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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![Diminished discharge a good sign. The treat¬ ment of ulceration of the rectum. The applica¬ tions are not to be too irritating. [* leaf 150, back] Soothing clysters are best. pis cure be continued al-oonly by pre or foure dayes : pe fourpe, forsope, or pe fiftlie day aftir pis medicyne done to, be pe ylcer reparaled wip pe ^olk of an ey and sangm's veneris pre or foure dayes continued. And so 4 owe pe leclie for to cliaunge his liande fro oon medycyne to anoper, vnto pat he se pe superflue moistene3 firste goyng out for to cesse; pat is tokne of cure or help beyng ni^e. pan, forsope, may he with vnguento arabico and 8 salus popwli finaly spede pe forseid cure aboute four & tuenty wekes, or more or lesse, aftir pat pe pacient be obedient and bisy; ffor why; gret spede of werk standeth in pe paciens and bisynes of pe pacient.1 And it is to 12 i Nammag- witte pat in all vlcerie^ beyng wipin pe lure, or moiste expeditioin ragadiis puttyng out quitour or blode, pis I sey pat pe seduHtateet viceroy be no^t bubones, i. e. owles, of whiclie it shal be seid con sis tit. aftirward, for pai be al vn curable2 : pat if a leche may 16 no^t wipoute grete anguissh, als wele of hymself as of pe pacient, opne pe lure of pe pacient wip tonges, as it is seide afore, pan owe pe leche oonly putte in of tapsimell and puluer sine pare medled togidre in suche piknes pat 20 it may be jetted in by a nastare of tree. For why; pis medicyne mortifiep wele and dense]) putred flessh in an vlcere. But witte pou pat euermore aftir pe ^ettvng in of tapsimel wip pe forseid poudre, pou ow in pe nexte 24 reparalyng for to ^ette in wip a nastare of tre of pe 301k of an ey wip sang«m veneris or oyle rosette, or wip comon) oile if pe forsaid wante. And pis cure be con¬ tinued wipoute leffyng * by pre or foure dayes. It 28 spedep no3t, forsope, pat medicynes bryngyng in akyng be to moche vsed or haunted, as is tapsimel wip puluer sine pare. Neperlesse tapsimel wipout puluer sine pare, wip pe 301k of an ey and wip poudre of bole armonic 32 ful smal y-broke and medled wip oile of lynsed togidre, oyle of rose added to, or of violetU's, or of sanguis veneris if it be had redy, And 3etted in wip Nastare of tre, helep wele vlceres, ragadyes, and excoriacions or fleyngis wipin 36 2 Nota de ulceribns infra aimm existentibus. Et notandum quod in omnibus ulceribus infraanum existentibus, vel rhagadiis humidis saniem emittentibus vel sanguinem, lioc dico, quod ulcera non sunt bubones, de quibus inferius suo loco dicetur ; Bubones namquesunt omnes incurabiles.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31350409_0084.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
