Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: He operates his own injury

[@mecurian485]

It just goes to show how much respect the crew have for the doctor that they are all standing outside the tent waiting for news. The relief on the sergeant's face when he hears is heartfelt, his guilt for what happened must have been really weighing on him.

[@CrniWuk]

Well, imagine how many lives the doctor saved. A veteran from a documentary once said, in battle people don't scream for their mother or god they scream for the medic.

[@mecurian485]

@@CrniWuk I'm sure they can scream for both.

[@CrniWuk]

@@mecurian485 Probably. But only one of them carries the Morphin.

[@mecurian485]

@@CrniWuk True

[@Nephlyte348]

Did you demote him to "sergeant of the marines" from "Captain of the Marines" for shooting the good doctor? haha

[@seanedwards6169]

This is why silk garments were highly favored by combatants in this era. When pierced by a shot, the silk fabric would tend to hold together better than linen and not leave fragments in a wound.

[@GiliGulu1969]

I think there was one duel where an obese middle aged man fought stripped to the waist, risking ridicule, because he knew his chances of dying were much higher if some cloth went into a wound

[@Wooster23]

@@GiliGulu1969 Could be! In the Aubrey and Maturin series, upon which this movie was based, the Doctor dueled with his shirt off for that reason. He only meant to wound his opponent (Canning). Unfortunately, his aim was faulty because his dueling opponent scored a shot first. Because the Doctor did not wish to be attended by military surgeons and, as an act of penance, he performed the surgery on himself.

[@MilkWaffle]

I would watch a video of someone testing silk with various types of ammunition, from musket ball to modern day rounds like hollowpoints.

[@hutch1111111]

And clothing was expensive, so you repaired rather than buy new clothes.

[@adrianjohnson7920]

There was a Russian physician stationed in Antarctica decades ago and getting appendicitis, did his own appendectomy like this.

[@jehoiakimelidoronila5450]

Yeah I heard about that story! And after that he continued working throughout the rest of time stationed there

[@Spacegoat92]

Why am i not surprised LoL

[@CrniWuk]

I thought that was normal for russians.

[@Mourtzouphlos240]

And he didn't use a mirror. Everything in a mirror is backwards. That Soviet doctor did it with his eyes closed.

[@thlee3]

i read this as i was watching and thought he ripped out his appendix. not the bullet

[@JacobTheRedWolf]

2:10 HE asked HIM if HE was okay! The man is a badass gent!

[@95DarkFire]

It is part of Jack Aubrey character that he cannot see blood or gore in "cold blood" - only in battle. Even medical drawings make him see. Stephen knows this and cares for his friend.

[@tabithawolf6077]

Notice when Jack puts his hand on Stephen’s stomach, he(Stephen) places his hand on Jack’s. It’s a brief, but sweet moment between them. Stephen didn’t just want his friend for another “pair of steady hands.” He needs him there for strength and emotional support. I love the bromance between them!

[@LagoRancoHelicopterTours]

Y'all Wattpad people are amazing and creepy at the same time

[@georgewilliamgutarracampos6262]

@@LagoRancoHelicopterTours indeed

[@armandovalmont9762]

very gay

[@Scriptum_1]

I get it ! Now I may understand the face of discomfort on Jack. Is not for the blood !

[@Rasbiff]

It's funny how rare it is to see deep male friendships portrayed like they are in this movie. Cpt. Aubrey and dr. Maturin, mr. Blakeney and Calamy, Joseph Nagel and Will. Men cry openly in this film when they lose their friends and other men around them are respectful and solemn about it.

[@caspertoo]

By far one of the best films of the 21st century, so far.

[@adrianjohnson7920]

Another towering film of the 21st century being (totally different genre, but equally bad-ass) ""Pan's Labrynth" by Guillermo del Toro, an allegory/fantasy set in the brutal Spanish Civil War.

[@mecurian485]

I can just imagine Higgins' relief when the doctor said he would do it.

[@graceskerp]

Was I the only one whose fists clenched and toes curled during that scene? Powerful scene and beautifully acted.

[@RNJuiceable]

No, I was shaking during that scene

[@slinaho]

HOLD FAST

[@coltbusick6644]

I was in the fucking fetal position for the whole thing.

[@Beau74]

I actually WAS a fetus for this scene

[@Rombizio]

Scariest things during that time: lose the main mast or the ship's surgeon.

[@FerretJohn]

In this case it was even more so, Maturin wasn't just a surgeon, he was a Physician, a true Doctor. At that time real Doctors in the Navy were RARE, only the wealthiest of Captains could afford them, most ships had to make due with a sawbones of Loblolly Boy (Medical Assistant or Corpsman in todays military). As clumsy as Maturin was on a ships deck he was only slightly less admired by the crew as the Captain

[@laurasaxon694]

I love how Jack starts to leave and Stephen says that a spare pair of steady hands would be helpful and Jack starts getting ready. I also love how at 2:10 Jack was starting to look a bit queasy and Stephen asked him if he was all right. I also love how after Stephen finishes his surgery and falls asleep, Padeen goes outside the tent to tell everybody how it went, and Captain Howard is the first one that walks up. Padeen doesn't speak and never spoke throughout the whole movie, but the way he nods his head and the way Captain Howard takes his hat off and looks relieved and takes a brief look at the doctor before settling in for the evening was very well done. Captain Howard was probably feeling very guilty about having shot the doctor earlier. He probably fell asleep right away after he reached his tent.

