Doctor Who Operated On Himself
Dr. Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov, a surgeon from Leningrad, joined a Soviet expedition in Antartica in 1961. On the morning of 29 April 1961, Rogozov experienced general weakness, nausea, and moderate fever, and later pain in the upper right portion of the abdomen. All possible conservative treatment measures did not help. By 30 April signs of…