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An excellent treatise of wounds made with gonneshot.

Publication Details

London: R. Hall, 1563 CE.

Gale, a contemporary of Paré, was surgeon in Henry VIII’s army at Montreuil. His book supported the views of Paré regarding the treatment of gunshot wounds, denying the poisonous effect of bullets; Gale, however, applied messy and complicated unguents to wounds, doing more harm than good. Forms part 3 of his Certaine workes of chirurgerie (No. 2371).

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Entry Number#2140
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Geographic Context

Publication place: London