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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![A prescrip¬ tion for a soothing ointment. [* leaf 145, back] Lana suc- cida what it is Prescrip¬ tion for an ointment for an abscess of the breast. bope in hote and colde. ffor, after auctores, Oile roset coldep ane liote membre and hote]) ane colde niembre1; and it do]) many o])er profites ])ere and in al pe membres of pe body. And perfore a gode leche pwruey2 4 hym pat he want neuer oyle roset, sipe pe?- procedep of it many helpyngis to marines body ; for why; after Galien to euery akyng liote oile roset is mytigatif. Ypon pe aposteme, forsope, vtward be putte a gode emplastre and 8 ri^t maturatif of diaqwdon resolute with oile roset, or oile of lilie3, or of camamill, or dialtred,3 or comon oyle, pat is oyle of olyue, or swyne grese, or gandres,4 or maulerdes,5 or hewnes grese. ffor whi; diaquilon pus y-ordeyned and 12 put-to maturep colde materie^ & resoluep & mollifiep hard materies. Also be per made suche a vntment pat is ri}t mitigatiue. Recipe : tame comon malue36 M. i or M. ij, & brisse pam in a morter, and put pam in a quart of 16 oyle of olyue3 and lat pam putrifie perin 7 dayes or 9. After boile pam long at pe fire vnto pe oile be wele grene; after cole it and * kepe it : pis oyntment is ry3t mitigatiue of akyng of aposteme3, and mollifie3 pan if it 20 be put vpon [tham] hote with lana succida. Lana succida is wolle pat groweth atuix pe legge^ of ane ewe about pe vdder, ful of swet,7 no3t y-wasshe, and it opnep strongly and consumeth; oyle, forsope, of propfrte holdep opne 24 and draweth and swagep akyng. If, forsop, pou haue no3t lana?7i succidam pan dippe a lyn clout in pe forseid oyntement and putte it hotte vppon and bynde it warly pat it fal not away. Also ane emplastre of pe forseid 28 malue3 is a ful gode maturatif and mitigatif of akyng in aposteme3 of pe lure and of wy??imen3 pappe3, and to al oper aposteme3 nedep maturacion. And it is made pus. Recipe: malue3 tame M. i. or ij; sepe pam in 32 watir to pai wax softe, pan put pam out of pe watre and presse oute pe watre of pam, and aftir liakke pam small wip a sharp knyf on a clene horde ; pan frye pam in a panne ouer pe fire with comon oyle or butter or 36 swynes grese, Or, if pe pacient be riche or noble, with som of pe forseid oile3. And aftir vpon clene stuppes be it put on pe aposteme. And witte pou here pat if pou may haue wormed it profitep micli in curyng if it be 40 ) oleum ros. membrum supercales- cens infrigi- dat et super infrigidatum calefecit. 2 “ provi- deat.” 3 dialthsea. 4 anatis. 5 mallardes. 6 ‘ ‘ Malvas domesticas communes.” 7 sudore imbuta. No ta. Pappis [oq wommen.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31350409_0060.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
