Michael V said:

Cymek said:

Spiny Norman said:

Stranded in Antarctica with acute appendicitis, Dr. Leonid Rogozov operated on himself and removed his own appendix because he was the station’s only doctor and evacuation was impossible.

He used local anaesthetic ?

IIRC, yes.

Of course, it could be a picture of an American citizen who found out how much his operation was going to cost, and who said, ‘bugger that, i’ll do it myself’.