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.

Certaine Additions of diuers medicines of mine ovvne inuention, and oft by mee experimented and practised in the curing of Vlcers, as fol∣lovveth par∣ticularly.

FIrste an Oile whiche I vsed in hollowe & deepe Ulcers, whereby great commoditie ensued, ha∣uing not only vertue to mundifie without ero∣sion, but also aptly applied to hollowe ca∣ued Ulcers, within the space of foure and twenty houres, obteineth Pus perfecte of kinde, chiefly if the bodie be before prepa∣red, and the member voyde of accidentes and euill dispositions. The right making thereof must bee in the beginning of the yeare, when the force of herbes is in them fully conteined. This is the making ther∣of. viz.

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Olei communis,	one pound. s.

Olei Liliacei.	ii. ounces.
Olei ex floribus Meliloti.	i. oūce.
Olei Ipericonis.	iii. ounces.
Olei Violacei.	ii. ounces. s.
Terebinthinae.	Venetae. ii. oūc.
Resinae purae,	ana. ii. dragmes and a half.
Resinae pini.
Galbani.	ii. ounces.
Opopanacis.	one ounce.
Sarcocollae.	iii. dragmes.
Boracis.	one ounce.
Stiracis liquide.	ii. dragmes. s.
Olibani.	ana. three dragmes.
Mirrhae.
Succorum Plantag.	ana. tvvo ounces.
& Saluiae.
Vini albi.	one pounde.

Dissolue the gummes in as much good Maluesey as will couer them, and boyle them altogether (vntill the wine & iuyces be consumed) at a soft fier of Charcoale. Then streine it, and ad therto Flos aeris. tvvoo ounces, in fine poulder, and boyle it a whyle after it, and then put therto Mel. rosarum. iiii. ounces, & againe boyle it foure walmes, after that straine it, and stirre it till it be through colde, and re∣serue

it.

It must be ministred warme in forme and maner of an iniection, a biding foure and twenty howres, till the next dressing.

¶The second oyle, vvhose making fol. lovveth, mollifieth, assvvageth paine, moueth Pus, and healeth safely, if the bodie be orderly go∣uerned and pre∣pared.

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Olei Rosar.	halfe a pounde.
Olei Lumbrici,	iiii. ounces.
Olei Liliacei.	ii. ounces.
Olei Nenufar.	iii. ounces.
Olei Aneti.	one ounce.
Olei communis.	one pounde.
Terebentinae Venetae.	x. ounces.
Resinae pini	iii. dagmes.
Sarcocollae.	one ounce.
Mirrhae.	i. oūce and a half
Galbani.	half an ounce.
Olibani.	vi. dragmes.
Masticis.	halfe an ounce.
Gūmi Amoniaci.	ii. dragmes. s.
Euforbij.	i. dragme.

Sanguinis drac.	half an ounce.
Suc. Malua.
Violarum.	ana. ii. dragmes.
Plantag.
Semperuiui.
Vinialbi.	vi. ounces.

Put altogether in a propre vessell, to infuse the space of one and thirty howres, with often stirring, then boyle them on a soft fier vntill the wine and iuyces be con∣sumed, your gummes before being resol∣ued in Maluesey, then in the ende put to Croci subtiliss. puluer. halfe an ounce. When the oyle is streined, then reserue it. Note that this oyle is good, as well for woundes as Ulcers, but before it bee ministred, geue good heede that the place affected, be wel mundified & made cleane with line or otherwyse.

¶An other oile foloweth of great force, vvhich is not only quickly made, but al∣so aptly mundifieth, and largely causeth the flesh to grovve in bodies of good con∣stitution. viz.

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Olei Balsami.	iiii. ounces.
Olei. com. half a poūd and.	ii. oūc.
Terebentinae Venetae.	iii. ounces.
Galbani.	ii. ounces. s.
Opopanacis.	one ounce.
Sarcocollae.	half an ounce.
Virid. aeris. pul.	i. ounce and a half.

