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This 5 page paper discusses hemostasis, and argues that Pare’s use of ligature was the most important development ever made in the field. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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one of the most important functions of any medical person, because a person can bleed to death quickly if not attempt is made to stop the flow. This paper considers
hemostasis, the discoverer of ligature, Ambroise Pare and his contributions to the field, the early ways of practicing it and what the future might be like. Discussion What is hemostasis?
The word "hemostasis" itself refers to stopping blood loss: "hemo" meaning blood and "stasis" meaning stop or put in stasis. (Shades of Star Trek.) We see the process in operation
all the time, because when we get a cut we know it clots. But there are times when its not possible to allow a cut or wound to clot
naturally; instead, it is necessary for medical personnel to intervene to stop blood loss quickly. The typical example here is an operation: if bleeding is uncontrolled in this situation, the
patient can die. History of hemostasis/Pare: Historically, surgeons often used cautery to stop bleeding; that is, they seared the wounds using substances like hot oil or other similar materials.1
The barbaric practice matched the reputation that surgeons had at the time; until fairly recently, the medical profession got little respect. However, all that changed when a "kindly, observant Ambroise
Pare" raised Renaissance surgery from a "scorned, antiquity-shackled trade to professional stature."2 Pares approach to surgery not only influenced medical practitioners of his day, it also "won for surgeons and
for surgery new respect in the turbulent world of the sixteenth century."3 By the Middle Ages, physicians had largely abandoned surgery, leaving operations to be performed by workers like barbers.4
The separation of surgery and medicine was "virtually complete in the Middle Ages."5 This seems very odd to us today, since we consider surgery as a very specialized and important
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