James, spare a thought for poor Samuel Pepys who, without anaesthesia, had a bladder stone the “size of a tennis ball” removed using a scoop inserted into a cut in his perineum (which was never stitched up). The only good news about this tale is that tennis balls were a bit smaller back then.
James, spare a thought for poor Samuel Pepys who, without anaesthesia, had a bladder stone the “size of a tennis ball” removed using a scoop inserted into a cut in his perineum (which was never stitched up). The only good news about this tale is that tennis balls were a bit smaller back then.
James, spare a thought for poor Samuel Pepys who, without anaesthesia, had a bladder stone the “size of a tennis ball” removed using a scoop inserted into a cut in his perineum (which was never stitched up). The only good news about this tale is that tennis balls were a bit smaller back then.
This is a brilliant/fascinating historical fact but I’m reticent to hit ‘like’ for obvious reasons! 🤢
I can’t deny that the withholding of the like has giving me dopamine withdrawal 😭