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<HEAD>A table in&s;tructiue whan and how a man co~nyngly let bloude of all the nece&s;&s;ary veynes of mans body very profitable for all Chirurgeons and Barbers.</HEAD>
<P N="A"><HI>A</HI> _THE vaynes of the foreheade and the tempels do &s;yrynge and growe of the exteriall throte vaynes lyke as braun|ches, y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> which mu&s;t be opened drawyng the launcer ouerthwart the vayne, I call it lettynge ouerthwart the vayne accordynge to auncient doctours the which is not fully a|longe the vayne: nor fully ouerthwart the veyne, but ke|peth a meane betwene both. And the lettynge of this vayn is good for apo&s;tems in the eyen, and the migrain, and for great headache, and for alteration of the wytte, for the fren+&s;y, and for the newe lepre.</P>
<P N="B"><HI>B</HI> The veynes of the necke that communelye are called the vaynes <HI>Guiden</HI> or<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>iugulares exteriores</HI> mu&s;t be ope|ned ouerthwart the veyne, lettynge the launcer declyne a lytle a longe the veyne but not to muche: or els it &s;huld be harde to &s;taunche the bloude. And he that wyll open thys vayne well, mu&s;t cau&s;e the pacient to bowe his heade from that &s;yde where he wyll open the vayne, that &s;he maye be bent. And this vayne mu&s;t be opened (as &s;ayth Auicen) w^t a launcer <HI>cum pilo,</HI> that is to &s;aye, that hath a pyn ouer|thwart about the ende of the lau~cer, to kepe it for goyng to depe in the veyne. And the lettinge of the&s;e veynes is good for the humors of the head, for the rewme and the migrain. And it is to be noted that all the veynes of the head ought to be let after a man hath eaten, nother ought the&s;e vey|nes to be let in tho&s;e, in whome is requyred the power to engender, for (as &s;ayeth Auicen) through the&s;e veynes are voyded the &s;prites y^t nature doth &s;end forth for generatio~.</P>
<P N="C"><HI>C</HI> The veyne on the out &s;yde of the arme the whiche the new practi&s;ers communly do call <HI>Cephalica,</HI> &amp; Galen <HI>vena externa</HI> and al&s;o <HI>Humeralis,</HI> taketh his originall with the <HI>Guiden</HI> or <HI>iugulares exteriores</HI> from the holowe veyne. And this veyne <HI>Cephalica</HI> mu&s;t be opened with a greater hole then the other veyns, or els (as &s;ayeth Haly abbas the auncient phi&s;ition in the fourth boke of his practy&s;e) y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> fore &s;ayd veyne is daungerous to fall to an apo&s;temation. And greate hede mu&s;t be taken for faylynge in openynge this veyn, for &s;he is yeopardous to let. For yf ye dare not touch this veyne Cephalyke, and &s;hrugge to open it (as &s;ome barbers or Chirurgens that be not wel expert do) ye &s;hall do great harme to the patient and cau&s;e daunger of apo&s;tumation. Alwayes yf ye touch this veyne well at the fir&s;t launcyng, &s;he is the &s;ame that of al veynes doth greue le&s;&s;e in lettynge of blo&uacute;de: howe be it what &s;o euer ye do make the hole metely greate. The openinge of this veyne is good for runnynge of the eyen, and all maner of heade|ache, and for the fallynge &s;yckne&s;&s;e.</P>
<P N="D"><HI>D</HI> The veyne that appeareth in the mydde of the arme before the bowynge of it, or after the bowynge, the whiche communely is called the Median or <HI>Mediana,</HI> or <HI>Nigra</HI> after Auicen, or after Haly abbas <HI>Media&s;tina,</HI> and after Rha&s;is <HI>ad Alman&s;orem</HI> &s;he is called <HI>vena matrix</HI> or <HI>Cardi ata:</HI> hath hyr originall or &s;prynge partly of the <HI>Cephalica,</HI> and partly of the <HI>Ba&s;ilica,</HI> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> whiche mu&s;t be opened ouer|thwart the veyne or at the lee&s;t declinyng the lau~cer a lytel awrye: without one wyll lett twy&s;e: and the lettynge bloud in this veyne, is good for all grefes &amp; di&s;ea&s;es of the mem|bers, &s;tomacke, rybbes and &s;ydes: for &s;he is the fountayne of all the body.</P>
<P N="E"><HI>E</HI> The veyne that co~munely is called the <HI>Ba&s;ilica,</HI> and after Galen, <HI>uena interna</HI> / &s;omtyme &s;he is called <HI>lecoraria</HI> other do call her <HI>Hexatica</HI> or <HI>Regia.</HI> Rha&s;is (bycau&s;e &s;he doth go thorowe the arme holes) doth call her <HI>vena axilla|ris,</HI> and &s;he doth procede and come from the holowe veyne, beynge yet in the bre&s;t before &s;he hath furny&s;hed the inte|rior
