BOOK VII.

PREFACE, The province of surgery, &c. 306

CHAP. I. Of contusions 310

II. Of the operations necessary in suppurated tumours 310

III. Of the good or bad symptoms of suppurations 313

IV. Of fistulas, in the ribs, belly, and anus 314

V. Of extracting weapons out of the body 317

VI. Of a ganglion, meliceris, atheroma, steatoma, and other tubercles of the head 320

VII. Of the diseases of the eyes cured by manual operations; of vesicles in the upper eye-lids 321

Of a crithe, chalazium, and unguis 322

Of an encanthis 324

Of the ancyloblepharon, and the ægilops 324

Of hairs in the eye-lashes irritating the eye 326

Of the lagopthalmus 328

Of an ectropium, and the staphyloma 328

Description of the eye 329

Of a cataract 330

Of a flux of gum, and the requisite operations 331

VIII. Of the operations required in the ears 334

IX. The operation necessary in a want of substance in the ears, lips, and nose 335

X. Of the extirpation of a polypus in the nose 337

XI. The chirurgical cure of an ozæna 337

XII. Of the operations in the mouth; of the teeth 338

Of indurated tonsils, of the uvula 339

Of the tongue, an abscess under it, and chopt lips 340

XIII. Of the bronchocele 341

XIV. Of the operations performed at the navel 342

XV. The method of discharging the water in hydropic people 344

XVI. Of wounds in the belly and intestines 345

XVII. Of a rupture of the peritonæum 346

XVIII. A description of the testicles, and their diseases 347

XIX. General directions for operations in the foregoing diseases about the testicles 351

XX. Of the cure of a rupture of the intestine into the scrotum 354

XXI. Of the cure of a rupture of the omentum into the scrotum 356

XXII. Of the cure of a ramex of the scrotum 357

XXIII. Of the cure of a sarcocele 359

XXIV. Of the cure of a ramex in the groin 359

XXV. The operations requisite in the disorders of the penis 360

XXVI. Of the operation necessary in a suppression of urine; and lithotomy 362

XXVII. Of a gangrene after cutting for the stone 370

XXVIII. Of the operations required, when a membrane or flesh obstructs the vagina in women 373

XXIX. The method of extracting a dead fœtus out of the womb 373

XXX. The operations required in diseases of the anus 376

XXXI. Of varices in the legs 378

XXXII. Operations required in cohering and crooked fingers 379

XXXIII. Of the operation required in a gangrene 380