1561: French surgeon Ambroise Paré publishes La méthode curative des playes et fractures de la teste humaine, or "Treatment method for wounds and fractures of the human head." Surgery, in Paré's time, ...
Ambroise Paré This 16th-century Frenchman was one of the founders of modern surgery. He spent most of his professional life on military campaigns, where he developed many of his humane skills in the ...