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Ambroise Paré

About Ambroise Paré

Ambroise Paré (c. 1510–1590) rose from barber's apprentice to surgeon to four French kings, Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. He learned his craft on the battlefields of the Italian and Habsburg wars, wrote in French rather than Latin, and is often called the father of modern surgery for his gentle treatment of gunshot wounds and his use of ligatures to tie off arteries in amputations.

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Journeys in Diverse Places

Ambroise Paré

1585 (in his Apologie et traicté); English translation by Stephen Paget, 1897 · Renaissance Early Modern · Memoir

Journeys in Diverse Places is the war memoir of the French surgeon Ambroise Paré. He wrote it late in life as part of his Apology and Treatise, a reply to a physician who had attacked his methods, and he answered by describing what he had seen and done on campaign from 1537 to 1569.

high medical relevanceWar ViolenceIllness / BodyFaith / Religion