PARÉ, Ambroise
£27,500 · Offered by Sokol Books
.A crisp copy of the first English version of 16.th. C barber-surgeon and innovator Ambroise Par é s complete works, including translator Thomas Johnson s rarely surviving address to the reader. Comprising a total of 29 books, Par é wrote on a range of medical subjects, including anatomy, treatment of wounds, diseases, poisons, tumours, fractures, and childbirth. He notably also writes about monsters and prodigies, the embalming of the dead and distillation. Probably his best-known innovations were his discarding the use of boiling oil in gunshot wounds and the reintroduction of the simple ligature instead of red-hot cautery after amputation. He invented many surgical instruments and was especially adept at devising ingenious artificial limbs (Heirs of Hippocrates, 163). As a result of his rising fame, he was named .chirurgien ordinaire .to King Henry II and continued to serve the French monarchy through the reigns of Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III, who appointed him .premier chirurgien .in 1562.. . ..The volume s illustrations are of very high quality, illustrating a range of surgical instruments, some of which Par é designed himself, such as the crow s beak , a tool used to tie ligatures on amputated limbs or open wounds, a precursor to the modern haemostat, and prosthetic limbs. Further included are vivid scenes of medical procedures, such as the removal of bladder stones and various dislocation procedures, and detailed anatomical illustrations due to Par é s frequen
- Binding: Hardcover
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