John Bradmore (died January 1412) was an English surgeon, metalworker, and court physician during the reign of King Henry IV of England.
He seems to have been a prosperous and respected member of his community, acquiring multiple properties and helping to found a parish fraternity.
Historian Faye Getz states, "Surgeons especially seem to have engaged in metalworking as a trade, probably making surgical instruments for themselves and for sale purposes."
In that year, he successfully treated the master of the king’s pavilions, William Wyncelowe, who had sustained an extensive abdominal wound while attempting suicide.
The treatise compiles information from multiple sources, as well as descriptions of treatments Bradmore himself oversaw, such as the arrow extraction of Henry V. Philomena exists as a Latin manuscript (BL, Sloane MS 2272) likely written by Bradmore himself, and a later Middle English translation (BL, Harley MS 173) created after his death.
When surgeons tried to remove the arrow, the shaft broke, leaving the bodkin point embedded in his skull some five to six inches deep, narrowly missing the brain stem and surrounding arteries.