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The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas, Part 5
By Mike Darwin Figure 1: Cryonics, a bridge to tomorrow, or snow choked catastrophe in the making? Failure: What is the Really Big Risk? What I have had to say in the four articles in this series to date has … Continue reading
The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas, Part 4
By Mike Darwin Introduction The principal reason that I have told the story here of the latter day Laputa’s is not because it so technologically amazing, but rather because it so fundamentally prosaic. The story of the Cold War is … Continue reading
In Camera Historia, Trans Time, Inc., 08 February, 1974
08 February, 1974 Trans Time’s first two patients, shortly after being placed head down inside a dual patient Minnesota Valley Engineering cryogenic dewar, on 08 February 1974 in Emeryville, California. The dewar was originally constructed to store cryonics patient … Continue reading
Induction of Hypothermia in the Cryonics Patient: Theory and Technique, Part 2
By Mike Darwin External Cooling Using the Portable Ice Bath (PIB) The first generation PIBs consisted of a waterproof vinyl tank which snapped to a rigid frame of 1-1/4″ OD PVC plastic pipe. The PIB could be partially broken down … Continue reading
Induction of Hypothermia in the Cryonics Patient: Theory and Technique, Part 1
By Mike Darwin Understanding Hypothermia The Q10 Rule and Protective Hypothermia Hypothermia is widely understood to protect against ischemia by virtue of its ability to slow metabolic rate. In man, each 10oC decrement of temperature reduction (below 37oC) results in … Continue reading
Commercial Air Transport of the Cryopreservation Patient
By Mike Darwin Preparing the Patient for Shipment Closed chest cardiopulmonary support (CPS) will generally be discontinued either at the start of in-field cardiopulmonary bypass, or when the patient’s frontal sinus or tympanic temperature reaches ~ 15ºC. Due to hypothermia-induced … Continue reading
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A Visit to Alcor
“Are you interested in the whole body or the neuro? And would you like fries and a Coke with that?” By Mike Darwin Introduction A short while ago, I hosted 3 visitors from the Russian cryonics organization KrioRus. During … Continue reading
You be the Judge: Understanding and Evaluating the Quality of Human Cryopreservations from Cryonics Organization Literature and Case Report Data, Part 4
Medical Records, Medical History and the Necessity for Highly Skilled Cryonics-Based Medical Evaluation and Judgment “The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future–must mediate these things, and have two special objects in … Continue reading
You be the Judge: Understanding and Evaluating the Quality of Human Cryopreservations from Cryonics Organization Literature and Case Report Data, Part 2
By Mike Darwin Defining the Cryonics Organization When cryonics began in the 1960s, the mission of the 4 cryonics societies[1] that more or less simultaneously came into existence at that time was fairly homogenous: 1) Make cryopreservation available to their … Continue reading
You be the Judge: Understanding and Evaluating the Quality of Human Cryopreservations from Cryonics Organization Literature and Case Report Data, Part 1
By Mike Darwin Introduction A short while ago, these remarks were posted in the comments section of Chronosphere: “I’ve often heard it said that case reports have been very inconsistent. I’ve read a haphazard sampling of Alcor case reports. They … Continue reading