On Monsters and Marvels by Ambroise Paré, Janis L. Pallister

On Monsters and Marvels

Ambroise Paré, Janis L. Pallister

256 pages first pub 1573 (editions)

nonfiction historical challenging informative slow-paced
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Ambroise Paré, born in France around 1510, was chief surgeon to both Charles IX and Henri III. In one of the first attempts to explain birth defects, Paré produced On Monsters and Marvels, an illustrated encyclopedia of curiosities, of monstrous h...

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