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#1, Medical record
Posted by jameson on Apr-26-02 at 09:23 PM
In response to message #0
Dr. Beuf saw JonBenét 27 times between March, 1993 and November, 1996. <BR>Most of those visits were for sinus infections and colds. There was one for an injured finger, another <BR>after a fall in a grocery store. <BR>. <BR>(Personal comment - ò¿ó In July, 1998, on-line posters were upset over a photo of JonBenét where her<BR>finger appeared to have a Band-Aid on it and her left hand appeared swollen - could this be the injury<BR>treated by Dr. Beuf? Some posters felt this injury, and a bruise seen on her right arm in some pageant<BR>photos, indicated abuse. With no other bruises apparent in the photos, with no old scars or healing<BR>bruises, no old broken bones noted in the autopsy, I think these were just normal childhood bruises and<BR>NOT indicative of abuse. Kids get bumps and bruises. Battered kids get MORE!) <BR> . <BR> Dr. Beuf mentioned once in an interview that JonBenét had been hit with a golf club, a scar existed. <BR>This was the result of an accident - Burke had been playing golf and JonBenét accidently passed by him at<BR>the wrong time. Nothing more than that. <BR> . <BR> On five occasions he did a brief examination of the external genitalia. He said on Primetime live that he <BR> never did a speculum exam and did not suggest in any way that he did any type of internal exam. Here <BR> is the information on those 5 "vaginal" exams. <BR> . <BR> 9/1993 -age 3 - JonBenét had had a recent bout of diarrhea and was complaining of pain during <BR> urination and there was vaginal redness. Typical treatment would be plain water baths, possibly use of <BR> an ointment. <BR> . <BR> 4/1994 - age 3 - another visit concerning pain during urination - possibly related to bubble bath (a <BR> known irritant). This is in the doctor's records and appears to be the only time bubble bath caused the <BR> problem. Again, the typical treatment would be plain water baths and possibly an ointment. <BR>. <BR> 10/1994 - age 4 - a routine physical, no inflammation noted. It WAS noted that she OCCASIONALLY <BR> wet the bed - not unusual - Dr. Beuf told Primetime live that 20-25% of children wet the bed <BR> occasionally at the age of 4. <BR> . <BR> 3/1995 - age 4 - JonBenét was brought to the doctor with abdominal pain and fever. He did a full <BR> physical check on her and ran tests. <BR> . <BR> 8/1996 - age 5 - A routine physical (possibly a pre-school exam). Nothing noted as abnormal. <BR> . <BR> This is the extent of the external "vaginal" exams performed on JonBenét. ( ò¿ó Since the<BR>only times she had genital irritations were over three years before the murder, I think they have to be<BR>considered unrelated to the crime.) <BR> . <BR> The last time Dr. Beuf saw JonBenét as a patient was five weeks before she died - a check-up after a <BR>sinus infection. <BR> . <BR> After the murder, Dr. Beuf issued a statement - "My office treated JonBenét Ramsey from March,<BR>1993 through December, 1996. Throughout this period, there has been absolutely no evidence of abuse<BR>of any kind." <BR> . <BR> On February 14, 1997, Dr. Beuf was interviewed on KUSA-TV. He reported that they did ask him <BR> about prior sexual abuse of JonBenét. His answer? "I told them absolutely, categorically no. There was <BR> absolutely no evidence - either physical or historical." <BR>. <BR> In the British Documentary produced in the first half of 1998, Dr Beuf said , "I saw absolutely no signs <BR>of sexual abuse. I had no suspicion of it. I always think about sexual abuse with any child ... who comes <BR> through this practice, because it is such a terribly destructive thing ... in JonBenét's case I saw <BR> absolutely no evidence."