This may be very late, but after seeing the new Frankenstein movie, it peeked my interest, and i stumbled upon this forum.
Johann Konrad Dippel Was the name of a German pietist theologian, alchemist and physician, that inspired Shelly's Frankenstein.
Johann Conrad Dippel (August 10, 1673 – April 25, 1734).
Dippel was born at Castle Frankenstein near Mühltal and Darmstadt
“Dippel was convinced that he could bring a body back to life by injecting it with a concoction of blood and bone, often made from both mammal and human corpses,” writes Miranda Seymour in her biography, Mary Shelley. “In Mary’s novel, Victor Frankenstein would use animal bones to help manufacture his monstrous creature.”
While Dippel reportedly claimed to have found a way to live to the age of 135, he himself fell far short of the mark. He died at 61 and became part of a repertoire of local legends, Seymour writes, including “gruesome tales of a cannibal monster who, in times long past, used the grim little castle as his headquarters.”.
Johann Konrad Dippel Was the name of a German pietist theologian, alchemist and physician, that inspired Shelly's Frankenstein.
Johann Conrad Dippel (August 10, 1673 – April 25, 1734).
Dippel was born at Castle Frankenstein near Mühltal and Darmstadt
“Dippel was convinced that he could bring a body back to life by injecting it with a concoction of blood and bone, often made from both mammal and human corpses,” writes Miranda Seymour in her biography, Mary Shelley. “In Mary’s novel, Victor Frankenstein would use animal bones to help manufacture his monstrous creature.”
While Dippel reportedly claimed to have found a way to live to the age of 135, he himself fell far short of the mark. He died at 61 and became part of a repertoire of local legends, Seymour writes, including “gruesome tales of a cannibal monster who, in times long past, used the grim little castle as his headquarters.”.