In the era of scientific and technological progress, no one is surprised that something that seemed impossible yesterday is in the order of things today. Organ transplants, for example. However, sometimes amazing things happen - along with the heart, the donor's soul is transplanted into a person.
This conclusion was made by American doctors after examining the case of 69-year-old American pensioner Sonia Graham. He lived happily ever after in the sunny state of Georgia, was happily married, had several children. And then for no apparent reason he shot himself. According to his wife and friends, he did not show any signs of depression or at least some kind of dissatisfaction with life. On this, the doctors calmed down. But one of them, Professor Harry Schwartz, was interested in one detail: shortly before his death, an American was transplanted the heart of a man who just as suddenly committed suicide. The doctor began to dig further and found out even more interesting details: immediately after the heart transplant to Greyham, he met his donor's wife and - at first sight, fell in love with her. He told his friends that as soon as he saw this woman, he immediately feltthat he has known her all her life. They got married a few days later. But happiness soon came to an end.
The case with Sonya Graham was viewed by the police as a tragic accident. And she was ready to laugh in the face of someone who would say that Grayham, together with his heart, acquired the memories and emotions of his donor-savior. That is, Harry Schwartz.
But this Arizona scientist refutes the conventional wisdom of doctors that the heart is just a pump and is only responsible for getting blood to every cell in the body. He stated that our memory and consciousness are concentrated not only in the brain, but in every cell of the body. And if you give someone a part of your body, then inevitably you give a part of your emotions, memories, and, maybe, soul.
To date, scientist Gary Schwartz has collected 70 documented cases when recipients, along with a transplanted organ, adopted their tastes, habits and character traits from donors. Each of these cases gives serious reasons for thinking even for seasoned doctors.
Take, for example, the story of an 18-year-old boy. He seriously studied music, sang well and composed poetry, but tragically died in a car accident. A year after his death, the parents of the young man accidentally stumbled upon a cassette with his songs. It was called "Danny, my heart is yours." In his songs - the confidence that the purpose of his life is to give his heart to a girl named Daniel. It is not known whether his passion actually suffered from a heart defect or the boy spoke metaphorically, but after a while the parents agreed to donate the boy's heart to those in need of a transplant. A girl named Daniel turned out to be in need.
After some time, the family of the deceased boy met with this girl. They brought a cassette with their son's songs with them, so that Daniel could understand what a talented man saved her life. The girl listened to the cassette for the first time, but she immediately began to sing along, guessing the tune and words of the song. As if I had heard her many times. Danielle later said that she did not understand how it happened. She just felt that she had already heard this melody somewhere, only she could not remember where.
And here is another case described in detail by the professor. A 29-year-old lesbian, a lover of fast food, received a heart transplant from a 19-year-old girl who was said to be "just obsessed with men." And she was, moreover, a vegetarian. However, just a few days after the operation, the 29-year-old girl said that she was sick of the meat, and women were no longer interested. Relatives and friends were even more surprised when she married a man a couple of months later.
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In another case that defies explanation, a man immediately became a fan of classical music after the operation. It turned out that the donor was crazy about this music. Moreover, he played the violin professionally. The violinist accidentally found himself in the center of a street shootout and died, clutching his favorite instrument to his chest.
But heart transplant isn't the only one causing this reaction. Linda Gammons, a resident of the English town of Weston, donated her own kidney to her husband Ian. From that moment, according to Yang, he began to notice the character traits of his wife. For example, he began to love cooking, cleaning, and shopping. Before the kidney transplant, Yang hated all this trouble. The man even got a dog, although all his life he was the most passionate fan of cats.
The Chinese authorities became interested in the results of the study of the English scientist. They recently launched a recipient monitoring program. They will monitor how people's lives have changed after the operation. In China, by the way, most organs for transplantation come from executed political criminals. Apparently, the authorities fear that the ideas of the dead "enemies of the people" will be passed on to numerous donors throughout the country.
Of course, scientists can explain a lot. For example, the fact that the case with Sonya Graham is one in a hundred thousand organ transplants. Also, we must not forget that a person who urgently needs a transplant of some organ is on the verge of death. After such an emotional shock, you cannot remain the same. In addition, one must not forget about the effect of medications required during the operation. They can have an adverse effect on the human psyche and even radically change his life.
But why does it turn out that not abstract changes, but quite programmed ones, take place in the recipient? Why did the man who had a violinist's heart become interested in the classics and not hard rock? Why did the lesbian for no reason decide to give up meat, and not something else? Finally, why did Sony Graham choose his donor's wife as his companion? And how to explain that a man committed suicide when the desire to live made him take a risk and undergo a complex heart transplant operation? To date, not a single doctor has answers to these questions.