Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. SPECTER. How was Governor Connally transported from the emergency
room to the operating room?
Dr. SHAW. On a stretcher.
Mr. SPECTER. And was he transported up an elevator as well?
Dr. SHAW. Yes. It is two floors above the emergency rooms.
Mr. SPECTER. Will you describe what happened next in connection with
Governor Connally's----
Mr. DULLES. Could I ask a question, putting in this tube is prior to
making an incision?
Mr. SHAW. Yes; a stab wound.
Mr. DULLES. Just a stab wound?
Dr. SHAW. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. What treatment next followed for Governor Connally, Doctor?
Dr. SHAW. He was taken to the operating room and there Dr. Giesecke
started the anesthesia. This entails giving an intravenous injection of
sodium pentothal and then after the Governor was asleep a gas was used,
that will be on the anesthetic record there.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you know at approximately what time this procedure was
started?
Dr. SHAW. I will have to refresh my memory again from the record. We
had at the time I testified before, we had the----
Mr. SPECTER. Permit me to make available to you a copy of the Parkland
Memorial Hospital operative record and let me ask you, first of all,
if you can identify these two pages on an exhibit heretofore marked
as Commission Exhibit 392 as to whether or not this constitutes your
report?
Dr. SHAW. Yes; this is a transcription of my dictated report of the
operation.
Mr. SPECTER. Are the facts set forth therein true and correct?
Dr. SHAW. Yes. On this it states that the operation itself was begun at
1300 hours or 1 o'clock, 1 p.m., and that the actual surgery started at
1335 or 1:35 p.m.
The operation was concluded by me at 3--1520 which would be 3:20 p.m.
Mr. SPECTER. You have described, in a general way, the chest wound.
What other wounds, if any, was Governor Connally suffering from at the
time you saw him?
Dr. SHAW. I will describe then the wound of the wrist which was
obvious. He had a wound of the lower right forearm that I did not
accurately examine because I had already talked to Dr. Gregory while
I was scrubbing for the operation, told him that this wound would
need his attention as soon as we were able to get the chest in a
satisfactory condition. There was also, I was told, I didn't see the
wound, on the thigh, I was told that there was a small wound on the
thigh which I saw later.
Mr. SPECTER. When did you first have an opportunity then to examine
Governor Connally's wound on the posterior aspect of his chest?
Dr. SHAW. After the Governor had been anesthetized. As soon as he was
asleep so we could manipulate him--before that time it was necessary
for an endotracheal tube to be in place so his respirations could be
controlled before we felt we could roll him over and accurately examine
the wound entrance.
We knew this was the wound exit.
Mr. SPECTER. This [indicating an area below the right nipple on the
body]?
Dr. SHAW. Yes.
Mr. DULLES. How did you know it was a wound exit.
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