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 the impulse to remedy, by borrowing from other sources, the trivial defects or omissions noted in the text. In any case, whatever the actual truth may be, I am, I believe, justified in maintaining that Paré is not rightly chargeable with the guilt of plagiarism.

Strange as it might appear, if history did not furnish many examples of the same character, Paré's merits as a man and as a surgeon were not as fully appreciated as they deserved to be until after the lapse of nearly two centuries. In 1812 the Société de Médecine de Bordeaux offered a prize for the best eulogy of Ambroise Paré, and it was awarded to Vimont. Finally, in 1840, a fine bust of the distinguished surgeon was completed by the sculptor David of Angers, and set up in bronze in Laval, Paré's birthplace. The portrait here reproduced from the engraving in von Gurlt's work represents the bust in question (Fig. 25).

A complete collection of the writings of Paré has been prepared by J. F. Malgaigne, the distinguished French surgeon, and published in three very large volumes (Paris, 1840-1841). This collection is based on a careful comparison and collation of all the previously published editions. The contents of these volumes cover very nearly the entire range of surgery.