[.ca] Trauma Room One: The JFK Medical Coverup Exposed (ISBN 1931044309)

a European perspective:
From a European perspective there is nothing new in the fact that John F. Kennedy was murdered by several assassins and that several shots were fired from the front - at least that is what I was taught at school in the seventies, with the cautionary remark that Americans were too naive to be able to accept the truth - the truth being not only the facts of the JFK murder but the much more sinister fact that they were lied at by several successive governments, by the CIA, the FBI, and almost all their mass media. Maybe it was easier to see this truth from a continent that had been ravaged by a horrible war where unbelievable atrocities had been committed in the name of governments. Maybe it was easier because the European nations had had more than their share of "Tyrannenmord" in the past. When I grew up during the "Cold War" I actually did not see that much difference between the Soviet government and the U.S. government. They used somewhat different methods to hush up their dirty secrets but they were both effective up to a point. Apart from the simple facts which one of the eye-witnesses at last discloses this book strikes me most by the effect it had in its first edition. What is most strange and not a little frightening is the way the American media still dictate the people what to believe and what not. Even now, 40 years after, they are still trying to hide the truth, to distort what cannot be hidden, to spread disinformation, to influence or discredit witnesses, and in this case to shed doubt on the reliability and the reputation of a distinguished surgeon. In an unprecedented act of defamation a scientific(!) journal, the "Journal of the American Medical Association" (JAMA) called Dr Crenshaw's book "a fabrication". Crenshaw sued for "slander with malice" and won in court but the damage to his reputation cannot be undone. The motto of cover-up people has always been "Audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret". The courageous author of this book is no exception.

This eyewitness is lying?:
How many books on the assassination of John F. Kennedy have been written by the doctors who examined him shortly after he was shot? How can anyone refer to this book as the "usual fiction" about JFK's assassination? I find it hard to believe that Dr. Crenshaw did all this just to make some money, and to risk the kind of ridicule that is given to most "conspiracy buffs." And let's not forget the bullet fragments that remained in Governer Connely's wrist until the day he died. My name is not important. This witness is credible and competent as far as I'm concerned.

One Doesn't Have to be a Physicist:
Since Amazon has allowed "a reader from California" to write a rebuttal to my review, I feel compelled and entitled to respond. The anonymous "reader" asks if I as a CPA have ever taken a physics class -- in fact, I have taken two at the college level. Mr. Reader uses the old and worn conspiracy argument that since Kennedy's head moves backwards after the fatal shot, this is proof that the shot that hit him came from the front and pushed him backward with its force. Nonsense. A Physicist named Luis Alvarez proved that the jet effect of a gunshot wound can and does often cause the target to fall back towards the rifle instead of away from it. Mr. Alvarez illustrated this effect by shooting melons off of posts; they invariably fell towards the shooter, and not away from him, which is consistent with the movement of Kennedy's head after the fatal shot. Another researcher named Richard Trott replicated the experiment, as can any private citizen. However, living things are not melons, but have a nervous system, which can react unpredictably to such things as head shots. Even the conspiracy physicist Cyril Wecht, in his testimony at the Menendez retrial, admitted that simple Newtonian physics aren't much use in predicting how people will react to a gunshot. So much for "Cyril Wecht for President." In any case, the Zapruder film shows that Kennedy's head moves slightly forward with the head shot, BEFORE the neuralgic reaction and jet effect that propel him backwards. The film also shows the brain matter and bone fragment traveling up and forward before being blown backward by the wind, also consistent with a shot from the rear. Clearly, the overwhelming bulk of the evidence, whether photographic, physical or from eye witnesses, proves that Kennedy was shot from behind. Please note that I am not too chicken to post my name and email address.

Eyewitness account trumps the jet theory:
Gary Waltrip and the reader from Scotts Valley, CA can believe what they want. They can talk about shooting watermelons all they want. There are no watermelons in this book, no simulations, no speculations, just a description by a doctor who was among the team that examined Kennedy's wounds immediately after they happened. As an aside, Stewart Galanor's book, "Cover-up" discusses and destroys the "jet effect." As for Posner's "Case Closed," it is a silly attempt by someone who is either naive to the extreme, or simply an errand boy doing the bidding of others. Research his background and you can come to your own conclusion on his motivations. In closing, I will paraphrase Fletcher Prouty: "A cover story is like a balloon. It is not necessary to pierce it with dozens of needles to deflate it. Only a single needle will do." Charles Crenshaw provides a single needle with this book. The wounds in the autopsy photos are not those he saw when treating Kennedy moments after the shooting. Thus you have a conspiracy. It's that simple. The convoluted gymnastics that others go through to disprove conspiracy would be comical if the subject were not so serious.

An honest, first-hand account! Read it!:
Dr. Crenshaw, and the others, are credible people who present credible evidence and conclusions. Such people are always senselessly attacked by those with ulterior motives. Dr. Crenshaw was present when both JFK and Oswald were brought to Parkland Hospital. His story is corroborated by others who were also present. Initially, critics claimed Crenshaw did not receive a phone call from LBJ while Oswald was on the operating table. A Parkland hospital telephone operator has since supported the fact that a call did come in from LBJ and it was transferred to the room where Oswald lay. In this phone call, LBJ attempted to coerce Crenshaw into "hearing a deathbed confession" from Oswald that he killed JFK. This is an honest, first-hand account of the proceedings at Parkland, and worth a read by all who are interested in the truth of the murder of JFK.