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On the opposite side I remember that researchers were (cautiously) harvesting the original strain of the spanish flu and performing a modern autopsy on its vict
by cm2187 3y ago
On the opposite side I remember that researchers were (cautiously) harvesting the original strain of the spanish flu and performing a modern autopsy on its victims by opening lead coffins which preserved well enough the body after a century.
- jaclaz 3y agoI think you are referring to Sir Mark Sykes (BBC made a documentary on that a few years ago): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sykes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sykes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sykes#Exhumation_for_biological_research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sykes#Exhumation_for_biol... but it seems like the attempt was not successful, the lead coffin was broken and the body was not as well preserved as it was expected.