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Garfield Assassination - Eighty Days of Medical Murder

Garfield Assassination - Eighty Days of Medical Murder

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Host Alex Calder examines how President James Garfield survived being shot in 1881, only to die 80 days later from infections introduced by doctors who rejected germ theory and probed his wound with unwashed hands. This episode explores how outdated medical practices and institutional arrogance transformed a survivable injury into a presidential tragedy.

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