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Died. Dr. Sergeo I. Spasokukotey, 73, Russian experimental surgeon, pioneer blood-banker; somewhere in the Soviet Union. In 1934 he helped Dr. Serge Brukhanenko "revive" for two minutes a suicide three hours dead...
Akin to this experiment was the decapitation of a dog by two other Moscow men. S. S. Brukhanenko and Sergei Chechulin. To the head arteries they connected a pump which forced oxygenated blood to the amputated head, which, like John the Baptist's rested on a plate. The head's eyes moved. They closed when a strong light was flashed at them. The ears wiggled. The tongue ejected a piece of cotton soaked with acid, and swallowed a piece of cheese. For three and a half hours these natural reactions continued. By that time the venous blood became too heavy...
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