DR. PERRY SAID THE "BIG DAMAGE" IS AT "THE POINT OF EXIT"

December 27, 2012

DR. PERRY SAID THE "BIG DAMAGE" IS AT "THE POINT OF EXIT"

Dr. Malcolm Perry* was just 34 years old when he was called upon to administer treatment to the most famous patient in the country & perhaps the world, President John F. Kennedy.

Dr. Perry, professor of surgery at Southwest Medical School, was called to ER at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas as he was having his lunch.

He was the 1st physician to see the President of the United States in Trauma Room One.

                           Dr. Malcolm Perry
               Southwestern Medical Center

*Malcolm Oliver Perry (1929-2009) was born in Allen, Texas.  He graduated from the University of Texas, Austin & Southwestern Medical School.  He served in the USAF.

Dr. Perry, who rarely spoke about the events of Nov 22, 1963, was Chief of Vascular Surgery at NY Cornell Hospital 1978-1988, Vanderbilt 1988-1992 & Texas Tech in the 1990s.


Dr. Perry performed a tracheotomy on JFK in an attempt to restore breathing.

Many other doctors crowded in the 10 by 15 foot emergency room, but all for naught as Dr. Kemp Clark pronounced the President dead at 1 p.m central time.

The following day, Dr. Perry talked to the press about what took place in Trauma Room One at Parkland.

He said:

"The entire occipital parietal (right rear) section of the brain had been destroyed.

It was apparent that despite the fact the assassin shot from above down into the President that somehow the bullet emerged from the upper section of head, rather than entering it."

*JFK ASSASSINATION Comment:

Dr. Perry based his comment on the location of the shooter on news reports provided to him.  

"We have seen a great many bullet wounds...

We know that the big damage is at the point of exit. 

It may have been that the President was looking up or sideways with his head thrown back when the bullet or bullets struck him."

*JFK ASSASSINATION Comment:

JFK, as can be seen in the Zapruder film, was not looking up or sideways at the instant of the head shot, although his head was thrown back after the bullet or bullets struck him.


Source:  "Doctor Eating...Then Came Call," by Herbert Black, Boston Globe Medical Editor, "Good Night Brave Spirit, John F. Kennedy 1917-1963." The Boston Globe.