ambroise pare

• What specific years are associated with Ambroise Paré's work?


  1510 - 1890
• What are some of the key contributions of Ambroise Paré?


  Prosteries, ligatures, bringing enemas back, and gunpowder treatment
• What was the situation before Ambroise Paré's contributions to surgery?


  Boiling oil was used to warm wounds
• What methods did Ambroise Paré revive and develop in his work?

  • Revived old methods to stop bleeding
  • Introduced ligatures
  • Created antiseptic cream
• What was the short-term impact of Ambroise Paré's antiseptic methods?


  Less soldiers died and experienced less pain
• What did Ambroise Paré develop that contributed to surgery?

  Prostetics
• What limitations were associated with Ambroise Paré's work?

  His ideas supported vesalius rather than galen
• What was the long-term impact of Ambroise Paré's work on attitudes towards medicine?


  There was a change in attitude to try new things