Sailor, Rest your Oar!
1 posted on
04/19/2005 12:55:29 PM PDT by
SmithL
To: IonImplantGuru; esryle
2 posted on
04/19/2005 12:59:31 PM PDT by
SmithL
(Proud Submariner)
To: SmithL
3 posted on
04/19/2005 1:05:45 PM PDT by
Red Badger
(Entrepreneurs find a need and fill it. Politicians create a need and fill it........)
To: SmithL
To: SmithL
What did they use for anesthesia????
To: SmithL
But there was also anger over Lipes' actions among physicians from the Navy Medical Corps and talk of a court-martial by the U.S. surgeon general, who was forced to set protocols for appendectomies on submarines. Excuse me? What was he supposed to do? Let the appendix burst and allow the sailor to die a miserable, painful death from infection?
I have a feeling this lowly Pharmacists Mate made a lot of Navy Docs look bad.
RIP and Good Bless, Seaman Lipes.
6 posted on
04/19/2005 1:12:26 PM PDT by
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7 posted on
04/19/2005 1:14:06 PM PDT by
PAR35
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9 posted on
04/19/2005 1:21:48 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
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To: SmithL
Apparently this isn't the only appendix removed on board a submarine during WWII.
It also happened aboard the U.S.S. Silversides that is permanently docked in Muskegon, Michigan, and which I've slept aboard on three occasions with my son's Cub Scout Troop.
The Operation The war's most publicized operation was performed on board SILVERSIDES. Pharmacist Mate Thomas Moore successfully removed a gangrenous appendix from crew member George Platter. Moore had never performed an operation before, but armed with makeshift instruments and a volunteer surgical team, he performed the operation successfully. The patient recovered admirably and was standing regular watch duties just six days later. The operation was reenacted in the movie Destination Tokyo.
11 posted on
04/19/2005 1:46:39 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
To: SmithL
Whatever happened to the guy he operated on? How long did he live after that, and did he suffer any consequences as a result of that operation.
This guy who did the operation should have gone on and got the schooling needed to become a surgeon.
12 posted on
04/19/2005 1:50:14 PM PDT by
rawhide
To: SmithL
Apparently it happened
three times during WWII.
The most dramatic accomplishments of submarine hospital corpsmen were three who had to do surgery while submerged. Pharmacist’s Mate First Class Wheeler "Johnny" Lipes performed a successful appendectomy aboard the USS Seadragon on 11 September 1942. Lipes, who had been a surgical technician, used improvised instruments made from mess deck utensils and instructed assistants as the procedure went on in the officers’ wardroom. PhM1c Harry Roby performed the same act on the USS Grayback as did PhM1c Thomas Moore aboard USS Silversides, both in December 1942.
15 posted on
04/19/2005 2:24:06 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
To: SmithL
Both men had plenty of courage! God rest their souls.
20 posted on
04/19/2005 4:36:22 PM PDT by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.)
To: SmithL
One ping, in memory of a good guy who finally got the medal he deserved.
Bravo zulu, Seaman. RIP.
26 posted on
04/19/2005 5:52:42 PM PDT by
TruthNtegrity
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