'There be eyght maners of medecynes mynystryd to ye partes of ye bodye wythe owte, for the whyche be callyd by ys maner. That ys to saye encatisme, synapisme, epithyme, cathaplasme, fomentacion, subfumigacion and sacellacion', explanation of the various ways medicaments can be administered externally

Date:

c.1575

Reference:

MS.7117/28

Part of:

English Medical Compendium, 16th century