The History of Head Transplants
The superpower rivalry of the Cold War had many different fronts including the operating theatre. Dr Brandy Schillace tells the almost unbelievable story of how close we came to seeing human head transplants take place.
Dan Snow's History Hit · History Hit
June 7, 202122m 12s
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Show Notes
The superpower rivalry of the Cold War had many different fronts, space, the rice paddy fields of south-east Asia and even the operating theatre. The desire to push the envelope of human ingenuity led Dr Robert J. White to conduct a series of successful head transplants on monkies during the 1970s with the eventual aim of performing the procedure on a human patient. Dr Brandy Schillace, the author of <em>Mr Humble and Dr Butcher</em>, is today's guest on the podcast and she tells the almost unbelievable story of how close we came to seeing human head transplants take place.
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