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This is the point. No it is not if you combine it with low body temperature. It is pretty amazing when you read about it. I think also some surgeons used this

This is the point. No it is not if you combine it with low body temperature. It is pretty amazing when you read about it. I think also some surgeons used this method, icing people before surgery. Not sure it is used anymore though since it may be a bit difficult to control. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_hypothermic_circulatory_arrest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_hypothermic_circulatory_a... (IIRC this kid suffered some brain damage though, but not severe enough to stopping him to continue going to school)

heavyset_go 5y ago
Protective hypothermia is still used in brain and heart surgery, or with certain types of injuries. It isn't as extreme as the method that the Wikipedia article is about, though. Protective hypothermia only drops body temperatures by a few degrees F.
- moralestapia 5y ago
  >only drops body temperatures by a few degrees F This is the most amazing thing ever because it may point to a metabolic cause instead of a physical one, like a phase change or w/e (I mean, metabolism is physics in the end but you get the point). And if it turns out to be metabolic, drugs could be made to induce it, in principle.