Mr. Specter. Do those constitute the total of the writings which you made concerning your participation in the treatment of the President?
Dr. Carrico. Right.
Mr. Dulles. You spoke of a letter to your children. I don't want to invade your privacy in this respect in any way, but is there anything in that letter that you think would bear on our considerations here by this Commission?
Dr. Carrico. No; I don't believe so. This thing doesn't mention the treatment other than to say probably by the time they read the letter it will be archaic.
Mr. Dulles. You spoke about the causes of it all, I don't know whether——
Dr. Carrico. Just a little homespun philosophy. I just said that there was a lot of extremism both in Dallas and in the Nation as a whole, and in an attitude of extremism a warped mind can flourish much better than in a more stable atmosphere.
Mr. Dulles. Thank you.
Mr. Specter. Dr. Carrico, was the nature of the treatment affected, in your opinion, in any way by the fact that you were working on the President of the United States?
Dr. Carrico. I don't believe so, sir. We have seen a large number of acutely injured people, and acutely ill people, and the treatment has been carried out enough that this is almost reflex, if you will. Certainly everyone was emotionally affected. I think, if anything, the emotional aspect made us think faster, work faster and better.
Mr. Specter. Do you have anything to add which you think would be helpful to the Commission in its inquiry on the assassination of President Kennedy?