James Garfield Tomb

[LincolnMan]

(05-30-2019 08:13 AM)wpbinzel Wrote:  

(05-30-2019 05:15 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Wasn’t Alexander Graham Bell working an his invention of a metal detector to try and exactly locate the bullet in Garfield’s body?

It was an early version of a combination of an x-ray and metal detector, which worked just fine, except the people using it forgot about the metal springs in the mattress, which gave them false readings.

A serious oversight! Regrettably. Otherwise, maybe Garfield might have stood a chance at surviving.