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Ambroise Paré

1510 - 1590

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Ambroise Paré (French: [ɑ̃bʁwaz paʁe]; c. 1510 – 20 December 1590) was a French barber surgeon who served in that role for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. He is considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology and a pioneer in surgical techniques and battlefield medicine, especially in the treatment of wounds. He was also an anatomist, invented several surgical instruments, and was a member of the Parisian barber surgeon guild. In his personal notes about the care he delivered to Captain Rat, in the Piémont campaign (1537–1538), Paré wrote: Je le pansai, Dieu le guérit ("I bandaged him and God healed him"). This epitomises a philosophy that he used throughout his career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ambroise Paré is the 74th most popular physician (down from 43rd in 2019), the 578th most popular biography from France (down from 476th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Physician.

Ambroise Paré was a French surgeon during the Renaissance who is most famous for his surgical techniques and his contributions to the field of surgery.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ambroise Paré ranks 74 out of 726Before him are Robert Bellarmine, André Frédéric Cournand, Otto Loewi, Hilary of Poitiers, William P. Murphy, and Christiaan Barnard. After him are Johannes Fibiger, Selman Waksman, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Jens Christian Skou, August Krogh, and Eugen Bleuler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Ambroise Paré ranks 2Before him is Francisco Vázquez de Coronado. After him are Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Mikael Agricola, Jacopo Bassano, Renée of France, François Clouet, Jacob Clemens non Papa, Aloysius Lilius, Gracia Mendes Nasi, and Túpac Huallpa. Among people deceased in 1590, Ambroise Paré ranks 4Before him are Pope Urban VII, Pope Sixtus V, and Charles II, Archduke of Austria. After him are Archduchess Anna of Austria, Christina of Denmark, Gioseffo Zarlino, Bernardino de Sahagún, Francis Walsingham, Catherine of Ricci, Marietta Robusti, and Maddalena Casulana.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ambroise Paré ranks 578 out of 6,770Before him are Richard Clayderman (1953), Marcel Marceau (1923), Hippolyte Taine (1828), Claude Louis Berthollet (1748), Marius Petipa (1818), and René Guénon (1886). After him are Isabelle Adjani (1955), France Gall (1947), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), Carlos Gardel (1890), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876), and Gaston Bachelard (1884).

Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Ambroise Paré ranks 12Before him are Charles Nicolle (1866), Philippe Pinel (1745), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), René Laennec (1781), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), and Hilary of Poitiers (315). After him are Karl Brandt (1904), Jean Nicot (1530), Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), and Duchenne de Boulogne (1806).