On Monsters and Marvels.

On Monsters and Marvels.

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 human and animal births, bizarre beasts, and natural...

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Main Author: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590
Other Authors: Pallister, Janis L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1982.
Subjects:
Abnormalities, Human > Early works to 1800.
Animals > Abnormalities > Early works to 1800.
Abnormalities, Human
Animals > Abnormalities
Early works
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Summary: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 human and animal births, bizarre beasts, and natural phenomena. Janice Pallister's acclaimed English translation offers a glimpse of the natural world as seen by an extraordinary Renaissance natural philosopher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (257 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-212).
ISBN:9780226645612
0226645614
0226645622
9780226645629
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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