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a er , : inding up, and that the binding be neither | hands rhere is oftentimes great need of thofe
coo loofe, nor yet over ftreight and hard. | littleCoffers or Cheits, of which but even And indeed that chere nay in the placing bée| now mention was made; upon which the an apt and meet figuration of the Member, we Hand ( when it is bound up ) 1s to be placed; muft-efpecially have refpect untotwo things! and then (with the faid Capfula or little cof unto the Feynts, and unto the Mufcles 5 to! fer ) icisto be put upon the {wathband.
ber havea middle figure ( asGalen very of- cen calleth it ) which is without pain, to wit thatin which we:are both born, and accu- ftomed to keep all our Members when we aré out of AG@ion ; and in which no Mufcles at
ded parts. Ndthat we may apply unto Wounds
from the extream motion of the foynts, or| he is ready co, bind up the ; wound muft in
gard of the Mufcles,co wir, that on one part; the blood, if it flow forth over abundantly.
ithathMufeles, andthe whole entir fibres! But fince that there happeneth notanto all |
thereof;and that néichera whole Mufcle,| Wounds any fuck extraordinary ahd res neither its fibres be diftorced. markable hemorrhage, ( bue only when the
Now placing Gonfifteth either in re pofi-| greater veffels ate Wounded) of tle ftopp- tion, or fufpenfion.’ "A member ‘is then fitly | ing and ftanching of the hemorrhage’ we wil put back, when by certain props and ftayes| {peak more below in'thé fourteenth Chapter. (as feathers, fleeces‘of Wool, or fof Clo-| And now at the prefent ( a3 for what toncere thes) it'is fo born up thac it is-made quiet, |neth the very fwathing it felfof wounds) the and rifingupwards, le alwaics equally and lips of Wounds when chéy are disjoynedate foftly; fo that ic be neither fhaken by any |tobe drawn together, & conjoyned: & when
motion; nor affaulced by any flux; or thac| they arechusbroughe together chey aré' then’
any Sanies or Ichor be theremi retained. And|to be kept ¢onjoyned; whith wichout the fo- from hence it ts that'( if che thigh be broken, | lucion of continuity may be done two waiess)
and bound up } Hippocrates fupportech it| either by fwathing, orGlew, or by ftiching, i
with fomthing like a’ Coundtie pipé,(the ham being ftretched’ forth >) fromthe nip even untocrhe foor. Our Chirurgeois'ulé to apply fome certain props of ftraw or of paper roll- ed together like aCoundiyjit pipe,and wichii} Swetbing. this fhiteth “very fitly “tncto filled up wich hurds,°a~d {o involved and wounds that are inade accord Wrapt Up i the extreme part of the linen] ing to the length'of rhe’ Member, and’ which cloathes sby which the whole Member is firm- ly held together, left that it fhould unawares] that by {wathing alone the lips of the wound be moved. may be joyned together, there Airching and fewing
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Chap. 7. Of the Swathing of Wounded Parts.
{ewing is noc rafhly co be practifed. Buc ought toexceed the length of the Wound y
'_now lec che linen {wathe be neither coo hard | may have refpec&t eath to other. For the
nor overfoft; the breadth whereof ought to |{wathe being drawn upon che Angle of the be fuch, that being once cafftuponthe wound \Triangular Pillow forcech forward the it may not only comprehend & contain the pillow ( together with rhe lip lying under- faid wound, but may likewife comprehend | neath ) unto the Conttary part ; and (a fomching oneither fide, even unto the very | Avicen {peakerh ) ftraineth together only confines of the faid wound But if che Wound | upon the fiffure of cleft of the wotind; which fhal chance to be longer,the bindingup of the| would not fo be, if thofe pillows were fout wound is then betrer performed by a narrow fquare.
