Part IV

Choice Mumm
white and tranfparent Amber, of each two
hd found, of each balf anounce; Whitewaxand| drams; White Frankincenfe, Maftick puri- 2 Goats feet, of each balf a pound; the beft Ro- | fied, Dragons Blood, Satcocol pursed from | fin one pound ; boyltbems; and in theend add | itsexcrements, of each one dram and half ai “Maftick one ounce, and make an Emplafter.or | AloesHepatick half a dram;Myrrh one dram; the
Fake Wax,’ Rofin, Pitch, Vitriol, White| let the Gums ‘be diffolved in vinegar; and
Prankincenfe, of each four ounces; Turpen-| lec them be joyned together ina fit manner, te tine fix ounces 5 red “Myrrh, oylof Juniper,| and according to art; ftirring them ever and ie and oyl of Egos. of each two drams 3 Cam~| anon and wheh they appear to be almoft sa phire one dramandbalf; make an Emplafter,| cold,then by degrees, & warily caftin of the Jgat' | adding oyl of Rofes as much aa weil fuffice. ot, | Loadftone prepared tix drams 5 Crocus'Mar- jy; a!
Take New Wax, and Rofin, of each one
tis according to art prepared withouta cor-
pound; Goats feret, Hoges fat, of each three | tofive,andTutty prepared,of each one ounces
ounces 5 ‘Turpentine two ounces 5
three ounce 5 and make an Emplajter. or,
Vinegar | Lapis Calaminaris prepared, five ounces ; , Licharage of Gold one ounce 3 Colcorhar’
Take Litharge of Silver. oy) of Rofes, of | {weetened, or the Earth of Vitriol mortify-
each balf a pound 3 “Mucilage of Linfeed, and | ed’ and dulcified two ‘ounces 3
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of Orace Roots, of each two ounces 3 Boyl| according to arc reduced intoan Enplafter,
them unto a'Fuft Confiftence 5 and aftervoards | which when it is cold wil grow to be very
add Frankincenfe, and “Maftic’, of each one | hard.
ounce; Wax and Turpentine, of each two oun
The ufe chereof is thus ; Ic is over live’
yourto at Pm icens Biouwes | jandled Machole Pmouchig AM hew you
ces; andfo make an Emplafter. or, coals to be campered with che fingers until it © /§pdite | MT ) Yake Wax threeounces ;Rofin and Pitch,| become foft ; and then apart of itis to Bras din Bh eh of each two ounces; of White Frankincenfe, | be {pread abroad like a Cake, and with ic Miiyickn pra Vitriol, Cerufs, of each four ounces oylof |\the wound istobe coveredal over; andday- — po Bs of
Funiper berries, oyl of Egos ,of each two oun-|\ ly let it be twice again’ wiped and made Biwi ‘a cers Champlire a dram and half; Turpen-| clean, andMalaxed, and fo again lecit be Gyuaen Waa tine balf a pound; Make an €Emplafter. "| putuponthe Wound ; and thus with one ygny
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wae The following Emplafters are chiefly ufe-| {mal part thereof more wounds then one HB sielins Baie Pas ful for Prickings may be healed. Mihasta We Take Oyl Olive two ounces 3 Rofin,| AndthenintheConclufion, the woundis {Ijyny; 4 Bears fat; Goats fewet, and Bulls Sewer, of )to be fhuc up with a Cicatrice = | aie {pe i each one ounce and half; che fat of a Cow- | Epwoticks, but in what manner che fayd | Bestar ae | heel, three ounces“and half 5 -May butter, Cicatrice is tobe brought over [Myon ie : fix ounces; Litharge of Silver one pound; the | the Wound we have fhewn you before, in Moya i i fcales of Brafs‘one otunce and half; Maftick |the fecond parc, about theend thereof; and Qi...) Hie) one ounce; New ‘wax,orthe oyl of the fame) Certain Playfters likewife made of thofe if Wisin ik. Rese four ounces ahd’ make an Emplafter accor- | chings that we but even now mentioned May | Ahcerhe Ne a ding to art. god li alfo bring a Cicatrice over the Wound; when Jj iy an iH li ‘Raimuyndus ° Mindererys' likewife moft | they have firft chroughly healedthefame, | Haft HY fi highly commendeth « his own’ Emplafter Very ufeful alfo are thofe Emplafters thar Bic Di Ho i which he callech Emplaftrum opoteldoch| are commended by rancifcus Arceus,C in raya A haga magnum Colcotbarnumsthe defcription wher- | his fecond Book, and fifth Chapter )to wir,the Hesdinp be RON of, as we find itextanctin his Tratt of Calcan-| Leonine Emplafter, and the black, The Aina; ii | thum, Chapt. 7. is as followeth ) of which he| Leonine is thus defcribed. molt’
