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How Lord Nelson reacted to losing his arm: Letter reveals Battle of Trafalgar hero's stoic words after limb savaged by a musket ball was amputated... without anaesthetic ○

found 2025 › Sep › 25 (Thu) @ 13:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

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Nelson had his right limb blown off during the Battle of Santa Cruz in Tenerife in 1797. Five months after the remains of his limb was amputated, he wrote to a London curate.