How To Do Brain Surgery In The Trenches of WW1

Neurosurgery on the battle fields of the First World War was a gruesome affair.
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[@Nyx773]

Please provide a link to the full length video 🎥

[@lucutes2936]

Why tho

[@beanclan12345]

@@lucutes2936 for history enjoyers

[@lucutes2936]

@@beanclan12345 I meant the brain surgeries, they look unnecessary and painful

[@beanclan12345]

@@lucutes2936 idk, it needed to be fast or something

[@emmasumipo1895]

when you sleep first in a sleepover:

[@memer_al3380]

rookie mistake

[@justsomedude4469]

Best in the comments

[@brianarc2]

... and drill into the skull 💀💀

[@YounesLayachi]

ROFL

[@DJ-iu5bb]

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
You didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though

[@gandalf_thegrey]

What men really want to dress like:
Damn what a glorious moustache

[@Master_Of_The_Universe]

Don't count yourself out Gandalf, you've got impressive facial hair too.

[@thomasbarager912]

@@Master_Of_The_Universe lol ur on a roll today

[@Master_Of_The_Universe]

@@thomasbarager912 We meet again

[@thomasbarager912]

@@Master_Of_The_Universe Do I know you?

[@Master_Of_The_Universe]

@@thomasbarager912 Do you?

[@Bricklobitte9701]

My man looking as sharp as those surgical instruments

[@leenahadd4549]

😭

[@CaptainAlliance]

*We did it boys, we finally reached the girls' side of the Algorithm*

[@yuribezmenov4967]

underrated comment 🗿

[@joshuagrahamfrom6594]

What do you mean

[@goodaydrailler5701]

wut ?

[@rudydaberry122]

Wym

[@ricecakemadness7578]

Lol lots of girls simpin on this dude

[@BH-pt1ps]

I feel so bad for those guys that had to fight wars without modern medicine. Those docs probably saw some bad shit.

[@troy4298]

Oh man especially in the crimean war

[@boogityhoo7452]

Probably is an understatement. The amount of horrific situations those guys went through is something noone should ever have to see .

[@pantherausf.d6914]

@@troy4298 WW1 is the worst war for mental health, it's the most horrible one.

[@famts3716]

@@pantherausf.d6914 ww2 was even worse tho

[@pantherausf.d6914]

@@famts3716 It was worse for civilians and more people died, but WW1 was worse.

[@drowningin]

Never knew reenactor's had fangirls

[@minimini550]

Beautiful men always have fangirls no matter the occupation

[@hm5468]

@@minimini550 smart beautiful men especially

[@maxwellsequation4887]

Omg simps

[@minimini550]

@@maxwellsequation4887 I’ve found the edgy child, everybody

[@niklasvilhelm7247]

@@minimini550 no, you're just a simp

[@johnnyjoestar7143]

By the looks of these comments, he'll be drilling more than skulls

[@A_Z_A_T_H_O_T_H]

Underrated comment

[@warmateo6261]

Johnny look out it's a rock!

[@ForAncientKingAndElvishLord]

Drilling sergeant 🤣

[@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198]

UMMM WHAT?!?

[@spifebreadfriend6791]

Ayo-

[@toeseater2855]

Props to the camera man for surviving WW1 and give us this interview

[@gordonlekfors2708]

wow original joke 😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@xanadujones9110]

Honestly love how thirsty this man's comments sections always are 🤣

[@Alextherelic1]

Frfr

[@PiXie232]

Lmaoooo🤣 I was just coming to tell him how handsome he looks in uniform and I saw your comment first thing! Now I can’t stop laughing!😝 Ooh lord!!😂😂😂

[@SideComment24]

Men in uniform, a clear brit accent. Good looking man. No wonder there's a lot of thirsty comments.

[@simon20002]

Who can blame them lmao

[@straythrawn7861]

I think this is a real scp
I mean, supposedly most of the comment section has to do with his looks, when it’s not even the focus of the video

[@ScratchthechalkBoard]

Those stainless steel medical instruments with a chrome finish are almost as beautiful as this man 😂

[@UltraGamma25]

SIMP

[@kirill6850]

No homo of course

[@thomasbarager912]

Lol why does everyone think this guy is sexy?

