The sixth operation.
IN the Paracentesis which is made in the thi••d kinde of D••opsie called Ascites, Celius Aureli∣anus commandeth diverse apertions to be made in the belly. Albucasis applies nine actual Cauteries, that is to say, four about the Navel, one upon the stomach, and one upon the Splene, one upon the Liver, two behinde the spondyls, one of them near the brest, the last near the stomach▪ Aetius is likewise of the same opinion, to open the belly with diverse cau∣teries. Paul Aeginet command•• to apply five actual C••ute••ies ••o make the said Paracent••••is. But abho••••ing su••h a kinde of burning, of which you speak much in your third book, I shew a∣nother kinde of p••actice, the which is done by making a simple incision in the said belly, as may be seen in my w••rks, with happy success. I do not teach young man in my works the man∣ner of burning, which the Antients have called infibulare, that is not in practice, though Cel••••s writeth of it.