The man who removed his own appendix

[99 pewtercoupe]

The man who cut out his own appendix - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32481442)

Long article to post for the short attention spans here

Cliff Notes: Russian doctor at Antarctic base has to remove his own appendix before it bursts. Happened 50 years ago

[lspencer534]

I remember it well. I don't think I could do what he did.

[Czarvette]

There was a case 20-odd years ago where an American doctor stationed in Antarctica had to remove a cancerous tumor from her own breast.

[Kerrmudgeon]

I remember it well. I don't think I could do what he did.

"I'm a lawyer Jim, not a damn doctor!" :rofl: