Grover Cleveland's Secret Surgery
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- In the midst of the crisis of 1893, newly reelected president Grover Cleveland found a lump in his cheek. Efforts to conceal the illness raised questions about the executive's right to privacy and the people's right to know the health of their leader. It is history that deserves to be remembered.
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Having had a brain tumor removed about 4 month ago. All I can do is take my hat off to all the medical professionals over the years dedicated to what they do, to make us better.
Thank you.
My right hippocampus was removed 9 years and 2 months ago. I was in 8th grade. I know exactly how you feel.
Be sure to pay attention to your head. Over time you will learn the signs before you feel like crap. Sudden environmental changes (like lightning storms) can cause some migraines. For me, staying in a dark area helps that I a lot.
Beautifully said. Kudos. 💕🐝
@@BuzzinVideography you poor thing. ❤️☮️♾️🕊️
President Cleveland must have been one tough guy to cope with that sort of operation and recovery.
You mean back when men were MEN!!! Not the Tommie toothache tea bags we have NOW!!!
Back then you would never say "man up", they were taught that from early childhood. Ever read a Western? There were men who were seriously shot yet they say he was hit by a bullet and it was a minor injury!?! I guess as long as you were above ground it was a minor injury! They also didn't understand about how infections factored into people living or dying.
I doubt Grover was a toxic male. He would've slapped the stuffing out of those "man up" tools.
He was tough as nails
I wish I had had a history instructor like you...might have changed my major :)
I remember hearing about this a few years ago - one of the first examples of proper sterilization prior to surgery - and likely one of the reasons they were able to remove so much of his jaw and teeth, and have him recover well.
Electrocauterization is still widely used today. Not only does it stop blood loss, it kills infection.
No stay at a hospital with open wounds and infections. Isolation was a key. That is pretty cool.
My teenage son and I love these memorable stories. Thanks for your hard work. Keep it coming.
My love of history really started with my 5th grade teacher Mr. Jon Job, World War 2 vet and teacher par excellance. The mix of his own tales from the battles of the Pacific theater with details in no history book. "We would brush our teeth with cigarette ashes!" and his telling of American history with the pride of someone who actually followed in the tradition of David Farragut and 'Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead!' told in a West Texas growl and a slap of his yardstick on his desk began a fierce love in my heart for my country and it's penchant to raise heroes some in my very own family a quiet s they kept it. Thanks for your work. it is immensely valuable.
Imagine a time when journalists cared about their reputation, now that's history that deserves to be remembered.
The shift to news-for-profit and 24 hour news channels (among other things) has caused a major drop in the quality of our news coverage. I wouldn't start a journalism career for anything these days.
Keep in mind that Mr. Edwards was reporting during a notorious period of yellow journalism. His character sounds a bit rare, even for that time.
William Randolph Hearst pushed for war and the term Yellow Journalism wasn't coined post CNN.
Corporations… when competition ends capitalism gets twisted
Tom Servo
Excellent example!
There is something the government can do besides security and property deeds: forcing morality in services which are imperative for humanity.
Running water, communications perhaps, but mostly enforcing the morality of who owns the news.
Alcohol companies should never own news media, for example.
But I digress: government is perhaps worse… worse than seeking to make more cash by selling lies.
This is just a mental exercise… what's worse
Cleveland is my 2nd favorite president after Calvin Coolidge. Thank God he survived. The panic of 1893 was largely caused by fear that the United States was going to insist that creditors holding notes or bonds promising payment in gold be required to accept silver with a legally fixed valuation of 15 ounces to 1 ounce of gold. That was insane as silver's true value was closer to 35 ounces to one of gold. Foreign creditors rightly warned they would treat such an act as a default on the national debt.
And it points out one of the glaring weaknesses of bimetalism-as soon as the valuation between the two changes at all, it can precipitate a run on whichever of the metals is undervalued.
If Jefferson and Hamilton couldn't make it work right in the 18th century, it wasn't ever going to be a workable system.
True.
THG, your channel has almost a half million subs. Just amazing that I joined spring of 2018 when you had 13,000. Your channel is absolutely my favorite and I look forward to every piece of history that DESERVES TO BE REMEMBERED.
I was a political science major and editorial cartoonist for several years but I had never heard this story. Fascinating, especially to see the parallels in today's field of journalism. Would love to see you do a segment on the Hayes-Tilden election of 1876 and the "secret deals" it produced.
