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
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George Washington
www.mountverno...
John Adams
doctorzebra.co...
Thomas Jefferson
www.monticello....
James Madison
doctorzebra.co...
James Monroe
doctorzebra.co...
John Quincy Adams
doctorzebra.co...
Andrew Jackson
jamanetwork.co...
Martin Van Buren
www.nytimes.co...
William Henry Harrison
doctorzebra.co...
John Tyler
www.whitehouse...
James K. Polk
jameskpolk.com...
Zachary Taylor
doctorzebra.co...
Millard Fillmore
www.whitehouse...
Franklin Pierce
doctorzebra.co...
James Buchanan
en.wikipedia.o...
Abraham Lincoln
www.shapell.or...
Andrew Johnson
doctorzebra.co...
Ulysses S. Grant
www.history.co...
Rutherford B. Hayes
www.whitehouse...
James Garfield
doctorzebra.co...
Chester A. Arthur
www.cs.mcgill....
Grover Cleveland
www.npr.org/20...
Benjamin Harrison
doctorzebra.co...
William McKinley
www.history.co...
Theodore Roosevelt
archive.nytime...
William Howard Taft
millercenter.o....
Woodrow Wilson
millercenter.o...
Warren G. Harding
doctorzebra.co...
Calvin Coolidge
www.politico.c...
www.upi.com/Ar...
Herbert Hoover
www.nytimes.co...
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Harry S. Truman
www.nytimes.co...
Dwight D. Eisenhower
www.politico.c...
John F. Kennedy
www.cnn.com/20...
Lyndon B. Johnson
www.pbs.org/ne...
Richard M. Nixon
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Gerald R. Ford
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Ronald Reagan
www.cnn.com/20...
George H. W. Bush
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[@DoctorMike]

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

[@Rosin2]

Hi!

[@krithikrishis2816]

It's ok

[@rosiecan1015]

sup lol

[@Back2Basic101]

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"

[@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?

[@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.

[@BubcoPhonics]

And still is :)

[@KeatanDay]

Like it or not the Nazis provided a lot of studies that lead to modern medicines

[@Cris_the_coder]

@@BubcoPhonicswell in a way it’s much safer now a days unless ur a monkey or rat

[@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.

[@yeah_abandoned]

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

[@triousmoment]

crazy day to have this recommended to me..

[@fionnocallaghan]

Lol ik

[@CamcorderHomeVideos]

Yup, same here. Also, one of the Wikipedia Pages that KZbin recommended for more information, showed the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. 😑

[@wrathboyzgamers]

Not Donald trump 🤚💀 That was scary bro

[@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

[@scooter1190]

@@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]

@@scooter1190 I am pretty sure he changed it before we arrived and it wasn't this originally

[@thompsonnguyen9875]

@@hyghygjygjyffdiuuliukyf?

[@ECHO-87]

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

[@herisuryadi6885]

I think it was lead, not mercury

[@ECHO-87]

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

[@Goofy.Ahh.Kid.]

Bruh

[@ryandegrave8978]

Fun fact: This is not a fun fact at all. This comes from a fictional story from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's April 1959 issue, written by a man named Richard Gordon and called "The Murder of George Washington." In colonial America (and in parts of Europe at the time), many people believed that tomatoes were poisonous because they are, in fact, poisonous. All of the green parts of the tomato plant contain a highly toxic substance that is not present in the ripe tomato itself. This caused a lot of confusion about tomatoes, which wasn't helped by the fact that tomatoes are related to nightshade, a well-known deadly poisonous plant. However, the story about Washington is entirely fictional.

[@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

[@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

[@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 🥵

[@yuval1168]

Almost needed to update the video!

[@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

[@WilTedLiLLies202]

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

[@QuackyKawaii]

What a coincidence

[@Questions04]

Cool I never knew that

[@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”

[@Mr.Wolf6999]

Who is Brandon??

[@jennifertarin4707]

@@Mr.Wolf6999 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]

@@Mr.Wolf6999 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”

[@Mr.Wolf6999]

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

[@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 😂

[@megasilverluxray1994]

KZbin recommended me this video today, I wonder why!

[@coryjack606]

Lol same

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@wyattwarkenthien395]

Crazy this was recommended to me today....

