garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 months 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-up185arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up178arrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
Bonus: Nowadays Australian doctors staying over the winter must remove their appendix preemptively, in order to avoid similar situations.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoBad bot, you skipped the most interesting parts.
Bad bot, you skipped the most interesting parts.