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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![Read Bernard de Gordon’s ‘ Lilium medicinse.’ The diet in cancer. [* leaf 151] The symp¬ toms. Death in autumn. The favour¬ able signs. Be careful only to use palliative treatment. Warn the friends. symple decoccion of branne vupoute medlyng of any ojlev ping. Neperlesse vnkunyng leches ministrep vnto suche restrictiues medicynes of dissenterie, of bole, and sang dracon), mastik, coriandre, sumac, mirtilles, 4 harde 30IIUS of eyren, gret wyne, and suche oper pat availep to restreynyng of flux of pe wombe, as pou shalt mowe fynde in ‘lilio1 medicyne,’ c&pito “ de fluxu ventris.” And how moclie more pat pai giffe restrictiues, 8 so moclie more pai noye to pe forseid in constipand, i.[e.] costyuenes, and in hardenand pe squilullam2; pat I liaue oftymes bene experte of, And I liaue lerned it in expedience in whiclie I was not bigiled : ffor why; 12 constrictiues y-lefte als wele in diete as in pe forseid medicynes I esed mich wip vse *of clisterie3 of branne symple or of malue} and branne wipoute oyle or butter or any fatnes; ffor why; al fatte pingzs and oile pingze 16 norisshep pe cancre and fedip it. And it is to witte pat pise bene pe accidentes of pam pat hap bubon) in pe lure: pai may ete and drynk and go, and somwhat sitte and somwhat slepe; pai be menely hungry and 20 pfifty in mete vnto pe ende; pai may no^t abstene pam fro pe priue. And ofte tyme^ comep perisshyng to pam aboute autu??£pne or heruest; and it ne^yng nere, pay bigynne for to haue febres as it war a softe febre; 24 and pai lose as it war pair appetite; pai bigynne for to lope ale and pai couaite wyne; pai ete ych day lesse and lesse; pai slepe vnesely ; pai ar made lieuy als wele in mynde as in body : and pe fallyng doune nei^hyng 28 nere, pai are made feble, and pai halde continuely pair bedde, and pay couayte watre aboue all pingis. Jffse perfore y-sene, depe is in pe ^atis.3 Xeperlesse pai may speke & raise pamself vp and moue almost to pe 32 breping out of pe spirit. Joerfore wake ^e pat ^e putte no^t 3oure hand to pis but in giffyng clisteries, as it is seid afore; whiche alegepe mycli pe forseid pacientes, as I haue be experte, and makep euermore p?’onosticacion 36 to pam or to pair frendes als wele of dep as of vncur- ablenes. Sich pronosticacion, forsope, shal worshipe per bisynes of pe leche: perfore fliep auarice and abstene 30W fro false byhestis. Witte pou pat pe fynger y-putte 40 1 in lilio medicinte capitulo. 2 squibala. 3 His ergo visis, mors est in januis.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31350409_0086.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
