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caught by Experience ic felf, ic being very wel known, that by the hard and vehement rubbing of wood one piece againft another the Country people do fomecimes raife afire; | and that the Axletrees of Mil-wheels, unlefs they be often moyftened with fat, are very apt co be inflamed and fet on fire. And.chira- | ly alfo, the very fameis by experience con- firmed in thefe bullets 5 fincethat oftentimes | qt hath been found, that ¢ in villages ) the| ftraw or thatched houfes have by thefe bul-| lets been fet on fire; andchat whole houfes have been burnt down thereby. Fourthly, they fay alfothat other things that are wont | to happen in combuftions oc burnings, do | appear jikewife in thofe Wounds; to wit, | that the woundiic felf becomecth black, that | there flow forth from thence fharp, ftinking | and black Ichores (orthin Excrements) and | that the inflammation (as itis wont co be in| all combuftions or burnings )is augmented | even untill che Ninth day, and chen after this diminifhed.
, Andchirdly, thofe chat deny The third Opi- | that chere is prefent in thefe Aen. } Wounds any poyfon or burning
defence there- | Chelg opinion. And indeed inthe of. firft place, they in this manner
fighr,. and oppofe themfelves a- 1. That there aie PP
ri bay Sled ) Wounds.Firft of al ( fay they)
from the Gua- } if there be any poyfon in fuch powder. , fhot, ic is brought in and caufed|
}eainft this poyfoning of the)
2. Notfiom | come from the leaden bullec, the Bult. © } Foricis moft mahifedt, thac the \ bullec of lead ¢ efpecially if ic be whole ) cannot poflibly bring any poytom along withit;andic appeareth even from this, that many: carry abouc incheic bodies fuch
| bullecs chat have been {hoc into chem, fome-
times for thefpace of many yeats, and this without any hurt or damage ac al. Yea fome have {wallowed bullets of lead, and caft them forth again by the belly, withoue any the leafthurc. Andicisa ching very wel known, thae Lead,and fuch various Medica - ments as have fromic been. made, have been by the Ancientsand our felves very fueces-
|fully adminiftced unto the External parts;
for the curing of old Ulcers. Buc now that {uch bullecs may indeed be poyfoned (as we fhallafterwards fhew you ) this they dehy not: but this happeneth not usro al. fuch ;wounds 5. as we fhall anon furcher fhew you.
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| And chat chere is alfo no bur- ining prefentinthe Wound they Md ovre.* thus proveic. For firft of alt
| bxrning, bow ' .. = Wage ae | if thefe W ounds fhould bring in any burning at all, chen che bul-
| Wounds as are inflicted by gun-| lets themfelv es ought tobe fired, and there-
upon melted; whereas nocwithftanding, we
either from the Gun-pouder, or elfe from the bullet. ihat it proceedeth not fromthe Gun- powder, appeareth from hence, that thofe things of which ic is compounded are not poytonous: for iris made of Brimftone,Nitre and Coals: ofall which not oneof them is poyfonous. For boththeSulphur, andthe Nicre, aremade ute of in che ftead of internal Medicaments, both,by the Ancient, and by the Modern Phyficians alfo; and this is a thing fo generally wel known, that it need- eth not any proof ac all. And much lefs have thefeCoals any thing of poyfon in them. And although that this powder shal be kind- led, yet nocwithftanding ic cannot from thence acquire any poyfonoufnefs, fince thac firedoth rather confumethen produce vene- nofity or poyfonoufnels. And that this pow- der 1s not poyfonous, there are many Soldiers that have fufficiently proved 3 who ‘have made gréat ule of it Ccogether with vinegar ) for the Curing.of the Plague : andthey ufe coburnic inhoufes, intime of a great plague | to drive itaway; and toipreferve themfelves
feethec che bullets are taken whol our of | Wounds, and appear co have fuffered io fuchthing, Secondly, this burning fliould rather be perceived inthofe chingsthac are more combuftible 5.and chis burning fhould firftofallappear efpecially inthe Clothes of thofechat are in this manher wounded: whereas notwithftanding, there is not the leait appearance ot fhew of any burning itt thefe Garments; whecher Linenor Woolen: yea and chofe who endeavorto defend fhips. aud houfes from the violence and bldws of thefe bullets, what do they?Do they not hang before them Sacks filled ful of Wooll or hurds? Which were yet nevet knownicobe
fet on fire by thefe bullets,no not by the gréaz
teft ofthem. Neicher may any one here ob- ject, and fay thac there isgreac differetice bectweenthe parts of mans body, and Gar- ments,and fuch likethings. For fiuch things
asthefe (by reafon,of the widnefs of their paflages, may be piérced thorow by this moft
