On the 2nd of July, Charles J. Guiteau, a schizophrenic and paranoid lawyer with delusions of grandeur, fires four shots at the US president, James A. Garfield. Two of these hit the mark. Neverthless, they didn’t damage any vital organ.
The president is immediately taken to the hospital,where the doctors examined him, probing the wound and tried to extract the bullets with unwashed fingers.
The infection caused by this wrong practice costs to Garfield an internal abscess and pneumonia.
On 19th September, the President passed away.
So, yes. This is yet another reason to wash your hands properly….