Part II.

unto wbite Oyl) appearetb ingreat Ulcers, that
are upon the point of healing. Yet notwith-
ftanding others there are thac do otherwife ufe
thefenames. Yec neverthelefs, if we wil {peak {
properly, Pus, with che Greeks Puon, is that
excrement of the ulcerthat hath its original from |) Blood, or from. the flefh bruifed and diffolved, and it appeareth in ulcers that are void of alother |i excrements, or fuchas have been juft now clean= | fed from other excrements, Al the reft oftheex- 9
crements that proceed from other humors, al-
though they may be comprehended under the 9 name of Ichor or Sanies; yet neverthelefs che [ij
moft do diftinguith becween Sanies and Sordes, and they cal thechin and watery excrements by che name of Sanies (which fome docal Virus or Venom) bucche thicker excrements chey cal Sor= des; {o chat from the chin excrement the ulcer is rendered moift, and from the chick ic is made for= did and foul,
Signs Diagnoftick.
Ulcers wich che afflux of humors are known, Firft, by che Tumor or Swelling chat appeareth hot only inthe lips, but likewile in che neer ad- joyning parts. Andchen (next ofall_) from che pain, which is very grievousand croublefome un- to the fick Perfon, e(pecially if che Netvous parts be affected. Thirdly, from che great ftore of ex- crements, whichis far greater than what it was wont Co be, proportionably according to the mag- nitude or bignels of che Ulcer. And laftly, albe- ic there be Jikewifle adminiftred all things chat are neceffarily requiced unto the Cure chereof, yea we find the Cuce of them very difficulc 5 in regard chac che flowing humors hinder che Cure.
Prognofticks.
tT. All Ulcers ( as we faid but now_) with an afflux of che humors are very hard co cute; in res gard chat from the afflux of the humors che Ulcer 1g rendered moift, gains growth and increafe there- by, {wellechup, andthe pain is likewafe hereby
2. But by how much the afflux of the bumor | ‘isthegreater, andby how muchalfoche humor |
and Pus have certain {pecies or kinds diftinguifh-' chat flowech thereto is che worfe, by {0 much |
ed by their Greek names. Por there ws a certain
kind of Sanies, robich a termed either Ichor, or cer.
Meliceria, Elaiodes. mation followeth therexpon. much unlike unto white Honey ;
bout the Foynts are burt; and of al thefe places
And there # a Pus that # called Ichor # thin, fomtbing white, and it iffuetb forth of a bad and naughty Ulcer, and efpecially when a Nerve being burt, an Inflam- | cannoc be cured unlefs the Flux be removed, |
The Cure.
’ Firft of all therefore, in regard chat the Ulcer
the more difficuls will ic be co Cure che Ul- |
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Meliceria 7 thicker | therefore che Flux it felf, with all ics Caufes, isto.) @ and more glutinous, fomwbat wbitifh, and not be taken away; and thereupon, whether in che
ke This likerwife if- | whole body, orelfe by che default and fomething | Sueth out of evil Ulcers, wben the Nerves neer a- | far amifs in che Liver, orthe Spleen, the vicious | ‘humor be generated, che generacing of 1c 1s co be
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Chap. 5. Of the fordid, putrid, and corroding Ulcer. 2557 repared and evacuated; touching which very | therthe Concoétion of thehumor. a \(where {poken at large.| Touching the form of che Medicaments this 4s Moreover, left chac che humor fhould flow unto | cobe obferved, chacchey benor of.a moift confi= che affected parr, ic isco be drawn back, intercep- | ftence, noc Oyly and fat, in regard chat chey do ced, and driven back. Among the Revulfive Aids | more loofen and moiften che part, as Galen tels and Remedies, inthe ficft place we efteem and | us in bis ficft Book of che Compofition of Medica= account of Iffues that are made in che con-) ments, Chap. 6. and in his fourch Book of the trary part ; becaufe chac che Humor that flow-| Compofition of Medicaments, Chap. 1. & 13. eth unto the part affected, they evacuace and | And yet neverthelels, wevare not alwaiesco perfift empty it forth by fome ocher place. And chefe] in one and the fame kind of Medicaments. For [flues are indeed oftentimes very neceflary in old| ic oftentimes {6 happenech chac whae did once anvetecate Ulcers. For when Nature hath been| orcwice do good, may afterwards (che humor be=
