[mrduncan]

In 2003, hiker Aron Ralston amputated his own arm with a pocket knife after a boulder fell and pinned him down.

http://hike.mountainzone.com/2003/news/html/030502_amputate-...

[jodrellblank]

"Ines Ramírez Pérez is a peasant woman living in rural Mexico. She had no medical training, but nevertheless performed a successful Caesarean section on herself: both she and her baby survived"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%C3%A9s_Ram%C3%ADrez

[aarongough]

I remember being seriously grossed out the first time I read that story. And, yep. It still grosses me out now!

[colbyolson]

That story still gives me the chills when he describes how he cuts into the dead flesh of his arm and the gases hiss out of the cut. Ew x 10.