[@siryizzur]

Chill out coomer

[@UltraGamma25]

@@siryizzur SHE'S COOOOOOOOOMMIIIIING!

[@anormalname6498]

Thank you, we were looking for things to do during a sleepover with my friends

[@catking.d1854]

The boys when you fall asleep first at a sleepover:

[@sketchesforyou8020]

*Funky Town plays.*

[@codinginflow]

Thanks for this reminder to be grateful for not having to live through stuff like this

[@TW0man4RMY]

You still do; people in 100 years will be looking back to now much in the same way we look back to the WWI era.

[@Viceroy640]

What the hell…. I’d rather die

[@pambrown8697]

They probably did in those days, after the surgery....

[@boogityhoo7452]

@@pambrown8697 yup, after going through agonizing pain for hours with only a lil morphine to stifle the posting pain.

[@soultraveller5027]

Antibiotics wasn't around the ww1 era such as penicillin it wasn't discovered until 1928 by a scotish scientist Alexander Fleming I belive it was first successfully tried on a patient with a eye infection however that said ww1 forces physicians of the era to research ways to stem the flow of disease and infections they came up with solutions that certainty increased the soldiers survivability if they could reach a dressing station in simple terms the war forced as war does Many changes and practices in the field of medicine at lot quickly then it otherwise would have done

[@bermanmo6237]

Reminds of a line in Star Trek: Voyage Home. Dr. McCoy thought the medical instruments and operation methods of the 20th century look more like medieval torture.

[@chunkycomet9117]

@@soultraveller5027 only antibiotics and other paincare medicines they had were light painkiller herbs and morphine, both of which did jack shit to soothe the pain

[@hollysmith1347]

Not many man can pull off a moustache, but he does.

[@boomerangfish3558]

yeah, mine seems to be stuck when I try to pull it off

[@randomguy8476]

@@boomerangfish3558 💀

[@RealSaudiExplorer]

My moustache look better than his moustache. I can tickle your nose with it.

[@UltraGamma25]

SIMP

[@dbk8245]

@@UltraGamma25 -_-

[@goochmcduck4285]

He’s adorable

[@LOLSKU115]

FOUND ONE! TAKE THAT Иucleaя potдto

[@Shrey_Shrek]

​@@LOLSKU115 lmao

[@El_Negro2003]

@@LOLSKU115nuclear potato? What

[@nimalanmathew]

The uniform though my God 💯✨💥

[@paulmaccaroni]

That's it, I'm addressing all my wartime love letters to this man

[@keysmakka9041]

The thirst comments omfl

[@kenan12341]

Stay hydrated and you won't be so thirsty.

[@paulmaccaroni]

@@kenan12341 thanks 😂

[@space4166]

Simp humanity has fallen proof:

[@jameson4844]

Thirsty asf

[@allanwrench]

Please upload part 2 asap, my patient is starting to think I don’t know what I am doing….

[@adrianpena800]

Hol up

[@ayman4540]

Just hit him on the head to ease the pain a little bit.

[@namy7506]

😭😂😂😂😂😂

[@jakespivey7164]

This comment is underrated fuck. 😔

[@kenesys8713]

Freestyle it. If they have a problem with it, just "accidentally" get a muscle spasm.

[@SmokeSAS]

When you realize the only fan girls are the lads admiring a fellow with a kickass mustache

[@fadhilaiman7812]

How to do brain surgery in 2022: He fell asleep first at the sleepover

[@nakazatotakehashi4763]

Props for the camera man who went back in time just to film this

[@kittyslayerthevii8035]

Yea respect

[@montypmoneybagges]

Do people not know how much shit we kept from WWI and WWII? We literally still have H!tlers handgun.

[@wdz7863]

@@montypmoneybagges bruh u disabled or sumn lmaoo

[@Wickedry]

@@montypmoneybagges ok?

[@lilnunu1553]

@@montypmoneybagges its a joke.

[@darthtitteous1215]

Meet the Medic.

[@SpringDavid]

press E to MEEEEEEEEEDIC

[@s.m.d7212]

Meeedic meedic hahahaha
- the spy

[@MrO111]

Oops, zat vas not medicine!

