Treatises of fistula in ano, hæmorrhoids, and clysters / by John Arderne, from an early fifteenth-century manuscript translation. Ed., with introduction, notes, etc., by D'Arcy Power.

John Arderne

Date:: 1910

Credit: Treatises of fistula in ano, hæmorrhoids, and clysters / by John Arderne, from an early fifteenth-century manuscript translation. Ed., with introduction, notes, etc., by D'Arcy Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 Domino mediante. aim an [Sloane 6, leaf 141, back.] Of the ploge of fistula in ano, and of J^e manere of J?e leche, and of instrumentis necessary for pe fistule. 4 I John Arderne fro the first pestilence that was in the $ere of oure lord 1349 duellid in Newerk in Notyngliam-shire ynto the ^ere of oure lord 1370, and ther I helid many men of fistula in ano. Of whiche the 8 first was Sire Adam Eueryngham of laxton-in-the-clay byside Tukkesford; whiche Sire Adam, forsoth, was in Gascone with sir Henry, that tyme named Erie of derby and aftir was made duke of lancastre, a noble and 12 wortlii lord. The forsaid sir Adam, forsoth, suffrand fistulam in ano, made for to aske counsel at aH the leche$ and cirurgien^ that he my^t fynde in Gascone, at Bur- deux, at Briggerac, Tolows, and Heyrbon, and Peyters, 16 and many other places. And all forsoke liym for vncur- able; whiche y-se and y-herde, ]?e forseid Adam has tied for to torne horn to his contre. And when he come home, he did of al his knyjtly clothinges and cladde 20 mornyng clothes, in pwrpose of abydyng dissoluyng, or lesyng, of his body beyng m3 to hym. At last I, forseid Iohn Arderne, y-soi^t and couenant y-made, come to hym and did my cure to hym and, oure lord beyng mene,1 I 24 helid hym pe?ditely within half a 3ere; and aftirward, hole and sounde, he ledde a glad lif by 30 3ere and more, ffor whiche cure I gatte myche honour and louyng }>ur3 al ynglond. And the forseid duke of lancastre and many 28 othir gentile3 wondred ther-of. Aftirward I cured hugon derlyng of ffowick of Balne by Snayjie. Aftirward I ARDERNE. B Sir Adam da Everyng- ham Arderne’s first patient. He had lost all hope of recovery, but lived in health and strength from about 1346 until 1387 after an operation.

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Treatises of fistula in ano, hæmorrhoids, and clysters / by John Arderne, from an early fifteenth-century manuscript translation. Ed., with introduction, notes, etc., by D'Arcy Power.

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