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:
www.whitehouse.gov
www.doctorzebra.com
George Washington
www.mountvernon.org/library/d...
John Adams
doctorzebra.com/prez/g02.htm#...
Thomas Jefferson
www.monticello.org/site/resea....
James Madison
doctorzebra.com/prez/g04.htm
James Monroe
doctorzebra.com/prez/g05.htm
John Quincy Adams
doctorzebra.com/prez/g06.htm#...
Andrew Jackson
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...
Martin Van Buren
www.nytimes.com/1862/07/25/ar...
William Henry Harrison
doctorzebra.com/prez/g09.htm
John Tyler
www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-...
James K. Polk
jameskpolk.com/history/the-de...
Zachary Taylor
doctorzebra.com/prez/g12.htm
Millard Fillmore
www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-...
Franklin Pierce
doctorzebra.com/prez/g14.htm#...
James Buchanan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B...
Abraham Lincoln
www.shapell.org/manuscript/do...
Andrew Johnson
doctorzebra.com/prez/g17.htm
Ulysses S. Grant
www.history.com/this-day-in-h...
Rutherford B. Hayes
www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-...
James Garfield
doctorzebra.com/prez/g20.htm
Chester A. Arthur
www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikis...
Grover Cleveland
www.npr.org/2011/07/06/137621...
Benjamin Harrison
doctorzebra.com/prez/g23.htm
William McKinley
www.history.com/news/the-assa...
Theodore Roosevelt
archive.nytimes.com/www.nytim...
William Howard Taft
millercenter.org/president/ta....
Woodrow Wilson
millercenter.org/president/wi...
Warren G. Harding
doctorzebra.com/prez/g29.htm#...
Calvin Coolidge
www.politico.com/story/2019/0...
www.upi.com/Archives/1933/01/...
Herbert Hoover
www.nytimes.com/1964/10/21/ar...
Franklin D. Roosevelt
millercenter.org/president/fd...
Harry S. Truman
www.nytimes.com/1972/12/27/ar...
Dwight D. Eisenhower
www.politico.com/story/2018/0...
John F. Kennedy
www.cnn.com/2017/11/22/health...
Lyndon B. Johnson
www.pbs.org/newshour/politics...
Richard M. Nixon
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...
Gerald R. Ford
www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/wa...
Ronald Reagan
www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...
George H. W. Bush
www.washingtonpost.com/local/...
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[@DoctorMike]

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

[@Rosin2]

Hi!

[@krithikrishis2816]

It's ok

[@rosettecanlas5671]

sup lol

[@johnnyjmj7777]

First like I guess

[@bigbrainhampter8672]

Ok

[@Noah73827]

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.

[@anasazidarkmoon]

And he even told the audience he'd been shot, but it'd take more than that to stop a Bull Moose, as that was the political party he was running under at the time.

[@MaficJustice]

And part of the reason he survived was because the bullet hit the breast pocket of his shirt, which held his super thick speech notes. (I'm only slightly exaggerating when I say it was like 40 pages.) The thick paper slowed the bullet down to a point where the wound wasn't fatal.

[@arwensdorf8311]

This reminds me of when Reagan was giving a speech in Germany and a balloon popped and without missing a beat he said “missed me” and would have kept smoothly going except for the applause.

[@azloyal298]

and our former president complained about everything that bothered him on social media and the current president can't even remember his line. what a world we live in

[@ja.lena.a]

@@anasazidarkmoon wow, i wonder how that went down- *starts speech* "Ouch" "Oop I just got shot everyone-" "That kinda hurt" "Anyway"

[@way9895]

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

[@jessicamerkert6392]

And by a lot of unethical medical studies.

[@skgerttula]

That's why it's called "practicing" medicine. They're still learning new things.

[@PaulaDautremont]

Fun fact - Edwin Booth (John's brother) saved Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert, from serious injury or even death when he fell or was pushed from a train platform as a train was approaching.

[@senatorarmstrong4168]

ironic

[@sausageIsAnAbomination]

there was a similar story but i can't remember if it was from ben frank or thomas edison

[@WilTedLiLLies202]

A KZbinr named Mr ballen has a video about that! :D

[@QuackyKawaii]

What a coincidence

[@OhSkyeLanta]

I’m a history writer and the wooooorst 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.

[@notthecaptainguy]

IKR like i read an entire two books on those(Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages by Nathan Belofsky and Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen, good books btw and very funny, like one of the lines, this is out of context i know 💀, is "...the sinister inner workings of the Jew...") for research and they KILLED me

[@aguyontheinternet8436]

It's so bad, apparently you can shoot someone, and then say the doctors killed him because they did such an awful job he would have a higher chance of surviving if he was never taken care of at all.

[@SergioHernandez-le8wp]

What do you write? Books or articles?....anything I may have read?

[@OhSkyeLanta]

@@aguyontheinternet8436 pretty hilariously ironic. Also brings up some interesting thoughts on at what point does is the President’s health is no longer their own decision but a matter where people can say “for the good of the nation, we need to open you up to 20 inches to look for the benign bullet.”

[@aguyontheinternet8436]

@@OhSkyeLanta yea

[@Skip2105]

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”

[@vampxrialive]

That is sad, He is one of my cousins I think my dad told me and this makes me sad to hear.

[@t_ub]

@@vampxrialive bro what?

[@siftervinnie2inNFS]

@@t_ub In English as long as you can trace back to a common ancestor you get Xth cousin X times removed.

[@Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim]

I do remember that sad Valentine’s Day

[@cakepudding3220]

How do you know? Was you there?

[@olivethestrange1635]

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)

[@eglol]

:(

[@cbgirl1220]

Fun?

