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Philip Mackowiak
Philip Mackowiak is a professor of medicine, and vice chairman of the Department of Medicine, at the University of Maryland. He is also chief of the Medical Care Clinical Center of the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System and the author of
Diagnosing Giants: Solving the Medical Mysteries of 13 Patients Who Changed the World
and
Post Mortem: Solving History’s Great Medical Mysteries
.
Wikipedia
Would Lincoln Have Survived If He Was Shot Today?
The anatomy of the President's fatal wound, and what modern medicine could have done for him
Philip Mackowiak
November 29, 2013