Posts by OrphanCrow

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Joachim Boldt - Two More Retractions for WT's bloodless "expert"

by OrphanCrow in

from retraction watch:.

when you have 94 retractions, what's two more?.

attention joachim boldt: the 1990s are calling, and they want their papers back.the annals of thoracic surgery has retracted two papers from the early 1990s on which boldt was the first author – bringing the retraction tally for the disgraced german anesthesiologist to 96, by our count.

OrphanCrow

BluesBrother: Householders will never have heard of Dr Boldt....

Likely not. Unless they follow the medical world's research and have stumbled across his name. It appears like Boldt has the potential to be as well known as Wakefield. Maybe someday Boldt will be linked to the anti-blooder movement in the same way Wakefiled is to the anti-vaxxers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Boldt

In February 2011, Boldt was stripped of his title of professor at the University of Giessen for failing to teach, and the university is investigating possible charges of scientific misconduct.[6] His case was described at the time as "possibly the biggest medical research scandal since Andrew Wakefield was struck off last year for falsely claiming to have proved a link between the MMR vaccine and autism."[2]

The only place the regular JW will have heard of him will be inside the sacred word of the WT - the Awake magazine that quotes Boldt as an expert on bloodless surgery.

They will have no clue that it was Dr. Boldt's research that was pivotal in the use of hydroxyethyl starch solutions, to boost blood volume during surgery, for Jehovah's Witness patients. The regular JW only sees the selected quote but they have no idea that Boldt's research is cited many times in the HLC's Helping Hands handbook - the one that the WT publishes to promote alternatives to blood transfusions.

The regular JW won't know much about hydroxyethyl starch even though the HLC book has an entire section in it concerning its use and the risks associated with it.

I just did a quick scan of just Parts 3&4 of the Helping Hands (HLC) Blood Conservation Techniques and Perioperative Planning, the book that the HLC uses with medical professionals, and I found "5" of Boldt's studies that have been retracted:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9503219

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8678251

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11139111

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10972607

http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/0003-4975(90)90088-N/abstract

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Joachim Boldt - Two More Retractions for WT's bloodless "expert"

by OrphanCrow in

from retraction watch:.

when you have 94 retractions, what's two more?.

attention joachim boldt: the 1990s are calling, and they want their papers back.the annals of thoracic surgery has retracted two papers from the early 1990s on which boldt was the first author – bringing the retraction tally for the disgraced german anesthesiologist to 96, by our count.

OrphanCrow

Lee: We need to publish an article on this fellow at AJWRB, don't you agree?

Yes, I agree. I'll get working on it... :)

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Joachim Boldt - Two More Retractions for WT's bloodless "expert"

by OrphanCrow in

from retraction watch:.

when you have 94 retractions, what's two more?.

attention joachim boldt: the 1990s are calling, and they want their papers back.the annals of thoracic surgery has retracted two papers from the early 1990s on which boldt was the first author – bringing the retraction tally for the disgraced german anesthesiologist to 96, by our count.

OrphanCrow

Scratchme, all good points.

I want to address the first one you made:

Money of course is the number one reason. The cost of getting, treating, processing, maintaining, transporting, delivering and administering blood is way higher than alternatives, not to mention tracing and tracking transfusion-related adverse events and incidents, both infectious and non-infectious, that affect blood donors and recipients.

The Netherlands has been dealing with de-implementing patient blood management in their ortho practice for the last couple years. After years of following PBM guidelines in ortho surgical practice, a surgery that typically has high blood requirements, the Dutch concluded that blood transfusion alternatives were either way too costly (EPO) or were not effective in reducing the need for blood. You can read about that here:

http://www.verekeskus.ee/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Marian_van_Kraaij.pdf

Patient blood management (aka bloodless medicine) may be effective in some situations, but ortho practice in the Netherlands is not one of them.

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Joachim Boldt - Two More Retractions for WT's bloodless "expert"

by OrphanCrow in

from retraction watch:.

when you have 94 retractions, what's two more?.

attention joachim boldt: the 1990s are calling, and they want their papers back.the annals of thoracic surgery has retracted two papers from the early 1990s on which boldt was the first author – bringing the retraction tally for the disgraced german anesthesiologist to 96, by our count.

OrphanCrow

redpilltwice: It's just that I remember the warnings during field service not to be sucked into discussions with householders regarding blood. From my personal experience, it was discouraged.

Of course it was discouraged. The Blood Taboo was more than just refusing blood - it was all about refusing to discuss it other than the pat answer: "It is what I believe. The Bible says so." Blood was/is an uncomfortable topic. And never, never, talk to the media about blood!!!

And when it comes to actual, solid medical information, the regular JW just says: "Whatever the HLC says." Their ears are closed and the HLC are their voice.

But hey, every informed soul counts, right?