| I | writeth chat ir is the beft of al that are Known Take Cerufs three ounces 5 oy! of Rofes ‘i
it ii for the healing of new wounds, and the| half a pound; the Bafilique Unguent one | He Oni
) | f} drawing forth of things extraneous that are | ounces lec them boyltogerher over a gentle |@, ua I ah fixed in the wound; and fo likewife in ftink- | fire ftirring chem all che while with a fpact®rc Vi
Ha TE ing ard putridulcers. Vig. of wood, even untill chat a Cerore may be; | ys Nn Take of che neweft and Cleaneft Wax one! made,uncto which ad of Verdigreafe powder= |¥ a : ij b pounds Cleer Turpentine, or (if you had| ed three drams;then lecthem boy] again, un- Me | i yh) Father) Cyprus or Venice Turpentine, fix) cilchey fhal have gotten a colour yellow, or ih il ith ounces;Gum Elemi three ounces 3 oy] of} fomewhat reddifh: and then make aCerore, __ wi, RET aie $c. Johns wort, oyl of Myrrh of each one} Of the black Emplafter this isthe defcripti- |} bia
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ounce and half; lecchém mele all together ;| on.
andasifo foon as. they begin torun abroad,} Take Litharge one pound, old oyland - | ue add unte themthefe things following 3 of che! che ftrongeft Vinegar, of each three pints; ny i pureft and cleaneft Gum Ammoniack, Gal-}Mingle them over the fre, and make an Em- banum, Opopanax, of each three dsams 5! plafter.
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Chap.9. My Fudgment, touching the Method of Cxfar Magatus, and Ludovicus Septalius, 1 their Curing of Wounds.
Nd thus, out of what hath hitherunco been faid, ic may plainly appear in what manner Wounds are frit of all co be bound. up; and what ought to bethe firft provifion and preparation that we make for the Curing ofthefame. But how and in what manner
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thenthat he rook no care at all to prevent the generating ofthem 5 to wit, ina wotd, that he was but little careful as touching the tem-. pecament and heat of the part. . Farif fufh- cient care be taken for the Lemperament and ftrength of the part; he chinks that then there could not poflibly be collected fuch great
l ftore of Excréements that might require this
over curious, ‘and indeed hurtful diligence. Now he thinketh chat the heat may be dufhici- ently Cherifhed and Corroborated, if we prevent and hinder the diffufing thereof a- broad, and that we preferve its quality :and thac the diffulion thereof may be prevented, if we fupply the want ofthat Natural Cove- ring (fuch as is the wounded Skin) and this
Wounds) as alfo the Chisurgeons who have jindeed by a Medicament that in its qualicy
rouching the fame, (as we fhall’prefencly |
fhew you) but they all of chem go almoft one And firft of all fome | ears dince, Cafar Magatus, Profeffor of Phyfick in the Univerfity of Ferrara, Cin his two B. of a rare kinde of bealing of Wounds, in
| the which he hath with much diligence and
accuratenefs treated ofall things whatfoever that may poflibly be faid of Wounds) pro- mifeth us anew Method of Curing Wounds ;
-f} fuchas hath not hicherunto been attempted pound is cattice: he fayd
by any 5 and by which che faid wounds may more fpeedily and happily be Cured, then they have been formerly by the Ancients, or Ludovicus Septalins extolleth and de endeth Cefar “Ma- gatus, W his 8. B. of Phyfick Obfervations; and ‘Animadverfions. There is due unto both thefe cheir deferved praife, in regard of their ftudy and endeavour to advance the Arc and Practife of Phyfick, and co free che fick from their Difeafes, and the long and troublefom way of Curing the fame. And yet notwith- ftanding I conceive that I fhal not in che leaft offend againft the Publick, or the Private good of any, if I fhall here in this place, without any detradtion, fet before you the Opinion of them both, and according- ly weigh them, and tell you my Opinion th€cein.
