Mikrokosmographa. A description of the little-world, or, body of man, exactly delineating all the parts according to the best anatomists. With the severall diseases thereof. Also their particular and most approved cures. / by R.T. doctor of physick.

To keep the bones that they fall not out againe.

THe broken bone being thus reduced, and brought to his proper figure, the next thing to be observed is to keep in the same that it start not out againe; therefore all means possible are to be used to keep the members without motion, and to use apt and convenient ligature and rolling: But before you roll the member, first mix the white of an Egge and oyle of Roses together; and wet therein a soft linnen cloath of such bignesse as may compasse not only the place where the bone is fractured, but also somewhat of the sound parts above and below. Then this being applied to the affected part, you shall binde and roll the member, diligently regarding that you compress not the member, by too hard rolling, so that nou∣rishment cannot come to it, and also paine there∣by may cause flux of humours and inflamation; neither must you binde it to flack and loose, for then the broken bones will separate againe, and

go asunder; but observe a meane herein, that you binde not the member too streight, nor too loose, but follow discretion between both, and the fee∣ling of the patient; and as touching your rollers, you must have 2 made of soft cloth, whose breadth and latitude must be such, as in rolling there be no loosenesse, widenesse and plaites. The beginning of the rolling must be upon the Fracture, and so rolled about three or foure times, and then rolling upward untill you come to the sound parts, which must also be somewhat rolled; by this means the bones united shall more firmely remaine together, and the flux of humours be stayed that they cannot come to the affected part.

The beginning of the second roll must also bee upon the fractured place, going also three or four times about it, and so continuing downwards, untill you have compassed the sound parts: which done, you must with the same roller ascend up∣wards againe, untill you come some what above the first roller, therefore the second roller must be halfe as long againe as the first, which suffereth not any flux of humours to infest, or annoy the part affected.

These rollers should be wet in water and Wine mixed together before you use them, and if there be any vehement paine or inflamation, then the member should be wrapped about with fine wool well carded, or else with stuffes well in exicratum;

And the ligature or binding must not be hard, but such as may keep the united bones together; fur∣thermore there must bee used both to defend the member from accidents, to keep it together, and to confirm and consolidate the same certaine plaisters or cerats, which must be put upon the two rollers, and as it were the third ligature or roll, amongst which is used Ceratum Humidum, made of Wax melted in oyle of Roses, but if there be besides the fractured bone any solution or hurt in the flesh, then use not either Cerote or oyle, for that will make the ulcer filthy and stinking, but instead thereof use Plumaciols that be long, dipt in red and st••p••••ck wine.

Now the better to keep the member, placed in his naturall place from dolour and paine, there must be used certaine splints, to be put about the ligature at the first dressing: these splints must be equall, smooth, even; not crooked, or rugged, and in the midst thicker then in the other parts, the better to strengthen the member where the bone is fractured: the way of applying these splints is thus, there must be cloathes three or four fold dipt in Rose-water, and lavd upon the roller according as the member requireth, then the splint involved and wound about with wooll, cotten must be placed round about the member, a fingers breadth asunder, and binde them mode∣rately and gently, that you compresse not the

member, and take heed that none of the splints touch any joynt, if any be neare the fractured bone, for that will make ulceration, and inflammation in the the same joynt. Therefore if the fracture be neare to any joynt, you must in that place make your splints shorter, smaller, and lighter, and if no dolour, inflammation, itching, nor ulceration commeth to the fractured part, then you may let the splints remaine on till the 12 or 15 day or un∣till the 20 day, but if any of these happen, then you must unrole the member the third day, and foment it with luke warme water, whereby the paine is ceased and the itching put away.