Result of artificial sleep in a biological experiment
In the 1950s, reports came out of the Soviet Union about an unusual experiment in which a dog's life was radically lengthened by putting it into an artificial sleep for three months.
The research was done by S.N. Braines (I have no idea what "S.N." stands for). I believe that he reported his results in a 1952 article titled, "Result of artificial sleep in a biological experiment," published in a Soviet journal. But I can't be sure because I can't find the text of the article.
The results he achieved sound unlikely to me.
The research was done by S.N. Braines (I have no idea what "S.N." stands for). I believe that he reported his results in a 1952 article titled, "Result of artificial sleep in a biological experiment," published in a Soviet journal. But I can't be sure because I can't find the text of the article.
The results he achieved sound unlikely to me.
Omaha World-Herald - Oct 17, 1958
Text from Main Street, U.S.S.R. (1959), by Irving R. Levine
Comments
An article is listed in Pubmed, so this doesn't seem to be something that was made up by tabloids.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13007142/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13007142/
Posted by ges on 07/26/23 at 01:21 PM
The vet who wrote the All Creatures Great and Small also made a couple of stories about the benefits of enforced sleep and restoration.
Posted by Mike on 07/26/23 at 05:59 PM
The results might or might not be real, but the name sounds unlikely to me. Braines? Враинэз!? I really don't think so.
Posted by Richard Bos on 07/29/23 at 05:31 AM
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