21 June 2005

Terri Schiavo, again . . . and at last?

So Dr. Jon R. Thogmartin's autopsy on Terri Schiavo's body has apparently vindicated her husband Michael's case against her family. Dr. Thogmartin has confirmed that Schiavo's brain was half the expected size and had atrophied to such an extent as to cause, among other things, cortical blindness. That settles the matter, right? Wrong. Dr. William Hammesfahr, a Florida neurologist and Nobel prize nominee who had examined Schiavo while she was alive, disputes the official findings. Those of us who are not versed in the medical arts are thus left to sort through the contradictory claims being made by those who are. Where does the truth lie? I wish I knew.

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