[@Rasbiff]

I think Padeen is mute on account of having had his tongue removed.

[@carlhicksjr8401]

In this era, it was not uncommon for someone to sniff an abdominal wound. If it smelled like dung, the wound had perforated the intestine and it was septic. The only treatment was a kind-hearted comrade putting one out of their misery with a blade or a bullet. It saved you a week or ten days of dying by degrees, screaming every step of the way.

[@Galastel]

I think that pertains to earlier times. By the late 1700, they were already performing appendectomies.

[@cmt6997]

This isn't true. Even the ancient Egyptians and Romans were familiar with repairing intestinal wounds had surgical protocols for doing so.

[@carlhicksjr8401]

@@cmt6997 And yet abdominal wounds ['getting gut-shot'] were considered a mortal wound until the advent of penicillin. Yes, certain extraordinary physicians might be able to stitch you up, but if sepsis set in, you were dead.

[@aaaa.6430]

Yes, perforated intestine is 100% abdominal infection in their times, without antibiotisc and sterile tools. Maby he has this bullet just in muscles? 🤔.

[@aldosam5317]

This is the best to understand why you should be glad to live in the 21st century

[@Roheryn100]

Much of the beauty of this remarkable movie is the attention to detail -that the director even BOTHERED to include the reactions of the old sailor and the Marine captain at the end…

[@AlwysBclosing]

It’s adorable how the old man is so concerned with the docs status, considering the doc patched up his noggin earlier on

[@Southern_Crusader]

This movie deserves way more recognition.

[@ivandovranic5834]

Phew. I remember nailing myself in finger by accident, it was maybe two millimeters deep... couldn't pull it out. The pain, and promise of more to come was too much for me. Cannot begin to imagine the strength of will required for something like this.

[@thomasgumersell9607]

Íncredible scene from the film. Truly there have been some who have faced similiar situations. A great scene too of the loyal friendship between the Captain and Dr. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨

[@drunkweebmarine9492]

Such an amazing movie

[@rhysioeren3203]

Im not a religious man or believer, but when he thanks god after the surgery even when he is a man of science, that for me is a good example that sometimes going beyond of what you know in some cases is more than a good thing. God bless you all.

[@StopFlaggingVideos]

im surprised it ended there, i thought surely there was going to be an extreme risk of infection, that the surgery was only half the battle. but it was resolved pretty well. it suited the pace of the plot, anyway

[@TomSedgman]

Stephen says in the books that he is a big believer in swabbing wounds with spirits of wine. He wasn’t aware of why it worked and only did it because an old teacher of his did.

[@yatsumleung8618]

@@TomSedgman alcohol, honey, vinegar, even moldy bread for its antibiotics. Ancients have their wisdom.

[@RNJuiceable]

@@TomSedgman right, exactly. He preserved his specimens in wine, too, which tells me the wine of the late 18th, early 19th centuries was quite a bit stronger than today's

[@jackdaone6469]

Removing the piece of his shirt was the biggest to-do to avoid infection. One of the reasons infection was such a hazard was because of clothing and other foreign objects getting lodged in the victim.

[@RNJuiceable]

@@jackdaone6469 right, and they did well to point this out in the movie except it's easy to miss. Higgins says to the captain that it took part of the shirt and if it weren't removed it would fester. Our bodies are pretty amazing at fighting infection without antibiotics so long as there isn't too much foreign material to fight :)

[@Altino4]

One of the best movies ever!!

[@rfletch62]

Lucky to have gotten the patch of his uniform out.

[@cantrell0817]

Best movie ever

[@diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754]

That time when Decimus Maximus Meridio had to help Vision to repair himself.

[@honuswagner9348]

Maximus Decimus Meridias*

[@Some_Idiot_on_the_Internet]

"Are you alright?" Physician.

[@twodogshawkeye9968]

Imagine wearing a shirts with a patched piece that had been in you when you got shot!

[@bthorn5035]

I was feeling tough till he mention grabbing the rib and pulling up. Nope, nope.

[@timothydavidcurp]

Amazing what wanting to live can make you do...

[@besheralhamwi7258]

The best movie ever.

[@ScotttheCyborg]

Twenty years - WTF have we not had a sequel?

[@adrianjohnson7920]

Unfortunately director Peter Weir never repeats himself in his films. Each is excellent, but totally different from the last one he's done.

[@catchafire71]

Me when I pull a hang nail down to the quick.

[@jjwwqq]

Jarvis did a good job here.

[@Captainkebbles1392]

the marine was happiest of all. i felt bad for him

[@Rasbiff]

Same, even though he was a bit of an idiot for trying to hunt an albatross flying in between the ship's rigging.

