X-Message-Number: 7274 Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 22:42:50 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: re: Alcor's 33rd patient >From Message #7265 > Eventually, the patient was straight frozen (neuro) without > cryoprotective perfusion. > Maybe the local mortician should have been used to at least inject some ethylene glycol antifreeze into the corpse. Another idea might be for Alcor to have on stock a special cryoprotective solution with a very high penetration rate into tissue for just such last minute situations. Cryoprotectant Membrane Permeability glycerol 1 ethylene glycol 5.8 ethylene glycol monoethyl ether 22 triethylene glycol diacetate 44 Reference: The Journal of General Physiology 62: 714-736 1973 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7274