Surgical Methods

While Bors rifled through the gear of the bulkiest shrouds, Tannhauser approached the altar. He watched the surgeons complete the amputation of a leg below the knee. They sealed the stump with a most ingenious arrangement of skin flaps, and with only the most subtle use of the cauterizing iron, and this gave him the chance to gain their attention.

“Is this the new technique recommended by Paré?” he asked. The surgeon who had the air of being in command looked at him with surprise.

“You’re most well informed, good sir.”

“I was at Saint Quentin, where Monsieur Paré was surgeon general and took his stand against excessive use of the fire iron.”
-TR, pg. 329-330