Ars chirurgica a compendium of the theory and practice of chirurgery in seven books ... shewing the names, causes, signs, differences, prognosticks, and various intentions of curing all kinds of chirurgick diseases ... : to which is added Pharmacopoeia chirurgica, or, The medical store, Latin and English ... / by William Salmon ...

CHAP. LXXVII. De EMPLASTRIS.

I. Emplastrum Album.

℞ OLEI Olivarum libras quatuor; Sevi ovilli, Cerussae lotae, & Lithargyri Auri laevigati, ana libras duas; Vi∣trioli albi usti uncias quinque; toque igne lento, assidue Spa∣tulà ligneà movendo: mixturae Sevi, Olei, Cerussae, & Lithar∣gyri, sic coctione & agitatione incrassatae, & igni substractae, Vitriolum pulveratum injiciunt & subigunt: sicque massam ha∣bent consistentia laudabilem, ex qua Magdaleones formant.

Valet ad Vulnera cruenta, Ʋlcera quoque dysepulota & in∣veterata, atque ad partes divul∣sas, & ecchymomata. Materiam flatulentam discutit, partimque Sarcoticum est, partim Epuloti∣cum; id est, vim habet novam Carnem generandi, Vulnera glu∣tinandi, & Ʋlcera exsiccandi, & ad cicatricem ducendi: Flu∣xiones quoque sisiit, & Partes, quibus adhibetur, roborat. Tu∣moribus Pestilentibus, & exituris Bubonibus, Ambustis, Articulo∣rum Morhis, Oedematibus, Os∣sium fracburis, & Contusionibus prodest.

II. Diachylon Simplex.

℞ Mucilaginum radicum Althaeae, Caricarum; seminum Lini & Foenugraeci, ana uncias novem; Lithargyri Auri laevi∣gati, vel Cerussae lotae, sesqui∣libram; Olei Olivarum libras tres: misce, & lento igne fiat Emplastrum, consistentia legiti∣mum. Signum Emplastri perfectè cocti habetur, cum ipsius portio Marmori adhibita non adhaeret, aut Digitos, dum contrectatur, non inquinat. Mucilago. Re∣cipe radicum Althaeae mundata∣rum, & minutim incisarum; Caricarum, seminum Lini & Foenugraeci, ana uncias quinde∣cim; Aquae fontanae libras quin∣decim: misce, digere per ho∣ras viginti quatuor, & lento igne coque ad Mucilaginis con∣sistentiam crassae, tum fortiter exprime ad usum.

Emplastrum hoc Malacticum optimum est; Hepatis enim, Lie∣nis, Ventriculi, & tumores alia∣rum partium duros emollit, Hu∣moresque coquit, incidit, & resolvit. Enumeratur inter Emol∣lientia & Suppurantia, ejusque usus est frequens.

III. Diachylon cum Gummis.

℞ Gummi Ammoniaci, Bdel∣lii, Galbani, Opopanacis, Saga∣peni, Tacamahaccae, ana uncias tres; Vini albi quantum sufficit: Vino dissolvantur, colentur, & coquantur ad Mellis crassi∣tudinem; quibus addantur Dia∣chyli simplicis librae tres: misce, fiatque Emplastrum.

Eadem praestat hoc Emplastrum, quod superiùs, sed efficaciûs: magis enim duritiem quamlibet mollit, coquit, digerit, ac potenter

resolvit: partim emollit, partim coquit, ac maturat: ob id Tumo∣ribus praeter naturam duris, utroque dicto modo sanandis con∣fert.

IV. Emplastrum Epispasticum.

℞ Emplastri Meliloti libras duas, Terebinthinae Venetiae li∣bram unam; Cantharidum fine alis & capitibus pulveratarum uncias octodecim: misce, fiat∣que Emplastrum.

Humores qui à Capite ad Ocu∣los, Dentes, & Genus descendunt, potenter revellit: in Bubonibus & Carbonibus pestilentialibus, Ve∣nenum à Corde ad exteriora revocat. In Morbis diuturnis, nullis Remediis aliis cedentibus, potissimum sibi locum vendicat.

V. Emplastrum Febrifugum.

℞ Thuris pinguis libras duas, Terebinthinae uncias quatuor, Olei Olivarum, Camphorae, Cin∣nabaris, ana uncias duas: misce, fiatque Emplastrum.

