RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 “Labor improbus omnia vincit”; Ambroise Paré and sixteenth century child care
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 985
OP 989
DO 10.1136/adc.88.11.985
VO 88
IS 11
A1 Williams, A N
YR 2003
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/88/11/985.abstract
AB Ambroise Paré (1510–1590) is regarded as one of the greatest surgeons who ever lived. In the sixteenth century, through his example and his writings, Paré did more than anybody else to raise the previously poor reputation of surgery “to one of dignity and esteem.”1 He significantly influenced the surgical management of wounds, especially those produced by gunshot.2 However, he wrote widely on other areas as well. Although Paré’s writings on obstetrics3 and infant feeding4 have been previously described, there has been little attention given to the other paediatric cases described in his case notes, which this review now addresses.