UM i mmuuw il itii i ^_y »> nwwB |i W » >)iu) il ii wi »i l»i » = a ea^ »ff47«rA$PA R/XALIAC OTIUS |5 W , " 1 l ' 11 . — __ ■ - > _ n m • IN C HYRURGERI E: m|H Gombuftkns or Burnings, made with Git# powder y Iron fbot, Hot-water, Ltobtningjox any other fiery nutter whatfoever. In, which is excellent- ly delcribedihe difference j,Sign$,Prognoftication and cures, of all accidents and burning themfelves. Very necefifary andufeful for ail Gentlemen, and Soldiers as well of the Traynedi Bands, as others ; cfpecially upon fuddeu oc- cahoiis.TranBated out oi La tine by I.ohn Sceer^C'hyxWgegn. -2 9 T A BLE C O NT Al’KlMG < ■ y . ■ ‘ . *. f ' v k w ‘ v * • * •*, The Contents of each leverall Chapter in this Booke* Chap. I. Fol % 5. O F the Definition and caufe of Comhur (lions find Burnings , The degree and diflin&ion of Cembujtions, de~ dated in three particulars, as alfo from whence the directions curative are to he ta^ •- * w th bn, Chap.2. The figns by the which thofe three Degrees of ~~ c o mb u (lions mdy he hjtown and diftingui - jhed 3 Chap. The Sign or Prognostication of Combuf ions, Chap. 4. Of a two-fold Method of curing combufiiens, chap. 5. 4 2 The - s , x The cwfations o. ■r \ftifnji-chzp> : .6) f _ f _ Tbetumion of tfe fccond Degree o f comb u - ftiens. Chap. 7. The Cure of the third and lafl Deoree of com* bufligns, Chap. $. § , " vchap. Jr - 'ujtionr of we groynes, Chap. 10, Of Combufiions of the Joynls t Chap. 1 1, ' CHAP. I* Of the Definition and caufe of Combnfi ions or A L though Combuflionsbe very wellknowne from other effects, yet for the better explai- ning of the Do&rine , before wee enter any further, wewill thus deferibe it. . Combuftion is the folution of continuity of epi- dermis or the outward skin of the body, fometimes of Cutis or the true skin, and oftentimes of the Mufi- cult~ Flefh, Veynes, Arteries, Nerves, marked with the fttength of the Fire •, Now there follow- eth after this Combuftion vehement paine, inflam- mation, puftels, &c. and if the Combuftion be deep, the body willbefoule, and will eafily produce a fil- thy and malignant Ylcer,for as fooneas ever the fire or the firy fubftance hath touched the skin, the radi- cal! movfture is prefently dryed from the partj here- by the skin waxeth hard, and is drawn together* The reft of the Humour which remaineth within the skin and the parts adjacent, becommeth very hot, and get* teth the natute of the Fire : Furthermore,. that hard"? neffe of the skin which the parts circumjacenc have drawne ■ t ** * ' •> - & drawne together, as alfo the Ebullution of Humours arid folation of Continuity do raife intollerafele pain which draweth unto it many humours from the parts adjacent, which/if the Combuftionbe but light) doth run together under the upper skin, and hardneththe lame, by reafon of the ftrehgth of the Fire j and riot admitting tranfpiration they are lifted up.and hereby come pultcls i but if the Combuflion be great io that the true skin be alfo hurt, it will be hardned unto anEicarre, then the Humours which are ingendred and whatfoevcrelfeis retained and imprifoned under that hard skin will ftill flow thither by reafon of the paine, whereby not onely the heat which they have received of the Fire isincreafed ; but alfo what blood or Humours fover doth flow from the body and the parts adjacent, do alfo wax hot and burning, and doe get a certaine fharpeand biting quality : Hereby it commeth to pafle, that the Humours doe erode and knaw the place affe&ed,and doe caufe a great Vleer« Furthermore it is to be noted, that as there are ma- ' ny things with the which the Fire doth imprint his ftrength and quality , which as they doe differ in fub- ftance, fo one much more vehemently burneth then the other 5 therfore how much hard or folid the wood or mettle is, fo much the more ardent heat is retained therein : Alfo the heat of Oyle, Fat, waxe, pitch, new wine boy led unto the third part, as hereafter we will declare by an example 5 and thofe which doe lightly fticke are much mor hotter then hot water 5 For ex- perience teacheth that Lead will be diffolvcd in hot Oyle, which will never be done in water, although it ' be r >SV / ' • .V* . " - v* • • . *->$ '* Be in the height of hear* When Lyme is quenched then it is fa heated, that not onely it exulcerateth and Burneth the skin and the flelh, but alfo it moft vio« Jently draweth together the skin, nervs,and jun&ures* But the moft vehement and dangerous Fire of all, is • Heavenly Fire, or Light n ing, for it containeth fuper*. natural! Faculties , as hereafser in order fhalibe de» dared* G HAP* II. . . . ■ / ■ - t The Degree and distribution of Combust ions declared in three particulars y as alfo from whence the D /’• reBions curative are to be taken ¥ " A Lthough Combuftions be made of divers mat- ters, as with mettels and liquors , as wee have afore declared, yet that little or nothing proftteth to the cure > for even as Combuftions made with red hot Iron is like unto Combuftions made with Gold or Silver being hot , lo alfo Cembuftions whether they be made with hot Oyle, wax, pitch, 8cc. among themfelves ( according to their fnbftance ) doe not differ, neither do they require a particular Method in curing ; Even as that moft worthy D.D* Lau* entitle faubertm a a Angular man, and well praftifed in Chi- rurgery, doth teftifie* Now as the Cure may bee rightly inftituted, we will divide all»Combaftions,of what fiery matter foever they are made, into j*divi li- ons, to wit , into a Small, Indifferent, and Great ; For ( 4 ) For if the thingwbich burneth doth not long ftick un- to the body, or be but light as ftraw > flax,hemp J or any kind of light or dry wood, or any thing which quickly falleth off, they are but only puftels raifcd,and this is the fir ft degree or particular : Hut if thefub fiance doe fomething longer pick , or pall be induced with a more violent freatjhen not only the Puftels are raifedfiut al- fothe true skin is made def itute of Radi call moyfture from the parted it is fomething dryed and drawn toge- therjbut not as yet any Efcar made. Thirdly, if the fiery matter do ftick very long, and v doth contain in it a mod violent heat, then not onely the true skinndwtalfo the flefh,veins,arteirs, Nerves Stc.are burned, drawn together, and dryed into an E- slcar,becaufe the naturall moyfture isconfumed, with the ftrength of the fire: wherfore there are Medicines which are to be changed and applyed , according to thefe differences, as hereafter is declared. The feconi Indication is takenfrom the part affeiled 3 for not one and the fame Medicine doth agree with the Eye Mem btrs^generati ve ^nerves funBures^mufcutow^ flefh 3 &c'. Alfo women and children, who are endued with an exquifitc fence,do require more gentlcMedicincs, but contrary thofe of a hard and ruftique flefh,and which are ftrong men, require more ftronger Remedies, as Galen rightly admonifheth* From this defer iption,and difir /button ofCombuflions the Method of curing ea/i/y appeareth» which wee ( God willing' ) will declare in three Chapters , like as wee have difir i but ed Comb* ft ions in three [Species or Parltcu* swart* CHAP. Ill . • , \ . ' V 'The Signes by the which thofe three De- grees of Combtffliens may be kjiowne and di- jiinguijhed. ■' i * /. j> - S f ■< i ? > ^ VJ> ^ Being that wee have divided Com buft ions ^^into three degrees or fpecies , and further, prefcribed a proper. remedy unto every •particular s it is neceffary to declare how they are diftinguifhed by fignes and notes ; Therefore the fignes of the firft particular or fmail Corobuftion are thefe, rednefle of the skin, a iharpe ancfprick- ing pain, like as though the skin were rubbed with Nettle feed j by and by ( except there be fit