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About Adrian Carton de Wiart, a British soldier. He fought in 3 wars and was shot in the head, face, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, survived 2 plane crashes, escaped a POW camp and tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. He lived to be 83.
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R. Norris Williams survived the Titanic sinking, but spent a such long time in the icy Atlantic ocean that doctors wanted to amputate his legs. He refused, recovered and went on to win his 1st US Tennis Championship that same year.
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Bob Marley could have halted the spred of his cancer but refused to have his toe amputated for religious reasons
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"Jerome of Sandy Cove" an unknown man who washed up on the shore of Nova Scotia September 8 1863. Both his legs were amputated above the knees and he couldn't (or refused to) understand French, Latin, Italian, or Spanish. He died 49 years later and no one ever figured out where he came from.
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Adrian Carton de Wiart a British Officer who served in 3 wars; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip and ear; survived 2 plane crashes; tunneled out of a POW camp; tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. He wrote in WW1 "Frankly I had enjoyed the war."
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About Clarence Dally, perhaps the first person to die of man-made radiation in 1904. He was an assistant to Thomas Edison on a new x-ray machine. He had to have both of his hands amputated but eventually died from cancer. Edison refused to work with x-rays ever again.
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Adrian Carton de Wiart, a vetern of four wars. He survived seperate instances of being shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a POW camp; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them.
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Lt. General Sir Carton de Wiart was shot in the face, head, stomach, ear; survived 2 plane crashes; tunneled out a POW camp; tore off his fingers when a doctor refused to amputate; reportedly removed his eye b/c it kept him from aiming his gun; and threw his glass eye out of a taxi.
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The cancer that took Bob Marley's life started in his toe, which he refused to amputate for religious reasons, against his doctors advice.
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Bob Marley died of malignant melanoma in one of his toes, which he refused to have removed, because amputation violated his beliefs as a Rastafarian.
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Adrian Carton de Wiart, who got shot on multiple occasions and tore off two of his fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. He also survived two plane crashes and tunneled out of a POW camp, among other stunning achievements.
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The world's richest woman of the late 1800s was also Guiness' "Most Stingy Woman" - Refused to pay for medical treatment for her son resulting in his leg being amputated and wore undergarments without cleaning them until they became to worn.
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In 1977 it was discovered that Bob Marley had cancer in his toe. He refused to have it amputated as it was against his religion.
A British soldier who was dubbed "unkillable". He even ripped his own fingers off after a doctor refused to amputate them. - source
During WWI Adrian Carton de Wiart was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, survived two plane crashes, escaped from a POW camp and tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. he later wrote, "Frankly I had enjoyed the war." - source
In 1977, a football injury led doctors to discover a malignant melanoma in Bob Marley’s toe. They recommended amputation, but he refused for religious reasons. The tumour then spread, which ultimately caused his death. - source
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Bob Marley died of cancer because he refused to have his toe amputated
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When the RMS Titanic sunk, Richard Norris II Williams somehow managed to survive waist-deep in icy water. Doctors wanted to amputate his legs but he refused. Later he would go on to win the US Open tennis championships in 1914 and 1916, as well as Olympic gold in the 1924 games!
A British soldier who fought in both world wars, was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, survived two plane crashes, tunneled out of a POW camp, bit off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them, and said of WWI, "Frankly, I had enjoyed the War."
French conductor Jean-Baptiste Lully died from gangrene having struck his conducting stick on his foot during a rehearsal of a piece he would play for king Louis XIV's remission. He refused to have his leg amputated so he could still dance. Gangrene then spread through his whole body.
