Are Two Heads Better?
Ya Sam
takoitov at hotmail.com
Tue Jan 16 15:19:52 CST 2007
That's why I always feel relieved when reading the GR episode in which
Pointsman doesn't get the dog.
>From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Are Two Heads Better?
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:08:07 -0600
>
>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=426765
>
>Blinking unhappily in the daylight as Demikhov paraded it on its lead,
>this unfortunate beast had been created by grafting the head and upper
>body of a small puppy on to the head and body of a fully-grown
>mastiff, to form one grotesque creature with two heads. The visitors
>watched in horror and fascination as both of the beast's mouths lapped
>greedily at a bowl of milk proffered by Demikhov's assistants.
>
>Resembling something dreamed up by Mary Shelley's Dr Frankenstein, it
>seemed literally incredible. But as the Soviet propaganda machine
>informed the world, this canine curiosity was both very real - and a
>scientific triumph.
>
>As revealed in a National Geographic documentary to be screened later
>this month, the creation of the two-headed dog was the first step in
>an astonishing race by Cold War scientists to achieve the seemingly
>impossible - the first ever human head transplant. In pursuing this
>medical goal, Vladimir Demikhov - and his American rival, Robert White
>- may seem to be the epitome of immoral scientists who ignored all
>ethical considerations in their pursuit of scientific advance. But in
>their own minds, they were brilliant pioneers prepared to think the
>unthinkable for the greater good of mankind.
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