Is Immortality Possible and Attempts That Have Been Made

Everyone will have their own concern that they face each day whether it will be related to their jobs, cost of living, family, and other things revolving around their daily life. One thing is that they will not always waste their time overthinking about the death that awaits them.

But those who have plenty of time and money tend to think about the inevitable death. Some of them were to go to progressive lengths by doing something that is not considered normal in order to achieve eternal life or immortality.

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The question will be is immortality even possible? Here are some of the attempts that have been made to live forever throughout history.

8. Blood Transfusion To Increase Lifespan

The energy that is contained in the youngster's blood is something that has been debated especially when it involves increasing your lifespan. Many people feel that it is something crazy to believe in but it has been accepted by far more than people have expected.

Several types of research have proven that when an old rat was injected with the blood of a young rat will make the old rat look much younger and live longer. But this method has yet to be proven clinically in humans.

But his unproven theory has sparked interest among many people including billionaires like Peter Thiel. He and many other wealthy people have bought so much blood of the young ones to be transfused into them so that they can have a longer-lasting life.

Even though there were no reports on the exploitation of the sales of the young one's blood, this has caused major concern about whether the techniques even work. One thing for sure is that the rich will keep on buying blood from those who really needed the money.

7. Blood Bath of a Girl

Elizabeth Bathory who lived in the 16th century was known by the name Countess of Blood and had a reputation similar to Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula. Bathory was also said to be ruthless just like Vlad Dracula did previously.

During her vicious rule and before King Matthias II sent a group of investigators to check on her castle due to ominous rumors from the people, Bathory was torturing and killing at least 650 of the girls' villagers but was only convicted for the 80 girls that she had murdered.

Ever since Bathory was little she was a sad and problematic little child. As she grew older, she found something that can satisfy her crazy desires. It has been told that she will hit her own maid really hard until she got lots of blood on her hands. She also realized that the blood has made her skin looks much younger than before.

Ever since then Bathory will start her beauty regime by bathing in blood to make herself younger for eternity. She started to bait young girls to work in her castle before torturing them to death to fulfill her dreams.

6. Drinks Mixed With Menstrual Blood

Blood is something that is kept being said as something that is commonly used to reach eternal life. There have been many ways that people have used the blood of the young ones to remain young and beautiful.

But this one was far off than normal and instead, it is quite despicable. Some believed that by drink menstrual blood it can improve their overall health as well as help the cells in the body.

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Most of them who have practiced this routine did not use the proper medical technique. They straight away drank the blood as it came out. Even though it has been proven that menstrual blood contains stem cells that can act as a healing agent but consume the blood directly.

There has been a study that was conducted on rats with the use of red blood cells for healing but it was done by a trained healthcare professional and with proper methods. It is not simply by consuming the blood straight away.

5. Scientists Believed That Box Jellyfish Is The Key To Eternity

Humans have been in search of eternal life for a long time in history. Despite the findings still in progress, deep into the sea, there is a creature that has managed to achieve the impossible. The creature is a jellyfish-type species that is known as the box jellyfish.

The box jellyfish has a remarkable healing property that has left most scientists astonished and puzzled to this day. If the jellyfish was under some sort of pain or stress, it will undergo a reversal aging process where it will return to the beginning of its life. Afterward, it will age as usual similar to humans.

This situation has led scientists to name the jellyfish as Benjamin Button jellyfish. Despite the scientist making this huge discovery by finding the capability of the box jellyfish in the 1980s, there is still little that they know about the secret behind it.

This is because there is not much scholarship or expertise in this field. On top of that, our knowledge of understanding the key to eternal life is very limited.

4. First Chinese Emperor Drank Mercury To Live Forever

Qin Shi Huang is the first emperor that united China. He has control over many things such as money, power, and glory, and even influences those under him. But this was still not sufficient enough for the emperor as only one thing was missing and that is the ability to live forever.

Therefore, the emperor decided to send scout troops all over the place seeking the secrets to immortality but he has still not received any reports that were promising. Not willing to wait any longer, the emperor consumed a chemical that was made by one of his physicians.

The chemical contained mercury as its main ingredient which was also used in many medicines by ancient chemists a long time ago. Instead of getting what the emperor wants, he instead died at the early phase of 49 years old.

3. Body Preservation By Freezing After Death

There are a few people that have taken a rather daring move to achieve eternal life by using cryogenic technology which utilizes low temperatures. They agreed to have their bodies frozen after death in hope of being reincarnated later on.

This has become an obsession for some as it was seen as a technology that may be a success in the future compared to other methods. But even this process has its flaws and drawbacks.

This is because the best way for a cryogenic process to work is that it requires the participant to willingly commit suicide. This is to preserve the brain and body while the participant is still alive or simply being said: "frozen alive".

There have been many states in America and almost many countries around the world that prohibit the act of suicide even if it is free will. This means that even the rich will have trouble doing this before achieving what they desire.

2. A Monk That Mummified Himself To Achieve Eternal Life

As we all know there is a Buddhist monk that lived in remote areas like the mountains to live free from the modern world and unveil the mystery of nature. In the meantime, most Buddhist monk does not put an emphasis on their physical strength, there are a few out there that believed in a way to improve their physical strength to live for life.

In order to achieve this, they have undergone a process to mummify themselves. This rather horrible process requires the person to undergo a specific diet and training for several years.

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When it is time to be mummified, they will then need to eat a type of diet to help preserve the body including taking a type of preservative agent. Later on, they will be locked and buried inside a chamber with only a small hole for the person to breathe in.

The monk will continuously make the bell chime from the chamber to signal that the process of meditation is still ongoing. When the bell does not make any more sound, the chamber will be immediately closed. After several years, the chamber will be reopened to check the bodies for any decay.

If there is no sign of decay, then the whole mummifying process is said to be a success. Many believed that the monk will rise again one day when their wisdom is required whether it will be in hundreds or thousands of years' time.

1. Injecting Himself With An Extract of Dog's Testicles and Guinea Rat

In 1989, a scientist named Brown-Sequard gathered the locals to make a surprising announcement regarding his recent discovery. He told that he has found a cure for infertility and a way to bring back the youth times of anyone.

According to him, he had conducted experiments on himself by crushing, filtering, and making a type of solution from the dog's testicles before being injected into his own thigh. He claimed that afterward, he feels more energetic when having sexual intercourse with his wife.

When the crowds suddenly did not believe in him, he also told about his attempts with the testicles of the Guinea rat which also showed promising results. Unfortunately, because the knowledge of science at the time was still limited, many have also tried this bizarre method.

Some claimed that it definitely works but medical experts still feel doubtful, especially regarding the return of youths. Finally, the experts have studied the solution made by Brown-Sequard and have gotten a patent for it.

What they found was that the solution and the method used did not give any sort of effect. Due to feeling ashamed and his business going down the hill, he spent the rest of his life without being known.

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