Paré

Question 1

How many kings of France was Paré surgeon to?

Answer 1

4

Question 2

What type of surgeon was Paré?

Answer 2

Army

Question 3

How were gunshot wounds treated?

Answer 3

Cut out with a razor and cauterised with boiling hot oil to burn away the poison produced by gun powder
Skin stitched with heavy needles

Question 4

What did most soldiers die from?

Answer 4

Pain, fever, disfiguration, infection

Question 5

What did Paré use instead of cauterisation?

Answer 5

Ligatures

Question 6

Why were ligatures not widely used?

Answer 6

53 needed for a thigh amputation and threads weren’t cleaned so spread infection

Question 7

What did Paré develop for soldiers with lost limbs?

Answer 7

Prosthetic limbs

Question 8

What did Paré prove about the bezoar stone?

Answer 8

It was not an antidote for all poisons

Question 9

Who described Paré as a “surgeon master”?

Answer 9

William Clowes- Queen Elizabeth 1 surgeon

Question 10

What happened in 1537?

Answer 10

Ran out of oil so used a mixture of egg yolk, turpentine and rose oil (and old Roman technique) to cauterise wounds

Question 11

Next day, what did Paré observe about the patients treated with oil and those treated with his ointment?

Answer 11

Oil were in agony

Ointment were calm and well-rested

Question 12

Why was his impact limited in Britain?

Answer 12

Only the rich could afford care and only trained doctors knew about his discoveries