Atlantic article on Lincoln's survival

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I know that Dr. John K. Lattimer had nothing good to say about Dr. Scalea's theory, and as a battlefield doctor during WWII, he was said to have a great deal of experience with gunshot wounds to the head. I also spoke with a Vietnam medic years ago who had attended one of Dr. Scalea's lectures. His description of the theory was "bull -****," and that's a quote.

I have also heard Blaine speak before a conference audience on head wounds, and knowing his expertise in the field of Lincoln assassination studies and his many years as an ER doctor (some of them in the Chicago hospitals), I accept his explanation of this. In the whole specter of things, it is just another "what if " speculation. My eighth grade students used to love to try to waste class time with, "but, what if..." questions. My standard answer became, "What if the cow jumped over the moon? When that happens, we will discuss the ramifications."