About Battlefield Surgery In The Age of Gunpowder: The Gruesome History
Historian Dan Snow meets Kevin Goodman to learn how battlefield surgery progresses in the 16th/17th centuries to deal with a deadly new technology - gunpowder
Battlefield Surgery In The Age of Gunpowder: The Gruesome History is presented by History Hit. Its listed runtime is 22 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.
As a history documentary, Battlefield Surgery In The Age of Gunpowder: The Gruesome History uses battlefield, surgery, gunpowder as its central frame. Historical documentaries interpret surviving evidence rather than simply replaying the past. Watch how archives, archaeology, expert interpretation and first-hand records are used, and note where uncertainty or competing explanations remain.
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Documentary details and original source
- Title
- Battlefield Surgery In The Age of Gunpowder: The Gruesome History
- Category
- History
- Runtime
- 22 minutes
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- History Hit
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