Contents. List of Contributors. Preface (P.L. Steponkus). Hypothermia in Relation to the Acceptable Limits of Ischemia for Bloodless Surgery (M.J. Taylor, A.M. Elrifai, and J.E. Bailes). Responses of Bark and Wood Cells to Freezing (E.N. Ashworth). Extracellular Ice Formation in Freezing-Tolerant Plants (M. Griffith and M. Antikainen). Freeze-Thaw Damage to Thylakiod Membranes: Specific Protection by Sugars and Proteins (D.K. Hincha, F. Sieg, I. Bakaltcheva, H. Köth, and J.M. Schmitt). Crystallization and Vitrification in Aqueous Glass-Forming Solutions (P.M. Mehl). Cryopreservation of Drosophila Melanogester Embryos (P.L. Steponkus, S. Caldwell, S.P. Myers, and M. Cicero). Index.