DISTURBING DETAILS FOUND IN JOHN F. KENNEDY'S AUTOPSY REPORT
By MATT REIGLE
History - Science
The autopsy report of America’s 35th President, John F. Kennedy, reveals that despite the massive trauma, the President was alive when he was brought to the hospital on November 22, 1963. Of course, all attempts to save him were useless, and he went into cardiac arrest before he was pronounced dead.
There were several scars on the president’s body, including one located on his back, “over the lumbar spine in the midline” that measured 15 centimeters. Kennedy suffered from chronic back pain, and although he had three surgeries — one of which was responsible for the large scar — the back pain had plagued him his entire life.
The autopsy report mentions that Kennedy’s brain was removed for further evaluation, and the pathologists observed that the right hemisphere of the president's brain was severely damaged by the shooting. The president's injuries caused a laceration of his corpus callosum — the part of the brain that allows information to transfer from one side of the brain to the other.
The report asserts that the president's death was due to "two perforating gunshot wounds inflicted by high-velocity projectiles fired by a person or persons unknown." It also mentions that the projectiles were fired from a point "behind and somewhat above the level of the deceased."