The surgions directorie, for young practitioners, in anatomie, wounds, and cures, &c. shewing, the excellencie of divers secrets belonging to that noble art and mysterie. Very usefull in these times upon any sodaine accidents. And may well serve, as a noble exercise for gentle-women, and others; who desire science in medicine and surgery, for a generall good. Divided into X. parts. (Whose contents follow in the next page.) / Written by T. Vicary, Esquire, chyrurgion to Hen 8. Edw. 6. Q. Mary. Q. Eliz.

Divers things very necessary for every Practitioner in Surgerie to have in a readinesse.

And first, for Instruments, viz.

NOvacula.	Sp••••ill••••.
S••alp••ll••••.	Lat•••• Sp••••ill••••▪
For••icis.	Stylu••.
Volsell••.	Acu••.
Ca••••li••ula Forata.	Fas••i••.

• Hab•••••• ad membra laqu•••• intepcipi••••d••.
• Panni••uli linei ad v••l••••ra abliga••••••.
• Lint••a conc••rpta. A••ris••alpiu••••.
• Forcip••s ad d••••tes ••v••ll••nd••s.
• Ferra••entu•• qu•• ••r••••i d••ntes, ••rad••••tur.
• ••n••inus, or (as C••lsu•• calleth it,) Hamul•••• ••••••••sum.

2. For sodaine Accidents.

HE must have in readinesse, Powders, Un∣guents, and Emplasters; They serve to stop Bleeding, to conglutinate Wounds, to clense foule and rotten Ulcers, to mollifie hardnesse, to produce a Cicatrix, and Skinne, to remove away all excrescent and corrupt Flesh, to cease paine, to strengthen Fractures and Luxations.

3. For Powders.

THey are of three sorts: The first, is to stay▪ Bleeding, as that which is framed of Bolus▪ Armoniae, of Rosis, of Mastickes, and Pollin.

The second is, for Fractures of the Scull, and hurts of other Bones, and is called Pulvis Cephalicus, and is framed of Radicibus ir••os, of Arist••l••••••iae, of Myrrhe, Aloes, and such like.

The third is, to remove away excrescent and corrupt Flesh; as Alumen ustu••, of Pul▪prae∣••ipit. Mer••urii, and such like.

4. For Ʋnguents.

HE must have Vnguentum Basilicon, which doth humect, digest, and cease paine.

Vnguentum album▪Rhasis, which doth Re∣frigerate, coole and dry.

Vnguentum Aureum called of some Regis, which doth Incarnate and conglutinate Wounds together.

Vnguentum Dialthea simplex, which doth Calefie, soften, humect, and also cease paine.

Vnguentum Apostolorum, which doth deterge, mollifie, dry, and remove away cor∣rupt and superfluous Flesh: And of like faculty almost is Mundificativum ex api••, and Aegyptiacum.

5. For Emplasters.

DIachilon compositum, which doth ripen Apostumes, and doth mollifie and resolve hardnesse, and doth digest, and also absterge.

Diacalciteos, commonly called Diapalma, which doth conglutinate Ulcers, produceth Cicatrix and skinne, and according to the opinion of Galen, is very fit for the curing of Phlegme.

Emplastrum de Betonica, which is also called De Janua, it doth unite and joyne to∣gether

the fractures of the skull, it covereth the bones with flesh, it draweth out Spels and splinters of bones, it doth also absterge, digest and dry, with the like.

Of five H••arbes which a good Chyrurgion ought alwayes to have.

THere be five Herbes that a good Chirur∣gion ought to have all the yeare, and they be good for wounded men; and these Herbes must be dryed and made into powder, and so kept all the yeare, viz. Mouse-eare, Pim∣pernell, Avence, Valerian, and Gentian, of each a like quantity, but take of Mouse-eare the weight of all the other hearbes, when they be dryed, take d••mi. spoonfull in untiment, or in some other liquor which is according to the sicknesse, and let him drinke it, and the Medi∣cine is as good as a Salve for any wounded man, as may be had for to heale him. Also the herbes that draweth the wound, are O••∣••ulus Christi, Mather, Buglosse, red Cole∣worts, and Orpine.

These be the soveraigne pepper hearbes for the Fester, h••arbe Robert, Buglosse, Sannacle, Hempropes, Morrell, Rew, and Savorie, but sake good heed of these hearbes in the use of them, and yee shall worke the better.