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.

Of the Nine Tastse.

SAlt, Sharpe, and Bitter, Sower, Savory, and Eager, Sweet, Walloweth, and Fatty-Three of them bee of Heat, three of Cold, and the last three be of temperature. A cut chafeth, heateth, and fleyeth: Temperature delighteth, Lycorise, Annis, Ginger, Worme∣wood, and Suger: these bee Examples: a cut raweth, heateth, and fleyeth, and Nature there against ripeth, and twineth, and putteth out: make your Medicine such, that for one putting out, double twining, and foure riping.

Melancholy is dry and cold, sower and

earthly coloured, his Urine is thinne and dis∣coloured, his Pulse is straight, and short in digestion, and a full stomacke, loathsomenesse, and sower belching, a swelling wombe, and sides, heavie, dead, and sluggish limbes, and melancholious Urine commeth of a young wench that faileth in her flowers, or have them not as shee ought to have.

Fleame, cold and moyst, white, and weake in colours, his Urine is discoloured and thicke, his Pulse is short and broad; raw stomacke; and full, loathsome, and unlusty, watry mouth, much spitting, heavy head, sluggie, and slumbry, with cold hands and feete, and chiefly in the Night.

Sanguine is moyst, and hot, sweet, and ruddy coloured, alway his Body is full of heate, namely in the Veynes, and they bee swelling, and of face he is ruddy, and in sleepe hee seemeth fiery: Medicine for him is bloud let upon the Currall or Liver Veyne, and simple dyet, as Tyson, Water Grewell, and sower bread.

Choller is hot, and dry, yellow, greene and bitter, Urine is discoloured, and thinne, his Pulse is long and straight, much watch, heavy head ache, and thirst, bitter mouth, and dry, singing cares, and much gnawing in the

Wombe, and other while costiffenesse, and burned Sege, and vomit, both yellow and greene, as is that colour.

Each Humour may cause a Fever or an Im∣postume, and then the Urine is more coloured, and the liquour thinner: and ever as that sicknesse defieth, the Urine waxeth thicker, and the colour lower, till it come to Cytrin or subrufe.

Melancholy causeth a Quartaine, and Fleame a Quotidian. Sinec and Causon have ever Continues, the other three may be so, and otherwhile Interpolate, continue ever holdeth on, and Interpolate resteth other∣while; continue is with the Veynes, and In∣terpolate is without the Veynes, both two wayes may bee simple and also compound, simple of one matter, and one place, or com∣pound of divers places.

The Tertians of these Fevers be such, as the same humors be of, and also Urine and Pulse: All saving they bee stronger in Fevers and Impostumes then they be without, and there∣fore their Medicine must bee more discreet, but generally Dyet thus: Sowre bread, and Water-grewell, and Tyson, and fleyed Fish and Wine, and Almond milke, and all white meate saving whay, generall digestive in

Summer, and in hot time, as in Oxizacia; and generall digestive in Winter and all cold time, as Oxcineil••: And generall expulsive is, d•• s••cca r••sarum, a cut with Turbit, and Sca∣mony, ana. Scruple two, and generall dor∣mitary is insquiamany, and double medled with Populions, and foment him with Roses, ••••a, double Sugar flaketh thir••••.