[@mentalasylumescapee]

That's how I lost my medical license

[@TheStickCollector]

Let's go practice medicine

[@Smiling_BEAST]

" How did he died ? "
I did a Neurosurgery 💀

[@maekultsumaika1987]

I'm now convinced that the cameraman went back to 1916 and asked a random British Medic to talk about the surgeon set.

[@ule2387]

All see is people talking about the fan girls but i see no fan girls

[@TheJudge_Carls_Junior_Rep]

Yeah, like the only fan comment I’ve seen is a pig (a fan girl comment that had a pfpic of a pig lol)

[@justagilgameshwithoutaenki4072]

Sameee

[@Alexander-vo4gv]

"Iucleaya potdto"

[@chewbacca3269]

You missed them. When the video was posted there were a lot of them.

[@inferno769]

Same

[@Fadednothing]

This guy: *Explains the brutal surgery way*
Some people in the comments: *What a handsome man*

[@jacques9455]

🤣🤣

[@Jessenia.S]

😂😂

[@Vivo119-jf4pp]

So funny

[@Antizan]

Too busy gazing at this handsome gentleman to notice what he's saying

[@johannesschmitz6370]

if men come together to appreciate the skills of female long jumpers, then women can unite over the appreciation over surgical WW1 gear

[@obi-wankenobi1750]

I thought it was pole vaulters

[@jihadpromax3520]

I can smell the whiskey on his body from here

[@Master_Of_The_Universe]

He does strike me more as a whisky person.

[@DrownInLysergic]

@@Master_Of_The_Universe because he's a distinguished gentleman

[@centralprocessingunit4988]

@@DrownInLysergic
gentlemen dont drink.

[@AlexKS1992]

@@centralprocessingunit4988 Back then they did.

[@Jeremy_the_unfallible_n-a]

@@centralprocessingunit4988 uhh... yea they do, they drink Gentleman Jack..

[@josephinenilsson1541]

No.
I read these stories of people being operated on while fully awake a million times. I’d rather die to be honest.

[@ashleelarsen5002]

Right? What if the blade was dull, after all the war wounds...

[@ScratchthechalkBoard]

Sadly the patient needs to be awake for those type of operations!!😲

[@teapeaa]

@@ScratchthechalkBoard good thing we have drugs now

[@eddiesroom1868]

@@ashleelarsen5002
👍

[@ScratchthechalkBoard]

@@teapeaa even with drugs being wide awake the patient would still hear the drill and just knowing that mushy sound is the surgeon moving around your brain must be surreal 😳

[@cottton]

Mans looking fresh out of a time machine my god

[@ryanbuckley5529]

What those men went threw...🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@xtragedgnolf]

This man: You open up the scalp and use this thing as a drill, which would send you in unimaginable pain.
Comments: God, he's so hot

[@Jesusisnothere]

that is true, until you come to the brain itself. the brain dont have any pain receptors. When you do brain surgery today you are often awake and you cant feel anyone touching your brain really. but when you are awake they can sense which part of your brain they are focusing on. for example if you have trouble speaking they are centered on your lobus frontalis. (I think, its been a couple of years since i did the studies)

[@wom_Bat]

Atleast hey were usually loaded with copious amounts of morphine, cocaine, or alcohol 👍🏻

[@Banjo29]

During WW2, the 18th Saguenay battalion (a French Canadian batallion) scalped the German POW with a tomahawk axe. A scapled German soldier said that it was barely painful.

[@wom_Bat]

@@Banjo29 i thought that usually killed people?

[@selkie698]

Cant say i blame them, i want a moustache like that damn

[@naturalcambion3747]

Well he just sparkles my water!

[@TheRiboka]

What

[@missfortune8553]

@@TheRiboka spicy water

[@Master_Of_The_Universe]

This is the most normal thirst comment I've read so far.

[@rezadroidjr]

I can’t stop laughing😭

[@Theoss-sl1fk]

I don't understand, but I would rather to stay like that

[@Bisirsky]

Wow, looks easy. Going to try it at home!

