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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![soden & made wip pe forseid malue3, for pat emplastre is best mitigatiue of akyng of pappes, & bryngep in quytour and confortep pe place, and make]? pe mater 4 for to vapour by pe pore3» And for certeyn it availep in al aposteme^ in eue?’y place of pe body, and also in many brissure^. With pis emplastre in cures of pappes I liaue y-gette many \v0rshippe3 and benefetes, for certaynly 8 it is soueraynly mitigatyue. But witte pou after all auctours—and I haue p?*oued it for certayn experience— pat ane aposteme bredyng nere pa lure owe not to abide to it breste by itself, but pa leclie owe bisily for to fele 12 wij) his fynger pa place of the aposteme, and wher-so is founden any softenes, per, pe pacient no3t wittyng, warly, be it boldely opned wip a ful sharp lancette, pat pa quitour and pa corrupte blode may gone oute. Or elle3, 16 forsope pe gutte or parme pat is called longaon, pat deseruep to pe lure, shal be bristen wip-in pe lure, and presed by fore pat pe aposteme be bristen withoute-forpe. Whiche case byfallyng, if it al-oonly brest within it is of 20 hard cure, and pan shal per be ragadie3 or frousinge^, fforsop if it briste bope w^t/dn and with-out, pan may it neuer be cured but by a ful experte cirurgien in his crafte. ffor than may it pe firste day be called a fistule ; 24 sipe a fistule is no3t elle^ pan ane vlcus vndesiccable, and for it is vndesiccable, pei’fore by consequens it is vncurable, sipe no wonde ne vlcus may be lieled but if it may be dried. Som tyme it bifalleth som men for to 28 haue ane hole apperyng outward al-oonly, persyng pur3 pe longaon m'tMn pe lure by pe space of ane ynche or of tuo, and bisyde pat anoper hole wzt/i-out, 1103! persyng pe longaon w^t/i-in-forp. And I haue sene som 32 haue 7 or 9 hole3 on pe tone party of pe buttokkis, and 6 or 5 on pe toper party, of whiche noon of pam, outake oon, persed longaon. And I haue sene som haue 2 or 3 hole3 on pe buttokke, and 2 or 3 descendyng 36 * doun into pe codde of pe testicule3. And I haue sene som haue oon hole or many in pe tone buttok, and oon or tuo on pe party of pe 3erde persyng als wele longaon as pe 3erde. And in pis case, as by my demyng, sich 40 pacientes bene vncurable, and pat for fistulyng of pe Arderne has used this ointment with benefit in many cases. An ischio¬ rectal abscess should not be allowed to burst, but should be opened as soon as it softens, otherwise chronic ulceration and fistula may follow, for a fistula is only an ulcer that cannot be dried up. The results of a fistula. [* leaf 146]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31350409_0061.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
