It’s pretty amazing what one can do when one has no choices. This Atlantic article tells the story of a Soviet doctor who removed his own appendix in Antarctica in 1961.
Doctor removes his own appendix
- Post author:Erich Vieth
- Post published:March 15, 2011
- Post category:Medicine / Noteworthy
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Erich Vieth
Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.