Surviving Surgery on Henry VIIIs Flagship, the Mary Rose
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- Опубликовано: 20 дек 2024
- Imagine being a surgeon at sea in the 16th century-no anesthetics, limited knowledge of infection, and the constant threat of battle injuries. This was the grim reality for those on Henry VIII's warship, the Mary Rose. In this video, join Kevin Hicks as he explores the tools, techniques, and the harsh conditions faced by these early medical practitioners who attempted to save lives amidst chaos.
We can highly recommend a visit to the Mary Rose exhibit in Portsmouth, England. It's a fabulous day out, and the website maryrose.org is packed full of information about the ship and its treasures.
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IMAGE CREDITS:
The Carrack Mary Rose | Painting by Geoff Hunt
The Sinking of the Mary Rose | Painting by Geoff Hunt
Setting broken leg courtesy Gersdorff's Feldbuch der Wundartzney
Images of original artifacts, ship cutaway all courtesy of the Mary Rose Trust maryrose.org
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Im a 60 year old man,you make me feel like im still at school,and i love it.very well sculptured posts.thanks so very much.
You are very welcome
I dived on the Mary Rose in 1981 , i was amazed at how many coils of rope there were,, plus small mounds of musket shot. The rope looked ok but when you touched it, it simply dissolved.
Wow!! What a fantastic experience 👍
Yeah, what a great dive !
Wow!I wish I could have watched them!
Did it feel really strong in your hands though? Cgod I can just imagine having rope after rope held in my hands, feeling how strong they are compared to my small, fragile frame with my little hands. Just feeling it's raw strength on my body, it's firm & hungry. Its so strong I have to give in to it's whims, I'm just a boy & he's big thick rope. Wow!
@@robertsaget6918calm down bro.
For 20 minutes I was transported to the Mary Rose and given a tour of the barber surgeon's compartment. This channel is a time machine!
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Kevin's a perfect presenter. And the evil smile when holding the "cutthroat" straight razor, man that cracked me up. Fantastic video, folks!
You would have made a great school history teacher .
He already is Great History Teacher Kev.
I would have loved to be in his classroom!
Yet we are, luckily, through RUclips!💚
Absolutely.
Bloody hell kev I was cringing then when the finger got amputated . Excellent content I loved it 😊
@@gazzertrn Kevin already is a history teacher! He has been teaching history for years 🙂 telling scary stories and terrifying children for decades!! 😂😂
I recommend seeing the Mary Rose if anyone visits Portsmouth. The ship is a remarkable sight, and the quantity of artifacts recovered is incredible.
So cool that you've been able to see it in person! I love things like that.
Weren't you in a viewing room with large windows overlooking the ship? I thought I read something like that about it.
@cindys.9688 I don't live too far away, and have a season pass to go to the dockyard whenever I like. They also have the HMS Victory and Warrior to see, and also one of the last surviving WWI gunboats. Across the river they also have a submarine you can have a look around in, from the 50s if I recall. It's difficult to see everything there is in one day.
Yes, the facility where the ship is preserved has two levels of walkway that have windows from floor to ceiling, so you can get prime views of the ship. What's immediately striking is the scale of it. It can't be understated how impressive it is.
that would be a good time! that ship is awesome.
As a qualified nurse, I have no hesitation in saying, "God save me from Doctors". Fantastic video sir.
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“Be nice to nurses. They stop doctors from killing you!” 🤣
I ❤ nurses, my favorite people.
I would also like to say thank you to the lady who’s helping him by filming this.
That’s my lovely wife Julie, she says thanks 😊
@@thehistorysquad “THANKYOU MRS KEVIN!” 😂😂😂
My cousin is in possession of our great grandfather’s civil war medical casket. He was a battlefield surgeon and the saws, knives and augurs are terrifying. Thank you, this is absolutely fascinating Kevin. History reaching out to us.
Wow, what a wonderful thing to have passed down 👍
That is a real treasure!
You should send some photos over to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine :)
@ That’s a good thought. Thanks for the suggestion.
Thanks for those insights in surgery and medical treatment in Tudor times. We all must be thankful for modern medicine and anesthetics!
Agreed.
Absolutely
100% agree!
@@marcoengelbracht4141 yup for sure. I'm going into hospital tomorrow and I'm happy to say that I'm well and truly happy to know that local and general anesthetic is now the standard.
@@scrappydoo7887 apparently the Chinese has been using anaesthetics since 200AD.