& ftreight {wach 5 that is,one of about chree fingers breadch: Now this binding is accom plithed wich a {wath of two heads, (as 1 may fofay) ot chat hath a double beginning; afid in Wounds that are not very long the . | middle of che iwache is firft ofall impofed| Butnow whereas in tranfverfe and long upon the oppofite pare of the wound; and | Wounds fwathing alone will not fiffice for therolling of itaboucis begun from it, and/the drawing cogecker of thé lips of the drawn toward the Wound,.and above the |Wounds, and fo keeping and preferving W ound ic ts ftrained; andin this manner /them, inchis refpect chereforé there wil be the lips of the Wound are rightly drawn to- {need of fticching. But feeinp chat in the gether; andchenafrer this, boch heads of | Wotnds of che face fticchings canfea great the fwaché are rolled chis way andthat way,|deformity, and in other ‘long and great that fo che lower pate chereot may be drawn! Wounds the ftitches are oftentimes broken about by. the lower part of che Member; but | before the agglutination of the Wound sand the fuperior by the higher part of the mem-| becatife likewife chat tender bodies wil by ber; andallco this end chat foche humors / to means away with fewing,C which ig done may the betcerbe pveficd forth ofche parc) withrhe needle ) chereforé a certain Glut affected. Let chis Ligature be ftreighrer | nation, or fticching with gluing hach been in- and harder above upon the place affected, | vented, which draweth covether tHe lips of then in the pacesthat lic neer uncoic; and lec} che Wound withour any the leaft Matigling it befuchasis neicher overloofe, nat coo| of the wounded part, or pricking of it with
Of the flitching or fewing of Wounds,
with Glewing.
would nor contain nor keep inthe lips of che | to be made.
Scrong Linen Cloathes are pre- W ound being drawn togerher; and if icbe
pared, that ate eqiral; foft; quadrangular,
an affux of che humors, and an inflammati-| ding as che naturé of ché {ituacion of the on. And therefore lec the cerm or rine of che | Wound and member unto whith they ought ftraining be,as long as the fick perfon cam wel} tobeapplyed doch reqnire; lee chefe be
‘endureit. And inthe Wincer ( by reafon of | either folded together, orfewn ( foasthac
the cold) the rollings and i{wathings about | che ftirches may be no great €yetore’) inthat May bethe more; buc in che Summer che} parte wheréin they have reipec® urite che fewer the betrer, left chac by redfon of the) Wound, asd lecchreads now and chen be many windings abont of the {wath ¢ he part | paffed thorow them in che broadeft places of affected prow ovet lot. The knot isto be knic| chem. Unto thefe Linen Clothes are to be a good way diftant from the Wotind, or ta- | faftned little haridles or loops of threads mas ther the hcads ofthef{wathare tobe fewedjny double, andtwifted, and then waxed 5 together. Bucnowthatin thé eréater force ac the fame diftance that the fticches are wont: of Wounds the drawing cogether of the lips | tobe made, or ig youpleafe, fomwhata lef may be made the-edfier, che’ P/umaceolus, | diftance.. Upon this linen lec the aforefaid or littie pillow, or linen Clothes many | Glatinum be fpread,thacis made of aftringent times doubled ,but moft commonly four dou | and vifcous clammy Medicamencs ble ( ofall which we fpake beforé ) arerobe|are, the whice of an eps,
sle Co: ) Bolearmenick
adminiftred: but according co the judgment | Frankincenfe, Maftick, Sarcocol, fine four ahd opinion of Aviten Cin the fourth fect. of |Parger, Tragacanth,Corralls, and fat Rofin. bis fourth Book, tr. 1. Chapt. 84 Thetrian- | As for inftance. . a ; gular pillows are far more commodious;| Take ‘Bole-.Armenick , Sarcécol Maftick i: which two of them together Coneither fide|Dragons Blood, of each two dyamr- Lee
one)are put unto the woundsfo that che fides | them be mingled with che white of an Eggs Of bothof them being difpofed and placed} Or, al : : according tothe length of the woutid,(arid| ‘Take Of the'finet Flour, and MaPich, Of fherefore thofe aforefaid pillows, &¢. c éutcls
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he 4 . hater | ‘"” of an Ege. . | Tree; and then the reft chat are wont co mele | at
