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Artificial Hand Designed by Ambroise Pare, 1564

Woodcut, 1564. Hand with mechanical apparatus by Ambroise Pare. Pare (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. Pare 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.

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Title: Artificial Hand Designed by Ambroise Pare, 1564

Caption: Woodcut, 1564. Hand with mechanical apparatus by Ambroise Pare. Pare (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. Pare 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.

Personalities: AMBROSE PARE

Category: ILLUSTRATION • Science: History

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Image size: 3312 × 5010 px | 47.5 MB

Print size: 28.0 × 42.4 cm | 1303.9 × 1972.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1564 • 16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • A. PARE • AMBROISE PARÃ© • AMBROSE PARE • ART • ARTIFICIAL HAND = PROSTHESIS (HAND) • ARTIFICIAL HAND • ARTIFICIAL LIMB • ARTWORK • BATTLEFIELD MEDICINE • BATTLEFIELD WOUND TREATMENT • COMBAT CASUALTY CARE • DRAWING • FIELD SURGERY • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • LIMB PROTHESES • MECHANICAL APPARATUS • MECHANICAL HAND • MEDICAL OPERATION • MEDICAL OPERATIONS • MEDICAL • MEDICINAL • MILITARY MEDICINE • OPERATION • PARÉ • PARÃ© • PROSTHESES • PROSTHESIS (HAND) • PROSTHESIS • PROSTHETICS • PROTHÈSES • PROTHESIS • SCIENCE: HISTORY • SURGEON • SURGERY • WOODBLOCK PRINT • WOODBLOCK • WOODCARVING • WOODCUT • XVI CENTURY • XYLOGRAPHY