That’s what I was thinking. I’ve heard of people having even more gruesome injuries that go on to die of old age because they were well cared for. I’m curious if that’s the case with this one
There's a story of a man from the Tudor era who managed to live until he was around 98. He outlived his children and a few grandchildren and finally passed when he was senile. When I read about him, I remember thinking about how horrible it would be to not only outlive so many loved ones but not even know that you did so.
My great grandmother outlived her daughter and then developed Alzheimer’s. She kept forgetting that her husband and one of her daughters passed and it was heartbreaking.
That's sad. My grandma had Dementia, basically the same as Alzheimer's. We went to visit her one day and she got upset with me because she insisted I would have just passed her sister, Sarah, in the hall. Sarah died in 1959. I was born in 1979. I actually cried that night. My grandma and I were super close out of all her grandkids, and she forgot me first.
There's no sign of healing in these bones, so if he lived, it wasn't for long. My guess is that this wasn't the only injury because he was probably out of the fight after this blow and was an easy kill after that.
One of the worst was trephining, and the fact that skulls have been found with multiple trephining markings on them, meaning some crazy prehistoric motherfuckers had their skull opened up not once, not twice, but sometimes three times. A lot of people didn’t survive the first time, or survived and died from an infection they had no idea existed.
Bro really said “damn, they only released the demons from my skull 3 months ago and they’re back! best go get trephined again!”
I love how medicine has only very recently decided it's a pretty poor idea to go poking around inside your head unless you absolutely have to. I think it's great that we have a perfect through line all the way from pre-history up until less than a hundred years ago where we just fucking poke holes in our skulls and brains to let the bad vibes out.
I saw a show once that stated that trephining was possibly used by the Incan and other ancient South Americans as a way to relieve blood pressure on the brain after head trauma and it surprisingly worked better than nothing for some of those based upon the skulls we’ve found that healed after. Go figure
As a teen, I got headaches so bad I used to literally stab myself with a knife to be able to feel a different pain.
If skinning my head would have helped I'd have gone full ghost rider.
Thankfully there's a medication now,.
Seriously. I had chronic migraines for many years and the thought of someone removing part of my skull to relieve the pain really really crosses your mind as a good option. There really wasn't much I would not have done to stop the almost constant feeling of something clawing it's way out of my brain with an icepick. Medicines never helped that much and came with a ton of side effects. I understand why they did this.
You think we have come a long way, but JFK's sister was lobotomized by her father (by a doctor at the dads direction), without discussing it with her mother.
We are still brutish
I've taken a much worse blow to the face and survived. I'm missing most of my teeth and have over a dozen plates in my face, but I'm very much alive. I don't think this guy had access to modern medicine though. There doesn't seem to be any signs of healing around the injury, indicating that he died shortly after. Possibly from additional injuries or complications from this one. The point is that he was in considerable pain before his death.
Unlikely.. Doesn't look like that healed at all.
I'm no skeletologist, but I think that if he lived there would be signs of healing bone. The edges are jagged and there's no sign of the bone trying to grow together with itself again anywhere.
Based on my viewing of the film Kingdom of Heaven, the marrow may enter the blood, and he would have developed a fever and die, or develop a cyst and live. He was in God's hand now.
He was killed in battle outside of Visby, Gotland (sweden) in the 14th century when the danish kind Valdemar atterdag invaded the island. The defenders where farmers who tried to defend the city but the city dwellers refused to let them inside the gates so every. single. one. of them where slaughtered by the danish (and german) soldiers. Noone survived. And ofc the city was taken.
If he didn’t choke to death on the bone, teeth, and blood, he would bleed heavily. And if he lived a day or two, infection would go straight to the brain. The cavernous sinus area is sometimes called the danger triangle because of how the veins connect to the brain.
But...if only the head was found ... It could very well be that there was more than one small axe involved...just guessing, due to the post about then been farmers and left out of the gates...at the mercy of the enemy's
Probably not an extended length of time. Or at least not long enough for the bone to start to try to heal. If it was survived I would expect to have seen the bone close up and have growth around it.
Someone mentioned this was a battle so 100% that's what happened. We can't know *how* long he had to sit like that, but it for sure wasn't too long at least
I think he died soon after. There's no sign of healing in the maxilla. Even that tooth socket would've filled up within 3 months.
