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Dr. Leonid Rogozov performing surgery on himself in 1967.
Just in case you got this far and were managing to keep your lunch down, here's Dr. Leonid Rogozov in the process of performing surgery on himself back in 1967. I was during an expedition to the Antarctic, Russian when surgeon Leonid Rogozov became seriously ill. He quickly realized he had appendicitis and needed an operation. Unfortunately for him, he was the only doctor on the team, which meant he would have to do it himself. So he did.
"I did not sleep at all last night. It hurts like the devil! A snowstorm whipping through my soul, wailing like 100 jackals," he wrote in his diary. "Still no obvious symptoms that perforation is imminent, but an oppressive feeling of foreboding hangs over me… This is it… I have to think through the only possible way out - to operate on myself… It's almost impossible… but I can't just fold my arms and give up."
He worked out a detailed plan for the operation and assigned his colleague's specific tasks. After nearly two hours he completed the operation. He took some antibiotics and sleeping tablets and then returned to his normal duties just two weeks later!
