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Secret Surgery on the Oneida
- When
- July 1893
- Where
- Yacht Oneida
A team led by Keen and Bryant secretly removed a cancerous jaw tumor from President Cleveland aboard the yacht Oneida in July 1893.
The operation took place on Elias Cornelius Benedict's yacht Oneida. Dr. Joseph D. Bryant and Dr. William Williams Keen were key participants. The surgery addressed a cancerous growth on the roof of Cleveland's mouth, which had been noted earlier in the year.
Sources
- William Williams Keen Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-18
- Joseph D. Bryant Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-05
- Grover Cleveland Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-08
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