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Every year, the University of Maryland holds a seminar to discuss the medical history of a famous person. Next May, doctors and historians will tackle the case of the gunshot that killed President Abraham Lincoln and try to answer this question: Could he have survived such an injury today?
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An article in American Heritage a few years ago said that, not only could Lincoln have been saved, but that he could have been saved using methods known in 1865. There would have had to be some luck involved, and Lincoln would have probably been incapacitiated (which would have been a constitutional crisis), but he could have survived for some time afterwards.
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Everthing that I have read and seen on TV has said he could have been saved. Based on were the damge was he most likely would have been something close to a vegitable and at best would never be close to preforming his office as president. It was probably much better that he died, considering the damage and what long term care there was at the time.
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Brain injuries are just nasty. Lose a limb and you have lost a part of your body. Lose brain tissue and you have lost a part of yourself.
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