The Man Who Did Surgery on 16 Dying Soldiers by Following an Instruction Manual

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  • Опубликовано: 11 ноя 2022
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    A man is searching for a book amidst chaos, looking for the one with the perfect amount of information he needs to save lives. He’s aboard a navy ship, frantically hurrying to save precious time. After finding the book he’s looking for, he quickly reads it up to gain the information he desperately needs.
    How would you feel if you learned that the man you’d just entrusted your life to was an impostor? That he’d only learned how to perform your surgery a few minutes ago from a manual? After performing dozens of surgeries that were all successful, who exactly was this man? Let’s get into it!
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  • @Brew
    @Brew  Год назад +380

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  • @robw3610
    @robw3610 Год назад +7773

    Wow... If he could do that after speed reading a book, imagine what this dude could have done had he actually gone to medical school...

    • @AdrianOkay
      @AdrianOkay Год назад +753

      He did go to medical school and got rejected at the advanced medicine part because lack of education

    • @robw3610
      @robw3610 Год назад +925

      @@AdrianOkay no, I mean like if he actually went all the way through and got a medical degree.

    • @MikealAlex
      @MikealAlex Год назад +269

      @@robw3610 he could be a Genius omg

    • @manjunathajakka8218
      @manjunathajakka8218 Год назад +202

      He will be doctor strange before the accident.

    • @ForestFire369
      @ForestFire369 Год назад +399

      @@AdrianOkay Yeah, well, he clearly didn't have a lack of intellect. There are lots of really smart people who don't have formal education. That doesn't mean they can't or haven't done incredible things in their field

  • @mrboogerlip
    @mrboogerlip Год назад +4808

    The fact that he successfully performed all the surgeries is insane!!

  • @franciskafayeszter4138
    @franciskafayeszter4138 Год назад +2789

    My great-grandmother was in a similar situation. She didn't faked to be a doctor, but she was the only somewhat medically skilled person around, so she performed surgery without any kind of medical degree. During WWII, at the siege of Budapest, every doctor in the region was ordered to the front to treat the wounded soldiers.
    My great-grandmother wanted to be a doctor, but as a peasant girl, it was impossible for her to get into med school. But the local doctor liked her and allowed her to come with him, when he made his visits. My great-grandmother picked up as much medical knowledge, as she could, even tough he was fully aware, that she will never have a chance to get a degree and work as a doctor. Twenty years later during the siege she became the most medically skilled person in the region - and everyone knew that. So the civilians brought their sick and wounded to my great-grandmother, who treated them as well, as she could.
    My grandmother later met a guy, who was treated by my great-grandmother as a kid. He tripped and his belly was cut open by barbed wire. When he got to my great-grandmother, his intestines were falling out. My great-grandmother put everything back and sewed his belly together. I don't know, how long he lived, but he was well into his adulthood, when he met my grandmother, his saviours daughter.

    • @finndemoncat9379
      @finndemoncat9379 Год назад +80

      So cool!

    • @jenb6910
      @jenb6910 Год назад +104

      That is very fascinating and heartfelt thank you for sharing! Your great grandmother is a hero ❤️

    • @pauljerome01
      @pauljerome01 Год назад +58

      That's insanely cool story, Respect

    • @mrsix7891
      @mrsix7891 Год назад +61

      This would be an amazing movie

    • @smileyfacism
      @smileyfacism Год назад +40

      Could I get her name so I can read more on her?

  • @KrazyKoto
    @KrazyKoto Год назад +1708

    That' crazy. Surprised no one offered to formally educate him after knowing of his successful surgeries

    • @LathropLdST
      @LathropLdST Год назад +93

      Still an imposter.
      It's like giving a flying license to Frank in Catch me if you can.

    • @Veristelle-
      @Veristelle- Год назад +144

      @@LathropLdST Honestly, yeah. Worth it.
      I mean, Frank got an insanely good job irl, helping catch others like himself (after a short stint in prison, and with supervision).

    • @caelestisnox7045
      @caelestisnox7045 Год назад

      Probably because he aided the enemy forces at the time by patching them up when he was not obligated to. The possibility of treason.

    • @Veristelle-
      @Veristelle- Год назад +71

      @@caelestisnox7045 That's not a thing, you're actually supposed to treat friend and foe alike as a proper doctor.
      Troops on both sides sometimes don't understand, but a doctor swears to help regardless when getting their certification, and it's taken quite seriously. Same as if someone has First Aid, you're expected to help people in need of said first aid.