[@minhtam-akaruikokoro1437]

Oh no

[@Tomnelsonplayz]

Thanks dickie for being with BFS at France and Belgium, also helping me when injured

[@charlieyes4946]

What’s with these comments-
but not gonna lie, they aren’t wrong…

[@bqube8901]

📸🤨

[@tonho91]

Damn, what a handsome guy

[@nocooldudes7614]

@@KC-rf3gx no

[@bluecat5669]

@@KC-rf3gx ur jealous

[@V-oe9cu]

Gae

[@tonho91]

@@V-oe9cu and what?

[@rovshanahmadov7183]

Sus

[@fps_deadbush7951]

Can't wait to prank one of my friends at the sleepover

[@ThePiquedPigeon]

Just a friendly reminder that this handsome man is talking about doing amputations, tracheostomies and even brain surgery in the brutal environment of war trenches...

[@khathaway414]

Okay that is scary that they did brain surgery in the trenches.

[@ThatGirlJD]

Sometimes you have to relieve bathe pressure if the brain is swelling.

[@i.i.iiii.i.i]

@@ThatGirlJD
I mean they do the same today.
My grandpa even woke up while he had a drill in his skull a few years ago after a skiing accident...
But he was still under so much anesthesia that he couldn't remember and they re-dosed him really quick 😅

[@missfortune8553]

@@i.i.iiii.i.i omfg that's horrific

[@Master_Of_The_Universe]

@@missfortune8553 He didn't feel anything so it's not as bad but the sounds must have been... Interesting

[@cantinadudes]

Probably a bit behind them. You can't really do the surgery *in* the trenches, considering the blasts of artillery and all the mud

[@thatgamerguy8163]

Neurosurgeons today: WE MUST HAVE HIGH FOCUSED CAMERAS AND STERLIZE EVERYTHING!
This guy: haha, drill go burrrr

[@PoliceSpotter]

"What you do is, open up the scalp.."
Me:
Bro that's a nice moustache, where'd you get it?

[@littleblackcar]

I work in a medical school library archives. We have several medical kits for various purposes (surgical, postmortem, etc.) and it's always fun to point out to visitors that the 19th century kits have bone or gutta percha handles and that blood and tissue would be caught in the grooves between the handle and the actual instrument, meaning that they could never really be cleaned or sterilized. Newer kits like this one are cast in one piece with the handles. Thank goodness for modern medicine.

[@venomlink2033]

Everyone’s talking about his mustache. I’m just impressed that I’ve finally found a reenactor that isn’t fat.

[@starkfaktory6920]

@wildflower true

[@ujeshasivaramakrishnan2464]

Wait are reenactors fat? But what if they are fat tho?

[@mesovogue]

Who is he? I’m intrigued

[@rororor69]

He's human

[@thomasbarager912]

He's a person

[@1323GamerTV]

This is like a kid in instagram commenting “@?”

[@HairyJuan]

He's a nobel-prize winning physicist

[@Jade--46]

@Rick Wilkinson lmfao best answer

[@bmo14lax]

I love how the accent just lends itself to ancient history, literally feels like the dude is the medic lol

[@stynershiner1854]

WW1 isn't really "ancient history".

[@k-1017]

Props to the cameraman for going back in time just to see the medics tools

[@jennienguyen6749]

Ok I’m fine with him talking about tools of surgery. He’s easy on the eyes….

[@vegetableman9137]

@John McAlister YES SIMPING

[@bloopy6166]

Why do Asian women hate Asian men so much?

[@basegod442]

@@bloopy6166 Huh?

[@thatonekid6677]

@@bloopy6166 she could be someone who married an asian dude and took his last name or something, don't assume lmao

[@joeysfingers7329]

@@bloopy6166
Huh?

[@pizza1530]

Could you show this to battlefield 1 medics ? The amount of times they walk past without reviving is astonishing

[@lponm]

They used to drill into people's skulls.
Doctors still regularly drill holes and remove parts of the skull to alleviate brain swelling from head trauma.

[@paranoidpumpkin98]

*M O U S T A C H E*

[@elpeehs8479]

Keep'em coming guy's i luv this stuff...knowledge-based

[@andrewpackham8236]

It would be excellent to see a longer breakdown of everything in that box, looks like a lot of care and attention has been put into preserving it!

