Doctor Willard Bliss


Doctor Willard Bliss MD was an American physician and expert in ballistic trauma, who treated James A. Garfield after his mortal wounding from a gunshot in July 1881 until his death two and a half months later.

Bliss was born in Brutus, New York to Obediah Bliss and Marilla Pool . Blisss first and middle names were inspired by Dr Samuel Willard, a surgeon from New England. During his youth, the Bliss family lived in Savoy, Massachusetts. Bliss had one brother, Zenas .

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