The pearle of practise, or Practisers pearle, for phisicke and chirurgerie. Found out by I. H. (a spagericke or distiller) amongst the learned obseruations and prooued practises of many expert men in both faculties. Since his death it is garnished and brought into some methode by a welwiller of his.

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The pearle of practise, or Practisers pearle, for phisicke and chirurgerie. Found out by I. H. (a spagericke or distiller) amongst the learned obseruations and prooued practises of many expert men in both faculties. Since his death it is garnished and brought into some methode by a welwiller of his.
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Hester, John, d. 1593.
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At London :: Printed by Richard Field, dwelling in the Black-friers,
1594.
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Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800.
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"The pearle of practise, or Practisers pearle, for phisicke and chirurgerie. Found out by I. H. (a spagericke or distiller) amongst the learned obseruations and prooued practises of many expert men in both faculties. Since his death it is garnished and brought into some methode by a welwiller of his." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03123.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.

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CHAP. IIII. Of vvoundes in the head, how they must be dealt vvithall.

ALl wounds in the head, must be close ioyed and kept together, the bloud must be crushed out, then wash it well, with some-thing that hath vertue to liquifie the bloud, as the Quintaessence of wine, or such like. Then lay thereon lint, wet in oleum benedictum: this medecine you shall change in foure dayes, but euery day once wash the wound round about, with that Quintaessence, and annoint with the said

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oyle, and at the fourth dayes end, dresse it agayne, and let it remaine two dayes more, & after that for a day more, & the wound (by the helpe of God) shalbe cured in xij. or xiiij. dayes. Thus may you deale, with all wounds, saue those, that are made in the bellie. As for all other, either simple or com∣pound wounds: you finde their cure, methodically shewed, in the Rationall secrets, of Leonardo Fiorauante published in English.

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