CHAP. IX. Of the Bronchocele, or Rupture of the throate.
THat which the French call Goetra, that the Greeks call Bronchocele, the La∣tines * 1.1 Gutturis Hernia, that is, the Rupture of the throate. For it is a round tumor of the throate, the matter wherof comming from within outwards, is conteined betweene the skin and weazon; it proceeds in weomen from the same cause as an Aneurisma.
But this generall name of Bronchocele undergoes many differences, for sometimes * 1.2 it retaines the nature of Melicerides, other whiles of Steatom'as, Atheroma's or Aneuris∣ma's, in some there is found a fleshy substance having some small paine; some of these are small, others so great, that they seeme almost to cover all the throatt; some have a Cyste, or bagge, others have no such thing; all how many so ever they be, and what end they shall have, may be knowne by their proper signes; these which shall be cureable, may be opened with an actuall or potentiall cautery, or with * 1.3 an incision knife. Hence if it be possible, let the matter be presently evacuated, but if it cannot be done at once, let it be performeed at diverse times, and discussed by fit remedies, and lastly let the ulcer be consolidated and cicatrized.