The Apologie And Treatise of Ambroise Pare Containing The Voyages Made Into Divers Places With Many of His Writings Upon Surgery
Birmingham, AL: Gryphon Editions Ltd., 1984. Reprint. Hardcover. Surgery in the 16th century was a despised profession that labored under the ignorance of superstitions of the day. Ambroise Pare came forward to give it a new meaning and new methods. He was known as the father of modern surgery as well as setting new standards of humanitarianism in dealing with the sick and poor. Reprint of original edition of 1951. "Notes From the Editors" booklet laid in. Index, 227 pp.
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