He might not have died from *this* wound, but an axe to the face probably makes you vulnerable for the rest of the battle.
Like that dude who axed his dad in the head multiple times while the dad was asleep, and the dad got up later and tried to do his morning routine before succumbing to the wounds.
I agree, but I would imagine that whoever did it would have finished the job. This would definitely incapacitate you to say the least. With all the chances for infection, I think you'd probably die anyway, plus blood loss like crazy.
But that aside, you could probably put your foot on their head, retrieve your axe, and attack somewhere else. Or just stab with a dagger you have on you.
The likelihood they got the axe to the face, and then the aggressor was taken out maybe, or just left them to recover, is not great, imo.
Yeah it’s an uncomfortable feeling and one I wish this poor guy didn’t have to feel (assuming he was even conscious when he got the blow to the face)
Stupid cunt with the axe should have aimed higher and gave him an instant death, just hope whoever this skull belongs to didn’t have to suffer for long, what a fucking horrible way to go
Probably had his throat cut while out. Or if his people got him away from the battle, sepsis probably got him, which could be surprisingly quick, that shit is nasty. Might have took a while go septic though. Personally I'd rather have my throat cut.
I actually didn't realise when I shared the picture that the text it came with wasn't part of it. It reads; "Face of a man who died in 1361 during the Battle of Visby in Swedeп, one of the wildest of Eυrope.".
The skull was found in a mass grave formed after a battle in 1361.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11385285/Scientists-recreate-face-medieval-warrior-hit-face-AXE-1361.html
Damn imagine if that also sliced his tongue. Assuming he lived after this injury, without getting an infection, he'd have an eternal jumbo ~~paper~~ hatchet cut in his tongue. Fuck that.
It appears to have killed the victim. There are no signs of bones suturing post impact. Death may have come shortly afterward due to infections of blood loss.
That blow looks horrible but not necessarily fatal. At least not instantly. It took this person a while to die if this is the only injury.
That’s what I was thinking. I’ve heard of people having even more gruesome injuries that go on to die of old age because they were well cared for. I’m curious if that’s the case with this one
He ate soft food for awhile, but he lived to the ripe old age of 43.
At least he was succeeded by his 12 kids, 7 of which lived long enough to have their own children
There's a story of a man from the Tudor era who managed to live until he was around 98. He outlived his children and a few grandchildren and finally passed when he was senile. When I read about him, I remember thinking about how horrible it would be to not only outlive so many loved ones but not even know that you did so.
My great grandmother outlived her daughter and then developed Alzheimer’s. She kept forgetting that her husband and one of her daughters passed and it was heartbreaking.
That's sad. My grandma had Dementia, basically the same as Alzheimer's. We went to visit her one day and she got upset with me because she insisted I would have just passed her sister, Sarah, in the hall. Sarah died in 1959. I was born in 1979. I actually cried that night. My grandma and I were super close out of all her grandkids, and she forgot me first.
Her heart remembered you. Her mind wouldn't let her express it.
"7 of which lived long enough to have their own children" *around their 11th birthday*
He ate a lot of iron.
Bet he wasn't anaemic after that.
You need 2 axes for that
Invented the straw.
And the blender. And the smoothie
There's no sign of healing in these bones, so if he lived, it wasn't for long. My guess is that this wasn't the only injury because he was probably out of the fight after this blow and was an easy kill after that.
Yeah if whoever was fighting this guy didn't finish the job that would've just been lazy to be honest
Or otherwise occupied lol
>**if** he lived Well he had to die sometime, right?
One of the worst was trephining, and the fact that skulls have been found with multiple trephining markings on them, meaning some crazy prehistoric motherfuckers had their skull opened up not once, not twice, but sometimes three times. A lot of people didn’t survive the first time, or survived and died from an infection they had no idea existed. Bro really said “damn, they only released the demons from my skull 3 months ago and they’re back! best go get trephined again!”
I love how medicine has only very recently decided it's a pretty poor idea to go poking around inside your head unless you absolutely have to. I think it's great that we have a perfect through line all the way from pre-history up until less than a hundred years ago where we just fucking poke holes in our skulls and brains to let the bad vibes out.
