X-Message-Number: 736
Date: 14 Apr 92 18:40:18 EDT
From: "Russell E. Whitaker" <>
Subject: CRYONICS: A definition in a British dictionary

14 April 1992/372pno

Today I came across a definition of the word "cryonics" in a 
British dictionary, The Hutchinson Encyclopedia.  This is the 
edition of 1988:

  "Cryonics - process of freezing at the moment of clinical
death with the aim of enabling eventual resuscitation.  The 
first human treated was James H Bedford, a lung cancer patient
of 74, in the USA in 1967.  The body, drained of blood, is 
indefinitely preserved in a thermos-type container filled with
liquid nitrogen at -196*C."

Short, but not bad.  They actually used the words "treated" and
"resuscitation".  No sensationalism, just a calm treatment.  

The editors claim "Over 1.5 million copies sold".  

Russell Earl Whitaker                      
Communications Editor                      AMIX: RWHITAKER
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