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The Declaration of the Characters which are contaynede in the table of the actual∣le Cauteryes.
[ A,] Defigurate the a Cauterye vnto vs, vvhich hath a poyncte like vnto a Raper, and is callede in Latine Ensis, vvhich is partlye on both sydes rescindente.
[ B,] The poynct vvhich must be of the crassitude of this lettre, because it might the longher Keepe hott.
[ G,] Is the handle, vvhich is smaller then it is needefull, and must be foure, or five inches longe, and in like sorte also all the other handles of the other Caute∣ryes, vvhich are heere notede vnto you.
[ D,] It is a backede Cauterye, vvhich hath a backe like vnto a knife, vvhich cutteth but one, the one syde, and for that occasione hath a thicke backe, because it shoulde continue the longer hott, and effectuate his operatione so much the better.
[ E,] The rescindente syde.
[ Π,] Π, The backe vvhich must be verye thicke.
[ F,] The poyncte vvhich must be foure goode fingers breadth longe
[ G,] This Cauterye is rotunde concavouse, & rescinden∣te: vve vse it to cauterize the skinne of the Heade, vvhen as suddaynly vve vvoulde trepane the same, as beinge in anye compagnye, and in cuttinge vve feare anye greate fluxione of bloode, to the end to give, or make place to the Trepane.
[ H,] The circle, vvhich is rovvnde, and on his end is re∣scindente.
[ I,] The poyncte.
[ L,] The punctualle Cautery, vvhich is quadrangulede, and acute, it is necessarye to open anye Apostemati∣ons.
[ M,] The poyncte of the Cautery vvhich is allmost four∣cornerede.
[ N,] This Cauterye may allmost be callede the Olive Cauterye, because it is allmost like vnto an olive: It is a little hebede, and flatte on his end: We vse this Cautery, to cauterize the Heade evē vnto the Scul∣le, or Cranium: Alechampe calleth it Pyrinoides.
[ O,] The Olive buttone.
[ P,] A Plateformede Cauterye: vve vse it after the extir∣patione of a membre, to cauterize the bone, & the fleshe, and the vvhole patte alsoe, vvhich might in anye sorte be aulterede by the corruptione, or Gan∣grene.
[ Q,] The crassitude of the sayede Cauterye, because it might the longer continue hott.
[ △,] △, The perforations, or holes vvhich are in the plate, becaus heerebye the smoke might exhalate, vvhich throughe the cauterizatione is made.
[ R,] The Cauterye vvith the buttone, vvhich is verye profitable to singe the skinne in anye place there to make a fontanelle, in steade of a potētialle cautery. Hippocrates calleth this kinde of Cauterye Falacra, L. Calvata, because they are smoothe and even, like vnto the baldenes of a mans heade.
[ S,] The even, & smoothe buttone of the Cauterye.
[ T,] The plate vvhich vve imploy least vve should bur∣ne anye other thing, but that vvhich vve cauterize.
[ V,] The hole throughe the vvhich vve thruste the end of the Cauterye.
[ 1,] 2, 3, 4, The little ribbons, vvhich are necessarye to rye the plate one the Arme, Hippe, or anye other parte of the bodye, vvhē vve vvoulde cauterize the same, leaste that in the operatione it shoulde glide avvay.
[ Y,] A Cauterye vvhich is verye necessarye to cauteri∣ze the Pallate of the mouth, callede in Greecke Sta∣phylocauston.
[ Z,] The end of the same vvhich is rescindente.
[ X,] The canule, or pype, vvhich is verye necessarye, to conducte the Cauterye into the mouth, vvhen vve desire to cauterize the pallate of the mouthe, or any other parte.
[ *,] *, The little vvindovve, or apertione, vvherin the pal∣late of the mouth must be receavede, therein ether to be cauterizede, or extirpatede.
[ A,] The place throughe the vvhich the Cauterye is ap∣plyede.
[ Π,] The ringe of the canule, by the vvhich vve houlde the same, becaus the pipe being fervefyed the Chi∣rurgiane chauncede not to burne his fingers, in exe∣cutinge his operatione, by the vvhich his vvorcke might be interruptede.
[ ω,] The hole of the ring, through the vvhich vve may thruste our finger, to houlde faste the foresayede ca∣nulle.
[ a,] Another Cauterye, vvhich hath a rounde plate, and is verye necessarye to be vsede after an extirpatione, thervvith to correcte the corruptione vvhich is as yet remanente: it is allsoe necessarye to abolishe, all greate corruption of the bone, it is of the Greeckes callede Mylinō, becaus it is not mislike vnto a Mil∣stone.
[ c,] The crassitude, vvherebye the Cautery is longe con∣tinuede hott.
[ b,] The place vvhere the holes are, throughe vvhich the smoocke, & the moysture, of the adustion may eva∣porate, as before vve have sayede in the Cavterye vvith the plate.
[ d,] An other Kinde of Cautery vvith a sharpe buttone, necessary to restraygne all fluxions of bloode, vvhe∣ther it be out of an Arterye, or out of a vayne cut a sunder, vve collocatinge the same above one the a∣pertione: It may alsoe be vsede after the extirpatione of anye Ioyncte.
[ e,] The smoothe buttone, vvhich is somevvhate acute.
[ f,] A rotunde Cauterye according to the longitude the∣reof, vvhich is verye necessarye, agaynste all caries of the bones.
[ g,] The rotunditye of the foresayede Cauterye.
[ h,] An other flatte Cautery, vvhich is also very commo∣diouse to correcte the caries of the bone.
[ i,] The one syde of the Cauterye.
[ l,] That vvhich muste onlye touch, the caries of the bo∣ne: We may alsoe heerevvith suffice ourselves in the Cauterisinge of the orifices of anye vaynes, or Arte∣ryes, vvhich are situatede betvveen the bones of the arme, or of the Legge.
[ m,] The handle, vvhich is somvvhat shorter, and thin∣ner then it ought to be, because of the little qvanti∣tye of place.
It is impossible for the Chyrurgiane to presente in this place all the figures, & portray∣tures of the Cauteryes, vvhervvith he must cōtente himselfe: for he must sometimes cau∣se them to be forgede accordinge to the reqviringe of the Operatione, & the parte, vvhere on he intendeth to vse the same, vvherfore I in this place have done my endevour to place & collocate together such Cauteryes as are moste necessarye, & novvadayes in vse, vvhere∣in I onlye have cōsiderede, & observede theire magnitude, & crassitud: And as cōcerninge their braunches, & the handles of the same, have onlye binne observed in tvvo, vvhich are notede vvith A, h, the Exsculptor havinge ingravene the same, somvvhat shorter, & smal∣ler then he ought: I moste cōmonlye vse such Cauteryes vvhich be reasonable shorte, be∣cause those vvhich are of to greate a longitude, & bignes, doe affrighte the Patient, as allso those vvhich are too longe can not so easilye be conductede, & rulede, because they doe moste cōmonly vacillate, & turne this vvay, & that vvay in the hande.