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

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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
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Brunschwig, Hieronymus, ca. 1450-ca. 1512.
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[Imprynted at London :: In Southwarke by Petrus Treueris,
In the yere of our lorde god. M.D.xxv. [1525] and the. xxvi. day of Marche]
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Surgery -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03315.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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¶ Of the woūdes in the face. ca. xxxvij. (Book 37)

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¶ With this instrument ye shall lyfte vp agayne the broken brayne pan / all alter as the one parte of the brayne pan is be sen vp ward / and the other parte downeward And ye presse or vyse wherwith the brayne panne shall be boren must be very sharpe.

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¶ The forsayd instrument is good to wor¦ke on the syde of the heed / or behynde on the backe of the heed.

¶ This instrument is for in worke vpon the heed / whan the brayne pan is beten in / for to lyfte it vp agayne.

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THe woundes of the face shall ye set to gydder wtout sowyn ge / after this maner. Je shal take masticke / and dragons blood / and make it in powd / and medle them with the whyte of an egge tyll it be as thycke as hony / and therin de∣pe. ii. clothes the lengthe of euery syde of ye wounde / and lay on euery syde of the woū¦de a clowte and let it drye / thē sowe the clo¦thes togyder / and laye vpon the seme this after folowynge powder.

〈◊〉〈◊〉 powder.

Take dragons blood / ye lyme of egge shel∣les / and whyte frankēsence / & lay ouer it towe depte in the whyte of an egge medled with the same powder / tha••••e hele it lyke another woūde with plasters / salue / pow¦der / or with awme. If it be in a flesshely place and is not possyble to beholpen after this maner aforesayd / than ye must sowe it with a rounde nedell and a small threde / & yf the wounde be dry / it must be sowed wt a square nedell. And yf the wounde be shot with an arow / and ye arow heed / or pellet of a goe be in the body / do as the foresayd chanre shewith of the drawynge out of ye pellettes. If it may not be / so put in ye woū¦de oyle of roses / and lay on the wounde the yolke of egges medled with oyle of roses / and vse it tyll the nature prepare the waye of his comynge out. And it hathen often 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that a parson hath borne pryuely a pel¦let in his body a longe season / and yet by ye course of nature hath comen out by hymself And ouer all take hede that the wounde in face be not frounced.

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