Mr. Specter. May it please the Commission, I would like to note this as Commission Exhibit No. 392, and subject to later technical proof, to have it admitted into evidence at this time for the purpose of having the doctor comment about it.
The Chairman. It may be so marked.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 392, for identification.)
Mr. Specter. What did your examination of the Parkland Hospital records disclose with respect to this wound on the front side of the President's body?
Commander Humes. The examination of this record from Parkland Hospital revealed that Doctor Perry had observed this wound as had other physicians in attendance upon the President, and actually before a tracheotomy was performed surgically, an endotracheal tube was placed through the President's mouth and down his larynx and into his trachea which is the first step in giving satisfactory airway to a person injured in such fashion and unconscious.
The President was unconscious and it is most difficult to pass such a tube when the person is unconscious.
The person who performed that procedure, that is instilled the endotracheal tube noted that there was a wound of the trachea below the larynx, which corresponded in essence with the wound of the skin which they had observed from the exterior.
Mr. Specter. How is that wound described, while you are mentioning the wound?
Commander Humes. Yes, sir.
Mr. Specter. I think you will find that on the first page of the summary sheet, Dr. Humes.