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compactednefs chereof; and chac:the fame happeneth here’ which is wont in the ligh-| tening that oftentimes melreth che Sword, | without hurcing the Scabbard. But there is here a very vaft difference be- tween the Lightening anda Bullec. © For the whole Action of the Lightening 1s by a moft powerful Spirit; and by a moft fubtile fubftance that pierceth through all things whatfoever: bucict is noc yet proved, thac there is Joyned with the Leaden Bullec any fuch{piric; but here the whole Adtion is of the Bullec ic felf, which neicher burneth things that are chin and permeable, nor yet Wood, (and other things of a thick fub- ftance) upon which it not only glanceth, buc diredtly ftriketh againft. Thirdly, fince that there is hardly any thing to be named thac is more inflamable then che Gun-pou- der 5 if thefe bullets fhould burn the Body of Man, itfhould much more kindle and fer on Fire the Gun-pouder 5 which yet never- thelefs ic doth not dos experience 1¢ felf ceftifying, andceaching us, thac alchougha Veffel chat is ful of fuch Gun-pouder fhall be fhot through by fuchabullet, yet thac the faid Gun-pouder is noc hereby kindled and feton Fire. But if at any time ic fo chance chat by aBullec fenc out of a Gun the Gun- pouder be fired, this happeneth becaule that either the flame irfelf penecratech unto the Pouder; or elfe chac the Bullet ftriking againft Iron, or fome Stone, is kindled by | the {parks of Fire, juftas we fee icco be in che ftrikiny together of the Sreel and the Flinc-ftone. ‘ourchly, if inftead of the; Leaden bullet, eicher Papper pellecs or pel-| lets of Hurds be ram’d into the Gun, and chen fhoc forth, there wil] not appear any the leaft cokens of any burning in them (cau- fed either by the Gun-pouder, or elfe from the vehemency of motion; ) but only, thar fomcimes they are fullied by the Gun -pou- der, and made a little black; and they are ofcentimes drawn forth of the very Wounds as wholeand entire as they went in. Fifth- ly, Thofe who are thus wounded do not fee] any heat or burning fromthefe bullets, but only a pain from the bruiling and rearing of the flefh © Sixthly, That chofe bullets are not made hot ¢ither by rhe flame of the Gun-pouder, or elfe by the {wifcnefs of their | motion, weare fufficiently affured of it even | by chis, thaca bullec made of Wax, and fhoc | forth ofa Gun, doth not at all melc, but chae it even piercech chrougha two inch board, or any piece of Wood two Kingers thick. And from this alone it may appear very manifeft- chat thofe bullets, whatfoever ic be that they do, it isnot by the power and virtue of any | Fire that they have inthem, but whaccthey /
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amans Body; by reafon of theclofenefs and | effect, is meerly by their force, and violenee,
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open unto you my thoughrs,and The Decifion of give my Judgment touching this? 4 the opiaions, Controverfie; I conceive the !
third Opinion ( well weighing the Reafons thac are brought for it) to be the moft agree- able cotruth. Bucthofe Arguments that are brought for the two former Opinions may ealily be anfwered. - For the firft of the three, who defend, cthac chofe Wounds are poyfonous, they do not proveit by this, chac firft of all grievous and dangerous Symptoms do infeft thofe that are wounded in this man- ner. ForallchofeSymptoms may poffibly proceed from a Contution ific be not rightly cured, orif itbe overgreat, and charchere be from hence a putridnefs excited. For when that bullet doch with the greateft vio- lence that may be penetrace through thole parcs againft whichithitrech, ic dafheth to- gether all whatfoever lieth inits way, bruif- ech, andtearethit 3 by which faid violence not only the Capillary Veins, and the Arte-~ riés and Nerves, (that be every where up and down difperfed throughouc the flefh) are renc andtorn; buc the greater Veffels like- wife are barrered and broken 3 infomuch rhac
| the Narural flux of the Blood and the Spirits
is hereby hindered‘; whereupon the bruifed parts béing deprived of their Nacural and Vital heat are eafily corrupted, and foon putrifie. the trembling of the Hearc, and the like Sympcoms do happen unroall chat are thus wounded. Bur as for what they fay inthe fecond place, thac Alexipbarmaca (or Coun- cer- poyfons )have been {omtimes found very good and commodious for the perfon thus wounded; we anfwer, that this isnot crue of all Wounds made by Gun-fhot; but of chofe only, when by the Contufion, and the great putridneds following thereupon, and che neer approaching of a Gangrene, the Heart ishure by the putrid Vapors, afcen- ding from the Woundthrough the Arteries ; and thereupon it is by Alexipharmick and Cordial Medicaments to be defended from them, and wichal ftrengthened. . Buc, chae thofe Wounds are a long time to be kepe open, this is noc therefore to bedone, thar
fo the poyfon may be evacuated; but that.
