I was sitting on the ground near one of our men, who was drying of gunpowder in a silver plate; but not managing it as he should, it blew up and scorched my knee to that degree that the bone was left bare, the flesh being torn away, and my thigh burnt for a great way above it.
Dr Wafer 1699.
More info here on Pauline's Pirates & Privateers.
http://paulinespiratesandprivateers.blogspot.com/2011/08/people-not-one-of-your-common-surgeons.html
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