[The review of the monograph "Ambroise Paré. The first surgeon of the Kingdom" by E. E. Berger].

ABSTRACT

The review considers the approach placing famous French surgeon A. Paré into more general European context of European Renaissance of XVI century and into local context of intellectual life of Paris of this period. The refutation of widespread in history of medicine opinion about strict separation of university medicine from artisan surgery in Medieval Europe is discussed.