19:25 This is why I LOVE history. So many people I know think history is boring but when I think of history in the way that you just described, it's honestly mind-blowing to me... That ointment could've literally preserved a man's fingerprints from centuries ago... I first had this thought when I was a kid (I'm 30 now) looking at king Tut's sandals, and thinking "a person who you can only read about in textbooks was walking in those at some point". I don't know how to explain it, but it's surreal to me. I also visited Abe Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois when I was a senior in high school, and was just in awe the entire time thinking about how Lincoln started his day EVERY DAY in this house, and I'm standing in it. You are a great host, and that was a great way to end the video.
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Thank you!
Just thinking of how utterly different lives they led compared to ours as well.
With how easy we've got it today, we wouldn't last a week. 😊
@@sallyskellington3024 ~ I agree.
So true. And it's cool that historians and museum curaters have made it possible for Abraham Lincoln's former home to be presented as an interactive attraction.
I am reminded of face cream in a jar, used by a Roman woman two thousand years ago.. whose fingerprints were still preserved in the cream.
Really love there’s no corny intro and how you just get into it, great stuff!
I agree - the simple intros are the best intros.
Kevin, you are a total hero. You're a gift that keeps on giving- all your years of service, and now keeping us all happy with your stories and education. Thank you!! ❤
Nicely written! I couldn't agree more.
you know its a good day when history squad uploads
I agree! I love these trips into the past...Kevin style!
1000%
Can’t imagine the horror on board a Tudor ship back then if you were unlucky enough to get a serious injury, can suppose death on occasion would have been a blessing, cracking video Kev 🤘🏹
Cheers Mick 👍
Least stereotypical normie view on history
Oh, a new History Squad: what a perfect moment for some coffee and cake...
10 minutes later... crosseyed. :)
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Funny! 😅
Love these "medical" episodes.... Hope you can do more when you get time... Thanks
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Kevin, I am getting a big case of the "chills" watching your video. Unfortunately, today's war injuries are as horrific; it's only the modern medical care that gives the injured a better chance at survival. Side note : I am reminded of the American Civil War surgeon who could be cutting 20 to 30 limbs an hour for many hours after a battle; it took a special kind of steel nerves to perform that (innate or acquired? I don't know.).
Jeez yes, when you think about it
@@thehistorysquad majority of American civil war deaths were from infection days after treatment, not the original injury. I think back to your presentation of the prince with the arrow wound to he head and their care and keeping the wound clean. All that knowledge of keeping wounds clean learned, then lost,then discovered again. The Egyptian surgeons had this knowledge. They say that if Lincoln’s doctors had left his injury alone he would have survived.
whoa the chisel on the finger ouch!!! such a hard exsitence!!!! i love that crack about him being lonely!!!
i simply can't imagine life without the history squad!!! you are such an important person to so many people. from one veteran to another, Kevin, i truly hope you get as much by producing these videos as we do consuming them!
Thanks buddy! Julie & I were just talking yesterday of how far we've come and how much we enjoy doing this, it's a sideline to supplement pension yes, but it's a hobby too. I love making the models and props as well as the research of course.
Thanks Doctor Kevin and staff .. I’m feeling better already …..
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Kev + history + models or stuff + stories = win
I agree! And I love how you wrote this out. Super creative!
@@chriscookesuffolk = epic content
A propos the particular gentleman’s disease my father told me that there was a saying in the old days: “One hour with Venus, three months with Mercury.” Yikes!
The discussion of wind in cramped quarters just made my day at work, listening while I do my job.
I agree! Imagine "wind" in a car with rolled up windows...times a million!🤢
@@cindys.9688 I can imagine it all too easily.
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Think about scudding on bare poles in a stormy sea, with all the hatches being battened down and the gun ports closed for days on end.
The smell of all those tightly packed sailors' bodies and the reek of the ship's bilges. 🤢
@drewgoin8849 *smacks lips*
Salubrious!
Mr Hicks. This video really is up my alley! I’m a retired critical care nurse & paramedic. I really got into this one. Coaching you through the procedures and holding my breath as you removed the foreign objects from your patients. As others have said, you were the perfect presenter. Glad you are a part of my world, sir! God bless you for keeping history interesting and alive! 🙏
That's very kind, thank you!!
New history squad video? LETS GOOOO
LFG!
The Mary Rose has always been fascinating, and the amount of underwater archeology and what they have been able to test for using forensic archeology on the sailors of the Mary Rose is fascinating. And now a look onto the medical field. Neat
Awh! I love the original intro "HI! I'm Kevin Hicks and welcome to the History Squad" LOL
😜 that was Julie just trying something different, I'll tell her 👍
LOL!!
