“It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms…”
Christiaan Barnard
In 1927 Aviator Charles Lindberg was the most famous man in the world. What he had done crossing the Atlantic was miraculous, extending the capability of humans. Lindberg also experienced great loss. Specifically, the kidnapping of his young son and the early death of his sister from valvular heart disease. Lindberg became obsessed with preserving life, he sought to create immortality. Using his influence, connections and money, he joined the laboratory of Nobel Prize winning surgeon Alexis Carol, in the New York based Rockefeller Institute. What we have here is an organ perfusion device, designed and blown by Lindberg himself. This apparatus was capable of keeping an isolated canine heart beating for months at a time. This was a second golden age for Lindberg, his dabbling with eugenics and fascist politics still well in the future. #immortalst #letsmakelemonade
Pen Paint and Scalpel 