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Did Booth's leg develop gangrene?
06-01-2015, 02:14 PM
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RE: Did Booth's leg develop gangrene?
(06-01-2015 01:31 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Didn't Mortimer Ruggles also comment on the bad state of Booth's leg en route from the ferry to Garretts'?

In his narrative it says, "From the examination I made of his broken leg, aided by some experience I had had with wounds, I feel confident that amputation would have been necessary to save his life, and perhaps that would not have prevented a speedy death."
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RE: Did Booth's leg develop gangrene? - RJNorton - 06-01-2015 02:14 PM

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