the Pus that is continually, generated from the bruifed parts may be emptied forth, whichis done too flowly, in regard that in fuch Wounds as thefe there is very much of that thacis bruifed. And Laftly, for what they alleadg, that in many batclesthe moft of chofecthac have been wounded, eicher they have Died, oreliethey have been preferved with very great pains and much difficulty ;
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Chap. 20. Of the Wounds by Gun-fhot.
the Wounds inflicted by Gun-fhot were poy- fonous 5 (fince chat in very many other bar- tles no fuch thing hath been obferved, ) buic ic happened from hence, towit, either by rea- fon of che bad and unhealthful Confticucion ofthe Aic; or elfe from the vicious and un- found Confticution of the Body, and the great {tore of depraved Humors in thefe wounded perfons; fuch as is moft com- monly wonc ctobeinchofe that follow the
Camp. |
But now in f{pecial, and particularly, the poyfonoufnels of chofe Wounds cannor; be proved co arife eicher from the Gun-pouder, oc from the bullet. For (as we alfo cold youbefore) neicher isthe Sulphur, nor che Nitre, nor yec che Coals, all or any one of them poyfonous; and therefore furely of thefe chere can nothing be compounded that is poyfonous. And that Sulphur and Nitre may be fafely adminiftred, appearecth out of Diofcorides his 5. B. and 23. Ch. and out of Hippocrates, in his B. of the Nature of Women; and others, both Ancientcand Modern. Now the kindling andinflaming of chefe, andche Fire following thereupon, would rather dif- fipate this poyfon (if any fuch were prefenc) then any. waies produce it. Neither do thofe chac make this pouder ftop cheir Mouths and Nofethrils, by reafon of any poyfonous qualicy that it hath, buc to keep ouc the pouder, that is otherwile very troublefom when ic gets inco che Mouth or Nofechrils: neicher yet do all chac make pouder ftop the aforefaid places, alchough fome do for thereafon I have given you.
And moreover, much lef can chis poyfon- oufnefs be produced from the Lead. For although it being long deteined inthe Body, and there refolved, likeunco other Metals, Cific contract any cuftinefs) ic may poflibly do hurc: buc yet neverchelefs, chac in this its moment any paffage through the Body there fhould be any poyfon imprinted by - An (as we told youabove) thefle bullets have fomtimes been kuownco lie in the Body for many yeecs together, wichout any inconve- nience or hurt: yea and moreover, from lead there are many very ufeful Medicaments to bemade, for External Ulcers. | ne _ Bucchis we eafily Cand of out own accord) yield unto, and readily grant them; chat thofe Bullets, .as alfo all other Weapons, may be infected with poyfon. For alchough the Lead bethick enough, yet neverthelefs, fince chat Iron that is yec far more folid may be infected with Poyfon, why may not Lead alfo be poyfoned? Now that Iron may be infected with poyfon, there is nodoube at
ently ceftifyedby che Hiftories (both Anci- ent and Modern) of thofe Nations that as yer ufe Arrows. And this we are affured of by Diofcorsdes(in his fixth Book, and 21.Chapt.3 and by Paulus gineta, Cin his fixthB.and 88. Chap.) and by Virgil, Cin the tenth B. o £ his Eneids, andelfewhere) asalfo by Ovid jin his .3.B.de Trifkibws. Andof chisthere |1s no queftion at all tobe made, But here lieth che queftion,. whecher or, no every Wound inflicted by the bullec our of a Gun be poyfoned; .and thisLdeny. And there- fore, like as we cannoctruly conclude, cthac becaufe thac Wound which is inflicted by a poyfoned Sword is poyfoned, therefore that all Wounds inflicted by the Sword are mor- tal: foalfo we can no more rightly and truly conclude thus, if there be fome certain W ounds made by Gun fhoc, that are poy- foned, therefore they are all fuch. Neither isthere any reafon, why any one (with Pg- réus his 10. B. Apologifin 2.) fhould think, that there is in Fire power enough (and more then, enough) to diflipate all che ftrength of the poyfon, if any fhould chance to be pou- redupon the buller. For (as we fhall after, wards prove) and as even Pareus himfelf€ eranteth, chofe bullets out of Guns can by no means get any {uch great hear, as chac chere- by (like as by Fire) the poyfon (if any fuch there be prefent) may be dillipated and con-
