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 ...

I. Wounds of the Eye-brows.

III. A Wound of the Eye-brow is called in Greek, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. and in Latin, Vulnus Supercilii.

IV. It is either a Contusion, a Burning, or an Incision. An Inci∣sion is either simple, or with loss of Substance: And if it is simple, it is either according to the Lon∣gitude or Ductus of the Fibres, or Transverse.

V. If it is only bruised, without breaking of the Skin, it contracts a livid, or black and blue Co∣lour, and then you must apply this. Take Whites of Eggs N^o iii. Wormwood-water ℥iss. fine Bole, or Terra Sigillata ʒi. mix and apply; or anoint the Brow with Ʋng. album Camphoratum.

VI. The livid colour is taken away with juice of Wormwood mix∣ed, with Honey, or juice of Sow∣bread, or Aloes mixt with Honey, or with a Cataplasm of Anise and Cumin-seed made by boiling in Water; or a Cataplasm of Meal and Faenugreek and Beans made with Honey: The Juice of the Root of Solomon's Seal is excellent in this case.

VII. If the Wound comes by burning, Take Vervain-water ℥iv. Quince-seeds ʒij. Faenugreek-seed ʒj. make a Mucitage, which ap∣ply; or you may use other things proper against Wounds.

VIII. If the Wound is caused by a simple Incision, according to the Ductus of the Fibres without loss of Substance, Agglutinatives, A∣stringents or Stypticks are chief∣ly to be used, which having Power to dry without sharpness, may hasten the Unition, and produce the Cicatrize.

IX. Some commend the use of Whites of Eggs, mixt with fine Bole, softned in Rose-water, ap∣plied upon Pledgets of Tow or Linnen Cloth, more especially if a little Saffron and Alom be added thereto.

X. Afterwards Oil of Hypericon, or some proper Ointment, may be used: Also Diapalma, or Emp. album. to say over the Wound, Sennertus commends Lac Virgi∣nis, or an Ointment made of Saccharum Saturni, or this Em∣plaster. Take Wax, Oil of Meli∣lot A℥j. Cummin-seed ℥ss. Cam∣phir ʒi. mix, and make an Em∣plaster.

XI. If the Wound is transverse without loss of substance, you must bring the Lips exactly together, so as to answer one another; for o∣therwise the Patient will not be able to lift up the Eye-lid, with∣out the help of his Finger, but the Eye will still remain shut.

XI. In this case you must take deep stitches, and as many as you shall see needful: The Lips be∣ing thus joined, you must apply Aglutinatives to reunite the parts.

XIII. If the Wound is with loss of substance, then you must not make too much haste in healing, lest the Scar becomes so hard, as to cause the Muscles to draw up too much the Eye-lid, whereby the whole Eye will not be covered: Here such Sarcoticks as are soft in Substance or Consistence are to be used, the Natural Balsams, Artificial Balsams, Linimentum Arcaei, &c.

XIV. If the Scar becomes so hard, that the Eye-lid cannot be wholly brought down to cover the Eye, then you must divide the Cicatrix or Scar by a Half-moon like Incision, according to the

Orbicular Ductus of the Fibres of the Muscle of the Eye, which draws down the Palpebra, or Eye-lid.

XV. This semicircular Incision you need not fear to make, for that this Muscle lies within the Orbit of the Eye, near to the Muscles which move the Eye, and so it cannot be hurt by such an Incision: Now the Incision must not reach to the internal Tunicle of the Eye-lid, but only to the divi∣ding of the Scar and the round Muscle, for so the Motion will not be taken away by such an Incision.