re- medies applyed) the place is inflamed, and pu~ flies doearife, in the which is contained cleere and white water, asalfp the upper skin is 4; para- fed. A light cbmbuftion is/knov/nebytheCir- curhftanees , t o wit, that the fry fabftance was gentle, as Straw, Flaxe, Hempe,andthe like3 or thar did fall off, as hot water : or that the part touched it but a little moment ofi time, on the conn ary in the other lpecies,the £ry fubftance did touch the part a longer time, or it retained fome B greater r ( 8 ) greater heat in it, as hot iron, or any liquid mettle hard wood, Pitch, 0 yle, Wax, and the like : From hence it commech, that the place doth prefently inflame, waxeth red, painfull and burneth, and in the very fame moment puftels are elevated, m which are contained thin water,and waxeth yellow and is fore by reafon of the ftretcbing of the skin, which is ftretched and . drawne together by the ftanch of the fire. Now in the laft Species, even in the fame moment when the firy fubftance doth flicke to the body, there are puftels elevated, but prefently they fall again, and chiefly in fame place where the Combuftion is great and vehement, and the under skinne feemeth blacke and wanne , and hardly feeleth, though it bee pricked with a Lan- cet, for there is a hard and dry cruft, which when it falleth off, there remaineth a deep and profound Vlcer 4 from the nature of the firy matter, and the fpace how long it hath ftucke unto the body , a great Combuftion may be knowne. Furthermore Combuftions doth fpcedily require a Surgeon,and jet him inquire to what Species it is to be referred To w it, whether it be light, indifferent or great, if it he light , let it be holpen with the remedies de, • * n t ^ ic l ca fl puftels bee railed • if indifferent, then tune unto the 7. Chap, but if it be vehement and great, poceed 5 as we have decla- red in the 8. Chapter. CHAP. (s) CHAP IV ' ' ' 1 1 i • J i ion of Com A Light Cotnbuftion, where the the skin is only hart, although it be fomething pain- full, yet it may eafily, and in a (hort time be cured, and there will Icarce any fcarre be per- ceived, if the cure be rightly inftiruted, and accor- dingtoArt •* But contrary, a great Combuftion is hard to be healed, which alfo leaveth behinde it a fi lthy and withered Icarre, by reafon of the per- dition and contraction of the skin,ifpuftil'3 donot appeare imthe beginning. The many humours do concurre together unto the offended part, which do putrifie and get a kind of a fliarpe and knawing quality, fo that they doe deeply erode the skin ana flefli,and do caufea rotten ulcer and naughty Scar-* Therefore the puftels are prefcntly to be cut, that the (liar p and hot water may flow forth* In wholfome and well- tempered bodies Com- buftions is healed with a little labour : Contrary in foule and plethorique bodies, it is hardly curedy and doth easily grow to a purred ulcer. For paine doth continually draw unto it Hu- mours and blood from the Body, hereby tnepart affeded, waxeth hot, and ir flamed, and divers and naughty Symtomes doe follow. B z Combuflions m (loj . Combu (lions of the head and face do leave be-' hind them {mooch fcarrcs, for the skin is fodryed and con traded with' the fire, and the pores Co jfhur, that the haire will never after come forth, nor grow. Combu (lions of the Eyes and the Eye-browes, and of the members Adnata and Cornea although they be light, yet are they dangerous , and theie may eafily follow a deprivation of fight, or at the leaft a great imbicility , and the eye-lids may bee turned inwards. Alfo Combu (lions of the Groyne are very dan- gerous, and hard to be cured, for thefe Members neereunto the privie parts are moift, vveake, and nmoursfbKi inod fcjj&t not ti b — - Belly is al way es dangerous and hard to be cured, for the mufcels of -Abdomen are in perpetuall motion, by reafon of infpiration expiration and extent ion, which is mad with meat and drinke,excrction of excrement, laughing, cry- ing,as I have obferved in my Country of Hildane m a certaine Chijde of three yeares old , for bee beiqg affe&ed with a dangerous burne in the bellv procured us much bufinefle the fpice of eighf months, ° . But if an inteftineorgutinany partbeburnr, it is mortall, asalfothe burning of Lightning is mortafi, as it is declared in its proper place, Cotnbuftion of thegreat veflels of the Arteries and Veynes are dangerous, chiefly if if be deepe, .:-.j ■ t >!. , for y \ 1 for the beat contrað and fhutteth tbofe veflels whereby the fpirits and blood cannot flow to give life and nourilhmentj and then followeth grena and a Atrophia , as wee have Chewed in our Tra$ D* Gangrena & SphJrelo , Burning alfo of the Nerves and ArticuU doe eafily draw together* the junctures : Therefore k is needful! that the Surgeon doe ufe great diligence in thefe kinde of Burnings, and that he fttidy prefently from the beginning to foften the hardnefie and roughneffe of the skin with fit medicines, and to draw away and difperfe the violent heat of the fire? led water s neverthelefle, thatr all doe tend to the tn wit. that they doe either choke, re- moift mndicincs, as with the juices and waters of c»; Houflike, Letticc, Henbane, Nightftiad, and ifee like, or elfe with coJdand dry things, fuch as are bale armeni Terra figi Hat, Cerufe, Potters Clay, and fuch like plaifters, which doe fhut the pores* fo that the outward heat which is left by the fire* may be choaked and quenched like unto fire,which as fhut into a clofc place. The other way of quenchinghot humours coo- fifteth in this , that the outward heate and fharpe humours berefolved and fcattered, even as we fee coles to be quenched if they bee fcattered hither and thither , which is done by hot Medicines, as we will fhew in the next Chapter, it fhall not bee need full to enquire what Method is to be ufed. They which doe follow the firft Method , doe think themfelvs to he fuffieiently authorized with this generall rule of Hipocrates. Contrary Medi- cines are made of contrary things. For feeing Combuftions is a hot accident, wee ight to cure it with his contrary , which is with .old things, which may extinguifh the hot & bur- ning humours left by .the fire : I do confefle thefe fentences of Phy fitians to be very true, but in my opinion refrigeration in Camb. ought to be done by abating. ; for it is fitly rtjeded from the firft Method of curing, feeing there do many times a- rife divers S.ymtomes, as hereafter we will fhew , • for it doth, not fufficeonly to prevent corrupt hu- mours, but chiefly many other accidents^s^riefe ^etraifion and roughnefle of the skin^and inviron ? ! of of the pores, which doe all require hot remedies. But that thefc things bee well underftood, let us looke unto the properties of heat, the which Hi- pocrates doth thus dcfcribe, heateis biting in VI- cers, hardneth the skin, caufeth intolierable paine, it ingcndreth vehement feares, Convul fions, and diftentions. And Galen faith, that the fubftance proper to draw together and thicken, is alwayes proper to cold, which is knowne to be in oyle,fat, and other things which' by their coldndle doe thicken and harden; in which it is (hewn, that cold things are plainly adverlaries to Combuftions,and do eaufe divers and naughty accidents, for the skin being contracted and hardned by the fire , by the much ufe of cold Medicines is hardned, and paine is increafed j hereby humours do gather together which are not onely retained under the hard skin, but by the ufe of cold Medicines is forced down- wards, and there they doe more heat, hereby com- meth inflammation, impoftimation, and divers times Gangrene, for the humour included,becaufe itwanteth breath ing, it prefently putrifieth,as Ga- len witnefleth • or becaufe the heat which chanced whilfl it is included in the affeCled part, hath dryed - up the the radical! moifture, in which the naturall heat con(lfteth,as we have (hewed in our TraCt of Gangrena\ For this eaufe Hipcratei admonifheth that it is not good to turn Erifipilas from the out- ward parts unto the inward, and there oftentimes doth follow(if great burnings be dreffed with cold Medi* (h) Medicines ) Herpes or knavving wilde-fire for the Humour being included under the Skinne doth breed a .certaine Iharpenefle and malig- nity. Amo i 5 ? 