Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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Ambroise Par was Ambroise Par was born in Bourg-heretical, in the French region of Maine, the son of a carpenter and a prostitute. Because of his humble origins had no formal training, so they know the Greek and Latin, and French used to write his works. The fact of using the vernacular allowed wide dissemination of its treaties between medical professionals and the general public. Pare begin his career as an apprentice barber surgeon, the name was known to a lower class of surgeons. The latter were below the long robe called surgeons, who studied at the School of San Cosme (patron saint of physicians) and knew the classical languages and writings of Galen. The barber surgeons were considered as manual workers, as well as treating wounds, hair cut, shaved and performed bloodletting. At age 17 get to go to the great Paris hospital founded in the seventh century, the H tel-Dieu, which work between 1533 and 1536.The conditions in this hospital were quite weak due to hygienic conditions where the patients were crowded regardless of gender. Moreover, the surgery was performed in the halls, not on specific operating rooms. Because of this lack the level of mortality was very high, and therefore the surgery at that time had so little prestige. Jamie Tisch In 1536 he was hired by a military officer to serve as a military surgeon of the French troops in the Italian campaigns, practice at the time. His first mission was made in the war in Piedmont during the assault of Francis I to Turin (1537). But never refused to assist anyone. Pare made no distinction: Protestant or Catholic, Spanish, French, German, Flemish or Italian would get their attention. At that time guns were fired at short distances due to their short range. This fact caused the wounds were...