He Removed His Own Gallbladder Under Cannon Fire
American Civil War

He Removed His Own Gallbladder Under Cannon Fire

A Confederate army surgeon performed the world's first successful gallbladder operation—on himself, with a penknife, while Union cannons shook the walls.

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