 Summary of Fatal Pathology | Death Cases
Laurie Jean Mathiason Laurie Jean Mathiason was born on April 23, 1977. Laurie Jean died needlessly, on February 7, 1998. The cause of her death, at age 20, was a stroke caused by the dangerous practice of a chiropractic upper neck manipulation. This useless twisting of the upper neck is performed on everyone from newborn babies to senior citizens as a panacea for all disease. In Laurie's case she suffered from pain in the lowest part of her back, and yet the chiropractor "treated" her by twisting the upper part of her neck, an area where she never had any pain. Chiropractors have been successful in convincing politicians in North America that they are "doctors". Laurie and others have been misled because of this classification of chiropractors as doctors. It is the hope of Laurie's family and the families of the many other victims that these useless and dangerous "procedures" will be banned so that others do not have to suffer death or permanent severe disability. |
