A Little Off The Top

“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, was considered a low profession and very few physicians deigned to practice it. Barbers, oddly enough, were often called upon to do the actual cutting and Paré received his early training as a barber-surgeon. His subsequent success played a big role in elevating the profession.”