“Terri Schiavo’s Autopsy: The Blind Spot” by Sherry Eros, MD

Human Events Link: http://www.humaneventsonline.com/

Direct Link to article: http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article4420.html

Highlights of article refuting the PVS diagnosis include:

By reference to the medical literature adduces evidence that a substantial portion of the loss in Terri’s brain weight observed postmortem may have been due to the dehydration to which she was subjected.

By reference to the medical literature adduces evidence that Terri’s much-vaunted total cortical blindness may also be attributable to dehydration.

Refutes the Medical Examiners’ suggestion that their autopsy findings are “very consistent with” the PVS diagnosis and that for years Terri Schiavo was unable to see, recognize her family, think, or exercise any of the other higher mental functions that distinguish human life.
Refutes the Medical Examiners’ suggestion that their autopsy findings prove that Terri Schiavo suffered irreversible brain damage and would not have benefited from rehabilitation.

Critiques poor medical and scientific reasoning and misleading statements by the Medical Examiners who performed the autopsy, as well as by the mainstream media and medical experts who supported the Medical Examiners’ misinterpretation of the findings.