The regiment of life, whereunto is added a treatise of the pestilence, with the boke of children, newly corrected and enlarged by T. Phayre

¶ A declaracion of the veines in mannes bodye, and to what diseases and infirmities the o∣penyng of euery one of them do serue.

IT is not vn∣knowen to anye whiche haue seene Anathomies, how ther be in a mans bodye .ii. hyndes of veines, general and speciall.

Generall or commune veynes are iii. which appeare in the middest of e∣uery mannes arme on the inner syde, & of them the highest is called of learned mē cephalica, or the head beine, and the lowest of al three, is called commonly

basilica or regia, in the righte arme by an other name epatica, or the veine of the liuer, but in the left arme, it is cal∣led pulmatica, the veine of the longes. The .iii. common veine, lieth betwene the other .ii. in the middes, and is na∣med cordiaca, or the veine of the heart.

The fyrst that we dyd speake of, that is to saie cephalica, is a veine most apt to be letten bloude, in al y^e hyer partes of mannes body, and is opened for the head ache, and the eyes.

This veine yf by chaunce ye touche it, and yf it blede not at the fyrst stroke ye may be bold to strike it once again, for there is no ieopardye of cutting of anye muscle. And yf ye cannot finde it out, take hys hraunche that is aboute the thombes ende.

The veine epatica, emptyeth from the middle partes of al the body, and it is euer opened against diseases of the sto∣make, and y^e splene, but ye ought ther∣in to be very dilygent, that there be no muscule perced.

If ye can not spie it in the arme, seke the braunche of it betwen the litle fin∣ger and the fourth.

The cordiaca veine draweth bloud as wel from beneth, as from aboue, for it is cōpouned of cephalica and epatica. If any feleth a weakenes at his heart, he ought to take good hede that he bee not opened in y^t veine cordiaca, but yf necessitye be of bleding, let him blede in the cephalica or els mediana.

So likewise of the other .ii. The cor∣diaca, is good to cure the passions of al the hole bodye, whan they doe procede of heate, specially of the hearte and of the longes.

But in the percing of it, ye muste ex∣cedyngly beware, for vnder it is a cer∣tain muscle, which if it bee very depe∣lye cutte, the pacient is in ieopardy of his lyfe.

When ye entend to let a person bloud in any veine, ye muste bathe the arme wherin ye perce, in good hote water, & draw y^e hole abrod, y^t the grosse bloude

may the more easily passe. And here is to be noted, that in all sickenesses and times (except only infeccion of y^e pesti∣lence) ye muste take the same veyne of the .iii. that doth appeare fuller & big∣ger thā y^e other are, for by that ye may perceiue that the members which be∣longe vnto it, are full of superfluityes of to hote bloud, and this shal be suffy∣cient of the foresayde veynes general: now we wil reherce y^e veines speciall. ¶The veine in the higher parte of the forehead, is good to be opened ī al dis∣eases of the heade, & of the braine, spe∣cially yf they be of long continuaunce, and it cureth the newe begonne lepry. ¶The .ii. veines that are behinde the eares, are opened to preserue y^e memo∣ry, mundify the face, and to take away rumes and distillacions from y^e head, and are good generallye in all diseases of the mouth, and of the gummes. ¶The .ii. veines of the temples of the head, are good to voide humours from the eyes, and they serue also for al dis∣eases

of the eares.

The .ii. veines in the corners of the iyes are opened in the cure of webbes, spottes, cloudes, mistes, perles, red∣nes, cornes, and other infirmityes and weakenesse of the syght.

The .ii. veines in the holownesse of the eares, serue to heale the shaking of the heade, swymminge of the eyes, do∣sines, sounding of the eares, new deaf∣nes, and vnclennes of the mouth.

The veine in the tippe of the nose, is good againste apostemes of the heade, reumes, and fluxes of the iyes, it pour∣geth the brain, and comforteth the me∣morye.

This veine must bee soughte verye wysely, for it lyeth depe, therfore he y^t wyl be sure of it, shall fynde it euen in the verye middes betwene the twoo sides of the nose ende.

The two veines within the nose∣thrilles, are opened against the heauy∣nes of the head.

The veine of the lippes, is good to

take in al diseases of the mouth.

The .ii. veines within the mouth, are opened ī diseases of y^e head, toth ache, payne of the iawes, mouth and throte, and agaynst frecles of the face.

The foure veines in the palate of the mouth, are good to bee opened in the toth ache, reuines and catarres of the heade.

The two veines in the hynder part of the head, are good against the phrene∣sye, swimming, astonying, and al other paines of the heade.

The .ii. veines vnderneth the tong are opened against the fluxes of the heade, palsies, quincies, scrophules, apoplexi∣a, cough, paines of the mouth, teeth, & gummes, against impedimentes of the speche, and generally in all diseases of the breast, hearte, longes and arteries. The veyne that is betwene the chyn, and the nether lip, is good to open in curyng of a stynkyng breath.

