This may come as a surprise to the ladies who own or have wanted to own an ermine wrap. The ermine, which is highly prized, and the stoat, which is detested, are one and the same animal. In 1843, the Countess Rosa Branicka traveled to Germany in search of medical advice. The German physicians diagnosed her ailment as cancer and urged immediate surgery. But the Countess, not wanting to alarm her family, secretly purchased surgical instruments. Then, locked in a room alone, she performed an astounding surgical operation on herself, successfully removing the cancerous tumor. She survived her surgery for 19 years. Believe It or Not!
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