X-Message-Number: 2155 Date: 25 Apr 93 10:56:08 EDT From: Clarissa Wells <> Subject: CRYONICS Patient Position To: >INTERNET: I am a little surprised to hear that frozen patients will be stood on their heads without additional support, under Mr. Wowk's plan. As I understand it, in very old buildings, the glass in window panes is thicker at the bottom at the top, since a gradual "settling" process occurs, glas not being quite as solid as it seems. Although I lack a formal science background, it seems to me that something quite similar could happen to a frozen patient, especially if his/her body was fractured in several places. One advantage of liquid nitrogen, I assume, is that it must provide much better support than Mr. Wowk's system. --C.W. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=2155