The many battle wounds of French Marshall Oudinot

A fellow officer said his body was a collander upon seeing him at a bath

34 wounds in total, and lived to 80

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wjrii@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Apart from everything else, that's quite the immune system.

sxan@midwest.social · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Right? Late 18th / early 19th century surgery was almost more dangerous than the wounds.

Noodle07@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Can't get infected when you have wine flowing in your veins 👌

PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 1y

Dude straight up was not having a good time at Neuberg.

AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y

He could probably predict the weather a month in advance

Boozilla@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
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Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

That reminds me of someone...

Sanctus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

The look in the picture was his reply to his fellow officer at the bath

zoidsberg@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Man went through it

kspatlas@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

How did he survive a gunshot wound to the temple?

Kalothar@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

Could have just grazed him, I bet we are being pretty liberal with the definitions of wound