    • @nikkim7038
      @nikkim7038 Год назад +114

      @@LathropLdST in my country there was an “architect” that designed many buildings without any former education and despite safery concerns, all his buildings have lasted centuries with no issues, he was awarded an honorary architecture degree by the state’s university post mortem.

  • @AtarahDerek
    @AtarahDerek Год назад +997

    MASH did an episode based on this guy. Hawkeye raked his fictional counterpart over the coals when he found out the guy wasn't licensed. And then he immediately ordered the guy to go home and finish medical school because he was such a good surgeon.

    • @aquasomethingyouknowwhatever
      @aquasomethingyouknowwhatever Год назад +23

      such a good episode!!

    • @CerealKiller187
      @CerealKiller187 Год назад +20

      Would anybody know off the top of their head what season / episode this was? I remember it but only vaguely.

    • @aquasomethingyouknowwhatever
      @aquasomethingyouknowwhatever Год назад +20

      @@CerealKiller187 s1e18 dear dad again

    • @AtarahDerek
      @AtarahDerek Год назад +18

      @@CerealKiller187 It took some hunting, but I found it. The episode is "Dear Dad...Again."

    • @CerealKiller187
      @CerealKiller187 Год назад +8

      @@AtarahDerek wow, thank you for taking the time to do that! Really appreciate it

  • @Unknown_Ooh
    @Unknown_Ooh Год назад +626

    Actually there are a lot of surgeons who do specialized surgeries that will read case studies and surgical books as a refresher before operating. This is a pretty common thing in the med-surgical world of today but at least they are licensed and insured physicians.

    • @Iobotomite
      @Iobotomite Год назад +67

      Yeah but those surgeons have actually studied medicine for 6+ years 😭

    • @LaitoChen
      @LaitoChen Год назад +50

      Umm, those doctors have YEARS of surgical experience under their belt. Updating existing knowledge is cake. "Learning" how to operate from scratch in 5min is a criminal assault charge.

    • @Kushufy
      @Kushufy Год назад +21

      The main reason doctors go to school isn't for them to learn something better than everyone else, it's for other people to confirm that they know what they are doing, and to track responsibility for when something goes wrong. Learning how to do surgery from a book or from the internet is probably not as impressive as you think. This is true for all medical professions, from your GP to psychiatrists. These kind of people do not know anything more about an uncommon illness than you would know by skimming a wikipedia page. There's way too much for one person to know. They are not expected to know everything, they will learn on demand the same ways laymen do, by using Google.

    • @alexjackyperson101
      @alexjackyperson101 3 месяца назад

      So what this did was this but faster and better XD

    • @hunterbear2421
      @hunterbear2421 2 месяца назад +1

      @@LaitoChen It's only a charge if someone dies or something goes wrong. Then again i wouldn't want a person without any medical knowledge working on me. But i guess you get what you get and you pray it turns out ok.

  • @cat_city2009
    @cat_city2009 Год назад +369

    He did the real life equivalent of reading a skill book in Fallout.

  • @AiSyYoo
    @AiSyYoo Год назад +1527

    Ok, he is incredibly impressive but isn't there anybody impressed with how detailed the book he used as reference

    • @toast6375
      @toast6375 Год назад +164

      It was a medical book what do you expect “uhh get a needle and some of your grandma’s yarn and start sowing their skin”

    • @AiSyYoo
      @AiSyYoo Год назад +289

      @@toast6375 thanks captain obvious.
      In case you haven't opened a medical book in your life, there are terms and illustrations that only medical practitioners would understand. The book he used is detailed enough that a layman can comprehend it in a short span of time. There's no such book as "Surgery for Dummies" yet here we are

    • @bushcatbandit2566
      @bushcatbandit2566 Год назад +18

      Obviously it has to be very detailed and specific considering there are people’s lives at stake lol

    • @AiSyYoo
      @AiSyYoo Год назад +52

      @@bushcatbandit2566 of course. But authors of these sort of books would presume that their reader would have at least know the basic in medicine such as a practitioner or a student -- which the madlad in the video was neither of.
      Like I said, there are medical terms that glossary could not completely define.

    • @catatoblob8598
      @catatoblob8598 Год назад +47

      @@AiSyYoo well he's not exactly a total layman. He made an attempt to legitimately earn his medical license, and he's probably had to pick up things to convincingly pass as biology/medical expert for a decade.

