When his marriage to an unfaithful wife breaks up, a medical scientist falls in love with the young woman with whom he is conducting experiments on the deep-freezing of human bodies. The scientist sets out to prove his theory by persuading his associate to use him as a guinea pig. While he is in a state of frozen unconsciousness, the police arrive to investigate the fatal shooting of his wife. Stunned by the news, the associate finds herself emotionally unable to continue with the experiment, but she recovers and is able to revive the scientist. His wife's lover confesses to the murder.