# The passion of christ from a medical point of view #### (1997) - Davis **Link**:: http://www.catholichealthcareguild.org/Passion_of_Christ_Medical_View.pdf **DOI**:: **Links**:: **Tags**:: #paper **Cite Key**:: [@Davis1997-ih] ### Abstract ``` I became interested in this about a year ago when I read an account of the crucifixion in Jim Bishop's book," The Day Christ Died." I suddenly realized that I had taken the crucifixion more or less for granted all these years-that I had grown callous to its horror by a too easy familiarity with the grim details-and a too distant friendship with Him. It finally occurred to me that as a physician I didn't even know the actual immediate cause of death. The Gospel writers don't help us very much on this point, because crucifixion and scourging were so … ``` ### Notes