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James Knox Polk’s Delicate Operation

In the early 19th century, any surgery was always dangerous. Young Polk Born in 1795 in North Carolina, James Knox Polk was the oldest of ten children born to a middle-class North Carolina family. They moved to Tennessee when Polk … Continue reading

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