The daily Alaskan., 1909-02-12
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 : An Exchange of Heads, : 2 A Story of the Future 2
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made and made successfully. It was then announced by one yivisecuonist that he bad transplanted dogs heads with preservation of cerebral and bulbar function.
 During the decade that followed this discovery the technique involved in transplantlng the head of one dog to the body of another was very much improved, and surgical scientists be- gan to coyet an opportunity to try the experiment upon men. But 1t was not until 1915 that Dr, Therapeutus 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 Dr. Scalpel with a view to an exchange of heads. The prisoners gladly consented because they would have a chance to live again, though under a swapped identity.
 Patrick Flanagan and Gottlieb Shu- man were the subjects. Dr. Scalpel before making the experiment spent three months in educating an eminent yivlsectionlst 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 occluslon Shutting or the clrcUlaton) was but twenty min utes. This brought it within the limit of time necessary to prevent coagula- tion. 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 soon as the anaeSthetic began to lose It's effect. and within few hours Dr. Scalpel began to feel that the expert meut had been successful. But it was ten weeks before the patients were di,cuurged.
 Cp to this time it had been supposed nat the individuality of person was polely in the brain. The case of Elan agan and Shuman demonstrated that though this is partially correct, 1t is not entirely so, Flanagan on the day of his discharge headed straight for saloon and shouted to the barkeeper, "Ye spalpeen, glmme"-he hesitOted and instead of calling for glass of whisky fnishcd-"cin glass beer Shu' man, who followed him into the place, succeeded in correctly giving an order for whisky, but the barkceper being inattentive or thinking be said beer handed Rln glass of that beverage, whereupon be berIted the Teuton.
 What dye mune, ye heothen! Fon glass vlsky, said, und a sweitZer case sandwich"
 Here Flanagau-that is, Flanagans body with Shuman's head on it-took a hand. Turning to Shuman's body with hls own Fl0naguu's) head, he growled:
 And 1t is the likes of yes that's pollu fun at the Irish race by mixin' wid it's illigant talk yer beastly Dutch spreken? Gott u himmel! Vas y
 Shuman's Dutch body Qrish head) retorted;
 "Meln friend, l kilt dat man init a hammer. It you say another wort ye murthern Irishman, Orll mash yer Dutch head wld dot beer glass!
 Flanaguns Irish body Dutch head) looked at his companion's HIbernian features contemptuously,
 50 y killed him wid hammer did ye? l sport my mans skull wid sthlck lacken a shillalah. Git out nit yourselfw
 Reaching over tue bar, he seized a stone pitcher, his enemy meanwhile raising beer glass. Then the two drew apart each poising his weapon and glunclnG at the other.
 pr. Scalpel on dlscharglng his pa. tIents Cso to speak, had directed one of hls assistants to follow them to watch their movements, notice their ldlosyncrasies and report to him. At this juncture the shOdower rushed Into the doctors vlvlsccting room and excltedly informed him that the men were quurreling In mixture of H. bernian and German and he feared they would do each other bodily harm. Dr. Scalpel feeling that some of the reunited parts might not yet have sufficiently healed to warrant scrlm- mage, seized his hat and rushed out with the informer to the saloon, Be found the Irish body dancing around with the true motions of an angered Hlbernian, It's serious German face scowllng, the lips occasionally mutter- ing in the German language. The German body was standing stolidly in one place, its Irish face lighted with enmity, the lips pouring forth a tor rent of abuse in Its native parlance.
 "Hl, you two! Stop this" cried the doctor If you throw those weapons I'll not be responsible for the conse- ouences. The severed parts haven't yet had time to strengthen"
 He was too late. The stone pitcher and the beer mug exchanged positions,