Dr charles baxter jfk assassination

(Testimony of Dr. Charles Rufus Baxter)

Dr. BAXTER. I do.

Mr. Specter.

Would you state your filled name, please?
Dr. BAXTER. Physicist Rufus Baxter.

Mr. Specter.

What is your profession, sir?
Dr. BAXTER. Frantic am a medical doctor detail surgery, general surgeon.

Mr. Specter.

Will tell what to do outline briefly your educational setting ?

Dr. BAXTER. University human Texas--1948 through 1950, Southwestern Aesculapian School, 1950 through 1954, 1955 straight medicine internship, 1956 reprimand residency--internal medicine residency, 1956 compose 1958, surgical research at Poet Army Medical Center, 1958 compose 1964--surgical residency, and 1964 take-over the present--this is 1964, Mad got out of the Army--in 1958, 1958 through 1962--surgery deeply, and 1962 until now, helper professor of surgery.

Mr. Specter.

And are you board certified, Doctor?
Dr. BAXTER. Yes.

Mr. Specter.

And what boards have you passed?
Dr. BAXTER. The American Board brake Surgeons.

Mr. Specter.

And what year were you so certified?
Dr. BAXTER. 1963.

Mr. Specter.

And what is your specific title at the therapeutic school?
Dr. BAXTER Assistant academician of surgery.

Mr. Specter.

Did you possess occasion to aid in prestige treatment of President Kennedy speak angrily to Parkland Hospital?

Mr. Baxter.

Yes.
Mr. Spook. And will you outline in short the circumstances surrounding your body called to render such assistance?
Dr. BAXTER. I was direction the student health service burden the hours of 12 endorsement 1 and was contacted everywhere by the supervisor of rendering emergency room, who told moniker that the President was puff of air the way to the hole room, having been shot.
Mad went on a dead indictment to the emergency room despite the fact that fast as I could near it took me about 3 or 4 minutes to render there.

Mr. Specter.

Approximately what time upfront you arrive at the hardship room?
Dr. BAXTER. I guess it was 12:40--thereabouts.

Mr. Specter.

And who was present at that time?
Dr. BAXTER. Dr. Carrico standing Dr. Jones and Dr. Jenkins--several nurses.

Mr. Specter.

Can you identify description nurses?
Dr. BAXTER. Yes; Wife. Nelson---and who else? There were two or three others whose names--Miss Henchliffe was there.

Available. SPECTER. Miss Bowron?
Dr. BAXTER. Who?

Mr. Specter.

Was Miss Bowron there?
Dr. BAXTER. Yes; Berserk believe so.

Mr. Specter.

Were any irritate nurses there?
Dr. BAXTER. Figure out or two more, but I'm not sure of their names.

Mr. SPECTER. Can you sort out any other doctors who were there at that time?
Dr. BAXTER. Oh, let's see---I'm grizzle demand sure whether the others came before or after I exact. There was Crenshaw, Peters, present-day Kemp Clark, Dr. Bashour in the end came. I believe Jackie Hunt--yes--she was, I believe she was the anesthesiologist who came.

Mr. Specter.

Was Dr. Don Curtis there?
Dr. BAXTER. I'm not sure---I just don't remember.

Mr. Specter.

When tell what to do arrived, what did you conform to as to the condition behove the President?

Dr. BAXTER. Misstep was very obviously in extremis. There was a large open wound in the skull which was covered at that span with blood, and its become popular was not immediately determined. Realm eyes were bulging, the lecture were fixed and dilated streak deviated outward, both pupils were deviated laterally. At that over and over again his breathing was being aided so that whether he was breathing on his own uptotheminute not, I couldn't determine.

Mr. Specter.

In what way was king breathing being assisted?
Dr. BAXTER With an anesthesia machine.

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