Part LV.

fuddenly difappear and vanifh, then a Con- vulfion anda Deliry arife, as before (out of thes. Set. and 65. Apborifm, ) we acquain- ced you. ;
The Cure.
That Indication that is common inallthe wounds of che other parts ( to wit, that what is diflolyed muft be again united) chis hath likewile its place in che prickings of the Nerves. And yet notwithftanding, inregard thacwhen a Nerveis prickt, (by reafon of the Acrimony of the fenfe which ic hath) there followeth a greater pain then inthe other parts; andupon this an Inflammation: in the pricking uf the Nerves therefore this ought to be the main care and endeavour of the Phylitian, thacthe faid pain may Cif pof- fibly) be prevented or at leaft mitigated and moderated, and however that the Inflamma- tion be by all means prevented, . Now this is prevented, if there be not heaped up in the wound thofe excrements that may bring pain Now thefe may be kept from heaping up, if from all parts of the Body the vitions Hu- mors be not permitted to flowuntoche part affected, to wit, the wounded place; and if that chofe which are gotten together in the wound be not fuffered thereto continue, bur be forthwith evacuated : Which may be per- formed if the Skin, as likewife the wound of the flefh that lieth upon the Nerve, be kepe open; or if the wound fhall not be open enough, thacic be made yet wider, and the Skin cut wider by two incifions made at che right Angles, that fo by it there may be opened a more free pafflage forth for thofe Excrements that are heaped up in the Wound.
And therefore in the pricking of theNerves there are three things principally to be done ; firft the Body is to be purged from vitious Humors, the pain to be mitigated, and a paflage made for the Excrements, that fo chey may be emptied forth and taken a- Way.
But now afcecwhac manner the whol body isto be purged, we have often cold you be- fore. But upon the wounded part there are
Medicameucs to be impofed, which both mi- tigate the pain, andopena paffage forth for the Sanzes or thin Excrements,and that draw forth che Excrements that lie hid very deep, even atthe bottom of che Wound. Andif
the wound be over narrow, it is then tobe | made wider either by a Section made acrofs ;the wounds; but then whether they yer.
(in the form of the Lecter X) fo that the : prick be che Cencer of the Sections, or elfe by Tents thar may dilace cheSkin, but yet not touch the Nerve. | And yer neverthelefs, for the waite
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of the pain, neither 1s warm water, or thae that is hot and moift, chought to be conveni- ent 3 (fince chat Water and all cold things are enemies unto the Nerves; and thofe things thacare hot and moift may ealily ex: cite a pucridneis in che Nerves :) but we oughr rather toufe Oyl of a thin dubftance, asthae of Earth-Worms, or fuch like. And ic will be likewife to very good purpofe, to anoynt the part about rhe wound with Cylfomwhat warm, of molt thin parts, and noc altriggent. Or, if you cannot get enough of {uch an Oy], thenufe the Oy! of white Lillies, of Earth. worms, or Camomile, of Dil, or of Melilore, Buc ifthe pain fhall not yet ceafe, and cthac an Inflammation be nigh at band, it will chen be very requifite ro impofe fome Cataplafm to qualifie and mitigate the pain; and this may be made of B irley Meal, Bean Meal, ihe ‘Meal of the Vetch Ervum, and that of Lupines, ‘Betony, Camomile flowers, and Oyl fully ripe. For fuch like Cataplafms do affwage pain, throughly dry, and difcufs, refift putridnefs, Cherifh and ftrengthen the Native heat; and therefore inthe wounds of the Nerves and Tendons they are very fitly adminiftred: and
e{pecially, fuch are then cto be made ufe of, .
when the Nerves begin co be enflamed, andto
be made with Oxymel orelfe with a Ley; and the fame Cure(almoft )is co be inftituted, and inthe fame manner co be ordered, as it is wont to beina Gangrene but now begin- ning.
And therefore in this all Auchors agree,
and Practife ic felf and experience teach us this, that in all prickings of the Nerves we ought to abftain from all things cold, Aftcingent, and moift; and that we arero ufe thofe things that are hot, dry, and having athin fubftance: or (as Ga'en faith) all our Care and Counfel muft be directed and tend unto this, that the faculry of che Medica- iments be both thin, as alfo meanly.and in- differently heating, and fuch as may dry without any pain. For thefe alone can draw fromthe bottom of the wound the Santes or thin Excrement, without either contracting or biting any the leaft part thereof.
doubt, that the Medicaments that are admi~ niftred unco the prickings of the Nerves have fuch a like faculty Cas ere while we told you lof) to wit, to dry up and difcufs che thin Ex- crements, and ro draw from the borromof
do nothing elfe butthis, and whether their being adminiftred be to no other end, of this I much doubt. And chat which cauf- eth me fo to doubt, is that which hath beer fpoken above in the eigh: Chapter, touching
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Sarcoticks. For whereas in thac place I have fhewn, that ic is not at all abiurd to decer- mine rhac che chief and principal end ofall Sarcorick Medicaments is this, that they may Corroborate the heat of any pare whatfo- ever, thatfo Natureinthe gelierating of ileth may fo,much the more tightly difcharge its offices this is efpecially requifite m the wounded Nerves, Lendcns, and Ligaments. For finge their heat is tar more weak then that f the flefhy parts, thts heat is yet fur- ther debilitated in thofe that are wounded 3 and therefore they are not able rightly to Concoé and Affimilace the Aliment chat floweth unto them; and from hence it 13, that this Alimentis convertedince Saniessand by how much the greater the weaknels is, by fo much the greater isthe {tore of iuch Sanies that flowech out.And moreover in regard that the Nervous parts are encucd witha moft ex- quilicefenfe, they are caltly affected witha pain likewife, upon occation of which the vicious Humors fiow unto then from al other parts of the Body. And from hence it very often happeneth, thac fromthe wounded
“Joynts, Cand efpecially inthe Arm, or Knee 3
and yet more efpecially, if there be prefenc an Inflammation) there is never any laudable Pus generated, but there floweth forth great ftore of this Sanies, which our Chirurgeons ‘eal das Glicd VVaffel, or the Foynt Water 5
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likewife be therewith mingleds the defalled Oyl of Turpentine the Sweat or Tear of theFir- Tree,ana other Arcificial Balfams. Galen like. wife commendeth an Emplefter chat is ‘made
of Wax.one parts Turpentine and Pitch,of eath balf parts; Eupborbium, the twelfth part: touching which fee further in Galen his fixth |B. of the Meth. of Curing, Chap. 2. where he taketh great pains, and is very Exact and Large in creating of the ule of Exphorbinm in | the wounds of the Nerves ; the Sum and fub- | {tance of al which is this. Whereas no one can poflibly comprehend che ufe of Euphorbinm by meafure, both by reafon of the different age of the Expborbium, as alfo by reafon of
thereforetoheed what tois Expborbinm 38, to wit, whether new or old; ahd in what plo- }portion it is to be mingled: For che old | which is more yellow and more Pale then the New, but mote hard and dry of Confift- ence) is lefs efficacious; and although chae it keep fome of its virtue unto thé third yeer,
then fo decaied, that in the procels of time ic is altogether ufelefs and good for nothing. And therefore the new isto be mingled with a triple quantity of Wax. As,
Take Exphorbium, one ounce; War, three
rurgeons think ic co be the genuine Humot of | ounces Oyl, ten or trelve ounces.
