as the story is recounted by dr. curtis p dr. curtis held the skull over a china bowl and made a tinkling sound as it fell into the bowl. 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 something to the effect of this is a lead ball for which we can't yet measure the calamitous effect. the autopsy is completed. some fragments of lincoln's skull were retained by surgeons who assisted at the autopsy and in one case, one fragment was stuck on some of dr. curtis' tools and as he was cleaning the tools, he found a bit of lincoln's skull fragments, stuck in one of the saws. we also have on display a bit of lincoln's hair removed from the site of the wound. several locks of hair are accounted for in the notes in the hours before lincoln died and during his autopsy. these are just a few of those that were cut and given away to different people. ano

another object that is on display relates to dr. curtis. a surgeon on the staff of the army medical museum is the assist ants at the autopsy. when he got home that night, the 15th of april after the autopsy he discovered that his undershirt sleeve cuffs were stained with the blood and mrs. curtis cut those off and put them in an envelope and this is one of those two shirt cuffs. just this one is on display. many of these objects had an interesting and diverse history. the bullet was used at the trial of the conspirators. the fragments of bone and hair were in the care and holdings of others for many others and most were collected in the early 1950's by an an army museum cura ator and have been on display for many decades. 2015 will mark the 150th anniversary of the assassination of the president abraham lincoln. we hope you enjoyed the visit and the artifacts to the assassination of president lincoln. it is important for us to share these artifacts that convey the lessons and history of military medicine from 150 years ago and that is the i

another object that is on display relates again to dr. curtis. edward curtis, a surgeon on this half of the army medical museum is the assistant at autopsy. when he got home that night, april 15, after the autopsy, he discovered that his underst hirt was stained with the present line. mrs. curtis cut those cuffs off and put them in all below which they signed and endorsed. this is one of those shortcuts. both of these shortcuts are in the museum holdings. only one is on display. the bullet was used at the trial of the conspirators. the fragments of bone and hair were in the care and holdings of others for many years. most were collected in the early 1950's by an army medical museum curator. and, for the most part, have been displayed at the army medical museum and now the national museum of health and medicine for many decades. it is important to note that 2015 will be the 150th anniversary of the assassination of abraham lincoln. >> you can watch this, or other "american artifacts" programs any time by visiting our website. >> today on american

another object that is on display relates to dr. curtis. a surgeon on the staff of the army medical museum is the assist ants at the autopsy. when he got home that night, the 15th of april after the autopsy, he discovered that his undershirt sleeve cuffs were stained with the blood and mrs. curtis cut those off and put them in an envelope and this is one of those two shirt cuffs. just this one is on display. many of these objects had an interesting and diverse history. the bullet was used at the trial of the conspirators. the fragments of bone and hair were in the care and holdings of others for many others and most were collected in the early 1950's by an army museum curator and have been on display for many decades. 2015, will mark the 150th anniversary of the assassination of the president abraham lincoln. we hope you enjoyed the visit and the artifacts to the assassination of president lincoln. it is important for us to share these artifacts that convey the lessons and history of military medicine from 150 years ago and that is the insp

another object that is on display relates to dr. curtis. edward curtis, a surgeon on the staff of the army medical museum, is the assistant at the autopsy. when he got home that night, the 15th of april after the autopsy he discovered that his undershirt sleeve shirt cuffs were stained with the president's blood. mrs. curtis cut those short cuffs off and they put them into an envelope. this is one of those two shortcuts. both are in the museum's holdings. one is on display. many of these objects had an interesting and diverse history. the bullet was used as evidence at the trial of the conspirators. the fragments of bone and hair were in the care and holdings of others for many years. most were collected in the early 1950's by an army medical museum curator named helen and have, for the most part, been on display at the army medical museum and now the national museum of health and medicine for many decades. 2015 will recount the 150th anniversary of the assassination of president abraham lincoln. >> you can watch this or other american arti

another object though that is , on display relates again to dr. curtis. edward curtis, a surgeon on this -- the staff of the army medical museum is the assistant at autopsy. when he got home that night, the 15th of april, after the autopsy, he discovered that his undershirt and sleeves and shirt cuffs were staying with the best stained with the president's blood. mrs. curtis cut those cuffs off and put them in all below which they signed and endorsed. this is one of these shirt cuffs. both of these shirt cuffs are in the museum holdings. only one is on display. both of these objects have an interesting history. the bullet was used at the trial of the conspirators. the fragments of bone and hair were in the care and holdings of others for many years. and most were collected in the early 1950's by an army medical museum curator. named helen. and, for the most part, have been displayed at the army medical museum and now the national museum of health and medicine for many decades. it is important to note that 2015 will mark the 150th anniversary of the assass