Colonel Finck. I do.
Mr. Specter. And do you share the opinions which he expressed in their entirety in the course of his testimony here today?
Colonel Finck. I do.
The Chairman. You might be seated, Colonel.
Mr. McCloy. Just as truthful seated as standing.
Representative Ford. How many cases did you investigate to develop this theory shown by Commission Exhibit 400?
Colonel Finck. Among the more than 400 cases I have reviewed, several of them—I cannot give you an exact figure, I do not tabulate them, but many of them had through and through wounds of the skull as well as of flat bones, as, for instance, the sternum, the bone we have in front of our chest, and this would apply also to a through and through wound of the sternum. I have cases like that.
There was a specific case in which I was able to identify the entrance at the level of the sternum on the same basis as the criteria I have given for the skull. Whenever a bullet goes through a flat bone, it will produce that beveling, that cratering, shelving, and that I have seen in numerous cases.
Representative Ford. Is this a generally accepted theory in the medical profession?
Colonel Finck. Yes, sir; it is. Am I allowed to quote a standard textbook?