I recently read Destiny of the Republic about James Garfield. Very interesting book, highly recommend it. Really got into how his doctor basically killed him and how Alexander Graham Bell invented a metal detector to try to save him.
The idiot doctor probed Garfield’s bullet wound with his fingers that weren’t sterilized. He did it multiple times.
Great book.
Likewise with President McKinley. I read once that better medical care would have saved his life after he was shot.
read a short story about this They said Bell’s gadget kept hitting on the metal bed springs and the doctors went after the bullet where it indicated He died of infection.
I welcome other information.