Show anlo as a medicine the one discovery above all others that has haa made Arri ambroise broise pare para famous for all time was tho plan which he ha was the first to su segrest grest of 0 tying the arteries teries after the tha larg ical removal of a limb in one part of f his bia writings he gives a curious I 1 account ari aci of a case of successful akpu amputation t in which he appears to have anticipated one of tho the latest of modern modem fads and to have used musio music as medicine the patient had been wounded in battle the famous surgeon took him in hand successfully amputated the limb using hia new plan of tying the arteries and when tho the sufferer began to mend proscribed prescribed what the quaint english of the translation describes as a consort of violins and a jester to make maize him merry in a month the patient was able to hold himself up in a chair and was carried down to the gate of his castle to see the people paw pass by A successful issue to such an operation must have been of rare occurrence for we are told that the country people of two or three leagues about knowing they could see aee him cams came the first day male and female to sing ring and dance in joy of his bia amendment all being very glad to see him which was waa not done without good laughing and drinking the tha camp being broken up concludes pare 1 I returned to paris with tny ray ge gentleman nt leman leg I 1 had cut off I 1 dressed him and god cured hiza him I 1 frent him to his house merry with his wooden leg and was waa content saying that ho he had escaped good cheap not to have been miserably burned all the year bound |