What Was Battlefield Surgery Like In The Medieval Period?

Y’all need to give Kevin Goodman his own show. I could watch him talk about macabre historical topics all day!

This friendly, practically banter really is a joy. His bedside manner is on point.

After seeing Kevin doing dentistry, and now surgery i'm pretty sure they found him in the deep basements of MI6 Headquarter "kindly asking" some foreign spy for some information with a big grin on his face.. Love that guy !

My goal in life, is to get a job where I am as happy as Kevin is explaining things in these video's

"We are doing this for your benefit." I love this man's whole demeanor.

This channel is what the history channel should be. Love it.

"This video contains footage some viewers may find upsetting" is a great sign when you see it on this channel. Keep it up! I work in medical technology and my sister is a surgeon, no problems here

I find Kevin Goodman informative and hilarious. But something is disturbing about him smiling ear to ear while describing the most horrifying treatments!

01:16 The Wilhelm Scream added for terrific effect.

Love how Kevin brings his own style and drama 🎭 serious topic had me chuckling 😂 love the humour

Around 15:25 or so, the presenter mentions Guy de Chauliac as the inventor of the arrowhead spoon. This french doctor was the personal physician to Pope Clement VI in Avignon during the Great Mortality; he kept Clement from contracting the Plague while in Avignon, and when the pope finally fled, he stayed behind to treat the dying in the city "...to avoid infamy."

I portray a US Civil War surgeon. 1862. For a quick arm/leg amputation, he skipped a key part. Once you cut around the arm to the bone, you need to grab the arteries/viens and tie them off with boiled horse hair or cat gut. Then you need to cut back this membrane that covers bone… and cut tendons. That requires a very very sharp knife. Then the bone saw (like a wood saw) cuts the bone. You also need a skin flap so you cut out some muscle so you can make a flap. Pack it with cloth, and hope for the best. A good healing is copious pus that lessens over time and stops. A productive would is thus. Not much difference from 1250 vs 1862. Bacteria (bacilli) not published medical not until 1864.

LMAO, I'm loving this guy - he's clearly having the time of his life!

Im veggie now but used to hunt and butcher deer years ago. Any shot or arrow that penetrated the stomach area was problematic - bullets and arrows dont keep going in a straight line once they impact something, so an ethical heart shot causing almost instant death could easily go through the heart, bounce off a rib and go into the stomach. You'd always cut away meat with wide magins from that area - as shown here, all the germs and poop and urine get released and its really not good.....for surgery or food. Butchery, like surgery - requires extremely sharp tools and a deft touch. As others have commented - amputation is no easy thing, tendons and cartilages are incredibly tough. The skill level of the early surgeons pre anesthetic is staggering.

Your sound effects guy had some fun with this video 8:11 got me good with headphones

This was so interesting! That guy explained things so well. Back then, he would have made a great teacher of surgical techniques.

Thank you for the information. Because I enjoy learning from you on History Hit.

Kudos for the high amount of Wilhelm screams the audio people managed to sneak in 😂 Interesting video!

Ha, I definitely feel a bit queasy after watching that. What a brilliant video.

I'm very interested in this subject, please bring this gentleman back for future videos.