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Ambroise Paré (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃bʁwaz paʁe]; c. 1510 – 20 December 1590) was a French barber surgeon who served in that role for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III.
Ambroise Paré was a French physician, one of the most notable surgeons of the European Renaissance, regarded by some medical historians as the father of modern surgery. About 1533 Paré went to Paris, where he soon became a barber-surgeon apprentice at the Hôtel-Dieu.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ambroise Paré was born in France in 1510. He was a surgeon to French kings and worked as a barber surgeon in the French army. He made key contributions to the development of medicine ...
Feb 3, 2013 · Ambroise Paré is considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology; a pioneer in surgical techniques and battlefield medicine, especially in the treatment of wounds. He was also an anatomist and invented several surgical instruments.
- Philippe Hernigou
- 10.1007/s00264-013-1797-5
- 2013
- Int Orthop. 2013 Mar; 37(3): 543-547.
Jun 18, 2018 · For his work in forensic pathology, pioneering surgical techniques, battlefield medicine and wound care, and developing new surgical instruments, Ambroise Paré is the best known of the barber surgeons and has been called the father of modern surgery (Fig 1).
- Steven G. Friedman
- 2018
Nov 14, 2018 · The French surgeon Ambroise Paré occupies a curious place in medical history. He is a towering figure in Renaissance medicine and the history of surgery, and yet relatively unknown, especially next to prominent contemporaries like the anatomist Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) or the nonconformist thinker Paracelsus (d. 1541).
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Ambroise Paré was not a physician — it was not until more recent centuries that it became usual for a surgeon to be a holder of a MD degree — but his dedication to empirical observation and reasoning elevated the position of the barber-surgeon.
