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Tragic Details Found In American President Autopsy Reports
« on: July 27, 2022, 07:46:06 pm »
Tragic Details Found In American President Autopsy Reports

Becki Robins - Yesterday 11:25 PM


The autopsy isn't quite as old as human history, but it's pretty old. According to Britannica, the Greek physician Galen of Pergamum was the first person to dissect a human — not just to learn about anatomy, but to learn more about how internal things might cause external symptoms. But not every culture loved the idea of cutting up a corpse, even if it was for science. It was taboo in Roman, Chinese, and Muslim nations, and it was outright banned during the Middle Ages.

By the early 1800s, however, cutting open the deceased to have a look around was becoming a basic medical thing, and people started to understand that it could help bring closure, especially in cases where a person's cause of death wasn't otherwise known. On the other hand, medical examiners didn't really become good at their jobs until much later, and the autopsy report didn't always tell the complete story.

Autopsies were never really a given, though, even after the death of someone as important as an American president. Warren G. Harding's death, for example, was quite sudden and (according to some) kinda suspicious, but his wife refused to allow an autopsy, prompting later speculation that she might have actually poisoned him (via PBS). It's almost certainly not true, but still, autopsy reports can reveal pretty awful and tragic medical truths. Here are some of the details found in the autopsies of other American presidents.

Zachary Taylor



Zachary Taylor was the 12th president of the United States and holds the dubious distinction of serving the third shortest presidential term in American history (William Henry Harrison gets first place, with only 31 days in office, via WorldAtlas). Taylor was in office for 16 months before he succumbed to ... cherries and milk. Or so the story goes. Taylor fell ill shortly after consuming the fruit and dairy and was sick for four days with gastroenteritis. According to History, his physicians declared he'd died of cholera.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/tragic-details-found-in-american-president-autopsy-reports/ar-AA100Nof?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8c88ee65af954eafadabc9c8372e9063
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