The Gruesome Life of a Pirate Surgeon | Pirate Jobs

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It will come as no surprise to anyone that the pirate profession was one of the most dangerous walks of life in the Age of Sail. The ineviteble skirmish by land or sea was highly probable to result in your death or wounding by bullets, splinters, and sharp steel. In your everyday shipboard life you might be burned in a gunpowder accident, fall from a mast, have your skull fractured from a loose block - or get bitten by a crocodile! That's not to mention the countless diseases spread by the tropical climate and poor hygiene, the likes of scurvy, yellow fever, malaria and smallpox.
Having a Surgeon aboard was an absolute necessity.
Modern sources:
Under däck - Katarina Villner
1700: Scenes from London life - Maureen Waller
The Buccaneer's Realm - Benerson Little
The Pirate Hunter - Richard Zacks
piratesurgeon.com/
Period sources:
The Buccaneers of America - Alexandre Exquemelin
A Relation - Henry Pitman
The Voyage and Adventures of Bartholomew Sharp - John Cox
A General History of the Pyrates - Cpt. Charles Johnson
The Memoirs of Pierre Labat - Jean-Baptiste Labat
A New Voyage Round the World - William Dampier
A Cruising Voyage Round the World - Cpt. Woodes Rogers
Timestamps:
0:00 Doctors and Misters
3:24 Buccaneer surgeons
7:24 Forced surgeons
9:16 Daily routine
15:39 Battle and surgery
19:26 Self medicating
21:39 Outro

[@rachdarastrix5251]

Prediction: More proof that doctors back in old times were actually not as stupid as is commonly believed in modern documentaries.

[@danielmurdock9159]

"You've got ghosts in your blood, you should do cocaine about it" lol JK

[@setituptoblowitup]

​@@danielmurdock9159not me got some or left it at the white house ?

[@danielmurdock9159]

@@setituptoblowitup lmao 🤣

[@setituptoblowitup]

@@danielmurdock9159 cool hopeing someone somewhere would find that funny✌️

[@Sniper_XPEHOB]

"I was limited by the Technology of my time"

[@bigblue6917]

On some ships before they went into battle the ships boats would be lowered over the side and towed behind. This was because of the harm done to the crew if they were hit by a cannon ball and turned into splinters. The barbershop quartet dates back to the time of the barber surgeon when musical instruments and sheet music were supplied by the barber surgeon so that those awaiting their turn could entertain themselves. It helped if they played and sang loudly to drown out the cries of pain from the person who was there for the surgery rather that a shave.

[@dansanders340]

*Walks in for a shave while someone's getting surgery* "That's a closer shave than I was looking for." *Turns around and walks away* 😂😂😂 I can't take full credit for that joke btw, the punchline is from American Dad's western episode, in season 12 I think.

[@als3022]

When I worked for my university in the archeology lab we found a "bite the bullet." It was during the civil war, and there were a ton of patent medicine bottles everywhere around the medical wing when we did the dig at its long-fallen foundation. We found a minie bullet that had been bitten so hard it was completely flat. And you can still easily see the teeth marks on the soft lead. Seeing it was amazing, and one of the things we found I wish I could have taken home.

[@SnackPack913]

People back then were more intelligent than modern people give them credit for. There are some ingenious inventions made back in medieval times that blew me away. Such as air foils on crossbow bolts. They had no concept of lift or airplane aerodynamics yet they still studied and iterated over designs until they landed on a curved fletching. Fascinating

[@hughgrection7246]

"People back then were more intelligent than modern people" there I fixed it for you .

[@trueredpanda1538]

​@@hughgrection7246I think they were just as intelligent as us today. It's more about how far the science had come inn the different time periodes.

[@evanbecraft8201]

@@trueredpanda1538I mean, technically we can count lead poisoning which is higher in modern populations. I guess in a way he’s right

[@trueredpanda1538]

@@evanbecraft8201 yes and no, it was defintly stuff back inn the past that one could argue was similar to this. So I still think pepole back inn the day wasn't dumber then us, but was more limited by the technology then us inn modern age.

