An antidotarie chyrurgicall containing great varietie and choice of all sorts of medicines that commonly fal into the chyrurgions vse: partlie taken out of authors, olde and new, printed or written: partlie obtained by free gifte of sundrie worthie men of this profession within this land. By Iohn Banester master of chirurgerie.
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An antidotarie chyrurgicall containing great varietie and choice of all sorts of medicines that commonly fal into the chyrurgions vse: partlie taken out of authors, olde and new, printed or written: partlie obtained by free gifte of sundrie worthie men of this profession within this land. By Iohn Banester master of chirurgerie.
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Banister, John, 1540-1610.
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Imprinted at London :: By Thomas Orwin for Thomas Man,
1589.
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Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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"An antidotarie chyrurgicall containing great varietie and choice of all sorts of medicines that commonly fal into the chyrurgions vse: partlie taken out of authors, olde and new, printed or written: partlie obtained by free gifte of sundrie worthie men of this profession within this land. By Iohn Banester master of chirurgerie." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03456.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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An excellent Balme of Earthwormes for the speedie curing of al maner of wounds, espe∣ciallie those of the ioynts, sinewes, tendons, and about the head. It cureth prickes ac∣cording to the first intention, and is profi∣table also against Palsies, Crampes, num∣nesse, and such like.
Rec. Olei Terebinthinae lib. v. vermium* 1.1terrestriū praeparat. lib.ij.ss. myrrhae ℥.ij.ss. masticis, sarcocollae, olibani ℥.iij. galbani, gummi ammoniaci, ana.℥.j. bdellij, ℥.ij. gum. elemij, ℥.iij. gariophylor.℥.iij. olei cō∣munis, lib.ij. olei lumbricor. nostrae inuen∣tionis lib.j. terebinthinae puriss. lib.j. Put altogether, except the Oyle of wormes and common oyle, into the oyle of Terpentine, (but the gummes being first finely minced,
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and the rest powdered, and so let them stand thirtie daies: then powre out by it selfe the clearer part; but the thicker part with all the grounds, put into your boyling vessell together with a pint of Malmsey or Sack, and the other two Oyles that before were excepted. Let these thus boyle together the space of three houres, alway stirring it least it burne to the bottome. At length when the thicke parts beginne to swimme aloft, take it from the fire, and put into it the oyle of Terpentine that before was cléered from it. Last of all straine it purely, and keepe it to your vse.