"It initially provided documentary television programming focused primarily on popular science, technology, and history, but by the 2010s had expanded into reality television and pseudo-scientific entertainment." I remember, too. Then the corporate fuckwads ruined it. The dumbing down of the masses, and the media trying to appeal to the dumbed down masses, is a vicious cycle that started in the 2010s, I think, but probably started earlier than that.
As a child back then I watched educational channels a lot like discovery, animal planet, and history channel. Added with children’s educational books like zoo books which had animal anatomy and other facts. At 7 I had a highschool level understanding of science. Those programs were very educational back then and I really miss them. I despise TV since it turned into reality TV shows so now all I do is read.
We're old timers. Fewer kids now care to learn or have much interest in history, mainly video games & "less scholarly" subjects. So you get "Naked&Afraid" "Swamp People" & similar (coff coff) "reality shows"
The rose honey was filled with natural antibiotics, antifungal & the silver and various alloys used to craft the surgical instrument were in fact antimicrobial in nature. The prince was lucky to have been in the presence of absolute geniuses before their times.
Yes they gave thanks to GOD for delivering the prince from peril and making the surgeon and blacksmith available for such a plight. In fact the surgeon and blacksmith were given special appointments to the crown and supported by generous royal compensation for the remainder of their lives
Deity had nothing to do with it. Technology, knowledge, skill and a LOT of luck produced a positive outcome. Honey, specifically types of Manuka honey, are still considered to have medicinal properties.
@@Zerpersande Unless God created the world and everything in it... then it had pretty much everything to do with it in order to set the stage, haha. And even if not, these were religious men - without a firm belief in God they'd be throwing mud and spears at each other, fighting over the water holes. Being humbled before creation is not a bad thing, quite the opposite; "know-it-all" arrogance would've sent people straight to the gallows. Even the smartest men were religious back then. Faith and reason are not mutually exclusive concepts.
Honey contains a number of antibiotic and microbial constituents including its own hydrogen peroxide which is one reason why honey doesn't spoil and is useful for treating wounds.
The missed point of this is that Honey is an antibiotic. That's why the wound did not become infected. The surgeon /doctor was about 600 years ahead of his time.
Honey has antimicrobial properties, it's not an antibiotic. In fact honey can even kill bacteria that are otherwise resistant to antibiotics! It's pretty cool stuff.
Because that wouldn't serve the will of masters. We must be dumbed down so we are too stupid to know that we are being screwed. We wont fight against something if we are too stupid to know what they are doing exactly.
@@guitarsandexplodingdinosau7821 Ah yes, the TV masters keep showing Auction Wars and Ice Road Truckers, we are doomed as a society and will be enslaved to Channel 5.
can y'all stop arguing and start appreciating the absolute genius of that doctor? A clever dude , making his own tools , using honey and cloth to enlarge the wound ...... damn !
An absolute genius indeed! Considering the relative low technology level of blacksmithing materials and techniques of the time, this is remarkable! You are quite right, sir!
Think it was still against the law to do dissection on human cadavers, so the surgeon must have done some dissecting anyway. Maybe it was extralegal and the law was silent. Whatever the case, he was an absolute genius to remember where things were located and then create the tool. Today such an instrument would probably be made of stainless steel and the probe that was at the end of the screw would probably be controlled electronically, maybe even by a robot.
Did not you hear? God did it! The catch-all for absolutely any question: God did it. Rest your weary head, no need to ever question anything, ever again! How liberating! Thankx, God!
Also, the arrow did not pass through clothing, so less chance of bacteria laden fibres being driven into the wound. He was still damn lucky to survive though, as arrows were usually driven into the ground beforehand by longbow archers, rather than held in a quiver, for rapid fire on the battlefield.
As Jerrry said, he used honey, and the full account says that in the days afterwards, he also used pieces of wool soaked in white wine, to heal the wound from the inside, and washed it out with white wine if I recall. Alcohol is also a very effective antiseptic.
@UCWSG1Iud2zR_7SYFzhwxAqw can you go fuck yourself somewhere else and let the people joyful in the comments, you just come here and lower the fun we have with the reference
before the surgery Henry hated close-faced helmets and always kept them open, after the surgery he always wore close-faced and never open it until the battle was finished.
@Blake I think it was mostly for the morale of his men. It would have been a huge boost to see your King (or future king in this case) fighting with you on the battlefield in the Medieval Times
600 years later, & all I can say is, DAMN, THAT HAD TO HURT!!!! That Surgeon was ahead of his time! Pure Genius! And a Master Blacksmith too! A True Craftsman!
at 14 it wasnt uncommon to marry and start having kids as a noble and usually at 15 or 16 they were considered a fighting man, someone who could fight and lead armies.
@@syedferoz2188 even back then 35 would’ve been a young age to die at without something like sickness or war causing death at that age. If I remember correctly he died of heat stroke and thirst after wearing his armour in battle the day before. It’s interesting since he would’ve inherited the kingdom of France if he survived two more months. Since Charles VI of France out lived him by two months England and France remained separate kingdoms. It’s interesting to think what would’ve happened to Europe if the country with the most powerful navy on earth and the country with the most powerful army on earth were ruled by one monarch.
Lifespans were typically much shorter back then.If you made it to 40 you were old. Girls were married off at 11 or 12. Boys were trained to fight by as soon as possible (among the upper classes). So yeah, you grew up fast back then.
I wonder if him being 16 actually helped. Human organism in development has tremendous regeneration ability, an adult might not have recovered, but a teenager might pull it off.
When I was 16 I healed faster than I do decades later. His face won't limp like a knee might and a scar like that is: a. badass b. difficult for imposters to duplicate. c. like a purple heart medal that can't be unpinned. d. chick magnet. e. probably going to hurt for the rest of his life.
@@thomashughes_teh I think you're being silly, but all are more or less true except for "e". That wound once healed would not hurt a bit. The damage to the bone it struck at the base of the skull least of all. On my wounds that had bone damaged, the only pain I ever had over time was never the bones, but a blow or extreme pressure on the scar(if any-they do often disappear in time) still hurt a good deal, even years later-- but bone heals strong and complete. His young age helped immensely, especially his youthful immune system in fighting off bacteria that could have caused infection. Being a royal, he had no lack of the strongest alcohols available to regularly cleanse the healing wound.
@@handhealing8685 So you think if Bradmore hadn't done anything “god” would have miraculously appeared so he could invent the surgical instrument (himself) then extract the arrow? If that's what you really believe then yikes.
@Joseph Kobatake Actually it's not. The person I replied to either believes what I said which would obviously be pretty stupid or attributes “luck” to be completely caused by “god” which is also idiotic.
Having been an engineer, the simple fact of how they were able to fashion a 'helical' thread before what we understand to be taps and dies is remarkable. It is the function of this that is so integral to its success and quitw how Henry lived to literally fight another day. Quite exceptional.
Screws, taps and dies were already well understood at the time. There are countless examples of screws used to fasten armor together, and of course larger screw threads were used for wine and cider presses.
What they don't mention is that he was in prison at the time. The royal surgeons had to go and get him from prison and have the blacksmith make the tools he needed. Sounds like something out of a movie. "I know just the man crazy enough to pull this off... We just gotta get him out of prison."
I remember when I first read about Henry's injury in Juliet Barker's book "Agincourt" ... I was somewhat surprised too learn Henry was just 16 years old when fighting at Shrewsbury and in Wales. Too endure what had to be a most painful injury (an understatement indeed) on the battlefield, all the while continuing to fight... then the hours of having the open face wound prodded and poked waiting for Bradmore to come up with something in order to remove the arrowhead, takes unimaginable courage and a serious pain threshold. The amateur history buff may know of Henry V's exploits as a prince and king, but few know of Dr. Bradmore's heroics that day. What an amazing story.
