Report of Dr. Robert J. White, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Neurological Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

I have been requested to examine the records and testimony of the Dr. Sam Sheppard case. All of the court proceedings for both the first and second trial were made available to me, and these included among other things, the testimonies of the physician consultants, family members, Dr. Sam, and others that were appropriate for these proceedings. I also received a copy of Dr. Sam Sheppard's hospital admission from July 4 through the 8' 1954. Also available to me in testimony were the discussions dealing with the various exhibits, particularly the appropriate X-ray studies that were made of the defendant during his hospitalization in 1954. All of these documents were carefully examined, in some cases requiring comparing, for example the consultations of the various physicians and specialists that saw Dr. Sam Sheppard while he was in the Bay Village Hospital. The laboratory work was examined and the important commentaries that appear in physician consultations, including that of the radiologist, and the statements made in subsequent testimony during the trial were indexed and compared. Particular note was made of the few studies that were conducted on the defendant while he was in the hospital. Specifically the lumbar puncture and the Queckenstedt maneuver. In each examination the neurological particulars were extracted, charted, and compared. On occasion it was found necessary to review the medical literature, examining the appropriate articles that spoke to the essentials of this particular case. Following a review, comparison and study of these particular records, the following opinions are rendered.

It is my belief, based on reasonable medical certainty, that the following diagnoses can be made or cannot be made:

1. This patient did present with right-sided facial trauma involving the orbital, oral, and jaw areas. This was generally limited to swelling and ecchymosis. It did not involve the eye apparatus.
2. The diagnosis of cerebral concussion cannot be made in this particular case.
3. The diagnosis of spinal cord contusion cannot be sustained in this case.