Gunshot Wound

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I was surprised to learn of the actual bullet path that killed Lincoln. I always thought the entry wound was just behind the left ear and lodged behind the right eye but it appears from the autopsy that the entry was more in the back of the head, slightly to the left, and lodged itself into the left frontal lobe of the brain above the left eye --

"The ball entered through the occipital bone about one inch to the left of the median line and just above the left lateral sinus, which it opened. It then penetrated the dura matter, passed through the left posterior lobe of the cerebrum, entered the left lateral ventricle and lodged in the white matter of the cerebrum just above the anterior portion of the left corpus striatum, where it was found."

The diagram below is very helpful.