X-Message-Number: 33360
From: "Melody Maxim" <>
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Subject: Re: CryoNet #33354 - Quackery Prevails in Cryonics
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:46:09 -0500

Gerald Monroe writes: "A patient was on a ventilator and asked it to be 
turned off.  He was
declared dead within a few minutes and the CI team was able to rush in to
preserve him.  Mike Darwin thought the results in this case were much better
than normal because there weren't blood clots visible in the capillaries of
his brain that block perfusion of the cryo-protectant."

Did Mike Darwin slice up that brain and examine it under a microscope? 
Capillaries are too small to be seen with the naked eye. They are so small, 
in fact, that red blood cells (approximately 7 microns in diameter) can only 
travel through them in single file. Why does Gerald Monroe believe Mike 
Darwin would be able to observe clots in the capillaries of people who have 
been cryopreserved? Why does Gerald Monroe believe anything Mike Darwin says 
is true? I assume Mr. Darwin, and others, have deceived many with their 
rambling reports that are generously laced with medical and scientific 
terminology. (Then again, hundreds, or even a few thousand, people fooled 
over the course of 40 years isn't really all that many, is it?)

Recently, remarks have been made, in regard to Mr. Darwin wanting to make 
cryonics some sort of "secret society." Why might that be? Does he want 
cryonics organizations to live up to their reputation as being cult-like? 
Most likely, it is because, only when shielded from the light of day, can 
Mr. Darwin pretend to be a surgeon, a perfusionist, or someone of scientific 
importance. The poor public perception of cryonics is largely due to the 
questionable research, and unprofessional activities, of people such as Mike 
Darwin.

Mr. Monroe recently lamented, in a comment directed at me, "If you think you 
are a better perfusionist than Mike, why don't you help him?" Mike Darwin is 
not a perfusionist, at all...never has been, probably never will be...and I 
can't provide the type of "help" I believe Mr. Darwin needs. Mr. Monroe has 
been conned, as have many others, and that is why cryonics must be 
regulated. Those of us who see the charade have, not only a "right," but an 
OBLIGATION, to speak out.

Melody Maxim 

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