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tious humors by che exulcerated part, if che ulcer | hurtful, by exciting a mordication.or biting ; and be alcogether clofed, and chat there be any of che| chere the Medicament is then to be changed, and
come to pafs that thefe humors regucpitace and | chereof. a bys flow back again into the Veins, and fo rufhinco} Afcerthac the.ulcer is filled up wich ficth, the fome more noble pare bur al this may be preven- | Cicatrice is at length co be broughe over it by E- ced by a Fonticle or Iffue. puloticks. : But che aforefaid Defenfives do intercept 5 Guido in bis Tratt.4, Dock. 1. Chap. 2. upon which are to be impofed above the exulcerated | {uch ulcers asthefe, advifech us to lay ona thin part, in the found parc, coward the root of the | Leaden Plate with a hole bored through ic. For Veflels, inthofe places where the Veins being big- | Lead being thus beaten into athin Place cooleth, er do appear more confpicuoufly ; which faid | and therefore is of fpecia] ufe in {uch hike ulcers, Veflels (through which the humor floweth) they | ifa ficting Ligacure be added; in regard that ic
- ftcengthen and thus up, and withal drive back che | preffech forth the humor out of the part affected;
humor. And chey are formed ouc of thofe Medi- | and hindereth che influx thereof into che parc ex= caments that are dry and aftringenc ; fuch as are, | ulcerated.
Bole-armenick, Dragons boos at of Red ‘39 Rofes, Pomegranate flowers, the inds of Pome- fi ; " 3
pranates, atlas Allum with che whice of an Egg, Chap. a Of the fordid, putrid, and Oyl of Myrcle, Oyl of Rofes, auftere or fharp COrVVOaing Ulcer.
Wine, aftringent Waters: Ouc of which Ca‘a- | r
plafms or other Medicaments are prepared. 2 Ea moift ulcers chac are accompanied with *” Bur then unto the pace affected 1c felf Repellers an afflux of Humors are for the moft pare areto be applied, that fo che Humots chat do as \thereby made fordid and foul ( fuch as che Greeks yet fluctuate in che Veffels of the affected part !calRupara) co wit, if chat chick and fnotty ex-
may berepelled. And therefore the exulcerated | ccement (which in {pecial they cal Sordes.) flow part, or che parts neer untoit, are to be wafhed | forth; and putrid, ifthe faid excrement breach with Allum Water, che Wacer ot Decoction of| fortha grievous and noyfom {mel, like unto thag Plantane, of Rofes, of Pomegranate flowers, the| ofa dead Carkafs. For fordid and purrid ulcers Roots of fweec Cyperus, Cinquefoyl, and che} (as Guido in bis Tract. 4. Doct.1. Chap. 3. tele like : buc che neer adjacent parts are to be anoin- | lech us) differ only.in degrees, viz. in this, Thac red with the unguent of Bole. And in the mid-| che one is fuch ina greater, the other in a lefsde- dle of the Ulcer there is a drying Pouder|pree. For if che exccements of che ulcer be fim- to be jaid on, of Licharge, Tuccy, Lead,| ply chick and fordid, then we cal it.afordid ulcers Corals, Bole-armenick, Chalcitis, the white une | but if chey likewife receive a putridneis, infomuch guenc of Rbafis, and unguent Diapompholyx. | chac chey pucrefie and corrupt the fleth that hech Ina word, the Sarcoticks ought here to be ftron- | under.it, andalfo che fofter parts, fo thac chere gerchanin the fimple ulcer that is not peftered | breach forch from thence a noyfom and unfavory wich this flux, that fo they may throughly dry up | vapor, then is is called.a putrid ulcer. the humor chat fticketh in the pores of the pares 5 ye pe
and yet neverchelefs chey muft be {uch as are with- The Canfes.