[@olivethestrange1635]

@@cbgirl1220 touché

[@richstrobel]

​@@cbgirl1220 bazinga!

[@krizziamaefabia2727]

900lll

[@JackieOwl94]

Fun fact: Lincoln also had a connective tissue disorder called Marfan Syndrome. It’s genetic and causes his signature facial structure and extreme height. My stepfather and his family has this condition and share the same facial structure as Lincoln, where his son needed to have his blood vessels fixed to supply enough blood without bursting, since it also causes weak blood vessels.

[@mysteryheart53]

Dang! I never knew he had Marfan Syndrome!

[@Killbayne]

I figured that he had a distinct appearance but I didn't know it was from a condition

[@noemieg674]

Wow I’ve never heard of that! Thank you for the knowledge!!!

[@visionhawk4403]

I'm from Kentucky, just like Lincoln, and I've seen a fair few people around the state that looked like Lincoln. Really tall and with a very similar face. I wonder if it was a regional thing back then. I mean it's supposedly genetic if I remember correctly. Weird.

[@richstrobel]

I wonder if Sheldon Cooper was the first to say "fun fact." I've seen it quite a bit on KZbin. Marfan Syndrome doesn't sound so fun.

[@aidanlentoski8850]

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?

[@kolumbiana1530]

Well how many people you think will be offended by a movie of a son of a murderer, I'd watch, but the poor actors would be hated

[@RealBaconNinja]

Holy sh*t this is a dad documentary

[@scott12346]

@@kolumbiana1530 son of a murderer?? The son of Lincoln wasn’t the son of a murderer and booth’s brother wasn’t the son of booth…

[@CristianLopez-zw1uz]

@@scott12346 I am pretty sure he changed it before we arrived and it wasn't this originally

[@thompsonnguyen9875]

@@lukesawesomeepicchannel7776?

[@professionalamateur417]

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.

[@Maria-secret]

İndeed , this dude is never boring

[@destiny1666]

1 minute after video

[@khalilahd.]

Couldn’t agree more 💜

[@sheilarough236]

Had a teacher in high school like that. He could make the most boring subject interesting

[@eliza8448]

It helps that he's also super hot too 🥵

[@abigaildenman1648]

While in college I took a class over the First Ladies and there was so much mystery surrounding Hardings death that people believed his wife might have poisoned him. If I remember correctly there was enough wrong in their relationship that made the idea of Florence poisoning him a pretty entertaining rabbit hole to dive into.

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

There's also a statistic saying that female murderers are far more likely to poison their victims than violent males as men are physically stronger and therefore more confrontational.

[@ainz_1526]

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

[@happyfacefries]

It's because he had children when he was older

[@leviturnquist32737]

Does it blow youre mind like abe lincolns brain?

[@Keysanddollars]

@@leviturnquist32737 that wasnt even funny, not because its offensive, it just wasnt funny

[@leviturnquist32737]

@DJ u know whats not funny you . U literally have roblox in ur name and ur telling me what isnt funny

[@happyfacefries]

@@leviturnquist32737 can u speak English

[@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

[@Tigressa101]

I think the only problem ever with Theo was the whole banana capitalism, but other than that he was a perfect human being.

[@flyboy152]

He was the Chuck Norris of his day.

[@lego6397]

I know right?

[@adwaithsarun9067]

ikr

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Which one? I think it could be applied to FDR as much as Teddy

[@thatocelot879]

Alexander Graham Bell actually tested the metal detector again after Garfield's death and found that it would've found the bullet if Doctor Willard Bliss (yes, his legal first name was Doctor) had allowed him to use the device on Garfield's left side. Outside of this, the incident leading to Garfield's death was even considered by some at the time to be medical malpractice. Not only did they probe Garfield with hands and unsterilised tools, Bliss had also forbidden any of physicians besides himself and two surgeons that Bliss had summoned from working on Garfield. Later, Bliss started to rectally feed Garfield when his condition got worse. After Garfield's death, Bliss had attempted to collect $25000 ($700000 in 2021) for his services. They instead offered him $6500 ($180000 in 2021), which he refused.

[@ECHO-87]

Fun fact:due to using Mercury 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

[@herisuryadi6885]

I think it was lead, not mercury

[@ECHO-87]

@@herisuryadi6885 yeah it was i got the materials mixed up

[@evilsharkey8954]

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.

[@WolfWelder69]

It's really horrible. Imagine having a 3.5 inch wound cut to 20 inches, thats agony.

[@ea.fitz216]

Look on the bright side… He died on a Monday 😂

[@splashy2152]

@@ea.fitz216 НИКОГДА БОЛЬШЕ ЭТОГО НЕ ГОВОРИТЕ! ЭТО ТАК НЕУВАЖИТЕЛЬНО ОМГ

[@ea.fitz216]

@@splashy2152 Speak British goddamnit.

[@damonika09]

@@ea.fitz216 oh my god, that’s probably why Garfield the cat hates them too. Lmao 😂

[@SoniasWay]

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

[@Hi-cm1cj]

Fr. He would actually make School 10x better.

[@Ninonator3]

You probably wouldn't have though. It takes a bunch of hard grueling years to become a doctor. It's not something only having a good teacher will get you through. But I get what you mean.

[@ScpDrRisha]

True... If he was my teacher it would be heaven!

[@Jman-gm8yc]

I would rather listen to Dr. Mike than any of my teachers because it’s way more interesting

[@user-zp3xc4to1t]

Im pretty sure there are/were people in your school that are pretty nice and making hard things easy and fun. The main problem is the problematic people that ruins your mood. Never let them do it, just let them come and go away from your learning journey

[@visionhawk4403]

This was incredibly informative! I learned so much! Thank you!