What a wonderful service you do with the reports. Thank you so much for your efforts at preseving history during this time when so many want to revise it.
Mr. History Guy, you really are something. There's no such thing as a bad presentation with you and research team. Fantastic! Thumbs-Up.
If I would have had you as a history teacher in my school years, I would have done much better and would have learned the value of history earlier in life. Thanks!
Thanks fo rnot showing an image of the tumor Hisotry Guy. So nice that the reporter was finally vindicated but sad that his career was ruined for so long.
I don't find it sad at all. The story was kept secret for the good of the country and he didn't care a whit.
@@painmagnet1 He didn't care about his career and reputation being trashed, being called 'fake news' is a pretty strong accusation. I disagree about it being good for the country; truth is always better than lies and there was no national security issue at risk.
Why do I think "Grover Cleveland's Tumor" would be a hell of a band name?
Either that or “Miraculous Carcinoma”!
😆 lol
A remarkable book I read many years ago was "Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything & Everybody."
Going to a doctor in 1900 gave you about a 50-50 chance. Some doctors still refused to wash before and after dealing with patients, despite the work of Lister and Pasteur. McKinley's gunshot was survivable, but the many doctors would open the wound, contaminating it, giving him septicemia and leading to a slow and painful death. That Cleveland survived is quite remarkable
Thank you History Guy....I look forward to your videos very much..
The issue of the health of heads of state is extremely important, specially in times of upheaval. There are plenty of stories like this one.
U sir, are the best at presenting history. I hang on your every word. U have a tremendous gift to share. And i thank u for doing so
I like how you chuckled when mentioning wanting to see the tumor.
It sounds goofy, but next time I am in Philly I'll probably go see it.
Mrs. & Mr. History Guy, thank you one again for a superior effort to educate us. This is a great piece of American history we would not have found anywhere else!
One of your best episodes. I saw a TV program about this 30 or more years ago, but I think even today the story is not widely known.
Did not know this story. Thank you for sharing this bit of history.
Truly History That Deserves to be Remembered. Thank you for the education and Welcome Home Sir.
It is most indeed remarkable the physicians were able to perform the surgery as successfully as they had in comparison to today's standards...and on a ship without any stabilizers, too!
Actually technical skills were quite remarkable then. Many would stand up very well today.
Man, I LOVE this channel. Great work!
Absolutely fascinating. Top notch channel. My new favorite.
Those tools shown at 5:35 look like something you would use for woodworking, let alone surgery.
@John Hobson - Those tools remind me of the old nickname for doctors: sawbones.
Just thank your Endodontist the next time you have to go in. Hope you don’t have to.
History Guy you're humble and loveable! Exceptional and professional your presentations are. Keep it up man!
Please.... "humble and loveable". That's the description of Shoeshine Boy, aka UnderDog.
reminds me of the many instances of this headline …
"Pravda reports the reason the Premier hasn't been seen in public is that he has the flu."
Do you know, what "Pravda" means? Truth. It's like naming a newspaper after something you lack, such as UK's tabloid "The Sun".
indeed … the irony had always been noted at such occasions of international news =)
It was the longest case of the flu ever.
Thanks for a most outstanding video. Your content and presentation are great !!
Where shall we do this risky and somewhat experimental surgery on the president?
On a boat?
...Sure.
"Can't we do this on a train, that we could arrange to go into a siding and no one would be any the wiser while we were there?"
"No."
JB1987 exactly!
@Duffy Bordeaux But then you're backed into a corner. "Say what happened to the president? Haven't seen him around in a while..."
It made sense as he could say he was going boating.
How about a lobotomy on Trump performed on the 19th hole at Mar-a-Largo: that would be the famous watering hole.
Great video, I love learning about historical surgeries, it's easy to find information on modern healthcare but I'm so fascinated by how surgery was done in the past it gives you a glimpse of what people understood about medicine at the time, you also learn about various procedures that work but are no longer used.
I might be a minority but I'd definitely love to see more videos on pioneer surgeons and operations
Its amazing, to think that the health of a president is so closely tied to the perceived health of a nation. The story of the fisher king comes to mind.
Great topic. Thanks for this one!
You are truly an actual HISTORIAN! Thank you!