Thanks for yet another wonderful masterpiece Kev you rock 🤙
😃 cheers!
You easily have the best, most interesting, most informative, entertainingly hosted history channel on RUclips.❤
Thank you for taking us onboard ship for a day in the life of the mighty pirate!🏴☠️ The polar opposite of a luxury yacht for sure.
They discovered a real life treasure chest on the Mary Rose.🌹 If by treasure we mean surgical instruments, ointments, and the like. Then the jackpot was hit!
Thank you once again, Kevin, for a job so wonderfully done! And a huge shout out to Henry for being a good sport!🙂
Thanks Cindy and yes, three cheers for Henry. I’m sure it’s not the last you’ll be seeing of him 😜
I always like watching your videos, not only super educational but the look on your face when doing your demonstrations, glad to see you really enjoying your work, even if it is hacking a finger off. Absolutely brilliant. Thank you for taking the time in making these videos.
That's great to hear, thanks, though the pleasure is all mine 😜
First Cambrian Chronicles, now the Squad, what a Friday!
I can't stop watching these videos. There's something perfect about them so that they stand out in the ocean of history videos.
That's kind, thanks
Kevin, you are totally brilliant. If I had a teacher like you when I was at school, I would not be as ignorant of our history as I am
I think you're just brilliant Kevin
Kevin is a brilliant surgeon barber. Nobody can chisel a finger off like Kevin!
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'Splinters' come in many forms --- some from blown-away-by-a-cannon-ball piece of decking, some about 18 inches long with a point on one end and feathers on the other. Regardless of them just being a piece of wood, they must have hurt... You are a master of it all.
As a frequent visitor to the Mary Rose museum, this was an excellent contribution
I was there just last year myself and was totally inspired by it 👍
Great stuff Kev. Now make some more of these! Thank you very much! Love from the yorkshire/Lancashire border! :)
What a gruesome time it must've been for the barber/surgeon. Also, the built-in survival instinct instilled in humans is so strong that we're willing do endure some of the scariest procedures in order to stay alive. Just using a chisel to remove a finger or a pulling a tooth all without modern style anesthetic. I wonder if in 4-5 hundred years from now that those people will think that we were barbaric and can't believe the stuff we think is a actual thing like how the people in the past believed in the 4 humors. You portrayal of how the barber/surgeon did surgery is awesome. I hope the future historians sharing their knowledge are as cool as Kevin and the History Squad.
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I remember National Geographic's article about the raising of the "Mary Rose". Has it really been 42 years? Makes me feel old. LOL. Another great video. Thanks Kevin !!!
In spring of 2023, I visited Britain. One of my visits was to the museum that includes the Mary Rose. It was an unexpectedly profound experience. Thank you for sharing these aspects of Tudor life, boss. Give my best to poor 'Enry.
Will do!
I'll just grab a brew and settle down with kevin
I loved this so much especially the ending about the ointment! Well done! ❤
I've just recently found your channel and I love it, I've been binge watching your videos
Great to hear that, thanks & welcome!
Welcome aboard!🏴☠️
This is such a good video, thank you for your great and passionate work!
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“I can imagine a lot of cross-eyed sailors, after this had been done.”
I laughed so much at the way that line was delivered. 😂
Kevin, your videos are fantastic.
“Thank you and thanks to the camera operator.”
It was our pleasure 👍
Love it when l see you posted a new video ..l love anything to do with naval history ❤️
What I love the most in artifacts is when a box or chest with all it's contents is able to be recovered! Things like the Mästermyr Chest from the Viking Age and the Surgeon's Chest from the Mary Rose, things that were used everyday by people can tell you a treasure trove about their lives. In the case of Mästermyr Chest I was reading in it and it contained tool for 3 different trades: blacksmith, carpenter, and locksmith. To me that says this tool chest either belonged to a chest maker, making elaborate chests for people to lock their valuables in, or there was more than one craftsman using the chest. We still use the gangbox today on the work site where everyone throws their tools in so its all in one spot and can be locked up safely. How exciting though in the Surgeon's Chest to find even the initials of the man that owned it!
This one did get me thinking though, with Miasma Theory being the prevailing medical theory of the time, just how would have the ships doctor gone about treating that? First step of course is always to quarantine the sick, but on board ship *everything* smelled, not to mentioned there may have even been pigs and chickens on board as part of a living larder; a pig is not going to go bad in theory before preserved pork. But Vince, who sailed on an 18th century ship with 18th century life and rules, tell me that cleanliness was also enforced by the ship's rules and "filthiness" as it was so named, was punishable by whipping or running the gauntlet; everyone lines up and has something like a cannon ramrod in his hand and the offender has to run down the line while being struck by everyone. Things that were punished this way were filthiness, drunkenness, thievery (there was special, heavier whip for that), and insubordination. Tells you something about shipboard life doesn't it?
