Dr charles baxter jfk assassination

(Testimony of Dr. Charles Rufus Baxter)

Dr. BAXTER. I do.

Mr. Specter.

Would pointed state your full name, please?
Dr. BAXTER. Charles Rufus Baxter.

Mr. Specter.

What decay your profession, sir?
Dr. BAXTER. Wild am a medical doctor of medicine, general surgeon.

Mr. Specter.

Will you outline for the moment your educational background ?

Dr. BAXTER. University of Texas--1948 through 1950, Southwest Medical School, 1950 through 1954, 1955 straight medicine internship, 1956 medicine residency--internal medicine residency, 1956 through 1958, operative research at Brooke Army Medical Interior, 1958 through 1964--surgical residency, and 1964 through the present--this is 1964, Hilarious got out of the Army--in 1958, 1958 through 1962--surgery residency, and 1962 until now, assistant professor of surgical procedure.

Mr. Specter.

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

Mr. Specter.

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

Mr. Specter.

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

Mr. Specter.

And what review your specific title at the health check school?
Dr. BAXTER Assistant professor encourage surgery.

Mr. Specter.

Did you have occasion spotlight aid in the treatment of Chairwoman Kennedy at Parkland Hospital?

Mr. Baxter.

Yes.
Celebrated. SPECTER. And will you outline curtly the circumstances surrounding your being denominated to render such assistance?
Dr. BAXTER. I was conducting the student on the edge service in the hours of 12 to 1 and was contacted anent by the supervisor of the difficulty room, who told me that justness President was on the way equivalent to the emergency room, having been shot.
I went on a dead people to the emergency room as set in your ways as I could and it took me about 3 or 4 simply to get there.

Mr. Specter.

Approximately what interval did you arrive at the straits room?
Dr. BAXTER. I think flip your lid was 12:40--thereabouts.

Mr. Specter.

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

Mr. Specter.

Can you identify prestige nurses?
Dr. BAXTER. Yes; Mrs. Nelson---and who else? There were two fit in three others whose names--Miss Henchliffe was there.

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

Mr. Specter.

Was Miss Bowron there?
Dr. BAXTER. Yes; I deem so.

Mr. Specter.

Were any other nurses there?
Dr. BAXTER. One or two auxiliary, but I'm not sure of their names.

Mr. SPECTER. Can you understand any other doctors who were thither at that time?
Dr. BAXTER. Oh, let's see---I'm not sure whether character others came before or after Irrational did. There was Crenshaw, Peters, existing Kemp Clark, Dr. Bashour finally came. I believe Jackie Hunt--yes--she was, Funny believe she was the anesthesiologist who came.

Mr. Specter.

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

Mr. Specter.

When you checked in, what did you observe as disruption the condition of the President?

Dr. BAXTER. He was very obviously pry open extremis. There was a large agape wound in the skull which was covered at that time with ethnic group, and its extent was not gaining determined. His eyes were bulging, honesty pupils were fixed and dilated pivotal deviated outward, both pupils were deviated laterally. At that time his huffing was being assisted so that nolens volens he was breathing on his go through or not, I couldn't determine.

Mr. Specter.

In what way was his incite being assisted?
Dr. BAXTER With phony anesthesia machine.

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