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.

To prepare the humors.

Rec.

Ligni sancti,	iiii. ounces.
Corticis eiusdem,	one ounce. s.
Infuse them in three pound of aqua
Buglossi, Cichorij, & Absinthij.

Boyle them at a soft fier to the halfe, & dissolue in the streined licour, Syrupe de Fumo terrae, one pound, and let the par∣tie take thereof morning and euening, sixe ounces vnto the ende.

Furthermore.

Rec.

Polipodij quercini recent.	half an ounce.
Passularū mundatarū,	ana. v. part.
Prunorum,
Sebesten,
Tamarindorum,	iii. dragmes,
Senae Orientalis,	half an ounce.

Fol. Mercurij, &	ana. half an ounce.
Boraginis,
Florum triū cōmuniū.	ana. p. s.

Make thereof a decoction, and in one quart of the streined liquour, dissolue cō∣fectionis hamech, ii. dragmes, electuarii diacartami, one dragme, Syrupi rosati so∣lutiui, tvvo ounces. Whiche must bee taken after the aforesayde preparatiue.

Rec.

Conseruae radicū Buglossi	i. oūce.
Cōseruae corticis citri,	half an oūc.
Pul. Diamarg f••igidi,	ana. ii. dragmes.
& Diarrhodō abbatis,
Pulueris de gemmis, one dragme. cum syrupo capil. ••eneris, fiat opiata.

To be taken twise or thrise in the weke, drinke after it a little wyne.

And to cōclude, those doe much auaile which we haue prescribed in the chapiter of Ulcers of y^e yarde. For in those as also these thinges strongly drying without bi∣ting, are most auaileable. And in these vl∣cers we may vse incisions, suffi••ures, fo∣tions, lotions. &c.

In the beginning washe the Ulcer, or

make iniection with whey and Sugar, or ex vino cū melle rosar. vel decoct. hord. cum syrup rosar. & melle rosa. vel Sac∣charo rosat. Or,

Rec.

Hord. integri parū torrefacti.	ii. p.
Corticis gaiaci.	one ounce. s.
Radicis ireos,	one ounce.
Passularum,	one ounce.
Mirobal. citrin.	ii. dragmes.

Make thereof a decoction, in aqua Fabrorum, and in two pound dissolue,

Rec.

Mel ros. col. &	ana. iii. ounces.
Syrup. iosati.

Make iniection therwith in the begin∣ning, and also whilest the patiēt vseth the syrupe preparing humors. After this folowing.

Rec.

Hordei integri modicè assi.	i. p.
Ligni sancti	ii. ounces.
Pilosellae,	ana. tvvoo handfull.
Ceterac.
Virgae, &	ana. one handful.
Bursae pastoris.

Plantag. &	ana. half a handfull.
Absynthii.
Corticis malipunici.	one ounce.
Sumac,	half an ounce.
Rosar. rub.	one p.

Make a decoction in water, wherein Lead hath bene quenched, and in foure pounde of the decoction, dissolue,

Rec.

Mellis rosati colati, &	an. 3. oūc.
Sacchari rosati, vel
Syrupi de rosis siccis.

And make thereof an iniection after the vse afore sayde. Further,

Rec.

Vng. Pompholigos.	iiii. ounces.
Cerusae lotae,	an. i. ounce.
Plumbi vsti & loti,
Antimonii.
Aloës lotae,	ana. halfe an ounce.
Sang. draconis,
Thuris,
Mastiches,
Olei rosati,	iii. ounces.
Cerae rubrae.	ii. ounces.

Make thereof a liniment, wherewith anoint the pessarie, or dissolue it in part of the aforesayd iniection, and vse it so, but if

this Ulcer doe spring ex lue venerea, ad to that liniment Hidrargyri, ii. ounces.

But if they be virulent corrosiue, or Ca∣coethe, by and by in the beginning vse the poulder of Mercurie, or iniected with the decoction of Barley, with a litle Allome thereto added. Or if the Ulcer be filthie, dissolue vng. Egiptiacum, vel Apostolo. or other of the aforesayde mundificatiues. But where it seemeth sufficiently mūdi∣fied, vse the aforesayde iniections or lini∣ment, then encrease the dose of astringent medicines, or with poulders prescribed in the linimēt, sprinkle the Ulcer, to induce a Cicatrice. And for a more spedie waye of exiccation, vse this suffiture folowing, chiefly if these aforesayde, doe not auaile.

Rec.

Corticis thuris,	ii. dragmes.
Mastiches.
Gummi hederae,
& luniperi,	ana. halfe an ounce.
Labdani puri, &
Hypocistidos.
Auripig. rub. vel citrini.	iii. drag.
Cinabrii,	one ounce. or halfe an ounce.

Excipiantur terebinthina, and make therof Trochises, which must be put vpō fier, and the fume receiued by a funnell.

Rec.

Olei mastichini.	iii. ounces.
Olei de absynthio	ana one ounce.
& Rosarum.
Cerae parum.

Make thereof a liniment, wherewith anoint the region of the wombe, and whi∣lest it is anointing, ad to a litle wine.

When the Ulcers proceed through the Frenche pockes, a thinne diet must be v∣sed with the decoction of Guiacum, or vse vniuer sall vnctions, ex Hidrargyro.* 1.1

If inflāmation abounde, washe it with the decoction of Barley, cum mucagine psilii, & cydon.* 1.2 Iuiubarum, Sebesten, cūsucco plantag. Portulacae, Lacte bubulo, aqua rosacea, Oui albumine & Saccharo.

Or,

Rec.

Hordei integri,	ana. tvvo p.
Lentium.
Portulacae,	an. ii. handfull.
Plantag.
Virg. pasto.

Capita tria papau••ris,	ana. ii. p.
Rosarum rubrarum,

Make thereof a decoction in aequis part. aquae fabrorum, & rosar, and in two poūd thereof, dissolue syrup. de ros. siccis. iiii. ounces, Trochisc, albor. Rasis sine opio (if the heate and paine be vehement) halfe an ounce, Croci, ii. scruples, Passi three ounces. mixe them and make thereof an iniection, whereto may be added Vitellos tvvo, vel Muccag. sem. psyllii.

Sharpe griefe is to be delaied with in∣cessions made of wyne, Camomil, Roses, and others.

If the Ulcer be growen to a cancrous effect, the cure is to be vsed as despered & ••o be fled, and then auaileth (as in al other Ulcers of the wombe, decoction of taps. ••arb. and the aforesayd collirie. After pre∣pare vng. succi Solani, stirred in a leaden mortar & pestel, to the thickenes of hony.

You may vse also other vnguentes to drie and delaye the sharpenes of humors, whereof we haue spoken in the chapiter of the Canker afore.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Cum vlc. sunt a lue venerea.
• * 1.2

  Si inflāma¦tio saper∣••••nit.