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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![The influ¬ ence of the Moon in surgery. Definition of a fistula. Various kinds of dis¬ charge. Fistulse may heal and afterwards re-open. [*SloaneMS. 277, leaf 66, col. 1] Prognosis of fistuhe. open a vein in these parts. When the moon is in Cancer refrain from operating upon the breasts or chest or stomach and from injuring the lungs, neither open an artery or a vein in their neigh¬ bourhood. When the moon is in Leo take care not to injure the 4 flanks or the ribs, and do not operate upon the back either by cutting or by cupping. When the moon is in Virgo take care not to operate upon the belly or the internal parts, and do not bleed from the veins supplying the womb in women. When 8 the moon is in Libra refrain from operating upon the navel or upon the buttocks or upon the kidneys, and do not open the vein supplying the kidneys, nor apply a cup. When the moon is in Scorpio refrain from operating upon the testicles, the penis and 12 the neck of the bladder ; do not open the testicular vein and do not apply a cup. When the moon is in Sagittarius do not operate upon the thighs, do not remove spots or superfluous parts occurring in any part of the human body. When the moon is in Capricornus 16 refrain from the knees and from injuring the veins and nerves in these parts. When the moon is in Aquarius do not operate upon the legs or upon their nerves from the knees to the bottom of the calves. When the moon is in Pisces do not operate upon the feet 20 and do not open the vein in their extremities. Of cliffinicion of a fistule, and places Jmt it is bred in, and when it is curable or no3t. [N] ow it is to procede to pe curyng of pe fistule. 24 And aftir auctowrs of cirurgie, a fistule is a depe aposteme, hauyng oonly oon hole somtyme, and ofte-tymes two or pre, and oftymes mo, and bredyng in eche membre of pe body of aposteme or of a wounde yuel y-cured, 28 giffyng out quitour of diuerse colour and of diue?*se substaunce; pat is to sey now white and pinne, now watrye, now as wasshyng of flesshe pat is rawe, now clotty ; somtyme myche stynkyng, somtyme litle. And 32 somtyme pe holes ar closed be pam-self, and aftir a fourten^t or a monep, akyng goyng afore in pe place, pai ar eft-sones opned. And when siche maner fistules is bredde in pe armes or in the brest, or in pe costes, or 36 in pe pies, or in pe knees, or in pe legges, or in pc fete, or in pe hende, or in pe ioyntoz^rs [*of1 pise, pat it corrumpep oft-tyme pe bone} and pai ycorrupte ar oft tyme} put out by pe hole} of pe fistule. H Bot fistule} of 40 1 The MS. Sloane 6 is defective here. The missing folios are supplied from another English version, Sloane 277, made early in the fifteenth century.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31350409_0068.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
