Medieval Battlefield First Aid 1

[Gekkibi]

Thank you for this video. I would love to see more historical videos (Beats hyped tv documentaries every day).

Only problem is the wind because it makes it really hard to hear you. And because my native language is not english it makes it even more difficult to understand what you are saying. I understand that it was recorded outdoors and that you can't do anything about the wind. So I am suggesting that you should add subtitles (Other than the yellow text you used in some videos).

[Disthron]

I think it was a good presentation but the wind blowing in the background made much of it unintelagable.

[falchion49]

@Disthron Fair comment. It was an ad hoc recording anyway but I am working at the mo' on getting it redone inside with proper lights and sound so that should improve it a lot.

[crystalheart9]

I found this very interesting and would like to see more videos on battlefield surgery.

[textilebro]

well done sire. well done.

Michael in California.

[seanotube85]

Good stuff! I'd love to see part 2 if you've got it.

[falchion49]

@seanotube85 I am going to post more but currently I'm trying to produce a 15 minute Childrens Crusade video swo thats taking priority at the mo'.

[sammdarden]

Fascinating. I would like to see the rest of this talk. Thanks for sharing!

[JarradIRONEAGLE]

Very interesting. Just starting my MSc (Infectious Diseases). Loss due to septicaemia and wound sepsis must have been enormous.

Honey does have a lot of antimicrobial enzymes, I thought they found recently there's a risk of botulism poisoning if used on wounds because some honey may carry Clostridium botulinum.

[falchion49]

@JarradIRONEAGLE Scepiceamia must have been incredibly prolific. Archeaologically there's not a massive amount to indicate the actually numbers because of the swiftness of death. Plus the other treatments, pouring boining oil into puncture wounds, cauterising wounds were probably fatal anyway. What is notable is the number of soldiers who survived major wounds and went on to fight again.

[rekabsullett]

That was good even with no anesthesia!LOL!

[falchion49]

@rekabsullett There was anaethesia available in the form of Mandrake, Henbane and there's even some evidence for opiates. However they weren't widely available and they were also as likely to kill you as anaesthetise you because no one could guarantee their dosage and effect with any accuracy. Damned if you do.....

[Koss42]

I didn't know that about honey, hrm. I guess it has more uses than just pouring cups of it in my wort.

[falchion49]

@Koss42 What I'll do is dedicate a video to Henry Monmouth's injury and treatment. I can't drink at the moment so I need an alternate use for all those potential fermentation ingredients ;-)

[JonDgar]

Yeah man! That was really interesting. Here's a vote for the whole presentation. Cheers!

[falchion49]

@JonDgar Brill. What I'll do is a series of demos based on what we know from paleaoanthropolgy and tracts such as the Chirurgia. Give me something to do while I'm off work.

[falchion49]

@JonDgar Brill. What I'll do is a series of demos based on what we know from paleaoanthropolgy and tracts such as the Chirurgia. Give me something to do while I'm off work. 

[zenmonk420]

I enjoyed this thoroughly and would like to see the rest.

[rja125]

Am I the only one who finds the font, a bit, hard on the eyes?

[lampyman101]

That is absolutely fascinating. yeah you should show the whole talk.

[JonO387]

Great video. I would love to see the whole talk.

[TheOJDrinker]

looks interesting... plus learning from the past is often helpful to help understand things, and occasionally to learn more

[victorscarlet]

I was hoping to have this subtitled (just the windy part). The wind started to distort the things you were saying and i couldn't understand you =)

[falchion49]

@victorscarlet Actually, that's not a bad idea.

[wanderingape]

Looks like the weather was quite alot better than when I was there, bloody typical!

[falchion49]

@wanderingape You are a rain god, what can I say?

[Trisnowda]

that was actually pretty bad ass, good intro too. you should hack more stuff up!

[falchion49]

@Trisnowda Wait until you see the stuff we're going to get up to in the lab ;-)

[voyagervsbor]

That was very intresting. Ofcourse the eyepatch was awesome.

[falchion49]

@voyagervsbor I thank you. I'm trying my best to get rid of the patch though. Having said that my wife wants me to keep it, but that's another story...................

[AntiSkill42]

Very interesting! Lucky they used honey on Henry V, instead of mixtures of duck shit and ash... (or the like)

[falchion49]

@AntiSkill42 The problem is with surgery at the time was that most was based on trial and error. Which menat some poor bugger had to inhabit the 'error' category of experimentation.

[AuntieDiluvian]

I am so glad I live now - life was so nasty, brutish and short then, for most of the populace.

[idklolunruhe]

To bad about the sound, seemed to be an interesting talk.

[falchion49]

@idklolunruhe I'm going to be working on that.

[Cyphairius]

I'd love to see the full thing. If you do another talk like that, you could rerecord it, the wind messed up the sound a bit.

[43alley]

Rockin' the patch. I love it. It makes you that much more credible. Good talk too. Good thing you didn't get that first aid.

[falchion49]

@43alley I was straight into the ambulance ;-)

[dominictemple]

That was great, I'd love it if you'd upload the full talk, interesting stuff.

[falchion49]

@dominictemple Thanks, I shall indeed. What I'm going to do though is work on the sound quality first.

[curbyII]

The sound quality's not great, which is a real shame because the talk is really interesting. I would definitely be interested in the whole talk.

[falchion49]

@curbyII Yeah, windy day under the ultimate in flappy awnings. I'm working on getting a mic.

[Spacejackal]

Ouch o_o'

[falchion49]

@Spacejackal It hurts just thinking about it.

[Spacejackal]

@falchion49 Yes, even more so when your imagination is as vivid as mine xD Augh, my bones.