Hypothermia

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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 . . .