[@joewhitehead3]

& this is how a doctor treats himself

[@RNJuiceable]

I like the Higgins of the movie loads better than Higgins of the books. I think we can relate to him better in the movie -- someone that wants to do well, means well, but is in over his head. Higgins of the book is quite a different, unrelatable character... Edit: Higgins in the movie even catches the flintlock of a cannon with his right hand! A truly remarkable character, a rare plucked'n, I daresay

[@johnnichols9940]

If u wanna live u do what u gotta do ,,,, not what u wanna do

[@crimsonknight7011]

This doctor had great “Vision”

[@skepticseeker]

Bread and Baguette fighting unnecessary wars....!

[@CrniWuk]

Lots of Americans do this as well these days, to save on hospital costs.

[@BlaneNostalgia]

feelsbadman

[@georgeofhamilton]

Good joke.

[@CrniWuk]

@@georgeofhamilton The real joke is that you have people telling others not to call an ambulance because it's to expensive ... When ever I hear storys like that it leaves me speechless. No one here in Germany would ever do something like that. Not calling the ambulance so you don't get ruined? That's crazy. But normal in the US.

[@adrianjohnson7920]

@@CrniWuk In Germany many people do not have cars; must call ambulance. But in USA, most have cars to take their family members to hospital, even if they are bleeding & holding a towel on the wound. When I was 4 and cut my leg badly, A neighbour drove me & my Mom to hospital in their car, with my leg out the back window so I wouldn't bleed on the upholstery. (This was 1950's)

[@CrniWuk]

@@adrianjohnson7920 Say what? Germany is a car nation. We love our cars more than our children. We have one of the best car infrastructures in the world. A lot of people have cars. Their pets have cars. Even our cars have cars! It's just that we don't have such a massively fucked up health care system like the US.

[@nl-oc9ew]

And I nope out of watching my own colonoscopy.

[@nadhifdolla9249]

no anesthesia too. im in pain just to pull a piece of splinter on arm. cant imagine if u have to stab yourself.

[@FinalLugiaGuardian]

The desire to want to survive is quite strong. There was a lady who doctors had to amputate her leg after a building collapsed on top of her, and they couldn't put her under general anesthesia for it. They're able to give her a local anesthetic for the skin and muscle, but it's impossible to locally numb her bone for the amputation. She wanted to live at all costs, though, so she endured the amputation.

[@Rasbiff]

I'm quite sure the good doctor has had a swig of rum and some drops of opium before this.

[@AndrewBergey]

I just needed to stretch my feet

[@aaaa.6430]

Perforated intestine goes to abdominal infection in their times, without antibiotics and sterile tools. Maby he has this bullet just in muscles? 🤔

[@Rasbiff]

I don't think it perforates the intestines. If the bullet had slowed down enough, it would only push the intestines aside, as they are pretty tough.

[@fabiofilardi7736]

MÉDICO CURA - TE A TI MESMO

[@crimsonknight7011]

He went thru all this just so his shirt didn’t have a hole, seems excessive

[@HansKlopek]

All the amazing stories of our people lost in time and Hollywood gives us girl bosses...

[@goldtdig2]

He probably would have died from infection

[@Bek359]

That is always a risk, yes, but part of why they were doing this is because fibers from his shirt had gotten in the wound, which was known at the time to cause infection, or "festering", so they wanted to get it out as quickly as possible. I believe the doctor also mentioned something to the effect of using alcohol as a disinfectant previously in the film, so it's not like they weren't taking ANY precautions against infection. Not up to modern hospital standards, of course, but significantly better than the average treatment at the time.

[@leonelautrera908]

Yt

[@Westkane11]

It a really cool scene, but I think we all can agree, that there is no way that the doctor could have removed the bullet himself, because he would be in too much pain.

[@RNJuiceable]

I guess you didn't hear about the Russian doctor that performed his own appendectomy in Antarctica? True story

[@rfletch62]

There are documented cases where people in the wilderness have amputated their own limbs to survive.

[@markdurl8341]

it can be done, in fact there are documented cases of people performing surgery on themselves

[@Westkane11]

@@markdurl8341 Okay respect.

[@daredemontriple6]

@@Westkane11 End of the day, the vast majority of nerves are in the skin where they're needed. Nerve concentrations inside the body are typically a lot lower, and especially in areas that aren't part of the digestive system. Think about it. Can you feel the blood in your heart as it changes pressure? Can you feel your stomach and liver moving as your lungs expand and deflate? Your fingertips are extremely sensitive due to the very high concentration of nerves - but try using your elbow to identify materials in the dark and you'll soon realise just how much difference nerve concentration makes. No doubt the doctor would be in a lot of pain - but he would also be high as a kite on adrenaline. Adrenaline being the same reason people find entertainment in fear, or pleasure in pain.

[@fabiofilardi7736]

COMO DIZIA E O DR. BONNES MCOY. MÉDICO CURA- TE A TI MESMO 😊

[@frankford1115]

Wonderful film. Real men. Bravery. Respect.Duty. Honor. All the characteristics now labelled toxic by a generation of soft, unappreciative, ignorant, poorly mannered cup cakes.

[@radiatingtubes]

insecure much