wn And if we feax that che {aid Glutinum may ; atthe Fire being diffolved according to art | i ie
aa ee be feparated (which is chiefly caufed by che | ler chem be added, andthen Jet them be well a
a Santes or chin Excrements that flow forth of , and diligently mingled cogether, chat fo they |j ia i et ie che Wound) then the Rofin of the Pine, or of | may be reduced inco one Body 3, and thenaf- A ’ | \ the Pitch Tree is to be mingled together wich | ter caft them altogether ito an Alembick, | ant i the reff, thefe nor admitting of any humidicy. | and by the beat of the Balneum draw forth the hi iit As, | Liquor; and when you conceive that the feces | a ‘ a Take Dragons Blood, Frankincenfe, Ma- | are freed from al their Watery Humor, unto | ie | flick, Bole--Armenick,, Rofin of the Pine Tree, thefe when they are again melted by the heat | 4 | i of each as much as you think fit; and lettbem be add the reft of the powders, and mingle theny | i Tea mingled togetber with the white of an Egg.) together withal care and diligence ; and then wm A! i The Linen’ being in chis manner ipread over | again deftil them, until that all che Humor | Ae
ii | with the faid Glue, and furnifhed wich their | be wholly evaporated; and chen (withdraw. | wi tat liccle handles, two on both fides, atthe fides | ing the Fire) fuffer the Balneum co cool. | of che Wound, (che diftance of a Thumb one | For fo it is, that the,macter which is conteie Sioa from the other) are fo to be faftned there- | nedin the Veffel wilkbecome folid, likeun- | ae unto that che handles may rightly anfwer|toaCerote, and ic Will be very tenacious; | regal | Mb the one tothe other ; andchey are thereto be | neither isic by the heat of amans Body foto | wit mill ae . left fo Jong, until that the Glue being dried be melted and made thin char it forget its | ion ul up the Linen {tick fait unto the Skin; which office and what it hath to do, ies a | commonly is wont co be done inthe {pace of, I ny {elf alfo am wont to ufe this follows | an a four orfivehours. The Linen now fticking ing, which may be provided with far lefs la- et: a Bes Bagi | faft unto the Skin, the handles or threads a-' bour. ipbeyuake Bie Se forefaid arero be drawn clofe together, and; Take Dole-Armenick, Maftich, Dragons |j® and ied || then cied faft one to the other, chat fo the Blood, Frankincenfe, of each one dram 5 Gum | Found Be) pe Lips of the Wound may be rightly uniced. | Tacamabaca, two drams; And makea pew- |j* thes a And inthis manner, without any pain ac all, | der 3 which with a hor Peftle youmay fpread | shiny ne (a . and without any Cicatrice and Deformity upon Leather, that an Emplafter may be | fins ke , (fuch as is wont to be cauled by the Needles , made thereof. ipertchey hy poinc)the Lips of the wound are drawn toge-| Cafar Magatus hath likewife a peculiar | ey fal 1 ther, and being thus brought together and manner of applying this future by Gluing. pide hol Ki united chey atefokept and preferveda lon-| He extendeth and ipreadetha part of fucha i : holl | hort rime
Het | ger time chen by.that fewing or ftitching like Cerote upon anew thin Linen cloths Bi eet thatisdone withthe Needle. The aforefaid and then witha pair of Cizers from this) kind of fewing feemeth co have in ic this one linen Cloth he cutteth off fo many parts (of only inconvenience, and difcommodity, to a Fingers length, or fomwhat longer, and |)" wit, that itis of litcle or no ufe until afcer fix as broad as an ordinary point that weufe co || or feven hours (for fooner then this ic will’ trufs with, buc inthe ends of them fomthing jgeed nthe not bedryed,fo as to ftick faft unto che Skin:,) broader) as the ftitches that feem to berequi- | ete sy
whereupon itis, that many do firft admini- | fice ina Wound, or not many fewer; and che | loli fter che fewing,and then afcerwards the glew, | firft he applyeth inthe middle of the W ound, Picea ¢ But the aforefaid delay can bringno greac' and yet fo, that ic may ftick only unto one | Ni ales, dangerand detriment along withic. And if, fide ofthe Wound inthe half part of it, and ji altog any danger be feared, inftead of the afore- | thatthe reft befree. Untochis, ac the fide, | }yvill faid Glue, anemplafter may .be. provided, | Cbuc yet oppofite unto it) he applieth ano- | leLips a
