The Heart In Space

Features the use of hypothermia in open-heart surgery, in experimental surgery, and in theoretical studies and speculation. Shows physiologists studying the hibernation patterns of mammals at the University Of California's High Altitude Laboratory in the White Mountains and speculating on the possibilities of sending astronauts on long space flights in a hypothermia-induced hibernation.

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