[@FlxralFan]

Doctor Mike never fails to keep us entertained no matter what it is reaction videos storytelling etc.

[@marenawheatley5260]

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”

[@MrWolf-su8es]

Who is Brandon??

[@jennifertarin4707]

@@MrWolf-su8es a NASCAR driver who made a speech and now everyone uses his name in a negative manor to describe Pesident Biden

[@Dudeonwheels]

Thanks for the clarification. I forgot about that fact about Cleveland.

[@sweetrocks610]

@@MrWolf-su8es there was a nascar event and the crowd was chanting “F*ck Joe Biden”, and the broadcasters tried to cover it up by saying the crowd was chanting the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon”

[@MrWolf-su8es]

@@jennifertarin4707 im am so confused Brandon is the NASCAR person thingy. And "lets go Brandon" is a bad thing right?

[@MannyBrum]

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

[@elwoodstelhommme8745]

Goodness...imagine what we will know

[@yea9132]

@@elwoodstelhommme8745 how to be immortal 😂

[@datadiva9353]

Ones like chemo and radiation almost certainly. They are the best tools we have for treating cancer, but they are insanely hard on the body. Though one benefit current medicine has is that it IS based on the scientific method of hypothesis and observation. The stuff about the humors was a lot more based on philosophical thought experiments than reality. One of the experiments Galileo did was dropping balls of different weights off the leaning tower of piza, and observing they fell at the same rate. Thus contradicting Aristotle (I think), who said the heavier one would fall faster. And observing how fast balls fall is a lot easier than understanding the inner working of the body.

[@reddrivers5269]

More than likely, doctors will be a bit more like mechanics. In the sense that they’ll be replacing organs & body parts, with something better that what we’re born with, rather than fixing/healing us. Resulting in having to get replacements/upgrades, every once in a while. Giving medicine and therapy a huge blow, but opening up new opportunities.

[@downhomesunset]

@@reddrivers5269 I always call them “terminator parts” and I don’t think we are far off. People have lost arms and they replace them and are able to hook up nerves!

[@izzzthewizzz]

Your channel is awesome, funny & informative ❤ Lots of love and support from Portugal 🇵🇹

[@HyperFocusMarshmallow]

It would be cool to have this kind of overview for leaders of other countries. Not sure how that would stick with what I presume is a predominantly American audience. A lot of countries are quite a bit older than the USA though so maybe it would be hard to fit in a short video. (Edit: also research might be more difficult if the best sources is in languages you don’t know.)

[@SacredAssault]

What some people don't know is that Franklin Pierce witnessed his son be partially decapitated in a horrific train crash (which was the third child he and his wife had lost) and also had to witness the death of his wife due to tuberculosis. It's honestly not surprising at all that he turned toward alcohol later in life, that would've been awful.

[@missi44]

If 3 of your kids die in separate incidents i think youre just neglectful parents

[@spiffygaming1383]

@@missi44one got killed in a train crash, how is that due to neglectful parents?

[@meghanpoorman-hb2sj]

@@missi44it wasn't uncommon for children to die young during that time. what a weird comment

[@AzureDelilah]

​@@missi44wtf?

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

@@missi44 This was the 1800s. Children. Died. Young.

[@carelsby]

Kennedy’s assassination was also the most complicated post-death fiasco. Not even including the mystery of who killed him. His wife basically refused to let a funeral home take care of his body (there was a lot of anti-funeral-home sentiment at the time) and opted to let the Navy do it, and they really dropped the ball because they didnt know wtf they were doing. The way kennedy’s body was treated was an absolute nightmare.

[@breadcrusader67]

Wow, imagine letting the Navy take care of your body, those guys probably (accidentally) dropped the body in the water 😆

[@danielleoliver1734]

He lobotomised his sister, lacking sympathy

[@maxclips3152]

Not quite what happened it was more so the U.S. was not letting her make the post death decisions I'd reccomend watching "ask a mortician's" video in this it's very interesting

[@reddrivers5269]

It seems as they had info, that steered them away from being involved. 2 different rifles were fired during the “assassination”. One by Oswald, the other by George Hickey (S.S. Man in the trailing vehicle). 2 different class of projectiles hit the president. First was a full metal jacket, went straight through, by Oswald. And a frangible, which shreds apart after impact, causing the most damage, shot ACCIDENTALY by Hickey. The one that ended Kennedy’s life. He had stood up holding the AR, right before his driver floored it, causing his to fall back and discharge the weapon. It was reported the SS had frangible rounds, but no count was done on their inventory. Gunpowder was smelt at ground level, wafting as the presidential convoy sped by. And the S.S. was caught washing away evidence, off the limo. Also, some point during the transportation of Kennedy’s body, the vessel he was in, was switched for a different one. The SS discontinued use of that style of AR, the next day. The whole thing was accidental, but of course, conspiracies are more appealing to the fantasies of grown men.

[@cursedcontent4207]

@@breadcrusader67 Would that make him a... marine corpse?

[@CapybaraTheexplore_]

Thank you so much for breaking this down for me now I really understand and it’s also really interesting

[@yobanamera1]

Fun Fact: Abraham Lincoln died 12 days after one of the worst tragedies of cruise ( boat) history, I think the boat tragedy happen before the Titanic in 1912 😅 Nice video by the way, the way you took your time to tell us all this facts of each president are amazing! Love it, LOVE IT! ❤👍🏻

[@katwalk678]

I once attended a lecture at an emergency nurses association conference that discussed famous deaths in history and would they have survived now Based on modern medicine. It was incredibly fascinating.

