Amborise Paré, a surgeon of four kings

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Paré, Ambroise (1510-20.12.1590)

Ambroise Paré, fragment of the engraving portrait dated 1582. Credit: Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Santé, Paris.

Ambroise Paré, engraving portrait of 1582. Portrait gravé d'Ambroise Paré, 1582. Credit: Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Santé, Paris.

Ambroise Paré, engraving portrait of 1582. Portrait gravé d'Ambroise Paré, 1582. Source: wikimedia.commons. Credit: Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Santé, Paris.

Ambroise Paré au siège de Metz – oil on canvas painting (1888) by Théobald Chartran (1849-1907)

Ambroise Paré au siège de Metz (1888). The great surgeon is placing ligature on the leg of wounded soldier. One can see the priest and monks on the left and already dressed wounded soldiers on the right. Théobald Chartran (1849-1907)

Profession

Barber-Surgeon Surgeon

Born1510

Died20.12.1590

Active in

France

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Anatomy Barber-Surgeon Military Neurosurgery Ophthalmology Pharmacy Surgery Urology

Paré, Ambroise

Ambroise Paré (born 1510, Laval, France, died 20th December 1590, Paris, France), considered to be 'père de la chirurgie française' (the father of French surgery), royal surgeon to four kings.