According to medical experts at the University of Maryland, Abraham Lincoln could've survived his disastrous trip to Ford's Theater - had he merely traveled forward through time 140 years. It wouldn't have been an easy recovery, though.
If he had lived, he would at the very least have been partially blind, unsteady on his feet, numb in certain regions of his body and inarticulate. Nevertheless, he might have been able to think and, after much rehabilitation, communicate.
In other words, thanks to the many stunning advances in medical science, a gunshot wound to the head merely turns Abraham Lincoln into George W. Bush.
