Existing comment:
Nélaton's probe
Used during examination of President Abraham Lincoln's wound to locate the bullet. The porcelain tip is missing.
"... An examination was made by the Surgeon General and myself who introduced the probe to a distance of about two and a half inches, where it came in contact with a foreign substance... at first supposed to be the ball, but as the white porcelain bulb of the probe did not indicate the mark of lead, it was generally thought to be another piece of loose bone. The probe was introduced the second time and the ball was supposed to be distinctly felt."
-- Charles A. Leale (1909) |