Enough of these kinds of incidents are now known that I'd imagine neurologists would be on the lookout for the signs. During this time he'd have had plenty of b

Enough of these kinds of incidents are now known that I'd imagine neurologists would be on the lookout for the signs. During this time he'd have had plenty of brain activity as opposed to truly vegetative patients. Perhaps if fMRI had existed back then he wouldn't have suffered for so long?