The most macabre experiments in the history of world science

There are many conflicting opinions about these cases, but they somehow contribute to the development of modern medicine.

Mary Shelley's novel was born in 1818 under the title "Frankenstein" which is a straightforward view of people's fears about the unpredictable consequences of scientific research and exploitation, breaking down. moral and moral rules

In fact, there have been difficult experiments to imagine that have actually happened, contrary to today's humanitarian standards, but have more or less opened new paths for the biomedical industry. It is not wrong to say crazy, but let's look back at those most generalized cases:

Turn the cat into . phone

The method of turning cats into phones can be used for soundproof environments.

In 1929, long before the animal protection association was founded, Ernest Glen Wever and Charles W Bray decided to try to transform a flesh-and-blood cat into a human communication device. .

After removing a part of its skull, they inserted electrodes into the right auditory nerve group and the cat's body. They are connected by an 18m-long cable that leads to an amplifier system in an isolated room. When a person speaks into the cat's ear, that sound can be transmitted through the speaker into the room so that the other person can hear it.

The recorded documents show: "The sound quality is completely clear, all content is well recognized". They also note that this is a method that can be used for soundproof environments. In particular, after destroying the subject, they also repeated a number of times and realized that only living things could transmit signals.

Two-headed dog

The two-headed dog was able to eat and live normally, although only 4 days later they died.

Born in 1918, shortly after the Russian Revolution, Vladimir Demikhov was a scientist specializing in animal organ transplantation since 1930-1960. Although he is now hailed as one of the most prominent pioneers, his horrific experiments with dogs accidentally left a stain hard to erase. One of them is an attempt to "combine" two dogs into one.

His surgery performed by stitching the head of a 9-year-old Shavka dog into the body of another larger dog - Brodyaga. It is known that previously they had to separate the vein / vena cava and the spinal cord connecting to Shavka's neck to be able to connect its head to Brodyaga's body.

Incidentally, the two-headed dog was able to eat and live normally, although only 4 days later they died. However, what is remarkable and frightening is that Demikhov continues to conduct more similar experiments on many different dogs.

Restoration of the face

Of course, medical history cannot just be full of scary black marks like that.

During and after the First World War, at least 300 soldiers had to undergo treatment and surgery at Queen's Hospital due to the bombardment. Although a bit shocked to witness but at least this is a welcome achievement for humanitarian purposes.

Dr. Harold Gillies' achievements are one of the most praised names. The book "Plastic Surgery of the Face" is also available for free on archive.org.

The operation for Captain William Spreckley (pictured above) is most frequently mentioned, when he was seriously injured by many pieces of bullets on his face, especially the nose and cheeks, in January 1971.

Dr. Gillies took a piece of the patient's rib cartilage and implanted it into the damaged forehead area. After 6 months of continued treatment, Dr. Nguyen took it out and used it to reconstruct the nose. After three years of monitoring and care, Spreckley's condition has improved a lot and can be discharged.

Pig glows

Taiwanese scientists carried out transplants of gene data into pig embryos.

There have been many genetically modified animals / plants that glow in the dark, but no one has ever thought of. In 2006, scientists from the Department of Zoology Technology - National University of Taiwan decided to add genetic data to embryos of pigs.

Finally, three individuals were recorded with the ability to emit green fluorescent light. Not only the outer skin layer but also their organs are similarly glowing. It is known that, although it is not the first time, it is the most satisfactory and unique result ever.

The scientists also stressed that related achievements could be used to further develop the field of gene and stem cell research as well as human pathogens.

Mouse grows human ears

This is evidence of the potential of culturing artificial cartilage tissue in medicine.

Vacanti is the name of an individual mouse that was tested in 1997, with an unusual body characteristic that resembles a human ear that grows in the back.

In fact, that part is made of a bio-polymer frame. Subcutaneous cartilage cells are gradually nourished and developed to eventually grow to such perfection. This is evidence of the potential of culturing artificial cartilage tissue in medicine. However, at that time, due to lack of awareness propaganda, it was just a joke for the world.

Addictive drug experiment on monkeys

In the case of monkeys using both cocaine and cocaine for 2 consecutive weeks, they will die.

Monkeys were experimented with to purposely merely influence the effects of narcotics on humans. The methods used in this experiment went beyond moral standards for animals.

The monkeys are trained to be able to inject drugs like cocaine, cocaine, codeine, alcohol and amphetamine into the body. When mature, can inject themselves, the experts give them a large amount of medicine to use.

Of course, monkeys are addicted and have negative reactions such as: injuring their hands, twitching when using cocaine, removing all the hair from their arms and abdomen, breaking their fingers by hallucinations .

Experiment 'making' spy cat

The cat was trained for 5 years but the experiment failed, it rushed into a taxi and died on the spot.

The US government once wanted to train spy cats, so it experimented with training a cat for five years.

Not only did they train, they implanted a listening device and restrained the feeling of hunger in the cat - it was a battery-powered antenna that was implanted in the tail of a poor cat.

The experiment failed miserably, in an experiment on the street, the cat plunged into a taxi and died on the spot.

Experiments on rabbits

The rabbit was in pain because she struggled to escape the grip of the research tools.

The purpose of the experiment is to measure the degree of skin irritation, damage on sensitive tissue and toxins of various substances used as cosmetics.

Experts use corrosive substances directly to test the eyes of many rabbits, thereby assessing how the eye tissue is destroyed.

After being trampled on such chemicals without a sedative, the rabbits almost immediately gave out painful cries, even breaking their necks or backs because they struggled to escape. grip of research tools.

After the experiment, these rabbits face pain from the phenomenon of rash, edema, pus, ulceration, hemorrhage and blindness, which may even lead to death.

Experiment using 'restraint' method

The poor monkey was taken out as an experiment.

This experiment applies to monkeys. They will be locked and locked into narrow, tight cages and pressed. In addition, they were injected with ketamine, sedative to limit the reaction.

Despite the pain of monkeys suffering, experts continue to use nerve agents to damage the monkey's body like a real patient. Then try a variety of medicines to treat the disease.