Charles Leale

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First Doctor to Reach Lincoln Found Him Comatose

He ordered brandy be brought to the president, who had just been shot

(Newser) - The first doctor to reach Abraham Lincoln after he was shot in a Washington theater rushed to the presidential box and found him paralyzed, comatose, and leaning against his wife. Dr. Charles Leale ordered brandy and water to be brought to the president immediately. Leale's long-lost report of his...

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