Pete
06-06-2012, 04:44
"..'I immediately sent a gentleman for brandy': Long-lost medical report of first doctor to reach Lincoln after he was shot revealed..."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2155093/Abraham-Lincoln-assassination-Dr-Charles-Leales-long-lost-medical-report-details-treatment-president-shot-Ford-Theatre.html#ixzz1x0bAr7PV
* Report written by doctor who helped Lincoln hours after the president's death in 1865
* Dr Charles Leale, 23, was just six weeks into his practice and was 40ft away from Lincoln during performance of 'Our American Cousin'
* 21-page report details medical procedures used in attempt to save president's life
Interesting bit of our history dug up from a box long stored away.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2155093/Abraham-Lincoln-assassination-Dr-Charles-Leales-long-lost-medical-report-details-treatment-president-shot-Ford-Theatre.html#ixzz1x0bAr7PV
* Report written by doctor who helped Lincoln hours after the president's death in 1865
* Dr Charles Leale, 23, was just six weeks into his practice and was 40ft away from Lincoln during performance of 'Our American Cousin'
* 21-page report details medical procedures used in attempt to save president's life
Interesting bit of our history dug up from a box long stored away.