[@thekidfromiowa]

Garfield

[@entity107]

So this entire lecture was dissing past doctor's

[@user-ir6xh2mx9d]

Is there a digital version of that lecture? If so please let me know, I'll be very thankful.

[@katwalk678]

@@user-ir6xh2mx9d I wish there was!

[@billygregory1547]

Honestly the doctors at the time were like “hey bud ur gonna die soon” and so the president was probably like “no I’m gonna die on July 4th no matter the cost”

[@charityquill4965]

The deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson are also interesting because before either of them died, they exclaimed that the other one still lives. Given that they had reestablished their friendship for a bit, after decades of a grudge, it honestly amazing and kind of touching

[@michaeloptv]

Jefferson’s final words were “it’s the fourth”. So he was pushing to make sure he made it.

[@charityquill4965]

@@michaeloptv flawed as some of our founder fathers were, they sure did love our country ;_;

[@datroof2262]

And doctors nowadays are like "hey bud ur gonna take this experimental 'vaccine' that's not a vaccine so not under the Nuremburg code"...or something to that effect.

[@lisacrutcher6256]

I thought you were just another reactor and doctor and not anything special but when I watched one of you videos on my feed I needed more your videos are so interesting informing and fun keep up the good work

[@MrSkipper609]

Hey Doctor Mike. Awesome History Update 👍 Is it just me or where did Rutherford Hayes go?

[@Diriector_Doc]

8:10 Alexander Bell's metal detector did not do anything to help search for the bullet. The device worked, but it was detecting the springs in the mattress, not the bullet.

[@watareyoutalkingabout]

He also was not allowed to search the actual side the bullet was on because the doctors were sure it wasn't on the other side.

[@Gabronthe]

Sadly I don't think Alexander Bell understood the different types of metals and metal families.

[@LenNeko1998]

In fact, it's even theorized that had they not used the metal detector at all, his chance of survival would have skyrocketed. They made several insicions based on the springs and on the bullets.

[@ThawBerry]

Wait is it bad that I found it funny that it did not detect the bullet but the springs 😭

[@BaptistJoshua]

If this is true, can you imagine Bell's response after they turned President Garfield into Swiss Cheese, because of the bedspring? Alexander Graham Bell: "...Oh."

[@TiffanyGearhart1987]

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

[@Kaysiegreeness]

I love james madison, he was so small💀

[@washingtonfootballfan1553]

I learned some new stuff thanks Dr. Mike

[@pointingsoyjak4271]

The wildest part about Adams’ death was that as he was dying, he said something to the effect of “Jefferson lives on” or something relating to Jefferson still being alive, I can’t exactly remember, he said all this without knowing Jefferson had died five hours earlier Edit: it was “Thomas Jefferson survives”

[@woodrowwilson4815]

He says "Thomas Jefferson survives".

[@pointingsoyjak4271]

@@woodrowwilson4815 thanks

[@Claubuza]

News was slow back then.

[@maple1380]

I always imagine John Adams entering the afterlife right after saying that, seeing Jefferson, and being all like "wtf are you doing here"

[@BaptistJoshua]

I have hoped he somehow knew Thomas Jefferson had become a Christian. Jefferson was a believer in the idea of God, but had rejected Christ.

[@LenNeko1998]

It still wild to me that Jimmy Carter is still alive at 97, and if I recall correctly, still does vollunteer work and either until recently, or still, builds homes for the poor. I havent seen anything health related for him in a while. But still crazy, I hope I can age as well as he has.

[@woodrowwilson4815]

He diagnostic with brain cancer, but now he removed the cancer and his health were improving.

[@kerrijansson2919]

@@woodrowwilson4815 The interesting thing about Carter's brain cancer was that it actually originated as skin cancer and later spread to his brain. The funny thing is that his doctors initially diagnosed his brain cancer as being idiopathic (meaning no known cause), but later successfully traced it to a previously undiagnosed skin cancer on his head. Both has been removed and treated with great success.

[@kerrijansson2919]

He has cut back on that due to mobility difficulties (it happens when people get that old) but he's still sharp as a tack.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@kerrijansson2919 He'll be 98 on October 1st!! He has definitely slowed down as you said because of mobility issue as a result of being of advanced age.

[@JL85FW]

Not only that but Mrs. Carter is still going strong as well! It's incredible that they are both still going strong!

[@jordanbaszner904]

3:37 he had the longest speech and shortest term

[@Idk_Productionss]

I’m really happy a medical looked into these things

[@SharpForceTrauma]

Fun fact, the metal detector didnt actually help Garfield either, because of another wondrous new invention of the early Victorian era: The spring mattress, which he was placed on when he was shot. If i recall correctly this led the doctors to open up even more surgical wounds to search for the bullet in the wrong places.

[@Christopher-ii6tr]

Drake doctor surgeons do the same stupid stuff today. Except they call it exploratory surgery and people usually die in a mere few hours or days. If the surgeons don't kill them the person usually ends up screwed up for years till the day they die.

[@AlastorTheNPDemon]

Oh nooooo

[@KasumiRINA]

Duck, I thought he was just a silly orange thing but that cat had a tragic biography smh

[@sazfretz1945]

Guiteau shot him, but his doctors killed him. He would have been a very good president had he lived.

[@medic_memer]

5:52 "Abraham Lincoln: Gun, next"

[@ilovetotri23]

Great video! Thanks!

[@DaveLopez575]

Love this knowledge 😊

[@kateyare4708]

"Medieval torture" really rang a bell with me. My DH has been treated for stage 4 cancer for the past 3 years, and recently began a newly-approved treatment involving infusions of radioactive isotopes. Aside from some fatigue, he has none of the horrible side-effects of chemo or traditional radiation. I remarked to him how nice it is to have come out of the middle ages and be living in the 21st century again.

