The treasury of healthe conteynyng many profitable medycines gathered out of Hypocrates, Galen and Auycen, by one Petrus Hyspanus [and] translated into Englysh by Humfre Lloyde who hath added therunto the causes and sygnes of euery dysease, wyth the Aphorismes of Hypocrates, and Iacobus de Partybus redacted to a certayne order according to the membres of mans body, and a compendiouse table conteynyng the purginge and confortatyue medycynes, wyth the exposicyo[n] of certayne names [and] weyghtes in this boke contayned wyth an epystle of Diocles vnto kyng Antigonus.

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The treasury of healthe conteynyng many profitable medycines gathered out of Hypocrates, Galen and Auycen, by one Petrus Hyspanus [and] translated into Englysh by Humfre Lloyde who hath added therunto the causes and sygnes of euery dysease, wyth the Aphorismes of Hypocrates, and Iacobus de Partybus redacted to a certayne order according to the membres of mans body, and a compendiouse table conteynyng the purginge and confortatyue medycynes, wyth the exposicyo[n] of certayne names [and] weyghtes in this boke contayned wyth an epystle of Diocles vnto kyng Antigonus.
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John XXI, Pope, d. 1277.
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[Imprynted at London :: In Fletestreate at the sygne of the Rosegarland by Wyllyam Coplande,
[not before 23 Aug. 1553]]
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Medicine, Ancient -- Early works to 1800.
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"The treasury of healthe conteynyng many profitable medycines gathered out of Hypocrates, Galen and Auycen, by one Petrus Hyspanus [and] translated into Englysh by Humfre Lloyde who hath added therunto the causes and sygnes of euery dysease, wyth the Aphorismes of Hypocrates, and Iacobus de Partybus redacted to a certayne order according to the membres of mans body, and a compendiouse table conteynyng the purginge and confortatyue medycynes, wyth the exposicyo[n] of certayne names [and] weyghtes in this boke contayned wyth an epystle of Diocles vnto kyng Antigonus." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A04527.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2025.

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Remedies. Capi. lxviii.

* 1.1SOthernewood & freshe grece of there owne propertye do drawe oute spriges, thornes, and other thinges yt fastē in ye bodi.

Holeworte stampt and applied is of the same operacion.

The same operacion hath the sede of roket.

* 1.2Gose turdes plasterid vpon the grefe, drawith out y stickes and I∣ron that be fastenid in the fleshe. Of the same operacion is the ioyce of* 1.3 Dytanye myngled wyth Gose

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dounge.

The ashes of a burnt Swalowe myxt with vineger and applied, is like in operacion.

Okeferne stampt wyth hogges grese and bounde vnto the grefe, is very good also.

The roote of gladen stampt and applied to the grefe,* 1.4 is good in ope∣racion for it draweth out the broken bones and if it be dronke it healeth bruysynges.

The braunchis of wild poppye & vnripe figges,* 1.5 drawe broken bones out from vlcers.

Bytony drawith bones out of bre¦kinges wounderful wel.* 1.6

Dogge Fenel rote expellith the broken bones.* 1.7

Ashes made of Fumitorie stampt & mixt with rawe hony, and applied vpon the woūdes, draweth oute the peces of broken bones.

Stampe a rote of Enula and

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of a reade wyth hedghogges grease and hony, and appli them for it dra¦weth out ye thorne or such like thing fastenyd in a mans body.

* 1.8The ashes of earthe wormes with hony sodden and applyed, draweth out broken bones.

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