Mr. McCloy. I don't know whether you have covered this very well. Let me ask you about the wound, the wound that you examined in the President's neck.
You said that it would have been tolerable. Would his speech have been impaired?
Dr. Perry. No, sir; I don't think so. The injury was below the larynx, and certainly barring the advent of any complication would have healed without any difficulty.
Mr. McCloy. He would have had a relatively normal life?
Dr. Perry. Yes, sir.
Mr. McCloy. Did you, any other time, or other than the press conference or any other period, say that you thought this was an exit wound?
Dr. Perry. No, sir; I did not.
Mr. McCloy. When the President was brought, when you first saw the President, was he fully clothed, or did you cut the clothing away?
Dr. Perry. Not at the time I saw him. Dr. Carrico and the nurses were all in attendance, they had removed his coat and his shirt, which is standard procedure, while we were proceeding about the examination, for them to do so.
Mr. McCloy. But you didn't actually remove his shirt?