I first read about it in that book too, and did a little more research on Bradmore and Henry's other surgeon John Morstede (Bradmore died I think a couple of years into Henry's reign, and was succeeded by Morstede). Both fascinating stories. Think it started my slight obsession with the Medieval surgical profession.
An absolutely amazing story indeed !! and yes, what a brave Prince he was...and so fortunate to have such a skilled surgeon....and Bradmore wasn't the first to have a go at it according to the above...cannot imagine in this day of anaesthetic, A/B's, imaging and analgesia how they suffered...it must have been horrendous...from a toothache, a wound, an ear or throat infection or a boil....all potentially life threatening conditions without A/B's
This prince has got to be one of the luckiest guys in history. 1) An arrow that hit him in the head did not kill him. 2) He had a surgeon smart enough to invent an entirely new tool. 3) The extraction was successful 4) He didn't succumb to infection (as some other comments have mentioned)
the doctors did not remove the arrow head. the shaft came away leaving the head embedded. it was a criminal awaiting punishment who said he would try. which he did successfully in token he received a pardon and a considerable pension for life.
I've read in one source that the surgeon was also known to be a counterfeiter on the side, and was no doubt a skilled craftsman able to 'think' and feel his way through problems.
Price Henry V was such a badass, he head butted that arrow, then killed men with the arrow in his face and won the battle. That’s what legends are made of.
@@sotis1756 "first hand" yes. I once sawed over a tendon/sinew in the back of my hand. At the moment you want the operation to be done, since every delay prolongs pain and worsens the situation.
Isn't it cool finding out about local history? I live in New Mexico so we don't have the history you have but it's still nice to learn some local history. Billy The Kid sat in jail here. The governor wrote Ben Hur at this desk while he ignored Billy The Kid's letters begging for a pardon. This is where Bugs Bunny should have made a left in Albuquerque. lol (we have to stretch for interesting history)
You should sneak a metal detector in some of those fields and get some goodies, lots of roman coins still around your area. Imagine you finding a horde of gold coins or some ancient Saxon treasure stash. If i lived in England i would scour those areas at night
@@westsideofnorway7505 "we" please speak for yourself. Just your name "Norwegian Traffic Police" show how much you just are a baloon. Lot of hot air but nothing more.
Frank A. I'm sure it bothered the surgeon some. To do all that work and have the people around you thank someone/something that isn't even in the room. that being said I'm also sure the surgeon was rewarded quite properly as well.
the fact that the surgeon initially used honey("rose-honey") and not one of the more exotic ingredients used at the time probably had an extraordinary effect on avoiding infection!
People back then killed each other with sharp pieces of iron and sharped sticks. They were tough motherfuckers, and I bet you King Henry took it like a fucking man. Pain and all.
The pain killer selection of european medieval time would not have any substantial effect when it comes to surgery. Some relief, but still pain would be on "level excruciating".
To everyone saying that the surgeon knew honey was an antibacterial - obviously they had no clue what bacteria was, only that the usage of honey drastically reduced the chances of infection, without being entirely sure why, they probably had their guesses but nobody at the time knew (for another 400+ years) that bacteria caused infections.
-and let us not forget: this Medical Miracle is the fruit of the Patient's standing in society: if he was some stable boy or dirt farmer they would have stood over him and said "Oy! That must hurt! Hold tight: you'll be dead in a few days. You know, you're laying in the road and you may trip a horse when we leave." -Ah! The GOOD old days!
My uncle Donald was an engineer working in the labs at a Manchester UK hospital and would fabricate one-off implements according to a surgeons requirements, for odd or delicate operations. Just the man to make an arrow-removing tool.
Your uncle’s story resonated with me. When my parents were “young marrieds,” their next door neighbors (and best friends) were a surgeon and his wife. My father, too, was an engineer. His friend used to consult with Dad to create specialized surgical clamps.
back in 1987 my father had a brain aneurysm. Over the course of about 6 months it would rupture and reseal itself, when dad (Stubborn old guy) finally went into figure out what was causing the headaches, it was discovered and surgery was needed immediately. When he was opened up it was discovered that the repeated rupturing of the aneurysm had created a hard coating of scar tissue. During surgery it was discovered that none of the clips needed would fit his aneurysm. They actually called in a machinist to make a clip that his Dr. needed to perform the surgery
Fantastic surgeon centuries ahead of his time. Makes a tool to extract a bodkin point and knows that honey is a natural antibacterial agent etc. Truly incredible skills this surgeon possessed.
SparkStop It’s kinda fucked up that the Netflix movie released 2 days ago, The King, is about him, and it’s fairly accurate (+ Hollywood flair) but this arrow in the face thing isn’t even mentioned. Weird. You’d think a movie building a case for a guy’s badassery might wanna capitalize on a true story about him taking an arrow through his face to the back of his skull, continuing to fight, and then having it surgically removed while he’s awake and can feel everything.... as a teenage prince. But nope. Not important I guess 🤷🏻♂️
Jorie Von Ohlen I’m just bitter that James Cameron did absolutely nothing with the new Terminator’s story and didn’t even close the possible good arcs it started and that Epstein didn’t kill himself and that the T-100 basically became Commander Data.
@6:07 the honey around these "tens" was actually a really effective anti-septic that was used before modern medicine was understood. The honey has high anti-bacterial properties so it served the dual purpose of widening the wound for operation as well as disinfecting deep into the wound after the bodkin was extracted
Honey is still used as antiseptic these days. I use it, however you have to have real honey not that shit they sell in supermarkets which is full with sugar and gods know what more.
@@panzerofthelake506 according to the video his son was the only heir to the throne so idk what you were on about, the king even let him part of his army
@@petraspetraitis7001 He was the heir to the throne as long as he lived otherwise if he had died then the crown would pass to Thomas, Duke of Clarence. The Prince had three brothers and if he died, his father King Henry IV would have to choose one of the three brothers as the heir and Thomas look likely to be the one. It is said Prince Henry was the favourite son but it also said Henry had disliked his own father for some reasons.
War always advances medicine. Take Kyle Carpenter, in aother time and place his injuries would have killed him, He is very much alive and got to go to college. A lot of very very good surgeons and physical therapist put him back together and gave him his life back. All it took was 4 years at Walter Reed. Young like the Prince 600 years ago, 19 when injured, 24 when President Obama hung the Medal of Honor around his neck. He is the youngest living recipient of the MOH.
It honestly AMAZES me at the ingenuity and the creativity that some people had. I mean it sounds intuitive now thinking back to create an arrow shaft that could expand and pull the arrow head out, but no one else thought that way back then. People would have been trying to grasp the sides of the arrow head to pull it out, not stick something inside it. That doctor was literally thinking outside the box on that one, he was thinking about what WASN'T there, the arrow shaft, rather then what was there, the arrow head. Which in my mind is the mark of a true genius.
Numerous error detract from this piece. The reconstruction violates Bradmore's drawing and script. The tongs entered the socket of the bodkin and gripped it from the inside. He put screw threads on the outside of the tip to grip as well as on the interior thread, just as a screw extractor does today. He shows these threads in his drawing and describes them in his original script. Though he did not have time to practice on a patient, he was a very careful man and must have practiced on bodkin tips to make sure the dimensions were correct. Bradmore was a "gemster" skilled in jewelry making, who made and sold surgical instruments in London. He was suspected of making coinage using his precious metal skills, was why he was in gaol for suspicion of counterfeiting at the time. He would have used jeweler's smiths not horseshoe blacksmith to make surgical instruments. The script says that the probes were "well-stitched" in clean linen, not just wrapped around, etc. Details matter.
"Details matter." They certainly do. I am not certain that this video has the arrow wound on the correct side of the face. If you look at Henry V's portrait, it is unusual for the portrait of an English king, because it is in profile. He is showing the left side of his face, which may indicate that he didn't want people to see his right side. The portrait shows no sign of an arrow wound. Now, one may argue that the artist did not show an arrow wound for fear of a reaction from the king. I can accept that. However Bradmoor mentions that the arrow was on the left side. These days, this would mean the left side of the king's face. Back then, Bradmoor may have meant his own left side - the left side of the observer.
