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CHA. XLIII.
PARONYCHIA, * 1.1 is a tumor in the ends of the fingers, under the nailes, with great in∣flammation.
It is caused through a malign, * 1.2 and vene∣mous humour; which from the bones by the Periosteum, is communicated to the tendons and nerves, of that part which it affecteth.
There follow pulsifique pain, * 1.3 a seaver, and restlesnesse.
You must begin with purging, * 1.4 and blood-letting. Then make incision in the inner part of the finger even to the bone, along the first joynt thereof; This must be done before it come to maturation, suffer it to bleed well; then let him dip his finger in strong and warm vine∣gar, in which some treakle hath been dissol∣ved; and then appease the pain with Ʋnguen∣tum populneum, or the like. And take this oynt∣ment following.
℞. * 1.5 Sacchari rosati ℥.ss. axungiae gallinae, ʒ.iij. vitellorum ovorum, n.j. butyri recentis pa∣rum. fiat unguentum, in mortario absque igne.If a Gangrene and Sphacel happen, the Chy∣rurgeon must make use of his cutting mullets, to save the rest of the body. If you please you may read Forestus lib. * 1.6 5. de tumoribus praeternatu∣ram. Observatio 16. pag. 162.