@garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 2 years agoTIL that in 1961, the only doctor at a Soviet research station in Antarctica got appendicitis, and had to performed surgery on himself to remove his appendix. Two weeks later he resumed regular dutieswww.bbc.commessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1961, the only doctor at a Soviet research station in Antarctica got appendicitis, and had to performed surgery on himself to remove his appendix. Two weeks later he resumed regular dutieswww.bbc.com@garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 2 years agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
Bonus: Nowadays Australian doctors staying over the winter must remove their appendix preemptively, in order to avoid similar situations.
That’s a man right there I tell you what…