How the future king of England got an arrow in the face and didn't die thanks to a unique surgical operation (4 photos)

There was no anesthesia then, so he had a hard time.





Once Henry V was a young and ardent heir the English throne. He loved women, drinking and a good fight. Here the last one was great and knocked him down - at the battle of Shrewsbury (1403) the future monarch was pierced by an arrow in the face and he only miraculously did not die.



Injury of Henry V

The main version is this: as expected, Heinrich was wearing a helmet, but during the battle I decided to inspect the orderly ranks of the soldiers and for a minute lifted the visor. Then he got the arrow.





It is clear that after such a battle, Henry could no longer fight him. dragged to the field surgeon. Medicine of those years was awful - doctor examined Heinrich's wound with the help of sticks wrapped in rags and smeared with honey. And for disinfection used boiled wine.

The operation was performed by a surgeon named John Bradmore and he needs was to crank out what no one at that time did - pull out the tip facial bone arrows. Usually, the tip was attached so as to remain in the wound, so the healer could neither pull it out in the standard way, nor push the arrow. Therefore, I applied a revolutionary tool:



The doctor inserted the ends of this device into the wound, pushed it apart with the help of a screw mechanism and carefully removed the tip.

Oddly enough, the prince survived - or did it work red-hot wine, or the young organism desperately resisted and refused to die. Heinrich survived, went on the mend and appointed a surgeon, John Bradmore, a solid pension - 10 pounds a year - he received it until end of life.