Letter from Deputy Chief Medical Examiner to Drew Days III RE: Ballistics and Trauma

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November 27, 1974

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    OFFICE OF CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
520 F I R S T  A V EN U E , NE W  Y O R K , N Y 10016 

Telephone:  212-684-1600

Dominick J. DiMaio, M.D., Chief Medical Examiner

November 27, 1974

Drew S. Days, III 
Attorney-at-Law 
NAACP Legal Defense and 
Educational Fund, Inc.
10 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019

Dear Mr. Days:

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 30, 1974. 
I have seen no difference that I could record in any degree of trauma 
with differences in bullets. At this point I could say that increased 
trauma is due to increased charge and in such bullets as magnums and 
high powered rifles. However, I could not certify this with document
ation. In my experience, any bullet that hits a vital organ kills and 
any bullet that goes through the intestines or other organs which 
allow for infection do not have a good prognosis even after operation 
in many cases. The damage done by certain kinds of bullets at this 
stage of study would be best explained by the various ballistics 
methods that determine the transmission of energy to the body.

For further Information I suggest that you contact the Ballistics 
Section of the Police Academy at 235 East 20th Street, New York City.

Sincerely yours.

JFD:mr
'^^^ohn M.D. ^

I D e p u t y  Chief Medical Examiner

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