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Modern Medicine

President Garfield was shot
In the back. The bullet went deep.
The fingers of 10 doctors sought
To locate the slug, and still keep
The President alive. Alas,
No bullet was found, but instead,
Infection invaded in mass,
And throughout the body did spread.
A metal detector was used
By Alexander Graham Bell.
The President was not amused
When it found bed springs, but no shell.

It took over 2 months to die.
Garfield could only wonder why.