The last dog head transplant performed by Vladimir Demikhov on January 13, 1959, in East Germany. In February 1954, in arguably his most bizarre experiment, he transplanted a dog's head onto another dog, using vascular connections to the host dog's heart.

2021年5月15日 · After transplanting a number of vital organs between dogs (his favorite experimental subjects) he aimed, amid much controversy, to see if he could take things further: He wanted to graft the head of one dog onto the body of another, fully intact dog.

A head transplant or full body transplant is an experimental surgical operation involving the grafting of one organism's head onto the body of another. In many experiments, the recipient's head has not been removed, but in others it has been.

2013年2月16日 · In 1968, Demikhov transplanted another puppy’s head onto the neck of another dog. The creatures survived for 38 days.

2016年10月12日 · In 1940, Soviet scientists reanimated a dead dog. Dr. Sergei Brukhonenko had done pioneering work in blood transfusion several years earlier, a procedure which still remains essential in modern...

On April 11, 1959 the Associated Press circulated a message from Moscow: Russian doctors had transplanted a puppy’s head to the neck of a German shepherd and the two-headed beast was in good...

However, Demikhov is known today mainly as a legendary surgeon who experimentally transplanted a second head onto a dog. His international isolation fueled speculation, suppositions, and myths.

2022年11月1日 · Vladimir Demikhov was a pioneer in transplant surgery, paving the way for modern organ surgery. He also tried to make two headed dogs, and almost succeeded.

Vladimir Demikhov, a Soviet scientist and organ transplant pioneer, attached a small dog's upper body to a large dog's neck in 1959. While he had performed this procedure before (the first time was in 1954), this was the first time the entire procedure had been documented by …

2023年11月12日 · During the surgery, Demikhov grafted the head of a smaller dog onto the head of a stray German Shepherd. He used the smaller dog's head and neck. The lower body of the smaller dog was amputated below the front legs, and the lungs and heart were kept operational until it was time for the transplant.