[@britishbirdie9113]

FR me too

[@not_oblivious]

samee

[@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

[@cursedcontent4207]

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

[@breadcrusader67]

@@cursedcontent4207 😂

[@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

[@อัญชลี-ฌ2อ]

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

[@katwalk678]

@@อัญชลี-ฌ2อ I wish there was!

[@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.

[@maplethemann]

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.

[@deidremcintosh3872]

Love this amazing bit of information on each President Dr Mike you are a wonderful story teller

[@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.

[@proevo685]

He's the Queen Elizabeth of America.

[@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 😂

[@datadivanet]

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!

[@visionhawk4403]

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

[@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."

[@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.

[@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.

[@Silvercrypto-xk4zy]

thankfully this video didnt get updated saturday

[@rodian_skypyratz6181]

I don’t know if he would have updated the video every time we lose a president or former president. It would be a bit of a hassle.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@THE_MUN]

I see that

[@LeslieMcDonald-gf1ip]

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.

[@Laura-kl7vi]

He gets things wrong quite often though. Not medical things but the things around it. Like sometimes history. There are some mistakes even in this video. It feels sloppy to me. He's an extremely popular creator and a very busy person but he needs to pay better attention to the details because some of us want to watch him, and enjoy a video then BAM he comes out with this whopper of a nonfact or lazy statement and it takes you totally out of it and you stop the video and comment...

[@sikorilzcx4513]

Try bytt är bytt

[@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.

[@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...

[@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..

[@mattthewmontoya2757]

Trump almost joined them

[@Kingjason6750]

That’s very true, but thankfully, Trump turned and clipped his ear and it led to one of the most bada** clips of all the history

[@jellybeanboy]

LMFAO

[@brookiiecookie199]

Sadly not 😔

[@PacificDeep]

​@@brookiiecookie199 You hatred is deep

[@KaitlynHallinan-qm1nr]

Luckily, he didn't die

[@josefk-g5u]

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.

[@medic_memer]

5:52 "Abraham Lincoln: Gun, next"

[@uhhuh819]

…well yt recommended this to me

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@Kaysiegreeness]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@russsnyder2026]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@risaacpadilla3889]

Like the way the video has been made. It projects a careful balance between humor and facts from history. The few inaccuracies don't weigh enough to leave mean words. Is a well-prepared production, brilliantly presented and viewers just can't stop from watching until its end. By admitting his an immigrant, the narrator shows audacity in times of uncertainty. It seems he has been successful, so I wish him so his team the best.

[@saf16]

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

[@devonfletcher4729]

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

[@dirklaos]

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

[@samjam77]

Same

[@RRW359]

The sad thing about Grant is that he was conned out of a lot of his army/president money and basically spent his last few painful months writing his memoirs so that his family would have some kind of inheritance from royalties.

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

A sad thing to happen to one of our greatest generals. He deserved to have his kids never have to worry about money

[@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

[@robmartin9890]

Fun fact. The metal detector didn’t work on Garfield because he owned one of the first metal spring beds. Which lead to confusion in the search.

[@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.

[@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)

[@NichalosSenz]

Congrats for 12M subscribers 🎉

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@CapybaraTheexplore_]

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

[@SirWulfrick]

History fascinates me, and you are a very entertaining speaker ... making this probably my favorite video you've ever done. My wife and I were just sitting here, "Hmm!" learning so many of these facts for the first time. Well done. Awesome vid.

[@fbbWaddell]

I only watched this out of boredom. You somehow made this very interesting and now I want to know more. You are definitely a talented content creator.

[@vadbanda6969]

Fun Fact: John Tyler's grandson is alive (95 years old in 2023)! His name is Harrison Ruffin Tyler!

[@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.

[@itsivymiha]

You can ALWAYS learn so many things from Doctor Mike’s videos. I got my husband to watch your videos with me and he enjoys watching them so much!

[@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.

[@JamesGowan]

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

[@Amanda-zn7ox]

Ask A Mortician covered Kennedy's assassination and the subsequent treatment of his body post-mortum, and it's a really intriguing story on the perspectives of the death industry back then, and how his wife reacted to it all. Highly reccomend.

[@wickedham]

loved that video! so much more to the story that we never hear

[@AstarionWifey]

I still feel bad for the funeral guy 😂 they took his casket and probably didn’t pay him

[@jalapeno1119]

Garfield was truly ahead of his time. I wonder where the country would've gone if the doctors had just washed their damn hands.

