Jon G. Tidd Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Yesterday, 6-27-15, Richard Matt was shot dead in a woods in New York near the Canadian border. Matt was one of two convicts who escaped from prison two weeks before. Today we learn Matt died of massive brain injury caused by three bullet wounds to his head. I bet there will never be any ambiguity about his autopsy. I'd bet money he got a good, standard autopsy from a competent coroner or other physician. How many bullets struck JFK's head? From which direction(s)? At least one person who posts here is sure of the answers to these questions. I know he's also sure JFK got the same quality of autopsy as Richard Matt did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Josephs Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 JFK's autopsy includes the following statement related to his skeletal system: "Skeletal System Aside from the above described skull wounds there are no significantgross skeletal abnormalities". Boggles the mind what might have actually transpired in that room that night. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/12/the-medical-ordeals-of-jfk/305572/ By the spring of 1954 Kennedy's back pain had become almost unbearable. X-rays show that the fifth lumbar vertebra had collapsed. Kennedy could not bend to pull a sock onto his left foot, and he had to ascend and descend stairs moving sideways. Beginning in May he had to rely on crutches more than ever, and walks from his office to the Senate for quorum and roll calls, on hard marble floors, became a daily ordeal. In August a team of physicians from the Lahey Clinic, in Boston, visited him on Cape Cod, where they described yet another surgery, a complicated procedure to achieve spinal and sacroiliac fusions that, they hoped, would strengthen his lower spine. They explained that without the operation he might lose his ability to walk, but that so difficult a surgery on someone with Addison's disease posed risks of a fatal infection, because the steroids were suppressing his immune system. The operation, which finally took place on October 21 and lasted more than three hours, was at best a limited success. A metal plate was inserted to stabilize Kennedy's lower spine. Afterward a urinary-tract infection put his life in jeopardy. He went into a coma, and once again a priest was called to administer last rites. By December Kennedy had shaken the infection and was sufficiently recovered to be moved to the family's Palm Beach home. Nevertheless, he remained far from well; his doctors could not promise that he would ever walk again. Moreover, there was reason to believe that the site of the plate was infected. Consequently, in February another operation was performed at New York Hospital, to remove the plate. The Travell records show that extracting it meant removing three screws that had been drilled into bone and replacing damaged cartilage with a bone graft. After another three months recuperating in Florida, Kennedy returned to Washington in May. Kennedy would suffer from all these problems, including outright degeneration of his lumbar spine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon G. Tidd Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 David Josephs, Surely JFK got at least the same quality autopsy as Richard Matt. Whose digestive tract was irritated by contaminated food or water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ecker Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I'm sure that Matt got the better autopsy in an effort to see what made him tick. It's no reflection on the fine job they did on JFK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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