[@debbyvibbert3177]

My uncle lived additional 14 yrs after prostrate then colon diagnosis use of same radioactive isotopes. Moffitt Medical .diagnosis in 96 passed 2010.Sending prayers for healing.

[@apetty5918]

Cancer treatments really are middle age torture. Glad there is some new hope! Prayers for healing

[@minetruly]

Can you tell me enough about this for my dad to be able to bring it up to his oncologist?

[@Red-gk3kr]

Chemo kills people, and they know it. Here's the breakdown: sin inevitably causes cancer. Chemo sends one through rigorous suffering in an attempt to humble their spirit, over a length of time, before they pass anyway.

[@misshulabuloothe1st953]

@@minetruly Have you done any research on this since the op hasn’t answered you yet?

[@00kidney]

Doctor Mike talking about history and making it interesting and fun was exactly what I needed right now to make my day better! 🤩

[@HyperHrishiHD]

*Yes.*

[@Hboyplayz1]

👁️👅👁️

[@band_its1518]

Agreed. Im pregnant and unable to sleep, watching some Dr. Mike makes me feel much better

[@NemesisFromResidentEvil]

If you steal someone else's comment again, I will report you.

[@vampxrialive]

@@NemesisFromResidentEvil it isnt a big deal please take a chill pill

[@NerffedLivin]

I LOVE your videos thanks!!! ❤

[@JamesGowan]

Subbed & Liked! Enjoyed the video! Good work & God bless in ‘24!

[@nikolal.8053]

I am disappointed that a doctor took more time and effort to put sources in the description when talking about history than some "historians" on YT. Good job Dr. Mike.

[@Alejandra4994]

Yes! and even added corrections too, top that historians. 😊

[@scientia.veritas]

Johnny Harris slander let's gooo

[@MultiMackD]

Interesting story about JFK, his back issues required him to have a special chair for it. My grandpa was part of the Marine company tasked with delivering it to the White House. Actually got to meet Kennedy, even tried for a handshake but secret service said nope and "allegedly" sandwich his hand with their bodies lol. I jokingly say to my mom that they're the reason he has carpal tunnel 😂

[@Carebearritual]

you saw what a handshake did to mckinley!!

[@lisabradford8180]

Grandpa shoulda sued! 😃

[@MultiMackD]

@@lisabradford8180 I say allegedly because I'm not 100% that was the exact case lol. Plus the carpal tunnel thing is just a gag between me and my mom lol. He actually got it from being a truck driver

[@lisabradford8180]

@@MultiMackD 👍 👍

[@revenger211]

@@Carebearritual that was a gun, about a century earlier..

[@rustbeltrobclassic2512]

I really enjoyed this.. not often i can say that about social media platforms, but this was really interesting

[@relaxresell3121]

Very educational. Thanks

[@blubber9047]

Funny story, John Wilkes Booth’s brother actually saved Abraham Lincoln’s eldest son from getting ran over by a train and was granted a presidential award for his bravery before Lincoln was killed (some details are blurry for me but this story is true)

[@elisabetlagato1520]

The whole Booth family was made up of famous actors (especially Edwin Booth, the fellow that saved Lincoln’s son) I've heard it described before as being like “if Liam Hemsworth murdered Obama,”

[@MusicxxRose]

Yes! I learned that from the show Timeless then researched it

[@Alex-cw3rz]

A medical TV show that would be great for you to review next is Doc Martin, it's a British comedy drama, he was a surgeon and now is a GP (family medicine Doctor same as you), the show is medically accurate, and to top it off it is hilarious

[@Lionstar16]

Can't wait to see Doctor Mike's reaction at Doc Martin's bedside manner - or lack of it :)

[@khalilahd.]

So true! I hope he sees this

[@celestiialdreams]

@@khalilahd. you're literally everywhere 😭

[@Hi-cm1cj]

@@khalilahd. He most likely will. This comment is one of the top comments.

[@LieslHeston]

Absolutely!

[@Sara78976]

Very interesting video!

[@lucypreece7581]

I was believed for many years the FDR suffered from Polio which made him wheelchair bound in his later years but recent studies actually think it was an auto immune condition called Guiilane Bahrre Syndrome which is a condition that is caused by a mild infection in the body such as a chest infection and it where the immune system starts attacking the nerve endings in the arms and legs and this is likely what caused FDR to need a wheelchair because in extreme cases of it the person can be left paralysed. My brother had it about 10 years ago. He recovered from it but still suffers some side effects. I just think it's interesting how medical developments and more knowledge can change an entire perception on what we think.

[@cortster12]

How do you feel about the fact future generations may look back at our medical practices with similar eye rolling scorn as we do for people hundreds of years ago? It's sorta fascinating to think about.

[@SharpForceTrauma]

Right? Like can you imagine how appalled people will be about radiation and chemo treatments for cancer in the future?

[@safirak7988]

I hope that will be the case, medicine needs to constantly evolve, so looking back and not being a little taken aback would almost feel like we did not improved much.

[@Leafsdude_]

@@safirak7988 Indeed. If we're not looking back and seeing the past as unadvanced, that means we've not advanced much in the future. Stagnation in any tech is a bad thing for humans. Considering the stakes, that's especially so for medical tech.

[@CK-hc5oh]

Unless humanity doesn't destroy himself completely until we get there, yea.

