Some Obscurish facts
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1843 Physicians told 64-year-old Countess Rosa Branicka of Poland that she was suffering from breast cancer and that surgery was mandatory. But the countess refused their ministrations and instead embarked on a journey through Germany, Switzerland, and France to acquire a collection of surgical instruments with which she removed the tumor herself, in a Paris hotel room. More amazing, Countess Branicka recovered quickly and lived to be 82.
1843 Physicians told 64-year-old Countess Rosa Branicka of Poland that she was suffering from breast cancer and that surgery was mandatory. But the countess refused their ministrations and instead embarked on a journey through Germany, Switzerland, and France to acquire a collection of surgical instruments with which she removed the tumor herself, in a Paris hotel room. More amazing, Countess Branicka recovered quickly and lived to be 82.