In 1954, Soviet Scientist Vladimir Demikhov Performed "The Most Controversial Experimental Operation Of The 20th Century"
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In 1954, Soviet Scientist Vladimir Demikhov Performed "The Most Controversial Experimental Operation Of The 20th Century"

Demikhov was a pioneer of heart surgery. But thanks to his other, unusual, "interests", that hardly ever gets brought up.