I’ve always been a sucker for heroic medical stories, where people accomplish amazing cures or rescues under hard circumstances. Here is a doozy, first reported in 1942, involving major surgery, a non-medic, and a wartime submarine. What could be better? (via Neatorama)
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Sorry Laura, My computer does not show that clip I wish it did
I’ll see your submarine appendectomy and raise you a self-inflicted caesarian section:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001943916_caesarean01.html
Absolutely amazing story of medical (and maternal) heroism.