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  • How Civil War Medicine Killed President James Garfield

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    Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United States

    When an assassin’s bullet struck James Garfield in July 1881, the battle to save the president’s life began. In the weeks that followed, doctors argued over how to treat the stricken executive. In the end, Dr. D. Willard Bliss, a former Civil War surgeon, took control of Garfield’s recovery and controversy has […]

    free with museum admission

  • Dr. Charles Leale and the Medical Treatment of Abraham Lincoln

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    Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United States

    Please bring your lunch and enjoy a 30 minute lecture at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum! Dr. Charles Leale and the Medical Treatment of Abraham Lincoln Surgeon General Joseph Barnes witnessed Abraham Lincoln's autopsy on April 15th, 1865, recalling, "There it lay upon the white china, a little black mass […]

    $5