Prosthetic Noses, Ambroise Pare, 1561
by Wellcome Images
Title
Prosthetic Noses, Ambroise Pare, 1561
Artist
Wellcome Images
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Hand colored illustration of two prosthetic noses, from a medical surgery text by Ambroise Pare, published in 1561. One model includes a mustache. Ambroise Paré (1510-1590) was a French surgeon, anatomist and inventor. He was royal surgeon for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III and is considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology. He was a leader in surgical techniques and pioneered modern battlefield wound treatment. Battlefield medicine is the treatment of wounded soldiers in or near an area of combat. Civilian medicine has been greatly advanced by procedures that were first developed to treat the wounds inflicted during combat. Paré introduced the ligature of arteries instead of cauterization during amputation. He believed that phantom pains occurred in the brain. He contributed to the practice of surgical amputation and the design of limb prostheses.
Uploaded
April 18th, 2016
Embed
Share
Comments
There are no comments for Prosthetic Noses, Ambroise Pare, 1561. Click here to post the first comment.