Gustav Derkits Thank you. You answered a couple of questions for me. I wondered exactly who had that kind of skill, if Bradmore only designed the instrument. It was miles beyond what could be done in any black smith's shop or even a skilled armourer's shop/foundry. Fortunately for the prince, Bradmore had the skills of a first rate gemster and maker of fine instruments for surgeons. Thanks for adding those details to the story.
Fascinating... using honey as the anti-bacterial agent during the dilation process. And that tool was clever. Brilliant thinking for a medieval healer.
As an avid history nerd I am always impressed by the brilliance of our ancestors. For every example of wanton cruelty and outright ignorance in the past you can always find ones of incredible inquisitiveness and genius solutions.
John Bradmore must have been a fantastic surgeon . I wonder how surgeons today would fare without xrays and stainless steel tool . Also the poor prince wasnt anaesthetised was he?Also let's not forget the skill of that blacksmith who made that tool.
vine at this era wasn't stopped in alcoolisation process. that means that you could use it to numb or anesthesiate someone... (well yeah being drunk is like being anesthesia at this time)
Anesthetic wasn't used until the 1880s and was ether. Before that patients were given a letter wrapped stick to bite down on and the surgeon had assistants to restrain the patie t while they worked.
I would love to see Henry V turned into a series about his life and how it shaped him, I would really enjoy watching it including this battle when he was 16 and what shaped him up to that age and beyond.
This clip cuts-off at a critical point. The original one goes on to show Henry's physician performing follow-up after the arrowhead was removed. He describes how he used honey to prevent infection of the wound.
That's quite insane. I worked as a theatre orderly in a NSW hospital. I witnessed some incredible surgery but all with autoclaved instruments and full anaesthetics!!! The ingenuity of this period is astounding, thanks.
ok im a doctor... thats AMAZING.. we work in the congo and weve done many things like that.. but in the skull.. blind, with ancient blacksmith instruments.. ok thats beyond amazing
If I were that surgeon I would have been gratified and grateful that God saw fit to guide my hands and inspire my intellect so that I could become an instrument in His hands for saving the king.
Agnostic here. Wish all the religion haters would keep their ugly words to themselves. Someone else believing in a God you dont hurts no one. We all know why they thanked God. It was, in their minds, a thanks to God for helping the surgeon guide his hands. The surgeon would have also thanked God for his skill.
@Ron 3 its less the belief, but action upon that belief that has hurt millions throughout history. I get where you’re coming from, but simply put, too many people believe in religion for your stance to be considered correct, despite it partially being so.
@@brotherchungus5464 two things. 1, your first point makes absolutely no sense. Yes it's "the action on that belief that hurt people" which is exactly the point, they took that action because they believed it was what their god ordained. So yes, people believing in a god has hurt people all throughout history, but even if we put that aside, people whipped themselves to show devotion and penance to christ, so again people got hurt even if by choice, but physical injury aside believing in a god and begging him to help when they were at their lowest and thinking god took their family members and they don't know what they did to displease their god has caused countless people emotional suffering thinking they somehow caused god to he angry so he took their loved ones, or any number of other scenarios where people thought gods took things they held dear from them. And 2, how does the number of people believing in a religion have anything at all to do with whether or not beliving in a god has hurt people all throughout history? The number of religious people have absolutely nothing to do with the debate of whether people got hurt because of religion or not, i really don't see how you think there's a connection between the two..
And here I thought that all those years I spent designing and making weird specialty tools for the machining industry was a tricksy business! Hats off to that surgeon. Absolutely amazing work under terrible pressure.
I think he was not a physician as they used to be the guys wth potions , leeches etc. surgeons were the guys who amputated limbs and extracted bits of metal. They were separate trades and surgeons often doubled as barbers hence the traditional red and white barbers pole.
It wasn't just the device, it was the continual antisepsis that amazes. Bradmore's ointments were as sterile as could be then. There's also a strong antibiotic element.
I can't watch videos about marijuana because of age restriction, it's asking me for an ID or credit card. But i can watch videos about a battle, fighting, killing, arrows in the face.. What a fantastic logic by youtube, absolutely great
the pain he must have felt gives me anciety. Imageine someone sticking what is basicly a stick inches deep inside a wound in your skull and then doing this several time, each time with a lager stick. This is like going to the dentist, bust 1000 times worse
@@bintangfirmansyah1261 bruh you think they had anything effective enough to stop the pain of a long ass rod in your face? Fuck no. No matter what that prolly would have been one of the worst things you could possibly experience
@@JRobbySh They didn't really have any anesthetics back in that time, this would for sure effect the nerves. Especially sticking the probes into the wound. The honey would help lesson the pain but it would burn regardless.
This doctor was an incredible genius. You have to wonder how they dealt with managing the pain give this was such a delicate procedure, any shaking of the head at the wrong moment could have been fatal.
@@johnwheat16 Not to get into an argument over a JOKE, but atheism has been a concept for thousands of years mate. Human ingenuity is a constant regardless of religion, we should celebrate the person behind creations in my opinion. They did my man Bradmoor dirty but excusable for the time
Wow! What Courage on both mens part! Henry for his fighting and endurance and Bradmore(?) for his skill and ingenuity !! Just Wow! England doesn't make them ( Royal men), like this anymore!
I've been reading about the arrow wound, as I plan to recreate it on a resin skull. This is possibly the best description I've seen, taking Bradmore's words and illustrating them visually.
Imagine the pain! How long did it take for the intrepid surgeon to design and have the tongs made? A documentary on the skeleton remains of a mature soldier discovered at Towson, showed that as a young man he had suffered greatly from a massive battle wound to his jaw bone and lower face. His survival at that time was extraordinary, as was the amount of pain he must have endured, only to face combat and death some twenty five or so years later.😔
i reckon they had a kind of anaesthetic back in the days that never got mentioned to raise the hero status. blacksmithing a tool like that would have taken a few hours.
I saw this on tv a few years ago. There was around 20-25 days of after care and explaining how honey was a brilliant idea to use in an operation due to having properties beneficial to a persons health.
Europe was not really in the global forefront of technology in the Middle Ages. There are even more impressive things to be found in Middle Eastern, Indian, and Chinese sciences from this time. Europe didn't really develop its technological supremacy until *centuries* later.
Rasbiff Not entirely accurate. This was in the 15th century. After full plate armour and gunpowder were in use. What major advances did India have that Europe didn’t at this point? Or China or the Islamic world?
Luke Ricker no one talking about Australia. Some of the most innovative people, there is evidence of basic prosthetics, improved weapons similar to the atlatl and the slingshot, and hair combs and razors. Even some basic surgical tools, which might not seem impressive, but remember that this was 40,000 years ago... Millenia before most of those countries even existed
I am simply amazed of the work of that magnificent surgeon. he pulled himself together and made a smart tool to remove the arrowhead while he was under tremendous pressure.
Love the fact that even back in medieval times doctors had crappy handwriting
L0L
Looked good to me
@@chancepeifer8414 yup... i know
@@chancepeifer8414 yeah, or being a serial killer. (I have bad handwriting)
That's our trademark
oh yes, I too remember when Discovery Channel was educational
You mean Hunting Hitler in Argentina and Yeti - New Evidence aren't factually accurate?
"It initially provided documentary television programming focused primarily on popular science, technology, and history, but by the 2010s had expanded into reality television and pseudo-scientific entertainment." I remember, too. Then the corporate fuckwads ruined it. The dumbing down of the masses, and the media trying to appeal to the dumbed down masses, is a vicious cycle that started in the 2010s, I think, but probably started earlier than that.
Like the History Channel!
As a child back then I watched educational channels a lot like discovery, animal planet, and history channel. Added with children’s educational books like zoo books which had animal anatomy and other facts. At 7 I had a highschool level understanding of science. Those programs were very educational back then and I really miss them. I despise TV since it turned into reality TV shows so now all I do is read.