fumed, Mes: eit Buc now, in what manner thefe bullets may “be infected, whether only by being anoynted, (as Pureus is of opinion) orelfe by an infufion of the very poyfoned fub- {tance it felf (which he denieth) of this I dif; pute noc. And yer neverthelefs, I do noe think ic a thing alcogether impoflible, _thac {ome poyfoned fubftance Cif noc vegetable, yet Mineral) may be given, which by infufi- on may be mingled cogether with the Lead, andcthere remain. But I fhall not contend ac all in che maintaining of this my Opi- nion, neither fhall I cake muuch pains to difcover whecher there be any fuch, yea;
orno. ey And whereas they would by the inftance they give of che Lightening prove their opini- on 3 we anfwer chat there is not fo greata tefemblance between the Lightening and the Report or blow of a Gun, as they think. For indeed that there is oftentimes in Lighte- ning a cercain kinde of poyfonou{nefs, ic can-: notbe denied. But inthe blow or Noife of a Gun there is no fugh thing, as we have be- fore already provett.ouc of its Compolition. Neither doth any flame from the kindled, pouder penetrate unto the Wound it felf ; but whacfoever the bullet doth ic performeth by
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by its violence and motion, after the-manner of other things that are caft forth. with vio- lence, as Arrows, and Stones caft forchiof flings. Butnow, for what reafonthings chus caft forth by aviolent and vehement: motion fhou!d work fuch effects, hereis no fit place for me cto difpuce.. And if there be any re- fernblance at all between the Lightening and Guns, this likenefs isratherin:che Fire from the Gun-pouder being kindled and caft forth, then in the Leaden bullets.
And Laftly, Their telling of us thac in fome certain battles. fuch as have been woun- ded by thefe kind of Bullets they have moft of them died of-their Wounds, neither doth. this prove the poyfonoufnefs of thefe Wounds. For neither doth this happenin all battles, Cas we likewife cold you before) but very many have been Cured and recove- red of the moft dangerous and defperace Wounds. And chisif ic fhall fomcimes hap- pen, itis to be afcribed cither unto the Malice of the enemy, infecting thefe bullets with peyfon, orelferotheill difpofition of the wounded bodies, or laftly, even unto che vitious Air it felf. For ic isaching well known, that che Bodies of Souldiers (by rea- fon of thac ill courfe of Dyet they keep) are very much difpofed unto the Plague, and other Difeafes: in whom Wounds, if any happenuntothem, may eafily prove Mortal; like as the Wounds of Hydropick and other Cacochymical perfons are wont tobe very dangerous. And there is Jikewife no doubt to be made, bur that the Air becoming im- pureand corrupt, both by the unfeafonable- nefs of the weather, the Crazy Conftitution of the yeer, andtheimpuricies, and naftinefs thacalwaiesfolloweththeCamp, may caufe the wounds to bethe more dangerous. - And evermore in fuch like Wounds theill difpofi-
tion of the Bodies, andthe V itious Confti- |
tution of che Air, bring more danger untorhe party, then in other Wounds inflicted and made without any bullet. For in thefe latcer there isno fuch great need of fuppuration ; but in thofe ocher Wounds that are not made without much bruifing, there is altogether great need of Suppuration, and Supparating Medicaments. Neicher without thefe can fuch W ounds by bruifing be any waies Cured; which faid wounds in Bodies that-are a1! dif- poled dovery eafily get a pucridnefs; which the feavers that follow, andthe bad Symp- toms ate eafily able toexcite. ‘Neither in- deed is this any new kind of wound. ~For although that theinventton of Guns, andthis cafting forth of the Leaden bullets benew 5 yet che manner of the wound is not at all new, (as being wel known both unto Hippoerates and Galen)co wt, Contufion, or bruifing,
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And yet neverthelefs our expert Chirurgeons be
de not reft chemfelves. in che alone ufe of. Suppuratives, butif there be any. fear of a
puugidneis nigh athand, which may very ea- lily produce a Gangrene, they then ule the HBpyptiack Unguent, and other Medicaments that may prevent and keep off the Gangrene; as we fhall anon have: occafion to.fpeak fur- ther hereof, when we come'to thew youthe Cure; which yet notwithftanding oughe fo to be ordered and contrived, that they may not alcogether hinder the fuppuration 3 fince that no wound made wich Contution or brui- fing can poflibly be healed, untefs chag whichis bruifed be converted into Pus.