And firft of all, Cefar Magatus Cin his 1 B. of Wounds, and 33.Chap.) accufech Galen for having forgotten and omitted an Indica- tion of the greaceft moment, and for being wholly cakenup with other chings chat are of far lefs moment; and chere he wriceth, that Galen was follicitous, andctroubled himfelf only with the Excrements chat were bred ; but as for che Caufe from whence they are ge- nerated, he never fo much as minded the
'by a Quality that is dike unto ic.
comes neery andis a friend unto the temper- ament of the parc. For fo both. the-heac is cherifhed, and che quality thereof prelerved And from all thefe premifes he concludeth at length, that Wounds are to be more feldom -wiped and cleanfed then hath formerly been practi- fed; co wit, left thatthe beac of the parc be hurt by the Ambient Air; bucthat it oughe tobepreferved fafe under a continual Coves ring, and fo Cherifhed and augmented 5 and thereupon hé propoundeth anew way of Cu- ring Wounds; touching which we fhall now {peak fomthing. And’ indeed what we have already faidis the dum and fubftance of the whol matter: but yet Nevercthelefs in regard chac che Auchors now mentioned do treat fo largely touching the thing now in quefti- on,’ we fhall explain ic a diccle more cleerly. Now che State of rhe Concrovertie is this 3 to wit, whether ic be better once’ Cif not twice ).a day co uncover and cleanfe the W ound; and laying on new Medicaments a= gain to bind it ups orelfe indeed norto da this above once in feven ddiesat-moft. All the Ancient Phyfitians and Chirurgeons(unto ithefe very times) have followed and practi- fed the former way of Curing Wounds. And as for this latcer way of Curing them, Cefar- Magatus Cin the preface to his firft B. of Wounds) tels us that he firft of all faw it at Rome, which although chat at the firft he fuf- pected ic, and that ic feemed unto him to reft and relie upon a weak and infirm Foun- dation,and to have no very goodreafon for irs’ yet neverthelefs, thac obferving, daily the rare and wonderful Events thereof, he began with himfelf ftrictly and accurately to ex=
amine andfeatch intothofeFoundacions and ~
Grounds upon which ic refted and relied. And there he writeth chat intwo things efpe-,
fame and thathefeemedto defire and te) cially “he found cms néw way of ,Curing’
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W ounds co differ from the former common trebled, asarefufficient way. The firft this, thac che Wounds were) the Natural heat of the part, andthe keeping |} very feldom openeds the ocher was this,| offthe injuries of che Anibient Air.
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that inthisuew way there wasno ufeat all) Wound being ‘after this manner bound up,
made of Tents and Liniments:
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Whether Pounds be often, Jeldom to be (lean ede *
We will yer notwithftanding firft of-all propound ‘and {ec be-
BMagetus and
peS ' fore you their way, of Curing of Ching! Wounds... 1f a Wound be tobe Wounds: Cured, chat is ip a Body other-
wife found and ofa good habic, and healthful Contticucion,(in which thece is neitherany great) Vetlel, nor yet.any Nerve lurks) bur that icis fimply in, the.Fleth;.and that chere hath flown forth fufficienc of the Blood) they then.command the Lips of the W ound to be Joyned together, fo as chat they couch one tRe other. The Lips being united and brought totouch, they then im- pofe fomthing upon the W ound that covereth at and fo cherifhecth the Native heat, atid withal hath a power and vircueto dry, wich fome kind of Aftridtion ; to the end that fo the Blood.that floweth unco the part chat is wounded. (for ics nourifhment ) may be throughly purged from al ics fuperfluous hu- midity,, and brought unto a certain. vifcidicy orClammuinefs. Andforthis purpofe, they adminifter Rofin Turpentine, or Rolin of the, Fir-Tree; unyo which (if they be more folid) they add acertain portion of Wax, that, may acquire a Confiftence. They commend likewife for this end Ta¢amahaca, which that,ic may.the more eafily belpread, they fofcenic with the Oy] of che MaleBalfam Apple, or of Sc.Johns-wortr, a fourch or fifth parcthereof, .fhey, commend alfo the Bal-