We're old timers. Fewer kids now care to learn or have much interest in history, mainly video games & "less scholarly" subjects. So you get "Naked&Afraid" "Swamp People" & similar (coff coff) "reality shows"
The rose honey was filled with natural antibiotics, antifungal & the silver and various alloys used to craft the surgical instrument were in fact antimicrobial in nature. The prince was lucky to have been in the presence of absolute geniuses before their times.
Yes they gave thanks to GOD for delivering the prince from peril and making the surgeon and blacksmith available for such a plight. In fact the surgeon and blacksmith were given special appointments to the crown and supported by generous royal compensation for the remainder of their lives
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In the eyes of the surgeon, not only was the life of the prince at stake but the rest of his own life was too lmao.
Deity had nothing to do with it. Technology, knowledge, skill and a LOT of luck produced a positive outcome. Honey, specifically types of Manuka honey, are still considered to have medicinal properties.
@@Zerpersande Unless God created the world and everything in it... then it had pretty much everything to do with it in order to set the stage, haha.
And even if not, these were religious men - without a firm belief in God they'd be throwing mud and spears at each other, fighting over the water holes. Being humbled before creation is not a bad thing, quite the opposite; "know-it-all" arrogance would've sent people straight to the gallows. Even the smartest men were religious back then. Faith and reason are not mutually exclusive concepts.
Honey contains a number of antibiotic and microbial constituents including its own hydrogen peroxide which is one reason why honey doesn't spoil and is useful for treating wounds.
The missed point of this is that Honey is an antibiotic. That's why the wound did not become infected. The surgeon /doctor was about 600 years ahead of his time.
He did not have Manuka Honey from New Zealand that is the best for dressings but all honey is good for cuts and burns.
Using honey for medicinal purposes was a thing for a long time tracing back to offshoot lineages of Babylonia. Nothing new.
Egyptians knew it even before, its nothing new.
@@jaiso434 I concur.
Honey has antimicrobial properties, it's not an antibiotic. In fact honey can even kill bacteria that are otherwise resistant to antibiotics! It's pretty cool stuff.
Henry V: takes an arrow to his fucking face, and still with the thing buried deep into his skull finish and wins the battle, what an absolute mad lad
NO NEED FOR THE F WORD! Pathetic.
Grow up
@@ianrobinson8974 fuck
Yeah he would later go on to win the Battle of Agincourt while being heavily outnumbered and he would conquer most of France.
@@henryvkingofenglandandfran7220 that's fucking cool what a leader.
That surgeon and his seven offsprings must have lived a fancy life after that event.
You kidding me? Guaranteed his family even today are well off, well-educated and practicing doctors. What a family to be born into.
Mike V ofc with out king Henry the 4 things would’ve been massively different nowadays. And the UK wouldn’t be as strong as it was a century ago.
He was later executed for causing so much unnecessary pain during the procedure.
@@WhiskeyToro yeah, if their name didnt die out over the years of disease and war that was to come and still is upon us
Kris Krispy really?
Bowman must've been like *_"HOW IS THAT NOT A HEADSHOT KILL!? HOW?!?!!!"_*
he's literally hacking wtf
Because he didn't die. That's how
@@roberth.5938 shut up, just shut up.
Lol
Stupid hitmarker
Why can't we get these documentaries back instead of Auction Wars or Ice Road Truckers?
Because that wouldn't serve the will of masters. We must be dumbed down so we are too stupid to know that we are being screwed. We wont fight against something if we are too stupid to know what they are doing exactly.
@@guitarsandexplodingdinosau7821 Ah yes, the TV masters keep showing Auction Wars and Ice Road Truckers, we are doomed as a society and will be enslaved to Channel 5.
@@johnkramer5886 ah yes, another boot licker. Hail Fauci!
Probably because it doesn’t make them money
Because young turds started watching and gave all that ignorant crap ratings instead.
can y'all stop arguing and start appreciating the absolute genius of that doctor? A clever dude , making his own tools , using honey and cloth to enlarge the wound ...... damn !
Geto Dacul the honey was well know but the bravery or audacity amazing for the tools even the procedure damn is right
An absolute genius indeed! Considering the relative low technology level of blacksmithing materials and techniques of the time, this is remarkable! You are quite right, sir!
Think it was still against the law to do dissection on human cadavers, so the surgeon must have done some dissecting anyway. Maybe it was extralegal and the law was silent. Whatever the case, he was an absolute genius to remember where things were located and then create the tool. Today such an instrument would probably be made of stainless steel and the probe that was at the end of the screw would probably be controlled electronically, maybe even by a robot.
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Did not you hear? God did it!
The catch-all for absolutely any question: God did it. Rest your weary head, no need to ever question anything, ever again! How liberating! Thankx, God!
"It's ok, I stopped it with my face."
@Allen, Thank god he did ,said the man directly behind him,
That’s Aladeen news!
Where do you think stallone got the idea for rocky?
Genius
Sounds like Bo Time Gaming
What's especially remarkable is that he didn't die from infection...
+Roy Griffis Honey is an anti-bacterial so that probably helped.
Also, the arrow did not pass through clothing, so less chance of bacteria laden fibres being driven into the wound. He was still damn lucky to survive though, as arrows were usually driven into the ground beforehand by longbow archers, rather than held in a quiver, for rapid fire on the battlefield.
As Jerrry said, he used honey, and the full account says that in the days afterwards, he also used pieces of wool soaked in white wine, to heal the wound from the inside, and washed it out with white wine if I recall. Alcohol is also a very effective antiseptic.
Yes it's the honey that likely stopped any serious infection. (Or 'god' if you're religiously inclined to surrender logic and reason).
@David Johnson dID gOD NEVER TELL YOU TO TAKE THE CAPS LOCK OFF WHEN TYPING?
"I used to be a handsome prince. Then I took an arrow in the face."
He never said that.
@@trenthrention9864 its a skyrim joke...
@@rogoznicafc9672
Overused and sh*tty jokee
@UCWSG1Iud2zR_7SYFzhwxAqw can you go fuck yourself somewhere else and let the people joyful in the comments, you just come here and lower the fun we have with the reference
@@Liaison_Verequiem the fact it's an overused/dead meme is the reason people still say it lol
before the surgery Henry hated close-faced helmets and always kept them open, after the surgery he always wore close-faced and never open it until the battle was finished.
@Blake I think it was mostly for the morale of his men. It would have been a huge boost to see your King (or future king in this case) fighting with you on the
battlefield in the Medieval Times
Eli Smirnov sensible😏
@@alexandramarberry1023 🤣🤣😂😭🤣🤣😂
Live and learn
This is very understandable
600 years later, & all I can say is,
DAMN, THAT HAD TO HURT!!!!
That Surgeon was ahead of his time! Pure Genius! And a Master Blacksmith too! A True Craftsman!
Wouldn't they have given the prince liberal amounts of liquor?
Pretty sure the royal blacksmiths made the tool, not the surgeon
@@eltigre249 opium more likely
No no no it's thx to God nothing to do with his pure genius.
@@tomek60517 i hope you're not serious 😂
Henry must have been very tough. He fought a battle with an arrow in his face and endured this procedure with no anesthesia.
ALCOHOL 🍷 !!!!!!
What a chad he was
Adrenaline effect
@@480yolofordonuts7 king chad v
@Porthos Duvalon oh look an idiot and a misogynist - what a rare confluence of traits 🙄
Prince Hal at 16 commanding the left flank of his father King Henry IV’s royalist army. One really had to grow up FAST in that era or perish.
at 14 it wasnt uncommon to marry and start having kids as a noble and usually at 15 or 16 they were considered a fighting man, someone who could fight and lead armies.
he died at 35 though thats sad now we consider that age to be the start of a mature adult man
@@syedferoz2188 even back then 35 would’ve been a young age to die at without something like sickness or war causing death at that age. If I remember correctly he died of heat stroke and thirst after wearing his armour in battle the day before. It’s interesting since he would’ve inherited the kingdom of France if he survived two more months. Since Charles VI of France out lived him by two months England and France remained separate kingdoms. It’s interesting to think what would’ve happened to Europe if the country with the most powerful navy on earth and the country with the most powerful army on earth were ruled by one monarch.