The nigheft Caufes of this ulcer are depraved
pain exciced. As, } humors, malignant, and fuch as, receive an extra: Take Turpentine one ounce ; the Suet of a\neous and moift heac and putridnef#. And. in- Bull balf an ounce, burnt Lead an ounce, Tutty |deed chefe humors eicher chey flow unco the pare prepared balf an ounce: Mingletbem,@c. affected from fome other place, ot elfe chey be= But yet neverchelefs, if the maccer be crude and [come {uch in che vary partic felf, by reafon of
biting, fome Frankincenfe is to be added, co fuc- |fome diftemper or debilscy in che faid parc, or by, -
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Creeping, and Devouring Ulcers. Signs Diagnoftick.
Sordid ulcers are eafily known by the fight 5 when there appear in them in great abundance Certain Impurities thac are vifcid and clammy 3; when the flefh is become flagpy and foft, and of- tentimes proweth forch toofar. If alfo there be added a purridaefs, and if chere be perceived a grievous ftinking fmel, and {uch as is like unco chat ofa dead Carkafs Ifthe ulcer be corrofive and creeping, if an itching and pain be fele; and
if the ulcer doch continually grow greater.
As for what belongeth unto che figns of the Caufes; ifthe humors flow eicher from che whol body, or from any-one pare thereof, this wil ap- peat by chofe figns chat we have already propoun- ded in the precedent Chapter. If che part be weak, and diftempered, chis may likew:fe be Known by figns of itsown; and there wil then be no appearance at al of any frefh and lively color wnthepare. Ifthe Ulcer hath been made fordid and foul by the weakne{s of any Medicament, chen the ulcer appeareth whicith , and chac whicenefs
encompaffeth about the whol ulcer, like unto a kind of Web, Onthe contrary, if tcheulcec hach been made fordid by a coo ftrong abfterfive Medi- cament, then the ulcer is made hollow, ‘andafter- watd from day today ic becometh more red’; and therefloweth forth a fubrile Pus that is not much in quaptety, but very hoc. Prognofticks.
1. If by reafon of the greac ftore,and the thick- nels of thefe Sordes or imputities che cran{pirati- on be hindered, then chere followeth the cOIrup- tion of the pare 3 and fo of afordid ulcer it af- terward becometh a putrid and’ depafcent orde- vouring ulcer.
3. Ifpuccidnefsbe encreafed in che ulcer, at the length a Gangrene .anda Sphacelus fol-
low, The Cure.
in fordid and putrid ulcers there is ficft of al
great care tobe had in thecourfe of Diets and
the body is co be purged fram al bad and vitious
humors, But upon chem thereis to be put Abfter- {>
Of Praétical Phy/ick.
feof moift, and un- {five and cl
eanfing Medicaments; fuch as are Mule ctuous, and Emplaftick Medicamencs 5. or by rea- |fa,Salc Water, andthofe things chat are made of | i fon of the adminiffting therero rhofe Medica- | the jJuyce of ments that were coo weak in drying, and omit- | meal, ting thofe Dryers that were tequired. And on} Hone the contrary, likewife, the {ame ulcers are made | of Wine doch exceedingly benetic in ¢ fordid, by reafon of overftrong Abfterfives, chat | and clea
Smallapge, of Wormwoacd, Batley ot che biccer Vetch Orobus, Myrrh, and But more elpecially the $3
nling of al putrid ulcers 3. which is chere= ¢to be mingled cogether with che other Medi- Andfomtimes che humor acquireth fo preat an | caments. actimony, thac it corcodeth not only che exulcera-
ted pace, but likewife the found, pare lying neer | th unto it, and from day to day creepeth wider and broader 5 dnd chefe ulcers are termed Corrofive, |
Take Lignum Guajacum, and the Rinds of e fame, of each one ounce; the
‘Root of long Ariftolochy,
tbe leffer Centaury,; Wormwood,and Agrimony,of each one handful; the Rind of the
rankincenfe tree, Myrrb,of each ha'f an ounce = boyl them alin a {ufficient quantity of Wine ; un- to the flraining add of ‘Honey {cummed four oun= ces, the Spirit of Wine one ounce: mingle them,
Take the Root of long Ariftolochy one ounces Wormvood,Centaur
'y the le{s, Agrimony, of each balf a handful ;
boyl them in Wine. ftraining add the flour of the bitter Vetch Orobus balf an ounce ; the pouder of Mirrbivwo drams; ‘Honey of Rofes treo ounces ; Spirit of Wine one ounce 5 ‘Lurpentine as much as voil fuffice 10 make a Liniment.
