The disturbing and unethical work of Vladimir Demikhov

Schmawwy's recent post inspired this. I'm surprised it wasn't on here before. These experiments from the 1950s are critical to any discussion of the ethics of experimental science. While the results are a macabre set of clearly suffering individuals, the science of neurology may have taken some leaps from this research. Some say it was revolutionary; others ignore the research altogether on the grounds of its lack of ethical consideration for the animals. You decide.

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