The Medieval Surgery That Saved King Henry V’s Life
In 1403, a rebellion broke out in England that would culminate in one of the bloodiest battles to ever take place on English soil.
On 21st July 1403, King Henry IV with his son, the future Henry V, went head to head with a Northern traitor – Henry Hotspur.
The Battle of Shrewsbury would pit rebel against royalist. Englishman against Englishman. At stake was the crown of England.
At the battle, the future King Henry V took an arrow just below the eye. The arrow penetrated on the left side below the eye and beside the nose of the young prince.
When surgeons tried to remove the arrow, the shaft broke, leaving the bodkin point embedded in his skull some five to six inches deep, narrowly missing the brain stem and surrounding arteries
In this extract from the full-length documentary, Professor Michael Livingston meets with expert James Wright, who has extensively researched what happened to Hal after the battle, to see a demonstration on how royal surgeon John Bradmore attempted to save the heir to the throne’s life.
Watch the full documentary on History Hit TV: https://access.historyhit.com/videos/…
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