  • @TheJoker-rn8zc
    @TheJoker-rn8zc Год назад +835

    Imagine having to do surgeries while you didn't have to go to school first while also getting paid

    • @The.Nasty.
      @The.Nasty. Год назад

      @@criminalsaint9611 “this mentally ill child seems mature enough to pilot this death machine”

    • @Unknown_Ooh
      @Unknown_Ooh Год назад +3

      @@criminalsaint9611 Wouldn't know anything about that. Anime is for weirdos without a life, incels or unemployees living in basements. Or all of the above.

    • @spider0804
      @spider0804 Год назад +42

      @@Unknown_Ooh What category do the couples who watch anime together after they get home from work to unwind fall in?

    • @kollepii1011
      @kollepii1011 Год назад +2

      @@Unknown_Ooh the holy trinity of being a lifeless unemployed incel
      Reddit users
      Twitter users
      Anime watchers

    • @nathanperoandrei3841
      @nathanperoandrei3841 Год назад +17

      @@kollepii1011 jesus christ what a generalization

  • @mylastduchess9998
    @mylastduchess9998 Год назад +296

    If this were fiction people would say it was too unbelievable.

    • @s0urkandies67
      @s0urkandies67 Год назад +9

      Honestly this does sound like fiction
      Not that I don't believe it

    • @Grey_Warden_Invasion
      @Grey_Warden_Invasion Год назад +37

      Real life often sounds more like fiction than fiction ever does.

    • @mustbetheSUN
      @mustbetheSUN Год назад +29

      Mark Twain said something along the lines of "truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense" and it's the first thing that came to my mind after Brew mentioned all surgeries were successful.

    • @heatherduke7703
      @heatherduke7703 2 месяца назад +1

      I mean, a lot of this comes from the guy’s own account of his life, so I’d take it with a massive grain of salt

  • @ChasehaWing
    @ChasehaWing Год назад +354

    He was the greatest doctor that never was.

    • @EnReaper
      @EnReaper 3 месяца назад +7

      Bro really skipped the horrors of medical school 😂

  • @nonoyyao3041
    @nonoyyao3041 Год назад +234

    This guy the type of dude who would start studying for the exam when it was being handed out

    • @nizu9544
      @nizu9544 Год назад +47

      and score more than that the topper kid

    • @squirrel670
      @squirrel670 Год назад +15

      @@nizu9544 he would be that kid

    • @Wilbur-mj3fq
      @Wilbur-mj3fq Год назад +11

      The test was his study time lol

  • @YeYe-or4rf
    @YeYe-or4rf Год назад +385

    Imagine spies being medics and just poisoning their patients as a war tactic

    • @derederekat9051
      @derederekat9051 Год назад

      that's why the hypocrite oath it's all about

    • @YeYe-or4rf
      @YeYe-or4rf Год назад +16

      @@derederekat9051 but what if they crossed their fingers

    • @iCarus_A
      @iCarus_A Год назад +54

      Thats actually less effective than just severely wounding the enemy then leaving them to take up resources in the enemy backline recovering

    • @hermesthegreek5247
      @hermesthegreek5247 Год назад +56

      Yeah I'm pretty sure that's considered a war crime.

    • @bostash8442
      @bostash8442 Год назад +9

      more like a war crime

  • @Adrastia
    @Adrastia Год назад +458

    What an amazing life. He probably could have been a real surgeon if he stopped conning long enough to actually study at medical school.

    • @ambulancekun3142
      @ambulancekun3142 Год назад +80

      well he was rejected for not having the correct highschool diploma had they accepted him i doubt he would have ever needed to con anyone.

    • @mogbp7775
      @mogbp7775 Год назад +22

      Do you mean he would’ve been an accredited surgeon? He performed surgeries successfully so that makes him a real surgeon.

  • @abckidscroblox
    @abckidscroblox Год назад +78

    Props to whoever wrote the manual, and him for being able to understand it that quickly

  • @johnbillings5260
    @johnbillings5260 Год назад +253

    He sounds more competent than a lot of doctors I've seen or heard about. 😱

    • @Doot139
      @Doot139 Год назад +9

      Bruh what are you on about

    • @sarathomas8499
      @sarathomas8499 Год назад +20

      @@Doot139 you know not all doctors are saints???

    • @thatasiangirl0_039
      @thatasiangirl0_039 Год назад +7

      @@Doot139 Honey just look it up yourself, doctors aren't all angels, they could well be devil's on earth

    • @IWantToStayAtYourHouse
      @IWantToStayAtYourHouse 11 месяцев назад

      This man had zero medical knowledge though. Just because he can perform some surgeries doesn't make him a doctor because he lacks the vast array of knowledge you need to become a competant doctor

    • @xenstence
      @xenstence 10 месяцев назад

      @@sarathomas8499 what are you talking about???

