The noble experyence of the vertuous handy warke of surgeri, practysyd [and] compyled by the moost experte mayster Iherome of Bruynswyke, borne in Straesborowe in Almayne ... Item there after he hath authorysed and done it to vnderstande thrugh the trewe sentences of the olde doctours and maysters very experte in the scyence of surgery, as Galienus, Ipocras, Auicenna, Gwydo, Haly abbas, Lancfrancus of mylen, Iamericus, Rogerius, Albucasis, Place[n]tinus, Brunus, Gwilhelmus de saliceto, [and] by many other maysters whose names be wryten in this same boke. ... Item yf ye fynde ony names of herbes or of other thynges wherof ye haue no knowlege, yt shall ye knowe playnly by the potecarys. Item here shall you fynde also for to make salues, plasters, powders, oyles, and drynkes for woundes. Item who so desyreth of this science ye playne knowlege let hym oftentymes rede this boke, and than he shall gette perfyte vnderstandynge of the noble surgery

¶ Of the shulders / armys / and the great handes. Ca. v. (Book 5)

DEscendyng from y^e necke dothe folowe a graet ry∣synge lyke a hyll / and on the hyest parte therof the shulders be plātyd / and y^t shuld{er} bonys be twayn Fyrst behid is one brode and thyme on the backe partye / & on y^t syde of the ioyntys it is somwhat longe & roūde lyke a haft with. iii. edgys / the fyrst is ho∣lowe / the other aboue croked & sharpe lyke y^e byll of a crane. ¶ That other bone is na∣med Os furfale / or the forked bone / and is roūde & festyned in a holownes in y^e vpper parte of the brest / & hath. ii. braūches lyke a forke / the one gothe to the one shulder / & the other gothe to the other shulder / & byn∣dyth the. ii. sharpe & crokydendys / and is a hole deffence & preseruynge of all the shuld{er} wyntys. ¶ The parte vnder the ioyntys of the arme pyttys is made of cornell flesshe / wherin is shewyd the purgyng of the herte ¶ Galien{is} deuydeth the arme in. iii. great partys / the fyrst parte is a boue y^e oxcellys or arme pyttys. the other parte is namyde the lytyll arme / & the thyrde y^e lytyll hāde. ¶ The stryngys & opyne senowys that be founde in the arme comynge to the oxcellys & there be deuydyd in twayn. The one goth on the hyest of the armys / & that other part to the vndermost parte of the armys.. The vaynes that ascende be deuyded in braun∣ches / & the one goth vp behynde the shuld{er}s to the heed / the other descendyth & is yet de¦uyded in twayne other braunches / where of the one braūche is deuyded through the arme on the vtter syde in dyuers placys / & is named funis brachii / whiche is the rope of the arme. The other braūche comyth vp through the vpper parte of the arme and is openyd & shewed through y^e bendynge of y^e elbowe / & is namyd Cephalica or the chef vayne. From thens it comyth for the on the

hande betwene y^e thombe & the fore fynger / and is namyd cephalica ocularis. ¶ The other vaynes frome the oxcellis that come to the vnder parte of the arme shewe them selfe in y^e bought of y^e arme / and is namyd basilica which is the vayne of the lyuer / & from thens it descendyth downe betwene y^e golde fynger and the lytell fynger / and is namyd saluatella / whan the ii. fornamyd vaynys be in the bought of the arme / than is there another vayne sene betwene them bothe / and is namyd mediana corporalis / and thus there be in the arme. v. great vay¦nes / and so many strynges / the whiche be very ieopardus to staunche yf they were woundyd or cut. ¶ Of Nucha through y^e spondiles of the neck descendynge to euery arme. iiii. pryncypall senowes / that meue and stere the aduitory or lytell arme / and out of it cōmeth. v. senowes into the hand that meue the fyngers / and they shewe thē selfe openly on the thre fyngers towardes the ioyntys / whiche is daungerous to be woūded. ¶ In y^e armes be great stryngys & stryngys the come from the bonys goyng through y^e ioyntys / and kepe them ioyned / the which were very ieopardus to be cut. ¶ The bone namyd vlna or adiutoriū / is a great bone full of mary / & roūde at bothe endys / but aboue it hath but one roūdnes / and beneth it hath. ii. & the vppermost goth into the holowe of y^e gābone / & maketh the ioynt of the sholders / and the nether ende whiche hath. ii. roūdnes is deuyded in. ii. and goth into y^e holownes of the. ii. bonys that be namyd focilium / and they make the ioyntys of the elbowes where as the lytell arme begyn̄eth / in whiche lytell arme be ii. focill bonys / that be namyd ossa focilia / and the grettest is benethe / and that goth towarde y^e lytell fynger / & shewe a rown∣de knot outwarde / the small focille bone goth aboue from the bought of the arme to the hande toward the thombe / and in bothe y^e vpper parte of these. ii. bonys be pyttes / or holys by y^e elbowe / & receyue the round∣nes namyd graduales / of the bone callyd aduitorii / by the handys they haue pyttys also / whiche receyue the roundne of y^e ioyn¦tys of the hande / and be festenyd iust vnto the bonys of y^e hande makynge y^e ioyntys / the which ioyntys be. iii. hepys of bonys / and y^e vppermost be gadered with a round nes in the pyttes of the nethermost. In the fyrst hepe be. iii. bonys / for the addycion of focilles kepeth aboue the place of a bone. In the seconde hepe be. iiii. bonys / & there aboue is a lytell boxe wherin is festenyd y^e fyrst bone of the thombe. The bonys of the ii. fornamyd hepys be short. The fyrst hepe is namyd rafeta / or corp{is}. The other hepe is named Pectenor Metacorpus.. In the iii. hepe be. iiii. bonys longer than the fyrst ¶ In euery fynger be. iii. bonys / and the fyngers be in nombre. v. therefore there be xv. bonys in the fyngers. And in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 xi. ii. in the lytell arme. i. in the vpper 〈◊〉〈◊〉 And thus ther be in the hole arme and hāde xxix. bonys. and these must be cut for to be∣curydall longe ways / lyke as the sacerres and musclus gothe..