Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England. Being a ...

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side pain coinetii thence, then is tliat very dangerous ;
Hook II,
if it lias been ere that on the milt, then it is the easier
to cure. Further, if the man have been before wounded
in the lung, and thence eometli the side pain, then is
that very dangerous. If it liave been formerly in the
spleen, then the sore cometli on the left side, yea, those
tokens have heavy mischief; ask him whetlier the milt
be sore, or whether he hath neck disease. So tliou
mayest understand that sore of the side cometh from
evil humour and is very mischievous. If his anal discharge
be stopped, or if he may not mie, the wamb
must be cleansed by an always easy application of a
wort drink, hh this case a, clyster, through a hoin or
})ipe. There is danger also when the sick mans cxijectovation
or break is of many a hue and complexion.'
2. By these tokens thou mayest understand in what
case the man is curable, in what case he is not. In
case one treateth a man unsoftly in the early stage
of the disease, then the sore first mounteth into the
shoulders and into the breast. Soon must one let lilood
from a vein, if the sore continue on the breast alone,
or in the upper belly, or in the midriff; then must
one cfive the tnu/ii a wort drink, and take sweet water
with oil put into a swiues bladder, and warm the sore
therewith.
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Leechdoms wliich have the
power of thinning and of
makintr small, for the bodies which suffer the heat,
either moderate or strong, and how one must apply a
swines bladder to then). Take /ioyehound, and wax,
and oil, mingle or rub together equal quantities of all,
that it, the mixture, may be one ;
smear therewith, and
put also on a cloth and apply. For sore of side, again ;
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