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| Keywords: Charles Leale - Brady-Handy.jpg Dr Charles A Leale in U S Army uniform attended Lincoln at death Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 03276 CALL NUMBER LC-BH8266- 3662 <P P>P P between 1860 1870 Creator Mathew Brady Creator Levin Corot Handy PD LOC-image cwpbh 03276 American Civil War union army medical surgeon He is most notable for attempting to save Abraham Lincoln shortly after he was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14 1865 He first saw Lincoln a few days before the play at Ford's Theatre and found Lincoln's face so interesting he wished to study it Reading he would attend the theater he finished duties early and sought a seat that would provide a good view of the president's face The first doctor to reach Lincoln after the shooting the 23 year old was given by Mary Todd Lincoln the permission to attend her wounded husband Dr Leale found the President slumped over held up by Mary; Lincoln was unconcious and struggling to breathe Leale performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation found the president's head wound and removed the blood clot which released pressure and allowed his patient to start breathing on his own He allowed actress http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Laura_Keene to cradle the President's head in her lap The doctor quickly assessed His wound is mortal; it is impossible for him to recover and ordered that the president be removed from Ford's Theatre to the nearest bed Lincoln was taken across Tenth Street to the Petersen House where he remained in a coma for approximately nine hours before passing away at 7 22 the next morning This longer than expected duration was possible due to the good doctor's periodic removal of the wound's forming blood clots Dr Leale held Lincoln's hand most of the time he was holding it when President Lincoln died and afterwards said that he held the President's hand all night so that if possible he would know he was not alone Leale wouldn't talk about the event until the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth in 1909 when he was persuaded to give a speech on the event because he had a duty to record it for posterity This summary was created using Commons SumItUp en Charles_Leale PD-Brady-Handy Charles Augustus Leale Photographs by Mathew Brady and Levin Handy Leale Charles | ||||
