A treatise of wounds.

  • Wiseman, Richard, 1622?-1676
Date:
1672
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Credit: A treatise of wounds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Saath ra a) am = Se Tea Oe SO nom ems et bch peels piled he: 2 mi — poet Oxycrat.and made intoa Carapla(ma, in Winter he added Flor. Rof. Rubr, Pulv. 31), and decocted it in Vino, others have finceadded Bac. Mirt. Ba- lanft,to corroborate the relaxt parts, then they Embrocated the head and abour the Jugulars, with Albumin. Ovor, Acct. & Ol, Rof. @&c, fometimes only with the latter, but without the Acer, the OL, Rof. feems to me not to penetrate enough, The want of thefe Embrocations is fometimes the caufe that tumors arife behjnd the Ears, To contufed and great wounds fpeedy digeltion ts required, fot and thefe ought to. be humettantia @ emolltentia , and herein, asI have elfewhere faid, Terebimthina is the moft proper medicament, and in thefe Ner- vous parts you may ufe it wafht or not ; in dry bo- dies they add Thus, in humid bodies and recent wounds Vitel. Ovar. & Ol. Rof. allo Farin, Hord, Cribrat, others Terebinth. Venet. 3 j{s, 0. Hyperic, 3Vj. Thuris 3ij. Vitel, Ovijm.or R. Refine Abi- et, 3vj.Vitel.Ovi , or R, Terebinth. Lot. 12 aq, Salvia 3}. Ol. Rof. =jfs, Gum Elemi cum oleo fuper Ignem diffolati & colat, 31s. Vitel. ovi 3j. Crock Dj. m. and ifthere be much paina Cataplajma ex Ra- dic. Althea, Flor, Meliloti, Faring Hora. Ol, Rof. Vitel. Ovor, anda little Crocus, but you muft have a care by your flabby medicaments you caufe not Putrifaction , wherefore Matter thug made, which happens in three or four days, you are then to de- terge by adding AZel, Rof. or Mel, Com, or this, R, Ferebinth. Zij. Mel, Rof. $j. Pal. Myrrhe, Aloe, Maftich, an. 3{s. m, Difcutients are now re- uired outwardly by Cataplafmes, Cerots, and Emplafters, as Empl, Vigonts de Beton,Gum Elem: Ifidis, or R. Succes Beton. H 4 31),