It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a hurt brain(大脑). Without enough blood(血), the brain lives only three to five minutes. It is dangerous to work on the brain.
Dr. Robert J. White, a famous doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks doctors should try to make the brain very cold. If so, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctors a longer time to do something for the brain.
Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys by a test. First he taught them to do different jobs. Then the operation(手术) began. He used a machine to cool the blood. Then the machine sent the blood back to the monkeys' brains. When the brain temperature was 50 degrees (=10℃), Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back. He warmed the blood again. After their operations, the monkeys were like they were before. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.
Dr. White's idea works well on the monkeys. He thinks doctors will use his idea on human beings(人类). A person doesn't have to die when his heart stops. Doctors can start it again. But the problem comes when the brain is without blood for three to five minutes. Maybe in the future, doctors will try Dr. White's idea. When the person's heart stops, the doctors will quickly try to cool the brain. They will have 30 minutes to start the heart again. Maybe there will be no problem with the brain.
a. To stop the blood to the brain.
b. To use a machine to cool the blood.
c. To turned the blood back and warm it.
d. To send the cool blood back to the monkeys' brains.