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 URINES. A briefe Treatise of Urines, aswell of Mans urine as of Womans, to judge by the Colour which betokeneth Health, and which betokeneth Weaknesse, and also Death. PART. III.

Of Bubbles resident in Vrine.

IT is shewed, that in the fore-parts of the Body dwelleth Sicknesse and Health: That is, in the Wombe, in the Head, in the Li∣ver, and in the Bladder, in what manner thou maist know their properties and thereof mayest learne to judge the better.

When Bubbles doe swim on the top of Urine, they proceed of windy matter included in viscous humidity, and signifie rawnesse and indigestion in the Head, Belly, Sides, Reynes, and parts thereabouts, for in these especially,

hu••ours are multiplied and doe ascend to make paine▪ in the Head.

Re••ident Bubbles doth signifie ventositie in the Body, or else a Sicknesse that hath con∣tinued long and will continue, unlesse remedy be found; but Bubbles not Resident but doth breake quickly, signifieth Debility or Weak∣nesse.

Bubbles cleaving to the Urinall, signifieth the body to be repleat with evill humours.

Bubbles doth also signifie the Stone in the Reynes of the Backe.

A Circle which is greene of colour of Urine, doth signifie wavering in the Head, and burn∣ing in the stomacke. This colour in a Feaver doth signifie paine in the Head, comming of Choller. And if it continue it will cause an Impostume, the which will ingender the Frenzi••.

A blacke circle in Urine, signifieth Mor∣tification.

If any filthy matter doe appeare in the Urine, it commeth from the Lungs and some∣times from the Liver, and it may come from breaking of some Impostume, but for the most part it commeth from the Vlcers of the Blad∣der or the Reynes, or from the passages of the Urine, then the urine is troubled in the bot∣tome

and stinketh, he hath a paine in his lower parts and especially in the parts aforesaid, when he maketh water, and chiefly in the end of the yard, and commonly there is with this the Strangurie which is hardly to be cured, un∣lesse it be in the beginning.

If it come from the Reynes, there is paine in the Loynes, the Backe and the Flanke.

If from the Liver, the paine is onely in the right side.

If in the Lungs, the paine is from the Brest with a cough and the breath stinketh.

If from the Bladder, the paine is about the share.

If a mans urine be white at morning, and red before meate, and white after meate, he is whole: and if it be fat and thicke it is not good. And if the Vrine be meanly thicke, it is not good to like: and if it be thicke as spice, it betokeneth Head ache.

Vrine that is two dayes red, and at the tenth day white, betokeneth very good health.

Vrine that is fat, white, and moyst, betoke∣neth the Fever Quartaine.

Vrine that is bloody, betokeneth that the Bladder is hurt by some rotting that is within.

A little Vrine all Fleshie, betokeneth wast∣ing of the Reynes: and who pisseth Bloud

without sicknesse, he hath some Veyne broken in his Reynes.

Urine that is ponderous, betokeneth that the bladder is hurt.

Urine that is bloody in sicknesse, betokeneth great evill in the Body, and namely in the bladder.

Urine that falleth by drops, above, as it were great boules, betokeneth great sicknesse and long.

If white gravell doth issue forth with Vrine, it doth signifie that the Patient hath or shall have the Stone ingendred in the Bladder, and there is paine about those parts.

If the gravell be red, the Stone is ingendred in the Reynes of the Backe and Kidneyes, and there is great paine in the small of the Backe.

If the gravell be blacke, it is ingendred of a Melancholly humour.

Note, that if the gravell goe away, and the Patient find no ease, it sheweth that the Stone is confirmed. Also know yee, that if the gravell goe away, and the paine goe away likewise, it signifieth that the Stone is broken and voydeth away.

Womens Vrine that is cleare and shyning in the Vrinall like silver, if shee cast oft, and if she have no talent to meate, it betokeneth she is with Child.

Womens Urine that is strong and white and also stinking, betokeneth sicknesse in the Reynes, in her secret receipts, and her chambers is full of evill humours, and sicknesse of her selfe.

Womens Vrine that is bloody and cleere as water underneath, betokeneth Head-ache.

Womens urine that is like to Gold, cleere and mighty, betokeneth that she hath lust to man.

Womens urine that hath colour of stable cleansing, betokeneth her to have the Fever Quartaine, and shee to be in danger of death.

Womens urine that appeareth as colour of Lead, if shee bee with Child, betokeneth that it is dead within her.

To know a Mans urine from a Womans, and a womans or mans from a Beast urine.

First a Mans water the nearer you hold it to the eye the thicker it doth shew, and when you hold it further off the thinner it doth appeare; but in beasts Urines it is not so; for the nearer you hold it to the sight the thinner it is, and the further the sight the thicker, also beast water is more salter and of a stronger savour, and of a more simple Complection, and smelleth more raw, then the urine of a man; also mixe the water of a Beast with wine and they will part a sunder.

Hereafter followeth all the Vrines that be∣tokeneth Death, as well the Ʋrine of Man as of Woman.

IN a hot Axes, one part red, another blacke another greene, another blew, betokeneth, Death.

Urine in hot axes, blacke, and little in quantity, betokeneth Death.

Urine coloured all over a•• Leade, betoke∣neth the prolonging of death.

Urine that shineth raw and right bright, if the Skin in the bottome shine not, it betoke∣neth death.

Urine that in substance having fleeting above as it were a darke Sky, signifieth death.

Urine darkly shyning, and darke with a blacke Skin within, betokeneth a prolonging of death.

Urine that is the colour of water, if it have a darke Sky in an Axes, it betokeneth death.

Urine that hath dregges in the bottome med∣led with blood, it betokeneth death.

Urine blacke and thicke, and if the sicke loath when he goeth to the stoole, and when he speaketh overthwart, or that he under∣standeth not aright, and these sicknesses goeth not from him, it betokeneth death.