Royal College of Physicians: A Book of surgerie and phisick of Mistress Honore Henslow (MS688)

For him that hathe a sore stitche Take a quarte of Maalmseye one handefull of cammomell flowers and seethe them in the same malmesey till itt bee sodden to halfe a pinte then take the oxe bladder and putt halfe the same in itt and when this is colde you muste have an other bladder and so laye one after an other onto the stiche. A other good medcine for the Nigrom Take the Joyce of Bittaney and vineger and rose water and the cromes of broune breade and thereof make a plaister and as hott as ytt can bee suffered laye itt unto the foreheade two or three times and itt will helpe the patiente: Probatum For the headeache Take rewe and redde fennell and seethe them togeather and whashe the heade in the water thereof For the tothe atche Take the powder of pepper and boyle itt in white wine and receave itt into the mouthe as hott as yow can endure itt till ytt bee colde then voide itt and take more and use itt often and it will take awaie the paines Probatum

A medcine for one that hathe a noyse or bussinge in his eares Take the ioyce of unsett leekes and halfe as muche of the ioyce of rewe: sixe droppes of the water that cometh from the ashe uppon the fier burninge putt all these togeather and droppe a droppe or two in the eare butt firste take the inwarde parte of a hott lofe and laye itt to the eare hotte probatum A salve or oyntment for a bruse in anye parte of mans bodie Take the ioyce of wallworte and maye butter and boyle them togeather upon a chafingdishe of coles till the butter bee consumed then lett itt be colde and keepe itt to annointe brused sores withall force itt is specialle goode probatum Also the powder of pitche dronke in possett alle or other so itt bee nott to hott is marvelous goode for one that is bruised probatum A soveraigne salve for annye old sore Take a quantitye of stall ale and three spoonefulls of honneye and as muche blacke sope putt them alltogeather in a potte and boyle them over the fier till ytt bee thicke then will itt bee like a salve putt itt in a boxe and keepe itt for spessialle goode probatum

The makinge of the white salve Take a pound of rossen beaten and searse itt verie fine and halfe a pound of sheepes sewett readie shredd and tried than putt all into a greate porsnette and sett it over a fewe hott imbers and and no hott coles lett itt melte by itt selfe alone untill itt be all molten then have in readines a greate panne of water and take the sporsuett from the fier and powre itt in rounde aboute the water and there lett itt stande and stirre it nott for the space of fiue or sixe howers than gather itt in a peece and worke itt with your hande untill itt bee white and ere itt bee perfectlie itt will sticke to youre hands then take a littell molten sheeps tallowe and annoynte youre hands witheall and so worke itt againe or ever itt be made as itt shoulde ytt will aske greate workinge this salve is goode to heale anie maner of sore. probatum A greene poultisse good for a fellone the pricke of a pinne a thorne for the Skour of an old sore full of dead fleshe Take a handfull of smallage and as muche of fethefew as of the smallage then stampe them verie smale and straine them then take the ioyce of bothe of them and putt itt in a dishe or vessell then take wheate flower and graye sope and as muche in quantitie of sope as a pulletts egge and as muche wheate flower as will make itt thicke and temper them withe your finger.

togeather untill theye be like boordlime then take the same and laie itt unto the fellone or pricke and dresse itt newe 2 times adaye if itt bee a fellonne this one medcine will breake itt and when itt is broken and drawne withe this three or fowre dayes then make a tente of the white salve followinge and a plaister of the same white salue ytt will heale Collman the right an excelente good salve to make Dia: [slamn] Take the ioyce of smallage wormwoode malyne walworthe spourge clowefoote wax brede abens. mingworthe woodbine and dayses take of all these like muche of the ioyce butt take fowre tymes as muche of the woodbine as of annye ells then mingell these ioyce withe hoonne equalle boyle them alltogeather on the fier easily and stirre itt well: till itt bee thicke: then putt itt in a newe earthen potte and use itt. \ And now it is cauld calymell and hone of [tnolyn] and then make thereof the precious medesone that belongethe to surgeries:/ Take fowre ounces thereof. and fowre ounces of whites of egges and fowre ounces of wheaten flower and putt them alltogeather ouer the fier and lett them have an easie fyer and stirre them well and when itt is throuohe hotte take itt downe: Then take Oyle oliffe or oyle of roses and wexe of eache one fowre ounces and mingell them togeather and take two ounces of turpentine and putt therto and stirre them and lett nott the turpentine be hottter then bloode for then itt is loste therefore putt itt in all the laste and mingell them well and perfectlie and now itt is called Diassamium alias molyn./ take this plaister and spredd itt on flex that is cleane and laye itt to a fystulowe or a canker or a morall ytt will helpe all those aforesaide and all other horible sores that bee in dispayre and this plaister maye be made

to open or to loose there needes no other sertanlie as all maner of surgerie probatum A plaister for guttes and atches especiall yf the come of colde causes or rume, that ever I sawe in my time the beste {The Blacke} Take a pounde of the fineste droppes of Alibanum or more {plaister} so that itt maye bee a pounde when itt is beaten and serched a pound of goode clere f rosen beaten and serched a pound of pitche halfe a pounde of sheepes tallowe finelie tried fowre ounces of comen beaten two ounces of ladamum one ounce cloves beaten halfe an ounce of safferon beaten and viij or ix sheepes skinnes that bee fine: and then take a faire brase panne and sett it over the fier upon a trivett and under itt make a fier of coles so that itt flame nott and firste putt in youre rossen and lett it mylte fayer and as fiche and never touche itt withe annie thinge untill itt bee cleare molten and when you are sure that itt is cleane molten beware that itt seache nott butt withe a spoon by littell and littell putt in youre rosen ever lettinge itt melte before you putt in annie more and when youre rossen and alibanum are molten then take youre sheepes tallowe tried baldaniu and beaten them togeather in a morter with a hott pestell