So that's how they kept law and order on a pirate ship. Fascinating!
They made sure punishment was painful. Wow. They had to. Not that the men weren't used to pain in their daily lives - injuries, illness, infections, tooth pain, etc. But it had to be something inflicted upon them, and the entire ship was involved either by knowing about it or participating in the punishment.
Thank you for sharing this information!
Very interesting!🏴☠️
I remember it being raised watching it on TV with my father. I visited it in Portsmouth whilst it was being treated with some sort of liquid and when dried out I visited again - it is very large like a cross section and a fascinating piece of history thank you for the vid 👌
Nice video Limey! Love from across the pond 🇺🇸
😂 cheers buddy 👍
You paint such vivid pictures in my mind. Lovely, interesting (and horrific) stories of our history!
Thanks
Hey Tom, thanks for the SUPER, this one was fun eh?
@@thehistorysquad loved it.
Incredible, we think we have it bad now, it must have been hell on earth then! Great to see you, interesting I love the history of the Mary Rose.
I was at school when the Rose was lifted. We had to watch it live in our classroom. The most boring day of my school life!!!!!!!!! We were given no context. It wasnt explained to us how momentous it was. All I remember is Prince Charles looking tense,and a few bits of rotten wood. What a wasted oppertunity to fire our minds!!!!!
You,sir,have fired my mind. You brought it all alive.
Considering how some of these tools were used, if today was Halloween, instead of yesterday, this video would still work.
always nice to see Kevin, to me he will forever be the (appropriately) creepy guy explaining how they removed the arrow from that King's face
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A French cavalry officer present at the battle stated that the Mary Rose had been sunk by French guns. A cannonball low in the hull would enable water to flood in, making the ship unstable and leading to her sinking. Perhaps that was why the ship turned so suddenly.Evidence of a cannonball: A granite cannonball similar to those used by the French was found in the Mary Rose's shot locker. However, the same type of stone is also found in the English West Country. Cheers sir another great one.
A pleasure Peter, it's a fascinating topic for sure.
With doctors like that, you could be sure nobody was faking being sick or injured. You could be face down on the deck with a shattered spine going "no no, I'm fine, just let me shake this off, no please, let's not bother the surgeon"
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Gooday Kev, I'm back in port. Glad I didn't miss this. Please stick to your archery your skills as a Surgeon need a little tweaking. So real taking us back aboard and into the Surgeons lair. I felt the ship lurch while deafened by the thunder of battle and down we went. Gory but exhilarating you brought the Mary Rose back to life 479 years later. Medical procedures have come a long way....thankfully!
Awesome. I would love to find out more about the african who was bought over to try and recover items from the ship, a specialist diver. Tells you how much people knew what was going on in the world. People were not so insular as some think.
This fellow is just an absolutely incredible storyteller!⭐️
Informative and entertaining, thanks much.
I love the shows this dude narrates . I just subbed to this channel so I'll be watching loads more now!!!!
Thanks Kieran, welcome to the channel 👍
@@thehistorysquad haha I never thought you would reply to me. Nice one bro! 🙂
I read them all 👍
No offense meant Kevin, but I won't hire you as surgeon
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All bad surgeons always have a place in the abattoir.
Who needs the n.h.s when Kevin is surgeon .
😂 I wouldn't either 😜
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Hi Kevin, Brilliant video yet again, I really enjoyed this one. The accompanying set looks great as well! Isn't it incredible how quite a few medical instruments have changed very little from roman times. Thanks again to you both.
Cheers Daryl, got your email and will be in touch over the weekend
You have an eloquence that as a narrator captivates and enthrals me as a listener. Your posts are both highly entertaining and informative, thank you! Also as an ex squaddie myself I would love to know more about your own personal experience in the forces.
All the best 👍🏻
Thanks mate - I have a playlist of personal stories, some from the army, some from my police days etc. 👍
Lovely video as always. You are definitely the best history channel ever. Always interesting & entertaining. Your love & excitement for history really makes me happy. No matter how down i am, dealin with stuff, your videos always put a smile on my face. Thank you Kevin
Wow, thank you!