Absolutely. All it takes is one. Just one. One to hear and listen, to know about the WT's deceptive medical advice, and another one will live. And they will let their children live.

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Joachim Boldt - Two More Retractions for WT's bloodless "expert"

by OrphanCrow in

from retraction watch:.

when you have 94 retractions, what's two more?.

attention joachim boldt: the 1990s are calling, and they want their papers back.the annals of thoracic surgery has retracted two papers from the early 1990s on which boldt was the first author – bringing the retraction tally for the disgraced german anesthesiologist to 96, by our count.

OrphanCrow

redpilltwice: Most JW's however would not bring up the blood issue in field circus unless they are triggered by a person that has critical questions. I hope in cases when dr. Boldt is refered to as an authority regarding bloodless surgery, this info has already reached that person/householder.

The chances of blood being discussed with a householder are pretty slim.

This material is most valuable for those people who have already been indoctrinated with "blood cult" thinking. I am thinking of exJWs who are still walking around with the WT's pseudo-science stuck in their brains. And of the active JWs who still want to desperately believe in the WT's medical advice.

The WT's history of promoting and supporting quack science is lengthy and this recent exposure of one of the WT's "experts" on bloodless surgery can be added to the list of other medical frauds that the WT is noted for: radio active belts, the Abrams electrical box to just name a couple. Now we can add the WT's blood phobia to the list - headed up by Dr. Joachim Boldt, the great pretender.

Once a person starts to unravel the deception around the WT's interpretation of Biblical doctrine, I think it is important to keep going and expose the ways that the WT has used deception in their medical doctrine as well.

However, even though it is unlikely you would use this information at the door with JWs, this material could be valuable to exJWs who get into discussions with their JW families. The links I have posted at the beginning go to Retraction Watch and it would be difficult to argue that it is an apostate website. It is pretty clear that the WT has used a fraudulent researcher as one of their "experts" on bloodless surgery and that is something that is backed up all over the place on the internet from several credible sources.

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Joachim Boldt - Two More Retractions for WT's bloodless "expert"

by OrphanCrow in

from retraction watch:.

when you have 94 retractions, what's two more?.

attention joachim boldt: the 1990s are calling, and they want their papers back.the annals of thoracic surgery has retracted two papers from the early 1990s on which boldt was the first author – bringing the retraction tally for the disgraced german anesthesiologist to 96, by our count.

OrphanCrow

From Retraction Watch:

When you have 94 retractions, what's two more?

Attention Joachim Boldt: The 1990s are calling, and they want their papers back.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery has retracted two papers from the early 1990s on which Boldt was the first author – bringing the retraction tally for the disgraced German anesthesiologist to 96, by our count. Both articles were found to contain manipulated data.

more about Boldt here: http://retractionwatch.com/?s=boldt

(the following material is from an earlier post I made on reddit concerning Joachim Boldt)

Dr. Jocahim Boldt has been quoted in WT literature as a bloodless expert.

The January 8, 2000 Awake magazine published an article "The Growing Demand for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery". This article has been quoted extensively by JWs as support for their "scientific" justification for refusing blood products.

A quote from that article that is familiar to most JWs and exJWs is this one:

“All those dealing with blood and caring for surgical patients have to consider bloodless surgery.”—Dr. Joachim Boldt, professor of anesthesiology, Ludwigshafen, Germany.

*to add - another quote from the Awake:

"What Some Doctors Say

‘Bloodless surgery is not only for Jehovah’s Witnesses but for all patients. I think that every doctor should be engaged in it.’—Dr. Joachim Boldt, professor of anesthesiology, Ludwigshafen, Germany."

Dr, Boldt has been exposed by the scientific community as a fraud.

http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f1738

"The withdrawal of almost 90 fraudulent studies by a German anaesthetist is one of the biggest medical research scandals of recent time. Jacqui Wise examines what happened and what lessons have been learnt Joachim Boldt was a prominent German anaesthetist with an international research reputation. He was regarded as a leading specialist in intravenous fluid management and was an advocate for the use of colloids, particularly hydroxyethyl starch solutions, to boost blood volume during surgery. However, a lengthy investigation has led to 88 out of the 102 studies that Boldt has published since 1999 being withdrawn from the medical literature. He has been found guilty of research misconduct, including failure to acquire ethical approval and fabrication of study data, and sacked from his position as professor at Klinikum Ludwigshafen, a large teaching hospital in Ludwigshafen, Germany, where he carried out his research. The retraction of such a large body of work has had far reaching effects on clinical practice, research oversight, and editorial policies."

The one place where Dr. Boldt's research has not been withdrawn is in the textbook "Basics of Blood Management". The textbook is co-authored by a JW doctor from Germany, Dr. Petra Seeber*. The textbook was published in 2012, after Boldt was exposed as a fraud.

