dietz@SLB-DOLL.CSNET (Paul Dietz) (03/06/86)
Eugene Miya sent me a caustic letter in which he proposed I let them pour Cray-2 coolant into my lungs. Since I don't seem to be able to send mail to Mr. Miya, I'll have to post the response here. As Mr. Miya may not be aware, there are many different kinds of perfluorocarbon compound. Some, such as the compound used in Fluosol artificial blood emulsion, have a very large capacity for dissolving oxygen. This stuff has been used in people, and can be frozen for storage (unlike real blood). Experimental animals have breathed some perfluorocarbons. The stuff used in the Cray-2 is probably not optimized for carrying oxygen.