Atlantic article on Lincoln's survival

[J. Beckert]

It sure sounds like a stretch to me to say that wound was survivable. That was a devasting wound by a large caliber delivered at point blank range. I don't remember who the Doctor was, but I remember reading when the Nelaton probe was inserted, something stopped it. The Dr. pushed and after some resistance, moved the probe in further. That couldn't have been good, either. It must have been a skull fragment and doing that must have damaged more of his brain.

I know some of that relates to the treatment rendered in 1865, but it makes me wonder.