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.

About this Item

Title
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.
Author
John XXI, Pope, d. 1277.
Publication
[Imprynted at London :: In Fletestreate at the sygne of the Rosegarland by Wyllyam Coplande,
[not before 23 Aug. 1553]]
Rights/Permissions

To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.

Subject terms
Medicine, Ancient -- Early works to 1800.
Link to this Item
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A04527.0001.001
Cite this Item
"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 21, 2025.

Pages

¶Of the disposyon of the outward membres Capi. xxxv.

IF two great grefes do happen in

Page [unnumbered]

diuerse mēbres at one tyme, the gre¦ter taketh away the leasse.

Paynes in the knees and loynes, or grypynges in the bely coming vpō hym that hath non agew, do sygni∣fye that he shulde be purged downe warde.

In paynful feuers apostemes do often happen about the knees and chekes.

The siknesse shall chiefly remaine in that place which was greuyd be∣fore it beganne.

The ioyntes of such as haue had a feuer for a long season, shal ake & be ful of pustules.

Great paynes & swellynges in the ioyntes wt any brekinge or issue, do signifie that the goute or crāpe shal folow, and many be remedied wyth much washyng wt cold water, for yt doth extenuat the humor and take a way the paynes, for a meane colde extinguisheth.

Page [unnumbered]

Letting of bloud doth vtterly take a way such paynes as begynne at ye backe, & thēce remoue to the armes. Enuches be neuer bald nor gouty.

Women haue neuer the goute as longe as they haue theyr floures.

A childe hath neuer the goute vn∣til he hath knowen a woman.

All kynde of goutes (if the inflā∣mation be quenchid) wythin fourty dayes, do end.

All goutes do chieflye reygne in springtyme and haruest.

If the hippe bone fall out of his place after a long sciatica, ther shall muche matter folowe, or the legge will consume away, and the pacient shall halt, except he be brennyd.

Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem? Please contact us.