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¶ Of the woundys in senowes. ca. xiiii. (Book 14)
FYrst it is to be regardyd whe∣ther the woūde be in ye length of the senowe or in the brede. Or that it is only a prycke wt a nedyll / an alle / thorne / bod•• kynor any suche lyke. Or that the senowe is ouer twharthewed clene of / or cut. Or that it be cut through ye length. Nota whan the senowe is hurt with a foy∣ne / than is the woūde close. than it is nede to make the woūde wyder and put therin oyle of rosys made with on••ype oyle oylue / wermer thā he may well suffre it. so longe tyll the woūde be full. furthermore yt shall be layd to the woūde fyn turpētyne that is pure / whyte / and well wasshed betwene. ij. clothes. and ye woūde and lym̄e about it
¶ A Salue.
& shal be enoynted with that warme oyle of rosys temperyd with bolo armeno that it may be som what thycke. & thervpon shall be layd a soste lyn̄en clothe yt hath beu wet before in good warme whyte wyne / & thā bynde it vp softely. And if the payne do nat ceas with this at the syrst / than do it oftyn yt it ceas for there is no better way / though ye payne vanysh nat incōtinent. This doth Lanfrancke testefy / and many other noble surgeons. But if the payne contyne we to longe / than it is good be my coūcell for to take oleum rosa•• / boli armeni and opium thebaicum a lytell / and made warme / and occopyed in the fornamyd maner. And the pacyent shall rest and meue but lytell / and kepe hym selfe from anger. And whāne the payne doth ceas / and the woūde draw to ye draught / Than hele it with the grene woū¦de salue and wounde drynke / the whiche I wyll shewe you herafter in ye antithodari•• ¶ Nota / if ye senowe or ye vayne be hewyd / or cut a sōder / thā festyn ye vayne or senowe in suche maner as the lyppes of ye woūdes be festenyd if that ye can gette the vayne wt woūde / & vpon the vayne & woūde ye shall lay oyle of roses made wt grene oyle olyue where as ye lytell groūde wormys be sodt in / and howe ye shall sethe them ye shall knowe in the Antithodario / and that shall ye vse. ij. or. iij. dayes / and on the. iiij. day take the forsayd powder that is shewyd in the. xiij. chapter of the festenynge of ye woū¦dis made in this maner. Of whyte frankē∣cence &c. but it were very vtyle and profy∣table to put amonge it the powder of dryed wormes afore namyd / & dryed to the vtter∣most without brēnynge. But the dryenge that naturally behouyth to the woūdis of senowes and vaynes as Lanfrancus / Gui¦do / and Rogerius testefye / is vnguentum de vermibus / made in this maner.
A Salfe
Take lytell Centaurea Lingua canina herba / consolidamator / consolidamedia / an ha∣full of eche / a pownde of grene oyle olyue grounde wormes halfe a li. whytt wyne half. li. stampe all these togeder and let it stande stepynge in hymself. vii. dayes / and than ye shall stampe with it. ij. li. of shepis talowe / blacke pytche & rosyn / a quarter of eche. Armoniaci / Galbani / appoponati / meltyd in vinegre. v. dragmas of eche / & sethe all these togeder tyll the wyne & vine∣gre be consumed / than strayne it / and whā it is almost colde / than put to them halfe a quarter of turpentyn / frankencence / mas∣tic / sarcocolle. iij. dragmas of eche. ij. drag mas of saffran / and take a spatula & styrie all these togeder / and thus make this salue for it is very precyo•• ī necessite. Roger? do∣the put to this millefolin̄ / but Lāfcancus cōmaūdeth yt ye shall kepe ye woūde moyst first. ij. or. iii. dayes wt oyle of rose & groū∣de wormes whan the wounde is festenyd.