the foynt ic felf 3 and thereupon they endea- vour to obftruct and {top the afflux thereof, by know not what kind of Medicaments ; when as nocwithftanding there cannot be conceined fo much Humor in all che Joyntrs of che whole Body,as we fhall fomumes have flowing forth of fucha wound in one day : and the faid Flux can no way be ftanched, ublefs unto che wounded part. there be refto- redits own Natural Temper + of which like- wile Fobannes Langivs gives us totice, in his Preface to his Medicinal Epijiles; and in his firft B. and third Epiftle. _ vy
Buc now for chofe Medicamencs which ex- perience hath caughc us to be very ufefulin al wounds of the Nerves and Tendons, and more efpecially in che Wounds that are cau- fed by prickings, they are, Oyl fully ripe, fuch asis cwo yeers old, rather then new, the Oyl of Barth worms, of Rue; of white Lillies, of Coftus, of Caftor, of Turpentine, Gchis laft may be ufed alone of ir felf in Children, Wo- men, and fuch as are of a more moift and fofc Conftirution of Body; buc in fuchas have drier Bodies, there may be fome Exphorbiun
But when it is become a little old, it oughc then to be mingled in fomwhat a greater pro- portion; and chere muft be added thereto une part and half Cortwo parts if ic be rhree or four yeets old} more then formerly when
jit Wasnew : thac isto fay, a double weighc unto the formers or if you pleafe it may in weight be equal unto the Wax; in whichthing noctwithftanding ufe is much co be heeded and attended. For if the wounded perfon fhall complain of any biting that he feels from the faid Medicament; and the parts lying about the Pundture fhall appear co be hot, then the Pundtute or Pricking it felf is fomwhat more {welling chen is fic, and thé Lips of the wound wil be fome thing affettéd with an Inflammation 5 and we may conclude thac the Medicarent is fironger then it oughe tobe: and therefore either che ftretigch of ic istobe abaced and qualified by the admix ture of the greater ftore of Oyl, or élfe the older Bupborbiumistobetaken. But if the Contrary fhall happen, chen the ftrength of the Medicament is tobe augmented, either by mingling a greater quantity of cheold,or elfe
mingled therewith) Ammontiacum, Galba-| by the admixcure of the newer Eupborbinm +
num, Root of round Ariftolochy, Dittany 5 and generally all Roots tha are bitter without
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hath a five-fold quantity of che faid Wax,the weakeft; andthe mixcure having but a qua- druple proportion of the Wax, isinamean becwixtborh,
Galen (as. we may fee in his third B. of the Compofit. of “Medicaments acco:ding to ibeir kinds, and 2.Cbap.) mentioneth likewife other things that are to be made uleof, as live Sulphur, unflased Lime wafbed; Arfenick, Sandarach, Pompbolyx, the fcourings of Brajs, Chalcitis (or red Vitriol) burnt. But in all chefe he had only aregard unco their drying faculty ; andhe would.only have the Medi- caments to be fo made and Compounded, thac chey might be able co cal forth and con- fumethe Excrements out of the Wounds of the Nerves. Butuncto me (asltold you be- fore) it feemeth tar more probable, chat fuch Medicaments are to be madechoice of, that may withal Corroborate and Augment the Native heat ofthe Nerves, which of ic felf (andefpecially inthe wounded Nerves) is very weak.
and therefore this latter Age hath found out Medicaments chat are far more fafe 5 both fuch as are prepared by the Chymical Arc, as alfo fuch as are brought unto us out of other Countries 3 yea and fuch as are very ordinary at home among our felves; and {uch as do their office without caufing any pain (chat is eafily brought upon the Patient by che ufe of thofeftronyer Medicaments that the Anci- ents made ufe of ) and which may be fafely applied, wherher the Nerve be naked and bare, or whether it be covered (whereas in the Nerve that is bare all chofe Medicaments of.the Ancients cannot be made ufe of with any fafecy) fuch as are thefe; Balfam of Peru, the diftilled Oyl of Rofin. Turpentine, and the Bofin o} the Pir-Tree, Wax, Oyl or
Ballam of St. Fobns wort, thefpirit of Wine, :
‘Gum Elemi, Gum Tacamabaca, and Gum Caranna. A\\ which obtain chat faculty: which by Galen and the Ancients 1s propoun- ded, and have inthem no Corroding quality | at all; and withal obtain a Balfamick virtue} (as thofe of our times term it) which thofe | other of the Ancients arevoidof; and they, do not only confume the Excrements, but | they likewifle greatly ftrengchenthe Native hear ofthe wounded part, and are all of chem very agreeable and fuitable unto the Neives. Cefar Magatus, in his fecond B. of Wounds, §» Chapter, mentioneth cthefe feveral forms following.
