TRANSPLATING ANIMALS HEADS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 395, 2 January 1909, Page 10

TRANSPLATING ANIMALS HEADS.

A BTARTLINC ANNOUNCEMENT. EXL'MbtEXTS BY A BEitLitf fiOC'fOR. Dh Adolf iPflsiief, of. Berliii. University, lias startled the scientific world by statiwg time surgery has advanced to a point which makes it to transfer, the head of one human, being,to the liebk of afiother (says .''SciShc'e; .Sittings' 1 ): . Many .meii'ibf .ficieiicb agree that theoretically pos.pjblei. but point "out that. nobody has .sue-. . ceeded in performing it on any bf tne higher ttriiiiials. . This contention is prematiire, as the. following shocking experiments, show. . .'. Now conies the statement of Dr. 0. Guthrie that lie took the head of b'rie.d6g iirid joined it to the neck of another. The. body rt'ith the. sti'aiige head lived for twenty-six liiinUtes; During that tirilA it .was detnbnstrated that tiie.riew. lwad.: hid .'.come, into , communication,.with. .the. bodv: .The heart jumped blood through .the jbmed'arteries in. . the liepk iiiid noui-isiiod. tlie head and brains These in .return fcent-nervous impulses to tlie brgihs of .the .body aiid maintained its, furic-tVverity-six liiiniitcs. . Tlie fact that .the composite, dog lived was wonderful ;e'nqugll and removed the, scientific objections to Dn Posner's statement, but tlio' dog did more .thah'livb. during, tiiflsb tw6ntjri six. MMutes.• The. 'iSMttoe! was conscious : during nearly the whole period and proved it unmistakably. ; Dissected, head Responds to "Ratsi" The eyes .niovH and looked from .'one surgeon to the-other, To iii'dke sure there was .bonsbidtisii&s ill.tlie head, Dr. Gilthrielifted his hand , threateningly), Ss if to .stride the dog!.. Instantly, the head's- byes wiiilted, and there was an attempt to dodgb; .Thij provbd that- the brain was cbhscibus and 'understood the sensations, conveyed tb it.from ,the byes: But.;wsl§ the head receiving serifeatioiis ftoffi the bbdy that did. not telohg to it? . : , .!«; determine this. Dr., Outline walked to the.rear jb{. the "Kuhblitli," ,46 the, Vivisection. table, for - digs is called; •'and struck the. body a blow with a strap; The head bould .not;see.'what was going bhi.aiid could dnly tell by .his oWn. senso-of feeling;' -The legs straiiifed lit their fastenings, and & quaveftrig growl came ftcmV tlvd fife&d...; ... patted the head, arid atolifce the td.il communication albni* tlifi .iierVeS;;.ih.,.btith- , dlrpbtit)nL .. The liars 'heard.-and' the brain comprehended iribsiii'gcs. Df. .Gilthrie. Avhistled and the 1 eyes: : peered abolit' to. Ib'bate.the whistier..-. lii i ; esipiinii6 t8 a hissing ..sound - and . the... 