[@itsdabees]

Not really, no. Information sharing has led even total *idiots* today to be capable of things they otherwise wouldn't be. Not to mention education was almost non existent even a few hundred years ago. Places where education suffers in today's world are usually gripped by crime and poverty in urban areas or stagnation and emigration from rural areas, regardless of culture or geographical location, meaning people dont do well not being educated. So it's pretty safe to say people probably were fucking idiots back then, but *some* people were relatively intelligent and capable, but still ignorant of so many things it's not really fair to simply say "all people were this smart at this time." Not to mention total differences in things like attitudes towards morality and violence means they likely wouldn't even *think like us*. Judging by how stupid people still are, I'd say gross human intellectual range is a lot more complicated throughout history than what your romantic idea of the whole situation is.

[@BlueJayWaters]

This was the video I'd been waiting for the most on this channel. I was a Hospital Corpsman in the US Navy, and there is a lot of pirate and old naval tradition still held for medical personnel today. The examples are countless, but a few are being called Doc regardless of your rank, and being treated as well and respected as an officer if not the captain themselves. Though our methods of treatment have thankfully modernized, it is one of the oldest Rates (job) in the Navy, and we all take great pride in the legacy it has.

[@jacobishii6121]

You wanna see the full violence capability of a Marine grunt take a shot at their corpsman.You'll see more hate unleashed down range than you ever thought a human was capable

[@BlueJayWaters]

@@jacobishii6121 100% brother

[@travisfinx5185]

The surgery scenes from the film Master and Commander are good representation of a surgeon at seas life. Maybe not of a Pirate one, but a good for the time period

[@Flugkaninchen]

Master and Commander is set long after the golden age of piracy. Still, the injuries and illnesses on board were mostly the same.

[@onnusus]

It would be kind of cool to be a doctor back then - definitely a special breed of person

[@connerkap8841]

Hell, doctors now are a special breed of person, they're awesome for all the things they learn and can perform.

[@matthewwyman1581]

You’ve got ghosts in your blood, you might want to do some meth about that

[@nealmaxwell790]

I’ve been writing a fictional book about Golden Age pirates. One of my personal favorite characters is Mr. Nashton. A pressganged purser, and later elected quartermaster, who sees piracy as, not a blow to global economics, but a jab at the insurance companies

[@Whiteboykun]

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[@davebauman4991]

This would make great material for the next POTC movie. A tale of two doctors.

[@joaovitorfarinabraga690]

Pre Industrial Revolution medicine is honestly one of the things that scare me the most, I realise how fragile we are and how much trial and error and lost lives were necessary for our modern medication

[@jeffreyrobinson3555]

I would point out that today medical theory is based still on the balance of humors. Back then they thought of four, today we think of dozens, salt and cholesterol, phosphorus and magnesium, insulin and thyroxine, but still have to keep them all in balance. You die with out salt, or too much, or insulin or cholesterol We have learned more but not changed the underlying idea

[@groetenvanjelle]

Love old time medicine, especially if pirates are involved. Great video!

[@TaRAAASHBAGS]

Can you do a deep dive on pirate guns and hand weapons? Manufacturing methods, who smithed them, how they developed, what types of arms they had, throwable ordinance, how they were doled out and maintained, training, and so on. I'd love a breakdown on the swords, pikes, axes, and blugeons they used as well.

[@jbsmith966]

Ships carpenters were known to double as surgeons, since the tools were pretty much the same. Not too hard to imagine the ships sail maker or tailor stitching up wounds as well.

[@voodoosnakebite]

Love the channel great job. Powder burns around 2000 c definitely enough to clog a hole. Not saying they did it, just definitely can be done. Also my German grandmother put smokeless powder into a infected wound on my arm as a kid got rid of the infection but gave me a kinda tattoo ( I don't know why)

[@Ensensu2]

The carbon grains that were too large to be cleared by your immune system stayed below the dermis. I forgot the specifics, but it's due to the immune system kinda blocking off what might be harmful from the rest of the body.

[@falloutgaming6850]

Best pirate history vids. Literally solving all my day 1 childhood questions.

[@MyTeethAreBees]

Could you do a video of what a pirates day to day when not at sea would be like? I think a glimpse into their “off hours” would be super interesting

[@GoldandGunpowder]

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[@nickolaskech5846]

Great vídeo! Thanks friend! And, the movie i was talking about is Master and Commander : The Far side of the world, with Russel Crowe and Paul Bettany. The movie dont talk about Pirates, but is a great movie. And there is a surgeon. I recommend to everyone who likes a more historical sea movie! Thanks!

[@rebralhunter6069]

Ayoooo our boys finally got a sponsorship! Get that bag kween.

