X-Message-Number: 6224 From: (hEpCaT) Subject: Re: Cryonics and the Medical Ethic Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 09:18:34 -0700 (PDT) > > Message #6213 > Subject: Cryonics and the Medical Ethic > Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 10:20:52 -0400 > From: "Perry E. Metzger" <> > snip snip... > The way you deanimate is very important to the chance cryonics is > going to work. If you spend twelve hours with marginal amounts of > oxygen getting to your brain, the mush that's left before your heart > gives out isn't exactly optimal cryonics material. Mike Darwin keeps > pointing out that it is essential that people get good medical care > right up until the end. Then the one objective is die wealthy so you can afford all the care, the other is choosing an organization that will care enough about your long-term survival to correctly budget what resources you have earmarked for cryonics in the event that you are unable to do it yourself. If Perry thinks that BPI and CryoCare are his tickets to ride, then I encourage him to send both companies a certified letter informing them of his wishes so that when his time comes they will know what he wants. Of course, the main condition seems to be that there be no cryonic suspension unless all the optimal circumstances obtain. Ever forward, David -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Cosenza 1264-bit Key fingerprint = BF 6C AA 44 C6 CA 13 3F 4A EC 0A 90 AE F3 74 6D 4096-bit Key fingerprint = A4 79 15 79 D2 73 7D 3F 34 88 2E ED 93 6F 46 B1 "When encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will have encryption." Public Keys available upon request In the land of the dark, the Ship of the Sun is driven by the Greatful Dead. --Egyptian Book of the Dead Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6224