4. there came unto mee a certaine young man from Colin whom Hirpes or wild fire had invaded his whole Iegge from the foot unto the thigh, by reafon of a fimple C om - buftion : By what method, and with what Medi- cines wee cured the fame the Reader may under-' ftand by my obfervatioirs ChirurgicaJI. Therefore when I did confider , that as coales when they are carefully covered under- the afhes doe recaine their heat a long time j fo corrupt hu- mours, which in Combuftions doe flow to the af* fe&ed place, are by .the ufe of cold medicines re" rained; I have therefore more rather cbofen to my felfe another Method, which hitherto I have tiled with great benefit to the Patient; For even as coals doe quickly fquench if they are Icattered a- bout 3 fo hoc Medicines doe quicklycoole (yet by evacutionj by difeuffing and extracting corrupt humours, as G alen witnefleth. - For as hear (as Hipocrates witnefleth) fofrnet h the skin, extenuarerb , eafeth paine , mitrigateth Convulfions,and bringeth Vlcersto fupperation : Sofuch kind of Medicines are applyed ro thole parts which; are moJefted with blood, (.but they mull be thofe which doe moderately beat)to make thin the humours, and to dilate the paflages and pores : The fame Galen alfo writeth , for cold ^ But / ( 19 ) But that there might be a right and Methodi, call curation of Combuftions inftituted, all et- fe&s and accidents of burnings are to be diligent- ly examined and looked unto , fo that remedies may be changed and applyed and according to their natures » but fir ft ot all, becaufe paine fol- lowethj by reafon of the folution of continuity and fudden mutation which violently draweth humours and blood from the body • It is nece uary to ufe repellent Medicines, to wit.de fen fives^nd clouts wet in Vinegar and water left fuch like hu- mours and blood do follow to the offended place : Then let there be u(ed and obferved, dyet, purga- tions, blood-letting, cupping, and other revulti- ons, that the humours and blood may be drawne and evacuated to the other part,is appertaining to Topicks 5 in the firft fpecies ot Combuftions, if puftela be not rifen, let the corrupt and (harpe humours be drawn forth with an Ointment made of Onions and the like , but if the skin be drawne together and hardned , wee ought to ufe all dili- gence that it be foftned and made red, which ought to be done with Medicines which are hot and moift, as the Chapters following we will de- dare at length. C CHAP. / CHAP. VI. 1 T He fir ft and chiefe worke which is required in Combuftions,is, chat the Chirugion doe prevent the rifing of puftels s for if he can do that the Patient need hot feareany further moleftidn ;. Therefore if any one be burnt with fire, water, hot Gyle, or any fuch like thing : If the Combuftion be light, prefently let the place be madified with, tracer or fpettle , and then held to fire as long as may be fuffered, or let the burnt place be dipped in hot water , or if that will not be conveniently done, let a fponge or clout be wrung out in hot wa- ter, and applyed to the place, for that outward heat doth draw unto it Erntyruma, that is, heat left by the fire in the burned part l as.~dnflot/e and expe- rience teacheth j for as a Scorpion being applyed, to the bite of a Scorpion doth draw to it his pro- per poyfon j fo doth heate draw heat : hereby Onions being mixed' in a morter with a little Salt and applyed to the burnt place, doth di aw forth’ the corrupt humours, and fuffereth not the puftels to arife, it maybe fpread on little pleggets and ap- plyed. (*l) olyed, tint ill the whole burnt place bee covered* Alfo this Following Oyntmenc doth violently draw forth corrupt humours, ana will not luner the puftels to arife. Re. C*px Crudt 1. 1. p» Stiff. ' Saponis ulbi tnt. § . p. Let them be mixed in a Morter, and make an Ovntment with Oyle ofRofes and Fweet Almons. Anno 1604. as my beloved wile was boylmg of New Wine in a great skellet, and ftirring it with a fpatter, fhe unadvifedly thruft her hand unto the wrift into the boyling wine, when it was boy led even unto the very height and thicknefle, whereby there prefently arofe a vehement painc, not oneiy in the hand, but alfo in the whole arnae, thewme being wafhed away with hot water, wee a PP y the Syntment lately preferred ( which as then was rnoft fitted unto my hand ) I anointedche whole arme with Oile ofRofes? and row - Rowlersdipped in w^eraod Vmegar^ arnl^d^- of fo great a Combuftion there followed no nice ration of the skin, but oneiy two puftels ;> the one in her thumbe, the other by her middle fing , which with a little trouble, with rngutntum Alicon were cured. ; , ’ How in univerfall Combufhons proceed las declared inthe following Example. 160$ • The Servant of one Mr. Io&chw, a L»y . by chance fell into a great Chaldron full' of hot Die, from whence tnere followed a Coxnbuftion ©f the whole body ; but becaufe the Die was not very much hot > thofe parts were chiefly burnt which clave unto the dregs of the Die in the boo tome of the Chaldron * in which the heat was longe ft contained* for the hands and face were onely burnt 5 wherefore I being lent for, I anoin- ted the whole body, the face onely accepted, with this following Ointment. Re Saponti liquid* ib (3.. Cep* crud* § ifc. Said § . i (3*. Oleum de V tell if oriorum fp Amigdalar. dale* ana. § iii. Mufilag. Sem. Cjdon § iii* Mixe them and make an Ointmenr. For the eyes Iufed this Anodine Colerium as. followeth : Re AqueRofari^iu> tAque Plant ag* % i Sem. Cy donor & Poenogreci , ana , 1. (3 Let them remaine upon hot aihes, the fpaceofan houre, then Jet them be ftrained, and adde thereto a little womans Milke , and drop it hot into the eyes, unto the other parts of the Face I applyed an Ointment of new Wine boy led to the third part, which was folid and thick,ltft it fhould flow unto the eyes aud hurt them •• The defeription whereof is thus •• & Gum, — - - - I* , (h) Iv: Gfum. ElemniZ i. Oleum de til. over. Rofar. ana. 3 iii« Saponis Albt & teneti 5 ii* Let the gums be diffolved with the Oyle> and all diligently mixed in a Morter, & make an Oint- ment , which being fpread upou a linncn cloathj apply it all over the Face, and every foure hourcs renew the emplaifter,but theColery every houre; Aifo the fame day, the belly being firft emptied hy a fuppofirion, I opened the Bafilica veyne in the right arme, and took forth ten ounces ol blood for he was a ftrange and' pleahoricke man, and the day following I adminiftred this purgation fol-^ I V/Tf R; Elect uar. Diaeatbo, 3 by this meanes the pow- der which is in the skin may eafily bedrawne forth, and the skin mundified, but if a Chirurgion be not fent for in the beginning , and that the skin be already cicumtrifed, it is neceflary that the skin be againe biifteredj which may be htly done with this following Ointment. 3c. Cantkaridum mm, vj. Ferment i $. (?. Mix them in a Morter with a drop or two Of Vi- negar, of the which make a iittle plaifter and ap- ply npon the fpots, but you ought to take great heed that this Ointment come not unto the eyes, wbenthopuftels doefirft arife, let them be cut with cizors , then Jet the powder be taken away either with a Needle or fome other fharpe inftru- menf, and then apply this following Ointment. 