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iugulares or throte veynes. Hyr originall or &s;prynge is of the &s;tomacke, liuer and harte, and hyr be&s;t perceauer is in the out &s;yde of the arme. Of the which veyne he that &s;hall open her, ought to take diligently hede for launcyng: For harde by her is a greate &s;ynowe lyke vnto a veyne, wherin the &s;prite of lyfe runneth vp and downe, &amp; is mixte with blonde, the which yf it be opened, the pacient &s;tandeth in yeopardy of his lyfe, as Galen doth &s;aye in his boke of lettynge of bloud. Vnder the &s;ame <HI>Ba&s;ilica</HI> are al&s;o great &s;ynewes touchynge the fore&s;ayde veyne: Therfore &s;ayth Rha&s;is in his. xxviii. boke: E&s;chue the <HI>Ba&s;ilica</HI> as muche as is po&s;&s;ible, without it be for great nede: otherwy&s;e it is better to take the Median.</P>
<P N="F"><HI>F</HI> The veyne that appeareth about the toppe of the pul&s;e is the braunche or twygge of the <HI>Cephalica.</HI></P>
<P N="G"><HI>G</HI> The &s;econde veyne that lyghtely appeareth about the myddelmo&s;te fynger, &amp; is co~munely called <HI>Funis brachij,</HI> is al&s;o a braunche or twygge of the <HI>Cephalica.</HI></P>
<P N="H"><HI>H</HI> The thyrde veyne of the hande the whiche appeareth about the lyttell fynger, &amp; is co~munely called of the Phi|&s;icians or Chirurgians <HI>Saluatella</HI> or <HI>vena titillaris</HI> or <HI>A&s;cellaris,</HI> is al&s;o a braunche of the <HI>Ba&s;ilica.</HI> The whiche veynes of the hand as al&s;o other outwarde veynes, are of &s;mall value or profite to be let or opened: becau&s;e they ne|uer yelde much bloude. And the&s;e mu&s;te be opened as tho&s;e of the fete, namely in warme water, to cau&s;e the veynes to &s;well aboue the &s;enowes.</P>
<P N="I"><HI>I</HI> The veyne of the inner ankle of the foote, the which ap|peareth more perfectely than the other, is co~munely called <HI>Saphena,</HI> and commeth (as doth al&s;o the <HI>Sciatica</HI>) from the great holowne&s;&s;e that is vnder the knee.</P>
<P N="K"><HI>K</HI> The other veyne that is on the out&s;yde of the foote, is called <HI>Sciatica,</HI> and commeth likewy&s;e of the great holow+ne&s;&s;e vnder the knee. And the lettynge of the&s;e two veynes is good for all maner of &s;wellynges and apo&s;tems of the preuy members. The which veynes of the feete are yeopar+dous for depe launcyng, and &s;pecially the <HI>Sciatica,</HI> which is more fearefull to be touched then the <HI>Saphena.</HI> For yf ye open the <HI>Sciatica</HI> and launche to depe, for feare of fay|lynge, becau&s;e they appeare &s;o &s;mall: ye &s;hal hardly e&s;cape, but that ye &s;hall touche &s;ome &s;enowe adioynynge to the &s;ame veynes, whereof might come great payne &amp; other euil accidentes: As we haue &s;ene otherwhyles that for igno|raunce of the barbars and Surgeons, the pacient dyd fall into diuer&s;e greefes of the &s;enowes or the crampe. This and &s;uch lyke grefes therfore are y^t cau&s;es why it is nedefull to bath the hande and feete in warme water whan they &s;hall be launched, to cau&s;e them to &s;well and appeare the better: for they be lytle of them &s;elues, and in geuynge them a cut with the launcer, ye mu&s;t always beware of the &s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">es. Al&s;o the <HI>Sciatica</HI> mu&s;t be launched as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Saphena,</HI> namely: a lytle ouerthwart, &s;eynge they appeare ynough. And ge|nerally euery veyne that is in a place full of &s;enowes or be+twene &s;enowes mu&s;t be opened alonge the vayne, and that for two rea&s;ons: The fyr&s;te is to e&s;cheue the &s;enowes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> what place &s;o euer they be. The &s;eco~d is that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> vayne, that is cut or blemi&s;hed alonge the veyne, is not &s;o daungerous for the crampe or other euyl accidentes (as &s;ayth Galen in his. v. boke of <HI>Methodus Therapentice</HI>) as whan &s;he is launched alonge or a lytle ouerthwart.</P>
<P>&para; Behold gentle reader the&s;e are the veynes y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> are co~mun+ly in vre to be letten. There are many other veynes that maye be cut or let for diuer&s;e grefes and di&s;ea&s;es, but be|cau&s;e they are not or lytle in v&s;e: and al&s;o becau&s;e Galen &amp; other auncient Grekes haue made no mention of lettynge of them in theyr writynges: therfore let this lytle frutefull table &s;uffi&s;e the at this tyme, by the which thou may&s;t exer+ci&s;e and teache the &s;elfe lyghtely and without daunger of any euyll accidentes to let any vayne of mans body.</P>
<CLOSER>&para; God &s;aue the kynge.</CLOSER>
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<P>&para; Imprynted at London in Alder&s;gate &s;trete by Ihon~ Herforde.</P>
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