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Released: Thu 13-Nov-2003, 14:00 ET  Printer-friendly Version

New Evidence About the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Revealed

Newswise — Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), a leading international publisher of professional health information, today announced that a previously publicly undocumented eyewitness account from Trauma Room One of Parkland Memorial Hospital, following the shooting of President John. F. Kennedy, will appear in the November issue of Neurosurgery. Robert Grossman, M.D., one of two attending neurosurgeons who examined President Kennedy, is the co-author of three articles that provide previously unreleased information regarding the circumstances surrounding the president’s assassination.

This series of articles to appear in Neurosurgery presents the first public analysis by a neurosurgeon of President Kennedy’s wounds. Dr. Grossman’s observations indicate that:
- Only two bullets struck President Kennedy. The first bullet entered his upper back above the shoulder blade and exited from the front of his neck. The second bullet struck the right side of the back of his skull, near the midline, and fragmented, causing a blast-out of the right side of the skull above the ear.
- The locations of the wounds are most compatible with their having been fired from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, most likely by a single gunman.

“The unfulfilled life and the tragic assassination of President Kennedy continue to trouble our nation,” said Dr. Grossman. “There has been much uncertainty and misinformation about the injuries that the President sustained. The opportunity to contribute to the series of articles in Neurosurgery will, I hope, provide answers to some of the vexing questions about the assassination. An account of the wounds cannot, in itself, identify the assassin, but my analysis supports the Warren Commission's findings that there was one gunman, who was located in the sixth-floor of the Texas School Book Depository building.”

Dr. Grossman was one of two neurosurgeons present in Trauma Room One when President Kennedy was wheeled in on a stretcher on November 22nd, 1963, and he closely examined the President’s wounds. While many analyses of the Kennedy assassination have been conducted, this is the first analysis of the events from a neurosurgeon’s perspective. When putting together its report, the Warren Commission did not solicit this account.

“Dr. Grossman is widely recognized as one our field’s most respected practitioners, and we appreciate his contribution not just to neurosurgery, but to the practice of medicine as a whole,” said Neurosurgery Editor-In-Chief, Dr. Michael L.J. Apuzzo, M.D. “As a leading medical journal that reaches neurosurgeons worldwide, Neurosurgery is honored to be a part of this important work.”

Following the November issue, two subsequent articles will be published in 2004. The second article will include data from the official autopsy report, the opinions of various authors who have written about President Kennedy’s injuries and Dr. Grossman’s conclusions about the wounds. The third article will follow the President’s limousine as it traversed Dealey Plaza and provide a digitally formatted copy of Abraham Zapruder’s movie of the shooting, and a ballistics analysis of the bullet trajectories.

“LWW is pleased to partner with Neurosurgery to offer details about what is arguably the most important neuroforensic testimony of our time,” said Jim Mulligan, publisher, Neurosurgery. “As the publisher of Neurosurgery, we are pleased that this information is being released in such a respected vehicle – one that is suitable, considering the gravity of the content.”

About Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery, the Official Journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, is the most complete window on the contemporary field of neurosurgery. Members of the Congress and non-member subscribers receive 3,000 pages per year packed with the very latest science, technology, and medicine, not to mention full-text online access to the world’s most complete, up-to-the-minute neurosurgery resource. For professionals aware of the rapid pace of developments in the field, Neurosurgery is nothing short of indispensable.

About LWW
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is a leading international publisher of professional health information resources for physicians, nurses, specialized clinicians and students. LWW publishes nearly 275 periodicals and 1,500 books in more than 100 disciplines, as well as content-based sites and online corporate and customer services. LWW is an operating company of Wolters Kluwer Health, a cluster of Wolters Kluwer NV, a leading worldwide publishing and information services company with 17,000 employees and operations in 26 countries.