Search This Blog

The Surgeon Who Operated On Himself

In 2014,  I woke up with a severe headache. I was alone with my dogs who are not trained in first aid. I calmly administered 2 paracetamols to myself. Within an hour I was completely recovered yes that true.. checkout this case in 1961

Leonid Rogozov, the surgeon who performed surgery on himself during a Soviet Antarctic expedition.

In 1961, Leonid Rogozov, 27, was the only surgeon in the Soviet Antarctic Expedition. During the expedition, he felt severe pain in the stomach and had a high fever. Rogozov examined himself and discovered that his appendix was inflamed and could burst at any time. With a local anesthesia, he operated himself to remove the appendix. An engineer and a meteorologist assisted surgery

No comments:

Post a Comment