Virium magnarum, & multae experientiae fuit hoc Emplastrum, ad Febres intermittentes curan∣dos, si ad Stomachi regionem applicatur. Confert ad Vomitum; ac iis, qui Cibum retinere nequeant, prodest.

VI. Emplastrum de Meliloto.

℞ Resinae libras octo, Cerae libras quatuor, Sevi ovilli libras duas, Meliloti viridis libras quinque: misce, coque blando igne, & cola.

Ad Vulterae & Ʋlcera repur∣ganda & coalescenda, & ad paries, quibus adhibetur roboran∣dos, prides. Ad Vulners quo∣que

contusa, & partis carnosae Ecchymomata valet.

VII. Emplastrum de Minio cum Sapone.

℞ Cerati nigri libras tres, Saponis Castallensis incisi uncias octo: misce, fiatque Empla∣strum.

Arthritidi, & Morbis Junctu∣rarum medetur: ad Strumas etiam recentes, frigidos ac diu∣turnos Abscessus, Viscerumque Tumores, perutile. Surculos & Spicula Corpori altum infixa, & omnia Venenata extrahit. Splenis duritiem emendat, Articulorum ac Genuum, ex Humorum influxu dolores sedat. Ad Mammarum Col∣lectiones, & Tumores duros & scirrhosos valet. Morsibus etiam venenatis, aut rabidorum Canum, impositum, medetur. Ʋlceribus calidis prodest, ac iis quos acres & salsi Humores infestant.

VIII. Emplastrum Mercuriale.

℞ Diachyli simplicis, vel cum Gummis libras sex; Argenti vivi (cum Sputo, vel Succo Limonum, vel Terebinthinae Argentoratensis extincti) libram unam; misce. Vel sic: Recipe Diachyli simplicis, vel cum Gummis, libras sex; Praecipi∣tati rubri uncias quindecim; misce. Aliter. Recipe Cerati de Galbano libras quinque & semis, Olei Olivarum uncias sex; misce: tum addantur pulvetis Mercurii coagulati uncrae sede∣cim; misce. Aliter iterum. Recipe Cerati viridis libras sex, Argenti vivi (Sputo, vel S••cco Limonum extincti) libram unam, pulveris Nicotianae uncias sex, Olei Bac∣carum Juniperi quantum sufficit, misce. Vel sic: Recipe Cerae

libras quatuor, Olei Olivarum libras duas; misce, deinde ad∣dantur Cinnabaris factivae librae duae; seu Cinnabaris factivae, Praecipitati rubri, ana libra una; fiatque Emplastrum. Sic iterum. Recipe Cerati viridis libras sex, Argenti vivi (cum floribus Sul∣phuris extincti) libram unam, Olei Petrolaei quantum sufficit; misce, fiat{que} Emplastrum. Vel sic: Recipe Argenti vivi uncias qua∣tuor, solvatur in Aquae fortis, seu Spirtûs Nitri quantum suffiçit: Solutioni adde Mixtu∣ram (ex Oleo Olivarum & Sevi Ovilli, ana unciis quatuor factam) & in Vase terreo, Pa∣tella nimirùm, lenissimo igne coquantur, ad Emplastri con∣sistentiam; ne nigrescat, inde∣sinenter Spatulâ ligneâ agi∣tando: cui adde Cerae flavae uncias tres; Thuris pinguis, Olibani vel Mastichis pulveris, ana unciam unam. Sic habes Emplastrum nobile & praestans, quod omnia Ʋlcera Gallica per∣sanat, & crustas, sine doloris sensu, quocunque etiam loco secreto haereant, veluti miraculosè absu∣mit.

In Tumoribus, Tophis, & Nodis Gallicis faelici successu usurpatur. Itemque Doloribus Nocturnis, à Morbo Gallico procedentibus, me∣detur. Valet egregie in dissi∣pandis doloribus Artuum, Homo∣platarum, Coxendicumque, à Lue inve••erata obortis, partibus robur •…•…ciliat, virulen••ia•• Luis sub Madoris specie extrahit, & dolo∣res i••nplacabiles consopis.