Take Ammoniacum, Opopanax, Sagape- ‘Propolis, and Turpentine, of each balf an ounces Oy! of thin
paris, two or three yeers old, in which Eartb: |
worms bave been boyled, one ounce andbalf 5 Minglethim, and make an “Unguent. Or, Take Cleer Iurpintine, the exfudation or
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them and make an Unguent. Or, Take Tacamabaca, Opopanax, Propolis, the froeat of the Firtree, of each two dramss
Artificial Balfam, fix drams 3 “Mingle them,
and make an‘Unguent. Or,
Take Artificial Balfam,our oy! of St. fobns Wort, of each balf an ounce; Burning water ( which the Latines call Aqua a: dens) or the mater of ‘Balfam, three drams, and mingle them. Or,
Take Diachylon with Gums, one ounce; Tacamabaca, Caranna, Sagapenum, Pre- polis, Rofinof the Pine, Ship-pitch, of each three drams 3 Artificial Balfam, balf an ounces ‘Eupborbium two fcruples 5 “Mingle tben and makeacerots Or,
Take The oldeft Leaven one ounce and balf, Doves dung, or Brimftone, one.dram, Aqua 'Ardens, or Water of Balfam, a much as wit fuffice; that the Medicament may bave the con- \fiftence of Honey andfo mingle them. Or,
Take Oylof Turpentine, or the{weat of the Firtree, one ounce; Sagapenum, Propolis, of each half an ounce 5 Euplorbium one dram; mingle them.
And ifthe Medicament that ‘1s layd on be
lofathin fubftance, or ( as the Chymifts {peak )
volatile, whichmay calfily be dif- {ipated ;then we areto mingle therewith ail
Turpentine and Gum Elemi ;0r elfe we muft.
impofe an Emplafter of Gum Caranna, Ta- camahaca, diffolved in the compound Oyl St. Johns wort. The Diet. | Thereis likewife regard to be had unto the diet. The Airin which the Patient is moft cohverfant ought cto be fomewhat more
warm then ordinary, fince that che Cold is au Enemy unto the Nerves; as inthe fifth
‘Seft. Apborif. 18. And therefore hkewife ‘the Wounds of the Nerves are not over often
and without very great caufeto be uncover- ed 3; and when they are. uncovered, a Candle muft be lighted, and a pan ful of hot ccals muft be ina readinéfs 5 and this new binding up muft be haftened, and per- formed with all poffiblefpeed. Let the fick perfon atitain from wine. The affected parc is foftly and gently to be placed, and keps inquietnefs. For (as Celjws faith, ee C
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| fifth Book, and Chapt. 26. ) the beft ofall
Medicaments is Reft and quietnefs: and to move and walk(unlefs for {uch as are found ) is altogether unfic and improper. Y ea more-
| Laughter may bring very much danger and | damageéin the weunds of the Nervous patts. | Thefe Hiftories we find taken notice of by | Guilbelm. Fabricius, in his firft Century,
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. 4 j * ~y . fa Od Be | hiftory of that young man in Guilbelm. Fa-, | bricius his fir{t Cent. Obfervat. 22. who be- | J
ing now almoft perfetly wel, and recover- ed, dyeduponthis very caufe and no other. ?
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Wounds of the Nerves, as alfo of the Ligaments, by (utting.
weare then to look whecher the wound be longwaies, or whether ic be cran{verfe, . and
-overthwart: andcthen whether the Nervebe) ee
wholly cut affunder, or elfe be but only in part Wounded ; and how much of the skin lying over it is divided.
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The pain, ifthe Nerve be Wounded bya Cuc, bucnoc wholly divided and cut aflun- der, is not fo-great as ifit be Wounded bya prick:and yec neverthelefs for che mott pate iviseven greatenough. Buc if che Nerve be wholly cut affunder, there isthen no painat
| allfelc, but yec neverthelels the fenfe and
feeling, or elfecthe motion of the parc inco which rhe Nerve is inferted, istaken away. And fo likewife if che Tendon be wholly dif- fected, the motion of the Member is taken away.
Prognofticks.
1. Ifthe Nerve be Wounded inthe length thereof, chen there is no great fear of aCon- vulfion,feeing that che fibres are not fo much affected: but ific be wounded cranfverfhy,
over, we havetwo hiftories chat cells us,chat ;
Chap. 16. Of the downright |
Buc now ifthe Nerve or Tendon be wound-| 2 ed not by pricking; bucby a downrighic cut, |
‘communicated unto the brainic felf; from whence there arife Conyulfion fits and Deli- ryes. + ay ve
2. But if the Nerve bewholly diffected, it doth not indeed bring along with it fo much danger, neither is chere any fear ofa ‘Convultion ; buc-yec neverchelefs chereis an- other incurable Malady chat followechit, to wit, adebilicy bothin fenfe and motion of that parc into which the Nerve is inferred, .whenas the animal {piric can no longer be ,catried by the Nerveinco the faid parc,
3- Ifamy Tendon fhall be wounded, bur not wholly diilected, it canfeth a debilicy of motion in that parc thatic moveth: buc if ic be altogecher cuc affunder, chen che motion of the faid parc is altogether abolithed and taken away. |. 4 Lf chere flow forth great frore ef Sanies jorthin excrement, icisthen a fignaridcoken | of that ill confticucion of the pare affected 5
| and chat ic is inflamed,and altogether in great
danger. Now this Sanies floweth forth ac- ording to the various difpotition of the part affected, fometime refembling as ic were water, and {omtimes like whey of milks and fomtimes as it were whice and milkie; bur which floweth forth of the Tendons is more glutinous, like unto the whire of an Egge. AndIwelremember that ina certain Studenc chereiffued forth of his knee thar-was much wounded( day: by day ) a certain mat- |}cer like unto che white ofan Egg, burchat ic | was fomwhat whiter, and a littlechicker ; (and yet -neverthelefs altogether fuch as | Celfus defcribech in his fth Book, and Chapt 26. which he calleth Meliceria, becaufe thacic is like unto white honey;) which flow-= ed forth inthat abundance, that an Eggfhel could {carcely contain it.
