The JFK Assassination Medical Reference
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THE JFK MEDICAL REFERENCE / Part 1 PART 1 Parkland Hospital 1) Dr. William Kemp "High Pockets" Clark, Chief Neurosurgeon: a) WR 516-518/ 17 H 1-3 / CE 392 [undated summary; see also 21 H 150-152 :Clarks 11/23/63 report to Admiral Burkley with the verbatim summary . In addition, see Assassination Science, pp. 416-418: this is an FBI report dated 11/25/63 which includes the verbatim summary to Burkley from 11/23/63]---..in the occipital region of the skull ; There was a large wound in the right occipitoparietal region ; Both cerebral and cerebellar tissue were extruding from the wound.; b) WR 524-525/ 17 H 9-10 /CE 392: handwritten report 11/22/63---The President was bleeding profusely from the back of the head . There was a large (3 x 3 cm) remnant of cerebral tissue present there was a smaller amount of cerebellar tissue present also; There was a large wound begin- ning in the right occiput extending into the parietal region ; c) Parkland Press conference, 11/22/63, 3:16 PM CST [Assassination Sci- ence, pp. 427]--- A missile had gone in or out of the back of his head the back of his head I was busy with his head wound The head wound could have been either the exit wound from the neck or it could have been a tan- gential wound, as it was simply a large, gaping loss of tissue.; d) New York Times, 11/24/63---Dr. Kemp Clark said that there were two wounds, a traumatic wound in the back of the head and a small entrance wound below the Adams apple He said the [head] wound was large with a considerable loss of tissue (the same day, The Los Angeles Times re- ported that The occipito parietal, which is a part of the back of the head, had a huge flap.); e) AP article, 11/26/63--- said in Dallas today that a bullet did much mas- sive damage at the right rear of the Presidents head A missile had (come or gone) out the back of his head ; f) Washington Evening Star, 11/27/63---Clark said in Dallas yesterday that a bullet did such massive damage at the right rear of the Presidents head that attending surgeons could not tell whether it had entered or come out of the head there.; g) New York Times, 11/27/63: article by John Herbers--- Clark, who pro- nounced Mr. Kennedy dead, said one struck him at about the necktie knot. It ranged downward in his chest and did not exit, the surgeon said. The second he called a tangential wound caused by a bullet that struck the right back of his head; h) CBS, NBC, the BBC, and LExpress quoted Dr. Clark as saying that the bul- let had entered Kennedys neck from in front and entered the chest [see 6 H 21-30 and Killing The Truth, p. 718]; i) January 1964 Texas State Journal of Medicine article Three Patients at Parkland, pp. 60-74 [pages 63-64](see Assassination Science, p. 399)--- repeats the gist of his 11/22/63 report contents: "Two external wounds, one in the lower third of the anterior neck, the other in the occipital region of the skull, were noted. Through the head wound, blood and brain were extrud- ASSASSINATION RESEARCH / Vol. 4 No. 2 © Copyright 2006 Vincent M. Palamara THE JFK MEDICAL REFERENCE 2 Part 1: Parkland Hospital ing he noted a ragged wound of the trachea immediately below the larnyx Dr. Clark noted that the President had bled profusely from the back of the head. There was a large (3 by 3 cm.) amount of cerebral tissue present on the cart. There was a smaller amount of cerebellar tissue present also Because of the likelihood of mediastinal injury, anterior chest tubes were placed in both pleural spaces There was a large wound beginning in the right occiput extending into the parietal region. Much of the right poste- rior skull, at brief examination, appeared gone .Both cerebral and cerebel- lar tissue were extruding from the wound."; j) 6 H 20, 26, and 29/ testimony---I then examined the wound in the back of the Presidents head. This was a large, gaping wound in the right posterior part, with cerebral and cerebellar tissue being damaged and exposed.; the loss of cerebellar tissue The loss of the right occipital [lobe] ; in the right occipital region of the Presidents skull, from which considerable blood loss had occurred which stained the back of his head ; other WC references: WR 53-55, 90, 526, 529; 2 H 39, 81; 3 H 360, 369, 371-376, 381; 6 H 4, 9-13, 40-41, 47-49, 55, 61-62, 64, 67, 70, 74, 81, 114, 141, 145, 148-149; 17 H 11, 14; 20 H 5; 21 H 150-152, 153, 155, 231, 241, 258, 262, 263, 265, 267 k) 11/9/66 interview by David Lifton (BE, pp. 300-301)---nothing specific about wounds; l) "Resident and Staff Physician", May 1972 issue, p. 60: