{"date":"August 19","id":"08-19","intro":["Astonishing treatments and cures are related by Ambroise Paré, famed surgeon of the fifteenth century. One remedy, for instance, used to cure a distinguished nobleman, was red roses boiled in white wine,—and it was effective."],"minutes":19,"readings":[{"author":"Ambroise Paré","end":58,"start":50,"volume":38,"work":"Journeys in Diverse Places"}],"slug":"august-19","status":"proofread","title":"Roses Boiled in Wine","url":"/harvard-classics/august-19/","words":3882}