I find theses videos of yours, Kevin, so interesting and informative. Thanks so much. Xx
You are very welcome
We got the first snow of the season today in northern Michigan. This is a wonderful video to watch by the warm fire.
I never knew the origins of "Limey"... This is why I enjoy your shows~ the breadth & scope of your approach to the subject. Always great anecdotes, too! Thank you from Over Here 🤭😎🇺🇸👍
Love the descriptions and the models as always. I don't know which I like more, the history of the castles or the history of the naval ships like the Mary Rose. It's great that you offer both!
Glad you like them! 👍
Thank you Kevin, for this fun and well illustrated (with artifacts and rubber hands) look into the life of a ship's surgeon.
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Another great video Kevin. Note to self - when amputating fingers, be sure to have a big enough chopper! 😉
Always! 😜
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Thanks So Much Kevin This Was A Brilliant Video From Blue who Lives In Birmingham
Cheers Blue 👍
Kevin, you guys are awesome.❤️
Greetings once again from Nova Scotia, thanks for a great video. I love this stuff, you really bring to life, just how much pain was involved, what kind of environment they've had to work under. There is a great book about the reality of their lives called "wooden ships and iron men " absolutely worth a read, if you are so inclined. Thanks once again for the great stories, be safe and as always best regards, Arthur
Thanks for the recommendation Arthur! I think I've heard of that book so I'll perhaps consider it. 👍
Awesome video as always
Never to old to learn something new...love these videos
Amazing video as usual, thanks Kevin!
That was really interesting! Thanks for making this video!
Brilliant! An amusingly captivating and wonderful form of a History Raconteur! It made me feel like if I were a bairn again, but Kevin...you butchered that poor Ol' Jack Tar's arm while trying to extract that musket bullet!
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Terrific video once again! I enjoy learning so much from you!
Glad to hear it!
I always find these kinds of videos so fascinating! I’m not even into horror movies 😂 I can remember world book encyclopedia when I was young, my favorite section was the human body with all of the clear overlays for each collection- nervous system, muscular, skeletal, etc. Watching these always makes me think of those books.
Hey loving the content, I like that you don't shy away from the gruesome stuff but it's always educational
Cheers George 👍
Hi Kevin, thanks for the fine, realistic summary. I´m a friend auf Cornwell, O´Brian, Lambdin and other fine writers of historic novels. So only one correction:
Captains, Navigators and pirates often lost their eyelights not because of injurys. They got blind because they were "shooting" the sun. The predeccessor of the sextant and octant was the cross-staff. This was used to measure the maximum angle of the sunposition over the horizon at noon to know your latitude. The cross-staff had no darkend glasses. So the man had to look directly into the sun. Doing that often enough he becomes blind.
Thanks for your many and captivating looks into the history.
greetings from germany again
Very interesting, another reason then that they may have worn an eyepatch, in addition to common eye injuries like splinters. 👍
Kevin, you are a wonderful narrator. I also thank God I didn’t live in those days. But those who did, obviously did t know anything else. As in today, you take what you must and get on with it.
Absolutely 👍
Best episode ever, absolutely terrifying and interesting at the same time.
I remember watching the raising of the Mary Rose at school as a youngster. I also saw it at Portsmouth as a lump of wet wood a few years later lol.
Also at Portsmouth was HMS Victory and it's stories of the Loblolly boys. Thanks Kevin for another interesting video, with sound effects included. 👍😉
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New to the channel and I’m blown away by the content. The aesthetics really makes this feel immersive and makes me feel I’m right there in history. Cheers 🍻
Glad you enjoyed the video, welcome to the channel!
If you've subscribed, just make sure your notifications are on (including on your device) if of course you want them 👍
Medical activities (of old) just give me the shivers! Perfect upload for Halloween indeed. Eeeek!
Superb commentary Kevin👍
Although I digest medical history, I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Excellent presentation!
How remarkable is it that the containers of oinments and medicines still held the salves. And, with potential finger prints or scoops out of the viles. Really amazing!! It does indeed feel like a bridge between two times frames has been link. The past reaching out and shaking the hand of the future.
As always fantastic video!! Very educational and entertaining. ⛵️🌊📖📚🏺🕯
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Very interesting. I would like to know more about life on a ship.
Great stuff as always Kevin !! .👍👍
I hope all is well Kevin! Always a pleasure. Take care.
Will do! Cheers
Kevin, your videos are the best 👍🇺🇸🇬🇧
I love the wood wallpaper. Very nice touch
Very interesting topic, great job on the video!
Thanks 👍
Fascinating. Another great video.🎉