Lanfrank's "Science of cirurgie." / edited from the Bodleian Ashmole ms. 1396 (ab. 1390 A.D.) and the British Museum Additional ms. 12,056 (ab. 1420 A.D.) by Robert v. Fleischhacker, DR. PHIL. Part I.--Text.

Lanfranc of Milan

Date:: 1894

Credit: Lanfrank's "Science of cirurgie." / edited from the Bodleian Ashmole ms. 1396 (ab. 1390 A.D.) and the British Museum Additional ms. 12,056 (ab. 1420 A.D.) by Robert v. Fleischhacker, DR. PHIL. Part I.--Text. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$outfmg, heal- ing, and remiivinK exprescences. [I leafs] ^ Cap” ij™ A surgeon must be a temperate and well made man. An ugly man can’t have good man- ners. He must know Phil- osophy, Logic, Gram- mar, and Riietoric. He must not be a glutton or a niggard, but pleasant with his patients, sign. iij. [* If. 3, bk.] AdH. MS. 12,056. parties Jiat ben hole & in lielywge jjo jjaf ben broken, or kutt, as Jiei were toforu, ^or ellis as ny3 as a man may, & also in doynge awey |jat is to my die skyn: as wertis or wewnys, or Jie fleisch to hi3e // ^ \)e secLuale chaj^itle of be firste tretis is of be d qiialitees, manors, and ku??nynge of a surgian // 'I^I^Edeful it* is )>at a surgian be pf* a complexciouw weel propor- XA cioimd, and fat* Ids complexcioun be temperat / Races seij?, who-so is nou3t* semelich, is ympossible to haue good maners *[& Aui- 8 ceiine; euyle maners] but* folowen pQ lijknes of an yuele complexioiui/ A surgian muste haue handis weel schape, longe smale fyngri.*!, and his body not quakynge, & al must ben of sutil witf, for al Jiing* )?at* longi)J to siurgie may not* wi]) lettiis ben writen. He muste studie 12 in alle J^e parties of philofie & in logik, |?at he mowe vndirstonde scripturis; in gramer, )jat* he speke congruliche; in^arte, Jiat techijj him to proue his proporciou/?s wi)5 good resoun; in retorik jjat* techi)? him to speke semelich. Be he no glotoun, ne noon enuyous, ne a IG negard; be he trewe, vnbeliche,^ & plesyng*liche bere he hvm-silf to hise pacientis; speke he noon ribawdrie in pG sike luannis ^hous / 2 Lat.: quod docet dialectica 3 hvmbilly in margin, in smaller hand. kuttynge ore opnynge ))o pa/’tyes pai ben hoi, & in helynge ))o that ben tobrokeii operG kutte, as ))ey were to fore, opevG ellys a.s ny3 a.s 20 a i\Tan may, and al so in doynge aweye pai ys to myche above )5e schyn : as wertys, opere weiiJtys, open' tiesch to hy3h. % The secu^fde Chapiteii of be ffurste Tretys is of be qualites, maners and ciinnynge of a surgien. 24 Nedlful ys Jiat a surgien 1 e of a Complexiou?? wel pi’oporcyonede, & ))at is co7«plexioim be tempmit. Rasys sei]?, whose face ys nou3t semlye, ys inpossiblt? to hauen gode maners; Auicenne ; euyle maners* beli folwynge })e lyknesse of an yuele co?»plexiou7i. 28 A surgien nioste ban handys wel schape, longe sinale H'yngres, and hys body nought qiiakynge, & alle hys lymes able to fulfyllen gode werkynges of hys soule. He most ben of sotyl wytt, ffor alle ]3\nge pnt longyth to surgerye may nought wij) lettres ben wryten. Ho 32 moste stodyeri in alle partyes of natureH ffylosophye in logvk, pai he mowe vndirstonde scriptures ; in gramere, pit he speke con- grulyche; in art, Jiat tcchyth hym to p?-eve72. ys pi'oposicfones wft/t gode resoun; in retoryk, pat techitli hy?n to speke semlyche ; bo he 36 no77 glotoun, noTi spowsbrekere, ne Envyous, ne no nygarde ; be he [5 fui.si.a] trewe, vmbelyche plesynglyche bere he hym-self to hys pacientis; speke he no77 Rybaudye in |)e seko mannys house, ne in jjc seke$