Was George Washington assasinated

Answer 1

No. Modern doctors believe that Washington died from either epiglottitis or, since he was bled as part of the treatment, a combination of shock from the loss of five pints of blood, as well as asphyxia and dehydration.

Answer 2

History record's show no evidence of G.W (George Washington) ever being assassinated. In fact, his popularity was so great among the colonies people cheered when he rode into places such as New York and Philadelphia.

Answer 3

There is no question that Washington suffered a sore throat. It started Dec. 13, 1799, the day after he had made a tour of his Mount Vernon, Va., estate in a freezing rain. But the took nothing for it, since, according to his secretary Tobias Lear, the general was always averse to nursing himself for minor complaints.

Early the following day Washington's throat worsened. Breathing became difficult and swallowing was painful. At daybreak, the estate overseer was summoned to bleed Washington. Bleeding was a common medical practice of the day, performed by lay persons as well as physicians.

The youngest of the medical trio proposed performing an immediate tracheostomy--cutting an opening in the throat to provide an emergency airway. It was a daring suggestion for that time. One of the other physicians seemed convinced but was persuaded by the third that the operation would be fatal. The only thing they could agree on was to bleed tfhe patienet for the third and fourth time.Washington was given a mixture of molasses, vinegar and butter, but he could not swallow it. Applications of poultices and soaking the feet were of no help. In the course of the day, three physicians were summoned to Mount Vernon. Their initial diagnosis was "inflammatory quinsy," and their only treatment was bleeding.

Despite his loss of blood, Washington insisted on sitting up. "Blisters" (beetles used to raise blisters) were applied to his legs, a "bran" (a poultice of bran and honey) to his throat. He almost choked to death leaning his head back to swallow medicine.