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100 years ago McKinley was shot by an anarchist, might have lived except his doctor was old school, didn't believe in germs, literally...

Posted by zeitgeist Jul 14 '22, 11:09

In the days when filthy hands of a doctor was a calling card

He kept poking his fingers in the wound to see how he was doing, a couple weeks it got infected and he died.

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That was James Garfield. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 11:30 1
- I thought he was the one who was assassinated on a Monday in the Lasagna Plot? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 12:28

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