"Matt Conigliaro is clearly a liar, for claiming that "The only debate between the doctors is whether she has a small amount of isolated living tissue in her cerebral cortex or whether she has no living tissue in her cerebral cortex." Dr. Hammesfher disagrees, so there *is* a debate, and it is *not* what Mr. Conigliaro claims."No. See above.
The only debate between the doctorsClear enough???
is whether she has a small amount
of isolated living tissue in her cerebral cortex
or whether she has no living tissue in her cerebral cortex.
I stand corrected on Mr. Conigliaro's truthfulness, at least with regards to this statement. He was quoting the court, and cannot be blamed for what they said.
Now where can I get a copy of that transcript you mentioned? The link you provided is just to the decision, not to the testimony. It does, however, have this interesting comment:
On remand, this court anticipated but did not require that Dr. Webber, who had claimed in his affidavit that he might be able to restore Mrs. Schiavo's speech and some of her cognitive functioning, would testify for the parents and provide scientific support for his claim.
The possibility of restoring speech and some cognitive function to Terri is inconsistent with her having just "a small amount of isolated living tissue in her cerebral cortex or ... no living tissue in her cerebral cortex". So Dr. Webber, in addition to Dr. Hammesfher, does not agree with the alleged consensus amoung doctors about Terri's condition.
The only debate between the doctors is whether she has a small amount of isolated living tissue in her cerebral cortex or whether she has no living tissue in her cerebral cortex.Clear enough???
Clear, but untrue. Drs. Hammasfher, Webber and Maxfield disagree. Other doctors were also ready to offer sworn testimony that Terri was not in PVS, but were refused.
None of the doctors claim she has no living tissue in her cerebral cortex. Dr. Cranford claimed that she had no living neurons in her cortex. On cross-examination, he admitted there might be pockets of viable neurons as "a remote possibility", but even he does not describe them as "isolated". Dr. Greer might agree, but if he does, he didn't say so.
Here is the exchange with Dr. Bambakidis on this issue:
8 Q. Now, is there any brain matter left in
9 Terri Schiavo's cerebral --
10 A. Oh, there is. Yes.
11 Q. -- cerebral hemispheres?
12 A. Yes, there is.
13 Q. And, in your opinion, would any of that
14 tissue be glial cells?
15 A. Yes.
That is all. Michael Schiavo's lawyer creates the impression that Dr. Bambakidis is confirming Dr. Cranford's claim that all of the neurons in Terri's cortex were replaced by glial cells, but that is a false impression. What Dr. Bambakidis actually said is trivial, *everyone* has glial cells in his cortex.
Dr. Bambakidis does say that Terri is in PVS, but the court has made a stronger claim, and claims it to be unanimous medical opinion, on the testimony of one doctor.