IX. Emplastrum Nicotianae, vel Polychrestum.

℞ Nicotianae recentis & con∣tusae libras quinque, Sevi ovilli libras duas; coque per duas horas vel tres, lento igne, & exprime: cui addantur Cerae, Resinae, Picis navalis, Thuris, Terebinthinae Venetae, ana unciae quindecim; misce, fiatque Em∣plastrum.

Vlcera quaecunque & Vulnera, recentia & inveterata, mundifi∣cat, Carne replet, & curat. Dolores Arthritidis nimios sedat, atque Apostemata ad maturitatis statum perducit.

X. Emplastrum ad Strumam.

℞ Gummi Ammoniaci, Aceti Scillitici, ana libram unam; succi Cicutae libram semis; misce, dissolve, & cola: coqua∣tur ad debitam consistentiam; deinde addantur Gummi Elemi unciae tres, Praecipitati rubri unciae quatuor: misce, fiatque Emplastrum.

Ad Strumas vel Scrophulas, Abscessus, vel Apostemata, Ʋl∣ceraque vetera, quae cicatricem non facilè admittunt, prodest. Flu∣xiones quacunque Corporis parte irruentes intercipit, & ad locum affectum devolvi vetat.

XI. Emplastrum Vulnerarium.

℞ Balsami Sulphuris (Oleo Olivarum facti) libras quatuor, in quo dissolvantur Sevi ovilli librae duae; Resinae, Cerae, Thu∣ris, Gummi Elemi, Terebinthinae Venetae, ana libra una; Balsami Copaybae, Peru, & Tolu, ana unciae sex; Pulverum Mastiches, Myrrhae, Olibani, Camphorae; ana unciae quatuor; misce, fiat∣que Emplastrum.

Vulnera recentia, & Ictus ce∣leriter consolidat, Symptomata & Fluxiones supervenire solitas praecavet; Ferrum, Lignum, Plum∣bum, aliaque profundius membris infixa, sine dolore extrahit. Vires hujus Emplastri perinsignes sunt; antiqua Ʋlcera siccat, & mun∣dificat, Carnem bonam producit, & cicatrice claudit; atque Fi∣stulas, quae nondum callum con∣traxerint, jungit, & conglu∣tinat.

XII. Emplastrum Arthriticum.

℞ Diachyli cum Gummis, seu Cerati Viridis, vel de Galbano libras duas; Saponis Castallensis, Opii cum Aqua vel Aceto extracti, ana uncias sex; Argenti vivi sputo vel succo Limonum extincti libram unam; misce, fiatque Emplastrum.

Doloribus Arthriticis & Ve∣nereis medetur; Tophos, Nodos, Scrophulas, Tumoresque duros di∣gerit, emollit, resolvit, eorumque dolores sedat. Ʋlcera callosa & maligna, imò pessima, curat; omnibusque Mammarum Tumori∣bus, Lacte concreto, Oedemate, & Cancro, nihil est aequale.

CHAP. LXXVII. Of EMPLASTERS.

I. The White Emplaster.

℞ OIL-Olive lbiv. Sheeps-suet, Ceruss washed, Li∣tharge of Gold levigated, a. lbij. white Vitriol burnt ℥ v. boil it with a gentle fire, continually stir∣ring it with a wooden Spatula: to the mixture of the Oil, Suet, Ceruss, and Litharge, made thick by boiling and stirring, being removed from the fire, the Vitriol in pouder is to be added, and well mixed: so will you have a mass of a due consistency, which make into Rouls.

It is good for green Wounds, as also for great, evil-disposed, and inveterate Ulcers, and Parts broken and bruised. It discusses flatulent matter, and is partly a Sarcotick or Flesh-breeder, and partly an Epulotick, or Cicatri∣zer; that is, it has the power or virtue of generating new Flesh, of closing up Wounds, of drying up Ulcers, and skinning them. It stops Fluxes of Humors, and strengthens the Parts it is ap∣plied to. It is also good for Pe∣stilential Tumors and Apostems, Bubo's, Burnings, Diseases of the Joints, Oedema's, broken Bones, and Contusions.