[@coachbrandon01]

My great grandpa was born in the 1870's, and I grew up with him in my house. He lived a quality life over a hundred years. His natural healthy diet and exercise kept him in good shape. It was his lack of medications that made an impression on me. On occasion, he would have a shot of bourbon to keep the system clean. While medical science is improving, people take for granted how much genes play a role in your health and well being. Staying balanced with your own natural systems. I was taught to stay away from medicine if at all possible. Not because it did not work, but because of the complications and side effects. This info comes from way back then. They were a very tough breed who endured pain way better than we do, now. Their diet and lifestyle was farming, so everything was done with a natural home grown solution. Cough medicine was liquor. Burns treated with aloe, etc...

[@CrazyxCactus]

I’m surprised Dr. Mike didn’t take a little longer with Theodore Roosevelt and talk about the attempted assassination on his life. The Colonel, having been well read (reading on average one book a day), was well informed on the circumstances surrounding Garfield’s death and the agony he endured. After being shot, Theodore (hated being called Teddy) realized he wasn’t coughing up blood so was confident he would be okay (no internal bleeding). He continued on to deliver a 90 minute speech before being convinced to go to the hospital. He refused to let doctors operate and stick their fingers and/or probe the wound. The wound was simply treated, sewn back up, and he lived with the bullet inside him up to his death.

[@Gabronthe]

It wasn't the first time he's been shot at.

[@dietotaku]

That dude was an absolute badass, we could use more like him in politics today.

[@MsAubrey]

I’m also surprised Reagan’s assassination attempt wasn’t mentioned either.

[@MsAubrey]

@@dietotaku agreed

[@elizabethm7163]

Obviously we all die but at the same time I'm always surprised Theodore Roosevelt did. 😂 Like nothing kept that guy down.

[@rockah12]

I BELIEVE that Leon Czolgosz's surname is pronounced "Show-goltz". Deeply fascinating turn of events, that. McKinley actually asked the mob to NOT attack Czolgosz, and asked them to break the news that he had been shot very gently to his wife Ida, who started having epileptic seizures after the deaths of their two young daughters. He always tried to have her by his side in case she had a seizure. She went on to outlive him by six years.

[@joekonderla8842]

The fact about JFK was interesting and very sad. Apparently the reason why he looked so tanned and healthy was due to his adrenal gland treatment . he also lived on uppers and downers - which by no means was rare in the early 60’s You can actually listen to publicly released phone calls with his doctor with JFK saying “can you bring me more of those blue pills.” The dr doesn’t ask anything and says “I’ll send the prescription to the White House this morning.”

[@ExtraVictory]

Come on now lmfao. You don't have to be the most powerful man in the world to get treatment like that. Any billionaire or even multi millionaire will do. People hire their own private doctors who won't ask too many questions and fill up on whatever they wanna get

[@ExtraVictory]

If the president asked for 200mg Oxy, 40mg Morphine, 60mg Adderall, and 200mg modafinil this morning he would have them by tonight even in 2023. The worst that would happen is a doctor would assign someone to make sure he can't OD not refuse to give the scripts

[@ExtraVictory]

I was born in Japan but am also American by birthright citizenship (from my mom) and I've had prescriptions for 2 different controlled substances most of my life, Adderall for daily use and modafinil for use as needed. didn't get asked any questions either, because my parents are semi important people (minor diplomats from Germany and the USA) and Japanese doctors spent like 3 seconds with me and said "here now you will perform well like your parents"

[@stephanietinaza2121]

you know how much me my mom love JOHN F KENNEDY he deserves to be alive ❤️❤️ dr mike where did you get married i want to see him

[@SteakCutFries]

@extra victory: so a few things- we know a lot more about prescription medications, dependence, dangerous interactions, and addiction than we did in the 1960s. Also since the npharmaceutical companies have developed a million more medications that are much more preferred and now used way more than "scheduled" drugs. Your case is more of the exception than the rule - I have kids and they don't just throw them on Adderall anymore, they go to other new meds first. And also, helllllooo Adderall shortage 😒 but I digress. Yes. You are correct, people with wealth and/or perceived importance have a much easier time finding doctors who will just prescribe what they're asking for. However, presidents are waaaaay too visible these days, recorded all the time, and along with the insanely horrific toxic political climate right now, it would be WAY HARDER to pull off a JFK situation in 2023. Presidents were afforded much more privacy back then, the press would defer to important politicians rather than be looking for any cracks in the foundation to expose and exploit for their own benefit- gotta get those clicks, and outrage and angertainment are the name of the game in political news today. Somebody somewhere would sell them out, or it would end up the worst case secret in Washington. That's my belief anyway, obviously I could be completely wrong - I know there are ALLLLLLLL KINDS of things that happen without us knowing, all kinds of things being hidden from us all the time, especially when it comes to the health of Presidents ... but ... I still don't think it would be as easy to get away with JFK prescription dependencies or Nixon level alcoholism these days. Presidential campaigns and Presidencies are just so different now and so much more visible.

[@nathanmooney8206]

You should do more videos like this that was extremely fascinating. I am a huge history buff and I love learning different historical facts.

[@russsnyder2026]

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

[@Doggo-rule]

I love this and I love your vids you have really inspired me one thing that’s Sus is that one of the presidents died at 69 💀

[@zFalconx]

Doubt anyone will see this, but 10th President John Tyler currently has a surviving grandson. Harrison Ruffin Tyler born November 9, 1928, is the son of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, (August 24, 1853 - February 12, 1935) and Grandson of John Tyler (March 29, 1790 - January 18, 1862). Seems quite insane that 3 generations can cover over 230 years.

[@BaptistJoshua]

I heard that recently. Now just imagine the dates of deaths and births in Genesis. People could know many generations later.

