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Modern Medicine Might Have Saved Lincoln
Pcol writes "For the past 13 years the University of Maryland School of Medicine has presented a historical clinicopathological conference where they consider famous historical medical cases such as the death of Alexander the Great and composer Ludwig van Beethoven and provide a modern diagnosis and treatment in each case. This year Dr. Thomas M. Scalea, physician-in-chief for the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center discusses if the world's first center for trauma victims could have improved the outcome had Lincoln's assassination occurred in 2007. 'This could be a recoverable injury, with a reasonable expectation he would survive,' Scalea said, noting that assassin's weapon was relatively impotent compared to the firepower now on the streets today. The modern prognosis predicts that Lincoln might have conceivably recovered enough to return to the White House to complete his second term."
Amen. Sic Semper Tyrannis.
"Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!"
The modern prognosis predicts that Lincoln might have conceivably recovered enough to return to the White House to complete his second term.
Plus George W. Bush has proven that you can be President for two consecutive terms without actually having a brain, so any brain damage Lincoln could have suffered would have a negligible impact on his professional career.
Heh, mod me troll bitches, but you know it's true!
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
Actually, it was 1981, not 1987, but that's beside the point.
If you want my opinion, this is the best argument yet against the nuts that say that the way to stop gun crime is to arm the civilians.
Ronald Reagan was surrounded by a dozen of the most highly trained armed bodyguards in the history of the world. Still, a man proved that if you're willing to risk your own life to take somebody else's, there's very little that can be done to effectively stop you. It makes the notion that less gun crime would occur because civilians could defend themselves sound just a little silly.
"Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better." - Unknown