Comments on: Found After 147 Years: Doctor's Report of the Lincoln Assassination http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/07/found-after-147-years-doctors-report-of-the-lincoln-assassination/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Tanmoy Biswas http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/07/found-after-147-years-doctors-report-of-the-lincoln-assassination/#comment-33219 Tanmoy Biswas Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:33:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37632#comment-33219 the handwritting of the doctor is really nice :p the handwritting of the doctor is really nice :p

]]> By: Daniel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/07/found-after-147-years-doctors-report-of-the-lincoln-assassination/#comment-33218 Daniel Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:51:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37632#comment-33218 Dr. Leale wrote out his report a few hours after Lincoln died. The best we can tell is that a clerk in the Surgeon General's office made this copy from Leale's original within a few weeks or months after the assassination. Leale still had his original document in 1867 when he sent testimony to Benjamin Butler's Assassination Committee in the House of Representatives, and perhaps still in 1909 when he first spoke publicly about the events of that night. The location of that account written by Leale on April 15, 1865, is unknown, and it may not have survived. Dr. Leale wrote out his report a few hours after Lincoln died. The best we can tell is that a clerk in the Surgeon General’s office made this copy from Leale’s original within a few weeks or months after the assassination. Leale still had his original document in 1867 when he sent testimony to Benjamin Butler’s Assassination Committee in the House of Representatives, and perhaps still in 1909 when he first spoke publicly about the events of that night. The location of that account written by Leale on April 15, 1865, is unknown, and it may not have survived.

]]> By: Roland http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/07/found-after-147-years-doctors-report-of-the-lincoln-assassination/#comment-33217 Roland Mon, 11 Jun 2012 03:39:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37632#comment-33217 Was this truly written in the doctor's hand? It is possible that it was dictated to a scribe or secretary. The last page (#22) was clearly written in a different hand - perhaps that was the doctor's? Was this truly written in the doctor’s hand? It is possible that it was dictated to a scribe or secretary. The last page (#22) was clearly written in a different hand – perhaps that was the doctor’s?

]]> By: DMPalmer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/07/found-after-147-years-doctors-report-of-the-lincoln-assassination/#comment-33216 DMPalmer Sat, 09 Jun 2012 00:09:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37632#comment-33216 I believe that this was written by a scribe (scrivener? professional handwriter) and probably not by the Doctor. The last page indicates that it wasn't the original manuscript when it says: True copy (redink)(signed)(/redink) Charles A Seale, MD So even in those days, the doctor would write you a prescription for leeches, the apothecary would misread it as loaches, and pretty soon your humors are even more unbalanced that when you started. I believe that this was written by a scribe (scrivener? professional handwriter) and probably not by the Doctor. The last page indicates that it wasn’t the original manuscript when it says:

True copy (redink)(signed)(/redink) Charles A Seale, MD

So even in those days, the doctor would write you a prescription for leeches, the apothecary would misread it as loaches, and pretty soon your humors are even more unbalanced that when you started.

]]> By: Susan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/07/found-after-147-years-doctors-report-of-the-lincoln-assassination/#comment-33215 Susan Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:58:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37632#comment-33215 The handwriting is not the doctor's. This is a "true copy" which means it is not the original, but was written out thereafter and verified, presumably by the doctor or another authority. The handwriting is not the doctor’s. This is a “true copy” which means it is not the original, but was written out thereafter and verified, presumably by the doctor or another authority.

]]> By: Iain http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/07/found-after-147-years-doctors-report-of-the-lincoln-assassination/#comment-33214 Iain Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:31:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37632#comment-33214 legible! Back when penmanship was important and part of an education. The style is Italic I believe and books teaching how to do it are readily available. I learned it in just a few weeks and it impresses the hell out of people. legible! Back when penmanship was important and part of an education. The style is Italic I believe and books teaching how to do it are readily available. I learned it in just a few weeks and it impresses the hell out of people.

]]> By: Chris http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/07/found-after-147-years-doctors-report-of-the-lincoln-assassination/#comment-33213 Chris Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:46:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37632#comment-33213 Doctors had such nice handwriting back then. Doctors had such nice handwriting back then.

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