If he ulcer be become fordid by the alone ufe of Uduous and Oyly Medicaments ; and if that there be no other mote grievous caufe of the foule nefs and naftinefs thereof, chen che milder and gentler fore of Abfterfive Medicaments may {uf- fice : for the drier fore of Medicaments being ad- miniftred, che ulcer is eafily cleanfed,
But if the ulcer be become fordid and foul from the ufe of Medicaments that were overftrong,then che milder are co be impofed; fuchasare the un- guenc Diapompholyx; the ftronger fore of them are, uiguent Apoftolorum , and the A:gy priack
Take the Decottion ¢ ney of Rofes tro ounces, mingle, ce Or,
Take Turpentine and Honey of Roles, of eachbalf an ounce; Meal of Barley, and of tbe biter Vetch Orobus, and Mirrb, of each one dram; Pouder of Floverd dram. Or,
Take the Fuyce of Smallage, and Wormwood, of each one ounce ; of the meal of Barley, of tbe bitter Vetch Orobus, of each one dram ; Turpen- tine one ounce; “Mirrbh two drams; ‘Honey one ounce, and mingle ibem, tc. Or,
Fake Agrimony,Centaury the lefi,of each balf a bandful, boyl them in Wine : unto the firai- ning add the juyce of Smallage two ounces ; Ho- ney of ‘Rofes one ounce; tbe meal of Barley, and of the bitter Vetch Orobus, of each one dram and balf,; Turpentine voafhed in the Spirit of Wine, two ounces; mingle them: and make a Lini-
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A cn i to be impofed Medicaments made of the meal of
the biccer Vetch Ocobus, the root of long Arifto-
lochy, Squils boyledin Wine, and mingled with Honey.
Buc che hollow Ulcer that is fordid and putrid, isto be anoyneed with che Unguent of Bolearme- nick, or fome other Cooler, left chat chere be an afflux of humors exciced from the ufe and biting quality of hoc Medicaments.
Ifthe puccidnels be greater, fo thac there be caufe co fear left chac the pare ic felf may be cor- rupted, chen we areco make ufe of che ftronger fore of chem, which fhall be hereafter deciared and
| fet down in the Chapter of the Gangrene and a
Sphacelus.
And laftly, if che Ulcer be Corrofive, and chat the (ound parts be ‘likewife corroded; then chat chac is corrupted ought to be taken quite away, eicher by incifion, or by Gaucery ( whether aQu- alor potential, itmattersnot much ) until chac at length we come co the found fleth, and char che found and quick fleth be feparated from that which is corrupt and dead. Butas touching chefe things we fhal {peak furcher hereafcer in chae chat followeth couching Phagedena, and a Gangrene, and Spbacelus.
Chap. 6. Of an Ulcer with Tue
mors,
ae the afflux of humorsunto the ulcerated parc there is not only a Diftemper genera- ced, but there oftentimes likewife happen Tu-
MOL. The Canjes.