[@monkstery]

I AM A REAL STURGEON

[@merikatools568]

Every third Tuesday my uncle played pirate with me...he would hide his treasure stick in sneaky places and then buy me icecream

[@jpvthegamer1209]

Could you do a video explaining how the myths distributed by pirates actually affected their lives, if at all? Maybe even showing how the myths were perceived and told in the golden age of piracy before they got twisted by pop culture. Like how they viewed stuff like Sirens and the Kraken.

[@snakes3425]

Surgeon: I'm here for your surgery. Don't worry I'm a professional barber! Crew Member: You're a what?

[@SunnyBoi58]

Funny I found this channel not long after my friend gave me his backstory for the campaign I’m running, where he’s a cleric who was a surgeon aboard a pirate ship.

[@whiskeywookie2758]

Another amazing video! Thank you for all the hard work you put into them!

[@jasondohrman7098]

Crazy stuff, thanks for another great one. Really enjoyed it!

[@MyDadIsBillGates]

i just found your channel a few days ago but damn you've got a real niche i never knew i needed and am super glad the almighty algorithm brought us together like this

[@Lowco5]

I'm always up for historic content and this channel is awesome! Just found it and i'm hooked, thank you.

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

Maybe the owner of the channel can tell me if this this is true but i read a comment on a channel about medieval history that the title "barber" originated from medieval surgeons who would pull teeth,shave and cut hair. They would preform crude surgeries which often involved removing barbed arrows which is where the name barber supposedly comes from. Is there any truth to this?

[@Kevdawg001]

Awesome video!!! I love the art you find for the vids

[@khateatingcactus]

love the videos coming out so fast, cheers

[@adam_p99]

1:50 what’s happening to that dog?!

[@my2cents320]

This was fascinating! Thank you!

[@thelastbrunneng4355]

From the Tryal of Capt. Thomas Green (1705): “…a little time thereafter the said chirurgeon [Charles May] went aboard the said ship the Worcester, he perceived the deck thereof lumbered and covered, and in a confused manner, with balls, boxes and goods; whereof when he asked the reason, John Madder, one of the pannels, and a principal actor in the engagement, answered “Damn you, what have you to do to enquire? Meddle with your plaister-box.” And when the chirurgeon went down to his station and chest, he called for one of the blacks Antonio Ferdinando, and one Duncan Mackay now dead, and another, in order to dress them; but when he asked what way they came by their wounds, they declined to answer: whereupon the chirurgeon refusing to dress them, if they would not tell him how they got their wounds, the said John Madder came to the chirurgeon in a passion, and asked what was his business to ask so many questions, when he did see the wounds so plain before him? Calling him a blockhead for not dressing them.”

[@phelicks1579]

Randomly found this channel. Im two videos in and subbed. quality content 👌🏿

[@nick0875]

You definitely did not want to get any type of injury during this time period. Especially something like a puncture wound or compound fracture, which if gangrene develops from them meant that the limb is coming off if you want to live.

[@scinanisern9845]

Placebo? We reach a fever when sick for a reason. If nothing else the hot sand would have raised his body temperature quite a bit.

[@Matthew-oj7hg]

Absolutely love this channel

[@kamikazescotsmen6837]

Any chance you will do a video on why so many sea rovers were Jacobites?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

unlikely any time soon because I don't think it would get as much attention as other potential videos

[@internetkurator9256]

4:27 thats a Munich brewmaster ❤

[@Arariel3]

fantastic again!

[@FlorenceSlugcat]

“Im affraid you are suffering from severe blood loss. We will have to perform bloodletting in your leg to save you” -some doctor centuries ago

[@thecreweofthefancy]

Excellent transition to the sponsor. I was curious how you'd do it. Awesome video as always. My group is presently trying to track down a surgeon. At present all we have is a syringe for that one night with Venus. ;)

[@GoldandGunpowder]

better to have a syringe than someone doing it manually

[@thecreweofthefancy]

@@GoldandGunpowder Ahhhh!!!!!!

[@paulsteele8614]

Ill be waiting another week for the next video excellent content

[@lowbarsociety8094]

Great video

[@dd11111]

Cupping is still used in some cases to drain pus from boils and carbunkles.

