• paddirn@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Damn, where was this 30 minutes ago? It never gets any easier no matter how many patients you lose.

      • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
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        1 month ago

        Amputated the leg in under 21⁄2 minutes (the patient died afterwards in the ward from hospital gangrene; they usually did in those pre-Listerian days). He amputated in addition the fingers of his young assistant (who died afterwards in the ward from hospital gangrene). He also slashed through the coat tails of a distinguished surgical spectator, who was so terrified that the knife had pierced his vitals he fainted from fright (and was later discovered to have died from shock).

        Wtf

  • TastyWheat@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    That guy seems incredibly calm considering he’s getting his fucking arm hacked off, and he hasn’t even had a shot of brandy yet. What a boss

  • meep_launcher@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    “I’m sorry I’m home late darling, you’ll never believe what happened at the bar”

  • TallonMetroid@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Huh, cutting the flesh at an angle to so that you can form a cap on the stump afterward isn’t a step I expected, but it makes sense.