Now the truchis, chac there isno orher Caufe of chefe Tumors chen what hath been before ex- preffed and explained, touching an Ulcer with the afflux of bumers, and above in che ficft pare of Tumors. Butnow according to che diverficy of che flowing humors, fuch ts likewife the diver- ficy and variecy of the Tumors char are excited, to wit, an Inflammation, an Eryfipelas, Oedema, Bue what humors chey are chat ex- cite chofe Tumors hath been above declared, where we {pake of Tumors.
Signs:
What kind of Tumor this is, and what danger it producech and threateneth, appearech likewile fufficiencly from che places alleadged 5 neither is
there any need ai all chat we repeat apy Ching here of what was there faid.
y) The Cure.
The way, Means, and Mechod of Curing it was there likewife declaced; which is yec neverthe- lefs here in fuch manner co be infticuted, chat che Ulcer may not inthe leaft be negiected.. Ifchere-
an Ulcer. with Tumors.
fore ether the Blood offend in its quantity and overgreat abundance, or elfe if vicious bumors a- bound 1n the body, thete are firft of alf co be eva- cuated.. Inthe next place repard isto be had co the very pare affected, Afcer chis, Medicaments are to beapplied unto the place affe@ted, which may either difculs che humor that isthe Caufe of the Tumor, or elfe converc ic into Pus.
And cherefore in an Inflammation chere oughe to be applied a Cacaplafm made of Quinces boyl- ed witb che Pouder of Myrcle, or of boyled Ler=- tiles, wich che Meal or flour of Barly, Pomegra= naterinds,andred Kofes. In the augmentation of che Ulcer chere muft be added Camomile flow- ers, and Bean meal.. In che Scate, Mallows, Marfhmaljlows, the meal of Linfeed, andof Fe- nupgreek. As,
Take Barley mealtwo ounces, the pouder of Camomile flovers one ounce, the meal of Linfeed and of Fenugreek , of each fix drams 5 and make a Gataplafm.
If che Tumor tend coward a Suppuration, the Suppurasion is chen to be holpen on with a Cata= plafm of Mallows, Mafhmallows, Linfeed, Fenu- Ni and Wheat, and other fuch like Ripeners.
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Take ‘Mallows, Marfhmallows, of each one handful; boylthemin Water until they be foft and then bruife tbem well: When they are bruif= ed, then add of the flour of Linfeed, and Fenx- greek, of each one ounce; Wheat flour balf an aunce, Swines fat and Oy! of Rofes, of each one ounce, and ‘Mingle them.
Ifan Eryfipelas be joyned together therewith, externally, and in the neer adjacent places, chofe Medicaments are to be impofed chat we have above | propounded, in the firft Part,and Chap. 7.couche
ing an Eryfipelas. There ishere very ufefully impufed upon che external pares the Water of El~ der flowers,and Nightfhade. Weaddthis only thae fomcimes it fo happenech, chac (as in an E- ryfipelas) ificbenocrghtly Cured, and if fuch things fhal be rafhly and unadvifedly adminiftred thacobftruct the Pores, fo thac che humor can by no means pafs forth, nor be diflipated, or chat there be caufed an overgreac afflux of humors Puftules oftencimes, yea and greater blifters and bladders are excited in the affected pare; out of which when they are broken, there iffuech forth a wactry Sanies, and the partis afterward exulcera- teds and unlefs it be rightly handled, the Affect {oon degeneratech into long continuing and ma- Irgnant Ulcers Cefpecially in che Thighs) yéa and oitentimes intoa very Gangrene ic felf. Which if 1¢ fhould chance foto happen, it wal then be ve~ cry vequilite co make ufeot Coolers, Driers, and Aftcingents together. As, ; Take Plantane Leaves one handful, flowers of red Rofes balf abandful, boylibem to afoft- ne{s, and then let them be bruifed. when they are bruzjed and paffed through a Hatr-fieve, add of
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Barley meal one ounce and half, the pouder of Pomegranate flowers balf an ounce, voith the oy! of Rofes make a Cataplafm.