2. Simple Diachylon.

℞ Of the Mucilages of Althea∣roots, of dried Figs, Lin-seed, Fenugreek-seed, a. ℥ ix. Lith∣arge of Gold levigated, or Ceruss washed, lbj ss. Oil-olive lbiij. mix, and with a gentle fire, make an Emplaster of a due consistency. The sign of the Emplaster being perfectly boiled, is, that a little of it being dropt upon a Marble, it does not stick to it, or when wrought with the Fingers, it does not bedaub them. The Mucilage. Take cleansed roots of Althea cut small, dry Figs, Lin-seed and Fenugreek-seed, a. ℥ xv. fair Water lbxv. mix, digest for twenty-four hours, and boil with a gentle fire to the consistency of a thick Mucilage, which strain out by pressing, for use.

This Emplaster is the best Mollifier that is; for it softens the hardnesses and tumors of Liver, Spleen, Stomach, and other parts, concocts Humors, incides, and resolves. It is of very frequent use, and is ac∣counted among the number of Emollients and Suppuratives.

3. Diachylon with Gums.

℞ Gum Ammoniack, Bdel∣lium, Galbanum, Opoponax, Saga∣penum, and Tacamahacca, a. ℥ iij. white Wine a sufficient quantity; dissolve the Gums in the Wine, strain, and boil to the thickness of Honey: to which add of simple Diachylon lbiij. mix, and make an Emplaster.

This has the same virtues with the former Emplaster, but much more effectual: for it more powerfully softens, concocts,

digests, and resolves: it partly mollifies, partly concocts and maturates: for which reason, after both ways it is said to cure hard preternatural Tumors.

4. The Blistering-Plaster.

℞ Melilot-Plaster lbij. Ve∣nice-Turpentine lbj. pouder of Cantharides (their wings and heads being cast away) ℥ xviij. mix, and make an Emplaster.

It powerfully revells, or de∣rives Humors, which fall from the Head to the Eyes, Teeth, and Knees. It recalls the Poi∣son and malignity of Pestilen∣tial Bubo's & Carbuncles, from the Heart to the external parts. And it has a principal place in the helping of those Diseases which have been of long con∣tinuance, and yield to no other Remedies.

5. The Fever-frighter.

℞ Fat Frankincense lbij. Turpentine ℥ iv. Oil-olive, Cam∣phir, Cinnabar, a. ℥ ij. mix, and make an Emplaster.

This Emplaster is of great virtue, and has been much ex∣perimented, for the curing of Agues, being applied to the Pit of the Stomach. It is good against Vomitings, and helps such as are not able to re∣tain their Food in their Sto∣machs.

6. Emplaster of Melilot.

℞ Rosin lbviij. Wax lbiv. Sheeps-suet lbij. green Melilot lbv. mix, boil with a gentle fire, and strain out.

It is good for the cleansing and healing of Wounds and Ul∣cers, and is good to strengthen the parts it is applied to. It heals

contused Wounds, and Bruisings of the fleshy parts.

7. Emplaster of Red-lead with Soap.

℞ Of the Black Cerate lbiij. Castil-Soap sliced thin ℥ viij. mix, and make an Emplaster.

It cures the Gout, and Dis∣eases of the Joints: it is pro∣fitable also for a recent Kings-Evil, cold, and long-continued Apostems, and Tumors of the Bowels. It draws forth Splinters and Thorns, tho' fixed deep in the Flesh, and extracts all sorts of Venom. It helps the hard∣ness of the Spleen, and eases the pains of the Knees and Joints, from an influx of Humors. It is good against Gatherings, and hard and scirrhous Tumors of the Breasts. Being oft applied, it cures the bitings of mad Dogs, or of other Venemous Beasts. It is good for hot and burning Ulcers, and such as are infested with salt and sharp Humors.

8. The Mercurial Emplaster.

℞ Diachylon simple, or with Gums, lbvj. Quick-silver (kill'd either with spittle or juice of Limons, or Strasburgh-Turpentine) lbj. mix them. Or thus: Take Diachylon simple, or with Gums lbvj. red Precipitate ℥ xv. mix them. Other∣wise. Take Cerate of Galbanum lbv ss. Oil-olive ℥ vj. mix them; then add pouder of Mer∣cury coagulate ℥ xvj. mix again. Otherwise. Take of the Green Cerate lbvj. Quick-silver (kill'd with Spirtle, or Juice of Limons) lbj. pouder of Tobacco ℥ vj. Oil of Juniper-berries, a sufficient quantity; mix them. Or thus: Take Wax lbiv. Oil-olive lbij.

