Talk:Cryostat

The original medical-use cryostat was invented by my father, Harry Duane Cousins (Harry D. Cousins), in some kind of partnership with my mother's cousin, one James McCormack, and the product was originally manufactured by Dad's company, Cousins Industries, before being sold to Ames and from Ames to Miles Laboratories (at least I think I am remembering these business deals correctly). I was old enough to fully comprehend how Daddy's machine was revolutionizing certain types of surgery for cancer. I was so proud of him (still am, though he passed away in 1978). I remember the excitement the night my younger brother and sister were allowed to stay up late to watch Ben Casey on TV, because they were featuring 'Daddy's machine' in the episode, including a close-up of the mechanism we had always watched with such fascination as it sliced off perfect, microscopically thin layers of the wax Dad used for testing, time after time. I know this is very anecdotal for Wikipedia, but maybe it is all right to have this anecdotal (basically digital oral history) account on the talk page. Inventing the cryostat was a remarkable achievement for a man whose formal education stopped at his high school diploma. I would like to see him get some credit for it, even if on the back side of the page.SharonID (talk) 00:51, 13 February 2010 (UTC)