Schweiger didn't get up the next day. Ackermann claims he assumed the man was sleeping off a hangover—a frequent occurrence. That night, he checked in on him, and saw him sprawled in the same position in which he'd left him. Ackermann, ever the aspiring physician, checked for a pulse and heartbeat. Schweiger was dead. Ackermann reacted to this discovery not with remorse or panic, but with eager delight: Finally he could satisfy his curiosity about the inner workings of the human body.

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