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President Garfield’s Illness and Death Recounted
A physician’s narrative details the President’s decline after the 1881 shooting, the bedside vigil of family and staff, the first consultations with leading doctors, the long journey of care from Washington to Elberon, and the final hours before death. It honors Mrs Garfield and the devoted attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Mansion
Washington
Smith Townshend
D. C
C. M. Ford
Wales
U.S. N
Parvis
C.creou
Basil Noeris
N. G. Lincoln
J. B. Hamilton
Marine Hospital Service
Coungel
Philadelphia
New York
D. Hayes Agnew
Frank H. Hamilton
Bergie
General Swaim
Coronel Rockwell
Doctor Boynton
Miss Edson
Steward Crump
Doctorsburn
Woodward
Garfield
Rockwell
South
Texas
Elberon
Albany
Lapham
Conkling
Elberox
Proctor
Coloel Rockwell
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ngton
White House
Delaware
Francklyn Cottage
MacVeagh
Wnne
Jan Convers
J. Stanley Brown
Agnew
Boynton
Mra Garfield
Alwaya
C. Rockwell
Crump