How Doug Lindsay Invented His Own Surgery

In his senior year of college, a monstrous ailment fell upon Doug Lindsay. His skin felt flayed. His heart raced. The room spun. He was so weak, he couldn’t sit up in bed, let alone walk. Worst of all, doctors had no idea what was wrong with him. Only one person on earth had the time and motivation to figure out what was wrong with Doug Lindsay: Doug Lindsay. Over the next 14 years, he consumed medical textbooks and science journals. He attended medical conferences in his wheelchair. He wrote polite, well-informed letters to specialists all over the world. In the end, he not only figured out what was wrong with him—he invented a new surgery that he thought would fix it. He was right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How Doug Lindsay Invented His Own Surgery is an episode from Unsung Science by CBS News.

This episode is 41:26 long.

This episode was published on Jun 9, 2023.

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