mix, and add factitious Cinnabar lbij. or factitious Cinnabar, red Precipitate, a. lbj. and make an Emplaster. Or thus again. Take of the Green Cerate lbvj. Quick-silver (kill'd with flowers of Sulphur) lbj. Oil of Petre, a sufficient quantity; mix, and make an Emplaster. Otherwise thus: Take Quick-silver ℥ iv. dissolve it in Aqua fortis or Spi∣rit of Nitre, a sufficient quantity: to the Solution add a Mixture made of Oil-olive and Sheeps-suet, a. ℥ iv. put them into an earthen glaz'd Vessel or Pan, boiling them together with a very gentle fire, to the consistence of an Emplaster; but that it may not grow black, let it be stirred continually with a wooden Spatula: then add yellow Wax ℥ iij. Mastich and Olibanum in pouder, a. ℥ j. which mix well. So have you a noble and effi∣cacious Emplaster, which per∣fectly cures all Ulcers proceeding from the French Pox; and re∣moves Scabs and Breakings-out, in whatsoever secret place they may be, even to a wonder.

It is used with great success in Venereal Tumors, Tophs, and Nodes; and cures also Noctur∣nal Pains from the same cause. It is powerful in dissipating pains of the Joints, Shoulder∣blades, and Hips, arising from an inveterate Lues, confirms the strength of the parts, and draws forth the malignity of the Pox in the form of Sweat, and lays as it were asleep the most vehement pains.

9. Emplaster of Tobacco, or Plaster of many Virtues.

℞ Tobacco, green, and bruised lbv. Sheeps-suet lbij. boil for two or three hours with a very gentle fire, and press out: to which add, Wax, Rosin, Ship-pitch, Frankincense, Venice-Turpentine, a. ℥ xv. mix, and make an Emplaster.

It cleanses all sorts of Ulcers and Wounds, whether new or old, fills them with Flesh, and heals them; it eases vehement pains of the Gout, and ripens Apostems.

10. Emplaster against the Kings-evil.

℞ Gum Ammoniack, Vinegar of Squills, a. lbj. juice of Hem∣lock lbss. dissolve, and strain, and boil to a due consistency; then add Gum Elemi ℥ iij. red Precipitate ℥ iv. mix, and make an Emplaster.

It is good against the Kings∣evil, Apostems, and old Ulcers, which are difficult to heal; stops Fluxes of Rheum, falling upon what part of the Body so∣ever; and hinders their afflux to the part affected.

11. The Wound-Plaster.

℞ Balsam of Sulphur (made with Oil-olive) lbiv. in which dissolve Sheeps-suet lbij. Rosin, Wax, Frankincense, Gum Elemi, Venice-Turpentine, a. lbj. Bal∣sams of Capivi, Peru, and Tolu, a. ℥ vj. Pouders of Mastich, of Myrrh, of Olibanum and Camphir, a. ℥ iv. mix, and make an Em∣plaster.

It speedily heals green Wounds, and the Bitings or Stinging of Beasts, or Venemous Creatures; hinders the Sym∣ptoms, and prevents the usual Fluxes of Humors; draws forth pieces of Iron, splinters of Wood, and other things which are lodged deep in the Flesh, and that without pain. The vir∣tues of this Emplaster are very admirable; for it drys up old Ulcers, and cleanses them, fills them with good Flesh, and heals them; and Fistula's which have not yet contracted a callus, it joins their sides together, and conglutinates them.

12. The Gout-Emplaster.

℞ Diachylon cum Gummis, or the Green Cerate, or that of Galbanum lbij. Castile-Soap, Opium (extracted with Water or Vinegar) a. ℥ vj. Quick-silver (kill'd with spittle or juice of Limons) lbj. mix, and make an Emplaster.

It cures the Gout, also Ve∣nereal pains; digests, softens, and resolves Tophs, Nodes, Scro∣phula's, and hard Tumors, taking away their pain. It cures callous and malign Ulcers, even the most rebellious; and for all sorts of Tumors in Womens Breasts, Curdled Milk, Oedema, and the Cancer it self, this Plaster has yet no equal.