T2K Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Just wondering. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 What do you consider successfully? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 True story. At about 14 (c. 1962), I put a frog under with ether (liberated from science lab at school...different times!) and opened its chest with a scalpel. I applied a current from a Lionel train controller directly to the heart and it started beating again. Not for long, but it did. This was well before defibrillators. Of course, I'd heard about galvanic response in class, and simply took this as the same thing. No clue as to the significance of what I'd done until much later. Dave 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Hmm...I was off topic. It was only open chest. I didn't open the heart... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 My Dad's neighbor is a welder, he says he's so good he can fix a broken heart 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason str Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I specialize in brain surgery only, sorry i can't help. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Richard Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Hmm...I was off topic. It was only open chest. I didn't open the heart... Dave Close enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 My Dad's neighbor is a welder, he says he's so good he can fix a broken heart My Heavenly Father does that all the time... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Traveler Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 My Dad's neighbor is a welder, he says he's so good he can fix a broken heart My Heavenly Father does that all the time... I use the Google. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Traveler Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Just wondering. Keith I feel like I could stop the heart, but getting it beating again would be out of the realm of my expertise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Morbius Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Dave, I think you should change your title from Mallette to Dr Frogenstein. Just sayin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 That's Frog n' stEYEN... Dave 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Can do the anesthesia and run the bypass pumps (not at the same time) - can't do the surgery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I specialize in brain surgery only, sorry i can't help. Jason, I thought that was Brain Salad Surgery.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I probably could do the surgery as long as soldering wasn't involved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet_Hollow Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Performed a few open heart extractions on Whitetail deer over the years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 True story. At about 14 (c. 1962), I put a frog under with ether (liberated from science lab at school...different times!) and opened its chest with a scalpel. I applied a current from a Lionel train controller directly to the heart and it started beating again. Not for long, but it did. This was well before defibrillators. Of course, I'd heard about galvanic response in class, and simply took this as the same thing. No clue as to the significance of what I'd done until much later. Dave I always suspected you were a sick SOB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Hey, it was anesthetized... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 14, 2016 Moderators Share Posted February 14, 2016 Success for me or the patient ? I can do one but not the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2K Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 True story. At about 14 (c. 1962), I put a frog under with ether (liberated from science lab at school...different times!) and opened its chest with a scalpel. I applied a current from a Lionel train controller directly to the heart and it started beating again. Not for long, but it did. This was well before defibrillators. Of course, I'd heard about galvanic response in class, and simply took this as the same thing. No clue as to the significance of what I'd done until much later. Dave I always suspected you were a sick SOB Yeah, and he probably fried the legs for dinner. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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