  • @alienlegs498
    @alienlegs498 Год назад +103

    HE NEVER SAW CATHERINE AGAIN 😭

  • @verificationaccount9990
    @verificationaccount9990 Год назад +82

    His speed reading worked because if you guys didnt know, An insaneway to remember something is right after u read or while reading/ trying to memorize something, get an adrenaline rush and your brain will completely memorize it. Some people have used it when studying before an exam for finals in college but this man most definitely used it here because his body was pumping with adrenaline because he thought he would get caught and arrested but that speed reading probably saved him and he easily memorized it because of the adrenaline

    • @arntry8072
      @arntry8072 Год назад +4

      Wouldnt recommend doing it occasionally, last thing you want is getting adrenaline everytime you need to learn something.

    • @verificationaccount9990
      @verificationaccount9990 Год назад +3

      @@arntry8072 im just saying that he probably had this happen to him

    • @mandira_draws
      @mandira_draws Год назад +3

      Yeah I remember speed reading some topics before entering the exam Hall and I could remember it so clearly afterwards lol.

    • @mirroredvoid8394
      @mirroredvoid8394 2 месяца назад +1

      ptsd is just your brain being filled with so much adrenaline and cortisol that it goes "hey, maybe i should keep this out of the archives and just put it on the front desk for easy access"

  • @jakethereaper2060
    @jakethereaper2060 Год назад +119

    man living as both TF2 Spy AND Medic

  • @Dragnfly_mynamewastaken
    @Dragnfly_mynamewastaken Год назад +79

    I'm originally from NB and yet never heard the legend of this guy. I'm surprised since the place is small enough that anyone with a story worth telling got talked about a lot.

  • @lysander9957
    @lysander9957 Год назад +111

    Clearly the message here is that medicine is easy and anyone can do it.

    • @collinbeal
      @collinbeal Год назад +32

      It's not rocket surgery

    • @vlrginizer927
      @vlrginizer927 Год назад +9

      Anyone can do it but a few can do it right

    • @IWantToStayAtYourHouse
      @IWantToStayAtYourHouse 11 месяцев назад +7

      On the surface its easy. Medicine is hard because of the vast array of knowledge you need to become a competant doctor. Anyone can recognise your average case of diabetes after some simple history taking. But a competant doctor can distinguish diabetes from rarer diseases with similar symptoms

  • @Craxin01
    @Craxin01 Год назад +121

    Imagine what he could accomplish if he actually HAD medical training.

    • @Beaneabean
      @Beaneabean Год назад +2

      Me except I fail

    • @abdullahimran4624
      @abdullahimran4624 Год назад +2

      yeah the same thing without a video made about it

    • @costakeith9048
      @costakeith9048 3 месяца назад +1

      Why should he waste years to learn a skill that can clearly be learned in minutes?

  • @kathypappas6867
    @kathypappas6867 Год назад +99

    I'm impressed he could keep all these identities straight ! My head was spinning just listening to all he did ! 😂

  • @discordiacreates6669
    @discordiacreates6669 Год назад +256

    I have mixed feelings about this story... On one hand it's quite the feat to perform multiple life saving surgeries with nothing but a few minutes of reading and in war times people can't always be that picky, but on the other hand the guy was willing to steal anyone's identity for his own personal gain and that I can't agree with. I think I'd be willing to forgive the unlicensed surgeries as he seemed to be doing everything right there and at least had the morals to not care who's life he saved, but I still can't really overlook how scummy everything else he did was. Guy shoulda just went to medical school right out the gate rather then betray so many peoples' trust with a talent like that, though for all ik that wasn't interesting enough for him or he would've, not like we can raise the dead to ask the reasoning behind it all now though

    • @alexipestov7002
      @alexipestov7002 Год назад +58

      Well considering what the road to medical school is like, lots of qualified people wash out for not very good reasons.
      Now, the question is if things were quite so bad then...

    • @discordiacreates6669
      @discordiacreates6669 Год назад +9

      @@alexipestov7002 yeah idk, I understand it's a hard path to follow for most but it just seems odd for that to be such a last second decision to become an unlicensed doctor when he clearly had the ability to get a degree in that field, though ig for some it depends on the primary learning type used in a course. I'm a kinesthetic (hands on) learner so did pretty bad in high school ngl so any class big on lectures I'd skip if it had been allowed ^^'

    • @Megalomaniakaal
      @Megalomaniakaal Год назад +29

      "as he seemed to be doing everything right there"
      Well of course, he was doing it by the book!

