I once read a short story about a surgeon who was ship-wrecked on an
island. He broke his ankle pursuing a bird that he was trying to kill
and ended up amputating bits of his body and eating them. It may be a
Roald Dahl story. What is the name and author of the story?

Hello.

The story was "Survivor Type" by Stephen King.


" The last story reviewed was ?Survivor Type' by Stephen King, about a
doctor that became shipwrecked on a desert island...
... As time goes on the island he attempted to catch a seagull for
dinner and broke his ankle on the rocks. Now that he is immobilized
there is nothing to do to try and survive, and he becomes greatly
depressed and thinks of how he ended up in that situation. While his
ankle festers he comes up with the idea to amputate it, since he is a
doctor. Well, amputate he does, and instead of disposing of the foot,
he eats it in order to survive. As one can see, the fear of death is
so overwhelming in this man that he has resorted to eating his own
foot in order to survive. Since he ate his foot, he really has
nothing, so as time goes on he begins to amputate various other body
parts all the way up until his journal becomes so garbled and
unintelligible that the reader can only fear the worst for the good
doctor"
source: GoldenEssays
http://www.goldenessays.com/free_essays/2/english/F/fear-in-different-genres-by-mizov.shtml

The story is in a King collection called "Skeleton Crew." See Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451168615/

It appears that at least some of the text is on this web page:
http://dwalin.wom.ru/books/King,%20Stephen/Survivor%20Type.html.gz

-----------------
search strategy:
"shipwrecked surgeon"
"survivor type" "stephen king"

I hope this helps.

Thank you for a prompt and complete answer. I will be horrifying my
Year 11 English students with the story tomorrow!