Booth autopsy

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(08-18-2013 06:10 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  I noticed this a few months ago, and if I'm not getting lost in the medical jargon, Dr. Barnes had the ball exiting on the right side of the neck and Dr. Woodward had it exiting on the left. Dr. Barnes made his report the same day. I don't know when Dr. Woodward made his.

Another question I have is this. What are we looking at here? A frontal view or a view from the rear?

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I should have included this.

http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln83.html

I believe this is a posterior view. The bottom protuberance appears to be the fifth spinous process coming toward the viewer.

IMO Woodward is correct again in this autopsy. We sort of know by most account that Corbett was firing from Booth's right as Booth was facing the doors to the barn. The bullet path would have had to travel from right to left with the exit being the left.

Once a bullet enters the body it doesn't neccessarily follow a straight path as it can be deflected by bone and/or it ususually takes a path of least resistance. That may explain the slight downward trajectory of the bullet. Also Booth may not have been standing up straight due to his fractured left fibula, his crutch, his gun, etc and his head and neck may have been slightly tilted toward Corbett.