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"Maybe you haven't read the findings of fact in the Dept of Health and Florida Board of Medicine's investigations of Dr. Hammesfahr?"

Sure I have.

From the minutes of the Florida Department of Health, Florida Board of Medicene Meeting, February 7-8, 2003:

Dr. William M. Hammesfahr was found in violation of Florida Statute 448.331(1)(n), exercising influence on the patient or client in such a manner as to exploit the patient or client for financial gain of the licensee or of a third party, the promoting or selling of services, goods, appliances, or drugs.

Hammesfahr was orderd to pay $54,084.40 in fines and costs, and further to six months probation, quarterly reports, indirect supervision, monthly reveiw, 50% chart review, 100 hours of community service and instructed to take an ethics course.

Hammesfahr's treatment of stroke patients is currently the subject of great dispute within the medical community. Harvard Med for example has recently taken great exception to his procedures.

What is important here is the substantial difference between stroke patients and the global destruction of the cerebral cortex suffered by Terri Schiavo.

Not even Hammesfahr claims his therapy can repair dead tissue.

If you have read the 90 page findings of fact, then you do realize the basis of the "adminstrative" probation imposed on Dr. William Hammesfahr that you're all a-twitter about, don't you? Felos' and his paid dirt diggers found ONE (count 'em...one) Hammesfahr patient who had been billed for $3,000 worth of treatments, but received only $2,000 worth of treatments. The board decided that there was a $1,000 billing error and Dr. Hammesfahr received probation for that! (Do you know of any physician that does his own billing?) The $54,000 is costs the doctor was required to pay for the investigation. For documentation of everything stated above, http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/FinalOrders/03-17-03/DOH-03-0182.pdf

By all credible accounts, including the Florida Department of Health whose opinion was rendered by Judge Kirkland, and the Florida Board of Medicine that rendered the final decision, Dr. Hammesfahr's medical treatment successes are brilliant, if unconventional.