X-Message-Number: 3154 From: (Keith F. Lynch) Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Re: Storing body in inert liquid Date: 16 Sep 1994 20:00:32 -0400 Message-ID: <35dbj0$> References: <> In article <>, Peter <> wrote: > Why isn't it possible to store a body at room temperature in some > form of inert fluid? ... Are there no liquid's in existence that > stop decay? The chemical substances in the body will undergo chemical deterioration at room temperature regardless of what liquid they are adjacent to. > How about liquids that change state (like jello) or solidify if an > electric current is passed through them? Also regardless of what solid they are adjacent to. At best, you'd get some very lifelike looking fossils that way. > Or is the problem simply that you can't get a liquid to perfuse evenly > throughout a body? That's yet another problem. Nobody's found a non-toxic liquid that will perfuse into the insides of the cells. -- Keith Lynch, f p=2,3:2 s q=1 x "f f=3:2 q:f*f>p!'q s q=p#f" w:q p,?$x\8+1*8 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=3154