[@cradle0rderly_696]

That mustache is just chef kiss

[@Space.searxh14]

thanks for the sleepover tips

[@cindybogart6062]

This guy sure looks great in that uniform… I had no idea their uniforms were so nice? Impressive medical equipment?

[@kittyslayerthevii8035]

Right when you step in to the battlefield your uniform's dirty because of a artillery shell

[@neridust4178]

SIR NO TIME FOR TALKING, HE’S BLOWING THE WHISLE

[@aussiemozzie107]

ok simp

[@AnneliesvanOverbeek]

I love his moustache

[@Master_Of_The_Universe]

I'm jealous of it. It's perfect.

[@indeed2207]

@@Master_Of_The_Universegrow one, trim it, and everything will be good bro....

[@Master_Of_The_Universe]

@@indeed2207 Yeah but genetics play a part in that, sadly...

[@kpsiex]

@@Master_Of_The_Universe No. Testosterone does.

[@Azy951]

He got the Wilhelm ll

[@lazybeast1786]

Props to the cameraman for using his time machine to got to the world war 1 period and interview a medic

[@Marcel204_]

Pov : you fell asleep at your first sleepover

[@clydecalamity6520]

I've decided to shave my beard and just leave the mustache after reading these thottery comments.

[@user-yn8jo3xd6w]

Thottery

[@ayobubby3690]

never. Just trim it.

[@JK360noscope]

@@ayobubby3690 uhhhh who is Bud Light Bubby talkin about? Trim deez nuts

[@ayobubby3690]

@@JK360noscope trim gang. Never go full mustache.

[@chelo4197]

@@ayobubby3690 mustache looks good on a select few and especially those that dress a certain way.

[@jakeschumer7021]

Everybody who's thirsting gonna be pissed when they find out he's 5'6"

[@Nathan_p68]

Damn he's like Napoleon

[@samreddig8819]

Short kings. Gotta respect em.

[@tiredman99]

@@Nathan_p68 hey Napoleon conquered Europe

[@noahhawkins1534]

@@tiredman99 no, he attempted to

[@rumblefish9]

@@Nathan_p68 Napoleon wasnt short. He was averaged height for the men of his time. The "short" bit was English propaganda.

[@cheezit484]

Yes, what useful information, my friend said he had a headache

[@postpunk6947]

I need to 30 min video about that topic really.

[@homohumanoperson4565]

I'm straight buut i can make an exception

[@kevindoesgaming77]

Haha

[@The_Black_Caps]

Lol

[@dazenguile4215]

Nope.. thats just called being gay 😂

[@brute6896]

we need to make this fashion style popular again

[@ArthurMorgan888]

This is a very weird thing but its a cool peace of history like many other stuff. Keep it up man good job:)

[@Ayin42069]

I couldn't stop staring at your mustache it's so gorgeous

[@CMT_Crabbles]

I’m a straight guy.
But god I’d go bent for this guy, in every interpretation of that phrase.
(ppl with no humor ⬇️)

[@_AbhiRam_]

Lol 😂

[@calliluxx5960]

Wtf bruv

[@UltraGamma25]

DISGUSTING!

[@thomasbarager912]

HAH Gaaaaaaaaaeeeeeee

[@gmx0413]

Ummmm

[@aromancandle]

My gosh this man is dreamy.

[@UltraGamma25]

SIMP

[@Master_Of_The_Universe]

Check yourself

[@thomasbarager912]

Lol same 2 guys commenting twice the same exact way the first time

[@echoptic775]

Down bad

[@Master_Of_The_Universe]

@@echoptic775Snake The Simp Hunter

[@faster2x77]

When you fall asleep in WW1

[@user-hi9by3us6i]

Dude if we could go back to the fashion of the 1910s-1920s that would be GREAT

[@artinaangelofavarice2645]

I agree with the person who said they're addressing all their wartime love letters to this man, I will partake in this as well

[@catking.d1854]

He has a lot of lovers already, i see...