That that is here ef{pecially ufeful and _profita- ble is che Unguent Diapompbolyx ; unto which ( if you pleafe) you may yet further add fome Su- gar of Saturn.
\fthe Tumor be cold, then fuch a like Cata- plafmasthis may be impofed.
Take the Leaves of “Mallovs, Marfhmallows,
of each one handful ; and boyl themin Ley unto a | foftnef, andthen bruifetbem wel'; then add the) Take Galls,the rinds of Prankincen{e,and Ma-\ | pouder of Marfbmallow root one ounce and half, |
Of Praétical Phyfick.
Part aT
comprefflion of che exccefcent Nails the fleth be~ gtnnech co be luxuriane, fo that amay can neither put on bis Shoes, nor go without pain, then burne | Alum alone tprinkled chereon wil cake away the & faid fleth. The ftrongec Medicaments, are, the [| ruft and fcouring of Brafs, Chalcicis, Mercury And cherefore | whenfoever there is need but of licecle drying, My
precipttace, Mercury fublimate.
then lec chere be impofed dry Liniments, or elle
fuch as have been, foaked and wel wet inthis fol- @
| lowing Decoétion.
Stick, of each one dram , Flowers of red Rofes,
Camomile flowers ten drams, Oyl of white Lil- Pomegranate flowers, and Rue, of each balf a
lies as much as wilfuffice, andfomake a Cata- | plasm. |
then’beno o:hec Gure more fit and proper then thac we have already propounded, couching an ul- | cerated Cancer.
The ceft of what might here be {puken couch- | ingthefe may be feen, if chey be fought forin the , ficft parc, couching Tumors. |
Chap. 7. Of proud flefh growing | forth in Ulcers.
T happenech oftentimes, chat in Ulcers there is found proud flefh, and fuch as groweth
forth furthec chen what.is ficcing, which Malady | f,
the Greeks cerm Hyperfarcofis ; which whenfoe- ver it happenech, ic hindereth chat che Ulcer can noc poflibly be fhuc up with a Gicateice.
The (aufes.
Now.this happeneth eieher from the abundance of blood that floweth uncoche pare affe&ted ; or elfe by reafon that the Sarcotick Medicaments that had been adminiftred were overweak, and lefs drying then what wasfic, Ifthe former of thefe be che Caufe, thenche fleth ic felf wil be ina righr cemper, obly chere wil becoomuch thereof, If overmuch flefh proceed from. che lacter of the two Caufes, chen the flefth wil noc: be foundand folid, but loofe and Spungy.
The Cure.
As for what concernech the Cure, if the ficft hap- pen, fafting and {parene(s of Diet is cheno be en- goyned.unco che fick Perfon, and dry Medicaments acecobeimpofed. Burifhe flefh begin co grow proud by reafon of che ule of Sarcotick and deter- five Medicaments chat were in cheir own Nature ovecweak, then we ought to, make. ule of the ftronger fort of Decerfives, and fuch as produce a Cicacrice 3 and if therebe occafion, .even feptick Medicamentslikewife. And fuch are, a Spunge burnt, dcy Linimentsimpofed, che rind,of Fran- kincenfe, Galls, Aloes, Tutcy, and:burns Alum.
And indeed in che Toes, when by reafon.of che
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handful,Alum two drams; boyltbem alin Wine.
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Take Galls, Pomegranate rinds, a Spunge burnt, of each alike ; and make a Pouder to be ftrewed thereon.
There ts more efpecially ufeful chis green water following, which being befprinkled upon che luxuriant flefh, or elfeimpofed chereon by Lini- ments, it caketh away chefaid flefh wichoucany pain atall, and generateth a Cicatrice.
The Green Water.