3c. Butiri fine fale ?• r. ■ tki 'LfUfonMory ’ Devitel/^ovQy y ma t %.ii> iiydftfA mi fee Fiat Tngu&ntum. As often as the Chirurgion (ball handle the fore, he fbalfd$igertt]y take notice how rheblackneffe- of the powder fpendeth away, and (ball vvafh it either with a Deco&ion of Foenegreeke or Me- ie'ot flowers,. afterwards apply the laid Ointment and: and fo proceed untill the V leer bee fufficiently mundified. I have in this Caufe ufedthe powder df precipitate, to the profit of the Patient , but to /> % •r 9; j . the mufilage of Cydon feeds a little, mix them and make an Ointment * but if the powder bee blowne into the eyes , let them bee wafhed with womans Milke or Rofe water warme, but efpect- ally we ought to ufe all diligence, that the flowing of humours be prevented,and paine be eafed,as we have declared in the E leventh Chapter. Now if the powder be not blown into the skin but that the skin be onely burnt with the flame of the powder, then prefently apply the afore- writ- ten Ointment of Sope, Oyleof Sweet Almonds and Rofes. In the meane time whilft theeffe&is thus handled, the offenfive humours and blood are to be diminifhed and drawnc out by other places, left by reafon of the folution of continuity they fliould flow to the hurted part, and fhould caufe inflammations and other dangerous fymtomes, which may be fitly done by purgation blood- letting, cupping, as we will fhew in their proper places eafe paine fore. R : Olei migdetU dulc Cer& all a ana % $. j» Piffolveand mix them, and then adde Camphire CHAP / CHAP. VII. The Cur Mi on of the fecond Degree of ions . F Vrthermore, if the Combuftion do penifrate more deep, lo that not only puftels or blifters are railed, but that alfo the skin be burnt dead and contracted, then neither Onions, fope, falt,neithet any fucb kinde of Medicines are to be applyed, much leftc thofe which are before laid to be cold and dry, but thole which doe mollifie the skin and caulc rednefle. are to be u led, for they are of tem- perature hot and naoift, therefore proceed after this manner. . . Fir ft of all let the blifters be all cut with cizors whereby the hot and lharpe water may flow foitft and 'vherefoever the upper skin is feparated, let it be peeled off, left matter fhould gather together under it , and becaufe humours and blood doe prc e lently flow to the a defied place , it is need full to prevent them with defen fives 5 therefore apply one of the following defen fives about the breadth of the palme of ones hand upon the butnt p D & Puh / & T til. hall Atmeni. Sanguis draco. Gull at. Croci martisl tsfccati~ Ana , | j. C ar but if the C ombuftion be any part that may not be rowled, apply linnen clothes 3 madified in water and vinegar 3* or 4 times a day , or alfb water wherein Colworts have bin infufed ('which fhould be of vinegar, water and fait) in which liti- nen clothes be wet and applyed, it doth mightily repreffe the Humours, eafeth paine, and is ap ene- my to Corrupt Humours ; notwithftanding in the Face fuch kinde of Medicines aie not be applyed by reafcmor the eyes, the skin being foftned, and fufficiently rubbed , divers doe apply drying Me- dicines , as Khgttnt ex cake te'a D/apempholigos Album Rafis* and the like . but becaufe fuch dry- ing M 'dicines doe contra^ thevkinne, and caufe -filthy skarres , I doe nor allow of the ufe of them, therfore 1 ufe emolent Medicines to the end of the D 2 Cure: (jo) MlCo I prepare an Ointment for all Combuftions whatloever, alter this manner : B*. Butiri recent &tot. in aqua* %ofar > §. iij* Ot. vielatii de vitei.ovor. Amigdalar dale* ana. 3 |S B Farina bordii | [. ($- t Croci 9 Mujiiag. Sent. Cydon § . i* Cera q.S. Make an Ointment in amor Hr, This Ointment mollifieth, eafetb paine } and by littleaud little induceth a Cicatrice ; but becauie Combuftions , efpccially thofe which are in the tapper part of the skin flame with vehement fence,, the Chirurgions ought to have a great care that they do gentle clenfe them 5 I, left I fhould caufe paine by clenfingofVicerSj doe cover the burnt part about with fine linnen cloth , as with Cam- bricke or Lawne , and X remove it not untill the V leer be whole , by this cloth the matter may ea- fily flow forth* and thevertue of the Medicines may come unto the Vlcer ; now whilft that the Vlcer is a curing, dyet, purgation of humours„and Phlebotomy is not to be negledled j let the Pati- ent abftaine from all things that are vehement, fait, hot and fharpe,and thofe thiDgs which are hard of dilgeftion, let him ufe pottage made of flefh new killed, in the which Sorrill, Endine, Lett ice and Borage hath been boy led > let his drinke be phti- fan or Ale not very ftcong if the body bee full, open open the Bafilica or Mediana veyne, and take out as much blood as ftrength will fuffer s if it bee needfull for him to purge. Jet him purge according to the nature of the humour predominating, con. cerning which it were good to have the opinion ofa Learned Phyfitian j if the Combuftion bee in the face, it were good to apply Cupping Glafles to the (houlders, that the blood and humours may be drawne backe* Vj vf Lf > ♦11 w n* ■*&. CHAP, VIII. i V* The Cure of the third and laf degree of Combufkions. T H is third and la ft Degree of Combuftions is very dangerous, for that very often it ingen* dreth Gangrena and Sphacetus ; For firft by rea- fon of the vehement hear, the Radical 1 moifture and naturall heat is drycd up : Secondly, the skin Mufculous, Flefh, Veynes, Arreries,&c. be dried and drawne together,fo that the blood cannot flow to the offended part : Thirdly, the Humours and blood, by reafon of the Solution ofCoetinuitie and paine doe gather together , and increafe the D 3 . burning burning heat, hereby by reafon of want of nouri fit- ment, andchoaking of the naturall beat, the affe- cted part mortifieth, at is declared in our Trad of Gaogrena and Sphafetus. Io che.yeare of our Lord T 59 s. there lighted into my hands a very honeft Matron in Bidden , who being weary, by realon of her domefticall bu- (inefie, and fitting by the fire alone , of a fudden fell into a fvvound downe to the hearth, and her right legge lay on the burning coales, whereby the ralfe of her legge was fo burnt, that a little after, (by reafon her body was foule) (he was taken wit h Gangrena and Sphafelus , wherefore the E fear re being Separated , and Medicines applyed which pertaine to Gangrena, (he recovered her health : Firft of all therefore, the blifters are to be cut, and the water that floweth by reafon of the Com- buftion, to be dryed with a clout or fponge then the Efcarre is to be feparated, or at the leaf! to be cut away almoft as clofe as the flefh, whereby the humour which is retained under the hard cruft may flow forth, the Medicines may enter, and whatfoever is inducerated and hatdned by reafon of the heat may foftned, the Efcarre ought to be feparated the firft or fecond day before the part be inflamed, and in the beginning this following Ointment is to be applyed. R: Buti^t.ree et tot. in aqu&ros. | iii, V ngunt BdftMwti §i 'n P 01. LiH, r, (tiler. Amigda,.dulc t iin&.