In 1959 Soviet scientist Vladimir Demikhov created a living, breathing, two-headed dog. He and a couple of helpers sedated both dogs, The smaller dog's body was severed just below the ribcage tying off the dog's blood vessels as they went. The bigger dog had an incision made at the base of her neck exposing her vital blood vessels. The scientists then slowly began to join the two dog's blood vessels together. The surgery was a success and both dogs survived their disturbing ordeal and could move around independent of each other. Both dogs died four days after the surgery. As cruel and fucked up as this experiment was, Demikhov's work did accomplished some good. He was the first person to successfully transplant hearts and lungs in animals which paved the way for human organ transplants.
