mary todd lincoln: [sobbing]. dr. charles leale: it's a bullet wound. occipital bone here. removal of a clot has relieved pressure on the brain. mary todd lincoln: [sobbing]. lieutenant bolton: ladies! gentleman! the president is being attended by physicians! please make your way in orderly fashion to the street! dr. charles leale: i'm opening up his larynx for a free passage of air. i need you and you to lift his arms and manipulate them back and forth. up and down to expand his thorax. mary todd lincoln: [sobbing]. dr. charles leale: feeble. respiration not satisfactory. mary todd lincoln: [sobbing]. maj. rathbone: here, here's brandy! keene: may i hold his head? mary todd lincoln: [sobbing]