Resuscitation Annie: The doll with the “most kissed lips in history”

Image: (left) Resusci Annie CPR doll (right) L’Inconnue de la Seine death mask (photograph, public domain, undated)

Resuscitation Annie is not a singular doll, but rather she is a specific model of a medical doll used in various training sessions for proper CPR technique. Annie has been on the market since the 1950s and while she was not the only doll on the market, she quickly became the most popular earning her the title of “the most kissed lips in history.”