Now as for that other Opinion of thofe who affert chat there isa burning or Bmpy- reuma conjuyned with thefe wounds, neither havethefe any firm Reafons to ground their ,Opinionupon. For that our German Phyfi- poe and Chirurgeons call chefe their Medi-
caments that arein thefe wounds ac the ver | firft adminiftred, Pulver le {chung, that is, | Extinguifhers of the Empyreuma or burning
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is grounded upon a falfe fuppofiction ; for they who at firft gave this appellationunto thefeMedicaments did falfely beleeve, chac there was an ‘Empyreuma joyned with chefe
was firft of allto be extinguifhed. Buc now all chofe Medicaments perform nothing elfe, but that chey either turn into Py all that in che wound that is bruifed, andiohinder and | prevent putridnefs 5 or elfe they keep off, and turn away the inflammation, if, there be any nigh at hand. Now chat thefe fuppura- ting Medicaments differ fomwhat from thofe fuppurations that are wonc to be adminiftred in other Wounds and Ulcers, there is no wonder in this: For above, (in the firft Part, and 6. Chapt. and -likewife a licrle before, in the 18 Chap. of this fourth Part, touching a Wound with Contufion) we told youthac in Contufions thofe hot and moift fuppuratives have no place at all, bur chac | from the ufe of thema putridnefs and often- | times alfo a Gangrene is thereupon excireds and that therefore thofe Medicamenrs that were more drying, and fuch as refit purrid-
they hkewife ftrengthen Nature in her generating of Pus) are neceffarily ‘requi- red.
But now the Reafons they alleadg for this their‘Qpinion have in them very little of fo- lidity. For firft, whereas they afferc tha thofe bullets are as ic were fired by the Gun- pouder when itis'kindlad, this isfalfe; and above ‘by thofe Arguments we brought for the third Opinion, it was fufficiently proved,
that
that happeneth from the Gun-pouder 3 this ~ |
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nefs (provided, that in the mean time
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ta a ‘on Fire by the {aid Gun-pouder. And then this, thacthe Contutfion is greacer and more Hey furthermore, whereas they think chat chofe grievous thac is caufed by a bullet thor forth eu ulea, fa |bullecs are made hot by their violent and) nigh athand (in regardthacit ftrikes with a dine ll ‘{wift motion, (and co prove this, they Cite | greater violence)thenthe Contufion or bruife Cantina Ariftotle, as a witnels on their fide; for! chat cometh from thac bullec chac is fhoc ac a nea ait | Ariftotle indeed, in the place before alleadged, 'ereac diftance, and ftriketh more weakly, W vOurhall wriceth, that motianis wont co fet on hire But Fourthly, As for what concerneth the
pk i ‘poch Wood and Scones, and even Iron it; Symptoms that appear in thefe Wounds 3 we they ng i felf ; and this he confirmeth by experience ;) an{wer, that all thefe donot procced from +c /Mlanto this we thus reply; that this may be; any Empyrewma or burning, but from the
t) done, there isaneceflity that there be cwo| Contution; and they appear alfo in thofe ‘hard and folid bodies long rubbed hard one ‘other Wounds in which there is prefent ng B againft the other. But char Lead, or anyo-; Empyreuma, not burning, acall. Andthac Wher Mecal, fhould by cheir motion through at length about the ninth day the wound ap- peareth to bein a better condition, and whac this was never yet. 1s corrupted begins co be feparated 3 this hap- For if this were! peneth not only in Wounds wich burnings, done, then Arrows alfo (chat oftentimes are and where there is an Efchar;. but alfoin
