Robert E. Cornish
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Robert E. Cornish (1894-1963), Californian biologist, who managed to revive two dogs (Lazarus IV and V) clinically put to death on May 22, 1934 and in 1935. He was seesawing corpses up and down to circulate the blood while injecting a mixture of epinephrine (adrenaline) and anticoagulants.
He also acted as himself in a 1935 movie Life Returns which was based on story of his controversial experiments.
[edit] External links
- Fragment of newspaper article about Lazarus V revival
- 1934 Time Magazine article on Cornish's experiments
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