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Frozen Sleep. Drs. John Harold Talbot and Kenneth James Tillotson of Harvard tried to cool the fevered minds of ten schizophrenics by refrigerating their bodies. They used the same method tried in many hospitals for relieving pain of cancer patients. The schizophrenics were wrapped in rubberized refrigerating blankets. When their temperature dropped a little below 90°, they began to talk "clearly, logically and with insight." Prize patient was a 26-year-old woman medical-school student, who received three treatments several months apart. Her zone of cold reason, the doctors said, seemed to lie between 89 and 95°. Whenever she reached 96, she relapsed into insanity. After her third treatment, she "was again an intelligent, social person." At times she still reverts to her schizophrenic state, but her general condition is better.
Of the ten patients, four showed "striking and continuous improvement," three temporary improvement. Two remained the same. One died.