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 14, 2024.

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¶ A mūdificatyffe.

Take myrra / sarcocolle / turpentyn / hony of roses / but this mundificatyffe shall not be layd in the wounde vnto the tyme yt you be sure that no impostumacion come therto Therfore take the rule of bloodietynge / 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wt all thynges as is aforesayde. ¶ In thi place for shyftynge & sowynge of the •…•…∣wes wyll not slake lyghtly ye payne / wher∣by the vppermost mēbre is the febler / •…•…¦che synewes was vsyd to serue hym / than it is nedefull the stytchynge or poynture to holde open / and fyll the hole woūde wt oyle of roses / and yolke of egges / of ye same laye on the wounde. If in this place to the woū¦de come a hote impostume / then do as I ha¦ue lerned in the chaptre of the rulyng. And yf there come blodynge with the todoynge of the oyle and the yolke of the egges for ta¦kīge away the payne / lyke wyse if ye wyl staunche the blood with drynes wherof co¦meth ye payne / and yf you lay therin ye oyle and the yolke of egges that cause the bloo∣dynge. For all that ye must staūche ye blood and take the payne away / therfore it were good that the ende of the vayne wt hote yrō be fered / as I haue lerne you in yt. xv. chap¦tre. and the Iron shall not towche the lyp∣pes of the woūde. And thā lay shortly ther on the oyle of roses and ye yolke of egges for to take awayethe payne. ¶ If ony parso¦ne is wounded aboue the elbowe throughe the bone / thē sowe it / and kepe the sowynge with this afterfolowynge powder.

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