Section in the corcupted parc alone. Fallopius

indeed with aRazor cucteth into the dead flefh(e- ven unco the bone ) a fingers breadth diftant from the found parc; and then afrer this be forchwith cakech away the bone with the faws and chen again with Irons red boc he burneth che greater Veffels, and the flefh, even unco the caufing of pain. Hieronymus Fabricius alfo leavech a por- tion of the found flefl: ( as much as one fingers breadth) andappointeth the Section likewife to be made with a Razor in the dead flefh ; and he afterwards burneth che parc wich fice-hoc Irons
* (afrer the fame manner) co hinder and reftrain the Hemorrhage, and co wafte and confume the reliques of the pucrefaction.
Bur here in this place we are to advertife you, thac fometimes che putridnels wail yet creep fur- ther, and infect che neer neighboring parts; but chen again, chat fomtimes che puiridnefs ceafech, neither doth 1c creep any furcher unto che parts neec adjoyning; which whenfoever ic happeneth, then round about the corrupted part chere appea- rech a Circle thac 1s exa@ly red, and of anex- quifice fenfe. Locthe iacter cafe indeed, that way of curing feemech not alcogecher improper and un- fit, ina part chat iscorrupted anddead. For by this means chote many dangers which accompany that Section chac is made in chat parce chat is alive, are prevented; to wit, the profufion of blood, pain, aod faintings; fince chac through che cor- rupted parcthe blood cannot pals; and becaufe thac che faid parcchachnofenfeata!. Butif there be any of rhe dead fleth lefc remaining, this, when the purridnets thal ceafe any longer co creep (al- though there fhal not be any Cauceries admini- ftred ) wil afterwards divide it felf of ics own ac-
Of Prattical Phy/ick.
| chen the Sectioncannot be inftiruted in the core rupted part alone, without prefent danger. For ic oftencimes fajleth out, that in che incecior parts, and in the bottom of a Member, the corruption pe= petcacech far deeper and furcher than in the skin ic appeareth to do. For the Mufcles and cheir -Weffels in the interior parrs (in regard chac they are chere hoccer than they are wirhout) do eafily receive che putridnefs. Where-
fore if any wil yet be infticucing the incifion”
in che mortified parc, feeing chac he leaverh bebind much purridnefs in che interior parts, ei- cher he wil baften fudden deach upon the fick petfon (by leaving the faid purridnefs chat wil
be alwaies creeping further, deeper, and broader) ©
or elfe by reiterating and renewing of the Section he muft needlefly and unadvifedly again exccuci- ace and corture the Patienr. Neither maketh is any ching at alco che matter: chat che pain 1s ex- cited inthe found pare. For as Celfus faith in the place before alleadged, it is liccle oc nothing materia), whecher chat guard and defence be {ut= ficiently ftrong and fate, that is buc one alone. And as Hippocrates hath it, “Unto extream Dif- eafes the Remedies that are to be adminiftred muft likewife beextream. Buctinvery truth, che pain may ina manner be moderated, and the tenfe ob{cured by che faftening on. of che Ligatuies, tn- tercepting the paflage of the Animal Spirits fora certain time, as we fhalafterward fhew yous; and likewife how witha very fharp Razor che Setti- on thal be almoft quire finifhed, before ever che fick Perfon fha] perceive whaticis indoing. Bug yet they themfelves who make the Section in the the Corrupted parc cannot € notwit bftanding ) hereby prevencall mannerof pain. For fo foon asthe bone is cut afunder wich the Saw, chen there happen very fharp and moft acute pains, becaufe of the Perioftizem, or chat Membrane cha encompaffech the bones 5 which pain ifany would avoid, chen of neceflicy he muft make the Incifion with che Saw in that part wherein the faid Mem= brane itfelf isdead: which if he fhould do, wich- out all doubt even chere likewife che bone tc felf is corrupted, and there would be fo great a putrid- nefs lefc remaining in the Veffels, and inthe Mut cles( which are very apc & ready to receive che laid putridnefs ) chat iccannce poflibly be atcerwards all of ic extinguifhed, no not wich che Caucery ic felf. Neither do thofe Caureties chemfelves cake