A short discours of the excellent doctour and knight, maister Leonardo Phiorauanti Bolognese vppon chirurgerie VVith a declaration of many thinges, necessarie to be knowne, neuer written before in this order: whervnto is added a number of notable secretes, found out by the saide author. Translated out of Italyan into English, by Iohn Hester, practicioner in the arte of distillation.

The order to cure all man∣ner of Fistoloes.

FIstoloes as I haue said before, are of diuers kindes, and caused of dyuers accidents, and so likewise they haue néede of dyuers medicines, and first I wil write of those fistoloes that come of woundes euill healed, and that haue made a callowe in that order that na∣ture cannot scicatrise and so remaine fistolated, and y^e cure of these kind of fistoloes is to put therin a Rup∣ture that doth cutte and mortifie the callow, and cau∣seth it to fall awaye, and then with incarnating medi∣cines, incarnate them and scicatrise them and this is the true cure of these fistoloes. But those kinde of fisto∣loes that nature causeth, to ease hir selfe of some acci∣dent, commonly doe come in the lower partes about the fundament and they be very perillous, and not to be healed as they before were. But they must bée with purging the bodye, stomacke, and heade, the which is to be done thus. First purge them x. or xij. dayes with our Magistral Syrope, then giue them our Aromatico, and drinke thereon a little white Wine, then purge the heade with a perfume made of Mirra, and Cyna∣ber, after these thinges bée done yée shall rectifie the Lyuer with some decoccion fitte for that purpose, as of Lignum sanctum, or Salsa peryllia, or such like,

that worke effecte, for this medicine doth also helpe Fistola lacrimosa, that cōmonly come about the eyes, or eares. There be other Fistoloes in forme of a sore, which must be helpt with purging, and laye vpon the sore our Cerote magistrale with Precipitate & annoint it with Magno licore, for with this Cerote only may all fistolated sores be healed, for it doth mundifie and afterwardes cicatrize it, there be also diuers suche lyke matters that are cured easely, if ye apply there∣vnto those medicines that are appropriate.