The Frenche chirurgerye, or all the manualle operations of chirurgerye , vvith divers, & sundrye figures, and amongst the rest, certayne nuefovvnde instrumentes, verye necessarye to all the operationes of chirurgerye. Through Iaques Guillemeau, of Orleans ordinarye chirurgiane to the Kinge, and sworen in the citye of Paris. And novv truelye translated out of Dutch into Englishe by A.M.

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The Frenche chirurgerye, or all the manualle operations of chirurgerye , vvith divers, & sundrye figures, and amongst the rest, certayne nuefovvnde instrumentes, verye necessarye to all the operationes of chirurgerye. Through Iaques Guillemeau, of Orleans ordinarye chirurgiane to the Kinge, and sworen in the citye of Paris. And novv truelye translated out of Dutch into Englishe by A.M.
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Guillemeau, Jacques, 1550?-1613.
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Imprinted at Dort :: By Isaac Canin,
M.D.xcvij. [1597, i.e. 1598]
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Surgery -- Early works to 1800.
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"The Frenche chirurgerye, or all the manualle operations of chirurgerye , vvith divers, & sundrye figures, and amongst the rest, certayne nuefovvnde instrumentes, verye necessarye to all the operationes of chirurgerye. Through Iaques Guillemeau, of Orleans ordinarye chirurgiane to the Kinge, and sworen in the citye of Paris. And novv truelye translated out of Dutch into Englishe by A.M." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A02364.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.

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Declaratione of the Characters con∣taynede in the portrayctures of sundrye, and di∣vers sortes of Trepanes, and nipinge tonges.

[ A,] A, A, A, Demonstrate the vvhole Trepane in his for∣me, and fashone.

[ B,] The coverture, or cappe of the Handle.

[ C,] D, That vvhich properly is callede the Trepane, G. Trepanon Chynicida, or Chenicion & Priona charac∣ton: vvhich vve must soe vnderstande, vvhen the sa∣me is vvithoute coverture: In latine it is callede, Te∣rebellum, Trepanum striatum Serateres, & of Cel∣so, Modiolus, and vvhen the coverture is therbye, [ E,] vvhich is noted vvith E, it is then G, callede Abap∣tiston, & in Latine Trepanum securitatis, because it can entre noe deeper thē the arreste, vvill suffer.

[ F,] G, The Piramide vvhich passeth cleane through the Trepane, vvhich must a little excelle the trepane be∣cause in the turninge of the Trepane it might stan∣de stedye, and havinge her circle, may be taken out, closinge that end vvhich is notede, vvith G.

[ H,] The Perforative Trepane, vvhervvith vve only note the place, vvhere vve intende to sett the Pyramide.

[ I,] The little vise vvhich vve vvinde into the coverture of the Trepane, to assure the same, that it may stand stedefastlye,

[ K,] An other Kinde of Trepane vvhich is a little larger in her basis, then in the beginninge therof: & is in la∣tine callede Terebellum alatum, & such a Trepane can not sincke invvardes.

[ L,] The vvinges of the Trepane, vvhich delicatelye and easilye cutt.

[ M,] N, The Piramide vvhich passeth cleane throughe vvhich vve must remove the Trepane having ma∣de his circle.

[ O,] An other Kinde of Trepane, vvhich onlye cutteth the fleshe: & is verye necessarye vvhē vve must sud∣daynlye trepane, becaus vve feare any greate fluxiōs of bloode. It cutteth and perforateth throughe the musculouse fleshe of the Heade the same being first vvith a potentialle Cauterye cauterizede.

[ *,] The circle, or circuite vvhich must cutt as vvel as a Kinfe, nether muste it be toothede.

[ P,] The Pyramide as is in the other fore rehearsede.

[ Q,] An other Kinde of Trepane, to perforate the bone, vvhich is not dislike vnto a thimble, & is also alate∣de, and delicatelye cuttinge, as vvell above, as one the sydes.

[ R,] The little poyncte, vvhich servethe in steede of the Pyramyde, leaste that shee shoulde stirre out of her place, vvhich must as long be vsede therin vntill the Trepane, be rightlye settlede, & fastenede therin.

[ r,] The little poyncte beinge taken avvay.

[ Q,] The handle of the Trepane.

[ R,] The quoyse, or cappe vvhich turnethe.

[ S,] The vise vvhich fastenethe the Trepane assuredlye.

[ T,] The hole vvherin the foresayede vise must be turne∣de.

[ V,] The trepane beinge taken in peeces, vvithout cappe or Pyramide.

[ X,] The Cappe.

[ Y,] The vise vvich houldeth faste the capp, the vvhich is scruede into that hole, notede vvith. Π.

[ Z,] The Piramide beinge alone.

[ 1,] The hole or apertiō, vvherout the Pyramide sticketh [ 3,] A little eminence by the vvhich the Pyramide is ste∣adefastlye helde fast, in the Trepane.

[ 4,] The end of the Pyramide, vvhich must entre throu∣ghe the hole of the trepane notede vvith 1

[ 6,] 6, The exfoliative trepane.

[ 7,] 7, Rounde pinsers, or tenacles, very necessary to ta∣ke avvay the trepanede percelle of bone.

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