Why didn’t Alexander G. Bell’s metal detector device find a bullet lodged in President James Garfield’s body?

Bell invented so many devices...did not know about this one.

Neither did I - learn something new every day! Sometimes many, many things!!

Nova Scotia Canada has a museum where Bell spent many summers. Interesting!

Player #21035860, I very recently commented on a different Bell question stating that he also invented the Diving Bell and the decibel system. I was a corporate instructor for new hires at AT&T and told them of his many inventions. Somehow, this one eluded me.

Rey, he should have been left alone. Dirty hands digging around inside him... he'd have lived if not for that. The bullet was in a spot where it would've stayed benign.

RushMama2112, yes! The Garfield bio I read said it was actually the doctors that killed him. He could have survived with the bullet intact.

The more correct answer is he was using what is basically an electro magnet to look for a lead bullet.

Poor Garfield! May he rest in peace!

I recently had a suspected heart attack and called an ambulance. when they did the first ECG reading, it went haywire and that was because we had remote controlled electric beds. They asked me to unplug the bed and after I did, it gave a regular heartbeat. who would have thought