But Lincoln had a very elongated head — had he been wearing his hat at the time, that hole *could* have been from the death bullet, I think (a bullet anywhere into the brain would have been lethal back then).
Not necessarily. It’s true that even minor wounds could potentially prove fatal if they got infected. What passed for medical care could kill you if the wounds didn’t. (Joseph Lister encountered a lot of controversy when he suggested that surgeons should sterilize their instruments between patients, oh and maybe wash their freakin’ hands.) But, if you managed to avoid infection, it’s truly amazing what the body can survive. Even today, there are people walking around with bullets, and a wide variety of other objects, stuck somewhere in their body, even the skull, because doctors finally figured out that in some cases the dangers of surgery outweighed any damage the object in question might do.
I didn’t think Lincoln was shot in the head. And yet his hat has a bullet hole.
And here I thought that it was a hat mounted death-ray.
…oh well. *shrugs and moves on*
I wish. I really do.
Lincoln was indeed shot in the back of the head. But he wasn’t wearing his hat at the time.
Maybe the doctors who tended to him put a hat on him and shot him again to knock the other bullet out.
Nah, the glass is just really dirty.
Lincoln was shot in the head, but the hole in that hat is way too high.
Rule of Funny! 🙂
But Lincoln had a very elongated head — had he been wearing his hat at the time, that hole *could* have been from the death bullet, I think (a bullet anywhere into the brain would have been lethal back then).
Not necessarily. It’s true that even minor wounds could potentially prove fatal if they got infected. What passed for medical care could kill you if the wounds didn’t. (Joseph Lister encountered a lot of controversy when he suggested that surgeons should sterilize their instruments between patients, oh and maybe wash their freakin’ hands.) But, if you managed to avoid infection, it’s truly amazing what the body can survive. Even today, there are people walking around with bullets, and a wide variety of other objects, stuck somewhere in their body, even the skull, because doctors finally figured out that in some cases the dangers of surgery outweighed any damage the object in question might do.
How about this one, Isolde, “of blowing things up and rebuilding what we destroy.”
And blowing them up again?
I like Isolde’s outfit.