A Medical Look Into What Killed Every President

CORRECTIONS:
*Kennedy was killed in 1963, not 1968. typo that slipped through. Sorry!
*Garfield was not killed IN Baltimore, but rather in DC at a train station CALLED Baltimore. Honest mistake.
*Garfield was shot 4 months into his Presidency, not 18.
*John Quincy Adams died at the age of 80, not 78
*Franklin Pierce died at 64, not 69.

SOURCES

General Sources:

George Washington

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

James Monroe

John Quincy Adams

Andrew Jackson

Martin Van Buren

William Henry Harrison

John Tyler

James K. Polk

Zachary Taylor

Millard Fillmore

Franklin Pierce

James Buchanan

Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Johnson

Ulysses S. Grant

Rutherford B. Hayes

James Garfield

Chester A. Arthur

Grover Cleveland

Benjamin Harrison

William McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt

William Howard Taft

Woodrow Wilson

Warren G. Harding

Calvin Coolidge

Herbert Hoover

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Harry S. Truman

Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson

Richard M. Nixon

Gerald R. Ford

Ronald Reagan

George H. W. Bush



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[DoctorMike]

*Kennedy was killed in 1963, not 1968. Sorry!

[Noah]

Fun fact: Theodore Roosevelt once was starting a speech, was shot by someone, and finished the speech before getting medical attention. That shows how much of a badass he is.

[triousmoment]

crazy day to have this recommended to me..

[way]

Its scary to think that the history of medicine is quite literally the expertise of trial and error

[OhSkyeLanta]

I’m a history writer and the part about all of my research is learning about medical procedures that should not have been or medicine that were actually killing people, and the gruesome ways people died that we have successfully figured out how to prevent, and turns out it’s pretty easy.

[Skip]

When Theodore Roosevelt’s mom and wife died on the same day, he wrote in his diary (the light in my life turned off). He then lived as fast as he could saying “darkness can’t catch the horseman who rides the fastest”. Then, right before he went to sleep on a night in which he’d die, he uttered his last words: “please turn out that light, James”

[olivethestrange]

Fun fact: John Wilkes booth had studied the play the was being performed that night at ford theater, and was waiting for the biggest laugh to fire his gun, so it wouldn’t be quite as noticeable when he assassinated the president. The only reason the rest of the theater (other than Lincoln’s booth ) had noticed is because Lincoln slumped in his seat. ( keep in mind, hand held guns of this time were not as powerful or loud, so it was easier for the gun shot to be covered up by laughter)

[ECHO-]

Fun fact:due to using lead for plates people thought tomatos were poisonous so someone tried to poison washington with a tomato and washington stated that it was one of the best soups he ever had

[Danymok]

"Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight"

That is a badass quote for a badass president

[ainz_]

Still blows my mind that John Tyler who was born 1790 still has a grandson alive today in 2023 who is 94 yrs old.

[wyattwarkenthien]

Crazy this was recommended to me today....

[megasilverluxray]

Youtube recommended me this video today, I wonder why!

[aidanlentoski]

Crazy fact!

The son of Abraham Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, was a witness to three presidential assassinations in his lifetime.

Even though he was not in the theater when his father was shot, he was rushed to his father’s deathbed during his final moments. Later in his life, he was an eye-witness to the assassination of James A. Garfield, and was in Buffalo, New York when William McKinley was shot.

Not only this, but Robert himself was saved by John Wilkes Booth’s brother, Edwin (this was before Abraham’s assassination). This happened at a train station in New Jersey when Robert leaned up against a stopped train that was just about to start up again. Edwin Booth grabbed Robert’s shirt collar and yanked him up before he fell into the train.

Now where’s a movie about that guy’s life?

[professionalamateur]

I always have a feeling that Dr. Mike is one of the few people that can talk about literally anything in such an interesting way and nothing ever gets boring.

[SoniasWay]

If Dr Mike was my teacher, I would have become a doctor too. He makes learning so much fun

[marenawheatley]

For everyone who’s confused about the fact that Mike said there have been 45 presidents when Biden is the 46th- It’s because Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is counted twice. 45 people have been president, but there have been 46 separate administrations.

Basically Mike did not just say ‘Let’s go Brandon”

[russsnyder]

It’s crazy that Washington was basically tortured to death by his doctors because he had strep throat

[TiffanyGearhart]

1:43 he didn’t need to call out my boy like that😢

[MannyBrum]

I wonder if in 200 years doctors will look at medical procedures today the way Dr. Mike looks at balancing the humors.

[evilsharkey]

Garfield is the one who really suffered torture. Washington was dead in days. Garfield took months to die of his incompetent doctors’ filthy hands and butchery.