March 3, 2023
QUESTION:
Alexander Graham Bell is most famous for inventing the telephone, but what other item did he also invent in an effort to save U.S. President James Garfield?
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ANSWER:
The metal detector.
After Garfield was shot in July 1881, his condition was made worse by doctors’ using their unsterilized hands to search for the bullet. As a result, Bell invented a rudimentary metal detector with the hope it would locate the bullet without the need for invasive procedures from doctors.