title: The mystery of John Wilkes Booth's dentist.
abstract: For many years there has been much speculation over the identity of the dentist of President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Some have considered Dr. William Merrill (1833-1918), a rather prominent Washington, D.C. dentist, as the man who restored two of Booth's teeth with gold a few days before the assassination. Who was the mysterious Dr. Merrill and what evidence do we have that he ever treated Booth?
authors.affiliation: Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201-1504, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hyson
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Kauffman
mesh_terms: D004219:District of Columbia; D005197:Famous Persons; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D005553:Forensic Dentistry; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006708:Homicide; D014857:Warfare