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any flame Cwhich together with che bullecis fent forth of the Gun) touch the Houfe; or ifthere be any kinde of Fewel, or Combu- ftible matcer fic te feed the Fire, cied and faftened unto the bullet, as Incendiaries are wonttodo. Bucif ic be from chat flame, or from fiery Matter; and if the bullec only touch the ftraw, neither ic, as neither Wooll, nor Hurds, ner Gun-pouder ic felf can be kindled; as before werold you inthe Argu- ments that were broughc for the third Opi-
nion. , | . Neither is there any place here for that
his Sclopetarins or Gunner) where he wriceth that ifthat bullec be fent forth of the Gun ar adiftance, anda great way off, or elfe that it hic any pare char is covered with Clothes, that chen tlieW ound 1s wichout an Empyren- ma or burning: bucif the Wound beinflidted by fucha bullet out of aGun nigh ac hand, or if ic light upon a part of che Body that is naked and bare, thac chen the Wound may have Joyned with ita heat.and burning. For
alchough thac the flame from che kindled
Gun-pouder, breaking forth of the Gun, may neer at hand huce che beard, andthe Hairs of the Head, or likewife the Clothes ; yer notwithftanding ic is alrogether a thing in- credible, chat the flame by thac {mal Wound of the Skin (through which the buller pene- traceth inco che Body) fhould togecher with the bullec break in, and pierce fo far intorhe Body. Neicher doth there appear any dif- ference between Wounds made by bullets,
W ounds; being that it is no waies hard, as an Efcharis; bucflefh greatly bruifed, which forchwich diech ;° whereupon it likewife be- ‘cometh black; and yec neverchelefs, iris fomtimes likewife difcoloured, and made blackby che beat of chat Gun-pouder with | which the bullec ic fouV’dand fullied, By al whichic may dufficienc- “ i ily atats what a4 Nature of es Ichefe Wounds is; to wic, that! d'by Gun Web. ic is only with fome norable hs Contulion and tearing of thofe parts through which the bullet paffeth: And although the ‘parc may clofe ac Hand, and at aneer dift- ‘ance, be burnt by che flame of the inflamed 'Gun-vouder, yet this appertaineth not unto ‘che Wound it'felf; neicher isthe parc burne ‘withing And we likewife grant thac thefe ‘bullets may poflibly beinfected by poyfon; ' but chis is no way effentialunco thefe wounds but a ching meerly accidental: like as,if any one fhal be wounded by a poyfoned Sword, | this poyfoning is no way of the effence of the | W ound. | boy i heh But that which hath deceived all chofe of this Opinion, is this, that other Symptoms happen unto thefe wounds, and that cthefe /wounds require another kind of Cure then | chofe Wounds that are caufed by Arrows. But thefe oughe better to have confidered, ' phat théfe isa very great difference betwee. | chofe wounds, For Arrows are fharp, and 'they make a wound’by Curtings bur chofe. bullets are rounu and blunc, and cherefare | they hurt: by breaking and bruifing;: upon which there nally Salon a Corsuption, a6 £
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Coms. The Differences.
The Differences of thefe Wounds are rifhing colour of the part, and ics inclining taken. 1.Fromthegreatnefs ofthe Wound; untoayellow, and Leaden colour; by the to wit, thac fome are great, fome but {mal, remitting of the pain without any apparent
fome fuperficial, others more deep. 2. From caufe, and by the ceafing ofthe beating, and’ | the part affected; that fomctimes only the by the ftupidity of the part, and by other
Flefh and the Skin are wounded, but fom- like figns of tae Gangrene, fuch as we have
times the Nerves and Tendons, Yea andthe above fhewn unto you, in the fecond Part, and‘
greater Veffels are broken, Yeaand the ve-| 19. Chapter. ry bones likewife are broken and fhattered. 3. Another Difference is from the manner, ‘chat a Man isfomtimes wounded only in one
Prognofticks.