[@spaceyote7174]

Correction: John Adams did not sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4. The Declaration was officially declared on that date, but the majority of signatures, including almost certainly his, were made a month later, on August 2 1776.

[@ThrowbackRacing]

Really cool and original video! 👍🏻

[@dominiclukwanzi7396]

Fact :John Tyler has a living grandson

[@acardoza86]

Lots of stroke deaths back in the day, and surprisingly living well into their 70s. Would love a follow up vid on your thoughts on these trends. Great vid!

[@Claubuza]

Keep in mind that lifespan averages are brought down by infant/child deaths. People who survive into adulthood have a decent chance of reaching old age.

[@diehardnygiantsfan6569]

90 in 1826 is pretty impressive imo

[@uncletaylorify]

90 is not bad in this time frame lol

[@googane7755]

It's actually insane how many easily preventable deaths are here on this list, especially due to poor understanding of medicine at the time where the president was better off being left alone.

[@Archon006]

what's your pfp? i know it's an old animation, do you remember it's name?

[@googane7755]

@@Archon006 It's funny how many times I got asked this question. It's from the guardian.

[@Archon006]

@@googane7755 thanks

[@BaptistJoshua]

There is give and take. They knew things most doctors are no longer taught, but were faaaaar superior to what is taught today, and they had lack of correct knowledge that we know better today.

[@Tigressa101]

I mean the Black Plague was preventable. A majority of the Plague victims could have survived if they practiced good hygiene every day but at the time, it wasn't common to bathe constantly, even among royalty, so the fleas carrying the disease just spread it like wildfire with no one knowing why. Medicine, science, and common sense marches on.

[@cynthiavalencia724]

11:44 if I remember correctly, this kinda happened in the handmaids tale when Fred was hospitalized. His wife (and handmaid Offred), made decisions on behalf of him without the country knowing. While he wasn’t president, he did have an important role in the “government”. That storyline was very interesting!

[@Air_Pilote]

As a big fan of Lemmino, it felt really cool when you said (regarding JFK's assassination) "Who fired the bullet? Well that's a video for a different channel".

[@PWNINSWAGMASTER]

Im so happy this video was made in the sense that not enough people know about Jefferson and Adams dying the same day exactly 50 years post DOI. It was inpiring American history to learn and seems to be a symbol of both the will of FFs and friendship.

[@NSarg04]

It's even less known that they were rivals as well and despised each other. Adams' last words were "Thomas Jefferson still survives" thinking that his rival finally "won" not knowing Jefferson died hours earlier

[@soccerchamp0511]

@@NSarg04 Actually, they were very close friends for a long time after serving together in the Continental Congress and while on their diplomatic missions in Europe after the Revolutionary War. Then they became rivals during their political days as Vice Presidents and Presidents because they had strong differences of opinion on how the new government should operate and whether to support the French Revolution or not. However, their friendship was actually rekindled after Jefferson's presidency, so they died as good friends. And Adams said "Thomas Jefferson survives." most likely because they were such good friends and because Adams thought Jefferson was a surviving writer of the Declaration of Independence.

[@allahnah]

Funnily enough Adams never even celebrated the fourth of July cause he signed it on the 2nd so he didn't consider it the real day. Cool facts.

[@betteryourlife865]

I learned about them dying on the same day from a book called mysteries of the unexplained.

[@PWNINSWAGMASTER]

@@allahnah Signed what? I believe he was in the Netherlands during America’s victory.

[@nicholegallo1090]

Roosevelt actually died in the chair that he once rocked his son in, his son, having just died in the war, was likely the emotional cause of Roosevelt death causing his heart, to give out.

[@Harshstew21]

Love the medical and history lesson

[@saf16]

Thank you Dr. Mike for putting some knowledge in my brain.

[@zacharydebacco5718]

The medical history of Teddy Roosevelt alone could be an amazing investigation in itself. This was awesome. Few points I’m even surprised me, and I will share them in my class. Very fun!

[@vampxrialive]

Im glad you find my Cousins medical history amazing!! I find their whole history amazing.

[@jodijohnson23]

Honestly, can we applaud Mike who is Russian for researching all this. I find that people who aren’t from this country end up knowing more about our country than we do.

[@Laura-kl7vi]

Mike is American. You don't have to be born here to be American. He's a naturalized citizen and came here as a small child. He is "from" here.

[@jodijohnson23]

@@Laura-kl7vi I didn’t say he wasn’t American. And yes, he is from here and he is from Russia. There is no hate behind what I’m saying. So I don’t get why you said that. I’m just saying that I love that he did all this research. I’m saying that those of us who were born here can often take our country and our awesome history for granted.

[@lukyhrab]

Dr Mike,you have teached me alot about the body.Thank you Dr Mike!

[@I.Z.Phooto]

I love the content you make. It amazes me how you manage to be a doctor and a KZbinr at the same time. People will talk about how hard it is to do one or the other and here you are doing both

[@Claubuza]

Surprised that you didn't mention James Madison's various health problems (some of which may have been psychosomatic) and how he spent his whole life thinking he could die at any moment only to live to a decently old age.

[@nmoney6655]

Crazy that I am from Baltimore Maryland and I don’t really think about how much my city has done

[@AbbeyBel-hc8xq]

This shot has navigated right into my heart.

[@christinaify]

Yes!! If you made a series out of famous historical deaths which were before modern medicine and said your take on what happened, I would be ALL OVER THAT.

[@Alyy_Cat]

If he ever did a collab with ask a mortician and did this that would be incredible

[@jimmyreed2405]

I have followed this guy since roughly mid 2018. I've seen his back logs of videos from morning routines, dogs, mission trip, reviews, Covid-19, & Wednesday Checkups....and I am comfortable saying that this is my favorite video of his! I hope Dr. Mike & Bear can do a video on presidential pets! I only know Checkers was Nixon's dog lol

[@anasazidarkmoon]

I'm pretty sure Teddy Roosevelt actually kept an alligator in the White House.

