Guerilla in Vietnam being treated in a makeshift swamp operating room, 1970 - eviltoast
  • Jaderick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    281·
    1 year ago

    I cannot imagine that guy had great chances of survival. Any swamp water in his wounds would likely cause a serious infection.

    Better than nothing I guess

    • Doxin@yiffit.netEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I mean in a regular surgery anything below waist level or so is already considered non-sterile, So I think the risk of doctors accidentally dipping their hands in the swamp water is pretty low :P