But now, that we may not here again re-
parc; and fomtimes the whole Body, or! peat thoie Prognofticks which they have in’
fome one parc thereof is wholly fhoc; common with other Wounds, and which we through: and fomtimes alfo the bullet paff- have declared unto you above, in the third eth quicethrough the part, andthen at other} Chapter.
times it ftickech yer ftil in the parc: and| 1. All thofe Wounds, fince that they
fomtimes only the bullet penecrateth into’ have Joyned wich chem an extraordinary °
the Body 3 but fomrimes again it carrieth a-!and notable Contufion, they are therefore
Jong with ic into the Body fome of the fat more dangerous chen chofe Wounds that _
weapon, or fomething elfe through which |are inflicted wich a Sword or Dart. “And it paffeth. haciae as we ney opie) of thefe : a 2° ounds made with che Sword, (astoin- Signs Diagnoftick. \ftance, the Wounds inflicted on a Belly, There is no need that 1 declare unto you jGuts, and Bladder) many have been recove- thofe figns by which thefe wounds 3n general jred; but ic isa very rarething for any tobe are known; feeing ic will be fufficient to}cured of thofe Wounds that are inflicted by know that the party was wounded with a| Gun-fhotr. bullec fhot forch of aGun. Buc now what} 2. Buralthough that tchofe Wounds be fat parts they are that are Wounded, thisis co|more dangerous chen the wounds that ate in- be difcovered either by putting in the Probe; flicted by the Sword; yet norwithftanding we or elfe it may be known from the very Scicu- | muft not rafhly forfake the Patient, and give ation of the parts, with the which Anatomy |the Cure over; feeing that even here Nature
will acquaint us. Ifthe Nervous parts chance is likewife wont oftentimes to work miracles
flow Maturation and generating of the Pus; by the extinguifhmenc of the frefh and flou- |
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upon; co wit, if the colour of che flefh be|/recovered, and done well: and Hiftories to
more Wan and Leaden-coloured then ic was} wont cto bes if there likewife happen an ex.| traordinary heavinefs and flugg ifhnefs of the whole Body ; if there be atrembling and pal- pitation of the hearr, Faintings and Swoun- dings,and other {uch ikeSymptoms as thefe, | and that there be no other Caufe appearing from which fuch Symptoms might proceed. Which norwithftanding even the very confi- deration ofthe bullet (if ic be chere prefent) wil fufficiently teachus. For if che bullet differ from allthe other chings in colour, ar in any thing elfe, there is then great caufe to fufpedé& its being infected with poyfon: and} this is confirmed, ifthe bullec being put into!
this purpofe we very frequently meer withal,
and they are well known: and Guilbelmus Fabriciws giveth us likewife a very notable Obfervation, and a fingular way of Curing thefe kinde of Wounds; as we may finde ic in the third B. of his Obferwations.
3. If therebe many (Cand chofe the more noble parts) chat'are wounded, bruifed, and
corn; and efpecially if wichal the Bones be. and impaired, the —
any of them broken W ound is then {c much the more dangerous, and the more difficulc to Cure:
4 And hitherco are co be referred thofe parts that caneafily draw the principal parts intcoa confent with them; fuch as are the
a hot fire, we take goed notice whether or no there exhale from it any ching that is, blackand ftinking, or elfe whether the bul- | let it felf being again cooled, there ftickany | thing unco the outfide of icy and change val colour |
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faintings; andche Syncope, yea and alfo che ;to be drawn forth of che Wound; and this is Fluxes Diarrbea. And this Ambrofe Parry | co be done either at the very firft dreffing; or obferved in Count “Mansfield; who (as this | if ic benot chen fic to be done, or chat it car Author relateth in his tenth B. aud 12. Chap. | not then be done 3 we arethen co doit at fome and in his 16. B. and 49. Chap.) having recei-| other time during the Cure. Now the bul yeda Wound inhis lefe Arm, out of ic Na-| lets are wont co be drawn forth the fame way ture fent forth by the Belly a Purulenc and | they went in, and likewifechac way whither frinking Sanies or thin Excrement. Yea they cend: for if che buller fhall pene- and in other Wounds alfo ic fomtimes hap- ‘erate very deep, fo that ic be found tobe
eneth, chat boch Blood and Sanies is empci- “neerer unto the oppolite part, and that ed forth by fiege, (that is, by the Belly, ) through the Skin and che Flefh lying under- and likewife by che Bladder; like as.4m-|neath it may be felt; then the parc being brofe Parry hath an inftance and example of | openedby-an incilion, che bullet is’ by itco this thing, in the glleadged 16. B. and 49.|be drawn forth. But ifthe bullec fhalinoc
Chapter. AslIhave alfo given you the like | pierce fo deep that it may conveniently be
example in the fecond B. of our Praétife,|dtawn forth on the oppofice part; chen the