Renaissance: Paré

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  • Renaissance: Paré
    • Problems with his work
      • Surgeons ignored his ideas and still used cauterisation
      • His ligatures could cause infection if dirty
    • Factors that helped him
      • War: More patients to practice on
      • Printing: Help him spread his ideas through a book
      • Ancient Learning: Inspired by an old Roman recipe
    • He used ligatures
      • a piece of thread used to tie around a blood vessel after an amputation
    • He used herbal ointments - less painful and stops infection
    • Before Paré: Surgeons were not good at cleaning wounds and used cauterisation - very painful
      • Use of a hot iron or wax to seal wounds

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