‘\ (5 « V ft i /, urAmovi. mi fee et Afplt* After- / A ftcr wards doubled clpthes wet in this following Emuifion, is to heap ply ed hot, for it eafeth paine mollificth and ftayeth flux of humours. R: Me dull a f °m. Cucurl. $ ii. Sem%Cidon r FeemgriAita^^u Let them be mixed in a m or ter and Grained out with ft vj, of pure water , and make an Emulrion, in the which diffolve Safonis veneii atii 5 (3 C*- pbu7a 3 j- But if the Combuftionbe in the Face, the Sope is not to be nfed by reafon of the eyes but in the place adde the waters of Rofes and Pian- taine. Defenflvesalfo in the beginning are to be applyed , and Ro wlers wet in water and vinegar j that the violent flux of humours maybe iky ed; But iftheafFe&ed part be inflamed, and ehiefefy if the Veynes, Arteries, are contracted by the fire, then Defenli ves are nor fo well approved of , ex. cept they have tome power to refoive, yfa fiich 3 $ are thefe, Beane Flower, Flower 01 Lupins , of wheat, and the powder of Camomile Flowery 8 t'c, mix themjfet the Patient, and let the body be pur- ged with fit purges, according to the na ture ol the humour predominating? aha open a Yeyne and apply Cupping glafles^concerning whicii take the counfell of a Phyiitian- When the Flowing of Humours and blood is Bayed, then Defend ves are le feoff, whereby die fpirits and nutriment may the better paife to the affe&ed part , and to divide and iep rare the E fear re .* Wherefore the learned Chirurgion - which. (*3 4 -) which is the Hand maid of Nature, ought every day, as much as pohbly he can, without paine to feperate fome of the Efcarrc > and afterward let him apply the fore written • Ointment of Sweet Butter thereto .** Alfo this following fomentation hath no little power to eafe paine> mollifie the skin, and helps digeftion. Be Radi cunt altbet f if- Sent, Cidonior. Foentgraci ana ¥ | | 5 . Ftor.Chamon. Mclihti sna, Af. 7. Let them be boy led in water, or if there be vehe- ment paine 5 in Milke 5 then wet a Sponge therein and apply it hot. and afterwards mix a little Oylc ofwhite Lillies, but iftheburne (hall be fo great then it grovtreth to Gangrena, or Sphacetus , then proceed according to the cure of Gangrena. But becaufe thefe kinds of Combuftions, of the which vvetiave fpoken , doe oftentimes grow to a Gangrene, therefore they ought to be carefully and judicirmfly handled, and alwayes fomething ought to be applyedwhich may refi ft corruption. In Children divers rimes doe happen Combufti- ons of the hands and feet , in the which the extre- mities of the fingers and toes are cleane burnt off * In thefe, great diligence is to bee ufed , that that which is fo burnt may be quickly feparated , left the corruption doe invade the found parts j there- fore if t]ae flefh atsdche bone be fo burnt , that the r ' joynt I * joynt may be Caved, the bone in tile fame ioynt is to be feparated with a Raizor, not with cizors, as Come would have it 5 it the Joint it fjelfe fhali be alfo affedled, let the skin behind the joynt be ta- ken away with a Raizor. but the bone with a. little Saw 5 but why this ablation ought not to be done withlnfcifion knives wee have Chewed inaTradf De Gangrena, in the which alfo is fliewfed the manner of cutring off of fingers. As foone as ever the Ef carre is feparated , it is good firfl: to mundifie the Vicer, wherefore if it fliall be rotten and (linking, the Patient ft rong, and the affedted part not very fencible, in fuch cauies I was wont to apply Egyptialum, but if the Patient bee delicate , and the affedied part very fencible, then mix with the forefaid Ointment Hony of Ro- fes,alfo the powder of precipitate wafhed in Rofe water, is an excellent Medicine againft all rotten Vicer s, or elfe Ik Pulueris Prac'pitati .Radix- Arifflloch. r»t, . Farina hordei ana. 3 i. With Honie or Rofes, and a little Turpentine make an Ointment. ,, If the Combuffion be in the head or face, adde a little Gumm* Lemnia diffolved in Oyle of Rofes, alfo a mundificative of the juice of S nallege doth very much clenfeputrid Vlcers when it is mixed with Mel. R of arum and Aquavit* and applyed 5 Alfo thefe Medicines fpred upon Gotten or fine ~ ‘ E Lint, ♦ \ 1 P <)S) L.int, and applycd to Vlcers,is profitable, or fine Linnen cloths doubled, or let the part affe&ed be rowled in a foft fponge, f or thefe linnen clothes and fponge doe draw thin humours, which do hin- der confolidation ; to Vlcers already mundified,it as beft to ufe Incarnatives, fuch as are Fngunt Ah- rium Nicatiane^ or this following powder .*• Ik Pulvis A roes. S ar cocoll*. Myrrh e. ana, Z ii. Mifo„ f.ful . This following Vifcus doth mightily mundifie andincarnateth all forts of corrup ulcers ; fir Herhar. Centaur it et Hiperici. Cum toto, D,taj>en[i Therefore this following Ointment r: Re Em . V ft Emplafl, P almei * 1. Pinguid. Gad, E t anfer aka. ||3 t Let them be diffolved together, and theft mixe ■with them Alumiaes rfti, SaturniCahmati, Lytbargirii aurei , Lapidis Cabman arts. And in a Leaden Mortcrniake an Ointment ad» ding of the Mufilage of Cydon feedes and Foeno- greeke, as much as is expedient, with the which make an Ointment raoft excellent for all Combu- flions whatfoever » Alfo I have ufed an Ointment of Aiiblafter in thiscaufe with great profit* whofb description is as/olloweth : ft Lapidis Alablafiratis Cab- f i. {?♦ P umjcis dbi Calcionat . % (5 Make them into a very fmall powder, afterwards ft C*r* alba Ceri Cervini Ol.AmbgdaUr.Dulc . Ltljor iAl'oor ana, 5 j, Ol.de vited. over, | (5. Make an Ointment according to Art, this Oint- tnent mollifieth, eafeth pame, and produceth a faire Cicatrix. If the Combuftionbein the eye*browes iippes or in the fingers , there ought to be great care ta* ken thar thelc parts be not contra&ed and faftned" backe wards rowled in a fofc fponge ; therefore Linfif-n cbathes or Line, or thin Leaden Plates finely beat and ufed , arc to be put betweene the E * parts parts where conglutination is feared r In great Combuftions which are in the great veffels of the Veyncs and Arteries where Atrophia is feared* by reafon of little nounlhment , all the afft< 5 ted pare are the firft dayes to be anointed with Oileof Ro- les, to repreffe the humours, and afterwards with, this following Ointment. Be Cucei lumbruor%i) e Pinguid, human* Ca//tni,m a wi 9 with a little. Oyk of Rotes, and let it be applyed hot, but round about the eyes, if the bum be but light, feme Ointment of fope may be ap- plyed , which rriuft be of a reafonable hard body left it offendeth the eyes. This proceffe is not to be changed unlefle the Patient be quite free from inflammation and pain, after that apply this following Colerium, for the ber terexiccation and corroboration of the fight® Be Aquur* Eupbrafia^ Foeniculi R of antm ana. 5 f. Tutie Preparat, Stef^Siveepio ana. §. i. ‘ Mifci fiat Colerium, Now know (gentlrReader) that aCoIery, into the which womans Milke entreth, is in the Sum- mer every day to be changed , but in the Winter every other day , for the Milke quickly turner h and waxeth fowre , and then it eafeth not painc, but dryechi for this caufe,thofe (harp things which we have preferibed in other burnings,as Lye, brine &c» are not be applyed to bumes in the face, Stu- pifadive Medicines are to berefifted as much as poffible a»fce, except peat painc be prefcnt.for they (by reafon of their great coldncfTe)do thicken the Humours and vifible fpirits of the eyes 5 but if the s an fhaH..be hardned to the eyes, it may bee fottned and made fupple with the forefaid Oint- ments, but grearcare is to be had that the Oint- ment (v) . resent Or fat enter not into the eyes, for that ftireth f >aine • In the rneane time vvhilft the skin is mol. ifiedwith the atorefaid Ointments and Oyles,let the Cokry be dropped in, and the Cataplafme be applyed, as vve have already fpoken of. Generally let the Patient life a (paring dyer. Jet him abftaine from all hot things, fait things, Gin- ger, Pepper, Cloves, Garlicke, OnyonSjRadnhes^ and the like: And alfo from all things that are hard of Digeftion, alloWineand ftrong Aledoth much hurt, let his drinke be phtifan, in the which Coriander feeds prepared, and Annifeeds have bin boyled ; If the Patient by reafon of his. age can e not abftaine from Wine 3 let himdrink white win that is not very ftrong; In his pottage let thofe hetbes bee boyled