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supposed to have committed. The police, including
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Kirshner successfully removes the second head of the creature, and tells
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Kirshner arrives at a mansion in a wheelchair; once inside, Kirshner asks if his experiment has been a success, and is told by an orderly that it has been. He is taken to the basement, where the experiment is in fact a two-headed gorilla that Dr. Kirshner has created. The experiment is to
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determine whether two heads can survive on a single body. Kirshner has done this because he has not much longer to live and wants to transplant his still living head from his lifeless body onto a donor so that he may continue living and continue working as the world's most successful surgeon.
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regains the power to move the body. Leaving Kirshner to rest, Desmond meets up with Dr. Williams again and tells him he needs his help. Williams is reluctant at first, but Desmond reassures him that his beliefs are not the same as Dr. Kirshner's and that his help is very much needed.
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