garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up176arrow-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.comgarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
Bonus: Nowadays Australian doctors staying over the winter must remove their appendix preemptively, in order to avoid similar situations.
minus-squarewatson387@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s a man right there I tell you what…
That’s a man right there I tell you what…