The anatomie of the bodie of man / by Thomas Vicary ; edited by Fredk. J. Furnivall and Percy Furnivall.

  • Vicary, Thomas, -1561.
Date:
1888
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Credit: The anatomie of the bodie of man / by Thomas Vicary ; edited by Fredk. J. Furnivall and Percy Furnivall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [* K. iiij.] Ho ulwiiya ivaily, wlicn bi'ilden by tlie Alinonei's mill IlDHpitler, to examiiio Patients. Tlieii give your liiiiiest.jiidgineiit on them, and if Hiey're incuralile, don't admit tliein, so as to l<eep out tlie curable ones, Wlien ynu dress a Piilieiit, [» B. iiij, back.] advise Iiim to sin no more, but to tliank God. Take no gift from any poor men or their friends. And never burden this House with a Patient for whom you've been paid. [* E. v.] Report any wiong-doing you see to the Almoners, tliis house, ye shalbe redy .it the cominaun*dement of llie Almoners of this house, & Hospiteler of the same, to view and lokc vpon such diseased persones as here from tyme to tyme shalbe presented. And after your view, to signifie to the sayde Almoners or Hospiteler, your Judgement of the said diseased persone, without all affection, whether he or she he curable or not, to the ente?zt there may be none admitted into this house that shalbe incurable, to y* great lette and hindcraunce of the curing & helping of many other; ne none reiected and put back that are curable, to the greate slaunder of this house, and displeasure of God. Also, at all suche tymes as ye shall go to the dress- yng of any diseased persone in this house *as muche as in you is, ye shall geue vnto hym or her, faithfull and good cou?Jsaill, willing theim to mynde to sinne no more, and to he thankefull vnto almighty GOD, for whose sake they are here co?^^forted of men. And aboue all thyng, ye shal take nor receyue of no per- sone, any gifte or rewarde for the curyng or helping of them, either of them or their frendes ; but ye shall first make the same offer or reward knoweji vnto y® Almoners of this house. Also we vtterly forbidde and commaunde you, that ye by no coloure,^ pester or burdew this house -with any sicke or diseased persone, for the curyng of whiche per- sone, ye before haue receiued a somme or sommes of money, vpon paine to be dimissed thys house. *This is your charge and office, with the Avhiche ye haue to do, and not with any other thing, neither with any other office, in this hoiise. But if you shal per- ceiue at any tyme, any thynge done by any officer or other persone of this house, that shalbe vnprotitable therunto, or that maie be occasion of any disorder, or shal engender slaunder to the same, that ye then declare it to the Almoners, or one of them, & no farther to medle therein. The Porter. Keep the doors. [* E. V, back.] and look to all tbilc going ill and out. Don't let the food of the Poor be stolen. The Office of the Porter. YOur charge is, to kepe the dores, openyng and shuttyng them hi due time, and to geue good hede to all suche * persones as shall at any tyme passe to & fro out of this house, as wel for the co?meighing or embcsillyng of any thyng that apperteyneth to the poore of thys house, as Wood, Cole, Bread, mcate or drynkc, 1 pretence.