X-Message-Number: 8988
Date:  Sun, 11 Jan 98 19:58:10 
From: Mike Perry <>
Subject: Bedford Day, Guinness

Happy Bedford Day to all.

James H. Bedford was frozen Jan. 12, 1967, the first human freezing 
under controlled conditions. Bedford is in the 1998 Guinness Book of 
Records, on p. 62 of the hardcover edition. There it says, in part:

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Oldest cryonically preserved body

After his death on Jan. 12, 1967, Dr. James H. Bedford was placed in 
a cryocapsule or "dewar" filled with liquid nitrogen at a temperature 
of -196°C (-320°F). Bedford's dewar has been replaced twice, but his 
body temperature has never  been allowed to rise above freezing. The 
goal of cryonics is to preserve bodies until future technological 
advances permit them to be "resuscitated" and cured of illnesses that 
are incurable today.
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Mike Perry

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