    • @yamiru3417
      @yamiru3417 Год назад +9

      @@discordiacreates6669 he didnt get past the advanced medicines part because of his performance or whatever before taking med school or whatever

    • @discordiacreates6669
      @discordiacreates6669 Год назад +1

      @@yamiru3417 ah ok

  • @yukia.8188
    @yukia.8188 Год назад +38

    I need his photogenic memory

  • @Sovereignty3
    @Sovereignty3 Год назад +18

    This is how so much of IT problems are solved.
    Finding a good source to solve a problem is a good thing to know.

  • @NickSneaky
    @NickSneaky Год назад +25

    This dude performed surgeries on thousands of people successfully, was rich, had a gf, had a lot of jobs, died twice and got away with all of it is pure genius.

  • @adamdobry5517
    @adamdobry5517 Год назад +139

    Man, thats why we should rate people based on merit. If this guy can do several surgeries successfully without certification, that to me means he is a doctor. Dont care about not being licenced. If you can do something well, then i dont care what papers you dont have .

    • @BLUE_OCTOBER-TRIX
      @BLUE_OCTOBER-TRIX Год назад +35

      I wouldn’t trust this guy as my doctor

    • @yeboxxxchannel2505
      @yeboxxxchannel2505 Год назад +14

      Neither would I trust him even if he was a last choice, people like this are high risk to actual patients and proffesionalism

    • @hungerxhunger2548
      @hungerxhunger2548 Год назад +17

      @@yeboxxxchannel2505 Yet many actual professionals fail while he succeeded.
      Isn't that quite strange to you?

    • @ranbojd1070
      @ranbojd1070 Год назад +22

      @@hungerxhunger2548 a Broken clock is right twice a day

    • @BlackCatRedScarf
      @BlackCatRedScarf Год назад +33

      @@ranbojd1070 more successful 10 surgeries without any deaths seems to be more than luck or a clock right twice a day.
      The guy knew what he was doing, how to find the information needed and how to put it into practice.
      Probably putting him into some medical course or even as a instructor/teacher would be a good idea, instead of casting him aside.
      Perhaps in the earlier centuries, he would be actually considered an excellent doctor. Our current social dynamics and bureaucracy changed a lot over time.

  • @cthulhu2223
    @cthulhu2223 Год назад +14

    As messed up as this is, this is proof that there's no excuse to not know how to do something with the internet and books.

  • @BloodSweatandFears
    @BloodSweatandFears Год назад +40

    I had to get surgery for pneumonia, and when the Dr. came in to prep I asked him “So how’d you do in med school?” He looked at me laughed and said “Fair.” He did a great job though! 😂

    • @sophierobinson2738
      @sophierobinson2738 Год назад +10

      The ones who do “fair” usually end up as pretty good surgeons.

  • @KaelHitchcock
    @KaelHitchcock Год назад +70

    Imagine if this kind of thing would have happened today! I hope y’all never have to experience being operated on by a non-doctor!

    • @Wemby73
      @Wemby73 Год назад +7

      Your saying this like it’s possible to happen now

    • @subject1754
      @subject1754 Год назад +8

      @@Wemby73 You never know.

    • @grasshopper8901
      @grasshopper8901 Год назад +19

      Better to be saved by someone unknowledgeable desperate to keep their own life than someone with tons of knowledge, but apathetic, and possibly inept.
      Or something like that...

    • @bigboomer1013
      @bigboomer1013 Год назад

      If this hapend today, he would end up in jail once they find out that he's a fraud. Even though he saved many people and called him a hero, once they find out that he's not a real doctor and not only didn't have a license, but also didn't go to medical school at all, they would take that all away and put him in jail for endangering the patients and posing as a doctor and identity theft. He would have become a hero to zero and act like hes evil or something and didn't literitly save lives after only taking a few minutes reading a book. There would be petitions going on where they want him to be free and give him a proper medical education so he could legaly save lives as he should

    • @Wemby73
      @Wemby73 Год назад +2

      @@bigboomer1013 wdym as he should he risked a bunch of peoples lives for money

  • @agentsalvasa5948
    @agentsalvasa5948 3 месяца назад +5

    Life back then is quite wild man. Imagine waking up and deciding to be someone else. No internet. No one to track you down. Such freedom is no more...

  • @tinvahtaric8680
    @tinvahtaric8680 Год назад +68

    He litterally did it by the book.
    Better than surgeons that cheated on exams I tell you

  • @gamemode_cat6606
    @gamemode_cat6606 Год назад +8

    Thank you for doing the ad integration before the main video, instead of disrupting the flow. It makes the video more enjoyable.

