The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-14
An Exchange Of Heads.
A Story Of the Future.

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IL was fifty years ago, in 1908, that
the first experiments in transplanting
organs of the lower anlmais were
made and made successfully. II was
then announced by one viviseetionist
that he had transplanted dogs heads
with preservation OF cerebral and
bulbar function.
During the decade that followed this
discovery the technique involved In
transplsnting the head OF one dog to
the body OF another was very much
improved, and surgical scientists be-
gan to csyet IN opportunity to try the
experiment upon men. But It was not
until 1915 that DIR. Therapeutics Scalpel
succeeded In obtaining the requisite
human subjects. The courts that had
sentenced two murderers to be electro
cuted consented that they should In
stead be decapitated by DIR. Scalpel
with view to an exchange OF heads.
The prisoners gladly consented because
they would have chance to live again..
though under a snapped identity.
Patrick Flanagan and Gottlieb Shu-
man were the subjects. DIR. Sealpel
before making the experiment spent
three months in educating an eminent
vivisectionist and four young physi-
clans TO assist him. Just before the
heads were severed the last rights OF
the church were administered to the
convicts, after which they were placed
on operating tables side by side.
The period of occlusion (shutting Of
the circulation was but twenty min
utes. This brought It within the limit
OF time necessary to prevent coagula-
ton. During this period each head
was removed from the body. trans
planted, the arteries, muscles and
nerves saturated, the point of cutting
Of the spinal chord being especially
carefully adjusted.
Suspended animation returned as
as the anaesthetic began TO lose
its effect, and within few hours DR..
scaIpel began to feel that the expert
ment had been successful. But 1t was
ten weeks before the patients were
discharged.
Up to this time II had been supposed
that the individuality OF person was
solely in the brain. The case Of Elan.
49,. .rd ok,-,on dor,,onafrafex that
though this is partially correct, 1t is
not entirely 50. Flanagan on the day
OF his discharge headed straight for a
saloon and shouted to the barkeeper,
"Ye spaIpsen, gimme"-he hesitated
and instead Of calling for q glass OF
whisky inished--"ein glass beer" Shu-
man, who followed him into the place,
succeeded in correctly giving an order
for whisky, but the barkeeper, being
inattentive or thinking he said beer.
handed him glass OF that beverage.
whereupon he berated the Teutcn.
"What dye name. We heather? Fon
glass visky. said, und a sweitxer case
IT
body with shuman's head on it--took
a hand. Turning to Shuman's body
with his own GFlanagan'S head, he
growled:
And it is the likes Of yes that's
pokin' fun at the Irish race By mixin'
wild its illlgant talk yer beastly Dutch
sprekeng Colt in himmell Vas y
meanw
shuman's Dutch body Qrish head
retorted:
"Mein friend, / kilt dat man NIT a
hammer. II you say another wort, ye
Irishman, Orll mash yer
Dutch head wild dot beer glassF'
Flanagan's Irish body Dutch head
looked at his companion's Hibernian
features CONTEMPORARY.
80 v killed him wild hammer, did
ye? / spoilt my mans skull wild q
sthick lacken shillalah. Git out NIT
yourselfp
Reaching over the bar, he seized
stone pitcher, his enemy meanwhile
raising beer glass Then the two
drew apart, each posing his weapon
and CHANGING at the other.
DR.. Scalpel on discharging his pa
tents $50 to speak had directed one
be his assistants TO follow them to
watch their movements, notice their
and report to him. At
this juncture the shadower rushed