the surgeon general barnes and army medical museum staff john woodward and another surgeon named edward curtisere at the president's bedside in the hours before he died, which was 7:22 the next morning, april 15, 1865. it was decided that a post mortem would be performed and the president's body was moved to the white house and the autopsy was performed in a room that is today one of the president's dining rooms in the second floor of the residence. it is during that autopsy that the bullet is recovered. the skull would have been removed. the top of the skull would have been removed fl lincoln's head and the stories are that dr. curtis held the skull over a china bowl and made a sound. and according to his notes and the notes of others in the room, there was a pause, a moment of silence and with that sound of the bullet in the china bowl is the only sound making any noise at that exact moment. curtis reflects on it saying, this is a lead ball for which we can't yet measure the call hitous effect. and some fragments were retained by surgeons who assisted at the autopsy and in some cases, it was

general barnes and army medical museum staff john woodward and another surgeon named edward curtis were at the president's bedside in the hours died, which was about 7:22 the next morning. of april, 1865. it was decided then that a post-mortem would be performed very quickly, and the removed to body was the white house, and the autopsy itself was performed in a room that today is one of the president's dining rooms in the residence.or of the it's during that autopsy that the bullet is recovered. the skull would have been removed, the top of the skull would have been removed from lincoln's head. and as the story is recounted by r. curtis, dr. curtis lifted the brain out of the skull and held it over a china bowl and the bullet fell into the china bowl and made a tinkling sound curtis's notes and the notes of others in the room, there was a pause, a moment of silence. and with that sound of the ullet in the china bowl, was really the only sound making any noise at that exact moment. on it by saying something to the effect of this ball, or which we an't measure the calamitous effect. the a