Now, I've got to think of the next date—off of the record or on as you wish—
Mr. Specter. All right, we will go off of the record, Doctor, while you are thinking that through.
Dr. Gregory. All right.
(Discussion between Counsel Specter and the Witness Gregory off the record.)
Mr. Specter. All right, Dr. Gregory.
Dr. Gregory. I'll say on or about February 14, the Governor came to Dallas and on that occasion we removed his cast, obtained an X-ray, found his fracture to be healing satisfactorily, and so we applied a new cast. The Governor wore that cast until 1 week ago, when he again came to Dallas. The cast was removed, and X-ray revealed satisfactory healing of his fracture, and the cast, as a continuous form of treatment, was discontinued.
At the present time the Governor is on a regiment of exercises, and he wears a demountable splint, whenever it looks as though the electorate may be over enthusiastic by shaking his hand.
Mr. Specter. Do you anticipate any future cast for Governor Connally?
Dr. Gregory. I anticipate probably an uneventful, though slow, recovery of normal function in his right arm and wrist and hand.
I think he will have some permanent impairment, but I think he will have a very minimal amount of disability, and I do not at this time anticipate any need for any further surgical intervention. That will have to become manifest by the appearance of some other as yet unanticipated symptom.