The Tomorrow File (2013)
The Tomorrow File
“The sight-seeing groups were generally of two types: politicians and scientists.
On the morning of Angela Berri’s annual party, at which I was to meet Lydia Ann Ferguson, my first scheduled service was to conduct a group of visiting Japanese pols on my portion of a Section tour.
The tour progressed as expected—and ended as expected: They asked to see our most famous project—Fred. Or rather, Fred HI, since Fred I had stopped after forty-eight hours, and Fred II after seven months. Fred I...II was the severed head of a Labrador retriever we had succeeded in keeping alive for more than three years.
As they clustered about the oversized, sterile bell jar in which Fred existed, I explained the project briefly in their language. A liquid nutrient was constantly circulated through Fred’s natural blood vessels. A computer and automatic pump controlled temperature and pressure. A continual EEG signal registered on a cathode ray oscilloscope, and all other life signs, including hormonal and enzymatic levels, were monitored.MoreLess
On the morning of Angela Berri’s annual party, at which I was to meet Lydia Ann Ferguson, my first scheduled service was to conduct a group of visiting Japanese pols on my portion of a Section tour.
The tour progressed as expected—and ended as expected: They asked to see our most famous project—Fred. Or rather, Fred HI, since Fred I had stopped after forty-eight hours, and Fred II after seven months. Fred I...II was the severed head of a Labrador retriever we had succeeded in keeping alive for more than three years.
As they clustered about the oversized, sterile bell jar in which Fred existed, I explained the project briefly in their language. A liquid nutrient was constantly circulated through Fred’s natural blood vessels. A computer and automatic pump controlled temperature and pressure. A continual EEG signal registered on a cathode ray oscilloscope, and all other life signs, including hormonal and enzymatic levels, were monitored.MoreLess
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