Life on ice: a history of new uses for cold blood

318 Pages·2017·2.736 MB·English

by  Radin, Joanna

Life on Ice

Life on Ice
A History of New Uses for Cold Blood
JOANNA RADIN
The University of Chicago Press Chicago and London
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
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ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 41731- 8 (cloth)
ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 44824- 4 (e- book)
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226448244.001.0001
Library of Congress Cataloging- in-P ublication Data
Names: Radin, Joanna, author.
Title: Life on ice : a history of new uses for cold blood / Joanna Radin.
Description: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016033177 | ISBN 9780226417318 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9780226448244 (e- book)
Subjects: LCSH: Frozen blood. | Blood—Cryopreservation. | Medicine—
Research—History—20th century. | Cryopreservation of organs,
tissues, etc.—Moral and ethical aspects. | Medical anthropology.
Classification: LCC QH324.9.C7 R33 2017 | DDC 362.17/84—dc23 LC
record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016033177
♾ This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48– 1992
(Permanence of Paper).
To MHG,
who warms my heart

Blood is not the simple fluid it was once thought to be.
DOUGLAS M. SURGENOR, “BLOOD”
The utopian vision can and must do without men of flesh and blood. After all,
there is no such place.
ROBERTO FERNANDEZ RETAMAR, “CALIBAN”

Contents
Preface: Frozen Spirits xi
Introduction: Within Cold Blood 1
PART I The Technoscience of Life at Low Temperature
1 Latent Life in Biomedicine’s Ice Age 17
PART II Temporalities of Salvage
2 “As Yet Unknown”: Life for the Future 55
3 “Before It’s Too Late”: Life from the Past 86
PART III Collecting, Maintaining, Reusing, and Returning
4 Managing the Cold Chain: Making Life Mobile 121
5 When Futures Arrive: Lives after Time 153
Epilogue: Thawing Spirits 184
Acknowledgments 189
Notes 193
Bibliography 257
Index 295