Jacque Cousteau's Injury

DEC 20 2016

Jacque Cousteau's Injury

On the car crash that sent Cousteau to the sea. French sources date it to 1935, not the 1936 usual in English: twelve broken bones, a paralysed left arm, a right arm broken in five places, and a refusal of amputation. Swimming was prescribed as rehabilitation.

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