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(which ftickech immediatly) fuch an oneas ther 5 and {o by turns he proceedeth, apply- is defcribed by Cafar Magatus, in his firfiB. | ing one onthe right parc, and another onthe | of Wounds, Cbap.59.- As, left: and -afcer this, he layeth hold on che | Take The Gum of the Fir Tree, four ounces; | patts that atefree, Cand that as yet ftick.not |},,," phe Liquor of the Elme-Tree three ounces | unco the Skin,) one wich his right hand, and | Wiqi,
~ Rofin of the Pine, Greek Pitch, and Ship- the other with the lefc,. and draweththem | Pitch, and Wax, of each one ounces Ain- both rogether toward the oppofice Lip, uncil |} moniacum, Maftich, “acamabaca, of eachten | that the Lips be fo drawn together that they |} | @rams Sarcocol, Dragons blood, Gum-Funi- | touch one the other : and afterwards heap- | peat per, and Gum-Hedera, of each fix drams, the pliech both the parts that he held inhis hand BL com Pant Root of the greater Confound, of round Ari- | unto the oppolite lip,unto which they didnot | Pi, (y > Tan | ftolochy, Biftort, and Tormentill, of each two | ftick , and here he is very Curious, and takes | #' why | n drains; ) agreat: |B ¥ediy,
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a great deal of pains to make them ftick right| hinder ic not in its paflage forth. Mom As i onallparcs: and fo likewife he proceedech| tifts require a Thread of Silk; | inthe reft ofthem; fothat betwixt one and|'yec neverthelefs others reje& this;
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Thread, IN? 0 al another there is left as much {pace as is O-jin regard that ic eafily breakech Whew! ¢herwife wont co be between the {ftit-|che Skin, and they take one of Flax; at Lo thal | ches. doubling it, chat ic may be firm and not eafi- then; = And indeed the well experienced Chirur- ly broken, And. thischey will havenot to Alembic | geon, who by his long pradtife knows well _ be over much wriched, but waxed, equal, and fore | how by fuch like Emplafters that ftick clofe ofa mean confiftence, And when the Needle tthefeal| wnto the Skin (of which there are many forts | is paffed through one lip ofthe Wound, it is Not, tye, of them co be made) to conjoyn the Lips of then likewifeco be pucchrcugh the other Lip vihthaet Wounds ; this Chiturgeon, liay, in almoft of the W ound: and left that the Lip chrough vhs all Wounds ( Yea eveninche very firft dre{-' which che Needle ought in the Second, place adie) fing) knows how very well co be without the to be paffed through, fhould in following fal Hung! Laid fewing or ftitching made with the Nee-'underrhe other, and fobe drawn afide too
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dle, which is both cruel, Bloody,and painful. And certainly it were far betcer rhac the Chi- surgeons fhould accuftom themfelves unro
| much from the other, therefore without chere is aninftrument laid unco it, which they cermi Cannula, ot Canalicus. To wit, |
| likeigie) Chis manner of fewing W ounds together 5 in/ a litele Pipe, partly Gold, and dfs euacica regard that in che other which is performed | partly Brais, or elfe all of Silver, ! ‘i ihe ady (yey wich che Needle afcer a kind of Barbarous fa- having holes through one end ad
force yt Shion they oftentimes commit many Errors, | thereof, that fo through che holes the Needle
' - | whiles that in fticching of che wound they ex-/ may pafs ; and that she Lip of the Wound | cite more pain then was cauled by the end may reft ic felf upon the Pipe, left chat whiles
