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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![2 dummodo tamen nota fuerit nimis inveterata vel profun dior. 3 vigilate ergo ne cupiditas oculorum aciem ex- teret. Prognosis of Fistulcc. iuncture^ no$t comyng of outward cause ar called pe festred fistulat gout. And sich fistule^ almost bene all vncurable, and namely in Wymmen. In 3ong1 men forsop or waxen 4 men, I liafe seene few euer be cured, out-tak pat I haue sene tuyse or prise som waxen men by long processe of tyme, pur3 benefice of nature, be cured of pe fistula in pe legge3 and in pe fete; pat is to sey in pe seuent 3ere or fourtent 8 or two and tuenty fro pe tyme pat pe fistule come to pam. And pat mi3t be for, after Ypocras, alle sekene3 ouper is termyned after pe mouyng of pe mone or of pe son. U If it be after pe mouyng of pe mone. so it is termined in pe 12 fourtened day, which is endyng of acute3 sekene3 and bygynnyng of cronice3. If it be after pe mouyng of pe son pan pe first schal be in pe seuent monep or seuent 3ere and so ascendyng 16 vpward by seuen, &c. * H And witte pou pat al 3ong men liauyng sich forseid fistule3, if pai be in febre3 and lene of body, ful seldom abidep pe fourtened 3ere. To which for-sop noieth most vse of milk and of fruyte and 20 lichery. IT If pe fistule for-sop be in a fleschy place of pe body al-only, it is possible to be cured and per-for fistula in ano or bredyng n^e may wele be cured. While3 neperlesse it be no3t ouer olde or depe,2 pat may 24 be knowen by pe hardnes of pe place and discoloryng of pe skynne and mich goyng out of pe egestion3, and feblyne3 of pe pacient, and if it haue perced pe waie3 of pe vryne. H jperfor wake 3e pat couaitise blynde no3t 28 pe si3t of 30m’ e^en,3 pat it may no3t deme atuix curable and vncurable. Of a maner of wirchyng in fistula in ano and pe curying per-of. 32 When for-sop thou knowe3 pat lie pat hap fistule in pe lure, or m3 biside, is strong and pe place of pe sekene3 wele colored and pat the pacient is gode herted and abydyng, it is no3t to drede pat-ne pe lech 36 schal spede wele in pe cure of it if he be experte. H Which perceyued, when pe pacient and pe lech ar 1 3ong written above, olde deleted. 21 Festred gout bad in women, sometimes cured spon¬ taneously in young men. An acute illness be¬ comes chronic at the end of a fortnight. [* leaf 66, col. 2] Milk, fruit and lechery bad for long¬ standing fistuke. Take care not to operate for the sake of the fee only. Selection of patient.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31350409_0069.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
