I believe you are referring to On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ (William D. Edwards, MD; Wesley J. Gabel, MDiv; Floyd E. Hosmer, MS, AMI) published in 1986.
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/deathjesus.pdf
This is the link to the 1986 JAMA Article by Edwards et al.
Yes. I seem to recall a big backlash in the months following from a variety of physicians.