Missing Plane and Mysteries of the Lincoln Assassination

[LincolnToddFan]

(03-30-2014 08:20 PM)Hess1865 Wrote:  OK, this may sound really morbid, but happened to the blood that was drained from Lincoln's body when they embalmed it??

Hi Hess, I've often wondered the same thing..I'm no chemist but I don't think it could be sitting around in a jar in the basement of the Smithsonian, could it? After almost 150 years it I would think it's all dried up and disintegrated, no? I think it was disposed of after the autopsy, but bits of clothing and bedding with his blood stains can still be seen in public and private collections across the country.

I remember seeing spots of the president's blood preserved on the shirtsleeve of Dr. Charles Leale when my 3rd grade class took a field trip to the War Museum.(Or was it the Smithsonian?) And I was fascinated. There were also bone fragments from Lincoln's skull under glass. You think you're morbid, eh? I remember throwing a mini-tantrum because the tour guide would not take the bones out so I could touch them!