another useless "scientist"... --- In [email protected], "claudiouk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050608/325/fknjf.html > > Jesus died of blood clot - researcher > > JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli researcher has challenged the > popular belief that Jesus died of blood loss on the cross, saying he > probably succumbed to a sometimes fatal disorder now associated with > long-haul air travel. > > Professor Benjamin Brenner wrote in The Journal of Thrombosis and > Haemostasis that Jesus's death, traditionally believed to have > occurred 3-6 hours after crucifixion began, was probably caused by a > blood clot that reached his lungs. > > Such pulmonary embolisms, leading to sudden death, can stem from > immobilisation, multiple trauma and dehydration, said Brenner, a > researcher at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. > > "This fits well with Jesus's condition and actually was in all > likelihood the major cause of death by crucifixion," he wrote in the > article, based on religious and medical texts. > > A 1986 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association > mentioned the possibility that Jesus suffered a blood clot but > concluded that he died of blood loss. > > But Brenner said research into blood coagulation had made significant > strides over the past two decades. > > He said recent medical research has linked immobility among > passengers on lengthy air flights to deep vein thrombosis, popularly > known as "economy-class syndrome" in which potentially fatal blood > clots can develop, usually in the lower legs. > > Brenner noted that before crucifixion, Jesus underwent scourging, but > the researcher concluded that "the amount of blood loss by itself" > would not have killed him. > > He said that Jesus, as a Jew from what is now northern Israel, may > have been particular at risk to a fatal blood clot. > > Thrombophilia, a rare condition in which blood has an increased > tendency to clot, is common to natives of the Galilee, the researcher > wrote.
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