Antarctica's only doctor operated on himself for nearly two hours. 🩺

Antarctica's only doctor operated on himself for nearly two hours. 🩺 . . . On April 30, 1961, 27-year-old Leonid Rogozov developed appendicitis at Novolazarevskaya Station. With evacuation impossible, he used local anesthetic and a mirror to remove his own appendix in about 1 hour and 45 minutes. The patient survived because the surgeon had nobody else to call.