Doctor Mendell

Biography
Doctor Mendell was a scientist and a colleague of Baron Eric von Frankenstein. Educated at Hamburg University, Mendell later went on to improve upon Frankenstein's work. Studying the effects of galvanism on human cell tissue, Mendell deduced that a body could be returned to life through a steady blanket of electrical impulse evenly displaced throughout the entire subject. He shared his insights with two fellow scientists, Cushing and Sedgewick. The two younger doctors went behind Mendell's back and used his work to revive a medical cadaver. The man they brought back to life was Amos Duncan - a convicted murderer. When Mendell learned what they had done, he determined that Duncan had to be destroyed. Mendell took it upon himself to commit the deed, but Duncan murdered him and left his body on the operating table.