And finally, recall that the film of the assassination shows Rabin walking after the shot to his back, an impossibility if vertebrae 5 and 6 were shattered as Dr. Guttman reported. Well, now it's not only Dr. Guttman reporting spinal shock. It's also five other members of his team. Would we could put them all in a courtroom and ask each why they agreed to appear on a report which concluded that Rabin died of spinal shock when the government of Israel's Justice Ministry and courts insist he did not. Perhaps a severe bruise or shaking can cause spinal shock.
Spinal shock is the trauma resulting from a break or breaks in the spinal column.
The breaks can be in the outer vertebrae or in the cord, but there is no other definition of spinal shock. The physician made another poignant observation. When the patient arrived, the doctors did not record any symptoms of spinal shock. Again this is possible but hard to understand. One of the first things doctors look for in shooting cases is spinal shock.