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Author: Arderne, John, fl. 1307-1370
Title: Treatises of fistula in ano : haemorrhoids, and clysters / by John Arderne
Publication Info: Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative
1999
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Print source: Treatises of fistula in ano : haemorrhoids, and clysters
John Arderne
Power, D'Arcy, Sir, 1855-1941, ed.
Oxford: Reprinted by Oxford University Press for the Early English Text Society, 1968
URL: http://name.umdl.umich.edu/ArderneFistula

Contents
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dedication
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FOREWORDS
BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS.
ARDERNE AS A SURGEON.
THE TREATMENT OF FISTULA IN ANO.
ARDERNE'S OPERATION FOR FISTULA.
THE MASTER SURGEONS.
conclusion
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
A tretis extracte of Maistre Iohn Arden of fistula in ano and of fistula in oþer placeȝ of þe body and of apostemeȝ makyng fistuleȝ and of emoraideȝ & tenasmon and of clistereȝ: of certayn oyntementeȝ poudreȝ & oyles.
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Fistula in ano.
[1.] Of the ploge of fistula in ano, and of þe manere of þe leche, and of instrumentis necessary for þe fistule.
[2.] Of þe apostemeȝ in þe lure causyng þe fistule, and þe cure of tham.
[3.] Of diffinicion of a fistule, and places þat it is bred in, and when it is curable or noȝt.
[4.] Of a maner of wirchyng in fistula in ano and þe curying þer-of.
[5.] Of a-noþer maner wirchyng in þe same fistule and þe cure wiþ diuerse exempleȝ.
[6.] Of bubo with-in þe lure, and the impossibilitie or mych hardnes of þe cure of it.
Fistula in the limbs
[7.] Of fistules in þe fyngers, and hardnes of cure of it.
8. Of fistul in þe lawe ioyntour of þe fyngers, and in þe legges, knees, fete, & ankles, wiþ corruptyng of þe bones, and þe hardnes of þe cure.
9. Of þe maner of cure of oon þat had þe fistule in þe legges aboue þe ankle.
10. Of þe maner of cure of ane enposteme in the buȝt of the knee that was disposed to the fistule.
11. Of þe maner of a ful hard cure in bolnyng of al a manneȝ arme.
12. Of þe maner of a cure of a man þat was smyten on the schyn bone.
13. Of the maner of cure of a man whose legge was sodenly bolned.
Of Mormales.
14. Of maner of mormales & of þe cure of þam.
Of Piles.
15. Of emoraides & of þe cure of þam.
Of Tenesmus.
16. Of þenasmon & rhagadeȝ and of þe cure of þam.
Of Prolapse.
17. Of goyng out of þe lure & þe cure þere—of.
Of Clysters
[18.] [A treatise on clysters.]
Of Powders
19. Of þe properteȝ of Vitriol.
20. Of þe properteȝ of Alum.
21. Of þe properteȝ of Vertgreȝ.
22. Of þe properteȝ of arsenic & auripigment.
23. Of makyng of þem & of þe werchynge.
24. Of makyng of pulv. sine pari & of þe wirchyng.
25. Of makyng of sanguis veneris & of þe wirchyng.
26. Of makyng of salus populi & of þe werchyng.
27. Of makyng of nerbone & of þe werchyng.
Of Oils and Waters.
28. Of makyng of Olei Seriac.
29. Of makyng of Unguentum arabicum. Of makyng of tapsimel. Of makyng of diaflosmus.
30. Of makyng of puluis grecus.
31. Of makyng of oyle of roses.
32. Of makyng of oyle of violetteȝ
33. Of makyng of oyle of camamulle.
34. Of makyng of oyle of mastikk.
35. Of makyng of oyle of almaundeȝ.
36. Of makyng of water of almandeȝ.
37. Of makyng of oyle of juniper.
38. Of makyng of ane enoyntment of juniper.
39. Of makyng of a gode emplastre for þe goute.
40. Of the properte of walwort & makyng of þe juse & poudre of it.
Of Valences.
41. Of makyng of valence of scabious or mattefelon.
42. Of makyng of valence of wormode.
43. Of makyng a man slepe without pulvereȝ or pilleȝ or enoy[n]tement.
44. Of þe maner of wakyng of hym.
additional topic
Contra spasmum et crampe.
A charm against Spasm and Cramp.
APPENDIX
Grant to R. de Rupella of land in the Cantred of Tirmany, Connaught, given to him by the Black Prince.
NOTES.