Crazy Russian dog experiments [ Not for the faint-hearted ]

26-06-2008 12:45am #1

Mod edit: The videos contain scenes that some viewers may find disturbing.

This is unbelievable:eek:

Definitely not to everyone's taste,especially animal lovers...so be warned

Horrifying for the poor dogs of course,but I was unaware we had the technology to do such things even now, nevermind so many years ago.

Up first a 2 headed dog...

This video Chronicles some of the experiments of Vladimir Demikhov, a Soviet scientist who made the first transplantation of a dog's heart in 1952. The experiment, aimed at finding ways of replacing portions of the human body lost through injury or disease, was pronounced Russia's "most successful". In 1946 Demikhov replaced the whole heart-lungs complex of a dog without using the apparatus of artificial circulation of blood. In 1954 he conducted a revolutionary experiment, when he created a two-headed dog by grafting a puppy's head to a full grown pooch. Then scientists even observed the process of rejuvenation of the elder dog. Shown are the two dogs before the operation, Demikhov performing operations, the puppy's head lapping up water, demonstration of the dog on a scientists' conference..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJC5-G7KnKY

and now it's time for a severed dogs head,kept alive via machine

Bryukhonenko's work with canine circulation seems obscure today, but at the time was well publicized; his decapitation experiment even remarked upon by George Bernard Shaw. Bryukhonenko's procedures are attested to in numerous books and medical papers, with some sources providing detailed technical information on the operations shown in the film. These texts also shed light on failures not mentioned in the film. For example, the severed heads survived only minutes in artificial circulation, while the resuscitated dogs often died after a few days.

Perhaps most importantly, Bryukhonenko's research was vital to the development of open-heart procedures in Russia. He was one of the leaders of the Research Institute of Experimental Surgery, where Professor A.A. Vishnevsky performed the first Soviet open-heart operation in 1957. Bryukhonenko developed a new version of the autojektor (for use on humans) in the same year; it can be seen today on display at the Museum of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery in Russia. Bryukhonenko was awarded the prestigious Lenin Prize posthumously."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSrIkUXwsNk

Mena · 26-06-2008 12:49am

I'd mark this as NSFW or some such before people come poking in here and get all upset 'n stuff.

Karoma · 26-06-2008 12:53am

Abigayle: Post deleted. Don't do it again. It's old and it's boring and it's in violation of the charter.

Abi · 26-06-2008 1:00am

Dammit. Foiled.

/Heads for charter

26-06-2008 2:06am

Greatest Dog Experiment Ever: Russian's trying to use them as anti-tank weapons by training them to go under tanks with explosives and then exploding.

Problem: They trained using Russian tanks so in battle they just turned around and ran under the Russian tanks.

26-06-2008 1:55pm

The severed head experiment was fascinating.

Homer · 26-06-2008 2:11pm

Severed dog's head one was bizarre! When they showed the hammer :eek: thought it was gonna be experiment over!

kevpants · 26-06-2008 2:16pm

1:37 in the first video...not a happy puppy.

When you say the scientists noticed rejuvenation of the older dog, does that mean the older dog got younger because it began sharing cells with the puppy? If so that's pretty impressive. I plan on grafting my grandchildren to myself when I get older so!