Anbrois Pare Flashcards
Born in France, 1510.
Son of barber surgeon becomes one himself.
Surgeon to pair kings of France.
Became a military surgeons in the French army.
France was often at war which allowed him to practise and develop his craft.
War gave the opportunity to make his discovery about gunshot wounds.
Gunshot wounds were becoming more common and were treated using boiling oil which was poured on the wound - Cauterisation.
Paired ran out of oil - made an ointment instead - egg yolk, rose oil, turpentine.
The treatment was successful - Patients felt less pain, inflammation a land swelling.
Paired also made discoveries about amputations.
He changed medicine by medicine silk threads called ligatures to tie up the veins and arteries.
He invented prophetic (false limbs).
He spread his ideas in his books, 1545 method of treating wounds.
He invented the circus beak go clanp Alenes + veins during surgery.
He lived during the renaissance, used new ideas and technology, e.g., art, printing, press dissection.
There was a belief that someone called the Bezoar store was a cave for all parsons proves this wrongs with experiments.