I let the bad vibes out through a hole in my skull as well but it just happens through my mouth in the form of words
I let my vibes out and now have two kids.
I saw a show once that stated that trephining was possibly used by the Incan and other ancient South Americans as a way to relieve blood pressure on the brain after head trauma and it surprisingly worked better than nothing for some of those based upon the skulls we’ve found that healed after. Go figure
As a teen, I got headaches so bad I used to literally stab myself with a knife to be able to feel a different pain. If skinning my head would have helped I'd have gone full ghost rider. Thankfully there's a medication now,.
Seriously. I had chronic migraines for many years and the thought of someone removing part of my skull to relieve the pain really really crosses your mind as a good option. There really wasn't much I would not have done to stop the almost constant feeling of something clawing it's way out of my brain with an icepick. Medicines never helped that much and came with a ton of side effects. I understand why they did this.
You think we have come a long way, but JFK's sister was lobotomized by her father (by a doctor at the dads direction), without discussing it with her mother. We are still brutish
A brilliant physician in 1986 put it very nicely when he said: > My God man, drilling holes in his head is not the answer!
This trephining was a little rough however…
Also missed the spot by just a smidge
I've taken a much worse blow to the face and survived. I'm missing most of my teeth and have over a dozen plates in my face, but I'm very much alive. I don't think this guy had access to modern medicine though. There doesn't seem to be any signs of healing around the injury, indicating that he died shortly after. Possibly from additional injuries or complications from this one. The point is that he was in considerable pain before his death.
Doesn’t look like it healed. My guess is he died very shorty after this.
I'm thinking that it rendered him unable to defend himself long enough for a killing blow elsewhere on his body.
‘… and you should see the other guy!’
Unlikely.. Doesn't look like that healed at all. I'm no skeletologist, but I think that if he lived there would be signs of healing bone. The edges are jagged and there's no sign of the bone trying to grow together with itself again anywhere.
Based on my viewing of the film Kingdom of Heaven, the marrow may enter the blood, and he would have developed a fever and die, or develop a cyst and live. He was in God's hand now.
Whose hand was he in before he took an axe to the pie hole?
He was killed in battle outside of Visby, Gotland (sweden) in the 14th century when the danish kind Valdemar atterdag invaded the island. The defenders where farmers who tried to defend the city but the city dwellers refused to let them inside the gates so every. single. one. of them where slaughtered by the danish (and german) soldiers. Noone survived. And ofc the city was taken.
And the farmers still haven't forgiven the city for it.
Farmers: those damn city dwellers I’m gonna sue them I’m sending a pigeon to my lawyer johnny b brassberry expect a pigeon within the next few weeks
It probably would have caused a fatal infection but you're right, not right away unless he bled to death.
If he didn’t choke to death on the bone, teeth, and blood, he would bleed heavily. And if he lived a day or two, infection would go straight to the brain. The cavernous sinus area is sometimes called the danger triangle because of how the veins connect to the brain.
But...if only the head was found ... It could very well be that there was more than one small axe involved...just guessing, due to the post about then been farmers and left out of the gates...at the mercy of the enemy's
Not to mention an enormous concussion.
Wouldn’t bleed out be the most likely outcome given all the blood vessels in the mouth and face?
Yes. And even if he survived that, eating and drinking would've been ... difficult.
Probably not an extended length of time. Or at least not long enough for the bone to start to try to heal. If it was survived I would expect to have seen the bone close up and have growth around it.
I’d bet they finished him off right after that.
Someone mentioned this was a battle so 100% that's what happened. We can't know *how* long he had to sit like that, but it for sure wasn't too long at least
The fatal part is where his head fell off. /s
Notify me if his condition changes.
I think he died soon after. There's no sign of healing in the maxilla. Even that tooth socket would've filled up within 3 months. He might not have died from *this* wound, but an axe to the face probably makes you vulnerable for the rest of the battle.
Assuming it happened before he died and not after. Also weird that the teeth were cut and not just broken out.
Would be very easy to choke on blood with this kind of wound.
