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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:06:15 EST
Subject: Martineau case

Some may recall about Dr. Martineau's case. Raymond Martineau was a french  
physician whose young wife had a uncurable cancer. At this wife's death, he  

struggled to put here on ice in a refrigerator at minus 65 degree C (My personal
 opinion is that at this temperature, there is some liquid part in cells and 
a  lot of recrystalisation. On the other side, crystal growth is a well 

ordered  process and, at least for uploading purpose, the process can be 
computed  
back).
 
After many law battles, Dr. Martineau was granted the right to keep his  wife 
in hus castel basement until this death. When that come, this son, Remy put  
him on ice in a second refrigeraton, but lawers don't like fridges, so they  
ordered to burn the corpses or put them in a cemetery. Remy Martineau started  
again a new battle round. Last weed he lost this final appeal in the french  

Constitutional Council ( somethibg as the Suprem Court). The reason to turn him
 down was an argument about "public health"!
 
Clearly, for the french authorities, public health refert to mental health  : 
Anything against the rulling of the catholic church insane, this is the 

law...  Mr. Martineau is now going in the european arena at the european 
judicial  
court... I think a contract with CI for example would be less costly than this 
 indefinite legal struggle. On the other hand, if cryonics could be 

recognized in  continental europe it would be very interesting on this side of 
the 

pond. So it  is sad that Mr. Martineau must support alone the burden of that 
fight.
 
 
Yvan Bozzonetti.


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