[@SaItyStudios]

Your channel is a hidden gem

[@mutant0177]

Sweating a placebo? 😂 Like Fever is or what 😂

[@howardsternssmicrophone9332]

Do a video on how Pirates invented Bay Rum (or Bay Rhum, as it was originally spelled) aftershave lotion! Pretty please!

[@AgencyIsland]

The idea of getting shot (with a lead ball no less), and then the surgeon slaps a ref hot poker on it to seal it off

[@briansilva6160]

I live the little tangent about beards. Does this mean a future video about beards coming up?

[@Dullahan161]

Could you do one on Irish pirates?

[@loganclark4660]

Pls do a video on ship speed and what makes a ship faster ir slower.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

depends on how many seahorses you've got attached

[@Mario_Rios_Finance]

How tons much would a merchant ship hold per ton(ton of cargo per ton of ship)

[@DG-iw3yw]

Well theoretically you could get rid of a pathogen if your body temp is changed, its dangerous but viruses and such need specific temperatures to do their thing

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Malaria can actually cure syphilis

[@buckplug2423]

I wonder why the patients weren't given more alcohol

[@ingold1470]

18:40- So the surgery skill in Mount and Blade: Warband may be accurate?

[@theromanorder]

In your job video you mentioned two other ways of stearing The ruder and something else Can you do q quick video on both of these... you could fit both in one small video

[@GoldandGunpowder]

all ships are steered with a rudder, the rudder was controlled with three "helms"(steering devices): the tiller(a rod attached directly to the tiller), the whipstaff(a lever controlling the tiller from above) and finally the ship's wheel

[@theromanorder]

@@GoldandGunpowder oh yea.. that right thank you Could you make a short then.. Basically say that so other can know it and i think well have an esayer time remaining If you get time of course i know editing the pics into it can take a bit

[@GoldandGunpowder]

it's not a bad video idea and I appreciate but at the same time I can't guarantee if/when it would be made and published due to the sheer size of my backlog, I have video material for years to come

[@theromanorder]

@@GoldandGunpowder well hopefully you may get time to squeeze it in... but good luck

[@etsxx]

Would Pirates even use steamships? If they got both the men to run one and places to raid for coal fuel.

[@bulldawg7232]

Bleed out to cure gout.. if only they had cherry juice and Aleve back then...

[@piraticvs]

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[@barneycalhoun2773]

I must ask, what did that dog do, and why is that to come of it?

[@barneycalhoun2773]

Seems like that artists just saw some rather cruel/British people

[@courtneyfitzpatrick3214]

Nah Hold ‘em down I gotta rip saw this leg off

[@bruhmoment.-.]

Just a tiny correction, it’s humorism, not humorology. Great video, super unfortunate.

[@rexyproductions1661]

They could've just eat three bananas and good to go

[@daviddavidson2357]

I wouldn't recommend/be sponsored by sites like instant gaming. While instant gaming and other similar keys sites are legit in that you'll recieve a key, almost always a working one, they do not check the sources of these keys. Therefore many of the keys come from credit cards/bank accounts stolen by scammers, or money launderers. There are occasions where it's a case of people buying low and selling higher when a sale ends, or buying from a country where games are unusually cheap, but many keys are bought using dirty money. Not a good look

[@GoldandGunpowder]

I'm familiar with sites using scams to acquire keys and as far as I know it's not something Instant engages in, but it's fair enough if you want to question it

[@kevinbyrne2535]

Did pirates do drugs?

[@Dundee.]

you lost me when you said eye patches were due to a common injury and thats just bloody bullshit mate. They wore them for when they went under deck to have vision or when raiding a ship and went below... again for vision. do your research first mate... thoroughly.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

I've got a video debunking the eyepatch night vision theory coming out next week. You're probably going to get triggered.

[@Dundee.]

all depends, if it debunks the current knowledge out there ill be all for it no worries, but if not then i will have to stick to what i know@@GoldandGunpowder

[@poafpoaf9837]

I was just looking for a video on this!!

[@baronwichern7082]

*Promo sm* 💥

[@setituptoblowitup]

Perfection 🤌 PS did pirates really have diving 🔔's?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

most of them would've kept it off their ship to reduce weight, but when recovering wrecks like the 1715 treasure fleet and the earlier Maravillas they may have used them, though exploiting black and native divers(often slaves) was more common

[@setituptoblowitup]

@@GoldandGunpowderwell I'll be damned I believe it never F with a pirate ✌️