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John Hunter Ambroise Pare 1728-1793 1514-1564 1510-1590 1578-1657 Key Discovery: helped in the Key Discovery: Changed the use Key Discovery: Changes in Key Discovery: circulated of over 2000 bodies, of cauterisation to an ointment, , Wrote On the Fabric of around the body, wrote an became a member of the College Re-invented ligatures, created the 1543 ‘Anatomical Study of the Motion of of Surgeons in 1768, became prosthetic limbs. Became surgeon the ’ 1628, became doctor to surgeon t the king George III. to the king. Before: Everyone believed in the king Published ‘the anatomy of the as he was supported by the Gravid Uterus’ in 1774, Church. Very few people did their Before: Cauterisation (burning Before: People believed in with hot oil or steel) was used on own . This led to Galen’s ideas that the blood Before: Anatomy was only for mistakes being passed on and a wounds. This led to painful flowed trained doctors and not the lack of knowledge on Anatomy. wounds and many dying of shock. common man and women were Pare’s ideas were used by After: After: His ideas were used to rarely dissected. Surgeons were Joseph Lister when he used Cat After: Vesalius’ work continued to help in the invention of blood considered to be less than doctors. Gut in his ligatures. be used. Even today most doctors transfusions. During: Pare’s ideas were not complete dissections to help them After: Hunter’s book was used for learn about the body. used for centuries as he was not many years to help doctors and aware he needed to wash his surgeons understand the hands between patients which During: Whilst he did put the nail During: His work was recognised pregnant female. spread infection. Ligatures also in Galen’s coffin bleeding was used but some people were unsure of th caused greater blood loss and well into the 19 century. his ideas as it meant undoing During: Surgeons became death. centuries of learning. more respected.