit to cuacuate all malignant humours Seuenth book of remedies Chap. 5. Lib. 8. cap. 30. Of burnings Tetr 4. Seem 2. Cap. 26. Orâ—b sinosp lib. 7. cap. 6. Paul lib. 4. cap. 11. Of wounâ—s in in the head with fracture of the skull Aegin lib. 6. cap. 90. quo loco expressionem depressionem Lib. de vuln cap. Signa indicia Signes of death Woundes of the face Caragmaticum Quercetam Lib. 5. cap. 109. Conuulsion through emptinesse Conuulsion of fulnesse Conuulsio per sympathiam Lib. 6. meth med cap. 3. Lib. 4. cap. 19. Signa sphaceli Gal. simpl 10. cap. 18. 9. 10. 12. 13. Act Tetr 1. serm 2. cap. 110. Aegin libr. 7. Dioscorid lib. 2. cap. 90. Mercell ca. 4. 26. Plin. libr. 28. cap. 4. 15. Serap simpl cap. 453. 466. Another of our description A vulnerarie potion to be giuen the first seuen daies Potions to be giuen other times of the griefe A potion apt for poysoned woundes by Gunshot A potion Volnerary where the bone is broken with Gunshot A potion for the wounds of the head A potion for woundes of the breast For woundes of the stomacke Oyle of vineger â— it of vineger Salt and oyle of soote The preparation of Bole Armenae Oyles of spices teares woodes and gummes Oâ—le of wheate The simple Balme of Hipericon Balsamus visci pomorum The compound balme of visci pomorum Howe the slime or muslege is drawn out of hear bâ— Another method Salt of vrine Oyle of wax The water and oyle of honie The salt of honie Another oyle of honie more pretious Oyle of butteâ— and lard Oyle of yolles of Egges Water of Creuises VVater of the sperme of frogges Calx of Egge shelles and Snailes The common Mercurie precipitate Mercurie precipitate fixt and dulcified most profitable for the cure of woundes Oyle of Mercurie corporall Oyle of Mercurie subblimed The balme of Mercurie Basamus maâ—tis Oyle of Marâ—â— Crocuâ—rs to is The balme oyle Crocus vitriolum Veneris Salt of Saturne Oleum Sâ—turni Balsamus Saturni Sulphure of Antimonie Oyle of Antimonie Oyle of Sulphure Oile of sulphur vitriolate Oyle of Sulphur terebinthinat Sower oyle of Sulphur The fleamâ— of vitrioll Oile of Vâ—trioll Another ways Colcothar dulcificat or creta vitrioli Spirite of vitrioll Fleame of allome and the preparation Oile of salt ButyruÌ„ Arsenici fixum Oyle of talcâ— The preparation of Magâ—â—â— â—ordialls The composition of a theciacall water Aurum vite Another Aurum vite more pretious