Thank you for an interesting snippit in time. Well done 😅😊
Those of us current and retired admire the efforts of Grover Cleveland toward conservation on Public Lands. T. Roosevelt established the Cleveland National Forest in President Cleveland's honor in today's Orange, Riverside and San Diego Counties the legacy lives on. Clayton R. Howe, District Fire Management Officer (Ret.)
Good thing pirates didn't attack the boat during his surgery!
That would be a great story, though!
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Becasue don't all good stories involve pirates.
That couldn't have happened anyway, since pirate boat attacks were against the law.
I'm sure they had the forethought to have either a Coast Guard Cutter, or Naval frigate in close proximity of the presidents vessel at all times while he was aboard.
How do you know they didn't? Maybe they just kept that quiet too.
I would love to see a Harpe brothers video and one on the Yellow Fleet. I love all your videos. Best channel on RUclips!!
“Rheumatism in a short tooth” is a diagnosis we never hear these days.
Thank you so much for making one of my requests a reality! I knew there was more to talk about than just the secret removal of President Cleveland's tumor.
Another great example of diligence when researching history. Thanks History Guy.
History Guy, you astound by the depth and breadth of detail behind a story. I never knew the story of the covert surgery performed on Pres. Cleveland. Thank you.
The History Guy
Very well done Mister history man. Very interesting and enjoyable. I always like. Someday would you please take a moment and describe everything on the shelf behind you? The pictures and all the artifacts because I'm just a curious (Nosey) guy. Thanks.
Another fantastic, although more odd, bit of Ameircan history. Please, keep up the phenomenal work you do, kind sir!
I've read that modern doctors consider that operation as astonishing, considering it was done at sea with 1890s medical technology and it only took 90minutes and was a success.An operation like that would take a few to several hours today.
Loved this and would like to hear more hidden Presidential history!
This re-emphases this issue and the act that while Wilson was paralyzed, his wife acted on behalf of the president! Very good presentation. Look forward to your next one.
Here is my standard accolade... love your work....
And it should be mandatory viewing by all US citizens starting in elementary school and continued through end of life..
I drove to Philadelphia from Detroit for a spur of the moment road trip once. Had no plans and somehow found the Mütter Museum of medical oddities. Did not disappoint.
History Guy, you mention him by name in this clip. William Jennings Bryan is history that is worth being remembered. I love both these great men, Grover Cleveland, and William Bryan, and i frequently wonder how differently the nation and perhaps the world would have written it's history if either of these men had been able to express themselves as they intended. As Americans, we love the underdog. Bryan is one of those figures that never made it into the power forefront of our nation, but he for decades represented the best aspects of our conscience as a nation. And as conscience is quickly forgotten, William Jennings Bryan is also quickly forgotten. Please remember him in one of your You Tube videos.
Cleveland was so happy with the well-fitting prosthesis a dentist made for him, that he sent him a hand-written letter of gratitude.
Great stuff history guy the cool thing is I can listen to these while cleaning my house I have to go back to my watch later list and sometimes they pull them as private video that pisses me off but they pop back up later thank you for your service sir and your sacrifice🇺🇸⚓🦅📚
Wow. Incredible story.
You should do an episode on the Battle Off Sumar, specifically the actions of the USS Johnston, Samuel B Roberts, and the others who charged Japanese Battleships with destroyers. In Capt Evans of the Johnston last words, "This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."
If this isn't history that deserves to be remembered, nothing is.
@CommandoDude I'd disagree, I've only recently learned about it. There's not a ton of stuff out there on it.
A naval historian 'Drachinifel' has an excellent video on RUclips covering several of these destroyers mentioned. I highly recommend his channel.
@@roboticus71 yup, he does a great job. In fact that's the first place I saw stuff about this.
I’ve been doing research for a podcast I plan to start next year about the 1890s and I came across something interesting from an article in the New York Tribune on July 7, 1893, a few days after the surgery. This was just after the Oneida arrived at Grey Gables. A reporter with the United Press interviewed Bryant about the President’s condition and asked him point blank “Then Doctor, the report that he is suffering from a malignant or cancerous growth in the moth and that an operation was necessary and had been performed to relieve it, is not correct?” after Bryant claimed that Cleveland was suffering from rheumatism. Bryant responded by saying that “He is suffering from his teeth, that is all.”
So there were rumors even as far as a day after Cleveland arriving at Grey Gables that he had a tumor.
I've always loved History. From what episodes I've seen they are very well put together. Keep up the good work. I look forward to learning more history.
