X-Message-Number: 7828
From: Brian Wowk <>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 13:59:30 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Chris Benatar

Chris Benatar <> writes:
 
>In one of Brian's posts, I seem to recall him mention warming rates
>being much faster, in the same area as you mention above.
 
        Cooling and rewarming rates are similar.  A few days ago I 
did mention that our calculated cooling/rewarming rates for brains
and kidneys are much higher than for other organs because of their 
vascularity, and this is probably what you are thinking of.
 
 
>I look forward to seeing Brian's work published in full detail. I find it
>odd that Mrs Visser was bombarded with demands for publication but Brian
>has not even recieved a single request. 

	Perhaps because we've already made great efforts to explain 
the work, what it means, and field questions about it.  (I must also
clarify that FC cooling is a development of 21st Century Medicine,
and especially Mike Darwin; my own role in this invention is secondary.) 
There is a difference between sharing an important development
in substantial detail *within the cryonics community*, and launching
international media coverage claiming a scientific breakthrough with
essentially no detail at all.  It was impossible to even discuss (let
alone verify) the Visser claims with the level of detail given. 
With FC cooling, all you need is a textbook of medical physiology
and a handheld calculator to verify that the claims are reasonable.
 
 
>Can anyone name the exact fluorocarbon used for instance? 
>I guess you have got to belong to "the fold".
 
        Or own a CRC Handbook.  The choice of agent is not rocket science.
While we will be submitting journal articles, there's already been 
sufficient discussion (including detailing of problems and pitfalls)
to permit evaluation of the basic approach.

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