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June 15, 2005

Schiavo Autopsy Results Released

From the article: "The brain weighed 615 grams, roughly half of the expected weight of a human brain. ... This damage was irreversible, and no amount of therapy or treatment would have regenerated the massive loss of neurons."

There was no evidence of abuse, but interestingly, the coroner also found no evidence that she suffered a heart attack, which was the reason given for the oxygen deprivation that led to massive brain damage.

I'm trying to find the actual coroner's report, instead of articles about it. I'll update if I track it down.

Update: Well, Atrios points (by way of another link) to this story which notes that the coroner found the vision centers of Schiavo's brain atrophied beyond use. She was blind, which casts additional doubt on Bill Frist's diagnostic abilities as the Physician Who Stated After Watching A Videotape, "She certainly seems to respond to visual stimuli." It was, in fact, Bill Frist himself who was responding to visual stimuli.

Posted by shamanic at June 15, 2005 11:40 AM | TrackBack
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