Head Transplant Experiments

In 1954, Soviet surgeon Vladimir Demikhov grafted a puppy's head onto a larger dog — and both heads lived for days, drinking milk simultaneously. In 1970, Robert White transplanted a monkey's head onto another monkey's body; it survived for eight days, fully conscious. Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero claimed in 2017 he'd perform the first human head transplant. The science is real. The ethics are a horror movie. The photos from Demikhov's lab look like they belong in a Cronenberg film.