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JESUS 'DIED OF A HEART ATTACK'
By John Follain
The Times of India
Saturday, June 12, 1999
Jesus Christ died on the cross of a heart attack, rather
than from asphyxiation, according to a leading Italian
forensic scientist who has compiled a detailed medical
history of Christ's last weeks on earth.
Working with accounts by the apostles as well as
laboratory simulations of the crucifixion, Luigi Baima
Bollone, a professor who heads Turin's forensic science
institute, argues that it is possible to use modern
medicine to analyse Christ's symptoms. The findings are
contained in a book, The Last Days of Christ, published
recently.
"If Christ had suffered only from asphyxiation he would
not have been able to talk," said Baima Bollone, who
specialises in dissecting murder victims. "But he is
known to have spoken several times while on the cross. He
did suffer from asphyxiation, but it was a very slow
process and he died of another cause, too."
The clue is Christ's death-cry of anguish: "Lord, Lord,
why have you forsaken me?" In the light of his earlier
condition, Baima Bollone believes it shows that he
suffered a heart attack, probably a coronary thrombosis
in which a clot forms in a branch of either of the
coronary arteries, resulting in its obstruction.
After the last supper, in the gardens of Gethsemane on
the site of the Mount of Olives, an anxious Jesus is said
to have broken down as the apostles fell asleep around
him. According to biblical accounts, he sweats, wishes to
flee, feels afraid of death and falls to the ground --
all classic symptoms of a panic attack as defined by
modern science.
By the time he was crucified, Christ was exhausted and
dehydrated, and his blood was short of oxygen. The
psychological strain he had suffered, including fear and
frustration linked to the shame of arrest, was compounded
by episodes of physical torture: soldiers beat him about
the head and he was whipped 39 times. His agony on the
cross lasted only three hours because of his weakened
state.
"The apostles show great rigour in describing Christ's
condition. Luke had medical knowledge and it's almost as
if they had read our modern medical tomes," Baima Bollone
said. "There is enough material to issue regular medical
bulletins."
The book's findings have been favourably reviewed in the
Italian Catholic newspaper Avvenire, which likened it to
the professor entering the holy sepulchre and examining
Christ's body before a rock was placed across the
entrance.
Professor Bernard Knight, a former director of the
Forensic Medicine Institute in Cardiff, is sceptical,
however. "The data is too poor to say that Jesus died of
a heart attack and of asphyxiation, or that he died
faster than was normal for a crucifixion," he said.
"Scientifically, if you haven't got any basic data you
can't draw conclusions. It's like saying the moon is made
of green cheese."
(The Sunday Times)
[Caption: Bollone: examined evidence]
Source - http://www.timesofindia.com/today/12edit9.htm
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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By John Follain
The Times of India
Saturday, June 12, 1999
Jesus Christ died on the cross of a heart attack, rather
than from asphyxiation, according to a leading Italian
forensic scientist who has compiled a detailed medical
history of Christ's last weeks on earth.
Working with accounts by the apostles as well as
laboratory simulations of the crucifixion, Luigi Baima
Bollone, a professor who heads Turin's forensic science
institute, argues that it is possible to use modern
medicine to analyse Christ's symptoms. The findings are
contained in a book, The Last Days of Christ, published
recently.
"If Christ had suffered only from asphyxiation he would
not have been able to talk," said Baima Bollone, who
specialises in dissecting murder victims. "But he is
known to have spoken several times while on the cross. He
did suffer from asphyxiation, but it was a very slow
process and he died of another cause, too."
The clue is Christ's death-cry of anguish: "Lord, Lord,
why have you forsaken me?" In the light of his earlier
condition, Baima Bollone believes it shows that he
suffered a heart attack, probably a coronary thrombosis
in which a clot forms in a branch of either of the
coronary arteries, resulting in its obstruction.
After the last supper, in the gardens of Gethsemane on
the site of the Mount of Olives, an anxious Jesus is said
to have broken down as the apostles fell asleep around
him. According to biblical accounts, he sweats, wishes to
flee, feels afraid of death and falls to the ground --
all classic symptoms of a panic attack as defined by
modern science.
By the time he was crucified, Christ was exhausted and
dehydrated, and his blood was short of oxygen. The
psychological strain he had suffered, including fear and
frustration linked to the shame of arrest, was compounded
by episodes of physical torture: soldiers beat him about
the head and he was whipped 39 times. His agony on the
cross lasted only three hours because of his weakened
state.
"The apostles show great rigour in describing Christ's
condition. Luke had medical knowledge and it's almost as
if they had read our modern medical tomes," Baima Bollone
said. "There is enough material to issue regular medical
bulletins."
The book's findings have been favourably reviewed in the
Italian Catholic newspaper Avvenire, which likened it to
the professor entering the holy sepulchre and examining
Christ's body before a rock was placed across the
entrance.
Professor Bernard Knight, a former director of the
Forensic Medicine Institute in Cardiff, is sceptical,
however. "The data is too poor to say that Jesus died of
a heart attack and of asphyxiation, or that he died
faster than was normal for a crucifixion," he said.
"Scientifically, if you haven't got any basic data you
can't draw conclusions. It's like saying the moon is made
of green cheese."
(The Sunday Times)
[Caption: Bollone: examined evidence]
Source - http://www.timesofindia.com/today/12edit9.htm
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://bit.do/jaimaharaj