Lhe Cure.
The way and Method of Curing thefe W ounds is in che moftthe very fame indeed wich thac which we mentioned inthe forego- ing Chapter; yet notwithftanding there are fome things that are peculiarly co be atrend: ed. As firft of all, thofe Nerves cthac are wounded by adownrighe cucare moft com- monly left naked, and bare of any skinto cover them and therefore we are coufe our
cor’ and yet not wholly cut in two, ic may indeed | beft endeavor, chat they may not beexpofed
overtly § pal fil a tH | ad pe rhe ik |
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bringupon the perfon all thofe fymptoms (to wic, pains, inflammations, a Conyul- fion, and Deliryes or Dotings ) which the pricking of the Nerve doch : becaufe that from the fibres that are cut affunder che pain and hurt is communicated unto chofe fibres that arenot diffected and divided; and from hence proceed pains,fluxions,inflammatcions,
| unto che excernal Air, in regard that the ex- ternal cold Air ( as we have often told you ) isanenemy unto the Nerves. Andcherfore we are to doche ucmoft of our indeavor,that ( as much.as poflibly may be )they may be | Covered with their own proper covering, _ andthe skin chat tiech upon it 5 and chere- fore if the Nerve be woundedaccording unto Ccct 2 »
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its length, then withafwath the lipps of che: banuim S ‘ |
Wound are to be drawn together and con-' each balf adram: let tbem be all boyled tegetber
joyned; butifche Wound be crant{verfe, and: over a moderate and gentle fire, until tbe mina
thatneceffity forequire, thereis thena fu-| andthe Vinegar be all con{umed, and then let
ture ot fewing of che lips to be attempted 5 them be ftrayned. And fo {oon as they foakbe |
and yet great care muft be taken; andall di- ligenceuied, that (ifthe future or ftiching be wrought with the needle, which yet noc- vithftanding may eafily be avoyded,.as we told you before) the Nerve icfelf be noc aPeftlein a Mortar: and if it feem good, to touched withthe Needle. Forifin the few- caufe a Confiftence, Wax may alfo be added, ing it fhould chance to be'prickt, the very | fame fymptoms may happen that are other- ‘natural heat inthe Nerves, there can hardly wife wont to arife in the pricking of the be made a good fuppuration, buc rathera Nerves. And yet neverthelefs the wound Putridnefs and Corruption of the humors; a isfoctobe drawn together, that there may Cataplafmthat may inhibice and refift che fiiliftand openafree paffage forth forthe faid pucridnefs is co be impofed: which wil Sanies 5 which (if need fo require ) may be likewife perform this good office, to wit, of done with a Tent left chat ifthe faidSanies defending the Nerve ( unco which cold is an be retainedaiid kepc in.ic fhould corrupcand Enemy ) fromthe Injuries of the External putrify the nerve. The nerves alfowhen Air.This following is alfo very ufeful. they are wounded will not bear thofe ftron- — Bean Meal, Barley Meal, and the Meal of ger biting Medicaments, of Expborbium,and the Pulfe Ei vum, the pouder of Camomil flow- the like. And thereforein fuch kind of ersy and Red Rofes, as much ae you think fits Woundsasthefe Galen was wontto ulea with Oxymel fimple, and the Oylof Rofer and Medicament of quick or unflaked Lime often |Earthworms Compounded together, make wafhed with much oy! of rofes mingled ther- |a2 Cataplafm. with; asalfothat Medicamevt of Pompho-| And fecingthat inthe Nerves tranfverfly lyx, ifitbe mingled with good ftore of oy] |wourded, andyet not alcogether cut affiin- ofRofes. ButthofeMedicaments that have | der, the Brainby che fibres that are whole been found out by thofe of latter times are |and entire may eafily be drawn into confent, fafeft of allother, of which we havealrea-|fothac a Convulfion may be exciced; this dy made mention inthe Chapter immediatly |Convulfion ought ( as much asis poflible ) to foregoing. Bucthenthe Wound it felf may |beprevented, by~thofe Medicaments that be externally covered with the Emplafter | have hither unto been propounded ; and if Diachalcites, ot Diapalma, or the Nerve |it thal happen, you muftremove ic by thofe Emplafter, or any other that fhal be known | Remedies that we thal fet down below in the tobe fic and convenient. Galen (in bis third Chap. 23. or if this may not poffibly be done Book of the Compofit. of Medicaments accord- \and that the Medicaments are not fufficient co ing to their kinds & the third Chapt.) propoun- | effeétic, then the whole Nerve isto be cut deth and mentioneth thefe kindof Emplaf-|1n funder, chat fo che Convulfion may be re- ters; andcthereare many likewile of them | moved. For although that thereby the pare extant inthe writings of the latcer Phyfici-| be fomwhat debilicated, and may come co ans; of whichwe have alfoin the former fuffer a ftupidity and infentiblenefs or elfe Chapt, 8 Ccouching vulnerary Medicaments) |fome hurt of the motion 3 yetbetter it isto made mention ; and given you fome ofthe bear this inconvenience, thenfuffer death.
