--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "easyone200" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "easyone200" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > What a surprise, all those wacky right to lifer' were wrong. > > > The autopsy of Terri Schiavo found no evidence that the severely > > brain-damaged woman > > > was strangled or abused and that no amount of therapy would have > > reversed her > > > condition, a medical examiner said Wednesday. > > > > > > She also was not abused by her husband, another favored ploy of the > > wack-pack fundies. > > > The medical examiner said his examination turned up "no sign of > > abuse or trauma" -- > > > allegations leveled by Terri Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary > > Schindler, against her > > > husband and legal guardian, Michael Schiavo. > > > > > > The editing of 50 hours or so of video tape to get the phony > > "responses" of Teri to > > > commands and her tracking eye movements are now seen as what they > > truly were, the lies > > > and political side show of the christian right wing nuts. She had > > less than half a brain and > > > no functioning visual cortex. > > > > > > A report from a neuropathologist who served as a consultant to the > > autopsy said Schiavo's > > > brain was "grossly abnormal and weighed only 615 grams [1.35 > > pounds]." Her brain was > > > profoundly atrophied," he said.The vision center of her brain was > > dead, he said. > > > "This damage was irreversible," said Dr. Thogmartin. "No amount of > > therapy or treatment > > > would have regenerated the massive loss of neurons." > > > > > > I can however, understand why these fundies want to keep the Terri's > > of the world alive. If > > > C.A.T. scans were taken of fundie church members brains they would > > look a little too > > > much like............. > > > > I wonder how much of that brain weight loss was due to 19 days (or 11, > > whatever it was) without water. I guess that the brain would be the > > last to give up water but I don't know. Has it ever been studied? > > > > JohnY > It weighed less because the structures were not there, as in missing. The tissue had been > reabsorbed by the body after it died due to oxygen deprivation years earlier. As to how > much water an intact brain looses during dehydration I don't know.
Oh, did not hear that the structures were missing. JohnY To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