Dissolue the gummes in Uineger, and infuse them altogether twelue howres, then boyle them together on a soft fier, y^t space of ten howres, and in the ende adde to Mel. Rosar. opt. tvvoo ounces, & boile it againe foure walmes, then streine it, & so occupie it as occasion serueth.

A sparadrap to resolue, assvvage paine, and moderatly coole.

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Resinae.	iii. dragmes.
Cerae alb.	one pounde.
Sepi ceruiui.	iiii. ounces.
Butiri recent.	iii. ounces.
Terebentinae.	iii. dragmes. s.
Amoniaci.
Gūmi dragaganti.	an. halfe an ounce.
Arabici.

Olei Anethi.	ii. dragmes.
Olei Nenuphar.	i. ounce.
Olei Rosar.	iiii. ounces, s.
Olei Lili.	i. ounce and a half.
Olei Violacei.	one ounce.
Ping. Caponis,	iiii. dragmes.
Vng. Rosar.	one ounce.
Ping. Anseris, &	ana. three dragmes.
Anatis.
Olei Amigd. dulc.	one ounce. s.

Resolue the gummes in vineger, and melte them altogether according to art, and in the ende ad to Camforae pulueri∣zatae, tvvo dragmes, and thereof make a sparadrap in good fourme, which is of an excellent efficacie.

¶A blacke plaster to be applied vppon and about Vlcers, hauing the pro∣pertie of a defensatiue, and also moste easely endu∣ceth a Cicatrice.

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Olei Rosar. omphacini.	ii. pounde
Olei Nimph.	one pounde.
Olei Liliacei.	half a pounde.
Succi Solatri.	tvvo dragmes.

Succi Plantag.	half an ounce.
Succi Semperuiui.	one ounce.
Succi Violarum,	half an ounce.
Terebintinae clarae,	tvvoo ounces.
Cerae albae,	one pounde.
Muccag. Altheae,	tvvo ounces.

Boyle these vpon a softe fier vntill the iuyces be consumed, then put to these fol∣lowing finely pouldred.

Cerusae,	iii. ounces.
Plumb. alb.	iii. ounces and a half.
Lithargyri auri,	ana. tvvo ounces.
& argenti.
Lap. Calamin.	half an ounce.
Boli Armeni,	iii. dragmes.
Corallij alb.	ann. tvvo drammes.
& rub.

These poulders being put to the former thinges, boile them on a soft fier of char∣coale (least the flame take holde of the oyle) vnto the fourme of a plaster, forsee∣ing that it be continually stirred with an Iron spatter till it be colde, in which coo∣ling, ad to Camforae, one ounce, pulueri∣zat. Then make it vp in roules of what bignes you will, and (together with the vertues aforesaid, it cicatrizeth and hea∣leth

excellently all excoriations or fret∣tinges in the skinne, in any exterior part.

¶An other excellent plaster of small coste, and great effect for al plain Ulcers, when the bodie is purged.

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Resinae clarae,	tvvo pounde.
Sepi Ceruiui albis.	halfe a pound.
Vini albi,	tvvo pounde.

Boile them in the wine, till they be al melted, & wash thē in the wine, them melte thē again, & powre it into another pint of white wyne somewhat warmed, & stirre it till it be colde, then take it frō the wine, and mixe withall these pouders. viz.

Masticis electi,	halfe an ounce.
Merc. precipit.	one ounce.
Cinabrij.	iii. dragmes.

All these being well mixt, make it vp in roules, and reserue it to your vse, and I referre the commendation that it deser∣ueth to the iudgement of the practizer.

¶An excellent vnguent for Vlcers that be mundified, which swiftly doth incarnate, and that without paine.

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Cerae citrinae mundat	ii. pounde.
Terebintinae.	i. pound and a half.
Resinae clarae.	one pounde.
Butyri recentis,	half a pounde.
Mel ros.	one pounde.
Sepi ouini,	vi. ounces.
Vini Cretici.	iii. ounces.
Olei Rosacei,	one pounde.