Chief of them. And this Unguent ts alfo ve. Of the Wounds of the Ligaments,
ry goodand ufeful,; which they ufually cerm The i el start ( integard that they are e
the Unguent for the Worms. Take Centaury the le{s, theleffer Plantain,|\voyd of fenfe ) when they are Woeundd produce neither pain, nor Convulfion; net-
‘Hounds tongue, Moufe-eare, the greater and ( leffer Confound, the berb bor{e-taile, and Mil-|\ther do they of themfelves ‘communicate ~ foyl, of each of thefe one handful, of Garth- \theic Affects unto the Brain. And more ef- worms balf apound, Common oyl one pound, |pecially, the wound of that Ligament which Wine one pint and half, Vinegar four ounces. |tendeth from one bone to another, is moft Let them be al wel mafbed and throughly mingl-|of all fcee from danger. But that which is edtogetber, andfo let soem ftand fermenting inferced incoaMufcle, ( integard that icis for feven daies together. And then after this, |able to draw the Nerves and Tendons intoa
adde thereto, of the feret of a Ram taken clean |confent with it )if ic be not rightly cured
cold, add of Turpentine one ounce and balf;
three drams 5 Saffron two drams; letib mbe
from the skin one pound 5 fbip pitch and Rofin, |may bringa great deal more danger along
For becaufe thateven the very Li-
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gaments themfelves have but a very weak heac, therefore they wil not eafily bear Wounds; butthey are very apt and ready co heap up many excrements, thac may con- tracta Pucridnefs, and excite other Maladies and mifchiefs,; and therefore of thofe Me- dicaments chacare ufeful inthe Wounds of the Nerves and Tendons, thofe of chem chac are moft drying ate to be adminiftred : and indeed we may with fafety enough make ufe of chem,fince that this parc is deftituce of fenfe, and therefore may noc ealily be offen- ded with the Acrimony of the faid drying Medicaments. Butyec nevercheleis, in re- gard thaticfeemethto me, that( as wecold you before in the foregoing Chapter) fuch like Medicaments are wont to beadminiftred not only for drying, but co the end likewife that they may cherifh and ftrengchen che. weak heat of the parc, therefore we con- clude chat fuch of thefe drying Medicaments are to be made ufe of that do no way debili- cate & diflipate che weak heat of thefe parts 5 but racher fuch as do cherifh and Corrcbor- ace It.
Chap. 17. Of the Wounds of the the Joynts.
4 letos W ounds of the Joynts are very neer-
ly related and of kin unto the' W ounds of the Nerves; co wit, thofethac happenin the Elbow ofthe Arm, the Knee, or theJoynts of the fingers: andthefe are either wich a luxation or loofnefs of the Joynr, orelfe without ic.
Proguofticks.
thacthe Joynts are very apt and readily pre- pared to receive the fluxions, as being fuch | pareschac are voyd of flefh, hollow, and which areknit together by Membranés and Membranous Tendons, andare eafily aflaul- ted with pains 3 whereupon arife Inflam- mations, Watchings, Deliryes, and Con-
eafily degenerate into Ulcers of an ill and | dangerous nature and qua licy gas Galen writ- eth in his fourth Bock of the Method of Cu- ring, and tixch Chapter. | a. Andthey are yet more dangerous in an internal parc; becaufe chat in chac place the gveacer veffels and the Nerves are conteyned; | whereupon therearealfo the more notable | and confiderable hemorrhages and tied el lions eafily excited. ‘Avs | 3. Touching thefe fame wounds ‘Hippocrates | likewife wrireth after this manner : Thofe. Wounds ( faythbe) that are, inflitted in‘the| Ffoynts, if the Nerves be altogether cut affun-'
“Of the Wounds of the Foynts.
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der, ( that contained them ) without doubt they willrender them lame. But if there be a- ny doubt,bow andin what manner the Nerve may be affetted, if indeed the Wound be ftraight froma fbarp Weapon, that whichis tran (verfe is better then it. But if the Weapon that in- fitted the Wound bebeavy anJ- blunt; there is then no danger. But we mufi bere «on fider both the depth of the Wound, and other like fiens of this nature. If any pus bappen at the Foynt, there is then aneceffity that the Foynt fhould be rendered the barder. And if likewoife the tumors fhal witbal perfevere, ibere is thei a nece lity that the joyut fhould be rendered ibe harder. | And if likevife the tumors fhal witball |Perfevere, there is then a Necefity, that this place muft bebard for a tong time, and
that the Ulcer being whol, the tumor or {welling
flilremain. Butin thoferwhere notbineg 1s to be expetted but the cutting off ofthe Ne ve,therewve may with tbe more confidence foretell a lamenefg tofollow, and this more efpecially, if any of the inferior ‘Nerves fhal be loofened. But now |webetber or no the Nerve be to be cut c ffsmay be difcovered by thefe fiens 5 if there flow forth un- der tta white pus that 15 thick, and of a long continuance; and that there arife pains and ins flammations at the Foynt, about the very begin=
p ning: which are likewife wont to bappen when
the bone1s to be cut out.
4. The fame FH ppocrates ( in the place al- leadged) faith thus : Thofe things that are cut affundzr in the Elbows, ( efpecially vith aninflammation ) are at length brouebt unto a
fuppuration, and cutting, and burning. 5- But chefe Wounds are made yer the. more dangerous, if chere happen withal aloof ening of the Joynt :for chen che Joyne cannos be fet and put back again into its place with- out endangering the life of the Patient, by reafon of thofe pains that do perpetually ac- company thefe kind of wounds.And therfore the Phyfitian may do welto fave his credit by heeding the Prognoftick, left that other- wifehe be ilfpoken of by che cominen fore of people.For otherwife, if he wil adventure to put back che Joynt into its former place, andthat the Joyne when icis put back fo continue, it bringeth death unto the fick per- fon; andit hath been commonly feen, that upon a very {mal Wound death hath follow- ed. Forwhenwith fuch a Wounda luxati- on of loofenefs of the Joynt doth happen, the Nervous parts about the Joynts do {uffer a diftraction; upon which there are caufed fierce and cruel pains,and fluxions.: bucifé the Joynt be brought Back unto its place, the fame parts are again extended 3 andfo of néeceflicy there .muft happen inflammations and convulfions,, which :unavoydably.are communicated unto cheBrain: and wichal, ‘ from
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from the afflux of the matrer proceeding from fo many diftractions and extenfions the heat is fuffocated, and fo there followeth aGan- | rence, thefeif the Foynts be again replaced Cand
a
crates (1 his B. of the foyntS, Text 74.) {pea- ity then recovery through the great diligence
king of the Ankle-bone, thus wiiteth: Bat) and
but they are to be permitted {o to continue: and \ thereupon. if any Phyfitian wil adventure to put toem back, | that the Phyfitian would be accused and difore-
Add thig like-| Patientjhe ought notfo muchas roundercake wife, that it often bappeneth, that both the Ankle| the replacing of the Joynt. Bucthen if che and the Foot are taken with the Gangrene.|Phytitian fhall not ordet the Joyne cto be Aad we may be moft certainly affured, that thefe| brought back and fet in its former place, he And of the El-| fhall by the vulgar be accufed of ignorance bow, (Text 16.) he faith chus : The very fame and unskilfulnefs, and as one that hath made happeneth in the bones of the Elbow : for of thefe| che Patient Lame or maimed.» Wherefore the
Deatb. 6. And yet notwithftanding the leffer Joynts if they be brought back, and repla-
ced, they do not’neceffarily bring Death;
but many of them are freferved: touching which Hippecrates (in his B. of the Foynts, Text..78.) writech thus: But noreCfath he) if any upona Wound bave the Foyuts of their
Fingers; or of the Foot, or of the Hand,
¢
Phy fitian in this Cafe is to preferve his Credirc and Reputation by the aforefaid Progno- ftick, and forerelling unto the ftanders by the danger of Death that may in thus doing accrue unto the fick parcy.
