(SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING) Bell Alexander Graham Upon the Ele

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(SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.) Bell, Alexander Graham. Upon the Electrical Experiments to Determine the Location of the Bullet in the Body of the Late President Garfield. Numerous text illustrations. 58 pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers, small number tag on front wrapper, partial separation along from joint, otherwise minimal wear. Washington, 1882

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first edition. After the assassination attempt on President Garfield on 2 July 1881, Bell offered to help extract the bullet that was lodged in the President's back by means of an electro-magnetic device. By the time the device was ready for use, the President's physicians refused to allow it to be employed because of their patient's weakness. Bell's report on these efforts was read at an August 1882 scientific conference, and is here printed "with the Author's compliments . . . for private circulation." None others traced at auction.