[@michaellovely6601]

President Nixon also had an Irish Setter.

[@Hb1290Logos]

The Obamas had Bo, and of course there's the Bidens' dogs Champ (RIP) and Major

[@tiestokygoericprydz3963]

Cool

[@Jcanalesguzman]

Mike I love your videos ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@yousefa6541]

Doctor, may I suggest you check this off midline neck lump ?

[@donotreadmyprofilegotit2876]

"He did beat Hitler though." One of the best Mike quotes.

[@heyvischan7622]

You should have talked about the time when Theodore Roosevelt was shot during a speech in 1912, which hit him in his chest pocket where he was keeping the speech, and then despite getting shot, he actually finished his entire 50 page speech before agreeing to go to hospital. And this is why Teddy is the toughest president in US history.

[@minephlip]

i think everyone knows that story already

[@vampxrialive]

Glad you think my cousin is tough I think the same.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Not just that, but he told people not to beat up his assailant and then began his hour long speech by telling everyone he had just been shot.

[@JJ-yn4cj]

Teddy bears were invented because of him when he refused to kill a bear cub.

[@dr.khushbooagarwal786]

@@JJ-yn4cj yes I know that story

[@John-F-Kennedy-deepfakes]

Good morning, Robert

[@IJustFiguredThisOut]

I keep thinking my phone is getting unplugged from the charging cable with that sound that keeps happening in the background.

[@mchaela4045]

I grew up in the same town Franklin Pierce grew up in so I was able to go to the house he grew up in and the tour guide taught me one of the most interesting (and sad) things about a president ever. All of his kids died really young. Which may explain his alcohol adiction.

[@ethanstyant9704]

And some of them in really horrific ways

[@mysteryheart53]

Poor Franklin hope he's doing better now

[@anyrealitybutthisone804]

Not so fun fact, Franklin Pierces' heavy drinking can be largly attributed to the horrific death of his son right either before or at the start of his presidency.

[@khaotictrash]

How so, and which one? They had 3 sons, if I remember correctly the first one died a few days after he was born, the second one died of typhus as a toddler, and the third one died in a train wreck when he was 11.

[@anyrealitybutthisone804]

@@khaotictrash the first two deaths certainly didn’t help, either

[@khaotictrash]

@@anyrealitybutthisone804 Oh I thought you meant his drinking caused their deaths, sorry 😭 No that’s totally understandable, if I lost all 3 of my kids at such a young age I’d be drinking myself to death too. Poor guy.

[@anyrealitybutthisone804]

@@khaotictrash for real, and I was just reading that his wife absolutely abhorred politics and saw their Childrens’ deaths as an act of God punishing them for their pursuits. Just a big oof all around

[@happyfacefries]

He was a drunk wayyyyy before that

[@stephaniecairo7335]

This was such a cool video!

[@gabrielparadis5895]

I love your videos

[@jbbush7474]

3:20 Martin Van Buren's death is probably as similar to James Monroe's death as he contracted a common cold or the flu. The disease started to spread and infect the heart and the airway causing him to have asthma and a heart attack. He nearly almost died the same day as Monroe, Adams and Jefferson but died 20 days later.

[@TziporaRaphaella]

As a history and medical geek this is one of my all time favorite videos of yours and it just hit all my nerdy buttons. My dad, who was a history teacher, loves to talk about how we are apparently distant relatives of William Howard Taft and how as a kid he thought that was so cool. Until he learned that Taft’s weight was his most defining feature. It’s a rumor that apparently isn’t true that Taft got stuck in the bathtub of the White House, but apparently that can’t be true because the White House had to custom order a bathtub sized just for him. That’s the only other medical/ presidential history I know besides some very interesting things about all the drugs JFK’s docs were providing him. Forget the balancing humors stuff- the uppers and downers and a pill for everything free for all the wealthy and powerful especially had access to in the mid-20th century is one of the time periods in US medical history I find most interesting. And so many lessons about addiction popped up then that we still haven’t fully embraced or learned our lessons from. Annnyway. Thank you for making my geeky heart sing too. 😉

[@alfredopasta7138]

There’s no real proof that Taft got stuck in the bathtub. Sure, he did order a custom-sized bathtub, but it could have been that he was just afraid he would get stuck, or he was having some issues getting out of his bathtub but didn’t necessarily get stuck in it.

[@vampxrialive]

Im a distant relative of Franklin D. Roosevelt and I think he is my fifth cousin offhand so welcome to being relatives of famous people!! (My nana also almost met Elvis Presley)

[@Kaysiegreeness]

9:34 Benjamin dressed up as santa claus for his family and set up the first christmas tree in the whitehouse

[@ICY963]

Awesome video

[@devonfletcher4729]

Love how this is a medically in depth parallel to Mr. Beat's video of how all the presidents died. Awesome video!

[@wizardgamer9610]

I even came here just to get a deeper dive than Mr Beat's video too.

[@samjam77]

Same

[@rajismyfavorite]

The tumor removed from Grover Cleveland is at the Mutter Museum (a medical history museum) in Philadelphia and I highly recommend a visit there if you are ever in Philadelphia.

[@britt__legit]

FYI- James K. Polks house is in Columbia, TN. Not Nashville. It’s one of the few things my hometown is known for… that and Mule Day 😅

[@joegaming8101]

Jfk: "this back brace sucks but it might just save my life! *little did he know..*