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A fellow officer said his body was a collander upon seeing him at a bath

34 wounds in total, and lived to 80

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[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Apart from everything else, that's quite the immune system.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right? Late 18th / early 19th century surgery was almost more dangerous than the wounds.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Can't get infected when you have wine flowing in your veins 👌

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 days ago

Dude straight up was not having a good time at Neuberg.

He could probably predict the weather a month in advance

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

That reminds me of someone...

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Modern normie: "I'm a real badass, because I have tattoos."

Oudinot's ghost: "You people are simply adorable."

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

The look in the picture was his reply to his fellow officer at the bath

[–] kspatlas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How did he survive a gunshot wound to the temple?

[–] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Could have just grazed him, I bet we are being pretty liberal with the definitions of wound