The Cure.
The Cure of thefe wounds, if they be with- out any Luxacion or loofening, 1s almoft the fame as was that before of the Nerves. Ta wit, the lips of che wound are indeed ayainto bedcawn together, but. yec not wholly, if
thofe of the Nerves) are to be impoteds but likewife thofe Cataplafms, of which mention was made above in the eighth Chap- ter. AS,
Take Pouder of Marfb-mallow Root, half anounce , Betony, flomers of Camomile, and Melilote, of each one ounce 5 the meal of Lin-
feed, Al
foreach apt UD Brn, and B ihe Show B shoulder | p per we Bred auch B peinfl Ged B Arm is cht B fretched | B uch (ove Bed inan
le |
niay bedo whileft he tancy) n0 # folture ei up, orell @ for that p j wounded, g Handisto B ectsaor lt dcing brot AM ibide tif B lthejoyn Hck perto little Pilk Done tn ¢ A keoc ings B icebe by Bde coma Bir bis Th M that che (; BH hiuldbap of the fai B Vounded din ar B Lamene(s
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Of a Wound with a Contufion,
feeds and Fenugreek feed, of each one ounce
andbalf; of Beans, one ounces and mae a Catapla{m.
pare ae rroaee Te Fe i a rea Re a | Manner of means to be turned away; andthe paincobe mitigated; and the Member to be placed in fuch a pofture as may feem moft
The afflux of che Humars is likewife to be | gcateful and convenient unto the Patient, and
prevented 5 and therefore the whole body is |
fuch as may bring the leaft pain unco himspro-
to be evacuaced wich al diligencesandcheHu-! vided ftil,chac che Member hang notdown, lett mors that flow are co be intercepted, and | that chere fhould be an occation for an aflux
curned quite oucofcthe Body. _ Ir matcers very much likewife, that the member be rightly Scituated and placed,
of the Humors. But the wound is to be Cured likeas other Wounds; buc yet neverchelefs it is not co be bound up in the fame-manner as
rhac the painand che aflux of Humors may} other wounds are. And great care muft like-
be prevented, and che action of che member referved. If therefore the fore part of the Shoulder e wounded, then leca thick bolfter be put underneath the wing thereof, and likewife wrapt upin fomching that may bear upthe Arm, and driveup higher che rop or head of the Shoulder. For the top or head of the
Shoulder being drawn downward by its own |
proper weight caufech thatthe Wound is cu- rei much the more “lowly. if che Wound be inflidted upon the Joync of the Elbow, the Arm is chen neither altogether ro be kepe ferecched forrh ftraight, neither is ic too
much to be bended inward, but it is to be pla-
ced ina middle pofture, refembling an obrufe Angle. Which Scituation of the parc that ic may befo preferved, and by the tick perfon whileft he fleepeth Cor elfechrough Incogi- tancy) noc aliered, ic isto be keprin hac pofture either by fic and convenienc bindings up, orelfeby wooden Inftruments made fic for that purpole. The Hand-Wrift being wounded, orche Joynts ofthe Fingers, the Handisrobe kepthalf bended, andthe Fin- gers nor ftrecched forth, left that a Cicatrice being broughe over them, the Hand fhould abide ftiff, and be hure by its contraction. If the joynt of che Thigh be wounded, lec the fick perfon lie upon his back, and wich fic ficcle Pillows and bindings let the Huckle- bone in the head thereof be concained.and kept in its proper places and until the Cica- erice be brought over it, che fick perfon mutt be commanded chat he fomcimes moveand ftir his Thigh chis way andcthat way; left that che Cicatrice being brought over ir,there fhould happema hurc of chemotion by means of the faid Cicatrice. The Knee wheurt ts
| wife be caken chat itbe not offended by the external cold of the Atr. Cataplafms are jlikewile co be impofed, not upon the Wound it felf, Buc upon the parts chat lie heer unto it, leftthac by any means the part | fhould by the weight thereof be grieved and /butchened. And inregard that fluxions dre | éatily: caufed Cin chis cafe) unco chefe parts, andtaereupon che Cure the longer ere itbe perfected, therefore the Body is by often | purgations, .and likewife by fwears, to be | purged and cleanfed from all its vicious and ues fluous Huaiors,
Chap. 18. Contufion.