[@happyfacefries]

I think about that too. He was so promising

[@KasumiRINA]

Dayum what a horrible way to go for such an unfunny cat.

[@Sub-v6p]

Who ever is here after donald trump assasination

[@Gyatt21]

MEee

[@XXTheXXBoss]

Not me >->

[@margaretbehre6461]

SO COOL. Love the history and medicine combo. I’d love to see more of this kind of content!

[@michaelbcohen]

The thing about the bad medicine in the past, was that those doctors were doing what was considered the medical science at the time. We can be critical now because we know better, but we should also not be super critical as they were doing what was accepted as medicine at the time

[@Red-gk3kr]

Just like today.

[@vnkn0wn_vSeR-420]

0:59 when visiting the doctor actually kills you 💀

[@FelixTrekCraftAUTTP]

Imagine being sick and being told by your doctor that they were going to “balance the humors”

[@Flowerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr]

Nah id be out of there

[@Laurie03]

This was an awesome video! It’s interesting to hear about how they died, or could have died, especially the first presidents.

[@theunitedstatesofamerica3556]

Fun Fact: In 1981, Ronald Reagan was walking to his limo after giving a speech in a Washington Hotel and got shot. The Bullet was extremely close to his heart, but it didn’t kill him. Before he went into surgery, he was quoted saying “I hope you’re all Republicans”

[@TaylorMMontgomery]

Doctor Mike rich over here with his million views in 4 days. Been here since the early days, you deserve it pal! You've worked so hard. And whoever is doing your motion graphics, please give them a raise, they are stunning!

[@xhyleferos3604]

well.. everyone is here..

[@ThMnWthNNm]

John Adams’ last words were “Thomas Jefferson still survives.”

[@SealofPerfection]

Yep, and he was wrong...Jefferson died 5 hours earlier, he just hadn't heard

[@carolinevaillant1176]

I love Dr Mike. He's probalbly the only guy on YT that explains medical procedures and isn't like "yeah, this guy died of death...) .

[@mmoriartyy]

LOVE this! As a follow up, what killed all the historical assassins that contributed to this list?

[@andrewlance3898]

Just skimming Wikipedia, here's what I found: Booth was shot in the neck after soldiers tracked him down to a farmhouse in Virginia where he refused to surrender; Guiteau was hanged, before which he danced his way to the gallows, recited poetry to onlookers, and took the hood with a smile on his face; Czolgosz was sentenced to the electric chair, after which his body was melted with acid and buried on prison grounds; Oswald was shot in the abdomen while in police custody by local nightclub owner Jack Ruby - the nearby crowd cheered Jack on, and Oswald died in the same hospital where Kennedy was pronounced dead two days earlier.

[@Kuekeue]

@@andrewlance3898Kennedy killer is still alive… because the CIA killed him

[@Leseman-h9m]

Bro John f kenddys and Abraham Lincoln’s was mind blowing 🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@hiyohiy]

ha ha... so funny

[@Thommy2n]

If you haven’t yet, I would love for you to do a segment centered around JFK and his infamous caregiver nicknamed “Dr. Feelgood” Who essentially kept the chronically in pain Kennedy hopped up on amphetamines 24/7, and used that executive connection to become the celebrity MD of his time.

[@AshKay131]

Second video in a row you have mentioned what I’m currently learning in school for psychology. Thanks for reiterating the facts!

[@brennanherring9059]

Broke: Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy Woke: The CIA shot Kennedy Bespoke: Nobody shot Kennedy, his head just did that.

[@midoriya-shonen]

This is such an interesting video! I would love to see more historical medical takes like this :)

[@erinhowett3630]

I have Addison's Disease, and the interesting thing about Kennedy's case was that we couldn't really treat the source of Addison's yet. They could only treat his symptoms. His life would have been pain and suffering every day.

[@noahroangoldwing]

It most likely was. But he still did his best to serve his country, first in the navy, then as a politician

[@g.b569]

The fact that Jimmy Carter is still around is pretty amazing

[@deadman_inc63]

Even tho he was born in 1924

[@g.b569]

@president473 He is still alive, but he is in hospice, meaning he will likely pass soon

[@IsmailofeRegime]

@@g.b569 He's hanging on.

[@micahrohrer8838]

Who is here after Trump’s assassination. Btw he didn’t die

[@jamesrocket5616]

Me, he survived

[@Luigiluigi945]

Hi