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.
62/210 page 14
![Arderne cured a priest of a urethral abscess at Master Geoflrev Scrope’s house in Lincoln. Urethral tistulse are sometimes associated with uraemic symptoms, which Bernard de Gordon teaches are due to a connection between the muscles of the pelvic floor, the stomach, and the brain. ^erde. And fiat may be knovven, for som-tyme fie sperme go]? oute by fie hole of fie ^erde infistulate, and som-tyme vryne or bothe. Nefierlesse I cured a preste, at lincolne in fie house of Maistre Giffray Scrope, J>at 4 had aposteme in his 3erde, of whiche als wele vryne as quitour come doune into his codde, and sometyme blode went oute by fie hole of fie jerde, and his testicules war bolned out of mesure. Therfore, first, I putte on his 8 testicule3 oon oyntement ruptorye, and I made an bole by whiche went out bothe vryne and quitow?’; fiis i-do, per shewed ane bolnyng vndernefie in pe ^erde ri^t be pe lure, whiche I opned wifi a ruptorie; whiche y-opned, 12 per went out bofie quitour and vryne. Whom y-cured peril tely, oure lord beyng mene 1; but for certeyne his lure & longaon war vnhurte. And witte fiou fiat pis cure was ful hard. fi)erfore in suche fiingis be a leche avised 16 and discrete. Also a leche owe to be circumspecte in his askyngfs, fiat he enquere bisily of fie pacient if he fele ony tyme ventosite^ or egestion^ go out by pe holes of pe fistule. Also enquere he of pe pacient ^if he fele 20 any lieuvnes or greuousnes in his heued; Or if it appere to hym pat fie house some-tyme is turned vp-so-doune 2 as it shuld falle, and pe pacient may no^t for drede of fallyng enclyne to pe erthe; And if pe pacient fele 24 akyng and heuynes or greuousnes in his lende^3 and feblenes in his stomake. Also sey he to pe pacient Jms : ‘1 wote pat )?e kynde of ]?e fistule is soche pat somtyme it is opned by itself and putte}? out quitour, 28 somtyme }?ikke and somtyme fiynne, somtyme watery and somtyme blody. And somtyme it is closed be itself, & so by a monej? or more per rennej) no-]?ing out; and eft-sone^ it bigynnep to ake or pat it caste out quitour. 32 And aftirward it is opned by itself, and renne]? as it is seid afore, and aftirward it is sperred.’4 ffor suche pro- nosticacions sliewe]? and tokneth to pe pacient J?at pe leche is expe?*te in pe knowyng of pe fistule, and so pe 36 pacient wil better trist vnto hym. And witte pou, aftir Bernard of Gordon, fiat fie synowe3 closyng and openyng fie lure hafie festnyng with fie stomake and wifi fie ventricule3 of fie brayne, And for this cause suche 40 1 Domino mediante. 2 ut si appareat ei quod domus subver- tatur. 3 “ et si sentiat gravitatem in lumbis. . 4 et postea clauditur.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31350409_0062.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
