A needefull, new, and necessarie treatise of chyrurgerie briefly comprehending the generall and particuler curation of vlcers, drawen foorth of sundrie worthy wryters, but especially of Antonius Calmeteus Vergesatus, and Ioannes Tagaltius, by Iohn Banister ... Hereunto is anexed certaine experiments of mine ovvne inuention, truely tried, and daily of me practised.

Of the deepe and Crooked Vlcer.

THe methode in curing depe and croo∣ked Ulcers,* 1.1 appertaineth to diet and other vniuersall order, according to the disposition of the bodie, and Ulcers, for∣seeing and preuenting all paine, intem∣perature. &c. associating the Ulcer, for alwaye the causes bothe efficient and fa∣uouring, must be resisted. The parte af∣fected must be so ordred, that the Ulcers orifice, may decline downward, whereby the matter may more easely auoyde••, but if that can not bee done, incision is to bee made from the orifice to the bottom of the Ulcer, chiefly if the hollowenes be along or nere the skinne, els if the imminēt daū∣ger prohibite the same in the botome, at the least it ought to bee opened, and an∣nointed with a mundifying vnguent. The which if it cannot be fitly applied, then in to the hollowe and crooked corners, must iniections mundicatiue be ministred, for whiche purpose, these or suche like, are

profitable. viz. Oximel, Oenomel, of a∣stringent wyne, Aqua alluminosa cum melle, Lixiuium, Aqua marina, Egipt. ac pulueris Mercurii. Dissolued in hony & lye, as in the aforesayd chapter.

Rec.

Aquae Plantaginis,	an. ii. ounc.
Peculi rosar.
Caprifolii.
Vng. Egiptiacū.	i. ounce and s.

Make thereof iniection. Or,

Rec.

Aquae Plantaginis,	an. foure ounces.
Peculi Rosarum.
Vini albi.	ii ounces.
Aluminis vsti.	half an ounce.
Baccarum mirti.	an. one dragme.
& Aloes.

Make iniection. Or,

Rec.

Hordei integri,	i. P. s.
Ceterach.	an. one handfull.
Agrimoniae,
Centaureae minor.	an. halfe a handful.
Absinthii.

Coquantur in Mellicrato, and make thereof iniection.

And when the Ulcer is sufficiently wel clensed, then vse this folowing to regene∣rate the substaunce.

Rec.

Hordei.	i. P. and a halfe.
Radicis ireos.
Foliorum oliuae.	an. halfe a handfull.
Plantaginis.
Agrimoniae.

Boyle them in water, & in half a pound of the strained liquor dissolue,

Mel. Rosar. colata.	ii. ounces.
Mirrhae.	ii. dragmes and a halfe.
Thuris.	an. one dragme.
Masticis.

Make thereof iniection. Or,

Rec.

Decoct. Hordei.	one pounde.
Mel. Rosar. col.	iii. ounces.
Sarcocollae.	ii. dragmes.
Mirrae.	an. one dragme.
Thuris.
Vini.	vi. ounces.

Boile them to the consumption of the thirde parte, whereto may bee added if it seme requisite some Aloes.

Rec.

Farinae Hordei.	an. one ounce.
& Lupinorum.
Mel.	iiii. ounces.
Thuris.	an. one dragme.
Mastices.
Mirtice.	halfe an ounce.
Terebentinae lotae.	i. ounce. s.
Olei hiperici.	q. s.

Make thereof an vnguent, and this or the aforesayde, shalbe auaileable. After∣warde applie this cerote folowing.

Rec.

Nitri tenuiss. pul.	i. quart.
Aquae Rosar.	ii. ounces and a half.

Boile them together at a gentle fier, to sufficient thickenes, euer stirring it, and after ad to it.

Rec.

Terebentinae.	an. one quart.
Olei veteris.
Cerae.	q. s.

Boile them together againe, stirring them still, and make thereof a cerote.

Fitte also to bee applied alofte is Em∣plastrum de Minio, vel Apostolo. Chi∣rurg. vel Diacalchiteos, wherto to increse exic••ation and astriccion, we may mingle Nonnihil calchitidis, Corticis Granat. &

Gallarum Omphacitidū in pul. redact.

In the meane season, let vs defende the nighe partes with medicines partlye re∣pellent, and partly discutient, or washe it with this decoction folowing.

Rec.

Calamithi,
Origani,
Saluiae,	an. one hand∣full.
Matricariae,
Adsinthij,
Rosmarini,
Camomeli,	an. one P.
Stecados,
Ros. rub.
Nucis cupressi.	x.
Salis,	ii. ounces.
Aluminis,	x. dragmes.
Mellis.	one pound.

Boile them in Lee or sower wine to the third part, and make a fotiō, or take other astringentes, namely Sumach, Plantago, Balaust. Herb. Rosar. Mirt. And boile thē in wyne. Also it were profitable to applie a peece of Leade in the orifice, and to vse ligatures, so that the matter may auoide, or a sponge likewyse in the orifice, that by

the sucking and drawyng thereof, the Ul∣cer may be dried.

Notes

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  De profū∣do ac simi•• so vlc.