article by Dr. John K. Lattimer entitled "Observations Based on A Review of the Autopsy Photo- graphs, X-Rays, and Related Materials of the Late President John F. Ken- nedy"---" some other explanation seemed more likely for the President's major sideways lurch to the left, with its slight backwards component. It seemed to the author, after consultation with neurosurgeon Kemp Clark, who had declared the President dead, that the prime speculative possibility would be the opisthotonos-like reaction of the body, often seen immediately after acute, severe cerebral injuries, because of the massive downward dis- charge of nerve impulses."; m) "JFK: Conspiracy of Silence" by Dr. Charles Crenshaw (1992), page 87--- nickname "High Pockets" [NOTE: all references for this work can also be found, albeit on a different page, in Crenshaws updated work entitled Trauma Room One (2001)]; n) Killing The Truth, p. 702---Although I [Livingstone] had no interview, Dr. Kemp Clark passed a verbal message to me in his outer office that the pic- ture of the back of the head was inaccurate.; o) 1/5/94, 1/20/94, and 1/28/94 interviews with David Naro [see COPA 1994 abstract]---The lower right occipital region of the head was blown out and I saw cerebellum. In my opinion, the wound was an exit wound a large hole in the back of the President's head blown out; p) [unanswered letter from Vince Palamara 1998] q) Murder In Dealey Plaza by James Fetzer (2000), pages 56, 63, 68, 177, 179, 193-197, 199, 240, 259, 298 ASSASSINATION RESEARCH / Vol. 4 No. 2 © Copyright 2006 Vincent M. Palamara THE JFK MEDICAL REFERENCE 3 Part 1: Parkland Hospital 2) Dr. Malcolm Oliver "Mac" Perry, Attending Surgeon: a) WR 521-522/ 17 H 6-7/ CE392: report written 11/22/63---A large wound of the right posterior cranium ; b) Parkland press conference, 11/22/63 [see Assassination Science, pp. 419-427; silent film clip used in Reasonable Doubt (1988), 20/20 (4/92), etc.]---There was an entrance wound in the neck It appeared to be coming at him The wound appeared to be an entrance wound in the front of the throat; yes, that is correct. The exit wound, I dont know. It could have been the head or there could have been a second wound of the head. (apparently, based off this conference, the Associated Press dispatch on 11/22/63 stated that Dr. Perry "said the entrance wound was in the front of the head," while all the AP wires for this day stated that JFK had a large hole in the "back" of his head.); c) UPI report published in the New York World Telegram & Sun, 11/22/63 (see also the 11/23/63 "San Francisco Chronicle" [Groden's "TKOAP", p. 76])---There was an entrance wound below his Adams apple. There was another wound in the back of his head.; d) Filmed interview by Bob Welch, WBAP-TV/ NBC (Texas News), 11/23/63 [available on the video Kennedy In Texas (1984) and, in edited form, on The Two Kennedys (1976)]---"He had a severe, lethal wound"; There was a neck wound anteriorly and a large wound of his head in the right poste- rior area.; "passage of the bullet through the neck"; "chest tubes were put in place"; mentions the presence of Drs. Seldin and Bashour [this was the second conference that weekend---21 H 265: this was a final conference to give reporters who had missed earlier conferences a chance to hear from (the) medical team and to answer their questions.]; e) 22 H 832: reprint of article from New York Herald Tribune, 11/23/63--- Dr. Malcolm Perry said he saw two wounds---one below the Adams ap- ple, the other at the back of the head. He said he did not know if two bul- lets were involved. It is possible, he said, that the neck wound was the en- trance and the other the exit of the missile.; f) New York Times, 11/23/63: article written by Tom Wicker (rode in the Dallas motorcade)---Mr. Kennedy was hit by a bulllet in the throat, below the Adam's apple This wound had the appearance of a bullet's entry. Mr. Kennedy also had a massive, gaping wound in the back and on the right side of the head A missile had gone in and out the back of his head caus- ing external lacerations and loss of brain tissue.[see also "Seeds of Doubt: Some Questions About the Assassination" by Jack Minnis and Staughton Lynd, 12/63: they quote from this article, as well]; g) "Los Angeles Times", 11/24/63: article by Jimmy Breslin---"The incision had to be made below the bullet wound."; "There was a mediastinal wound in connection with the bullet hole in the chest."[emphasis added: see reference "j)" below; also, the "New York Herald Tribune" for 12/19/63 stated that " the first bullet lodged in Kennedy's lung."]; h) "Dallas Times Herald", 11/24/63 [see p.