De arte phisicali et de cirurgia of Master John Arderne, sugreon of Newark, dated 1412

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...and cures swelling of the nerves. Item, against weakness of the Kidneys. R. Plantain well seethed in white wine. A drink against humor in the kidneys or bladder is wont.... wisdom most for boys that do not bear medecines well. Gromwell seeds one lb. and rub up well in a mortar and pour on it hot water and cleanse it well and let it be given daily. Vide p. 23, t Vide p. 20. t (i.e.) the basilic. § Wild pomegranate. through a cloth eight they feel. For.... cure of the attack. Cure of the stone R.... they will issue.... aa. 3iii of pepper with stones.... with honey.... and on an empty stomach of.... with a decoction of saxifrage or.... an aqueous infusion of.... (Plate II, fig. 1, right column.) To break a stone. R. Remove a boar's bladder from its place and empty it of the water. Fill it with the blood of a he'goat aged four years or at any rate not less than three years old. The goat should have been fed on betony and saxifrage with fennel, parsley, butcher's broom, asparagus, milium solis and barley and afterwards in summer with ivy berries before the berries have begun to blacken. Give it to the patient to drink with lukewarm white wine. But if you wish to test it, put into the (pig's) bladder a similar stone.... with the aforesaid blood and you will find the stone reduced to powder within seven days &c. For those who piss blood from the kidneys or bladder. Make hydromel from a decoction of the tincture of succory, smallage and bramble with fig juice. Let it be drunk daily for it cleanses the urinary tract well as Avicenna bears witness. A wine of decoction.... aquatica, anise.... with juice of pellitory quickly provokes urine. For the disease which (is called chaudepisse. (Plate II, fig. 2, right column.) R. Parsley and boil if in water until it ...