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Tag: charles leale

New medical report on Lincoln assassination found

June 6, 2012June 6, 2012 Cassie Nespor1 Comment

A researcher for the Papers of Lincoln project has found a medical report from 1865 written by the first doctor to reach President Lincoln. The Times Union reports that it was found in the Surgeon General's correspondence files at the National Archives. Dr. Charles Leale had only been a doctor for 6 weeks when he… Continue reading New medical report on Lincoln assassination found →

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