Charles S. Taft

[loetar44]

I'm searching for an image of Dr. Charles Sabin Taft for my lecture about some aspects on the death of Lincoln. I've googled, but can't find a suitable picture.

[RJNorton]

How's this?

[loetar44]

Thanks Roger! Better than any pic I've seen before!

[Eva Elisabeth]

...my lecture about some aspects on the death of Lincoln.

Kees, that sounds interesting. May I ask who will be your audience?

[loetar44]

...my lecture about some aspects on the death of Lincoln.

Kees, that sounds interesting. May I ask who will be your audience?

Hi Eva, my audience will be emergency response team members. They are ordinary workers in a company. However, if something happens in the company - a fire breaks out, someone hurt themselves, or in case of cardiac arrest , or if the building must be evacuated, then this team workers take action. They know what to do if there is a fire is, or what they should do if someone needs medical assistance, etc. Every year in November, a lecture on a particular topic is given for this team who are working in the schools in the neighborhood, also the school where I once taught. This year the topic is the history of CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and it is "my turn" to speak. There are also other speakers about other (historical and medical) aspects of CPR. I want to speak about the “A, B, C” method of CPR. That was the method Dr. Leale and Dr. Taft used when they found Lincoln shot in the head. Dr. Leale made three moves (later described as A, B and C) correctly, assisted by Dr. Taft: the“A” or “Airway” is to leave the open air for ventilation, the “B” or “Breathing” the act of venting and the “C” or “Circulation” promote blood circulation. You certainly know that Dr. Leale was the first doctor who arrived in the presidential box. He found Lincoln with no pulse, so Lincoln was technically dead. He laid Lincoln on the floor. At that moment Dr. Taft was the second doctor who arrived by climbing over the railing of the box. Taft cut the collar of Lincoln and opened it, then, Leale made the “A”, “B” and “C” acts, after which breathing and pulse improved. Leale described the acts as follows:

[A] “... As the President made no move to revive then, I thought of another way of death, apnea, and I assumed my preferred position for him with artificial respiration to revive …” “… I knelt on the floor on the President, with one knee on each side of the pelvis and in front of him. I leaned forward, opened my mouth and inserted two fingers of his right hand as far as possible .. . and then I opened the larynx and I did a free passage for air to enter the lungs … “

[B] “… I put an assistant in each of his arms to manipulate in order to expand the chest and then slowly pushed his arms down the side of the body as I pressed the diaphragm above: These methods caused the vacuum and air is forced out of their lungs … “

[C] “… Also with the thumb and fingers of my right hand pressure intermittent sliding pressure below the ribs stimulated the apex of the heart …”

[Eva Elisabeth]

What a GRAT idea and thing at all - I'm most impressed!! I hope the audience will love it, too! Thanks for sharing!

[RJNorton]

Kees, I second Eva. That is wonderful.

[Eva Elisabeth]

...and I hope you'll let us know afterwards!!

[loetar44]

...and I hope you'll let us know afterwards!!

I'll keep you posted!

[LincolnToddFan]

How's this?

Thanks Roger. I read the book "Tad Lincoln's Father" by Charles Taft's younger half-sister Julia. He(Dr. Taft) bears a strong resemblance not only to Julia but to his little half brothers Bud and Halsey as well.

[Jim Garrett]

This is such a great site because everyone benefits from some truly remarkable research. We often are drawn to a person, or aspect of this epic event, and go down a research path that leads to information that often sheds a whole new perspective. Example, if it weren't for Betty Ownsbey, we would have a one demensional image of Lewis Powell. If it weren't for Dave Taylor, we would know alot less about the Garrett family.

[Gene C]

Thanks Roger. I read the book "Tad Lincoln's Father" by Charles Taft's younger half-sister Julia. He(Dr. Taft) bears a strong resemblance not only to Julia but to his little half brothers Bud and Halsey as well.

I'm glad you said that, I didn't make the connection of Charles to Julia. That is an interesting short book Julia wrote.

[BettyO]

This is such a great site because everyone benefits from some truly remarkable research. We often are drawn to a person, or aspect of this epic event, and go down a research path that leads to information that often sheds a whole new perspective. Example, if it weren't for Betty Ownsbey, we would have a one demensional image of Lewis Powell. If it weren't for Dave Taylor, we would know alot less about the Garrett family.

Jim - you are way too kind! But yes, I was intrigued by Powell by his affiliation with Colonel John Singleton Mosby whom I've admired since I was a small kid, and wanted to know just who and what this man was. I'm now tracking down his lady-loves and have uncovered more intriguing information about these Victorian "lady/cougars!"

Dave has done an admirable job with the Garrett family, indeed - as Linda has done with the Seward family.... new things have been upturned every day; as Kate H's recent discovery re: Davey Herold's poem -

[LincolnToddFan]

[I'm now tracking down his lady-loves and have uncovered more intriguing information about these Victorian "lady/cougars]

Attagirl Betty... Let me know what you find out!

Gene..."Tad Lincoln's Father" by Julia Taft Bayne is a wonderful book...fascinating "inside" glimpses at family life in the Lincoln White House.

[loetar44]

Biographical information: Dr Charles Sabin Taft was the son of Horatio Nelson Taft and Lorinda Ann Sylvester. He married Sarah Frances Woodward, daughter of Clement Woodward and Sarah Frances Pape, and had three children, Charles, Nelson and Florence. Dr. Taft was born in Aug 1835 in Lyons, New York. He died Dec 18, 1900 in Mount Vernon, New York of a cancerous affection of the throat.