24-09-2014, 10:29 PM
"The "sucking wound" implies that the bullet did not "pass along the rib" (remaining outside the plural cavity) but instead that it went through the rib into the pleural cavity, yes? Perhaps bits of shattered rib tore the pleura."
Intertestingly, no. Dr. Shaw was very careful to point out, in his WC testimony, that the bullet made a tunnelling wound that stayed on the outside of the 5th rib the entire way, and did NOT enter the pleural cavity. The open pneumothorax (sucking chest wound) was caused by shattered fragments of the 5th rib being driven into the right lung.
Intertestingly, no. Dr. Shaw was very careful to point out, in his WC testimony, that the bullet made a tunnelling wound that stayed on the outside of the 5th rib the entire way, and did NOT enter the pleural cavity. The open pneumothorax (sucking chest wound) was caused by shattered fragments of the 5th rib being driven into the right lung.
Mr. HILL. The right rear portion of his head was missing. It was lying in the rear seat of the car. His brain was exposed. There was blood and bits of brain all over the entire rear portion of the car. Mrs. Kennedy was completely covered with blood. There was so much blood you could not tell if there had been any other wound or not, except for the one large gaping wound in the right rear portion of the head.
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964