As you know, many hospitals have studied this extensively to try to determine whether they were able to do it with any accuracy but they cannot. I can just tell you there was considerable blood present on the carriage and some on his head and some on the floor but how much, I would hesitate to estimate. Several hundred CC's would be the closest I could get but it could be from 200 to 1,500 and I know by experience you cannot estimate it more accurately.
Mr. Specter. Would you characterize it as a very substantial or minor blood loss?
Dr. Perry. A substantial blood loss.
Mr. Specter. Now, you mentioned the President's brace. Could you describe that as specifically as possible?
Dr. Perry. No, sir; I did not examine it. I noted its presence only in an effort to reach the femoral pulse and I pushed it up just slightly so that I might palpate for the femoral pulse, I did no more examination.
Mr. Specter. In the course of seeking the femoral pulse, did you observe or note an Ace bandage?
Dr. Perry. Yes, sir.
Mr. Specter. In the brace area?
Dr. Perry. Yes, sir. It was my impression, I saw a portion of an Ace Bandage, an elastic supporting bandage on the right thigh. I did not examine it at all but I just noted its presence.
Mr. Specter. Did the Ace Bandage cover any portion of the President's body that you were able to observe in addition to the right thigh?