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

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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.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15133393/Lord-Nelson-arm-stoic-words-amputated.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490

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