I never knew much about President Cleveland definitely knew nothing about this. Perhaps a series on the Presidents. Not political but historical. There have been 45 so far.
I'll pass on visiting the tumor. You're stories are greatly appreciated and you are very good at what you do. Thank you.
I read a lot of books about history, the Presidents and the First Ladies. This is one that I have not heard about. Don't know how I missed it. Thanks HG. Love you, your wife History Gal, and your cat. So sad HK passed away. People who love cats are special.
I had read the story of the secret surgery a couple of years ago and was amazed. But I must say you really brought the story to life. Having grown up on and sailed on Long Island Sound, I remain totally amazed at the skill of those surgeons... operating on a moving boat... though it was "calm," that word is relative when the sea is involved.
Once again I am wowed by a story of history. You have the best channel on RUclips in my opinion. Thanks
You are a true master! Thank you!
My great grandpa on my mom's side was named after Grover Cleveland.
So was 1 creature on sesame street
@Timothy McCaskey Grover Cleveland Winters
Eric Hutton I never knew Grover was such a good president. Thanks History Guy for all the good history.
My 5th great uncle on my dads side was grover cleaveland!
@@ninsfriend I am Grover Cleveland!
Grover Cleveland was a fisherman. He used to trout fish in Elk Co. Pa. A friend of mine bought an old hotel and bar in Medix Run, Pa. With the.purchase came old registers. One signed by himself. They had it researched and it was his signature.
Love this channel. Please can you make a video about 'The Vela Incident' ?
Good stuff teach... keep em coming
@The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
Kudos sir. I love watching your videos. You literally make history fun to learn.
I like the HG chuckle while advertising the tumor artifact in the museum. :)
:D The Mutter Museum is amazing and has some really awesome stuff. 10/10 would go again.
Just thought that the hurricane that hit Connecticut in 1938 would be a great subject. My GrandFather was an officer at Hammonasset state park in Connecticut. He told my Dad about a sailor that came out of the dark when his ship hit the Ct coast. Said the sailor was so big that my Grandfather thought that he was going to get beat up. katherine Hepburn was stuck in the middle of it too! She lived on the Connecticut coast until her death. The rest you will have to look up, but my Dad remembered it until Alzheimers took it away from him. Sincerely Douglas Terhune
Truth will always come forward in time.
Enjoying the journey back to the
past....Great Work.
GREAT story as usual
Great Job!
Thank you and welcome back
Good to be back!
I love you History Guy!
Thank you.
Can you imagine if journalists today were to say anything negative about the president? It would be unheard of!
It is every journalist's patriotic duty to criticize the President, unless said President happens to be a democrat.
@@muznick let me guess, you think Fox and Alex Jones have integrity?
@@tomservo5007 Guess again.
Awesome piece of history.
Thank you
Another interesting video! Love what you do here!
Fascinating episode. Keep 'em coming, please
Good stories; great concept.
I’ve been to the Mütter Museum. It’s a fascinating place as long as you enter with the mindset that it’s a museum for a medical college created in the 19th century... otherwise the sheer number of deformed fetuses in jars, preserved amputated limbs, and skinned corpses shellacked to preserve their appearance can be overwhelming. My wife and I made a beeline to the nearest movie theater and bought tickets to to whatever comedy what playing... It became so draining. I can’t even remember the movie... but I sure do remember the museum.
The Mutter is an amazing place. If you look into Mutter’s life, you will come to understand what an incredible man he was.
I absolutely love these videos...wish I had a history professor like you!
HG, here is something I think you would like to research: my hometown of Parkersburg West Virginia had a tragedy strike the town many years ago. There were two water towers on Quincy Hill that burst one morning and destroyed a bunch of homes. If I remember correctly it was caused by one of the water towers not being welded correctly. Interesting stuff. Thanks for all you do.
Or, even better! The history of Blennerhasset Island!!! Much history there! It's an island in the middle of the Ohio River. The Blennerhassett family build a mansion there. Mr. Blennerhassett was conspiring with Aaron Burr to revolt against the government. Neat stuff.
Great video as usual. Very informative.
Cool history story. I like the lava lamp too.
Love your interesting videos.
Thanks.
I was on Cleveland's side until they got to the part where he smeared the reporter. Whatever your initial intentions, you shouldn't hide your secrets by making others look bad, especially by lying about them.
Cleveland, himself, did not mislead the public. It was the way; protecting sitting presidents, long before and to the president today. In some way, understandable.
