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A Soviet surgeon removes his own appendix, Antarctica, 1961 (media.piefed.social)

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/flashback-friday-self-surgery-not-for-the-faint-of-heart

[–] recursive_recursion@piefed.ca 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A horrifying but entertaining read or entertaining but horrifying. Not sure which one because:

"It seems that I have appendicitis. I am keeping quiet about it, even smiling. Why frighten my friends? Who could be of help?"

Homedog, dude..like I know you're the only doc on the ship so you don't want to cause panic but it's precisely BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY DOC ON THIS SHIP that you might want to give a heads up to your crew BEFORE shit goes from bad to worse.

I dunno, personally I believe giving a heads up is better than keeping quiet about problems but maybe it's just me who thinks this is the best way to go about things.🤷‍♀️

"My poor assistants! At the last minute I looked over at them: they stood there in their surgical whites, whiter than white themselves."

😬 but also 🤣