Vade mecum: or, a companion for a chyrurgion: fitted for times of peace or war. Compendiously shewing the yong artist the use of every severall instrument belonging to a chyrurgion; and the vertues and qualities of all such medicines as are needfull and necessary, with the maner of compounding them, according to the most approved authors. As also the perfect cure of green wounds, either incised or contused, ulcers, fistulaes, fractures, and dislocations. To which is added the maner of making reports before a judge of assize, of any one that hath come to an untimely end. By Tho. Brugis Doctor in Physick.

Ʋnguentum Arregon.

THis Oyntment is called one of the foure hot Oyntments, and is generally good against all cold affects of the outward parts of the body; it much warmeth and comforteth the sinews; it is good against Convulsions, and Cramps; it is good to annoynt the ridge bone of the back, and the Parts neare the kidneys against the pains there∣of, and also to annoynt the stomack and belly, upon any cold griefe; it is also good to annoynt the body of them which have the quartane Feaver, the falling sicknesse, the paines of the joynts, and the like cold diseases: and is thus made:

• ℞. Rosmarini, of each foure ounces and halfe.
• Majoranae, of each foure ounces and halfe.
• Serpylli, of each foure ounces and halfe.
• Rutae, of each foure ounces and halfe.
• Rad. Ari, of each foure ounces and halfe.
• Rad. cucumeris agrestis, of each foure ounces and halfe.
• Fol. Lauri, Of each foure ounces.
• Salviae, Of each foure ounces.
• Rad. bryoniae, Of each foure ounces.
• Pulicariae, Of each foure ounces.
• Laureolae, nine ounces.
• Fol. cucumeris asinini,
• Nepetae, of each halfe a pound.

Let all these be gathered in the month of May, and

wel cleansed, and beat them green, and macerate them seven dayes in six pound of the best Oyle and one pint of Aqua vitae, then boyle them until they be shrunke, and the water consumed, then straine the Oyle in the which you shal melt these things following.

• Cerae, sixteene ounces.
• Adipis Ursini
• Olei Laurini, of each three ounces.
• Olei Moschelini, halfe an ounce.
• Petrolci, one ounce.
• Butyri, foure ounces.

work these all well together, then strow into them these powders following.

• Mastiches, of each one ounce.
• Olibani, of each one ounce.
• Pyrethri, of each one ounce.
• Euphorbii, of each one ounce.
• Zinziberis, of each one ounce.
• Piperis, of each one ounce.

These being all finely powdred, must be sprinkled into the former, and so reduced into the forme of an Unguent.