X-Message-Number: 7405 From: (Charles Platt) Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Re: Full Body vs. Head Only suspension Date: 1 Jan 1997 01:35:21 -0500 Message-ID: <5ad0j9$> References: <> Jen1orbit () wrote: > Am I correct in assuming that the *only* advantage to doing a head > only suspension is financial?? It seems to me that there is absolutely no > other *advantage* to the head only option. Is this correct? Almost, but not quite. 1. I believe it is still true that different organs in the body are frozen optimally with slightly different cryoprotective protocol. In a neuro case, the protocol can be optimized for the brain. Of course, you could still optimize it for the brain if you're freezing your whole body ... but that rather undermines your desire to have the whole body preserved. 2. Neuros are MUCH easier to move than whole bodies. If cryonics is outlawed, or if your cryonics provider encounters difficulties with local authorities or other unwelcome guests, a neuro can be taken to safety in a small dewar in the back of a pickup truck. In one famous case where a local coroner demanded to autopsy a woman whose head was being held in the frozen state, the head was moved out of reach while the cryonics organization fought the case in court (and won). If she had been a whole-body case, the story would have ended very differently. Of course, I'm biased: I opted for neuro myself. --Charles Platt CryoCare Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7405