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 7, 2024.

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¶ Of the brekyng of the forked bone / and shoulder. Ca. lxiij. (Book 63)

THe fracture or brekynge of ye forked bone is somtyme īwar∣de and somtyme outwarde & somtyme euen / neuertheles it is broken / The fracture that standeth inwarde and euen / it is easy to be dressed downwarde / & as ye one bone goeth

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inwarde / and the other outwarde / that is harde to set in agayne. And is there 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ne ••••wed inwarde so that you lyfte ye 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vp on hyght / and serche 〈◊〉〈◊〉 one bone vpon the / & so make them 〈◊〉〈◊〉 / th•••• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 you dresse hym with this folowynge.

¶ A plaster.

Take the whyte of egges 〈◊〉〈◊〉 mele / barly mele / bolus 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in that powder / and mydle them togyder / lyke & plaster / and lay it ther vnder in a sylte / and ye shalt kept it lyke as ther to belongeth / or wt plumacioles depte in ye whyte of egges / and as he is well bounde and bestowed / so shal ye make hym an harde coshyn or 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of clowtes / and bynde hym vnder the arme as hyghe as it may be / and hange the arme in a towell on his necke. And let ye byndyng lyetyl ye. iij. or v. daye / & thā to ye. viij. daye v. or. vi. weke longe / thā dresse hym euery day / & at ye last lay thervpon an 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ¶ If the fracture be threst in / than it is ne∣defull that your seruant holde vp ye 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the pacyent wt the holl of the arme 〈◊〉〈◊〉 chynge out / and another sersaūt shall ull agaynst hym to the heedwarde / than threst & set in that bone in his stede wt your hande & after that bynde hym as. I haue ryde / or with plumacioles of towe or clowte depte in the whyte of anegge strawed thervpon this powder folowynge.

¶ A Powder.

Take Boliarmeni. ii. oūces. Mumie. Ma¦sticke. Oragantum. Gūmi arabici. of eche an ounce. than take the clothe depte in the whyte of an egge & straweth with the pow∣der aforesayd. Than 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a lether in fourme of the bone / and bynde the done to gyder wt the for sayd dept clothe / or plumacyoles / le¦ther / and powder / and let the byndynge lye on. iii. dayes. Than let hym blood on ye han¦de / and rule hym in his goynge to the stole. and stryke about the woūde that defensiuū as is aforesayd. He shall drynke barly wa¦ter / and ete suche me 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to make the bones stronge ▪ as is hgges 〈◊〉〈◊〉 well sodden / and pap of atche / for the moystnes of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 maketh the bones harde and for all broken bones 〈◊〉〈◊〉 he mete is good. ¶ If the fractu¦re or brekynge is with a woūde than yght the bone as. I haue say before / and soqe ye wounde in such maner that you maye lke to the wounde at euery daye whyt out hur∣tynge of the bone that is set in agayne / 〈◊〉〈◊〉 fere of departynge out agayne. And lay 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the wounde the fore sayde powder. And the bones that thus is set agayn / must euery iij. daye be dressed ones / and the woūde eue¦ry days. and afterwarde lay in the wounde rose hony with this fore named powder to •…•…se the wounde / and as it is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thā hele it as another wounde. And euery daye aboute ye woūde stryke the defensiuū tyre that yt be assurēd of the impostumacy•…•… let hym blood / and rule hym to go to ye 〈◊〉〈◊〉 And as he is stronge gyue hym reed wyne medled with barly water / & his mete shall be cow•…•… flesshe / for therof cometh moche moystnes that ye bones holde togyder. lyke hogges fetes / partryches / s•…•… / 〈◊〉〈◊〉 hennes / and other lyke.

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