@@iangraham6887 It wouldn't have lasted.
Lifespans were typically much shorter back then.If you made it to 40 you were old. Girls were married off at 11 or 12. Boys were trained to fight by as soon as possible (among the upper classes). So yeah, you grew up fast back then.
The guy demonstrating the injury shoved that arrow into his cheek with awfully great force!
That guy had his own TV programme if I remember right, it was all about medieval weapons and tactics, he was always hands on and brutal
Timeline was the TV programme, its on you tube, fantastic,
That "guy" is Mike Loades. Put some respecc on his name!
what if he did it so hard he punctured his own face, then they cut away quickly as he was screaming?
Mr. Loades has a unique concept of weapons and armor and ancient battlefield transport.
I wonder if him being 16 actually helped. Human organism in development has tremendous regeneration ability, an adult might not have recovered, but a teenager might pull it off.
When I was 16 I healed faster than I do decades later. His face won't limp like a knee might and a scar like that is:
a. badass
b. difficult for imposters to duplicate.
c. like a purple heart medal that can't be unpinned.
d. chick magnet.
e. probably going to hurt for the rest of his life.
@@thomashughes_teh I think you're being silly, but all are more or less true except for "e". That wound once healed would not hurt a bit. The damage to the bone it struck at the base of the skull least of all.
On my wounds that had bone damaged, the only pain I ever had over time was never the bones, but a blow or extreme pressure on the scar(if any-they do often disappear in time) still hurt a good deal, even years later-- but bone heals strong and complete.
His young age helped immensely, especially his youthful immune system in fighting off bacteria that could have caused infection. Being a royal, he had no lack of the strongest alcohols available to regularly cleanse the healing wound.
You are officially made from rubber and magic until you are 18, so he was fine :0)
@@kerrymoore4202 You are officially full of shit...there's nothing magical to seeing that truth from your comment.
@@kerrymoore4202 I was made from sunshine and farts at 16, Kerry. 😜
As the saying goes: "necessity is the mother of invention."
LarryC213 and laziness
Truly
More like.. War.
War is always the key of advancements.
The thing is even today that would be a difficult procedure.
No doubt about it. It's just next of the spinal cord. Major arteries etc
Biggest thing was the sheer dumb luck that it didn’t hit anything that wouldn’t kill him right there.
@@hithere5553 not really, the doctor was amazing
@@user-pq1cs5qt6s I said it was sheer dumb luck the arrow didn’t hit anything that would have killed him instantly.
@Doc Adam 🤦♂️
“ and all gave thanks to god “
- surgeon : am i a joke to you?
You could tell he was salty
i know, right?
Elyas Yusuf it’s through the will of God that the King is Sovern. If you don’t like this, go become a Buddhist
@@handhealing8685 So you think if Bradmore hadn't done anything “god” would have miraculously appeared so he could invent the surgical instrument (himself) then extract the arrow? If that's what you really believe then yikes.
@Joseph Kobatake Actually it's not. The person I replied to either believes what I said which would obviously be pretty stupid or attributes “luck” to be completely caused by “god” which is also idiotic.
Having been an engineer, the simple fact of how they were able to fashion a 'helical' thread before what we understand to be taps and dies is remarkable. It is the function of this that is so integral to its success and quitw how Henry lived to literally fight another day. Quite exceptional.
Screws, taps and dies were already well understood at the time. There are countless examples of screws used to fasten armor together, and of course larger screw threads were used for wine and cider presses.
He's not wrong though. Screws in metalwork were hand-cut and individually pitched and threaded. It really was artisanal work to make screw threads.
So, did you enjoy driving a train?
Sometimes, technology leaps ahead in flashes of genius.
He basically fashioned an Extractor Bit.
In a show of gratitude, the King allowed the surgeon to keep his head.
Wow
Its worthless
Surprised he didn't get burned at the stake for being a Witch. Inventing new medical tools! The nerve of that guy!
@@guardian08527 Thats the americans
kinsmarts that wasn’t the dark ages
As a surgeon there is something satisfying in seeing that the operative report done after surgery has not really changed centuries gone by.
Wholeheartedly agree. Nothing better than reading the debrief of interesting events!
What they don't mention is that he was in prison at the time. The royal surgeons had to go and get him from prison and have the blacksmith make the tools he needed. Sounds like something out of a movie. "I know just the man crazy enough to pull this off... We just gotta get him out of prison."
I remember when I first read about Henry's injury in Juliet Barker's book "Agincourt" ... I was somewhat surprised too learn Henry was just 16 years old when fighting at Shrewsbury and in Wales. Too endure what had to be a most painful injury (an understatement indeed) on the battlefield, all the while continuing to fight... then the hours of having the open face wound prodded and poked waiting for Bradmore to come up with something in order to remove the arrowhead, takes unimaginable courage and a serious pain threshold. The amateur history buff may know of Henry V's exploits as a prince and king, but few know of Dr. Bradmore's heroics that day. What an amazing story.
PreserveBigCats and
I first read about it in that book too, and did a little more research on Bradmore and Henry's other surgeon John Morstede (Bradmore died I think a couple of years into Henry's reign, and was succeeded by Morstede). Both fascinating stories. Think it started my slight obsession with the Medieval surgical profession.
An absolutely amazing story indeed !! and yes, what a brave Prince he was...and so fortunate to have such a skilled surgeon....and Bradmore wasn't the first to have a go at it according to the above...cannot imagine in this day of anaesthetic, A/B's, imaging and analgesia how they suffered...it must have been horrendous...from a toothache, a wound, an ear or throat infection or a boil....all potentially life threatening conditions without A/B's
16?? In his Prime!!
@@bradhamilton9038 these days 16 yr olds need crayons and stuffed animals to hug because they read a mean word on Twitter.
This prince has got to be one of the luckiest guys in history.
1) An arrow that hit him in the head did not kill him.
2) He had a surgeon smart enough to invent an entirely new tool.
3) The extraction was successful
4) He didn't succumb to infection (as some other comments have mentioned)
Wow! He went through hell! Not only is it amazing that he survived, but it's amazing that the doctor had the balls to even attempt this.
the doctors did not remove the arrow head. the shaft came away leaving the head embedded. it was a criminal awaiting punishment who said he would try. which he did successfully in token he received a pardon and a considerable pension for life.
Yeap...if the arrow had poison he would ve dead
Dan Black true?
haha I would''t be surprised if his head was on the line...so maybe it wasn't balls but just a survival instinct
I've read in one source that the surgeon was also known to be a counterfeiter on the side, and was no doubt a skilled craftsman able to 'think' and feel his way through problems.
Price Henry V was such a badass, he head butted that arrow, then killed men with the arrow in his face and won the battle. That’s what legends are made of.
“Extravagant news: Prince literally too honourable to die”
Imagining the pain is just too much for my brain to comprehend
Just imagine all the other painful ways people got injured in those days..
@@sotis1756 Or executed, even worse
Adrenaline + your will to get it out of your head is stronger than the pain.
@@dragonmartijn i can tell you have first hand experience in the matter..
@@sotis1756 "first hand" yes. I once sawed over a tendon/sinew in the back of my hand. At the moment you want the operation to be done, since every delay prolongs pain and worsens the situation.
fascinating, absolutely fascinating. I only live down the road from this battlefield and I never knew. Awesome story.
