Ambroise Paré
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"The present-day physicians shrug their shoulders when the name of Ambrose Paré is mentioned. They used to pooh-pooh the idea of the alchemists that gold had medicinal virtue. Their fine scorn does not now prevent them from using alternate doses of the salts and of the filings of this metal. They use concentrated arseniate of gold against anemia, muriate against syphilis, cyanide against amenorrhea and scrofula, and chloride of sodium and gold against old ulcers. No, I assure you, it is disgusting to be a physician, for in spite of the fact that I am a doctor of science and have extensive hospital experience I am quite inferior to humble country herborists, solitaries, who know a great deal more than I about what is useful to know--and I admit it." --Là-bas (1891) by Joris-Karl Huysmans |
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Ambroise Paré (1510 – 1590) was a French surgeon, the great official royal surgeon for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III.
He was a leader in surgical techniques, especially the treatment of wounds.
He was also an anatomist as well as the inventor of several surgical instruments.
He is the author of Des monstres et prodiges.
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