Can you transplant a head to another body? - Max G. Levy

Follow a neurosurgeon's attempts to perform a head transplant, and dig into the ethical and biological questions the procedure raises.

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In 1970, neurosurgeon Robert White and his team carted two monkeys into an operating room to conduct an ambitious experiment. The objective was to connect the head of Monkey A to the body of Monkey B, in what he considered a whole-body transplant, with the ultimate goal of one day performing this surgery on humans. Is such a feat even medically possible? And is it ethical? Max G. Levy investigates.

Lesson by Max G. Levy, directed by Anton Bogaty.

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[Feline_universe-pnpy]

the background music was scarier than the video

[awesomehpt]

I try not to lose my head over this matter.

[justyarn]

That poor monkey had to suffer the worst cosmic horror ever imagined wtf

[SOPH-cwgw]

That thumbnail will give me nightmares forever.

[farhanmizra]

What an eerie background music. Scared the life out of me.

[GrassesOn]

What did Jeff Goldblum say once, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should”?

[BenMak]

I’m confident in saying I’d rather die with my own body than live paralysed with someone else’s

[hpulyhv]

I wonder if I still can call myself ‘myself’ even if my head is somebody else’s.

[Starboy_tw]

Me continuously imagining myself in place of those monkey 😣 waking up paralyzed with plastic connected tubes 😵‍💫 .And I am a mind with a body

[dracodracarys]

I suppose Jonathan Joestar won't be too pleased about it.

[myraromasanta]

Me @ 1am: 1 more video before I sleep

The 1 video 😐

[laceisaverb]

This video, along with the music, was so unnerving. I feel like I need to take another shower

[pinakibose]

I don't know why but after watching this I suddenly feel a phantom pain around my neck somewhere...

[LordBrittish]

There’s a real “Ship of Theseus” vibe to this one.

[taprobanna]

A lot of potential for both good and harm with a procedure like this. I remember a couple years ago reading about a Russian guy with muscular dystrophy volunteering to transplant his head, but I guess it never followed through due to the ethical and safety concerns. I wonder who could even consent to donate their body for this type of procedure?

[felipefigueira]

Well, I guess that's one way to get a head in life!

[noramuffincake]

The music in this video is ridiculous😭😭😭😭

[markmark-wtsd]

"To a doners body"
hey dude where is your body
Donated it

[pixelatedcole]

Kenjaku and Dio fans will be studying this video for decades.

[GLET_theamateur]

some questions just need to be left alone