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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![Choice of a day for operating. opir necesarie}, pat noting wante pat the leche may nede in his wirchyng. And one?* al this it is best & most sikir jmt he kutte no^t in pe lure ne do no violence ne greuousnes to it in pe tyme J>at pe mone is in Scorpion, 4 or Libra, or sagittari-ws, for pan of astronomye^ is forbede per kuttyng. ffor as wille souerayne astronomy and astrologiens, pat is to sey Ptholomews,1 Pictagoras,2 Easis, and Haly, &c. A cyrurgien ow no^t for to kutte or brenne 8 in any membre of a mannes body, ne do fleobotomye whiles pe mone is in a signe gouernyng or tokenyng pat membre.3 t Ptolo- maeus, 2 Pythag¬ oras. A method for finding the position of the moon on any given day by means of the calendar and the table. The best astrologers declare that no opera¬ tion, not even bleed¬ ing, should be under¬ taken whilst the moon is in the sign governing the part to be operated upon. 3 The Latin texts contain a chapter headed Nota de cognitione signorum Lunse. 12 Si quis scire et invenire voluerit in quo signo coeli fuerit Luna omni die, primo sciat signum in quo Luna soli conjungatur et diem conjunctionis per kalendarium. Quo invento tunc scias quod ah ilia hora diei vel noctis in qua fuerit conjunctio usque 16 ad talem horam diei sequentis completin’, prima dies Lune. Postea computa quot sunt dies ab imprimatione praedicta usque ad diem de quo queris in kalenderio. Tunc videndum est in tabula precidente ubi invenitur numerus ille. Quo invento, queratur 20 in superiori capite tabulae sub quo signo Luna fuerit pr’ma sub quo recte descendens transeas donee directe perveneas ad signum cor¬ responded Linealiter numero aetatis Lunae predictae, et in illo signo existit Luna eodem die. Et nota quod in ista computatione dies 24 naturalis ad meridiem diei incipit secundum Astronomos. Qui, igitur, de tempore certificari voluerit tabulam sequentem de 12 signis discat et agnoscat; sic, incipit Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, &c. 28 [The Table given on pages 18,19 follows here in Latin Text.] Sicunt volunt Astrologi summi videlicet Ptolomaeus, Pythagoras, Rhasis, Haly, &c., non debet cirugus incidere vel urere in aliquo membro corporis humani nec facere phlebotomiam dum Luna fuerit in signo regnante illud membrum. Nam secundum est quod 32 12 signa zodiaci regunt 12 partes humani corporis prout patet in imagine predicta, ubi aries quod est signum igneum temperate sic- cum caput regit cum suis contentis. Luna vero in ariete existente cave ab incisione in capite et facie et [ne] incidas venam capitalem. 36 Luna vero in tanro existente, cave ab incisione colli vel gutturis, nec incidas venam in his locis. Luna existente in geminis cave ab incisione spatularum braehiorum et manuum nec aperias venam in his locis. Luna existente in cancro cave ab incisione in 40 Luna in can. mammis vel pectore aut stomacho, et a laesione pulmonis, nec cro bonurn / incidas arteriam seu venam ad ipsam directionem. Luna existente Luna in](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31350409_0064.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
