Consider poor Henry V, just a teenager in 1403. The medieval surgeon was a genius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Nef1siUus
So you think you've got troubles?
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Bill in Oregon
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.45colt
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Re: So you think you've got troubles?
Saw that show the other night Bill, Young Henry must have had a HIGH tolerance for ALOT of Pain !!! . and Yes the doctor was gifted indeed.
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fordwannabe
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Re: So you think you've got troubles?
Ow Ow f ing Ow! That hurt just watching it.
a Pennsylvanian who has been accused of clinging to my religion and my guns......Good assessment skills.
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J Miller
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Re: So you think you've got troubles?
No kidding!
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I'm hoping that consciousness left him during the worst times. MK
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wvfarrier
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Re: So you think you've got troubles?
Wow. lets hope he fainted!!!
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Re: So you think you've got troubles?
Wow.
No anasthetic.
And it didn't get infected.
-Stretch
No anasthetic.
And it didn't get infected.
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Bill in Oregon
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Re: So you think you've got troubles?
One tough 16-year-old!
Re: So you think you've got troubles?
The Wikipedia article on Bradmore says honey and wine were used to treat the wound. I recall reading honey can have some antibiotic properties, and also that wine was believed then to be safer than the water from most sources.
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Bill in Oregon
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Re: So you think you've got troubles?
Right you are KWK. The Pilgrims remained aboard the Mayflower off Plimoth so they could brew "small beer" to take ashore. No one in their right mind trusted the safety of water in those times.
Re: So you think you've got troubles?
Battlefield amputations without anything but a leather strap to bite down on, and a swig of rum.... 
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Gobblerforge
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Re: So you think you've got troubles?
Hold him boys, he's gonna twitch. 
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