First attempt to Locate a Bullet without Surgery: An Application of Electromagnetism to 19 Century Medicine
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Alexander Graham Bell developed a metal detector as a last ditch effort to locate a bullet lodged in the chest of American President James Garfield in 1881 | The Vintage News
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TIL Alexander Graham Bell invented the metal detector to try and find the bullet lodge in President James Garfield. The device worked but had interference from the metal springs in the bed.
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