The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: A Neuroforensic Analysis - Part 1: A Neurosurgeon's Previously Undocumented Eyewitness Account of the Events of November 22, 1963

Daniel Sullivan, Rodrick Faccio, Michael L. Levy, Robert G. Grossman, Patrick J. Kelly, James T. Goodrich, Peter Mc L. Black, Edward R. Laws

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Abstract

SUBSTANTIAL LITERATURE EXISTS on the assassination and subsequent pathological examination of President John F. Kennedy. The Warren Report, the United States Government's official report on the assassination, instead of providing definitive answers on the precise cause of President Kennedy's death, sparked intense and on-going debate. Since the publication of the Warren Report in September 1964, many issues have been woven into a wide array of theories concerning the assassination. One element continues to generate debate, namely, the exact sites of the wounds that President Kennedy sustained. A neuroforensic analysis of the wounds, from the perspective of the neurosurgeon, would establish a reasonable hypothesis for the mechanics of the shooting. Eyewitness accounts of the events surrounding the assassination represent one critical source of data for such an analysis. This report provides a previously undocumented neurosurgeon's eyewitness account of what transpired in Trauma Room 1 of Parkland Memorial Hospital on November 22, 1963.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1019-1027
Number of pages9
JournalNeurosurgery
Volume53
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Assassination
  • Eyewitness account
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Neuroforensic analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Clinical Neurology

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