Art by Fred Freeman for “Man Remade to Live in Space,” an article in Life magazine, July 11, 1960.

            One of the first published depictions of cyborgs:
“On the moon cyborgs unreel a cable to explosives for a seismic blast. On the front cyborg’s belt, tubes pump chemicals to his blood to control his blood pressure, pulse, energy, tranquility, blood sugar, body temperature, radiation tolerance.  Pumps obey sensors like the radiation counter in his left thigh or blood-pressure gauge in his right thigh.  His heart, in the X-ray view, sends blood to the implanted converter which remakes oxygen and carbon from carbon dioxide, taking the place of lungs.  On the back of the other cyborg are a food supply, master fuel cell, food processor and wastes canister.”  [Image description]

“Striding buoyantly across the low-gravity surface of the moon, there may someday be strange new men – part human, part machine – like the ones above.  They will have a strange name: CYBORGS (for CYBernetic ORGanisms).  Cyborgs, according to a daring new idea, will be men whose body organs and systems are automatically adjusted for life in unearthly environments by artificial organs and senses.  Some of these devices will be attached, others implanted by surgery.  With their aid cyborgs can dispense with clumsy, easy-to-puncture space suits in which earth conditions are re-created.  Instead, they can move about safely wearing not much more than they would at home . . .” [Opening paragraph]

Fred Freeman (1907-1988) was a graphic artist who designed and illustrated books on naval history, space exploration and other subjects.  He was a successful commercial artist in New York City from the late 1920's through the 30's, doing many illustrations and magazine covers for publications including The Saturday Evening Post and Collier's.

After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, he turned mainly to book design and illustration. He illustrated books on submarines and destroyers from World War II, for the United States Naval Institute. In 1956, with Theodore Roscoe, he designed the ''Picture History of the U.S. Navy,'' published by Charles Scribner's Sons. In 1960, he illustrated a children's book, ''First Men to the Moon,'' written by the scientist, Werner von Braun.

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