Dr. Shires. Oh, yes—4 or 5 days later and we were constructing the events.
Mr. Specter. What was the occasion for your conversation with him?
Dr. Shires. In part of his routine care one morning, as he was reconstructing his memory of events, because his memory was quite hazy, since he had a sucking wound of the chest and came in here relatively in anoxia, he had some cyanosis, as you know.
Mr. Specter. What is cyanosis?
Dr. Shires. Not enough oxygen of the tissues and this means they turn blue.
Mr. Specter. Would that affect his memory?
Dr. Shires. Yes; sure would and did, and he remembers very little after he fell over in the car—he is very hazy, until, oh, probably the second day post-operatively.
Mr. Specter. Would that affect his memory as to what happened before the wound?
Dr. Shires. No.
Mr. Specter. Or, would that affect only his memory while he was suffering from lack of oxygen?