The Exorcism of Emily Rose Page #4

Her roommate had gone home.

She had awakened...

something burning.

but she got up...

... afraid there was a fire.

at the university hospital?

I am chairman of | the Department of Neurology.

And after you heard | about the dorm-room incident...

...what were your initial thoughts?

At first, I thought perhaps | Emily had taken illegal drugs.

Some type of hallucinogen.

But we ran tests and found no trace | of drugs in her system.

And the more she explained | the incident to me...

...the more I began to suspect | something else.

Epilepsy results from uncontrolled | electrical activity in the brain.

In a severe, or grand mal, seizure...

for several minutes...

of all the muscles of the body.

suffering such a seizure...

the things that Emily described?

like an extreme pressure on the body.

with all that brain activity...

...for a person to perceive all sorts | of strange and violent things.

So suspecting that Emily was | epileptic, how did you proceed?

I administered | an electroencephalograph.

What did the EEG reveal?

It showed a possible epileptic focus | in the patient's left temporal lobe.

Did this require | a specific treatment?

Yes, I began a medication schedule | for Emily with the drug Gambutrol.

I also advised regular follow-up | examinations and further tests.

But Emily failed to keep | her follow-up appointments with me.

She give any reason for discontinuing | these appointments?

Yes, she told me she was convinced | that her condition was a spiritual one.

It was the conviction of her priest, | she said, and she shared his beliefs.

Was it your impression | that Emily had placed her care...

...entirely...? | - Leading the witness.

Sustained.

After the end of October...

...did you ask Emily | why she had stopped...

...filling her Gambutrol | prescriptions?

Yes. She said that Father Moore had | suggested she stop taking the drug.

And what, in your medical opinion...

...was the result | of Father Moore's suggestion?

I believe Father Moore's suggestion | killed her.

Objection, Your Honor!

The witness is asserting outrageous | conclusions based on pure hearsay.

Technically correct, but I'll allow it | as part of his expert opinion testimony.

Thank you, Dr. Mueller.

Your witness.

You said you observed a possible | epileptic focus in the temporal lobe.

Doesn't this imply what you observed | may not have been an epileptic focus?

Yes, that's also possible.

Would Father Moore's advice to stop | taking Gambutrol be good advice...

...if Emily were, in fact, | not epileptic?

Of course. But that's not | the case here. She was epileptic.

Really.

When Emily saw objects move | on their own...

...and felt an invisible presence | on top of her...

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