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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![Treatment of com¬ plicated fistulse. Lay all the openings into one. [* leaf 149] A successful case. white of eiren—ana 3 iiij ; wliete fioure 3 iij ; oyle, wax— ana 3 iij ; te?*bentyne 3 ij. And witte pou pat if in pe tyrae of pe makyng of Tapsimel may be founden a litel pety morel1 whiche berep white flowrs and blak grapes or 4 berie}, it shuld for certayn make ri}t noble pe emplastre diaflosmus. And petite morel is called in fflaundres ‘ ISTaghtstach.’2 And witte pou pat pe iuse of it dope best awey pe pustules in childres 3 moupes. 8 If, forsope, per be many holes persed to-gidre, pan owe pe leclie als sone as he may for anguissh. of pe pacient, after pe repe?’acion of pe first wounde, as it is seid afore, for to knytte wip a prede, as it is seyde afore, pe toper holes 12 strongly. Or, if he may, pat is better pat pey be kutte al fro oon hole to an-oper, acu rostrata, pe snowted nedle y-putte in pe hole, or som lynne tent, kutte pam to pe groumle wip a rasow?* or wip a launcete. Whiche 16 holes, * forsope, y-brou}t into oon, be pe w*ou??de als soon y-filled of puluer sine pari; Aboue the poudre, for¬ sope, I putte stupes kutte small, or coton), or carpe of lynnen elope, Aftir putte aboue pe forseid emplastre 20 diaflosmws, and be it bounden as it is seid, and ich day oone} reparailed. I sawe a man of Northampton??4 pat had pre holes in pe lefte buttok, and pre in pe testicle^ codde, and al pe?*sed fro oon to anoper by pe 24 midde} of longaon ; whom I cured wip cuttyng of al pe holes at oon tyme, of longaon as wele as of ope?*. Of pe kuttyng, forsope, of longaon, blode went strongly out, for pe fistule was ri}t depe; wherefore pe pacient 28 swowned; pe?’fore I putte to a sponge wette in cold watir and receyued pe blode. Aftirward I put in pe kuttyng of longaon restrictyues of blode, of whiche it is seid aboue, and a gode sponge y-wette in cold watre. I made 32 pe pacient for to sitte in a chayer, and als soon pe blod was cesed. And aftir refetyng of mete and drink, he went into his bedde and sleped wele all pe n^t, wipoute goyng out of blode. In pe morne, forsope, he had hym 36 wele; pe seconde day, forsope, after pe kuttyng I filled all pe woundes of puluer sine pari, and as it is seid afore in all pingis, with oile and an ey and salus popwli and diafiosmws I helid hym finaly wip 40 1 solatium parvum pos- sit haberi. 2 Naght- sarth. 3 children Sloane MS 277. If. 70, back. 4 Vidi et alium homi- nem sc. Iohan: Colyn de Northamp¬ ton.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31350409_0080.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
