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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![1 bene alle- viatur. 2 et prose- quatur. tonges so y-shape fat when fe vtward endes bene streyned. togidre fe inner endes be opned & agaynward. Or if fe leche hanne ymagyne more couenable instru- 4 mentis to fe forseid werk to be done, for so moclie loued be god bat streyngfes mannes witte in godes. ])e lure, forsofe, y-opened, and fe sikenes bisily y-sene, be fe hole of fe sikenes y-filled wif puluer sine pare, and 8 coton y-putte aboue ; be f e tonges warly drawen out fat fai spill no3t fe poudre, or fat fei hurt no^t fe pacient. Whiche y-drawen out, and fe legges laten doun, late fe pacient long reste or fat he go, fat fe poudre be *no3t 12 letted for to go; and abide it so stille vnto fat fe pacient dense his wombe ; and if f e pacient may abstene hymself fro fe prvue by two dayes, it war full necessary to hym. When fe pacient, forsofe, ow to be reparaled, 16 fan be fe lure wasshen and dried; whiche y-wasshen, be fer ^ette in of a ^olk of an ey wif sangms veneris to esyng of fe ake fat comef of puluer sine pare, and to fe clensyng of fe vlcer of flessh mortified by fe forseid 20 poudre. And fis cure continue fe leche by fife dayes or mo, fat is to sey of fe ^olk and of sanguis veneris, vnto fat he se fe pacient wele alegedde1 of fe first akyng. Whiche y-do, fan owe fe leche in fe best 24 mailer fat he may for to opne fe lure and bisily biholde wifin, and considere if fe sikenes be mortified ; whiche is knowen if fat fe vlcer seme depper fan it was sene afore fe puttyng in of fe poudre, and also by ofer 28 tokenes fat a gode leche fyndef more experte of long exercise. In fis ferfore to be yknowen be no^t fe leche slowe; for why; fer shal folow no^t litle louyng fe?-of. ferfore if it be no^t mortified be it eftsones 32 filled of puluer sine pare, and be it sewed 2 in all f ingis as it is seid afore, wif fe 301k of an ey, & wif sangwfs veneris, vnto fat he se efte-sones fe pacient wele alegged, as it is seid afore. When, forsofe, he trowef fat it is 36 mortified, fan it is to turne agayne to anofer cure, fat is to sey fat he take fe $olke of an ey to whiche be added fe half parte of tapsimell, and als miche as sufficef of poudre of alumme 3ucaryne y-brent. And be it so 40 made fat it may be 3etted in by a Nastar of tree ; and but he is not wedded to it. [* leaf 150] After-treat¬ ment. Examine for gangrene. Treatment for gangren¬ ous inflam¬ mation of rectum.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31350409_0083.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
