Vladimir Demikhov

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Vladimir Demikhov was a Soviet (1915 - 1998) scientist who did several transplantations in the 1930's and 1950's, whereunder the transplantation of a heart into an animal and a lung-heart replacement in an animal. He is also well-known for his transplantation of the heads of dogs. He conducted his dog head transplants during the 1950's, and this ultimately led to the head transplants in monkeys by Dr. Robert White, who was inspired by Demikhov's work.

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