Of 4 Wound with a
v3
é % and Condition of the inftrument wheres with the Woundis infli@ted may caufeia dif- ference ofthe Wound we are therefore here net co pafschis overin filence, withour {pea+ king fomrhing unco it.) For fome wounds are inflicted by tharp Inftruments. or wea- pons, and others by chofechat are obtufe and (blunc; which doth nota little vary the Cure. | And indeed the Cure of Wounds made with fharp Inftruments may fufficiently appear by what hach: hitherunco been faid: and as for what is peculiar unto Wounds that are in- flicted by blunt Weapons, we will here in this Chapter declare ics Now tharkind of Unity diffolved that obtufe and blunt Wea- pons caufeinafoft part, is called a Contufti- ,on. Anduindsed icis properly | 7 termed a Contufion,2 when the | 4woand with fuperficiesrof:the part: (ior the | «Conewfion. Skin) being whole and entire; |
rs Rn a a I ye
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A ND feeing likewifé that the quality
A Wound with Exxation.
wounded muft be ftrecched:forth, and pla= chofe fofc parrs that lie under it: are bruifed,; ced in aright and ftraight Fsgure, thatlo and as it Were battered together 5 of which Lamenefs may be prevented, Contufion {ome menrionihacth bkewife been | Bucnow ifthe W ound be with made above, in the firf Part, and fixteenth
a Luixation dr toofening ofthe Chapter: And yet neverthelefs, now. and
Joyne, if the Joyut that is loofe-| then, the partis not only bruifed within, ‘ned be great, the putting of it; but itis alfo externadly wounded in the fu-
back again into us place.istobe oniicted3, perficies, where the W onndis joyned witha
and the: fick. perfon.is to berold before hand) Contution3 and ‘touching this Conrutionit is
ofthe Lamenefs and danger that would fol| low thereupon: and the fluxion is by at
that weincend here 06 treats of which we fhal norwithftanding fe order our difcourfe,
chag \
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26 88. Book V.
Of 'Prattical Physick. Part 17
Oe on ple
verfal RKevulfions Cand chiefly Venefecion
that what is tobe done in every Contufion may manifeftly appear. or opening of a Vern, if need fo require are te The Caufes. !be adminitred. Andthenin the next place, \chat chere may flowno more of the Humor
Now a Contufion is canfed in Woutds,) unco the parc affected, Defenfives and Re- when the Weapon or Inftrument wherewith! pellers are to be adminiftred 5 touching which the Wound is inflicted hath not only a po-| we have fpoken above,inthe 1 Part,C bap. 16: wer of cutting and making an incifion, but) which ought co be fuch that they willno way likewife of bruifing and battering the parc up- | admit of the afflux of the Humor; and withal
on which ic lightecth ; and this is done, when) that they may confume and dry up fome part
the Weapon or Inftrumenc is blunt, or hea- vy 3 or whena man isthrown againft fom- thingthat ishard: in which manner alfo the foft part may be bruifed withuuc a Wound, or elfe with a W ound.
_. Signs Diagnoffick.
Wounds with aContulion are known by the inftrumenct wichche which the wound was made, to wit, if it beblunt and heavy 5 and then inthe nexc placefcom the pain, andthe black and blew color of the part.
Prog nofticks.
1- A Wound with a Contufion is more dah- gerous, dnd more difficult to Cure,.then that which is without a*Contulion. For the
bruifed parts, and the blood chat is poured | forth, ifthey be not difcuffed, they mutt of |
necefliry -be curned into Pus, or otherwife before this is done the Wound cannot be Curedo:
2. Andif che bruifed parc, and the blood poured forth of the broken Veffels be- gin to putrefie,. ic may excite and caulea
Gangrene. The Cure.
In-regard that no wound that hath any o- cher affect char hindereth the Curing thereof foyned with ic can be cured until the faid Af- feét -be removed, and that che partic felf be rightly difpofed;ic from hence ealily appear- eth, chat our firft care muft be directed unto che cure of the Contufion. And when the Gontufion or bruife isoncetaken away, the reft of che Cureis to be performed in the mannes.and form aforefaid.
But then, feeingthat what is bruifed ‘can- not be reftored again; and made entire as be- fore, aiid that the Blood which is poured forth of the Veffels ‘may ftick) im another place, (where it ought not to be)and fo may be eafily corrupted; therefore we ought firft of all coendeavour, that borh of them may betaken away: and that they may ei-
thereof.
And when chere fhall be no further caufe co fear anaflux of Humors; chen weare to do our endeavour that chat which is bruifed, and the Blood which being forrh of the Veifels fticketh in the bruifed pare may fpeedily becurned into Pus: as Hippocrates teacheth us, in bis B. of Ulcers: If (faith he) any of tbe flefh fhall be battered and bruifed by the Weapon, we are then to take care, ibatit be Cas foon as may be)converted into Pus, for aa it is leB dangerous then an Inflammation 5 fo there is alfo a rieceffity, that the flefb being battered and bruifed by tbe Weapon fbhould being converted into Pus waste and confume as way, and ther anew Plefh be bred infiead thereof. -Now what thofe Medicaments are that move and forward the Pus, we have elfewherecoldyou. But inthe ufe of them, in regard that they are hot and moift, we oughe to havea {pecial care that. we apply not thofe chings that are over moult; fince that by che ufe of fuch Medicaments, putrid nefs and che corrnption of the part may eafi=
ly be excited: andcherefore cercain Difcuf- fivesare cobeadded. As, Take of Marfb-Mallow Root, one ounce 5 wild Cucumber, balf an ounce y Organy, and tops of Dill, of each balf abandful, Fat dry Fivs, fixinnumber; boylthemallcoa fofc- nefsjandthen pais them through a hair lieve : then add the pouder of the flowers of Camomile, the meal of Lin-feed,and ¥ enugreek feed,of each half. anounce; Dragons Blood, tbree drams 5 Styrax liquid, Galbanum, and “Mirrb, of each two drams; Saffron, one feruple; Oyl of St. | Fobns-wort, and Hoggs Fat, of each a fuffici- | ent quantity 5 Mingle them, and make a Cata- plafm. But now thefe Cataplaims are nor to be impofed upon the Wound ic felf, bic they are tobe laid on round about, where the?parc is bruifed. And this very ching ‘Hippocrates ceacheth us inhis B. of Uleers, where he thus writes 3 When it feemeth requi- fite tbat theWound fhould be fortified andfenced with a Cataplafm, it ought to be brought back
ther be difcuffed, or el{e converted into Pus. | from the Wound, and latd upon the parts And becaufe that thereis evermore caufed an! next unto it, tbat fo the Pus may pafi forth, aid aflux of the Humors unto the bruifed part, | shofe things that are bard may be fofte by reafomof the pain chat atcendeth che faid)| ned
Contuitons therefore, firft of all, aa
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iy bunt not imiives, Te Bie Nerves Druiled wit ney ate to. wh mita Bylo Q Bion, By iat ofall,
Bac | Cataplafh a oled, Bameded th a ypli BY loots. te, ddnany ithe 3
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Onin Qe
a La | Bucuponthe very Woundicfelf chere isto beanoynted a Digeftive madeof Rofin Tur- (pentine, and the yelks of Eggs, or Lriapbar-
| |macum, or the Unguent ‘Bajilicon, or the like,
louc of thofe things that we mentioned be-
i) fore; andthen upon this Liniments dipt in
the fame Digeftive are co be impofed.