of both) they openit not.uncil che fourchsfifth,or fom- thefe ‘we fhall now ‘Treat,. and {peak of
times even the feventh day 5 and fo Cas the write ya wound(fiich asit may be} is now and then Cured with once binding up 5 and thaec
or but | very frequently cwo-or three dreflings.do fuf-
fice. And yet notwirhftandiny,thatthe Linen whenitisallfoul and nafty mayyfomeimes be taken off,and clean Glothes be unpoted in itead thereof,) this they allow of; prouided alwaies, that.this be dene without aby 1nco= , vering of che Wound. And withal-they, like wile make exceptions in fome certain Cafes, in which this way of Curing fimply hath nor place, (but that we oughe in thofe Cafes toute the old way of Curing)touching which we fhall anon {peak furchee. And that new way of Curing | they prefer tar before the for- | whether Wounds mer old manner ; and firft of al | 2 #7 07 but ' feldom to be they endeavour to prove. by , opened 2 certain Arguments and Reafons ; | that ic-is both more.cafic,amd more fafe:.and | then by certain Reafons they impugne,and | Oppofethat Ancient way 5. and then Thirdly, I chey endeavour to weaken and invalidate
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ents, and whereby they feem co be drawn unto the more frequent opening and uncove- ring of the Wounds, and then laftly, chey atcempt che anfwering of wharfoever hath been by any objected againft this new way of theirs: unco all which we fhall {peak in order.
, And in the firft place therefore, that chis [their new way and Method is both more calie, and more fafe alfo, Cand by which far many more have been and may be Cured, then by the old common way ) they firft of al appeal unto experience :.andin {pecial, Ly- dovicus . Septaliws wriceth, touching tHe
famofPeru. unco which (if ic be more folid) | Wounds of the Head; that when in atime of they give a Confiftence. by, adding of Wax.| great weaknels and ficklinefs at ‘Millain, in They ute likewife the fuy ce that is. contained | the {pace of one year very many of thofe
inthe {malLeaves of the Elm, .chickned ; as | alfo che Ceroce Barbarous (as they calie) che Cerote Diapalma, and the Cerote of Betony | with Lacamahaca : or fome-other Emplafter made of.che. Juyces or:Decoctions of Vulne- ' tary Plants; adding therero, Atoes, Satco- | col, Dragons blood, Rofin Lurpentine, and Rofin of the Fu-Tree... Of thefe Medica- ments. they {pread fomwhat thereof upon a Linen Clorh thar may anf{wer the greatnefs of the Wound, and Way likewife cake in fom- what ofthe adjacent: parts; and chis.chey im- pofeuponthe Wound. And chen. upon this | Ehey apply.as many linepClothes doubled or |
that were wounded in the Head, and were ordered after the old wonted manner(to wit, by often opening of the Wounds, Tents, Lint- ments, and more frequent Terebrations, and . Scrapings )mifcarried and perifhed : andthac afterwards this new way of curing being puc in pradife,co wit,by impofing anUngnent up- on the Wound, anoincing the Lips thereof with the Oy! of the Fir-Tree, and the wound only twice or chrice uncovered, and but ene only Ferebration(or piercing withthe Wim- ble) being inftituced, of fourceen thac were wounded mtheir Heads there died but only one of them, And Cefar Magatus (in his 1 Be
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1-B, and 40.Chap.Jwsiteth, chat the wounds
fame {pace of time‘a wound of the head, wich a cutting cf the Membranes, was healed. And that a Wound inflidéted on the: Head witha Leaden bullec fot out of an Engine of War (fo'thac che bullet pierced evento che more inward parts of the Brain before; neither could be found, ‘or ‘drawn forth) in thirty daies, afcer two orthree openings and dref- fings was perfectly Cured.
I, And chen inthenexc place, €efar Ma- gatus(in his 1.Book Chap.7. )alleadgeth thefe Reafons, which we will briefly propound.
