Mr. Specter. Is that a routine type of examination, to ascertain whether there is a gross injury to the chest posteriorly?
Dr. Carrico. Yes, sir.
Mr. Specter. What did you observe as to the President's clothing with respect to the presence of a back brace, if any?
Dr. Carrico. There was, on removing the President's shirt and coat, we noted he was wearing a standard back support.
Mr. Specter. Would you describe that back support, please?
Dr. Carrico. As I recall, it was white cotton or some fibrous support, with staves, bones and if I remember buckled in the front.
Mr. Specter. How wide was it?
Dr. Carrico. How wide?
Mr. Specter. Yes, sir.
Dr. Carrico. I don't know; I didn't examine below—you see—as I recall, it came about to his umbilicus—navel area.