  • @AgentTex13
    @AgentTex13 Год назад +17

    This is the opposite of the man who performed a surgery with a 300% fatality rate.

    • @letsgoalready5515
      @letsgoalready5515 Год назад

      300%?! So he did surgery and most the medical staff died too?

  • @StompMom5
    @StompMom5 Год назад +15

    My son has that same kind of brain. He has no formal training but once he watches a quick video or reads on any topic, he can do it

  • @zachtwilightwindwaker596
    @zachtwilightwindwaker596 Год назад +9

    17:51 He maxed out his Charisma in Fallout.

  • @threecheeseburrito
    @threecheeseburrito Год назад +12

    I was eating cereal, and the "The More You Know" caught me off guard. I nearly choked.

  • @sebastianavalon-caughey2230
    @sebastianavalon-caughey2230 Год назад +18

    This was a lot of fun to listen to. Curious if Brew would cover Frank Abignale Jr some time

  • @ally679
    @ally679 Год назад +5

    Absolutely love the old school pronunciation of Toronto 🙂.

  • @frantisekvrana3902
    @frantisekvrana3902 3 месяца назад +2

    For someone that did not want to serve in the army, he joined the army a surprising number of times.

  • @justacatinprofile
    @justacatinprofile Год назад +7

    "See, mom? He can saved 16 peoples without being an actual doctor! I ain't need medical degrees anymore"

  • @Saddened_Editor
    @Saddened_Editor Год назад +2

    This is amazing... Never knew about this and it just goes to show what certain situations will push people to do.... Hopefully that made sense....

  • @mistyblues6762
    @mistyblues6762 5 месяцев назад +1

    I really liked the way you did the changing clothes/uniforms. Great video, thanks!

  • @bebopganymede
    @bebopganymede Год назад +4

    Love your content Brew.

  • @Kit-Mations
    @Kit-Mations Год назад +16

    Every time brew posts, it’s like Christmas repeating

  • @Alexisasful
    @Alexisasful Год назад +13

    11:38
    The "Baffled brotherhood bewildered by the boldest burglary" line has to be up there with the 1970's reporter gem
    "The blast blastered brubble beyond believeable bounds" when 'muricans basically decided to TNT a stranded dead whale on the beach.

    • @savage_eyes4101
      @savage_eyes4101 Год назад +2

      The whale incident occurred in Florence, Oregon 😂

  • @hanakowolf578
    @hanakowolf578 Год назад +9

    Why am I getting an Osamu Tezuka's "Black Jack" vibe from this story? It might just be me... (Considering that in the manga/anime, Black Jack did indeed go to medical school but his medical license was revoked due to helping people before he received said license.)

  • @947417
    @947417 11 месяцев назад +2

    This is fascinating!

  • @drallersouldust3054
    @drallersouldust3054 Год назад +3

    I'm glad that this guy passed in our time line !!! I'm so proud of him He is part of the history

  • @AngelCakez
    @AngelCakez Год назад +9

    "Anyway, that's how I lost my medical license"
    ~Medic from TF2

    • @migitri
      @migitri Год назад +2

      This is what instantly popped into my head when I started the video too lol.

  • @trolly4233
    @trolly4233 Год назад +8

    I wanna know what book he had, if he learned more in 15 minutes than I can learn in med school for 4 years that book must be full of stuff.

  • @Valcuda
    @Valcuda Год назад +53

    Honestly, I kinda feel bad he never saw Katherine again. It would've been the perfect ending if he married her, and put and end to his identity thefts. But sadly the world doesn't work that way.
    Honestly, he kinda reminds me of the "Ultimate Imposter" from the Danganronpa series, able to just steal anyone's identity with extreme levels of success.

  • @melissawagers5139
    @melissawagers5139 9 месяцев назад

    These are a cool format! Nice ❤ love the material!

  • @madj.7379
    @madj.7379 Год назад +6

    You somehow channeled your inner Rod Serling, Alfred Hitchcock, and Robert Stack, in the intro... all three, simultaneously. Well done, sir... well done!!! 😰😎

  • @I1p
    @I1p Год назад +4

    Good video! Already watched it!