Take Alum Crude, and Green, of each two |
drams, boyl them in eighteen ounces of Wine, un~
til a fourth part be wafted; then ftrain it; and | then take Campbyre one dram: diffolveitin one |
ounce of the Spirit of Wine, and add it unto the
ormere The ftronger are thefe: . Take Plantane water, and Rofe water, of each five ounces,Mercury fublimate one dram; let them boyl, and then ftrain them through a itbick Linen Cloth. Inthe ftraining let the Liniments (being cutinto divers pieces.) be laid to foak, or the Li- nen Cloth; and letitbe again throuebly dryed, and refervedforufe. Or,
Fake Galls, Pomegranate floveers, of each one dram, ‘Dragons blood, Cerups, theruft of Bra, of each balf adram ; burnt Alum, Frankincenfe and‘Myrrb, of each one dram; Make bereof a Pouder.
Chap. 8. Of an Ulcer that is wan, and Callous.
T fometimes fo happeneth chat che lips of
the Uicee are, made hard, wan, andi Cal- |
lous.. Now this is. caufed by chole chings that dcy overmuch, or by the coolingof che external Ait, or by che afflux of hot humors.
But from what caufe foever it happen,the Ulcer
Cicatrice, unlefs chat hardnefs be ficft caken a- |
way, andthe exulcerated pare bereducediuntoits |
natural ftate. And therefore if the! hao/nefs: be lefs, then Emollients and: Difcuflives xe co: be madeufe of,fuch as areofche Mucilageof Linfeed, |
of |
/ | cannot be cured, neither can it be clofed up wich aq jig
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sere bet phar df i) cured ved an y): cure B (even unt tiftouone thers the aitd toto Pa iments, Hic) fiety ity, : But if 40°; nor fy
: ted Way Dedicamn Ihe green
Ui cau tthe | mvt Miogs bl yu ‘oth
(\ f Shuroe met t0 be
{ Water pon the i y Linis outany
b two nets ts and tin one mnt the |
feat PL | Linen fl (being fl the Lis dnyed,
ach one F Te | r ‘bray,
aac But if che fick perfon wil endure neicher tncifi- mit} 4) on, nor burning, the hard flefh is chen to be wa- | ftedaway, and confumed by fuch like corroding | Medicaments as we have elfwhere propounded. f pi, | The green W ater chac we deferibed in the forego= | ) : ing Chapter ts jikewife of fingular benefit; and ) fo is the Pouder alfo there mentioned. The |” Oyi of Vitriol is one of the ftconger Reme- lips} dies. dG) Yet neveccthelefs, we muft be very cautious | how we ule the ftcongec fort of Medic¢ments in set | the Nervous parts : and Defenfive Medicaments | are co be applied unto che neer parts, left chat ill’ | Chere bea pain excited, and anew afllux of hu- pwithit JAmiors caufed. dhen tf If che lips of the ulcer be leaden colored, wan; yon and black, they arethento be {carified, and the els | Vitious blood ts co be drawn forth: afterward a po! | dey Spunge isto be laid chereons and ac length in | dcying Medicaments, as the ‘green Water, ox che 01 | /
of white Lilies,
‘Chap. 9.
ine a a of Fenugreek, Oy! of {weec Almonds, Oy] of | Pouder defcribed in che precedent Chaprer, or the
Eacch-worms, the fat of a Hen, Ducks, &c. As,
Take the Mucilage of the feed of Marfh-mal- lows, of Penugreek, of each two drams; Tur- entine one ounce; Oyl of foeet Almonds, and of each three drams; Wax as much as wil fuffice, and make a foft “Un- guent.
and the fac of | like Medicament.
