Fun look at early defibrillation 

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i09 - The Earliest Defibrillation Was Done On A Chicken

Did a Danish veterinarian first invent the defibrillator or the electric chair, or both?In 1775, when people were beginning to mess around with electricity, Peter Abildgaard paved the way for the formal use of electricity to both end and recover life.