From: 19efppp@mail.com   
      
   On Friday, November 24, 2023 at 9:49:31 AM UTC-5, JE Corbett wrote:   
   > The following are excerpts taken from various stages of Dr. Perry's WC   
   testimony about the throat wound.    
   >    
   > Mr. SPECTER - Will you describe that wound as precisely as you can, please?    
   > Dr. PERRY - The wound was roughly spherical to oval in shape, not a   
   punched-out wound, actually, nor was it particularly ragged. It was rather   
   clean cut, but the blood obscured any detail about the edges of the wound   
   exactly.    
   > Mr. SPECTER - What was the condition of the edges of the wound, if you can   
   recollect?    
   > Dr. PERRY - I couldn't state with certainty, due to the fact that they were   
   covered by blood. and I did not make a minute examination. I determined only   
   the fact that there was a wound there, roughly 5 mm. in size or so.    
   > Mr. SPECTER - Have you now described it as precisely as you can; that wound?    
   > Dr. PERRY - I think so.    
   >    
   > Mr. SPECTER - Have you described all of the efforts which were made to   
   revive the President?    
   > Dr. PERRY - There were other procedures done that I did not do during this   
   period. I did not describe in detail the performance of the tracheotomy. It   
   seems that that is really not necessary at this time, unless you want it.    
   > Mr. SPECTER - Will you describe it in detail, the procedures which were   
   followed in the efforts to save the President's life?    
   > Dr. PERRY - All right. Well, to regress, then, at the time I began the   
   tracheotomy, I made an incision right through the wound which was present in   
   the neck in order to gain complete control of any injury in the underlying   
   trachea.    
   > I made a transverse incision right through this wound and carried it down to   
   the superficial fascia, to expose the strap muscles overlying the thyroid and   
   the trachea. There was an injury to the right lateral aspect of the trachea at   
   the level of the    
   external wound. The trachea was deviated slightly to the left and it was   
   necessary to divide the strap muscles on the left side in order to gain access   
   to the trachea. At this point, I recall, Dr. Jones right on my left was   
   placing a catheter into a vein    
   in the-left arm because he handed me a necessary instrument which I needed in   
   the performance of the procedure.    
   > The wound in the trachea was then enlarged to admit a cuffed tracheotomy   
   tube to support respiration. I noted that there was free air and blood in the   
   superior right mediastinum.    
   > Although I saw no injury to the lung or to the pleural space, the presence   
   of this free blood and air in this area could be indicative of a wound of the   
   right hemithorax, and I asked that someone put a right chest tube in for seal   
   drainage. At the time    
   I did not know who did this, but I have been informed that Dr. Baxter and Dr.   
   Paul Peters inserted the chest tube and connected it to underwater drainage.    
   > Blood transfusions and fluid transfusions were being given at this time, and   
   through the previous venesections that had been done by Dr. Jones and Dr.   
   Carrico.    
   > Also, the President had received 300 mg. of Solucortef in order to support   
   his adrenal glands, since it was common medical knowledge that he suffered   
   from adrenal insufficiency.    
   > Of course, oxygen and pressure breathing were being effected under the   
   guidance of Dr. Jenkins and Dr. Giesecke, who were handling the anesthesia   
   machine at the head of the table.    
   > Dr. Bashour and Dr. Seldin, in addition to Dr. Clark, had arrived and also   
   assisted in monitoring cardiac actions, as indicated by the oscilloscope and   
   the cardiotachioscope.    
   >    
   > Mr. SPECTER - Were there sufficient facts available to you for you to reach   
   a conclusion as to the cause of the wound on the front side of the President's   
   neck?    
   > Dr. PERRY - No, sir, there was not. I could not determine whether or how   
   this was inflicted, per se, since it would require tracing the trajectory.    
   >    
   > Mr. SPECTER - Well, what questions were asked of you and what responses did   
   you give at that press conference?    
   > Dr. PERRY - Well, there were numerous questions asked, all the questions I   
   cannot remember, of course. Specifically, the thing that seemed to be of most   
   interest at that point was actually trying to get me to speculate as to   
   direction of the bullets,    
   the number of bullets, and the exact cause of death.    
   > The first two questions I could not answer, and my reply to them was that I   
   did not know, if there were one or two bullets, and I could not categorically   
   state about the nature of the neck wound, whether it was an entrance or an   
   exit wound, not having    
   examined the President further---I could not comment on any other injuries.    
   > As regards the cause of death, Dr. Clark and I concurred that massive brain   
   trauma with attendant severe hemorrhage was the underlying cause of death, and   
   then there were questions asked in regard to what we did, and I described as I   
   have for you,    
   although not in such detail essentially the resuscitative measures that were   
   taken at that time; namely, the reinfusion of a balanced salt solution of   
   blood, Solucortef, assisting of respiration with oxygen and pressure   
   apparatus, the tracheotomy, and    
   the chest tubes and the monitoring with the cardiotachioscope.   
   Yes, it was an entrance wound.   
      
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