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VVOunds are of divers and sundry kinds. Neverthe∣lesse, they consist in two, that is Simple, and Com∣pound. The Simple wounds are those, where the flesh is one∣ly offended. The Compound are those, where there is offence of flesh, sinews, veins, and bones, and the cure of either of them is in three manners. The first is a cure pertaining to
Nature and not to Art, and that is it which Dogs and other Animals doe use, who being wounded, use no other Medi∣cine then to keep the wound clean with their proper tongues, and keep a Diet, and the rest is left unto Nature which wor∣keth well without pains of Medicine, and this is the first. The second is that which is called Canonico, in which there be four operations. The first is, Digestion. The second, Mundification. The third, Incarnation. The fourth, Siccatri∣sation. The third order is of our invention, and is done in this order, that is; Whensoever a man hath a wound either simple or compound, the first thing that is to be done therein is, to joyn the parts close together, and stitch them, and dress them with divers sorts of drying Medicines, as I will shew thee hereafter in the cure of Wounds, in sundry parts of the bodie.