Ambroise Paré: Surgery Acquires Stature / Robert Thom

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Accession Number
UMHS.13
Title
Ambroise Paré: Surgery Acquires Stature
Artist
Robert Thom
Artist Life Dates
1915-1979
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
Object Creation Date
circa 1952
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Michigan (state)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Creation Place 3
Michigan (state)
Dimensions
109.22 cm x 87.63 cm (43 in. x 34 1/2 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Physical Description
Ambroise Paré, a young French army surgeon with troops of King François at Turin, in 1536, had his first experience treated men for arquebus wounds. Running ouf of boiling oil (traditional treatment for gunshot injuries), he improvised, discovered that unburned patients healed much better, and resolved never to use hot oil again. Countless soliders and citizens benefited from this rule. It was some years later, in 1552, that Paré put aside cautery irons used to stop bleeding in amputations and reintroduced ligatures for tying blood vessels. During his life (1510-1590), inventive, observant, compassionate Paré served as surgeon to four French kings; earned the title: "Father of Surgery."
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UMHS.13
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"Ambroise Paré: Surgery Acquires Stature; Robert Thom." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-umhs.13/umhs.13.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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