which doe coole, and that doe purge Choller, asarefnefe, Sorrill, Borage, Ci- cory, Chernill, the Roots of Parfely* Fennel Mariory, Rofemary,and Eye-bright : Let the pa- tient take a little Syrup Cydonior,S ymplex or old ConferveofRofes, that the elevation of vapors unto the head maybe hindered, if he-bevery.thur- fty,.let himufe his deso&ion of Parley, in the which dilfolye the Siraup ofthe juice of Sorrell, Limonsor Pomgranufs,alfo Confections of cher? ries. Barberies,. and fuch like are convenient. Furthermore before I make ae end of this Chaprerffor the benefit and further experience of the Reader I willdeclare.an excellent Example of Combuftions. v •• ' a here. 4 ft. r P \ ( 4 Z ) There was a Maiden chi Ide, of the age of two yeares or thereabouts, which was the daughter of Mr. Samuel Gaidar d a raoft vigilant Schoole-ma- fter ofNeocoments, and my moftReverend God- father, whom by chance fitting by the fiie, fell among the burning coales, whereby notonely her * forehead about the eyes* but almo ft all her whole face, efpecially in one place was grievoufly burnt I being called haft atthe inftant, I applyed this foh lowing ointment upon the whole face in the form of a Plaifter. R: Sapmis veneti '§ i, OU devitel. over. et Amigdal. dulc . a&a, | if Garni elemi difioluU Cum Oleis 5 i. mi fee. Make an Ointment adding a little of the Mufilape of Cydon feeds- 'o But alwayes intotheEyes drop a little of the Colerium made of womans Milke and Roft water and apply it alfb with fine linnen clothes, the firft I renued the Plaifter every foure houres, here6y the greateft part of currupt humours were culled forth, and the fecond day 1 preferibed him pottage made ofnew killed Fldh, in the which was boyled the powder of the Root of Mechoacan 0 j. and to the affeScd place I applyed this Oyntment fol- lowing : ' Rf Ol. de Xitel! is ovo^um^ Ol. AmigdaUr. dwl c i Pingued, ueMnls human a am | j? c *r* Mvxl i. Croci 9 L mifce. Make an Ointment, with the which I almoft fini- fhed the Cure, except that in the end ofthe Cure I mixed with theforefaid Ointment a little ofthe Flower of Lentils, and I anointed the whole burnt part with this following E molent O yntment Ga ™ El mmi 5 (3. Ol.de vitaiovor & Lilior alber ana § (3. P ingu inhuman a o iijnifoe. In the meane time whilft that the skin is molli- fying, I ufe to extend it with both my hands, like as the Felmongers doe there skins when they tan them up j and thus by Gods favour lh e was cured, and there was no figneof a Combuftion left, ex- cept it were one little one in her upper lippe, in the which place, by reafon of the Childs unpatience I T He Groynes, becaufe they are rare* lax© 5 hu- mid members, and apt to fluxeof humours, whereby they doe ealily putrifie 5 They doe a lfo TP'* m 7 CHAP. X, F require ! requite a particular care and method of curing .' Fir ft ©fall therefore (becaufe by reafon of the vi- cinity of the Emunftiories, humours doe quickly flow unto them ) Defenfives are to be applyed to the bottome of the belly, upon the Combuftion alfocut aveyne in the Gubide, and if it may con- veniently be done, provoke vomitting ; but if it be not convenient , let the Patient be purged dovtrne- wards, and prefcribe him a {lender dyet ; let him abftaine from ftrong Wine, and from meats hot and fharpe, as we have fhevved in the former chap, ter ; becaufc the Groynes are Members rare,laxe, humid, and apt to corruption ; therefore if there be no blifters rifen , prefently apply fome Oynt- ment prepared of fope and Onions, but if they are rifen, let them be cut, whereby the fharpe water may flow forth, then apply this following Oint * mcnt. * Tof&ti 3' i* Ol.de vitel, ovor ( ct ■Amigdal. dulc. ana. § ( 3 . ©iflblve them, and.then mixe thereto Mirrh&AhesMa.Zi, Mixe them and apply them with Linnen clothes, and then let the whole part be covered, with this following Cataplafme .* Be F-arina bordii et Fabir.ma. % iii» Pulv. %$far % rubar. | | 3 . Witha little Vinegar and Honey make a Powl- tice, and apply it h5 : But if the Combuftion Tee gycat, jo that it maketha hard cruft, then let it be fcpe- ! fcperated by little and little,with m ladCm knife or zt the lean: (canned in divert places* then apply this following Ointment to cai fe the clear to fall, ft Su $crit>r is ungunt § j j. Pul Sccrdii 3. i. T aguent. Egiptiaci 3 \j. More or lefle according to the quantity ofthe pu- trifa&ion and the ftrength and weaknefle of the Patient, and apply it on linnen cIothes,afterwards* ft Far in* lufinor. FaUrum. LMiiam.\ i. (S. Let them be boiled in Barbers lye, and then mixe to them. Pul.ScQrdit.Alm. Afirrh* ana. | Mix them and make a Powltice, and apply it hot, after the Efcar is fallen, raundifie, incarnate, and cicatrice thcVicer, as wee have declared in our B. Chapter. CHAP, xr. Ofthe ComhujUons of the jfojnts. | ; l ■ K -* l i I N Com bullions of the loynts defen fives Ought to be applyed, the body purged, &c. Medicines made of fope. Onions, &c» are naught ; wherefore anoint the whole member twice a day with Oyle of wormes /Mans greace, Hens greace, with an Ointment of Marfh, M a Howes, and the like* The reft is to be learned in the former C bapters, F $ Of P Ayse is a grievous Symtome as wcllin Com-. bullions as in all other effe&s whatfoever, for it fcattereth and confumeth the vitall fpirits , and can let h unquiethefle and Feavers,hereby followelb a defetft of the^minde, it draweth a flux of humors, and thereby arife Inflammations, Gonvultions, and other grievous fymptomesjth ere fore it is to be ea-. fed as much as poflible may be, now the generall curing of paine,, is to takeaway .the caule thereof. But becaufe that in Combuflions there are two feverall caufes, to wit, fudden alteration, and folu- tion of continuity, there fliall be a two- fold fcope of Curing ; Firft, that the corrupt humours cau- fed by the fire be drawne forth, andthe part affe- ded refrigerated and brought to his proper tem- per, as we have fufficiently declared before. . S.4Cphdly,that whaffoere be disjoyned and burnt be united- and confolidated 5 but becaufe the cor- vid humours cannot be drawee forth, mnch leffe the' bliftefs and ulcer cured , except the hard and con traded skin be fir id made fupple; it is necefl ^ o , , , . Chirurgion doe bend : bend his whole ftud y 5 to fuppleand foftenthe skin, with thofe hot and moift Medicines which are before re hear fed , whereby thofe fharpe and fubtile humours may be exhallated and drawn? by the pores of the skin i but although fuch kinde of Medicines are hot , yet they cooksnotwithftan- ding by accident, that is as Galen witneffetb . by refolvingand fcattering fharpe humours *, there- fore if there be great paine , and that it be not ea- fedwith thofe Medicines which we have prefcri- bed in our 7 and 8. Chapters (the body being firft purged, and a veyne opened, if age and other things will permit,) apply this following Foment. R: Radic, Althea 5 i .Florten Chamonul, Melohti R of arum Abfynthii ana. C M* [3* Scm.Foenog. Anethi ana. .% (3 . 