Isn't it cool finding out about local history? I live in New Mexico so we don't have the history you have but it's still nice to learn some local history. Billy The Kid sat in jail here. The governor wrote Ben Hur at this desk while he ignored Billy The Kid's letters begging for a pardon. This is where Bugs Bunny should have made a left in Albuquerque. lol (we have to stretch for interesting history)
You should sneak a metal detector in some of those fields and get some goodies, lots of roman coins still around your area. Imagine you finding a horde of gold coins or some ancient Saxon treasure stash. If i lived in England i would scour those areas at night
@@shable1436 we in the metal detecting community doesn't condone that sort of behavior. we don't steal historical treasures, we turn them in.
I absolutely love history! Tidbits like this are amazing!! ❤️
@@westsideofnorway7505 "we" please speak for yourself. Just your name "Norwegian Traffic Police" show how much you just are a baloon. Lot of hot air but nothing more.
"And they all gave thanks to God."
"When I fail they sue me, when I save them, they thank God..."
-Dr. House
wOh edgy quotes froma fictional character
88pie88 Not everything is edgy you twelve year old.
88pie88
Precisely.
Frank A. I'm sure it bothered the surgeon some. To do all that work and have the people around you thank someone/something that isn't even in the room. that being said I'm also sure the surgeon was rewarded quite properly as well.
The surgeon surely thanked god also; had he not, he would have been accused of practicing witchcraft and executed.
Back when leaders actually fought in the frontline
😂😂😂😂
the fact that the surgeon initially used honey("rose-honey") and not one of the more exotic ingredients used at the time probably had an extraordinary effect on avoiding infection!
Working class folk-knowledge sometimes trumped the more potions and alchemical devices used by the elites of that era.
Honey is antibacterial. Wonder how they learned that?
That sound of arrow drop at the end is more satisfying than my college degree
That is the funniest comment I’ve read on RUclips.... maybe ever.
@Justin Trudeau oh Mr. Trudeau, I so much admire you....
@Rolltider Hahaha!!!
Reminds me of Fred Thursday finally coughing the bullet fragment out of his lung in "Endevour".
Standard movie fare is you must hear the removed projectile landing in a dish.
Imagine the excruciating pain during that procedure.
Or any old days surgery 😰
People back then killed each other with sharp pieces of iron and sharped sticks. They were tough motherfuckers, and I bet you King Henry took it like a fucking man. Pain and all.
@@jmleroux7400 drinking wine I know I would want to to be buzzed at least
More than likely they had drugs to dull the pain but nothing like today
The pain killer selection of european medieval time would not have any substantial effect when it comes to surgery. Some relief, but still pain would be on "level excruciating".
That’s why they drowned themselves with booze first until they blacked out.
To everyone saying that the surgeon knew honey was an antibacterial - obviously they had no clue what bacteria was, only that the usage of honey drastically reduced the chances of infection, without being entirely sure why, they probably had their guesses but nobody at the time knew (for another 400+ years) that bacteria caused infections.
Just WATCHING this I wanted a general anesthetic!
Yes I can't even imagine just how excruciating that must have been .
-and let us not forget: this Medical Miracle is the fruit of the Patient's standing in society: if he was some stable boy or dirt farmer they would have stood over him and said "Oy! That must hurt! Hold tight: you'll be dead in a few days. You know, you're laying in the road and you may trip a horse when we leave."
-Ah! The GOOD old days!
They used alcoholic beverages as that back then
I think unlike the documental shows he was pretty much sedated. Opium was known at this time. and its a potent anesthetic.
@@aleramone23 True, and the honey he used is a powerful antibiotic
Dr. Bradmore might not read the comment section of youtube, but: well done sir!
He is most likely passed away by now xx
@@user-zy9yg2eu5t Don't be silly! Do you really think that a surgeon of his caliber would have time to browse and answer RUclips comments?
@@texboy98 I cant tell if you are joking because he would be very old by now probably passed away RIP xx
@@user-zy9yg2eu5t Don't know! Maybe 59-63ish years ?
@@texboy98 This all happened more than 2 years ago...
My uncle Donald was an engineer working in the labs at a Manchester UK hospital and would fabricate one-off implements according to a surgeons requirements, for odd or delicate operations. Just the man to make an arrow-removing tool.
Your uncle’s story resonated with me. When my parents were “young marrieds,” their next door neighbors (and best friends) were a surgeon and his wife. My father, too, was an engineer. His friend used to consult with Dad to create specialized surgical clamps.
back in 1987 my father had a brain aneurysm. Over the course of about 6 months it would rupture and reseal itself, when dad (Stubborn old guy) finally went into figure out what was causing the headaches, it was discovered and surgery was needed immediately. When he was opened up it was discovered that the repeated rupturing of the aneurysm had created a hard coating of scar tissue. During surgery it was discovered that none of the clips needed would fit his aneurysm. They actually called in a machinist to make a clip that his Dr. needed to perform the surgery
I CAN FEEL THE PAIN
@DATING HARLEY QUINN I HAVE HAD SOME INJURIES SO I KNOW WHAT PAIN IS.
That's cool to know they still do one-off implements like that. Thought that was a dead-art nowadays for surgery.
Fantastic surgeon centuries ahead of his time. Makes a tool to extract a bodkin point and knows that honey is a natural antibacterial agent etc. Truly incredible skills this surgeon possessed.
Literally no one:
RUclips: Henry V arrowhead removal
SparkStop It’s kinda fucked up that the Netflix movie released 2 days ago, The King, is about him, and it’s fairly accurate (+ Hollywood flair) but this arrow in the face thing isn’t even mentioned. Weird. You’d think a movie building a case for a guy’s badassery might wanna capitalize on a true story about him taking an arrow through his face to the back of his skull, continuing to fight, and then having it surgically removed while he’s awake and can feel everything.... as a teenage prince. But nope. Not important I guess 🤷🏻♂️
@@banfasso3109 They had to cram in a lot, but if you notice he's got a scar on his cheek, I think that was a nod to this event
Ban Fasso that’s because it’s not based on historical research, it’s a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s play.
Jorie Von Ohlen I’m just bitter that James Cameron did absolutely nothing with the new Terminator’s story and didn’t even close the possible good arcs it started and that Epstein didn’t kill himself and that the T-100 basically became Commander Data.
Ban Fasso what
@6:07 the honey around these "tens" was actually a really effective anti-septic that was used before modern medicine was understood. The honey has high anti-bacterial properties so it served the dual purpose of widening the wound for operation as well as disinfecting deep into the wound after the bodkin was extracted
Honey is still used as antiseptic these days. I use it, however you have to have real honey not that shit they sell in supermarkets which is full with sugar and gods know what more.
Henry the 5TH was one hard core character who led by example.
If only the current lot had his DNA ..
And today we now have leaders who are also examples - those that are complete and utter ignorant, self-centred, stupid, arseholes!! (Trump, anyone?)
@@idleonlooker1078 Thinking more like Trudeau
@@beerthug Yeah, him too! 👍
Soldier: uh sir there's an arrow stuck in your face.
Henry: tis but a scratch! Carry on lads!
“Ah thanks lad, you have no idea how much that’s been bugging me.”
Classic british humor
That surgeon deserved to be knighted.
The king probably wanted his son dead.... So off with his head
@@panzerofthelake506 according to the video his son was the only heir to the throne so idk what you were on about, the king even let him part of his army
@@petraspetraitis7001 He had another son with a *Genious trait. Obviously.
I mean, have you ever played CK2?
*boop* *boop* "you have been knighted"
@@petraspetraitis7001 He was the heir to the throne as long as he lived otherwise if he had died then the crown would pass to Thomas, Duke of Clarence. The Prince had three brothers and if he died, his father King Henry IV would have to choose one of the three brothers as the heir and Thomas look likely to be the one. It is said Prince Henry was the favourite son but it also said Henry had disliked his own father for some reasons.
Hard to remember a time when discovery made good programming like this.
Most medical advances to trauma wounds are found because of injuries sustained on the battlefield.
