Dr. Perry explained that he began to open an air passage in the President's throat in an effort to restore his breathing, and he explained that the incision had been made through the bullet wound in the President's throat—since that was in the correct place for the operation, in any event. Dr. Perry, according to Mr. Dudman, described to him the bullet hole as an entrance wound.
Dr. Robert N. McClelland, who was one of the three physicians who participated in that operation, later stated to Mr. Dudman, "It certainly did look like an entrance wound."
He went on to say that he saw bullet wounds every day in Dallas, sometimes several times a day, and that this did appear to be an entrance wound.
One doctor made reference to the frothing of blood in the neck wound. The doctor said, "He is bubbling air." Two of the doctors, Drs. Peters and Baxter, inserted a tube into the right upper part of the President's chest, just below the shoulder, to reexpand the lungs, and to keep them from collapsing.
Dr. Jones and Dr. Perry inserted a similar tube on the left portion of the President's chest.
The activity was necessitated because the bubbling air was the first clue that they had that the President's lung had been punctured.
The prosecuting authorities, confronted with what seemed then to be evidence that the President had been shot from the front, in the throat——
The Chairman. Are you reading now, Mr. Lane?
Mr. Lane. No, I am just making reference to this. That is not a quote.
The Chairman. It is not a quote. You are just paraphrasing what was in this article of Mr. Dudman's?