Boyle these on a soft fier, till the wyne be consumed, then straine it into a faire ves∣sell, and stirre it with a wooden slyce til it be colde, and in the vse, thereof you shall finde it a treasure.

¶An other vnguent to mundifie old and hollowe Ulcers, the body being prepared with interiour medicines.

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Cerae citrinae,	one pounde.
Resinae purae.	halfe a pounde.
Terebintinae Venetae,	one pound.
Butyri recentis.	iiii. ounces.
Galbani.	tvvo ounces and a half.
Bdellij.••	one ounce.
Olei communis.	one pounde.
Amoniaci.	one ounce.

Mellis despumati.	viij. ounces.
Succi Saluiae.	iij. ounces.
Vini albi,	tvvo ounces.

Dissolue the gummes in vineger, and boyle them altogether till the wyne and iuyces bee consumed, then ad to Viridis aeris, one ounce and a halfe, subtilis pul. Then geuing in a walme or twoo, streyne it, and reserue it to your vse, applying it warme.

¶A digestiue marueilous profitable for old filthie Ulcers, of me oft proued.

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Terebintinae,	i. pound and a half.
Olei rosar.	iiii. ounces.
Olei Liliacei.	tvvo ounces.
Olei comm.	iiii. oūces and a half.
Mel••rosa.	half a pounde.
Vitelli ouorum.	vi.

Labour them well together, and put therto Mastices, halfe an ounce, Mercu∣rij praecipit. one ounce and a halfe, bene pul. Mixe them well together, and vse it when occasion serueth.

¶An iniection vvhiche being astrin∣gent, doth also mundifie, and must be vsed in depe and filthie Ulcers.

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Hord. excorticati, three handfull.
Aque fontan.	vi. pounde.
Vini alb.	ii. pounde.
Passul.	iii. ounces.
Glicyrrizae.	tvvo ounces.
Plantag.	one handful.
Labrusci, id est fol. vitis rosarum.	ii. dragmes.
Saluiae.	ana. halfe a handful.
Chelidoniae.
Gran Mirtillorū.	half an ounce.
Nucum cipressi.	ii. dragmes.
Aluminis,	vi. ounces.

Boile these to the half, then streine it, and ad therto Mel. rosar. halfe a pounde, after boile it foure walmes, and so vse it for an iniection to Ulcers deepe and bol∣lowe, and to a playne Ulcer with warme Stuphes.

A fume to be vsed in Vlcers of the infe∣riour parts or feet in moist bodies, & such

as be subiect to putrefaction, by reason wherof, the Ulcers oft become rebel∣lious and hard to be cured, wherefore this fume) after the bodie is purged, & the Ulcer mundified) is very commo∣dious to be vsed.

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Styracis liquid,	iii. ounces.
Masticis.	one ounce.
Thuris,	ii. ounces.
Mirrhae,	iii. dragmes.
Gariofilorum,	half an ounce.
Terebintinae,	half an ounce.
Sandracae,	one dragme.
Baccis Lauri.	halfe a dragme.
Cinabrij,	vi ounces.
Puluerizentur puluerizanda.

Then mixe & make it according to arte.

The true vse thereof.

Prepare a coffer for the purpose, made of Pine tree, bothe endes made to open & shutte closely, hauing in the middest a pro∣pre hole or place for the legge to lie in at, and in the inner part of the other side of y^e coffer, a rest for the heele, then place in ei∣ether

ende of the cheste, a chaffingdishe of coales, laying vpon the coales some of the fume, and the feete being duely placed, boulster the same in close, that no smooke come foorth. So let the pacient cōtinue y^t space of time, according to their strength. viz. one howre or more, forseeing that the bodie be soluble, and euery third daye, vse this so long as neede shall require, and great commoditie shalbe founde thereby.