Oldesertguy- hmm i disagree 100% if a person wants privacy in certain matters he should have it!! No questions asked, these paparazzi idiots have nothing better to do but trying to come up on other people's hardships!! Yea real admirable!! NOT !! as far as im concerned the lil nosy busy body idiot got what he deserved!! & i don't care what you have to say!!
@@robinrodriguez480 why did you respond to my comment if you don't care what I have to say? My point is, whether the guy should have published the article or not, tarnishing someone's reputation by making them out to be a liar, when you know that is false, is not ethical nor moral. I never said the reporter was admirable, but neither were the people who made him out to be a liar. That is just my opinion, nothing more.
@@sharonmullins1957 , according to the History Guy, Cleveland recruited his friends to discredit the reporter, and never did anything to stop the smear campaign. He was probably a more honest man than most politicians, but I still think it was the wrong thing to do. All of us have done things we shouldn't, this is one of Cleveland's.
To Cleveland’s actions, he was probably looking at it as National Security to deny these “rumors”. Better to smear one reporter than his health destroy the nation. I agree with his decision. If a reporter wants to “rat” on the president, he has to be fine with the consequences.
Love this video series; and the history guy makes them so interesting; great commentary and style !!
Even though Cleveland got a lot of flak for doing it in secret it was the right thing to do especially given the context.
Older, but a still a good one!
I am currently living in a hotel that was built by the silver millionaires. Tearing out the walls looking for antiques would probably violate my lease, still tempting.
William Jennings Bryan born March 1860, Salem IL. I used to ask my Grandfather why the statue in town was covered in bird poop.
In late 1942 or early 1943 my father, Robert C. Lang III, CPT, US Army Infantry and a Recon Platoon Leader, was dispatched to the Fiji Islands as part of an advance unit of the 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment, 8th US Army. Besides training, he was detailed to interview two boat loads of US Army, Navy and Filipino soldiers who had rowed and sailed from the Philippine Islands with Japanese Order of Battle intelligence, intelligence on what the allied forced had done trying to protect the islands from the Japanese invaders, and who had been captured and killed, etc. He was told he could never tell anyone outside of his command unit what he had learned. He kept the secret up until close to the day he passed away. He stated he felt it was wrong to keep the information secret so long after the war. There were many men who had gone to great lengths to get the information into allied hands. Those men should have been honored for their valor and perseverance in the face of such hardships. He stated their journey was longer than Captain Bligh’s famous trip after the HMS Bounty was taken over by mutineers. I would be interested in knowing more about it. I feel the story should be told. Is there a chance this is something you could research and make a presentation on? If you need to contact me my email address is rcliv1949@gmail.com. Thank you. PS - I really like your presentations. Great way to learn more history.
-worries about dying in the middle of a risky surgery
-does it on a boat
OK
Excellent as usual
I came from Kleverland Nordrhein-Westfalen , West Germany, close to the dutch border. The former spelling is cleefland, which means in low franconian dialect cleef=cliff, because in Kleve (frm. Cleef) is a cliff.
@Yahya Abdallah - That is interesting nomenclature. It fits with the city of Cleveland in Ohio, USA, part of which is atop a cliff overlooking Lake Erie.
There is also a town in England called Cleveland.
@@shawngilliland243 incredible, in our town it's almost the same, but there is no lake. You can see the Netherlands from the cliff, which gives our city the name.
@@minuteman4199 is there also a cliff to find? Maybe there are similarities, because of the same roots in old germanic languages, cliff, klef, cleef, klipp
I "googled" Cleveland, England, and it seems that there is definitely a cliff there.
www.bradtguides.com/destinations/british-isles/england/north-york-moors-yorkshire-wolds/eskdale-the-cleveland-coast.html
At 5 minutes 18 seconds Frances Cleveland's portrait flashes by. Her maiden name was Frances Folsom who, 2 years into Cleveland's 1st term, was wedded to him in the White House. She was the youngest First Lady & she delivered the couple's daughter "Baby Ruth" (which gave the name to the candy bar & had nothing to do with Babe Ruth the ball player) in the White House. Another "First & Only" event. Frances was my grand father's 2nd cousin, & one story that she told him, occurred when the couple was leaving the W. H. after Cleveland's first term ended, Cleveland told Harrison the new president,, "Don't change any of Frances' decorations, because we are coming back in four years."