Chap. 9. Of Ulcers that are hollows ed and furrowed, 7
F Pus and Sanies be long contained in the A- poftem, or Impoftume, and fhal 10 its owt na-
The fimple Diachylon Emplafter is likewife ; tuce be fharp, of elfe fhal become {uch by ics long
here very good, and of fingular ufe,
Buc now if che hardne{s be grearer, and that 1c
yield not, neither give way unto Emollient and j Difcuffive Medicaments, afcer what manner fuch |
continuance there, ic chen makeih (as 1 were) Conney~burroughs, and formech a bollow nook,
by che Greeks called Colpas... Buc couching thete .
nooks and-furrows ( in regard thac we have alrea=
a like ulcer ought then to be cured, Galen tea- |dy {poken thereof above, in Pare 1. Chap.6.) in
cheth us, when in che fourth Book of bis Method of Phyfick, and Chap. 2, he chus weitech:
difcolored, or made a little barder than ordimary, they are then to be cut out even unto the found fle. But whenag this Affett bath made a fur- ther progrefs, then it falleth under deliberation, vobetber al that which is feen to appear preterna-
When the lips of the Ulcer (faith be) are only fommbat | we
wilbe alcogecher needlefs here co add any thing more unto what bath been there delivered. Only fhal yec here acquaint you with. fome few chings. by way of Advercifemenr. The firft is this, That hollow and furrowed Ulcers may not only be fo bred, but the finuous and nooky ulcers may oftentimes likewife fucceed wounds; which efpecially happenech by the negligence of the Chie
iurally be to be cut forth, or elfe ratber in time, | Turgeons, and this very frequently chanceth inthe
and as {oon as may be to be cured. And it # with-" Thighs,
For if fuch like places where the Mut
out doubt, that in this cafe the wil and mind of | cles ate larger the wound be not fo ordered tha she Patient isto be con{ulted and followed. For | the Pus may be expelled forth by che orifice of fome of them had rather be cured without being | the wound, it then by its weighe, defcendeth ac
cut, though it be a long timefirft: Otbers again | cording tothe guidance of the Mufcles,
and there
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there be that wil be content to undergo any pain | raifech furrowsand Conney-burrows (asthe La-
or hardfhip. fo that they may be foon and fudden- | cine Phyficians term chem) and more e(pecially
ly cured. For fuch like ulcers are moft ipeedily ‘Cyea and moft commodioufly Ikewile, and fit- ly): cured, if che hardand wan tlefh be cut forth (even unco the found ) wich a fic and convenient Inftrument. Forboch che pain is fhoccer, net- cher is there any bad and burcful qualhtcy incrodu- ced intothe parc, aschere is by corroding Medi- caments. . For the hardnefs chereof is likewife very fitly wafted and removed by an actual Cau- cery.
|if ic hath been long detained, and be chereby be- icome fharp.and corroding. And in {ucha like uleer, {ince chacalthe Pus can hardly be expelled forch (by the Ligatuce chat is toward the upper Orifice, lac wil therefore be necelfary to open a Sinus or nook in the lower part ; which being done, and a way and jaffage made for the iffuing forth of ithe Pus, {uch wounds are afterward eafily
/cured.
And therfore in che fecond place itis co be nored, That we are toufe fuch an expreffive Ligacure (left thar, whether in Wounds or in Ulcers Fiftu- la’s begenerated) co wit, which beginnech from the very bottom of the wound or ulcer, and endeth in the orifice thereof ; this nocwichftanding ale waies provided, Thac by how much the neerer is approacheth unto che Orifice, by fo much the loofer ought ic co be, 3
Thirdly, You are cto be hereof admonithed, Thac in regard fuch like finuous ulcers become fordid and toul, for che moft part, chac eberefore che Spiric of Wine is very fitly mingled cogether wich other Medicaments, becaufe it hach in ic an excellent property and vercue co cleanfe and pur rifie fuch like ulcers as chefe. Francifcus Vale- riola hath a fingulac and happy way ct Curing chis dangerous nooked or furcowed ulcers in che fifth Book of his Obfervations, Obferv. 1. and a= nother in the fame place, Odferv. 7. where chey may both befeen. Bue yet nevercthele(s I holdic
fa, noe
acca IEE a epee Heel! |,
Of Ulcers that are hollowed and furrowed.
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Of Prattical Phyfick.