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

¶ Another maner of powder

¶ Take Litargirum / Thutia of eche an ounce / Thuris / Masticis / of eche halfe an oūce / Mumie / Mirtilloy / Galle / Nuris cipressi / Farina orobi / of eche. iii. dragmas and therof make a powder / and yf y^e woū∣de growe ranke of flessche then clense it w^t vnguentum apostolicum secūdum Auecen nam / & thervpon lay oyle of roses / whyte rose hony. ¶ If the brayne be not broken / than you nede no more but dresse y^e heed w^t oyle of roses and boly armeny / and lay vpō the heed a plaster made of newe waxe and myrtyll powder that bryngeth strength to the brayne and defendeth the place that no moystnes nor swellynge come therto / also there is no better comfortynge to the heed / also yf the brayne pan be brokē or not / lay euery day y^e foresayd oyle rounde aboute y^e woūded place vnto the. x. day / and y^e wyn ter vnto the. viii. day / and the pacyent may drinke no wyne / but barly water or water

of lettuse / or of gordes. If he before syke gyue hym to ete hennes / chekens sodden w^t lettuse and w^t the sede of goordes / all after as he is hoot of cōplexyon / & he be in a hoot countre / than he maye drynke strōge wyne or garnappell wyne / and so rule thē. vii. or x. dayes / vnto the tyme ye se ye be sure of y^e impostumacyon / & gyue hym to ete moyst flesshe and motton / for the moystnes of the flesshe maketh y^e hardnes of the braynepan & ye may gyue hym rosted peres / patryces / & small byrdes / & he may drynke no wyne therfore gyue hym water to drynke with y^e cromes of breed / pryncypally the parsone that is hote of cōplexcyō / or be of hote coū∣tre. All these aforesayde thynges cōforteth the mawe. ¶ And yf there be ony parsone smyten vpon the heed w^t a clobbe or staffe / or by reason of a fall / wherby y^e braynpan is brused & indented & nothynge parceyued in the pannycle that it is towched / ye shal sheere of the heere / & take Aloepaticū / san∣guis Draconis / Myrra / Olybanū / reed Corall / of eche lyke moche / & make in pow¦der / & medle it w^t y^e whyte of an egge / and make a plaster therof / & lay it theron tyll it be hole. and yf it be sore woūded do to hym as I haue lerne you before. ¶ Thus haue I lyfted vp the braynpan of. ii. chyldren / & holpē them. The one was. iiij. yeres of age and was fallē from an howse. And y^e other was. vi. yeres of age / whyche was hurte w^t a stone vpon his heed / in so moche y^t ther myght haue ben halfe an egge layde in the dynte of the brayne pan / then dyde I shere of the heere / and bycause I cowlde not shee re of the heere in y^e holownes / I layde ther vpon a plaster of exicraciū. ii. strawe bre∣de thycke stryken vpon a lether / and let it lye theron / & in fewe dayes was the brayn pan euen as it was before / & that was not onely by the workynge of the plaster / but also by naturall heete and moystnes / why che heete and moystnes causeth the chyldes heede to growe greter / whyche wyll not happen so hastely in an olde parsone.

¶ Also yf one be smyten w^t a staffe or club∣be / sworde / or other wepē / wherof y^e {per}son is swownynge / & y^t he hath so greate payne y^t he loseth his wyt / & that his heed is swol lē / ye shall helpe them thus. Fyrst let hym blood out of y^e heed vayne vpō y^e hande on y^e same syde there as the moost payne is / that y^e euyll ylode may be taken out / or let hym be let blood w^t ventynge or boxynge about the necke behynde / or behynde the elbowe. Thā make a plaster for it / of malow leues & of where branne / of eche lyke moche sodē togyder w^t water / & medled w^t a lytel olde grece of a gelded bore / & make therof a pla¦ster / & lay it warme vpon the heed thre ty∣me a daye / & yf it helpe hym not hastely / it is in doubte y^t the braynpan is brokē / ther∣fore take hede to the tokēs in y^e. xxvij. chap∣tre. of the fracture of the braynpan. Than cut the skyn open & loke yf the braynpan be brokē / & yf it be brokē / worke after y^e. xxix. chaptre. Clense the wounde w^t vnguentū fuscum / or w^t vnguentū apostolicum & vn guentū fuscū of eche lyke moche / or w^t rose hony / oyle of roses / & the yolke of egges / of eche lyke moche medled togyder / & thereof make a falue / & then do flesshe growe in the woūde w^t vnguentū aureū scdm Mesuē. & stryke the salue on the lynte & lay it ouer y^e woūde a grene woūded plaster / lyke as in the anthidotario I shall set.

••Herbe. vi. capytall instrumentes & of eche other must be thre mance of sortes / grete / small / & mydle syse. Fyrst there ben trappanes to make small holes for lyftynge vp y^e bones / & ther is of dyne•…•…

••haners. ¶ Galien•• maketh y^e Trappancs lyke a pers•• shers on the ende & broder vp∣ward / bycause y^e instrumēt in downe pres∣synge / fall not vpō dura mater. as here she¦weth in pych••••e.

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¶ Also the maysters of Parys maketh theyre Trappanes in the maner here folo∣wynge in fygure.

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¶ They of Bonony maketh after another maner theyr instrumēt lyke a spere.

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¶ Ther is. ii maners of separatory es or de partynge instrumentes for to departe one hole from the other. the fyrste is Gallicana lyke as here standeth in fygure

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¶ The other maketh the of Bonony as her standeth in fygure.

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¶ Of that ende maybe made anclenato∣riū / or a lyftynge instrument.

¶ The thyrde be there eleuatoria for the de¦partynge bone to lyfte vp / as here sheweth

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¶ Ther is an instrument called ••ug•••• & maketh the cuttynge wyder. lyke he••e.

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¶ Ther be lentirulares / & is an instrumēt moost prayseth of Galieno / & maketh euen the sharpnes of the bones whyche be depar¦ted / & is made lyke a penneknyffe without lenticle / as here is fygured.

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¶ The. vi. is the hamer to stryke the lenti∣culare / which must be made of lede / for to be heuy & small / accordynge to this fygure

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