❧ Howe that a Chyrurgiane aptly & fitlye to dra∣we a bullet out of the bodye, ought to consider their difference, & the nature of the par∣te, in the which it is shot. Chap. 2.
THe Chyrurgiane beinge re∣quested and desired to dravve forth the bullet,* 1.1 havinge pe∣arced & penetrated some par∣te of the bodye vvith leaste trouble, & hinderance to the patient fitlye, & finelye to accomplish the sa∣me, because that sometimes they are dravvne forth vvith insufferable payne, shall first of all consider & marke, that the daunger consistes, ether in that parte, in the vvhich such bullets are shot, or in the species forms, and differen∣ce, of the bullets: it is therfore firste of all ne∣cessarye, that he observe, and knovve, the na∣ture and qvallityes of those partes, for some partes vvil more gentlye and softlye be hand∣led, then others: vvherfore he must consider, on the substance, qvantitye, figure and forme, compositione, vnitinge, originalle, tempera∣ture, and one the necessitye & vse of the same parte. To the vvhich end & purpose, he must note vvhat vvoūdes, in the vvhich the bullets have binne shott, are incurable, or difficulte, or easye to be cured, because that vve may ad∣monishe, the frendes, and kindrede of the pa∣tiente, of those accidentes vvhich might hap∣pen vnto the vvoūde, the bullet beinge dravv∣ne therout, alsoe of the certayntye or feare, vvhich throughe the daūger, vve are to expec∣te, of the healinge of the same.* 1.2 For first of all Celsus sayeth, that a prudente, and vvyse Chy∣rurgiane, shall not at anye time take in hāde, such a patient, for vvhome it is impossible to be curede, & escape death, because he admini∣ster noe occasione vnto others to suspecte, & thincke, that he hath berefte the patient of ly∣fe, vvhich othervvyse throughe the bad fortu∣ne of his vvounds is disceased. And seinge that the daūger is greate, but yet notvvithstā∣dinge entermingled vvith some good hope, thē he shal admonishe the frendes of the pa∣tiente, that the matter is heavye, and suspecte, because if so be the arte & science, be suppres∣sed, and overvvonne of the dissease, that they should not as then thincke, ether that he hath not knovvne therof, or els that he hath sought to abuse the frendes. But that such is the offi∣ce, and the dutye, of a vvyse and prudent Chy∣rurgiane, also is it the facte of a Runnagate Qvacksalver and deceaver, to make anye thin∣ge, seeme to be verye daungerous, vvhich of it selfe is easye, and light, because vve shoulde thincke, more arte to be in him, then indeede theris. It is alsoe seemlye, that the Chyrur∣giane cōfessinge, the cure to be easye & light, doe paune his credit, & reputation, because as thē he might the more vvillinge, thincke one that, vvhich might be most commodious and profitable, to the curinge and healinge of the patient, and that the dissease vvhich of it selfe is smalle, throughe the negligence of those, of the vvhich the patient is kepte, be made noe greater.
To this end Paulus Aegeneta counceleth vs,* 1.3 that if so be, the bullet continue, or tarrye, in anye of the vvorthyest partes of the bodye, as in the Braynes, Harte, Liver, or throte, in the kidnies, bladder, or Matrice, and the signes, & tokens of death revealinge themselves vve cā¦not by anye meanes possible convenientlye vvithout greate paynes, & dilaniatione of the vvounded parte dravve forth the foresayed bullet, that as thē vve may not offer to touche it, because that vvithout doinge anye good or furtherance, vve doe not administer vnto the ignorant & common poeple, anye occasion, of evell speakinge or blaminge vs.
But allthoughe the issue of the vvounde, be