Dr. McClelland. He did not at that time.
Mr. Specter. Has he ever described it any more precisely for you?
Dr. McClelland. He has since that time.
Mr. Specter. And what description has he given of it since that time?
Dr. McClelland. As well as I can recall, the description that he gave was essentially as I have just described, that it was a very small injury, with clear cut, although somewhat irregular margins of less than a quarter inch in diameter, with minimal tissue damage surrounding it on the skin.
Mr. Specter. Now, was there anything left for you to observe of that bullet wound, or had the incision obliterated it?
Dr. McClelland. The incision had obliterated it, essentially, the skin portion, that is.
Mr. Specter. Before proceeding to describe what you did in connection with the tracheostomy, will you more fully describe your observation with respect to the head wound?
Dr. McClelland. As I took the position at the head of the table that I have already described, to help out with the tracheotomy, I was in such a position that I could very closely examine the head wound, and I noted that the right posterior portion of the skull had been extremely blasted. It had been shattered, apparently, by the force of the shot so that the parietal bone was protruded up through the scalp and seemed to be fractured almost along its right posterior half, as well as some of the occipital bone being fractured in its lateral half, and this sprung open the bones that I mentioned in such a way that you could actually look down into the skull cavity itself and see that probably a third or so, at least, of the brain tissue, posterior cerebral tissue and some of the cerebellar tissue had been blasted out. There was a large amount of bleeding which was occurring mainly from the large venous channels in the skull which had been blasted open.
Mr. Specter. Was he alive at the time you first saw him?