doctors at lincoln's bedside

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The Columbia Historical Society published a biography of Dr. John Frederick May, including his account of the Booth Autopsy, "The Mark of the Scalpel." In the biographical section by William Henkey Dennis it states, "Although the fact is not mentioned in the following paper, Dr. May, on account of his eminence as a surgeon, was summoned hurriedly to the bedside of the dying Lincoln, probed the wound, and confirmed the sad opinion that human skill could do nothing to avert the fatal result." Dennis does not provide any source for his statement.