Ambroise Pare (1510-1590) Turin, France 1537- It was a day of discovery and advancement for medicine and science today, in the midst of a terrible war, as Ambroise Pare, an apprentice of a doctor tended to a group of horribly wounded men. The usual practice of pouring boiling oil over wounds to prevent future damage to the wound, but Pare, to his horror found that he had no remaining oil to speak of and went …
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…he will eventually write some books on his experiences in the art of medicine, and thinks he will leave some of his Latin based teachings and move to be a self-employed doctor. He has been a success and has been accepted by many great minds as a great mind in his art. We hope that his future observance of medicine will be as big an asset as this event, and wish him well in life.