ten aat > Hen itfelf: andufing Needles that are coo thick} the Needle is pafling through 1¢ fhould be | they take in more of the Skin then is requi-| moved, and fo notfollow upon the drawing Dom ite, and fo ofcen leave the Lips of the| forward of the Needle and thread. And yet mn; Gr } Wounds writhed, and pleited; infomuch | neverthelefs the Lip ofthe Wound may like- cea pom that ‘che Skin ts hot Joyned clofe unco the} wife be held cogether by the tops of the Fin- ay {re y Skin, neither che Fleth to the Fleth 5 but the| gers, Co wit, the fore Finger, andthe middle nay Skin is fewed in the midtt betweenthe Flefh:| © inger 5 and with the other it may be fewed | orifchey do their endeavor to avoid this evil cogether, if fo be that the Thread pats pec | they fal into another as great, by taking fo | through readily, which will be, if in che Yayl y Gluing lirrle hold of the Skin hat the Wound is | the Needle be hollow about the hole (as we ‘ by Jefc hollow, and the fticches within a very | havetaid) and thac the Thread inrefpe@ of ne ) ghorc cime break out again. its thicknefs bear a proportion with the ) RT | 4 com th Of the Suture, and Buttons. paces dedi aie coppetarate di : pa And al thefe Conjunctions and drawings to-|aftercthis manner. Inthe middle| The Firt ee | gether of the flefhy and tofc parts are perfor-| ofthe Wound (the Needle draw- |” of few- UD thed without any wounding of the faid parts. | ing after it a double Thread)if the | _ att Wr hete is yet another alfo, which is done by | Wound be great the Lips ofthe Woundare ber diffolving of continuity. For not only the|to be thrutt through, anda knoc being ties Fa Ancient Chirurgeons, buc thofe likewife of|the Thread is co be cut offa littleabove the ¢ WY Uulye
our daies( in Wounds tranfverfe, and great, and alcogether in chofe wherein Swathing | only will not fufiice for the drawing together
knot. Andthen inthe middle {paces on eicher fide other holes arero be made witha Nee- die and fingle Thread, anda knot being then likewife made the Thread isto be cut off ;.
the Lips of che Wounds) ufe fewing and But-,
im} tons. | and this isto be continued, until the Lips of ha) Unto the ftitching or fewing of the Wound be rightly fewed together: sa What t re-| W ounds there are required three And this Suture is termed Inter- do | quired ey things, a Needle, a Thread, and ciffa, becaufe that after every | The Surure ee ‘hE ; the little hollow Inftrumenc, ha- prick a knot. is cied, and che! intercif’e. auf, « ving holes through one end of it.| Thread cur off. Buc we are well | hii) AWNeedle. | TheNeedle chat is requiredCfor its to look, that the fticches ftand neither too Mp) tnt imore eafice penetration) ought to wide, nor yet Coo clafe; for if they be too. it) have a Triangular point, (whichche Curviers| thin, they will not rightly hold. che Lips of ‘sit! moft commonly make ufe of, ) indifferently | the Wound together; and if they be over ist | thick, (that fo ic be not broken, or pafs|thick, chey then caufe pains and Inflamma- be | through the more difficulrly anda little hol-| tions. And therefore becween one prick and pase
lowed inthe Tayl thereof; that the Thread | another lec the dpace that is left be furch; that
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drawing it. Some willhave ic, that becwixt| bereftored to his former foundnefs until he
every f{titch there ought to beaful Fingers| had long endured much Pain and Tora |¥
breadth. Bucicis very feldom chat there is\ ture.
need of fo many ftitches; neither do all|* The Thirdis ofa certain Country Woman,
Wounds. require one andthe fame number of |one ‘Hildena by Name, who with a Thora
fticches'; buc according as the Wounds do | pricktthe very cipof her fore Finger. Buc |j
gape more or lefs, fo there will be need of | whenas (for the caufe aforefaid) the fuper- more’ or fewer ftitches. .And yet notwith-| ficies of the Wound had clofed up,: and the ftanding ic will nocfomrimes be amifs, chat | Pus or filthy corrupt niattter was.gotren to- not only the Skin but likewife chat fome of | gether about che Nervous parts, there arofe the fleth Cif-ic lie underneath) be taken in, co}agreat pains and upon this there foon gol- the end that thefewing may be fo much the} lowed an Inflammation and a Gangrene, and
more ‘fim, and chat the Skin be not broken! from thence a Sphacelus.. And yet notwirh- |] thereby. And yec neverthelefs we are co} ftandingthis Woman (having had her Finger | look welluntoic, andto be exceeding Can- | cut offeven unto the Hand~Wrift) ac length
tious that the Tendons be not pricke with the ; recovered.