¶An ointment vvhiche chaseth avvaye inflammatiōs about Ulcers, and hea∣leth the fretting of the skinne, whiche in grosse bodies oft commeth therby, and of me often practised.

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Axungiae porc. lot. in aqua plātag.	half a pounde.
Olei rosar.	iiii. ounces.
Olei Liliacei.	tvvo ounces.
Plumbi alb.	iiii. ounces.
Lithargyri auri,	ana. three ounces.
& Argenti.
Lapi. Calamina.	i. oūce and a half.
Muccag. altheae.	ii. ounces.

Succi Plantag.	ana. half an ounce.
Semperuiui.
Albumina ouorum.	ii.

Encorporate them well in a mortar, & ad therto Aluminis vsti, puluer. i. ounce, and reserue it.

¶An other for tender bodies, vvhich asswageth paine, and mitigateth the raging heate.

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Vng. rosar.	ana. iii. ounces.
Olei rosar.
Olei Nenuphar.	ana. i. ounce and a halfe.
Olei Liliacei.
Olei Amigda. dulc.	one oūce and a halfe.
Plumbi albi.	vi. ounces.
Cerusae.	tvvo ounces.
Terrae sigillatae.	one ounce.
Carae albae.	iii. dragmes.
Muccag.	an. 3. dra.
Gummi dragaganti
& Arabici.
iiii. sem. Frigi. maior.	an ii. drag.
Camfora.	halfe a dragme.

Aqua rosar.	ana. iii. dragmes.
Plantag.
Alb. vnius oui.

Poulder that which is to be pouldered, and mixe it in a leaden mortar, & reserue it to your vse.

¶A gentle corrosiue poulder, profitable for any Ulcer, not much painfull, but very good for euery ex∣pert man to haue ready.

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Mercurij precipit.	tvvo ounces.
Cinabrij.	half an ounce.
Masticis.	iii dragmes. s.
Vitrioli combusti.	ii. dragmes.
Corallij rub.	half a dragme.

Make them in fine poulder, and vse as occasion serueth for spongie fleshe. &c.

An other more sharpe and cor∣rodeth more.

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Mercurij precipit.	one ounce and a halfe.
Masticis.	tvvo dragmes.
Vitrioli cōbust.	i. drag. and a half.

Aluminis vsti.	ii. dragmes.
Corallij rub.	one dragme.

Poulder them finelye, and make it to your vse.

¶Trochisis corrosiue, very strong, but exceading commodious being vsed with good discre∣tion.

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Mercurii precipit.	one dragme. s.
Mercurii sublim.	i. ounce. i. drag.
Cinabrii.	ii. drag. and a half.
Masticis.	one dragme.
Vitrioli combusti.	halfe an ounce.
Corallii rub.	tvvo dragmes.
Amyli.	iii. dragmes.

Poulder these fine, and make thereof trochisis with Muscilage of gumme Dra∣gagant and Plantaine water, drie them not at the fier, but otherwyse, and to occu∣pie them make one in poulder, and ap∣plie it.

¶A resolutiue plaster to be vsed, vvhere any hardnes, swelling, or inflam∣mation, or paine, is about the Ulcer.

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Muccag. altheae.	iii. dragmes.
Muccag. psilii.	ii. ounces. s.
Muccag. dragagāti.	one ounce. s.
Olei rosar.	halfe a pounde.
Olei meliloti.	iii dragmes.
Olie Chamomillae.	half an ounce.
Olei liliacei.	iii. ounces.
Olei nenupharis.	ii. ounces.
Olei violacei.	one ounce and a halfe.

Boile them together till the muscila∣ges be consumed, after ad to,

Ammoniaci,	one ounce.
Bdellii.	ana. halfe an ounce.
Galbani.
Gummi Arabici.	iii. dragmes.
Opopanacis.	one ounce. ii. drag.
Sagapeni.	iii. dragmes.
Ping. Anseris.	ana. halfe an ounce.
Anatis,
Resinae purae.	iiii. ounces.
Terebintinae.	ii. dragmes.
Cerae albae.	one pounde.
Cerusae.	vi ounces.
Plumbi albi.	vi. ounces.

