[SunkenCiv]

Henry V arrowhead removal | WillieWillieHarrySte | YouTube | Published on September 13, 2010

[rxsid]

The description of the procedure to extract the arrow is quite brutal, but no doubt not unique for the times.

[SunTzuWu]

Bump for after work...

[NFHale]

Stunning...

And he lived.

[miss marmelstein]

An amazing story! His doctor removed the arrow using honey as a disinfectant. That is why the one contemporary painting of Prince Hal shows him in profile.

[dfwgator]

Massive Head Wound Henry?

[norwaypinesavage]

"I made small probes from the pith of an elder, well dried and well stitched in purified linen...…The doctor squirted white wine and put into the wound a probe"

It's interesting that a couple if centuries before antiseptics were not used treating Civil War wounds in the US, the doctor treating Prince Hal seemed to be aware of the necessity of cleanliness.

[dfwgator]

“Tis but a scratch!”

[oldplayer]

A most interesting thread and post, SunkenCiv. Thanks.

Oldplayer