The veine that lieth ryght vnderneth the chynne, is good agaynste thesame

disease, and also in diseases of the head & of the breaste, polipus in y^e nose, pai∣nes of the chekes, stinking of the nose∣thriles, scrophules and spottes aboute the face. The .ii, veines of y^e necke (one afore, another behynde) are excedynge good against the pleuresie, newe lepry, shakynge of the members, humours, and distillacions of the heade, and to muche styfnesse of lymmes.

The .ii. veines vnder the arme holes, serue against y^e straitnes of the breast, payne of the mydryfe, and the longes, and agaynst difficultye of breathyng, called asthma.

The two veynes aboue the elbowes are taken in all diseases of the breast, swymmyng of the heade, spasme, and epilepsia, commonly called the falling euyll. Vena purpurea, or the purple veine liyng in the ryght arme nexte e∣patica, toward the hande, is opened a∣gainst diseases of spirituall members, and of the bowels.

The veyne illiaca nexte vnto the pur∣ple

veyne, yf it bee well taken, is good to heale the paines of all the inwarde members.

Vena pulsatilis, or the beatyng veine is good against the tremblynge of the heart, swowning, and cardiaca passio.

The .ii. veines of the thumbes, are opened in diseases of the head, bleared eyes, and agaynst the moste part of all feuers.

The veyne betwene the forefinger and the thombe, is good for stoppyng•• of the head, and to purge the super••tui∣tye of choiere, is good in agues, and in all diseases of the eyes.

The veine that is betwene the ring•• finger, and the litle (yf it bee opened taketh awaye diseases of the head, th•• longes, and of the splene.

The veine called saluatella in y^e rygh•• hand, betwene the litle finger and th•• next adioyninge, is opened in opilac••¦ons of the breast, against the gummy matter of the eyes, perbraking, yelo•• iaundis, paynes & colikes in the ryg••

syde of the belly. And in the left hande it is opened againste all diseases of the splene commyng of replecion and op∣pilacion, and is good to heale the he∣moroides, phrenesy, colikes in the left syde, dyseases of the veines, & to much aboundaunce of the floures.

The veine of the right syde, yf it bee opened, is good in lyenteria, dissuria, dropsyes and other infyrmities caused of colde matter.

The veine of the lefte syde is good against apostemes and excoriacions of the bladder, paines of y^e loines, swel∣ling and stoppyng of the splene.

The veine of the belly is good against diseases of the reines, and purgeth out the melancholy bloude.

The .iiii. veines about the place called pectē, on either side the priuy mēbers, are good against super••tuous yssues of the hemoroides, and to swage payne in ••l diseases of the bladder, & the secrete places, they stoppe the bledynge of the ••se, & of other mēbers, and are good

to heale the lienterye and strangurye. The veine ouer the foreskynne of the yearde, is opened agaynst the dropsye and al dyseases of the same member. The veyne vnderneth the saide skinne is holsome to be taken for the cramp, or spasme, colike, swelling of y^e coddes, strang••rye, dyssurye, and dyseases of the stone, both in the reines and in the bladder.

The two veynes of the thyghes haue a synguler vertue in the curyng of dis∣eases in the bladder, and the reines. The twoo veynes in the legges, dooe serue agaynst the dropsye, payne and a postemations of the bladder, and the reines, and the priuy members, and a∣gainst gout and swelling of the knees. The veyne saphena on the inner syde of the legge, is opened against retenci∣on of the flowres, and in all diseases of the matryce, reynes, hyppes, pryuye places of men and women.

The outwarde saphena, otherwyse called sciatica, descendynge from the

legges on y^e outside, is excedinge good in curing the paine of the huckle bone, whereof it hath the name sciatica, and ouer that it healeth all dyseases of the bladder, and the bowels, goute of the handes and of the feete, wyth other payne of the ioyntes, and the palsye. The two outwarde veynes vpon the ancles, are good to bee opened for re∣tencion of the floures, they take away the sickenes of the splene, and ease the payne of the backe, strangurye, and stone.

The two veynes vnder the lyttle too, are good to pourge the superfluitye of the matrice, and to heale scrophules of the face and the legges.

The two veynes adioynynge to the lytle too, cure the apoplexie, yelow co∣lere, palsye, and all dyseases of the ••eynes.

The two vaynes in the lesser ioynte of the litle too, are opened in curynge of an olde cough, pustles, and ophthal∣mia in the eyes.

The twoo veines in the middle too, are good agaynste the scrophules, and diseases of the face, spottes, rednesse, & pimples, watring of the eyes, cankers and knobbes, and against the stopping of the floures.

The veine on the lefte ioynte in the great too, is good against ophthalmia of the eyes, spottes of the face and the legges, ytche, and vlcers of euyll complexion, and purgeth su∣per••tuities of the matrice. Thus much I haue de∣clared of the vtili∣tye of veines.

FINIS.