garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years 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-square8linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-text
Bonus: Nowadays Australian doctors staying over the winter must remove their appendix preemptively, in order to avoid similar situations.
minus-squareTotallyHuman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI can see the argument that it’s part of the evolutionary advantage conferred by bigger brains, vocal chords, and opposable thumbs.
I can see the argument that it’s part of the evolutionary advantage conferred by bigger brains, vocal chords, and opposable thumbs.