  • @bredsheeran2897
    @bredsheeran2897 Год назад +1

    Yay! Nice to know my state was featured a lot for the first time ever in anyone’s video

  • @polish_filipino
    @polish_filipino Год назад +4

    I heard a really short story about this, just about the 16 he saved. I have no clue where and when I heard it, but it really made me think: "memory is the strongest superpower". The only problem with it ia that other people might not remember things

    • @vlrginizer927
      @vlrginizer927 Год назад

      I always say that having a photographic memory can make my life easier lol. Unfortunately I dont

  • @luvondarox
    @luvondarox Год назад +6

    Dude was the epitome of "Hold on, lemme Google this" before the internet was even born.

  • @indexclone8130
    @indexclone8130 Год назад +4

    Back in the day according to my dad who is a doctor, the barbers could perform surgery, especially in small villages, there wasn't a specialized doctor. It was more a trade and mentorship, where the master would teach their apprentice the skills required. His mom was a nurse and performed a few surgeries as well.
    So apparently only in modern times it has become so specialized, but most basic doctors learn to perform everything in med school, but don't do them now since they rather avoid any legal action or lawsuits. But there are a lot more people capable of performing surgery if an urgent situation arises and the necessity is there.

    • @a-drewg1716
      @a-drewg1716 3 месяца назад +1

      The job was called barber surgeon until around the 18th century when barbers and surgeons split with surgeons joining the ranks of physicians as medical practitioners (prior to this surgery was thought of as lesser practice by physicians who preferred potions and tonics).

  • @RUbiesUnivers
    @RUbiesUnivers Год назад +4

    I used to think, brew fills the niche that Salmonella academy left behind, but for while now, I just enjoy you for you. The video always get better as time went on

  • @Flickstro
    @Flickstro Год назад +2

    Your alliterations never cease to amuse me, Brew.

  • @donwald3436
    @donwald3436 Год назад +15

    8:47 That "tranna" proves Brew is a legit Canadian.

  • @imnotcreativeenough8453
    @imnotcreativeenough8453 Год назад +16

    Great tutorial, thanks man!

  • @Cacowninja
    @Cacowninja Год назад +6

    He became the very thing he sought only to disguise himself as...
    A surgeon.

  • @katesanderson3611
    @katesanderson3611 Год назад +7

    I love these videos.. I learn a lot every time.. 😁😅 btw coffee is LIFE ❤

  • @Tomboysksksk
    @Tomboysksksk Год назад +5

    the fact that he did so many jobs under others peoples names is crazy

  • @mercy_angel8260
    @mercy_angel8260 Год назад +7

    That sign in Lawrence is completely accruate

    • @dneira29
      @dneira29 Год назад

      Where is that sign? I’m from Lawrence and never heard of it lol

  • @vlrginizer927
    @vlrginizer927 Год назад +2

    I can feel my back aching just by hearing his life story. Dude did so much lol

  • @rejectedprojects7702
    @rejectedprojects7702 Год назад +1

    As a person living in Halifax it’s insane to know one of the best conman walked down the streets and passed by building I pass all the time

  • @blightnight3247
    @blightnight3247 Год назад +6

    surgeon simulator speed run

  • @pineconestudiosofficial
    @pineconestudiosofficial Год назад +1

    Ayyyyy new episode

  • @clinerkyleperez2733
    @clinerkyleperez2733 Год назад +5

    He is secretly a manwha main character. One of those genius doctors

  • @silveritea
    @silveritea Год назад +4

    *dies laughing from the “The More You Know” moment*

  • @mychannel8809
    @mychannel8809 2 месяца назад

    I’ve been listening to brew for years and hearing him talk about Halifax (the city I live in) was just so cool. Never thought I’d even hear him mention Halifax

  • @damoclescentu4511
    @damoclescentu4511 3 месяца назад +2

    if a man is that good, let him be.

  • @roseblite6449
    @roseblite6449 Год назад +14

    I simply LOVE y'all's work, but the Puns...
    Anyway, it's interesting that such a master of disguises wasn't good as an actor because he sure fooled a lot of people in his life. Performing so many surgeries, which all of his patients survived, is a testament of how smart he really was even without a medical degree.

  • @Asm0sday
    @Asm0sday Год назад +5

    I am a SURGEON!

  • @delirious323
    @delirious323 Год назад +12

    IRL tf2 medic

  • @Typical.Anomaly
    @Typical.Anomaly 3 месяца назад +1

    "Pure Rascality"
    I love that.
    Sucks that he never saw Catherine again though.

  • @investmince159
    @investmince159 Год назад +4

    One time I said to a friend in church that I could read while doing anything and he said so could he. I then said "I could read while flying a helicopter and if your sitting in the seat next to me and ask me what I'm reading, I'll tell you - How to fly a helicopter 🚁".