*also see this thread here

Much of Dr. Joachim's Boldt's research concerned hydroxyethyl starch, a substance that has been promoted by the WT's HLC for use in "bloodless" methods. You can read more about that on this thread here:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5700923452030976/watchtowers-medical-bible-hlc-handbook?page=1&size=20#/5138780784689152

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Was looking at my childhood book "From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained" I found something interesting.

by Still Totally ADD in

jw
friends

i was showing a friend of mine what kind of books my parents allowed me to read when i was very young.

no children books that was age related but the so called orange paradise book was my only children book i had.

she was taken back on how violent it was and showing little kids being killed by god was just unspeakable.

OrphanCrow

pleaseresearch: Why on page 21 are the two squirrels looking at the mans penis? One seems to be laughing at it.

Haha! I am sure there are lots of answers for that and they all have "nuts" someplace in the punch line.

And what about that Roman soldier rolling dice in front of pretty Jesus nailed to the stake? Check out the hemline of the Roman dude's skirt - sticking out and pointing towards his knee...once you see it you will always see it

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Was looking at my childhood book "From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained" I found something interesting.

by Still Totally ADD in

jw
friends

i was showing a friend of mine what kind of books my parents allowed me to read when i was very young.

no children books that was age related but the so called orange paradise book was my only children book i had.

she was taken back on how violent it was and showing little kids being killed by god was just unspeakable.

OrphanCrow

Your memory is correct, STADD. Never fear...your grey cells are working.

The 1959 Yearbook is describing the '58 summer convention.

*edit to add - and besides, you could be right about the book being meant for kids. Our family used it as such. But my parents were quick to assure us that the WTS did not print kid's books like those other religions did. Eh...just because the WT says something, doesn't mean it is true. They have a reputation for declaring one thing while meaning something else entirely. The book could very well have been meant for all those children popping out post war. The WTS often speaks out of the side of its mouth

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Was looking at my childhood book "From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained" I found something interesting.

by Still Totally ADD in

jw
friends

i was showing a friend of mine what kind of books my parents allowed me to read when i was very young.

no children books that was age related but the so called orange paradise book was my only children book i had.

she was taken back on how violent it was and showing little kids being killed by god was just unspeakable.

OrphanCrow

StillTotallyADD: I just remembered I received this book at the 1958 convention in NY.

The release of the book was mentioned in the 1959 Yearbook:

Thursday afternoon, July 31, was paradisaic in both
its assembly and in what it produced. The surroundings
of the speakers' platforms of both stadiums were paradisaic
in their physical beauty. The audience of 145,488
all roundabout were enjoying a feast of Christian association
and Kingdom truths in a spiritual paradise.
Their appreciation of this fact was sharpened by the
speech of the Society's president entitled "Maintaining
Our Spiritual Paradise." He crowned the occasion by his
entirely unexpected display and release of the glowingly
beautiful, handsomely illustrated book of 256 pages,
bearing the title "From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained."
This book wastes no time and space discussing
false doctrines of worldly religions, but simply explains
the God-honoring truths of the sacred Bible as these
came to the surface in the outworking of God's purpose
to restore obedient humankind to an everlasting earthly
paradise. But this restoration has to be preceded by the
establishing of God's heavenly kingdom and his restoring
first a spiritual paradise for his faithful Christian
witnesses. It was this spiritual paradise that had to be
maintained now with faithfulness and fruitfulness by
its blest, happy inhabitants.
The book on Paradise had been published, not with
children in mind, but for the purpose of satisfying the
need and craving of adult persons in many lands who
needed a primary or elementary manner of approach
to the pure truths of God's Word. After the session there
was many an assembler that took copies of the book
in large quantity. Delight went permeating the mighty
hosts assembled.

The Paradise book was never intended to target children - it was the illustrations and simplified language that made it an ideal book for conducting family book studies. In the congregations of the late 50s and early 60s, an influx of children occurred. The boom in children happened after Knorr et al relaxed the pre-war instructions on remaining single and childless.

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It's right there in our faces, how could we NOT see it?

by NikL in

i know there have been many many posts on here over the years on the deity of jesus.. i am submitting this one because i am feeling a little confused.. the thing is, i am not the sharpest knife in the drawer and i know this.

so when i am going through my bible reading (to all you haters, yes i still do it) i see so many scriptures that just fly in the face of everything the jws teach about jesus.. i begin to wonder if indeed i am diseased in the mind ,as they will try to paint me, because it seems so plain to me.. i never even gave it a though growing up as to if jesus and god were equal.

i just didn't.. now when i read scriptures like philippians 9.... 9 for this very reason, god exalted him to a superior position+ and kindly gave him the name that is above every other name,+ 10 so that in the name of jesus every knee should bend—of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the ground+— 11 and every tongue should openly acknowledge that jesus christ is lord+ to the glory of god the father.. .

OrphanCrow

Bible discussions are so much fun