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The Workes of that famous Chirurgeon. Ambrose Parey

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The Workes of that famous Chirurgeon. Ambrose Parey (a.k.a. The Workes)

By Ambroise Pare


Ambroise ParĂ© (1510-1590) was the leading surgeon of the sixteenth century, who is best known for discarding the use of boiling oil in gunshot wounds and reintroducing ligature rather than cautery after amputation. Pare was also the inventor of many surgical and dental instruments. Specificall…

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