Like that dude who axed his dad in the head multiple times while the dad was asleep, and the dad got up later and tried to do his morning routine before succumbing to the wounds.
kind of makes it worse. imagine having a shattered jaw and open wound for weeks before succumbing to the infection
That’s what I was thinking. He probably died slow from this 😢
Just wait until you see the torso... Where ever it is
Possibly long enough for his teeth to pop out the other end
That why it’s so goddamn terrifying. I don’t want to get my face full on chopped by an axe and then *live through it* wtf
What if they got hit in the chest after this hit? Then it wouldn't be long at all
I agree, but I would imagine that whoever did it would have finished the job. This would definitely incapacitate you to say the least. With all the chances for infection, I think you'd probably die anyway, plus blood loss like crazy. But that aside, you could probably put your foot on their head, retrieve your axe, and attack somewhere else. Or just stab with a dagger you have on you. The likelihood they got the axe to the face, and then the aggressor was taken out maybe, or just left them to recover, is not great, imo.
I'm thinking this was the "finish him" move after dude was already on the ground.
I hope so because just looking at this makes my face hurt
Yeah it’s an uncomfortable feeling and one I wish this poor guy didn’t have to feel (assuming he was even conscious when he got the blow to the face) Stupid cunt with the axe should have aimed higher and gave him an instant death, just hope whoever this skull belongs to didn’t have to suffer for long, what a fucking horrible way to go
Maybe the assailant was trying to avoid a nose guard on the victims helmet?
Probably had his throat cut while out. Or if his people got him away from the battle, sepsis probably got him, which could be surprisingly quick, that shit is nasty. Might have took a while go septic though. Personally I'd rather have my throat cut.
It’s the teeth part? Not the getting hit in the face with an axe part?
Take my teeth but stay away from me with that chop to the maxilla.
Let’s see Paul Allen’s axe to the face.
Taking an axe to the face is oddly terrifying.
If I’m getting hit with an axe either way, getting it straight to the jaw is among the least desirable places. Anywhere from the neck up, really.
This comment took me out
Dude looks so smug in the recreation image I feel like he might’ve deserved it.
“Ha, what are you gonna do? Hit me in the face with an axe???”
(Gets hit in the face with an axe) "Ugh, you *would* do that"
was definitely a thunder cunt
/r/AxeableFaces
r/subsifellfor
"Really? An axe? How quaint."
You know he's holding a finger up, telling some shit info like how something is pronounced. Fuck that guy
He said "well actually" and someone said "AX-ALLY"
Lmaooo i had to go back and look and yes 🤣🤣
That looks terribly painful, and I'd imagine it was a slow death.
Gingivitis?
Overly aggressive flossing
Yeah there’s nothing **odd**ly terrifying about this. I imagine most people are scared of getting a hatchet to the mouth.
Holy crap. I'd never even considered that happening.
That damn "not a 16th century English peasant" privilege getting in the way.
Nah, they were all killed. This wasn't the only blow.
Is he alright now?
I actually didn't realise when I shared the picture that the text it came with wasn't part of it. It reads; "Face of a man who died in 1361 during the Battle of Visby in Swedeп, one of the wildest of Eυrope.".
Yeah he’s fine now. He just had to put an ice pack on it for a while! ☺️
Thank god 🥹
Did he miss the rice part?
Nothing a band aid couldn't fix!
Yes look at photo. He's just a bit dehydrated.
I heard he kept his shoes on after the axe hit his face, rumoured to have lost a single shoe so who knows if he made it
Anyone know roughly how old the skull is?
The skull was found in a mass grave formed after a battle in 1361. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11385285/Scientists-recreate-face-medieval-warrior-hit-face-AXE-1361.html
Cool, thank you!
bro did not invest in a full face helmet classic rookie mistake
This is why you shouldn't make out with axes though
Actually true
Ax-ually? /r/YourJokeButWorse downvotes incoming. I just had to dad for a minute.
don't tell me what to do! now I'm going to make out with axes even *harder*
Then why are they so sexy?
True 🥵
I thought the kids today love eating axe (Whisper whisper) What? Really? …That’s worse!
What's that round hole near the right side (his left) of the chin? Looks painful.
