Out Cold

A Chilling Descent into the Macabre, Controversial, Lifesaving History of Hypothermia

De: Phil Jaekl

Narrado por: Matt Kugler

“A fascinating look into the strange and sometimes unbelievable history of hypothermic medicine. Jaekl weaves together a story that is part history lesson and part science thriller. This is truly a must-read for any fan of science and science fiction!” —Douglas Talk, MD/MPH, chief medical consultant, SpaceWorks Inc., Human Torpor Project

The meaning of the word “hypothermia” has Greek origins and roughly translates to “less heat.” Its symptoms can be deadly—shivering, followed by confusion, irrationality, and even the illusion of feeling hot. But hypothermia has another side—it can be therapeutic.

In Out Cold, science writer Phil Jaekl chronicles the underappreciated story of human innovation with cold, from Ancient Egypt, where it was used to treat skin irritations, to eighteenth-century London, where scientists used it in their first explorations of suspended animation. Throughout history, physicians have used cold to innovate life extension, enable distant space missions, and explore consciousness.

Hypothermia may still conjure macabre images, like the bodies littering Mt. Everest and disembodied heads in cryo-freezers, but the reality is that modern science has invented numerous new life-saving cooling techniques based on what we’ve learned over the centuries. And Out Cold reveals a surprisingly warm future for this chilling state.

Interesting history

I just thought I would get something different, but not sure what. The chapters went on too long and I wasn’t in to the narrators voice.

layers of "wows"

this book is the current book for our book club, so i ahd a lng trip and used this as my companion. this is a book that is a fascinating LISTEN. this is the kind of book i am glad i did not purchased as an in hand
1. i am running out of home library space and 2. did not have the time to sit and read, 3. i think i would have gotten bored at the sit down bc it is very detailed in lineage and constant information.
the information about some of the history is unsettling and gruesome. yet critically important to understand the horrors that nazi germany unleashed on jewish peoples and how this genocide still impacts everyone and is still footnoted in science today.
even tho this was THE toughest part of the story on hypothermia, overall, this is a good lesson.

Left cold.

This book has a number of interesting anecdotes from historical events. How ever is spoild by fantasy speculation in others. Form its recolection of cryonic events it shows this to be a failure rather than a blind redo of aome real possibility.

Well Rounded

This book covers a wide range of areas that hypothermia and cold touch and it is massive! We are introduced to the history of cryogenic as well as the cooling processes in the medical field. If you have ever wanted to know more about this area I highly recommend grabbing this book.