Shaken Baby Syndrome or Vaccine Induced Encephalitis - Are Parents Being Falsely Accused?

About the Book

In 1971 Norma Guthkelch, retired neurosurgeon, published the first description of the Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS). Within the next several years John Caffey, pediatric radiologist, wrote several articles supporting the SBS theory. Very soon after, when infants were brought into hospital emergency rooms in the U.S.A. with brain hemorrhages without known accidental explanations such as auto accidents or high distance falls, almost routinely the hemorrhages have been attributed to SBS or related diagnoses resulting in criminal conviction of parents or caretakers. These and other issues such as inflicted child abuse, non-accidental trauma, failure to protect, and other diagnoses are reviewed in this book “Since the original introduction of the SBS theory, conclusive evidence has emerged proving that these prosecutions have been founded upon tainted medical opinions and fundamentally flawed scientific methodology (i.e. junk science). It requires little imagination to understand the significant mental pain which parents undergo while grieving over the death of a child, as frequently occurs in these cases. Accusing this parent of murdering their child (with no real evidence) and putting the entire strength of the state behind this accusation is monstrous, when the entire accusation pivots upon facts which are now known to be false. Loss of job, loss of family and community ties follow the accusation. Moreover, the general public, the grand and petite juries, the states and the parties, all have an overwhelmingly strong interest in knowing if these prosecutions are founded upon reasonable interpretation of the facts – or – if the accusations are built around falsehoods and scientific impossibilities.” Quoted from the writings of Kent Holcomb.

About the Author

Harold Buttram, M.D. In January 2009 Dr. Buttram retired from medical practice after 50 years of work in the fields of family practice and environmental medicine. In the latter years of practice he treated many children with autism and related disorders as a referral physician for the Autism Research Institute (ARI). At one of the ARI conferences in the 1990s, Bernard Rimland, Ph.D., founding director of ARI, announced that in over half of the autistic children seen by ARI referral physicians, formerly normal children had abruptly and dramatically regressed into autism in a time-related fashion following the MMR vaccine. On learning this, Dr. Buttram checked on his own computerized medical records and found similar patterns in the autistic children in his practice. This also coincided with a time period in which Dr. Buttram had become involved as a defense witness in Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) cases, so that he began checking for a time-based relationship between symptoms and radiological findings of subdural (brain) hemorrhages (on which almost all charges of SBS were based) and routine vaccinations. In most instances, such a relationship was clearly evident. However, in those early years there was little proof that would stand up in court, so that it was usually wise to turn to other medical issues for defense. This has now dramatically changed. In 2007 a study involving 239 preterm infants was performed in which C-Reactive Protein blood tests (a standard blood test marker for inflammation) was performed on 239 preterm infants who received either a single vaccine or mixed vaccines in a pediatric intensive care unit (Pourcyrous et al. Journal Pediatrics, 2007). The first definitive study of its kind, it provided a unified theory of adverse vaccine reactions and their pathogenesis, as reviewed in this text. Christina England Christina was born and educated in London, U.K. She left school to work in a children's library, specializing in story telling and book buying. In 1978 Christina changed her career path to dedicate her time to caring for the elderly and was awarded the title of Care Giver of the Year for her work with the elderly in 1980. After dedicating much of her spare time helping disabled children in a special school, she then worked in a respite unit in a leading teaching hospital. In 1990 Christina adopted the first of two disabled boys, both with challenging behavior, complex disabilities, and medical needs. In 1999 she was accused of Munchausen by Proxy after many failed attempts to get the boys’ complex needs met. Finally, she was cleared of all accusations after an independent psychologist gave both boys the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD as part of a complex tapestry of disorders. During the assessments it was discovered through the foster care diaries that the eldest boy had reacted adversely to the MMR vaccine. After taking A Level in Psychology and a BTEC in Learning Disabilities Ms. England then spent many years researching vaccines and adverse reactions. She went on to gain an HND in journalism and media and is currently writing for the American Chronicle, the Weekly Blitz and Vaccination Truth on immunization safety and efficacy. England’s main area of expertise is in researching the areas surrounding false allegations of child abuse. Her work is now read internationally and has been translated into many languages. England has been a guest on Holy Hormones Honey – The Greatest Story Never Told! on KRFC FM 88.9 in, Colorado. She speaks at seminars worldwide and has been invited to speak in London and Canada in 2011.