Dr. Robert J. White performed his first neurosurgery at age 15—on a frog cadaver in high school bio class. Over the next 50 years, he operated on more than 10,000 brains, one of which accounted for the most ambitious neurological experiment in history: In the 70s, he successfully transplanted the head of one monkey to the body of another. For White’s efforts, the monkey awoke from the anesthesia and tried to bite his finger off.
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