5-10 hours no problem? WOW!

I don't remember the name of the doctor or his book (sorry! soon as I can I'll get that info!), but last night on TV a doctor was being interviewed on how long a person can be dead before they are no longer recoverable. Apparently, if they cool the body to slow down cellular degenration, 10 hours is the longest someone has been dead and was recovered, in good health aside from having died.

When does the soul leave the body?

(Bear in mind these people are not just technically dead, they're ready for the slab. No heart beat, no pulse, no brain activity, etc. Not "no recordable...", they have none, zero, nada, zip. And wouldn't you love to hear the story from the guy who spent 10 hours on the other side of the veil?)

Yes, I think I heard this too. IIRC, he said if they had his technique in 1912, all the people who died of hypothermia from the Titanic would have been saved.


Interesting, anyway.

Dr. George Ritchie died as a young army private in Texas, and traveled to a diner in Richmond, Virginia, before returning to the hospital ward where his body lay, covered with a sheet. The case didn't involve hypothermia, but to me it seems to indicate that the soul leaves immediately, but can reconnect with the body if there is a powerful reason to do so. Whether the reason lies with the soul itself, or some other source is anyone's guess.