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Archaeological News: Account of doctor who treated Abraham Lincoln after he was shot found

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A long-lost report by Dr Charles Leale details the efforts to help the mortally wounded president, and was written just hours after his death.

The reports details how Leale found Lincoln paralysed, comatose and leaning against his wife.

The Army surgeon, who sat 40 feet from Lincoln…

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