Great Moments in Medicine, 1799

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Jan 8
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Mount Vernon, Alexandria, Virginia. Saturday, December 14th. After George Washington (February 22nd, 1732 -) slips this particular mortal coil, Capitol building architect, physician, and medical hobbyist William Thornton (May 20th, 1759 - March 28th, 1828) suggests that the body be thawed out before a fire, and, as bellows expand the lungs through a tracheotomy, a lamb's blood infusion would snap Washington out of his currently dead condition.

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