Hypothermia

Abstract

EIGHTEEN years have elapsed since the first progress report on hypothermia appeared in this journal.¹ At that time Talbott originally used the term "hypothermia" to define the deliberate cooling of man as a therapeutic measure. Although observations on the physiology of cold had been made sporadically over the years, the occasion for a progress report was the interest aroused by the work of Smith and Fay,² who had employed cold for the treatment of advanced cancer. Within a short time, however, interest began to wane, and Talbott could provide only a very limited bibliography. The hope was expressed that further . . .