The “World’s Most Kissed Woman” has saved millions of lives. A story with death in the background

This girl influenced all of Paris, and then the whole world, although in a different way. A stranger from Paris it is an urban legend that fascinated most of its inhabitants. We never found out who she was or why her fate turned out the way it did. It is known, however, that she left a very important mark.

Shrouded in mystery unknown. Her image became an inspiration in art

At the end of the 19th century, the body of a young girl was fished out of the Seine. She was estimated to be around 16 years old. The Parisian authorities made every effort to establish her identity, but to no avail. They also didn’t know if she committed suicide or if someone murdered her by drowning her in the river. The girl’s body could be seen in the morgue, but no one had identified her. One man thought that the girl had such a beautiful face that I would like to make a plaster cast of it. Then the story took a surprising turn. The deceased was buried, but her face became a constant object of conversation.

Her likenesses began to be mass-produced, which could be purchased as an element of interior design. Tourists bought the image of the Stranger of the Seine as a souvenir from a trip to Paris. She also appeared in literature and painting as the personification of beauty. More and more romantic legends circulated around her death. However, it’s hers the plaster reflection was the most famous and popular. The fascination with “The Stranger” continued for several decades, but eventually it was exhausted, but this is not the end of its story.

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She changed the course of medicine. The most kissed woman in the world

The sequel took place in Norway, many years later. And all thanks to Asmund Laerdal. It was a toy manufacturer that in the 1940s first dealt with wooden toys, and later became interested in plastic. And he was doing great. So good that Norwegian doctors asked him to help create a phantom. A dummy that turned out to change the history of medicine and humanity. It was to be used to teach mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Asmund knew how to make dolls, but not human-sized. But he remembered the plaster effigy of the Seine stranger he had seen in his in-laws’ house. And it was this cast that was used to create a dummy to practice the new resuscitation technique. Gender mattered to men who did not want to practice on a male manikin. And so with ‘The Stranger of the Seine’ has become ‘The most kissed woman in the world’. Thanks to her, resuscitation exercises have become a common and necessary practice in emergency medical services. Launched in 1963, Laedal’s device was called Resusci Anne. And while it wasn’t innovative, no other was as successful.