New exhibit commemorates fight to save President Garfield

A new exhibit at the National Museum of Health and Medicine commemorates [the struggle to save Garfiel'd life] 125 years ago. Open through Sept. 19, the anniversary of Garfield's death, the show features contemporary images and descriptions of the effort to save the president's life. The museum is a component of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

The display's centerpiece: the 12th thoracic and first and second lumbar vertebrae of the 20th president. A red probe shows the path the bullet took through Garfield's back, although it missed the spinal cord after glancing off a rib.