Good samaritan surgeon wrongly accused of contributing to President Lincoln's death: An experimental study of the president's fatal wound

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 431-448

  Lattimer, John K ^a,b   Laidlaw, Angus ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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BRAIN INJURY; BULLET; CAUSE OF DEATH; DETERIORATION; GOVERNMENT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029914271     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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