Many historical figures, from religious fanatics and prophets to scientists, doctors and biologists, have long dreamed of cheating death by making the biblical story of Jesus Christ, who brought Lazarus to life, come true. And although today neither people of faith nor people of science have succeeded in showing the middle finger to an old woman with a scythe and to show the world a miracle by returning the deceased from the other world, some attempts to revive the dead definitely deserve us to tell our readers about them …
So, today we decided to tell you about four people who tried to challenge death itself and resurrect the dead, both with the help of scalpels, test tubes and droppers, and with the help of faith, the Lord's miracles and the Bible under their arm.
Russian scientist who made a dead heart beat
Russian physiologist Alexei Kulyabko became a real face of the bold and ambitious ideas of his time and the person who practically managed to blur the line between scientific progress and science fiction.
By 1902, the scientist was able to restart the dead hearts of animals, and in 1903 he raised a real sensation around him when he managed to make the heart of a three-month-old child who died of natural causes begin to beat again after the baby had been dead for two whole days. The most ambitious experience of the scientist was an attempt to revive a dead person, so to speak, not piece by piece, but as a whole. The subject was a man who had died during surgery the day before.
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A mixture of calcium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium bicarbonate and dextrose was pumped into the corpse's vessels, after which, lo and behold, the dead man's heart really began to beat in his chest. However, even in spite of the semi-mythical stories that the deceased moved and shuddered while lying on the table, forcing Kulyabko's assistant to flee from the laboratory in panic, the experiment still did not fulfill the task assigned to him. After the dead heart pumped the solution in vain for about 20 minutes, Kulyabko pulled the pipe out of the deceased's vein and admitted his failure.
The Mormon prophet who allegedly raised his niece
Unlike the bold experiments of the Russian physiologist, the achievements of a man named Lorenzo Snow, who occupies a prominent place in the history of the religious movement of the Mormons, are much more dubious, much less documented, and much more like a clever trick or a lucky coincidence.
In general, the story goes that Snow (not to be confused with John), who was recently released from prison, where he was sentenced for polygamy, found out that his niece, Ella Jensen, had passed away several hours ago. Hearing such sad news, the prophet hurried to the girl's house, sprinkled her forehead with blessed oil and whispered: "Dear Ella, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I command you to rise from the dead, for your mission here has not yet been completed." An hour after this "performance", the girl allegedly got up on her bed and called Snow to her, who, again, allegedly, brought her back from the other world.
Here, of course, it's a no brainer that before her divine resurrection, Ella Jensen was unlikely to die in principle, but they are Mormons, they know better, and the trick, undoubtedly, turned out to be very effective.
The scientist who revived the head
Another scientist who came close to the secret of reviving the dead was a Russian physiologist named Sergei Bryukhonenko. His main invention was the so-called "auto-light" - a complex system of tubes and valves, with the help of which the scientist managed to maintain life in the severed head of a dog for more than 100 minutes.
The head reacted to the light, blinked and even ate a piece of cheese from the scientist's hand, which literally shocked the scientific community of that time. However, experiments with the "auto-projector" were not limited to the dog's head. They decided to test the device on the head of a suicide, which by the time of the experiment had been successfully dead for several hours. There is evidence that the head connected to the apparatus even began to emit strange sounds in its throat, opened its eyes and stared at the doctors, however, as in the case of Kulyabko's "revitalized heart", it was decided to stop the experiment just two minutes after the start.
Resurrection team
And finally, a little circus to cheer up our readers. Dear friends, meet the guys from the Evangelical Team of Reviving the Dead. This is something like Dima Enteo and his team, only from America and with a slightly higher level of insanity.
The guys claim that among their merits there are already as many as 11 dead people, revived by sincere faith, but rescuers and paramedics claim that the "Evangelical Resurrection Team" will very soon receive kicks on the fifth point. This is mainly due to the interesting habit of young people to break through fences and read prayers over victims of car accidents.