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Credit: The lesser writings of John Arderne / by D'Arcy Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![uppone here bely and liolclcth here knees togydere& yf sche [ be ] called by here propre name sche understandeth it wele but sche may not answere, sche lyth often tyme as though sche were deed and after the passione is cesyd sche wole reporte all that was done and seyd. It is to be under- stande that a womane beeinge in this passyone behoveth furste to have stronge rubbynge in the extremytyffes that is to seye in the ffeet &in the handes with salt and vinegre. Thane schall ther be made byndynge in the hypes provokynge out the sorowe, thane ferdermore ther schalbe putt to the nosederles Asafetida or a lynnene cloth brent or wollen cloth is bettere or hennes federes or mannes heere brend & suche other that engendren stynkynge savour, fferthermore thane schall ther be made sternitacions that is to seye ssnesynge with mustard & peper.' He quotes Gordon on the cause of hysteria, and John of Gaddesden as an authority on its treatment. A case of cancer of the male breast. Then follows the case of a priest who had an ulceration of the breast. Arderne says : ' To a preest of Colstone faste by Bynghuame (? Colston Bassett in Notts) ther felle a sore in the ryghte pappe withinne the skyne uppone the heed of the pappe as it were a litill knotte & in man ere of a pese with ycchynge & so the forseyd knotte be contynywaunse grew foorth tyll it was of the gretnesse of ane henne egge & that it came to the foorme & lyknesse of a topp. And in the begynnynge of the mone the akynge therof begane to assayle hyme by the space of ii dayes or iii or more. The colour of this sore was lyvyd medlyd with rednesse & waterynesse & hard in felynge & whane ii yere were passyd he was tawghte of a lady to leye ane emplastre therto & to drynke of the drynke of Antioche by longe tyme and whane he perceyved that the forseyde medicines prevayled hyme mowgth he wente uneto the towne of Notynghuame to be leten blood & whane the barbour perceyved the forseyd knotte he asked of hyme whether that he wolde be holpen therof & tolde hyme that he hadde a cure therfore & coowde hele hyme therof. The preest seyd he wolde fayne be holpen but nevertheless he seyde to him he wolde aske counsell yf it myghte be done as he seyd une-to hyme. And in the same towne ther was a wyse sirurgyane of the weche the seyd preest hadde wetynge & wente to hyme to aske counsell yf that he were curable or if that he myghte suffre ony kuttynge or corrosyne or ony suche other medicines. And the seyde leche warned him that he schulde in no manere wyse putte no corrosyne ne non other violent medicines ne lete no kyttynges come ther-ny ffor yf he dyde he promysed that it wolde brynge hyme to the deeth withowten ony rekevere.' The wise surgeon was undoubtedly Arderne himself, and the priest had a scirrhus of the breast. The advice, therefore, was certainly worth the fee paid. Directions are given for the treatment of ' ane infeccione that is called Eipes that lyth in lengthc as it were ane impetuous serpent', and then comes a case of cancer in the penis of a parson. . 1 case of epithelioma of the scrotum. It is told that ' in the yerde of a personc ther felle a sodeync ycchynge in-so-moche that he koowde not abstene hyme from rubbynge & whane he hadde so rubbyd it withinne a whyle after ther grywc in the tywell betwene the skyne of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21463724_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