01. viohr. § ii j. Let them beboyled in Milke, in the which wring out a fponge or elfe doubled clothes, and apply it oftentimes to the painfull place, hot as it may bee fuffered. This following Powltice is alfo very good, and eafeth paine marvelloufly. R: Mi c arum fan is Alb i lfe|3. Boyle, it in Milke to the forme of a PowIticc,then mix thereto Oyie of fweet Almonds, new Butter of each § f. Oileof Egges 5 Saffron 9 i, the yeoike of one Egg, make therewith^ Cataplafme and apply it hot three or foure times a day»but ffffF foment the place affe&ed’ w.itn the following fo* ment ; if you haveanv mans greacein a readines, mix it therewith, for it is a fingular Anodine. ‘ ' ■ F 3 , Alfo \ Alfo apply Defensives, and preferibe a Dyet, and let the body be purged according to the nature of the Humour predominating j alfo open a veyne and apply Cupping-glaffes > if the paine be not eafed with thefe things, proceed to ft u pi fa dive Medicines* for it will not be in vaine* becaufethey are cold, even in the fourth degree, and being done with heedfulnefle and wifdome , they are not dan- gerous, efpecially inthe outward parts, but begin with thofe which are gentle. CHAP. XIII. Of the imbecilhty of the Sight. S Eeing that divers times after Combuftions there followeth an imbeciliityofthe fight, and a great rheume in the Eyes, therefore it will be ne- ceffary to declare how they may be holpcn, that they grove not into Lachrimale Fiftilo. S. Ofthal- mia, and to a pin and webbe, or elfe cleane perifh the fight : Wherefore the Cure fhall be perfor- med by three intentions, that is, by Dyet, purga- tion, and ftupifadive Medicines ; and becaufe that in Rheumes of the Eyes the Braine fendeth forth Humours and the eyes receive them, it is necefiary that they be not altogether hindered* left naughty Humours Humours fliould ingender in the Body and the Braine, but rather that thofe which are already in- gendred and flow totheeyes» may bedryedand drawne backwards, likewife the eyes are to be de- fended left they fuftaine a fluxe. There are three things to be obferved in the ad* miniftration of dyer, to wit, the quantity, the qua- lity, and the ufe ; For firft all exceffe, as well of meat as of drinke is to be avoided i Secondly, be- caufe the flux ofthe Eyes is alwayes caufed by fn- pcrfluity of humours. The third thing to be ob- ferved, is, that the Patient never eate, except the meat be firft well concodted, that he have a natu- rall appetite thereto, and that he doe avoid multi- tude ef meats at one meale , which differ in fiib* ftance and in quality, let his bread be ofthe beft wheat well boyled and levened , let him abftaine from fait meat, and that which is dryed, but efpe- cially from Hogs Flefh j the Flefh of young Bullocks, Capons, and of Birds that live in woods is profitable for him * alfo boy le with his meate and other pottages, Hilope, Mariorum, Sage;, Refemary , Eye-bright , the Roots of Parfley , Pimpernill, and the like : But if the fluxe bee caufcd of thin and fharpe humours, then boyle with his meate and pottage* and other warme things Borage, Buglofle, Sorrill, Cherniil,* Ce- landine, Eyebright, Fennell , and Putflow feed es, , with many other things* r Other pottages are alfo very hurtfullV asthoCe of Lettices. Parflovv, Colvvorts, as alfo of Mili. ons, Onions, Leekes, Garlike, Mufterd-feed, Ra- fifties; as alfo Pepper, Ginger, Gloves, peaf^ and white meats inftead of Butter, all which are naught for Flukes of the eyes. Strong wine and ftrong Ale doe alfo hurt, let him ufe Ale that is not very ftrong, but well boy- led, or elfe Pthifan drinke , wherein Agrimony, Eye-bright and Pruens have beene 6oy led,then let it be a little fweetned with Sugar and fpiced with Cinamon ; but it the Patient cannot abftaine from wine, by realon of Age or Imbecility of the ven- tricle, let him choofe old white wine which is not very ftrong : Sleepeand reft are very convenient in Difeafes of the eyes, but watching and ftudy is very hurtful’, elpecially prc fen tly after meat /to which may be added Venm Sports. Secondly, let the hfirtfull humour which fiow- eth to the eyes, bcdigefted, prepared and evacuated and if the fiu.v be caufed by a hot and (harp Hu- mour, let it bee digefted with this following Ju- ■ i a Rt Aquar. Bitonka. Eupbrafie. Borraginis Acitoce ana.% i* (3. Syyupt de nymphea VioUtia et de Cieorio ana , § {5 mi fee. Make a Iulip for two mornings , and then purge him with this following potion * s Re EteBuar , diacathot. 3 jv. Diaphenic 3 if Syrupi ref. folut. cum Rbahar.et Agaric, § j/. Make / (s i) Make a potion with the water or decoSion of Betony or Eye-bright, or elfe adminifter t hefe Pills : Ft Maf e pillular ds quinque generibu% myrobolonor* Til. agregdtivar ana. f |5. Diagridii grana iiij. With water of Eye-bright , forme fine pills unto Children you may adminifter them from 3 i. to 3 ii. or 3 iii. according as age and ftrength doth perm it ; alfo let them be purged with Manna , or the powder of M&cbaocan^ the body being purged life this follow- ing Ele&uary: Be Conferve Flor. letonic* Euphrafieet R of arum ana* § mi fee. V nio C hildren give a dram or two ; the body be- ing purged, ufe this following Ele&uary, Pk Confer, F lor Jeton+et Eupkrafie ana. | ii, Salvie et Rofmarini 5 i. mi fee* Let the Patient take of 1 this Ele&uary, the ftomacke being empty, the quantity of a nut, the Deco Sion of G uiacum> the roots of China farfa 2 arid a. Sa/Sapbrar, is very good to dry up evil humours and to ftrengthen the fight : Alfo the ftomack ought to be looked unto becaufe of his vicinity with the brain, for a weak fto- mack fendeth many vapours unto the brain which doe after defeend unto the eyes j therefore let the Patient abftaine from all thing s which do clog the ftomacke, and are hard of digeftion, let him alfo take twice a weeke 5 i, ofthis Mafte j Be Til* hiere pigr* fimpli*gal ¥ mafse piUul* Afsareret* Rhah* opt* triti pul verts fene ana* *)* \*Gar top hi Her ^ Mati $*Cinamoni and* 9 (S* W ith Syrup* Rofar* lenity make a Mafle of Pill* - Or elfe this following powder $ G TteSem* Ik Sem. CtriandH preparat S em arifi a#a, | j 4 Flor.be topic* Rofar.rubr. Euphrafia ana. § Cinamoni el till mac is ana 5 ii. Pellicular ^interior rventriculi^ G dinar am $ ($. Sac chart rofat^ ad pottdm omnium . Mix them, and make thereof a powder. Now folio weth the 3 Intention which confifleth of Medicine Chirurgicall,therefore if there be great pain,apply to the forehead fonie defenfive out of the y.Chap- but drop into the eyes this following Co!e- ry, and apply it with doubled clothes wet therein. Ik Aquar. plant aginis Rofarum Euphr aft £ anai $ i. Car life lota Tutie preparat. Olibani fubtitif. pulv. ana. 5. i. mi[ee. But if the flux of the eyes be of cold humours, then apply this Colery following : Ik (5* C oriand , * P repar 4 Z+ HLjgni alotSyMifiicts^Thuru^ Diant • dulc+Nucis mefeatc Granor* AlkertritS* Cat them fmall, and beat them together in a morter according to Art* If the fight be weakned, by reafon of a Continual! and long flux» let it be corroborated with this fol- lowing diftilled water: Re £ ufhraj, cum t$to A nagalyflore Purpureo* Hacbar foenic v Remedy. *■ V ’• y + \ ? • * . -"*• ~ v ’ ' T He chief Caufes of the deformity of fcarres, after the cure ot Combuftions, arc fir ft, that the skin, flefh. veynes, See- are draw ne together and hardned with the force of the fire* Secondly ,becaufe that the radicall moyfture (by whofe benefit all Vlcersare cicatrifed ) is by the force of the fire dryed and con- fumed, whereby it commeth topaffe, that even as dry and barren ground bringeth forth weeds, Cockcl, and- all other imperfed things , but on the contrary the fat andmoift ground bringeth forth all things pcrfe& » fo alfo by the defeft of the naturall heat and radicall moifture, there commeth filthy fcarres • alfo the ufe of cold Medicines caufeth naughty fcarres, as Hippocrates witneffeth in thefe words , Cold things are biting in Fleers , kardnetk the skin faufetb interne- rahle paine, hlacknejje, &c. Wherefore, that we may avoid thefe hurtfull things, we ought prefently in the beginning to apply emolent Medicines, as wee have before inftru&ed : Now, asapperraining to the cure, firft of all let the hardneffe of the skin be foftned and made fupple with the fat of Beares, Hens, Capons, Oyle of Lillies, and of the yeolkeofEgges, or elfe with this following Oyntmenr* Bf Pin- -* #*■ . fy.0 /* Bf P inguid. galine F rfi Pifds 7 bjmalt. Lilt or am. De viuttis ovorum ana. 3 ij. Ol.MyrrheSi. Sued lumbrieor § p. mi fee. Make an Oyntraenr 3 with the wfyich anoint the fear, every day three or foure times .