  • @D8rk_Kitt3n
    @D8rk_Kitt3n Год назад +4

    Got to give it to the man. He was a better imposter than I am on among us.... ima head out

  • @MeowMeow-sy2mi
    @MeowMeow-sy2mi Год назад +9

    If he put effort into a real career, he would have done so well 🤣 i must say im impressed

  • @baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714
    @baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 3 месяца назад +2

    Training him in secret and saying he must surve in the navy or he will be sent to prison seems like a more sensable thing to do.

  • @BuddMcAwesome
    @BuddMcAwesome Год назад +4

    little does he know he shouldn't feel nervous because real surgeons don't know what they're doing either

    • @deauthorsadeptus6920
      @deauthorsadeptus6920 Год назад

      I can feel it, literaly need hours of study for exams to just forget everything later.

    • @BuddMcAwesome
      @BuddMcAwesome Год назад

      @@deauthorsadeptus6920 never operate on anybody ever

  • @tigerlily2941
    @tigerlily2941 Год назад

    The pun at the end. Just sparkler.

  • @NickTaylorRickPowers
    @NickTaylorRickPowers 2 месяца назад

    This guy's so unhinged yet capable

  • @thegreatgrapehippo1614
    @thegreatgrapehippo1614 3 месяца назад

    Man goes into people like I go into my PC when it needs a new part

  • @xtofury
    @xtofury Год назад +5

    This is proof that some people are capable without the licenses. The system is incompetent in seeing that in people.

    • @IWantToStayAtYourHouse
      @IWantToStayAtYourHouse 11 месяцев назад +1

      Okay this is one specific surgery in a very specific circumstance. Will this guy actually be able to practice medicine? I doubt it. He lacks the foundational medical knowledge required to become a good doctor. Just because he was good at performing this specific surgery in this specific circumstance doesn't mean he will become a good doctor. He needs the proper education

    • @xtofury
      @xtofury 11 месяцев назад

      @@IWantToStayAtYourHouse there's no evidence of that. I've heard many cases where unqualified people performed self surgery. One person lobotomized themselves successfully for example.

    • @costakeith9048
      @costakeith9048 3 месяца назад

      @@IWantToStayAtYourHouse He learned in 15 minutes what takes some years, I'd trust him. What matters isn't the knowledge you have but the ability to acquire it, because that's what demonstrates your ability to research and solve problems. University is a scam because it allows people to cheat by doing things like studying, with masks the true extent of their ability to retain knowledge. That's why I studied mathematics, it's the last honest subject, if you're competent you can outperform people who spend 8 hours a day studying without ever even bothering to open up a book.

  • @theanthropiceyedolatry
    @theanthropiceyedolatry Год назад

    Aww man, I love learning languages but I was all excited because at first I thought you were going to advertise a learning app about German watch making.

  • @akaraikiriakatsuki3157
    @akaraikiriakatsuki3157 Год назад +1

    😂 man if I survived, I won't be mad at all

  • @PSwayBeats
    @PSwayBeats Год назад +3

    That was a Good story

  • @ivana.pancakes
    @ivana.pancakes Месяц назад

    Wow, even though doing those surgeries are extremely reckless and dangerous when you’re not even qualified, I’m really impressed by this dude. Doing successful surgeries by speed reading an instruction manual? That’s crazy!

  • @kandreasworld4374
    @kandreasworld4374 Год назад +8

    I MISS CHILL AND GRILL!!! 😭😭😭😭

    • @corundumkrabble5035
      @corundumkrabble5035 Год назад

      What happen to them?

    • @stantubatunow
      @stantubatunow Год назад

      @@corundumkrabble5035 idk but they appear less and less

    • @darksu6947
      @darksu6947 Год назад

      @@corundumkrabble5035 They got abducted by the aliens 👽

  • @7Calvin60643
    @7Calvin60643 Год назад

    Very very sneaky!
    Almost as good as the guy from “Catch me if you can.”

  • @HA11EYS_COM3T
    @HA11EYS_COM3T Год назад

    Seriously, this guy should've gotten like a scholarship or something, cause that's some real skill right there.

  • @Yokat01
    @Yokat01 Год назад +1

    This would make for a crazy good movie

  • @hashtagmate
    @hashtagmate Год назад +1

    Gotta show them this video next time i sneak into the OR at my local hospital

  • @linuxguy1199
    @linuxguy1199 3 месяца назад +1

    This is why exactly why the written word and books revolutionized mankind, why scientific journals are published, etc. If not for that one book, all of them would be dead. And to think, today in our modern world, people legitimately believe reading is unnecessary.