The Pus being bred, the Woundis. thento ‘be cleanfed with convenient Medicaments 5 ‘andthenco be filled up wich flefh, and Con-
folidated.
But if that which is bruifed be not changed into Pus,but chat on the third,fourth,or fitch | day alurnor arife witha pain, and fo increafe from day to day, & thac a beating pain be ex- ‘cited, fochar the fick perfon cannot wel bear ithe touch of that place, and that at length che
@)frefh and flourifhing colour in the part be Piextinguifhed, and che parc tenduntoa yello-
}wifhnefs, and chat che pain and beating re- mic, and thacchere be prefenc other figns and ‘tokens of a Gangrene neer at hand; then ché (part is to be {carified, and che Eegpptiack Un- iguent laid thereon; and the Cure isfotobe
linfticute d and ordered as we toldyou in the
ed ludniplace alleadged (to wit, Chapt. 16. of the firft
dfhelits are
y We havel
Npart) and as is wont to be doneincafe ofa i/neer approaching Gangrene; touching which
leofthen,gi we have already fpoken in che 2. Part, wot, wep) Gap. 19-
we apply]
Bur if not che fichh alone, but Jikewife che
its nce Nerves, Tendons, and Ligaments be bruifed: Ulbbg LLG Be
| |
the Nerves indeed and the Tendons if they be bruifed without any Contufion uf the Skin, they are tobe cherifhed, with warm Oy| chat
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hatch inic a Difcuffive virtue, as for inftance,
the Oyl of Rue, Orrace, Dill, and {weet Mar-
Chap. 9. Of Wounds caufed by the biting of Living (reatures,
OyLof Camomile, of Dull, of Orrace 5. and of Rue, with any one ofthem. . Or elfe let anUnguent be made of Galbanum
and Myrrh, ,, Buc all chings whatfoever that
are moit, and chat eafily bring ina Pucrid- nefs, they are all of them to be avoided, and no ufe made .of them... And there arealfo certain internal Medicaments to be admini- ftred, as the Root of Birthwort, Gentian, Ellecampane, Cencaury che lefs, Ammonia- cum with Honey... . :
But if afcer Contufion or Concorfion (by reafon, of.che conflux of the chick Humors) thereremain a hardnefs in che Nerve or Ten- don, and that thereupon a Numnefs and ftu- pidity be excited in che parr, chen Emolliencs and Digeitives are ro be laid on; fuch as ace, the Roor.of Marfh-mallows, of whice Lillies, Bdellium,. Ammoniacum, Galbanum, and the great Diachylon. |
And Laftly,. Ifthe Ligaments be bruifed, and writhed ouc of their places, chen there areto be laid on thofe Medicaments that have inthema virtue and faculty of heating, dif- cuffing, and ftrengthing the heat of the part 5 and fuch are the Oy! of Maftick, Spikenard,
Orrace, Spike, che Emplaftrum Barbarum,
andthe black Emplafter., Or, |
Take Oyl of Maftich, Spicknard, Spike, of each one ounce, Bdellium, two drams.; Saffron, one fcruple 3 Wax aa much as. will {uffice, and makean Unguent.
Chap. 19.. Of Wounds caufed by
the biting of Living (reatures.
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joram. But if withal che Skin be bruiled, | G Nco Wounds with a Contulion there be-
firft ofall, the white of an Ege mingled with the Oyl of Rofes is to be laidon, to mitigate the pain. Andthencthe pain being fomwhat moderated, the part is to be cherifhed and fomenced with Aftringent Wine; and afcer- wards (according as Galen writeth thac ic Was in frequent in ufe with Wraftlers, who have ofrentimes fuch bruifes befalling chem) aCatapla{m of Bean-meal and Oxymel is to be impofed.. There is here likewife much com- mended the Leaves of the Elm boy ledin Oy], and applied; as likewile the Afhes of the final fooots of the Vine mingled with the Fat of a‘Hen, and Vinegar... And if fome extra- ordinary Vehement pain be joyned together with the affect, then Liquid Pitch, with
| Oxymel and Bean-meal may be mingled,
boyled, and laid.on.as horas the Patient can well endure ic. But if we fee that. there is eaufe of more drying, then we may,mingle
with che former the meal of the Pulfe Eranm,
or the Pouder of thé Orrace Root of Ilyrium
| andthe place ought tobe anoynted with the
long likewifle even chofe that are caufled by the biting of Living Creatures, and Bul- lets.fhoc from Guns; touching which our purpofe is therefore to treat in {pecial, and particularly. And inche firft place, as con- cerning Wounds that are made by the biting of Living Creatures, we inrend to creat of them here inthis Chapt. as they are void of Poyton: and of the bicing of PoyfonousCrea- tures our purpofe is cofpeak afterward, in the 21,Chaprer. For ic fomtimes fo happeneth that a man may be bicten by a Dog, Ape, Horfe, Afs, or other Creatures that are not poyfonousormad; or elfe one man may be biccen by another. Buc Cornelius Celfus Cin his 5. B. and 27. Chap.) writeth, chac all bitings whatfoever of wildé Beafts have in themacertain kinde.of, Poyfon: which in- deed cannot well be denyed of wilde Crea- tures. For fince tharthe very {pitcle of liv- ing Creatures hath in it a great power and viccue, Cin fo much that if there be any ching vicious in the Body it eafily drinketh ic up) Ddd this bs
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this {piccle may together with the biting eafi- whol hand, a Continual fever, a reftlefnefs