Ambroise Paré

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Ambroise Paré was a pioneering 16th-century French surgeon often regarded as the father of modern surgery for his innovative techniques in wound treatment and surgical practice.

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instanceOf French person
human
medical writer
surgeon
centuryOfActivity 16th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
dateOfBirth 1510
dateOfDeath 1590-12-20
describedAs father of modern surgery
educatedAt Hôtel-Dieu de Paris
employer French royal court
Hôtel-Dieu de Paris
era Renaissance
familyName Paré
fieldOfWork military medicine
surgery
wound treatment
givenName Ambroise
influenced Andreas Vesalius
modern surgery
influencedBy Guy de Chauliac
knownFor abandoning boiling oil for gunshot wounds
advances in battlefield surgery
being a founder of modern surgery
challenging cauterization with hot irons
development of surgical instruments
early use of prosthetic limbs
innovative wound treatment techniques
use of ligatures of arteries during amputations
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned French
name Ambroise Paré self-link
notableWork La Méthode de traicter les playes faites par les arquebuses et aultres bastons à feu
Les Oeuvres d'Ambroise Paré
occupation author
barber-surgeon
surgeon
placeOfBirth Laval, Mayenne, France
surface form: Laval, France
placeOfBurial Paris
surface form: Paris, France
placeOfDeath Paris
surface form: Paris, France
positionHeld royal surgeon
surgeon to King Charles IX of France
surgeon to King Francis II of France
surgeon to King Henry II of France
surgeon to King Henry III of France
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
sexOrGender male
usedMethod ligation of arteries instead of cauterization
ointment treatment for gunshot wounds instead of boiling oil
workLocation Paris
surface form: Paris, France

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French Renaissance notableFigure Ambroise Paré
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