Dissolue the gūmes in vineger, poul∣der that whiche is to be pouldred, & make

it (according to art) in fourme of a pla∣ster, in roules, of what bignes you will, and so vse it.

¶A potion preparatiue for Vlcers.

THis I vsed in the curing of grosse Ul∣cered persones, such as be engrossed & replete with much corrupt humors, for in suche bodies the Ulcers doe become re∣bellous and difficult to be cured, for that is one of the principal thinges, which ma∣keth Ulcers hard of curatiō. Neuerthe∣lesse, it must be vsed aduisedly, and with good discretion, that is to saye, to what bodie it is geuen, for as muche as that whiche helpeth a moist bodie, harmeth a drie, and that whiche succoureth a grosse bodie, offendeth the leane. &c.

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Ligni sancti.	one pound and a halfe.
Corticis eiusdem.	vii. ounces.
Salxza Parilia,	ii. oūces and a half.
Aquae fontanae,	tvvelue pounde.
Vini albi,	foure pounde.
Herbarum saluiae,	ana. i. hādful and a half.
Fumariae

Eupatorii.	one handful,
Scabiosae,	ana. halfe a handful.
Betonicae.
Epithimi.
Lapathi acuti.	vii. ounces.
Rubarbari.	iii. dragmes.
Agarici.	ana. one ounce.
Sem. Cartami.
Senae Alexandrinae,	vi. ounces.
Zinziberis,	half an ounce.
Polipodii,	iii. ounces.
Galangae.	one ounce.
Sem. Anisi,	half an ounce.
Glicyrrizae rasae,	ana. one. p.
Florum cordial,

Put all these into a narrowe mouthed pot, close stopped, that no aire goe foorth, then set it within an other vessel of water, and let it boyle y^e space of fourty houres, then streine and clarifie it, and ad thereto Mellis rosarum, halfe a pounde, and let the patient take thereof morning and eue∣ning, the quantitie of foure or fiue ounces at a time, a litle warmed, y^e terme of three dayes together, and on the fourth daye, geue the patient foure ounces of the de∣coction, adding therto Cōfection hamech••

tvvo dragmes and a halfe, Syrupi Cicho∣rii cum Rubarbare, one ounce. Use it in this order to your patient, so long as you thinke conuenient.

¶An excellent and most profitable oint¦ment, which extinguisheth the heate of al Cholericke humors, flowing to any Ul∣cered part, and moste chieflye circa vlcera virgae, as if the heate be betweene Glans and pre∣putium, it yeeldeth a wonderous cō∣moditie.

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Axungiae porcinae purae,	i. pound and a halfe.
Pomorum dulcium scissorū,	halfe a pounde.
Pingued. caponis,	ana. foure dragmes.
& Cigni.
Succi Limonis.	iiii. ounces.

Let them boile betweene twoo pewter ••ishes, on a chaffingdishe with coales, the space of foure houres, or vntill the iuyces be perfectly consumed, then let it runne through a linnen cloth into a fayre hasen,

and ad therto Muccaginis psilii (extracti cum aqua Plantag.) one oūce and a half, aquae rosaceae. iiii. ounces, aquae Semper∣uiui, tvvo ounces. Labour them altoge∣ther, so long vntill all bee encorporated & brought to one vniforme substaunce, and no water perceiued, then haue in readines these following, finely pouldred, viz. Bo∣racis one ounce and a halfe, Camforae, half an ounce, Plumbi albi, tvvo ounces, Aluminis vsti, halfe an ounce. Mixe all these together, and laboure them a whole houre, and reserue it, the goodnes whereof is sufficient to cōmend it selfe, as the learned (who ministreth aduisedly) shall plainly per∣ceiue.