68 Historical Photographs That Help Us Understand What Life Was Like in the 1920s

#34: A Bizarre Medical Experiment

In a truly peculiar moment captured in history, a doctor in Berlin, Germany, undertook an unconventional procedure: attempting to transfer blood from a hare to a human to rejuvenate the latter. This image demonstrates a unique intersection of hope, science, and humans’ lengths to chase youth.

The outcome of this unusual experiment was, unsurprisingly, unsuccessful, demonstrating a dangerous misunderstanding of biology. The idea that animal and human blood could be interchangeable was flawed. Despite pigs having blood somewhat similar to humans, far more so than apes, the idea of cross-species blood transfusion remains impossible.