Needle. | The Fourth Example is of a certain Boos’ jj And this is altogether the moft ufua) and |nigh unto Laxfauna, who hada Thorn run | moftConvenienc manner and way of ftitching :into his Ankle-bone. But he neglecting the |
and fewing of wounds ;in which (this is like- |fame, andthe Orifice of the parc where the wife to be underftood for all other cafes) |Thorn went in fhucting up too foon, there this only we are yet to acquaint you with:|arofe firfta pain; and then there followed Cout of Celfus hiss. B. and 26. Chap.) that |foon afcer aninflammation anda Gangrene; the ftitches ought foto be made,that the very’| and at length a Sphacelus invaded and feized
‘Leps are not indeed quite to couch oneche'|upon his whol Leg : and refuling co give con--
other;that foif there chance to be any humor |fent that the Leg fhould be cur off, he died gotten together within, there may be made | within few daies after.
a paflage whereby it may flowforch. And} It appeareth therefore from thefe Exam- hence it is, that che Chirurgeons are likewife | ples, that Narrow Wounds (albeicthey are wont to thruft in Tents anoynted with fome |inthe Nervous parts) are fo long to be kept fic and convenient Unguents ; thac fo che Hu- | open, until the Wound fhall be fufficiently mors that are wont co be gathered rogerher in |purged. For fo itisthat in every Wound the wounded pare may flow forth; andthen | whatfoever chere wil get together more or alfo chac che Medicaments may the better pe- | lefs ofthis Pus or purulent mattier, (as we netrate untothe bottom of the Wound. thal afterward more fully thew you)and this,
Indeed Felix Wirtgius reje&eth \if there be not opened for ic a paflage forth, -
The Ufe of | the Ufe of Tents in Wounds of the ‘aiuft needs be there receined 5 and this by lic- Tents. Joynts, and of the Hands, in his | tle and little growerh hor, and becometh ve- | fecond B. of Chirurgery, and | ry fharp; wheretipon in the wounded pare 13. Chap. But Guilbelm. Fabricius upon | Cefpecially if ic be Nervous) there followech very goodeground refutech this Opinion, in| a pain, which by attracting the Blood andthe his 4. Cent. Obfervat. 76. and by four Exam-| Humors exciteth and canteth moft grievous ples he proveth'the fame to be both abfurd Symptoms. and dangerous. The Firft Example is of a | certain Citizen of Colen, who neglecting thefe | eth us, that the Tents are wich duch Arc and fents, a Wound that he had réceived in his | induftry fo tobe fictced and fabricated, cthag Hand clofed up-in the fuperficies thereof;;at the leaft they may hold together the ga- whereupon about the fourth day a great pain} ping fuperficies of che Wound, until chereft arofe, which was followed bya Feaver, an| of the wounded parts (co wit, the Flefh, and inflammation, anda Pblegmone, fo that the | the Nerves) be fufiiciently purged; and yer Hand was in many places exulcerated; and / fo, thatthey may not by any means hurt the ic was not tobe reftored again without much | Nervous parts. Andcthat therefore the depth labor and long time. |of che Wound is diligently cto be obferved3 The Second Example is of a Citizen of | and great care to be taken, that the edge of Laufanna, who pricked the hollow of his |the Tent Cand more efpecially if either a Hand with a Pen-knife. And hecaufe the | Nerve, or any thing Nervous be difcovered Chirurgeon (by reafon of the narrownefs of and laid open) prefs not together the botrom the Wound)could not by Tents keep it open, | ofthe Wound. But now in thofe Wounds
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asturned this way, and that way, andchere-| There is among the Ancients] -
fore cannot. reach unto the very bottom of, mentioa made likewife of But- | The sxsrons the Wound; in this, Cafe he celsusthathis| cons: For (as Celfus wricethin | of VVounds,
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Silver chread, €as longas the Wound was| Woundbe in the Ficth, fo thac it gape, and deep) wrapt upin fine Linea, and anoin-| that che fides thereof cannot cafily be drawn
ted with fome Anodyne and Digeftive Ups) cogether into one, then fewing is improper; A and in this cafe buttons arecto be impofed:
