Most of the pictures, or x-ray reproductions, or drawings, both official and conspiratorial, that I have seen - and I'm not a Kennedy conspiracy fan - all suggest that the bullet went through JFK's brain in a fatal path. Add to that the energy that the bullet imparted to the brain matter, I doubt if there was a functional brain left there, even if the contents had remained in the skull. Poor b*st*rd.
Oddly enough, you mention "lobotomies". It was JFK's sister, Rosemary, who had received a lobotomy for her mental illness. The whole Kennedy family tale is nothing but a story of abject tragedy. The "Luck of the Irish" for the Kennedy's was all used up by "Old Joe" Kennedy. From Joe Jr. to JFK Jr., the old bootlegger left no "Irish Luck" for the rest of his family.
"Oddly enough, you mention "lobotomies"."
No. I said lobectomy, where a lobe is removed as in gran mal seizure control. I didn't know about Rosemary.
"The whole Kennedy family tale is nothing but a story of abject tragedy. The "Luck of the Irish" for the Kennedy's was all used up by "Old Joe" Kennedy. From Joe Jr. to JFK Jr., the old bootlegger left no "Irish Luck" for the rest of his family."
I would completely agree with this. Still, I want to read Dr. Crenshaw's book and find out more about the slander suit he WON against the JAMA.