[@zeroshikagure7997]

I finally found a thisty female comment

[@3thedward]

Love his WWI Style and beart, Greetings Edward

[@hasslbacher]

Hi Ed, didn’t expect to see you here

[@MinstrelSentFromAnotherLand]

Like a British brad pitt

[@xplanetben10x]

I cant imagine the pain that the soldiers went through bro

[@micahbeckner2274]

Thanks for the tutorial, I cant even count the amount of times I've needed to do brain surgery in a trench

[@drysoup3017]

*"Rat, You Rat!"*

[@cbmazo9229]

WW1 surgeons are the equivalent of “I know what’s wrong with it, ain’t got no gas in it”

[@IvanPavlov]

I had to watch this twice. The first time I wasn't paying atention because I was lost in those beautiful blue eyes.

[@vinheecho6100]

Thanks, this video was very informational, just what I needed

[@duglife2230]

What I learned from this video:
Some facts about field surgery in World War One.
Women really want early 1900s mustaches to make a comeback. Noted.

[@hmcredfed1836]

everything repeats after 100 years

[@cookiecraze1310]

@Miguel Correa or America going Isolationalist after the 2020's. The dream of any country with even a drop of oil in it.

[@Archaneleo]

mustaches were always hot imo 😔

[@Nil-tz6gy]

He do have a nice mustache

[@Simon-px8mi]

I think some of those were men typing it

[@John-qt8km]

Everytime I see videos like these, I always pretend the year's 1914 and we're being taught by someone who's actually from that time.

[@oceanfour]

Great tutorial! I will definetely try this next time I'm in the field!

[@a.sgecko5534]

You have to be mentally strong to be a medic on the battlefield..... I would be so traumatized if I was a medic in war💀

[@1323GamerTV]

“All of them are sterilizable” yea but…were they tho?

[@thekinginyellowmessiahofha6308]

@Washington Football Enjoyer
Yes, if possible. Germ theory was widely accepted and they knew sanitization was important to survival.

[@AlcyoneSong]

Subjective

[@davidthompson639]

came for the history, stayed for the stache lol you love to see it, what a king 👑

[@Nerdtendo6366]

Thanks chap, I really needed this video. My fellow soldier was bleeding out the brain and the medic got shot. Thanks for the help 👍

[@insaneshadowpiggy4168]

Bro came back switching teams

[@Sylsnt]

Amazing Video! This is a really good series keep it up!

[@AbsoluteHistory]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@TreacherousFennec]

While Battlefield 1 medic be like after a player gets set on fire by phosphorus bomb and get bayonetted before his corpse fly 30m away by a mortar shell:
"MAGIC NEEDLE, YOURE GOOD AS A NEWBORN SON"

[@christopherwojtan750]

Trepanation relieves skull pressure during head injuries to stop swelling. Its also an off books way to relieve chronic headaches.

[@catking.d1854]

The boys when you fall asleep first at a sleepover:

[@cleene]

The "prank" be like:

[@alexdenslow7095]

Foolish mistake

[@brokencarbuilders1957]

A Trephine (sometimes called a Trepan) is used for 'Trepanning' or, cutting a hole in the skull. This was usually done on the battlefield in order to relieve pressure from bleeds on the brain usually due to subarachnoid haemorrhage due to severe concussions on the battlefields. It's also been known for bullets to be removed from the brain but the documentation on the use of this is very limited.

[@Squidlzebub]

Bro the down bad women in this guys comments 💀 Pretty cool video 👍

[@jerrynadler2883]

Weird, I have the same hair and mustache..must be something else 🤣

[@kennethlalbiakthanga]

Real great of him for travelling in time to show us this

[@4llerz]

I love the way he says
"And drill down into...the...um..scalp."

[@Furanku13]

Man, all these thirsty women wants to ride him and use this man's moustache as a handle bar. Vroom vroom lmao

[@FireWyvern870]

Lmao, thanks for the laugh

[@harvestingseason2725]

Hahaha

[@pedinhuh16]

Not just the women...

[@Furanku13]

@@pedinhuh16 hold up

[@1999bishop]

@@pedinhuh16 nahhhhh🤨📸

[@grklo]

Well thank you! I needed to know this.