War always advances medicine. Take Kyle Carpenter, in aother time and place his injuries would have killed him, He is very much alive and got to go to college. A lot of very very good surgeons and physical therapist put him back together and gave him his life back. All it took was 4 years at Walter Reed. Young like the Prince 600 years ago, 19 when injured, 24 when President Obama hung the Medal of Honor around his neck. He is the youngest living recipient of the MOH.
And I thought Henry V could not get anymore badass than in the Shakespeare play!
John Bradmore showed brilliance and imagination! Never heard of Henry 5's wounding before.
Antiseptic honey, clean linen soaking up blood, wooden pegs keeping the flesh from shrinking. And a fine steady hand. Smart man.
And a reputed 10 inch dong. Tremendous !!
@Justin Trudeau God made the surgeon. The surgeon used all five talent of the gift God gave him.
Judy S. ohh if god gave gave him his skill as a surgeon.. wouldn’t he also have launched an arrow into a child’s skull? If god is real, fuck him.
It honestly AMAZES me at the ingenuity and the creativity that some people had. I mean it sounds intuitive now thinking back to create an arrow shaft that could expand and pull the arrow head out, but no one else thought that way back then. People would have been trying to grasp the sides of the arrow head to pull it out, not stick something inside it. That doctor was literally thinking outside the box on that one, he was thinking about what WASN'T there, the arrow shaft, rather then what was there, the arrow head. Which in my mind is the mark of a true genius.
Numerous error detract from this piece. The reconstruction violates Bradmore's drawing and script. The tongs entered the socket of the bodkin and gripped it from the inside. He put screw threads on the outside of the tip to grip as well as on the interior thread, just as a screw extractor does today. He shows these threads in his drawing and describes them in his original script. Though he did not have time to practice on a patient, he was a very careful man and must have practiced on bodkin tips to make sure the dimensions were correct. Bradmore was a "gemster" skilled in jewelry making, who made and sold surgical instruments in London. He was suspected of making coinage using his precious metal skills, was why he was in gaol for suspicion of counterfeiting at the time. He would have used jeweler's smiths not horseshoe blacksmith to make surgical instruments. The script says that the probes were "well-stitched" in clean linen, not just wrapped around, etc. Details matter.
"Details matter." They certainly do. I am not certain that this video has the arrow wound on the correct side of the face. If you look at Henry V's portrait, it is unusual for the portrait of an English king, because it is in profile. He is showing the left side of his face, which may indicate that he didn't want people to see his right side. The portrait shows no sign of an arrow wound. Now, one may argue that the artist did not show an arrow wound for fear of a reaction from the king. I can accept that. However Bradmoor mentions that the arrow was on the left side. These days, this would mean the left side of the king's face. Back then, Bradmoor may have meant his own left side - the left side of the observer.
In addition, silver is anti-septic.
and honey is antibiotic
Gustav Derkits Thank you. You answered a couple of questions for me. I wondered exactly who had that kind of skill, if Bradmore only designed the instrument. It was miles beyond what could be done in any black smith's shop or even a skilled armourer's shop/foundry. Fortunately for the prince, Bradmore had the skills of a first rate gemster and maker of fine instruments for surgeons.
Thanks for adding those details to the story.
I noticed the threads on the document and their absence in the reconstructed tool. That was a bit of a sloppy oversight. Excellent comment, thanks.
I'm genuinely impressed by that surgeon's technique and skill from that time period.
Fascinating... using honey as the anti-bacterial agent during the dilation process. And that tool was clever. Brilliant thinking for a medieval healer.
As an avid history nerd I am always impressed by the brilliance of our ancestors. For every example of wanton cruelty and outright ignorance in the past you can always find ones of incredible inquisitiveness and genius solutions.
Wonder how widely known that was?
@@JRobbySh people use honey to this day
Medieval people certainly were not stupid, they had the same mind as we do, just limited by the technology at the time
Watching old documentaries about military history has convinced me that Mike Loades doesn't age.
The reason he knows so much is because he was there.
Just amazing. The brilliance of the doctor designing the tool on the fly - and the smith who made it - is just incredible.
This is one of those amazing stories where you know the outcome, yet still are relieved by the outcome.
John Bradmore must have been a fantastic surgeon . I wonder how surgeons today would fare without xrays and stainless steel tool . Also the poor prince wasnt anaesthetised was he?Also let's not forget the skill of that blacksmith who made that tool.
The blacksmith was the doctor
WasSURGEON BRADMORE not a forger of more than MEDICAL instruments ? SUCH as COIN'S that he copied and made with his BLACKSMITH SKILLS?
@@martinwatters2729 He would have had to make the coining dies, which is a really high skill job.
vine at this era wasn't stopped in alcoolisation process. that means that you could use it to numb or anesthesiate someone... (well yeah being drunk is like being anesthesia at this time)
Anesthetic wasn't used until the 1880s and was ether. Before that patients were given a letter wrapped stick to bite down on and the surgeon had assistants to restrain the patie t while they worked.
Wow. A brilliant surgeon. Thanks to his careful documentation, we get a glimpse of genuine history.
Who's here after watching The King on Netflix xD
I am :)
Pretty good movie. The fight scenes seem quite realistic. Got some game of thrones vibes off it at times though.
@@setokaiba. Yes, but that is not a bad thing lol. The ending surpriced me!
May-Helen yes Timothée Chalamet
I am. And now watching the Hollow Crown. I had seen this video a while ago and did not connect it to The King when I started the movie.
I would love to see Henry V turned into a series about his life and how it shaped him, I would really enjoy watching it including this battle when he was 16 and what shaped him up to that age and beyond.
Good call, ditto.
There is a movie abt it called the king
@@asoulsister4773 I have seen the film titled KING, but no one can tell the story of a mans life in less than 2 hours.
@@pjmoseley243 there is a movie called THE KING and its 2hours 30min starring timothee chalamet on Netflix
@@asoulsister4773 I have seen the film your referring too. What I would like to see was his life not just a potted history.
Back in the days when Discovery actually put out quality content. How times have changed.
Incredible ingenuity. What a brilliant doctor! Poor Henry, the pain must have been absolute torture.
Good God can you imagine the pain this man experienced throughout this endeavour.
This clip cuts-off at a critical point. The original one goes on to show Henry's physician performing follow-up after the arrowhead was removed. He describes how he used honey to prevent infection of the wound.
zooeyhall Miles ahead of his time, compared to most of the physicians of the day...
Major facial scar, which was why his portraits were in profile.
That's quite insane. I worked as a theatre orderly in a NSW hospital. I witnessed some incredible surgery but all with autoclaved instruments and full anaesthetics!!! The ingenuity of this period is astounding, thanks.
Ingenious design. Grabbing it from the inside, very clever.
ok im a doctor... thats AMAZING..
we work in the congo and weve done many things like that.. but in the skull.. blind, with ancient blacksmith instruments.. ok thats beyond amazing
Imagine performing one of the most advanced medicine procedures of your time and everyone just starts thanking god instead of you.
If I were that surgeon I would have been gratified and grateful that God saw fit to guide my hands and inspire my intellect so that I could become an instrument in His hands for saving the king.
@Ron 3
Not so, God does, but most often then not people don't listen and chalk up their inspiration to imagination.
Agnostic here. Wish all the religion haters would keep their ugly words to themselves. Someone else believing in a God you dont hurts no one. We all know why they thanked God. It was, in their minds, a thanks to God for helping the surgeon guide his hands. The surgeon would have also thanked God for his skill.
@Ron 3 its less the belief, but action upon that belief that has hurt millions throughout history. I get where you’re coming from, but simply put, too many people believe in religion for your stance to be considered correct, despite it partially being so.
