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The President is somewhat restless…”: Enter Bell – Circulating Now from the NLM Historical Collections
Presidential Trivia on Twitter: "In 1881, Dr. Alexander Graham Bell used the metal detector he invented to search for the bullet in President Garfield. The device is now part of the Smithsonian's
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