. 3 Thé Firft is, that chis: new way of Curing wounds doth beft and with the moft fe. curity perform’ atl chote things thae aré required in | 1 Curing. To wit,-as for the Native hear, that Nacure ufech (for fuppura- tion, generating of Flefh, andthe glutina-
The Reafons tha: moved Magacus te
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Curing Wounds bifare the old.
ting of che Wound) as its chief Agent, (and
which by Reafon of the effufion ‘of Blood, and the uncovering and-wounding of the Na- tural Covering is diffipated ‘and’ rendered very weak, and by the excernal Air is offen- ded and altered) is made more {trong and vi- gorous, whereas in this new way and Method of Curing the Wounds are kepr covered. For when the Wounds are but feldom uncovered, that Artificial Covering fupplieth the defect of the Narural covering which is the Skin; and fo neither the Native heat is {cattered and diffolved,neicher is ic at'al altered by the Ambient Air. And forchis Reafon Septalins wondereth that Galen fhould omit this main
‘and principal fcope, ( which is to preferve
the Native heat) and chac his care and ftudy is only to take away the Impedi- ments. Hite
. And Secondly, He therefore thinketh thac Wounds are nioft happily cured in this new way of cheirs, becaufe that inthis way thofe things that retarde and hinder the Cur- ing of Wounds are fooneft and belt of all turned and taken out ofthe way. For where- as one main impediment (among all chofe other that chiefly hinder the {peedy and fafe curing of Wounds) is the conflux of Humors unto the wounded part 5 they think that that impediment is by this heir new way beft of all prevented. For fince that the-afflux is caufed either by.tranfmiffion; or elfe by at- craction (by Reafon of rhe pain, ‘and heat)
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difcommodities are avoided by:thisnew way of curing; whileft chat:che pare is-buic very rarely nioved from its dueand proper Scituar tion; 1s very feldom loofned and uiibound; fo that likewife thereis not oftemoccafion for \its binding up 5 and!(as. he addeth in the 32.\Cbap. )ifany winde-ov Humor diftend the part,.to that chere! be gveac pain caufed theres by, 10is dpeedily difcuffed by the ftrong and more Vigorous heat. ob Olin Thirdly, *Of all thofe things. thaciampede and withitand the Cure of Wounds,che chies feft of them is the expofing of the Wound unto the Ambient Au, by which the innate heat isaltered and weakned. Buc now this is prevented, if che Wound be but feldom uncovered by opening thereof. : Fourthly, whereas ‘Hippocrates. ( in his 2. Sesh. of Fratures, Title7.)\ commendeth that Cure:under. which there is little or.n@ impoftumation and lofs of the bones,this ap- pearech ‘to be. fo im this new way of ciring and therefore he derermvineth, that chis isthe moft perfect: and this Macaius proverhby an’ example of-hisowm;: for thatin this’ manner he had Cured Wounds of the Head (wherein there was likewife anvexcraordinary hurt of che bone, info much that any one would have Judgedithac a great parc chereof would have dropt.out) without any impoftumari- on and abfceffion of the bone; or any ching elfe. ae Sel ALLY: sy, Fifthly, He therefore thinkethothat this
that under icfewerExcrements ate generated, then under the common and wontet manners which (as he-writeth) is man‘feft by experi- ences) °. beh Sixthly, Cefar Magatus Gn his firft B. and 32. Chap.) bringeth this. likewife fora Req fon: becaufe chat thofe things that-are extras neous and ftrangers tothe Body; (andwhich at the firft.could noc be drawn forth by the Chiturgeons, being fuch asrequirethe work of Nature, ) may more eafily be driven. forth if che Wounds be but feldom uncovered ; and that for this very Reafon, to wit, becaufe that in chis new. way and Method the Natural, heat is more righcly preferved, . cherithed, and augmented; a§ was faid before in che firft Reafon.. , i 18
Ang Seventhly, in the place alleadged’he
produceth this for one of his Reafons;. that.
| in'thishis new way che virtue of che Medi-
Both chefe are beft turned away by this cheic | cament chac was adminiftred in che firft dref-
new mannec of curing. ' For ifthe Wound, fine, isbeft of all continued and-made to én= dure even unto che perfect agelutination of thes
be but feldom opened, the heat is then by the
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