Existing comment:
"A little black mass no bigger than the end of my finger."
-- Dr. Edward Curtis
On April 15, 1865 at 12:10pm, the autopsy of President Lincoln took place in the Guest Room at the northeast corner of the second floor of the White House (currently the President's Dining Room), Surgeon General Joseph K Barnes and Dr. Robert Stone presided, while Dr. Joseph Janvier Westwood and Dr. Edward Curtis performed the autopsy. |