@@brotherchungus5464 two things. 1, your first point makes absolutely no sense. Yes it's "the action on that belief that hurt people" which is exactly the point, they took that action because they believed it was what their god ordained. So yes, people believing in a god has hurt people all throughout history, but even if we put that aside, people whipped themselves to show devotion and penance to christ, so again people got hurt even if by choice, but physical injury aside believing in a god and begging him to help when they were at their lowest and thinking god took their family members and they don't know what they did to displease their god has caused countless people emotional suffering thinking they somehow caused god to he angry so he took their loved ones, or any number of other scenarios where people thought gods took things they held dear from them.
And 2, how does the number of people believing in a religion have anything at all to do with whether or not beliving in a god has hurt people all throughout history? The number of religious people have absolutely nothing to do with the debate of whether people got hurt because of religion or not, i really don't see how you think there's a connection between the two..
And here I thought that all those years I spent designing and making weird specialty tools for the machining industry was a tricksy business! Hats off to that surgeon. Absolutely amazing work under terrible pressure.
This Bradmore dude sounds like a very impressive fellow. Very ahead of his time as a physician.
I think he was not a physician as they used to be the guys wth potions , leeches etc. surgeons were the guys who amputated limbs and extracted bits of metal. They were separate trades and surgeons often doubled as barbers hence the traditional red and white barbers pole.
Man is a genius for his time.
It wasn't just the device, it was the continual antisepsis that amazes. Bradmore's ointments were as sterile as could be then. There's also a strong antibiotic element.
Do you know from what documentary this video here is?
An episode of Royal Deaths and Diseases, as you can see at 7:42.
isnt honey highly antiseptic?
@@atomaalatonal Yes, very much so. Until antibiotics it was the go-to-method, along with alcohol and silver for this sort of thing.
I can't watch videos about marijuana because of age restriction, it's asking me for an ID or credit card.
But i can watch videos about a battle, fighting, killing, arrows in the face.. What a fantastic logic by youtube, absolutely great
Thank God for Dr.John Bradmore. My God what a surgeon. He could teach today.
I don't think he could teach a thing today.
@@TumbleTrashOfficial Who knows what he'd figure out, with modern medical knowledge to work with?
History like this, the largely unknown stories, is so amazing! Thanks!
the pain he must have felt gives me anciety. Imageine someone sticking what is basicly a stick inches deep inside a wound in your skull and then doing this several time, each time with a lager stick. This is like going to the dentist, bust 1000 times worse
Bruh he's a royalty....the doctors probably used some kind of anesthetics like mandrake or something similar
yes i am sure they had their means of dulling the pain.
Heavy amounts of alcohol can do stuff but there is still gonna be huge amounts of pain
I think it was worth it considering how cool Henry V was
@@bintangfirmansyah1261 bruh you think they had anything effective enough to stop the pain of a long ass rod in your face? Fuck no. No matter what that prolly would have been one of the worst things you could possibly experience
Wow! Amazing! A “doctor” who literally changed history !
This totally exhausted me, I feel like I just had a bodkin removed from my skull through my face.
That had to be some immense pain. Every movement with your face would be agony.
Maybe not. The surgeon was very skillful.
@@JRobbySh
They didn't really have any anesthetics back in that time, this would for sure effect the nerves. Especially sticking the probes into the wound. The honey would help lesson the pain but it would burn regardless.
This area is relatively weakly innervated so it was less painful than ordinary childbirth.
About amputations, back then, without any Anesthetics like atleast Chloroform, the chances of dying is very high, painful and extremely risky
You would have some headache that's for sure...
Genius innovator. Wow. Imagine his sense of relief and gratitude he received from the King.
Couldnt imagine the pain poor henry endured and survived. Only his faith in God kept him alive with the will to live. Unbelievable
This doctor was an incredible genius. You have to wonder how they dealt with managing the pain give this was such a delicate procedure, any shaking of the head at the wrong moment could have been fatal.
Omg genius for those days. Why haven't we heard of this man and his surgery tool. And its sounds like he knew the importance of being clean. Amazing!
Henry V is my favorite English king. He was a true BADASS ! God rest his soul🙏
Marjorie Dieudonne mine too. A lion among men.
Ps. are you French?
Your name sounds French
And the surgeon who removed the arrowhead was just as badass...an a smart one, too.
And a ruthless killer of innocent women and children. Murderer of prisoners of war as well.
@@wholeNwon every king or queen has had innocent people killed but that doesn't mean we should be ashamed of our countries history
"Once more unto the breach dear friends
Once more and close the wall up with are English dead "👍🏴
This dude goes way ahead of his time and pulls off a nearly impossible medical procedure saving prince and country.
The nearby nobles: thank god
Where do you think the surgeon got his skill and idea?
**Everyone starts praising God**
Bradmoor: “Are you taking the piss..?”
Yes the good days before Marxist made Atheism. You really think he got the idea on his own?
@@johnwheat16 Not to get into an argument over a JOKE, but atheism has been a concept for thousands of years mate. Human ingenuity is a constant regardless of religion, we should celebrate the person behind creations in my opinion. They did my man Bradmoor dirty but excusable for the time
@@johnwheat16 Haha nice joke.
@@johnwheat16 are you implying a galilean jew told bradmoore how to forge a pair of forceps?
@@gasun1274 Jesus may be God manifest in the flesh but the Lord is a Spirit, not a race. I'm telling you that man didnt come from rock soup
Gotta give credit to the doc and the patient on that one. Pretty amazing doctor though.
I say give that man a beer
Who? Henry or the surgeon? :p
@@aninaholbek why not both?!
I’d say Henry needs some liquor
Wow! What Courage on both mens part! Henry for his fighting and endurance and Bradmore(?) for his skill and ingenuity !! Just Wow! England doesn't make them ( Royal men), like this anymore!
I've been reading about the arrow wound, as I plan to recreate it on a resin skull. This is possibly the best description I've seen, taking Bradmore's words and illustrating them visually.
Imagine the pain! How long did it take for the intrepid surgeon to design and have the tongs made?
A documentary on the skeleton remains of a mature soldier discovered at Towson, showed that as a young man he had suffered greatly from a massive battle wound to his jaw bone and lower face. His survival at that time was extraordinary, as was the amount of pain he must have endured, only to face combat and death some twenty five or so years later.😔
He was actually a blacksmith so he knew how to make the tongs
i reckon they had a kind of anaesthetic back in the days that never got mentioned to raise the hero status. blacksmithing a tool like that would have taken a few hours.
@@TheOliverKraft a few days
The History Squad says 4 days. For that time he packed it with clean cloth and honey, then sealed the wound. Search that video too.
A longbow almost kill him... but longbow too give him victory over agincourt
I think the knights dismounting and trying to walk through the mud was what really did it. Stupid enemy knights. XD
not..french incompetence was all. didn't read the terrain and trampled themselves in a bottleneck situation.
Remarkable. Human invention even back then is just amazing. H5 was super human to survive such a bad wound and to endure surgery they way he did.
What a king. Makes me proud to be English 🏴
Yeah he was great.
I saw this on tv a few years ago.
There was around 20-25 days of after care and explaining how honey was a brilliant idea to use in an operation due to having properties beneficial to a persons health.
Even when all the turmoil was going in in Europe.
It was still the major modern world developers.
Europe was not really in the global forefront of technology in the Middle Ages. There are even more impressive things to be found in Middle Eastern, Indian, and Chinese sciences from this time. Europe didn't really develop its technological supremacy until *centuries* later.
Rasbiff Not entirely accurate. This was in the 15th century. After full plate armour and gunpowder were in use. What major advances did India have that Europe didn’t at this point? Or China or the Islamic world?
Luke Ricker no one talking about Australia. Some of the most innovative people, there is evidence of basic prosthetics, improved weapons similar to the atlatl and the slingshot, and hair combs and razors. Even some basic surgical tools, which might not seem impressive, but remember that this was 40,000 years ago... Millenia before most of those countries even existed
Absolutely outstanding they can most likely so accurately recreate all of this and all it’s information. Amazing.
I am simply amazed of the work of that magnificent surgeon. he pulled himself together and made a smart tool to remove the arrowhead while he was under tremendous pressure.