Pare

• Who was Pare 


  Born in France 1510

  from 1536 he spent the next 30 years as an army surgeon, his experiences on the battle field led to important break throughs in surgery.
• What did Pare discover

  • Developed artificial limbs instead of crutches. he designed over 50 kinds of false body parts
  • Ran out of oil to treat gunpowder wounds so he used a mixture of egg yolk, oil of roses, and turpentine. it worked, numbed pain and stopped infection
  • he experimented with ligatures( silk threads) around individual blood vessels to stop bleeding. reduced the risk of severe blood oss
• LLL 


  lotion, legs, ligatures
• What was pare's short term impact

  improved patient recovery's during wars

  his writing ' the works of Pare' spread and influenced other doctors across Europe who adopted his techniques.
• What was pare's long term impact 


  showed the possibility of improvements

  he helped raise the status of barber surgeons ( he was one before war)

  i.e henry viii gave barber surgeons a charter to allow barber surgeon to become a respectable profession
• How was Pare limited 


  lack of anaesthesia made operations excruciatingly painful

  traditional practises were still heavily rooted ( cauterisation)

  surgical education was not standardized which made his techniques hard to learn and apply effectively