X-Message-Number: 736 Date: 14 Apr 92 18:40:18 EDT From: "Russell E. Whitaker" <> Subject: CRYONICS: A definition in a British dictionary 14 April 1992/372pno Today I came across a definition of the word "cryonics" in a British dictionary, The Hutchinson Encyclopedia. This is the edition of 1988: "Cryonics - process of freezing at the moment of clinical death with the aim of enabling eventual resuscitation. The first human treated was James H Bedford, a lung cancer patient of 74, in the USA in 1967. The body, drained of blood, is indefinitely preserved in a thermos-type container filled with liquid nitrogen at -196*C." Short, but not bad. They actually used the words "treated" and "resuscitation". No sensationalism, just a calm treatment. The editors claim "Over 1.5 million copies sold". Russell Earl Whitaker Communications Editor AMIX: RWHITAKER EXTROPY: The Journal of Transhumanist Thought ------------ cut here for public key below (uuencoded) ------------- begin 777 whitaker.pub MF9L MW_J*152=7-S96QL($5A<=&%K97+> W_*H$'S1K.#%^=)X%Z" MI*]/^;KN3:#4J$!S1=[D\K$TG_P(]C%=<,"2F?:KZC#Z.5\WAP0DIO8$*]*$ MT_J992:0FN\*TE.L;5+<)D2^X O%S\2?U1LDUA-&=S=QYM!9:Z<L[3F0NR58 7;O ABC(J5]>/8YT]//.P,Z>5C"\% !&? end Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=736