30 Jan 2017

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: George Brainard Todd, MD

Continuing on with my fascination with Hill connections to the Lincoln assassination, I recently came across what is essentially a footnote to a previous article on the Booth autopsy. It turns out that one of the surgeons assisting in the autopsy had a much closer connection to the assassination than I would have expected. He was […]


13 Apr 2015

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: Charles Mason Ford

Last time, I wrote about Albert King, who was present at Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This week, we observe the sesquicentennial of that terrible day in American history. King was not the only Capitol Hill doctor who assisted the dying President through his last night. Today, I look at another MD, one who later was involved in […]


Social Media Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com
Add to Flipboard Magazine.