'exbitihg- -word : "Rat6 !'';::.tlie '.hSAd -tn4iilfe^ted;;exbit4meiii;. Olle dftlie dbbtor'S. asiistahtS. held il bottle bf bf (Ufihi6ttiM<*fc tis ddjjli • .ftoStriliil Thfe result wafe a sp'aim «• hfiefcriflg #Hifcß thfceatiftbd evbfy ifistH'nt ,tb nipttire this c6spl6x, syat&fn of. Stitches \\arid, jrthef 'ionfliotioM. Between tM . head itiiu ■ BSdyt ABotlt tliii ' ti'piS. tlis juhcttire. between.. tnS .head aM. heck began t6 .itfihl tried li&fd to free a hind leg to scraldli -its 'pidk's : lii vfiili: the dbbtbi-S' triedto fjtiiiSt it, ahd.wirb abottt a, aflirti.ftister 'a' hit 'broths: bf chloroform when the. eiVd ci'me/ 1 , •. -Bkift |ra_fliligi . when .first perfof&ed; ca'ii'sM a cbtt'Aift airibimt, of, inidgiiiiltivo. tion; If pitches of; skin bould be transferred '4; tiny.- bit :at>i- tiiVib frorfi a lififtg pdfsoft -ftiid. nVddb.to' live iijion axi6tber wotila it not be Sbssible to'trahsplaiit 'tioiig'':d{',tfte: Bddy? -••'-Sbtte ftigg&ted thit bdileii, -. a part :«f; iin iyi : , .6r ; Win ,V pdrti'dil 6r. WkbU vital efgahj- .Might'' be siipStix-litba fbir diseased' 6'r wounded 6aitS. ? ' ■ riiflhiiib; riotj", ' tlioiiglit. Nfclle ; "tfbfiSbrvative.' wis§lie&dS.. 6f the' day. .. .Yet • Jllj tHisS- things havb '.beeh-; done .'Withiil the-.^tVfew'|BarSiyaM'.ii4&k^'Hisha-',^ftifig-;6nly tiiv.addiiibhal iSttp. . •; ; 'There- miy be |rave objebtibhs ib stibli opMtidaS "on;niiinaS'e grounds,. 1 bttt\ 4tett slich. I sufgiciil' siiccSssSs.. as Skifi-grAtfihg : ithply colild iibt; ; haVb -AtlfifeM-. wjtbut.prelirtjliiary vivisebtibh wbrtCi.Onb of th& most ffohderfiil results of ;sUeh : "-'6d4tiirWA vJ:§l'r:'.Br. ,'sd, . 'A':.fi)an-;Wak ' ffp^; o 'a. r vppiflt' : tlf. fin 'toijr's.jdu'raeK, -He liad b^ii'chopping fflgat and ,BS ah ,fi'bc,ideflt ..the clfedver,. hid severed th 6 left liaiid from the afni at. tlib .wrist; .It. :,\VaS.'feared .thatltlie. ni.-in wpUid, die.bdfore hb Reached ' th'b. .libspitali'- . Wlien . lib.' thero -Dr. M. T. Fiftiiey,cbSllj v bverlooked the injured man.:' ; -r.; U. ; ; A Severed! Hand Replaced. ■ yery. well," said -lie, "but where is his left hatidf" .... i It,w^aS. explained, that .tlib.hand kad Keen' left behih'd iii thfe, sh'b]?. , : '.■ ... ''Go get it'i" cbmmahded the doctor,. Tiiis tqbr two morb .hbilrs..;_Meh iKe hand was' returned to 'die Hospital .'Dr; ,-Finnby immediately 'opWM,#arßy--ft M f .F'Sfe; ityw#, tlie Severed, .hand Voii. the -• coursß. of' or.' five '.day^tlie r grafting 'wlis : X'a success: AMj,'. .said a phjsibihh diSciissihg the .'Wliilfe tM man .never had- the full ufe haiidj -at all events iit ; was there, &nd;-he could i.iisd'it bcbHsioiially.'' ■ The: siiocess: of • Hiife .tfaiisplsrttnig df lieads of lower, ailimals. points possibly to th& ultimate .transplanting of heads df human Bei?? 5, Sefviss piirfts, JM-the. vhliib this would be to mankihdi-if tlie heads Arid btanw . or; the foremost.' thinkers of' til© flay c?ula Be'^wifiecußietl. upoii s : the worthless' bodios ofivourig. iirid vigorous .criminals. Mr; Aiidrbw Garfiegie lias declared,he would cive ;EM|OOO for tori, jjears bf life. \U ih silile jtfiat inbcloi-h Science may be ablb to wiii ..by..itansplaniijig-'hiS Jierid ..to the sturdy shoiilders of some pll};6ifeol gia.lV- like. Saridb'w? : '-ii