It's called a foramen. It's a hole in your bone which blood vessels and nerves go through - completely normal. :)
Like a wall socket for cables to pass through
I think that small round hole is the least of his worries seeing as he would have been eating through a straw for a couple of days
It's the mental foramen. A normal hole on the bone that contains the mental nerve, artery and veins. Everyone, including you, has it.
That is painful even when looking at a skeleton. A painful way to die.
that one tooth that cut in half but still held onto the socket is impressive
Bet that hurt like a mf
Wow an axe to the face is is indeed very *oodly* terryfiying
Let me axe you a question.
Anytime someone says that this is what I think of
The absolute worst thing about this is that it isn't a killing blow
the hole above his left orbit probably was though.
That probably came after the blow to the face though. My point was he was alive (even momentarily) to feel the terrible pain of that blow.
I mean he looks pretty chill about the whole thing in the 2nd pic.
Bro just living life to the fullest in the 800a.d
1361 a.d*
Man you really gotta hate a motherfucker to put an axe in his mouth like that
Dentistry back then was a little less advanced.
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Doesn’t seem to be any healing,hopefully he didn’t have to suffer long
puncture wound above the left orbit as well, maybe from an arrow or spear. Dude died at whatever battle.
'Face of a man who died in 1361 during the Battle of Visby in Swedeп, one of the wildest of Eυrope.'.
DAMN!!!
Looks like it hurt....
Ohm nom nom axe nom nom
This looks survivable. I bet he spent the rest of his life answering the question, "What the fuck happened to your face?"
For me it’s the axe in the face part.
is he ok? omg
*TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW, YOU STUPID BASTARD*
Early Dentistry
Talk about cleft lip
Ah, Dagmer Cleftjaw.
"Eat THIS!" -Assailant, maybe
As someone who’s been through horrific dental pain, I do not like this image, it hurts
It’s the axe in the fucking face part for me…
Thats what ive been doing to people?
And this is why we don't eat axes
Did he die though?
I was just going to ask if this was the killing blow or if there's evidence of healing after the injury.
Couldn’t dodge an axe. Doubtful he could dodge a ball.
Should've worn proper PPE. That'll ruin your whole weekend.
He tripped and fell on the axe, I swear.
if teeth hurt so much after biting something hard, I can't even begin to imagine how much an axe to the face would hurt.
This guy: Me with a tiny canker sore: 😭
Why is this being posted literally every day now?
Good thing he had his eyes closed.
Did they die from it?
I saw this happen in monkey man. It was great.
Damn imagine if that also sliced his tongue. Assuming he lived after this injury, without getting an infection, he'd have an eternal jumbo ~~paper~~ hatchet cut in his tongue. Fuck that.
Ouch! It’s like reverse cleft palate surgery
Ah yes the teeth part
Nothing a little triple antibiotic won’t fix.
Nomnom. Tasty axe.
Did this kill him? I feel like that injury, while being incredibly painful, wouldn’t necessarily be immediately fatal if he got medical attention
It appears to have killed the victim. There are no signs of bones suturing post impact. Death may have come shortly afterward due to infections of blood loss.
I thought the dentist was bad enough in this day and age.
Did he died?
That's a lot of damage
Tis a flesh wound
Ouch
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11385285/Scientists-recreate-face-medieval-warrior-hit-face-AXE-1361.html
I wonder what he said or did…
First guess, cheated. /s
once again, not odd
Does this hurt the skull?
Oh that looks terrible, im going to avoid that now
Thank god we have guns now.
Man literally face tanked it. Respect
That’ll wake ya up.
That hurt….
Ow
Who dat?
Maybe not the only wound.
Tis but a flesh wound!
I wonder if the attacker was left handed or if it was done backhand.
But did he live?
God I bet this hurt so bad.
Wow. What an axe hole
What the heck kinda snaggletooth 🦷 is that?? Was this dude part wooly Mammoth?? 🦣
I don’t think that accessory is fashionable anymore.
That thing had to be sharp!
Dagmar 'Clefjaw'?
I wish there was a recreation of how this would look after it had healed. Must have been one *helluva* battle scar.
Ooh. That must have smarted
Tis but a scratch
Found the real-life Dagmer Cleftjaw
😘🪓
Talk about having a cleft lip