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 woūde ī the elbow, ca, xliiij (Book 44)

IN the woundes in the el¦bowe & about the elbowe is great Jeopardy / for y^e grete vayues & synewes that be therin / for the blo¦de is yll to staunce / & not only the stoppynge of blo¦de / but also to defende y^e wounde frome the payne / or swellinge / or impostume / and a parte of the crampe / for nyghe beynge of the muscles / which be 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

〈◊〉〈◊〉 fyngers is aboue and b•…•…the the ••••bow / and also for the bo••rs 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the ••teyn∣gys / and the vaynys that is within y^e elbo 〈◊〉〈◊〉 they brynge in moche moystnes that is in the place closyd / for that can not be so clē∣syd perfectly as it nedyth / and through su∣che hoot••es of y^e matter / the felynge be lost Therfor take hede to stop y^e bloode of suche a wounde / and defende the arme vpward & downewarde / for to comynge of moystnes that makyth a postomacyon / and swellyn∣ge. ¶ If than the woūde be wyde & longe / it shall be sowyd as I afore haue sayd / and thee vpō that powder of lyme of egges shel∣lys. If the vaynes be woūdyd so shall you bynde it lyke as in the xiiii. chaptre is sayd / and do it in lykewyse yf ther were payne / and o••er the byndynge shalbe layd a clothe iiij. do••b••e depte in warme wyne / & therin is soden the e••be of mowseere / reed moder wort / or a••them••sia rubia / and a lytell cō∣salida maior / and in this a longe boūde dep¦te / th••rwith bynde the arme and than lay y^e armr on a borde / and that borde must be so longe as from the elbow to the hande / and as he wylbe walkynge so shall the arme hā¦ge w^t the borde in a fouwel berynge on the necke / and bynde the arme euery tyme on heyght / that the arme may be the quicker / and the pacyent may not moche goonor stō¦de / bycause through suche bangynge of the arme shulde come moche bloode therof the arme shulde swell. ¶ Therfore cōmaunde hym to abyde styll / & to this wounde is no∣thynge better / thā to holde y^e rule of y^e woū¦de in the ioynture / as hyer after ye shall ler 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ¶ If in y^e elbow be an arow or the arow heed / thā folowe y^e. xvij. chaptre / yf he wyl not goo out af your pleasur / thā put therto rose oyle / & make y^e woūde wyde Inowgh wherby ye may haue out y^e arow heed / thā fulfyll the wo••de with 〈…〉〈…〉 led with the yolke of egges / or 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the whyt of egges. and then clense the wounde with a mundifica••••nd / as I shall ••••me you here after in Antithodario. As ye be sure of the impostumac••on or swellynge / than do fles¦she to growe yf it is of nede / and than hele the wounde with y^e grene ••••••ded plaster or Jewes plaster / or with ••awine.