• Then apply thereon a thin plate of Lead rubbed over with Quick-filver, but before the affe&ed part be anointed with the fore faid Ointment, let it be wafhed with water , in the which Bran and a little Myrrhe hath bin boyled»but if the fear res be fo much elevated , that they require greater mollifying , foment the place with this fol- lowing Deco&ion : R: Radi cum alt be cum toto, Rails, brime & L'tlior Albor.ana,^ i, F lor. Cham momille Mel. loti *na-M t i. Sem. Foenogr, lint. ana. § p. Let them be boiled in water , or elfe in the Decoftion of the head and feet of a Weather , and apply it with fponges,or clothes dipped therein } after the fomen- tation, anoint with this following Oyntment, and ap- ply thereon a Cerot of Oefope, or a plaiftcr of Frogs with Mercury, and reiterate it every day, until! the cicatrix be fuffiriently mollified* that it may be pref- fed downe with the plate of Lead. And as often as the Chirurgion (hall anoint the fear, let him endea- vour to ftrerch the skin that is contraSed, with both his hands, as the Glovers doe their skin. Then let th* wound which was before contra<3ed,be dilared,which may be fitly done with linnen clothes fpread over with glue, as is exprefled by this following figure’ i CTTT. i. — - \ * X / \ / A The wound of the fear being cut* BB B B thefe - arefoure linnen clothes fpread over with glew, two whereof (hall be placed to both fides of the wound fo that there reraaine feme fj>ace betweene them, as appeareth by the Figure* CCCCCC thefe are fixe Brings to be tyed in knots, which may be more or leffe, according to the magnitude of the wound ; furthermore, as foone as the glew is dry, lb that the Linnen clouts doe fticke faft, which will be within the fpace of foure or five houres, then let the firing be tyed faft together , and fo the skin which is be- tween the clouts will be drawnc and forced together and the wound will be dilated i In the meane time, hafien to cure and cicatrice the wound as faft as you may , and remove not your clouts untill the wound be cured, let your Glew be made of aftringent and clammy things, and of healing Plaifters, as Ik Farineyolitatis § 1 Maficis R 0 far . r u b m Sanguinis dr&cofi.&nm^ 3 ji. *SI Make V Make thereof a fine powder and mke it with tile whites of Eggs and Gum. Tragacanth* to the thick- neffe of Honey. CHAi>. X V. . ... . , ... } f ■ . , * t . • r% t f i ; y Of the retraced Nerves and crooked JmEhirs after Combujiions. TN great Combuftions ofthe Joynts, the finewes l_are divers times retraded and dtawn together and the jundures are made crooked, and efpecially if the Ghirurgion was nor very diligent in the beginning, and applyed- not the fplints and other inftruments’ concerning which we have written in our i i* Chapi- ter, wherefore we muff inftitate a new cure ; but firft let the body be purged according to the nature ofthe humour predominating ; for which theft things following are very convenient, Ptl de hirrmdut \ & R 1 1, Agy ag+ alfo Elect. I ndiurjt benedict +tax atina^. If the body be full of humours open a veyne , and draw blood acording to the magnitude ofthe length , concerning which take the counfell of a Phyfitian. The body being purged and prepared , as-we have even now ihewed, theaffeded part is to be mollified, and fupplyed with this following Decodion* ft 'Agdicum Althe& cumtoto Radic. 3r iconics Lidier alfar CWalvarum ana.\ il.Fcl'violarum.s F/or.Chamom ill * . Me li loti. J-Ijperici Cham > ana, M.\, Sem i - 4 - ■ : y ■ ^ * ~ 'r — — - Seth. Foenogr* Sem, Lini. ana. § i. Boyle them in the Broth of the head and feet of a Weather, for a Fomentation, then anoint the whole Member with this following Ointment, Be Vnguent. de Althea A uxungie humane. Gallinasum Anferis Frfi an a % ■ (5. Sued lumbncor § |5 i, Aque vita | (3. Afterwards apply a Plaifterof MufiIage,Hyfope» or Mehlot lpread upon a clout, the finewes, ligaments, and junctures being well molified,we mull ufeexten- tion, which may be fitly done without pain, with fit Inftruments ; if the difeafe be in the knee or Elbow, then thofe Inftruments are very convenient which are drawn b jGualtberus Reyjfin his Chirurgery. Orelfethis following Inftrument of our invention which you may prepare with a little trouble> and it may ferve as well to the Elbow as the Knee* ? ■ -* ? - ■ \ * ■ •• \ ■ - AA notifieth a little Casket made of wOod,as welI in the fir ft figure as in the fecond* ^ B B is an Iron plate made ir he falhion of a Ring F • bein ^ cotnpafle the whole knee ; but that in the fir ft figure is open, and the other is flint and compafTeth the knee, but that it may the bet?* ter be fitted, it is neceffary that part which belongeth to the rowndell of the knee be made hollow* C C- Siieweth a skrew, by whofe benefit the Ring is. drawne downwards, or vrhcn need requires, is lifted up-, wards. D D D As well in the firft as in the fecond Figure, in one part it noteth a hafpe* and in the other part it fhew- eth holes, by whofe benefit the ring is made ftraight, or flake, according as need requireth. f E. Noteth henges 5 in the firft Figure with the which the ring is opened and fhut ; therefore the ring being o~ pened, and the kgge being placed in the Casket, ye fhall fit the ring about the knee, and defend it with pleagets and linnen clothes, then hafpe it clofe with thole bafpes and holes which are noted with D D D. Furthermore, it hath two Buckels noted thus F F F F» and two thongs iignified with G G G G. by whofe benefit the iegge is bound into the Casket •' therforethe skrew beingturned from the right hand towards the left , the ring and the knee are drawed towards the Casker, and the legge may be extended a? much as the Chirurgion fliall fee fitting .* Furthermore, that theskrew mayeafily turne about in the ring, it is neceffary, that it ha ve a knobe which is no- ted with H. !• Is an iron plate which is annexed to the Caskef,be» tween the two Buckels, that thereby the skrew may the more eafily be turned about* But if the Combuftion be in the Fingers, an induftri* ous and witty Chirurgion may invent Fie inftrumenrs for the purpofc •* 1; have rgftored all the Fingers exc ’ ( 6l ) the Thuftibe of the right hand, which by a Combuftionr were drawne and conglutinated to the back of the hand , I which kind of cure, although we have already touched in our obfervations, yet left anything (hould be here defi- red , which may fit to this purpofe i I Will here againc ' 1 annex ir, Reader doe thou favourably jndge of them alh - | Anno i$g$ Ifaacke G otter an of P err of, brought Unto me Mi- chael h\s (on, which was of the age of 14 . months, who at the age of fixe months, fell with his right hand into the burning coales, whereby his fore-finger, middle-finger, ring-finger, ana little finger, weie (o burnt together with the back of the hand, that the fingers fell downe even unto the firft articulation ; but becaule his Father did commit the Cure to unskilfull people, all 11 his fingers except his thumbe were compaft together with the ! skin of the backe of his hand, as it were in the forme of a Globe [ as is feene by this following Figure : i w *r ^ T f .. . .• -4 \ _ . . • - ■ r 4 Alter feven months , when the cure was perfe&ly fi. nlfoed, the parents of the fore-faid Child brought him, into me, pictifully defired my hclpe, wherefore when I W pargei his body with Minna, being given him in his broth, I did prepare Chirurgieall Medicines, as follow- ed; 5 Firft I ufed this following Decodfcion and Ovnt- ment for certaine dayes together : 7 B c RaJhMth*gcum Mo Radic.Bryon+L H; or alb