> They did an autopsy on Karen Ann Quinlan's brain to see if they could
> learn anything about her persistant vegetative state. It turns out her
> thalamus had been extensively lesioned, thus turning off sensory input
> other than from the olfactory system. She may well have been conscious
> until she died.
But would she have been sane after an extended period of time with no sensory
inputs besides smell?
Carl Derks
ucs1013 at abdn.ac.uk
`You don't have to be dead to work here, but it helps'
