Atlantic article on Lincoln's survival

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The autopsy report dated April 15, 1965 is quite clear as to the path of the bullet. The bullet entered the left occiput near the mid-line and traveled through the lateral sinus, cerebrum, lateral ventrical, and lodged above the left corpus striatum. The autopsy does note that both the left and right orbital plates were fractured, bloodied and swollen.

The autopsy report was based on the autosy which is the best evidence of the bullet's path. It was completely visualized by the doctors rpeforming the autopsy and writing the report.

I am not sure why there is a controversy.

It is now 2013 and advancemnets are made every year, especially in the care of trauma patients, making it even more likely Lincoln could have survived and regained a fair amount of function.