The others have covered the "Strange Science" topics that this
thread has wandered through. But to my own knowledge, the
originator of the phrase
"The Chicken Heart that ate New York City" was
Bill Cosby, from track 5 of the album "Wonderfulness" recorded
in May of 1966.
Very funny stuff.

Lyle

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean H. Breheny" <shb7@CORNELL.EDU>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]: Sea Salt?


> Could someone please fill me in? What is the origin of this story about a
> "chicken heart" that ate NYC? A quick google search turned up other
> references to it, but no explanation of its origin.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sean
>
>
> At 07:08 PM 5/7/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >On Tue, 7 May 2002 14:34:42 -0400, "M. Adam Davis" wrote:
> >
> > >Barry Gershenfeld wrote:
> > >
> > >>>       The late French scientist Dr. Alexis Carrel
> > >>>       kept a chicken heart alive for over 27 years
> > >>>       by having the pulsating heart IN A SOLUTION
> > >>>       OF SEA SALT, i.e. isotonic seawater.  Dr. Carrel
> > >>>       voluntarily ended the experiment after a third
> > >>>       of a century, having proven that living
> > >>>       cells can have physical immortality.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>Was that the same Chicken Heart That Ate New York City?
> > >>
> > >>Barry
>
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