Ambroise Paré vs Li Shizhen
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Compare the life timelines of Ambroise Paré (1510–1590) and Li Shizhen (1518–1593) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 72 years, from 1518 to 1590.
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Ambroise Paré (1510–1590)
- — Born in Bourg-Hersent near Laval, France Verified
- — Trained as a barber-surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris Verified
- — Served as an army surgeon in the campaign in Piedmont Verified
- — Abandoned boiling-oil cauterization of gunshot wounds at the siege of Turin Verified
- — Published his first treatise on the treatment of gunshot wounds Verified
- — Became royal surgeon to King Henry II of France Verified
- — Promoted the use of ligatures instead of cauterization in amputations Verified
- — Published Les Oeuvres, his collected surgical works Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified
Li Shizhen (1518–1593)
- — Born in Qizhou, Hubei province Verified
- — Passed the county-level imperial examination Verified
- — Abandoned the examination path to study medicine Verified
- — Served as physician to the Prince of Chu Verified
- — Worked at the Imperial Medical Institute in Beijing Verified
- — Began compiling the Bencao Gangmu Verified
- — Completed the draft of the Bencao Gangmu Verified
- — Sought publication of the Bencao Gangmu in Nanjing Verified
- — Died in Qizhou, Hubei Verified