Transcript of This medieval surgical device was invented to remove an arrow from King Henry V's face
Absolute History
0:00this is the brand more Arrow extractor0:02and this was made after the battle of0:04Shrewsbury when Prince Howell got hit in0:06the face by one of these arrows troubles0:09normally this would be a death sentence0:11however each King of England he had to0:14be saved one way or another the Royal0:16surgeons decided that they needed the0:18services a man called John Bradmore to0:20be able to save the prince's life what0:22he came up with was a two-part tool0:25which was these two implements here the0:28thread on the end of the first Implement0:31was used to make sure that none of the0:33arrow shaft was in the back of the arrow0:35socket it also meant because this Arrow0:38was six inches deep in his skull they0:40were able to find the trajectory of the0:43arrow at the same time the end of the0:45pliers went into the socket0:48the needle probe was pushed down the0:51middle and pressed into place and that0:53meant they were able to get inside the0:55arrow socket and0:57pull the arrow out of his face
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