ent. When the Lips of the Wound, fhallin this) (che Greeks call chem Agétere) that may on- manner be conjoyned, they are wont com-| ly a liccle contract che fides, to the eud chat monly (andindeed not’'amifs), to impofe the| afterwards, che Cicatrice may be che lefs white of an Egg well fhaken together, and) broad. And becante chat the way and man- put inco hurds, with this following pow- | ner of Unicing the fides of the W ound by bur- der. Take Frankincenfe two parts, and Dragons | fromthence ic was, that neither chematter Blood one part; Andmakea Powder. Or, |of thefe buccons, neicher rhe form of cheny Take Bole-Armenick and Terra Sigillat. of was ever fufiiciently defcribed by che Anci- each fix drams; Frankincenfe, Maftick, Sar-jents.. Guido (whom many follow) writech’ cocol, of eacbtwodrams and balf; ‘Myrrb and | that thete buttons were made of Jron Circles Aloes, onedram and balf 5 Tragacanth,Dra-|as ic were, or Semicircles, a liccle crooking gons Blood, of each one dram; Carley Meal,| on either parc 3 the hooks whereof being on and Bean ‘Meal, of each baifadram. Make both fides fixed and faftened wirhin’ the Lips hereof aPowder, and mingle the fame with! of che Wound did anfwer exadtly che oneto rhe whice ofan Ege fhakenctogether, and puc/the other. Buc feeing that in this manner eg upon burds,and fo impofed upon the wound; | faften in fuch hooks as chefe, and being fo upon which alfo other hurds that is only, wec| faftened there co keep. them in the Skin, and with the white of an Ege is to be impo-/efpecially rhe Flefh that is fo fenfible, was fed. nothing ¢lfe but a keeping there of fo many Neither is rhis Medicament adminiftred| pricking fharp-poinred Needles as ic were, bic for very good Reafon 3 fince thaciy fuyp-| with an intolerable pain ; ic ic noc therefore
preffeth the Flux of Blood, afiwageth pain, | Credible that the Ancients by Burténs done ©
and preventeth Inflammarion, but now if} derftand any fuch Iron Inftrumenc, co be there be no fear ar all of any fuch exceflive| faftened withintheSkin, and chere exciting
| Flux of the Blood, or of any affux of the; painschact werenotcobeendured. The Opi- | Humors, we thalnocthen needtomake any; nion of Gabriel Fallopius.is far more prob
fuch provilion againft ic3 feeing thac the! able. who Cin his Traét of Wounds in Gener Hurds and thofe Medicaments {tick fo Tena- al, Chap.12._) tels us that che Button was cioufly unco the part, thac being throughly that kind of fewing that above we called In- dried on they contract the faid part, caufling tercifa, and which at this day is in very fre- great trouble unto the fame; and when quent Ufe; inthe which both the Lips of the they cometa be removed they excicemuch Wound are by a Needle drawing after it a
pain, double Thread thruft through ; anduponthe
| And now although that what, Woundwich three turnings in both cheHeads
| ore wees we have already faid might fuf-;| ofthe Thread are drawn together; andtied y Reniteg fice, astouching the ftirching or up intoaknot. And although that in Aue
| fewing of Wounds yet neverche- thors there be mention made of Gold and tefs we think itnotamifs here further like-' Iron Buttons; yet notwithftanding we are wife toadd fome other waies of theSewing of hereroknow, thatthe Word Butconisa ges Wounds, as we meet with them in feveral neral word, and fignifyeth every Inftrumenc Authors; For cthereis moreover another whatfoever that Joyneth and Keeperh coge-
i) manner alfo of fewing of Wounds; which is cher any things unto which they are applied.
indeed performed alcogether in like fortas And foCefar (in the 4B. of big Warrs int Leather-dreffers are wont to ew their Skins Pranee,) {peaketh of Beams or Rafters con-
‘together 5 and this ischen only fic when che joyned with Buttons, © Jnoteftines are wounded and the Veins and! | Arteries cut afflunder.
There was yet. (as' we read) another way
: among the Ancients of fewing and ftitching There isyet another way of Sewing them, |} of Wounds; (but this they thoughe not fo which is done wich two Needles: andthis convenient, and rherefore ic foon ceafed as way Gelfus ufed, and defcribech ic in his 7. B. f° theufe thereof ) inthe which chey on both’ ae a 2
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