Cold porridge

David Jones

Nature, 1998, vol. 391, issue 6670, 847-847

Abstract: Last week Daedalus proposed that a municipal Hibernatorium could see pensioners safely through the winter months at a greatly reduced cost to the State. His plan was to maintain them at a low temperature, stopping their hearts yet keeping the blood pumping around the body by rhythmic pressure applied to the limbs. But it seems that pensioners may not be the only beneficiaries — similar technology could be used to preserve prisoners, unrequited lovers, and even those wishing to sleep peacefully through religious revivals or social revolutions.

Date: 1998
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