Lost Report of Lincoln Assassination Physician Found After 147 Years [Medicine]

By Andrew Tarantola, GizmodoJune 06, 2012 at 03:40PM

Dr. Charles A. Leale, a young army surgeon on leave for the evening, was the first physician to reach President Lincoln’s side at Ford’s Theater and the first to prognosticate the President’s demise, “His wound is mortal. It is impossible for him to recover.” More »