X-Message-Number: 9132
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 14:04:55 -0800
From: "Joseph J. Strout" <>
Subject: organ donation?

I know this has come up before, but I don't see it in the FAQ, nor could I
find it in the cryonet archives (not having a search engine...):

Why can't cryonics patients also donate organs?  I understand that
cryoprotectants are generally toxic and render the organs unsuitable for
transplantation, but why can't we harvest the organs before administering
cryoprotectant (as suggested to me by Jim Halperin)?

Let's hash out a definitive answer to this question, one way or the other,
and consider adding it to the FAQ.  I expect Jim's book is going to bring a
host of curious readers to our list, and they'll be expecting that they can
sign up for cryonics AND be an organ donor...

Thanks,
-- Joe

P.S. I can't help it: I have to add my praise to that already given to The
First Immortal.  I finished it this weekend, thoroughly enjoyed it, and
plan on giving copies to all my family and closest friends.  I think it
will reach them in a way that no amount of rational, scientific argument
can.

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