On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 04:13:17 GMT, "Jeff" <kidsdoc2000 at hotmail.com>
wrote:
>>"Kalman Rubinson" <kr4 at nyu.edu> wrote in message
>news:2trt419jjsjcigr01c2hcnnb36ovg8b65o at 4ax.com...>> On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 23:23:24 GMT, "Jeff" <kidsdoc2000 at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>The way her muscles were contracted, I would not be surprised that, if
>>>she
>>>could feel pain, she was in pain from the contractures. If she was leading
>>>any type of life, it must have been a miserable life.
>>>> FWIW, her muscles were contracted in a pattern consistent with
>> decerebrate rigity associated with a disconnection (or removal) of the
>> forebrain from the spinal cord. There's no indication that any pain
>> is associated with that condition.
>>Thanks.
>>Of course, that doesn't mean that she doesn't feel pain.
It suggests that, from observing this posture, one cannot infer that
she is feeling pain . That's all.
Kal
