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the secret yacht

the secret yacht
Which president made a secret operation aboard a yacht to remove a cancerous part of his jaw?

A). Franklin D. Roosevelt. B). Grover Cleveland. C). John F. Kennedy.

Final Answer: B Grover Cleveland July 1, 1893, President Grover Cleveland observed a rough spot on the roof of his mouth. It was cancer, precipitating one of the most famous incidents diagnosed in the history of medicine presidential elections. Finally, July 1 has been the President a risky operation aboard his yacht. A left side of the jaw Cleveland been removed and a small part of his soft palate. On his insistence, his illness and operation kept secret from the public, press, government and vice-president. A second operation was less risky to board the yacht, 17 conducted in July. He was later with a prosthesis in vulcanized rubber, it was up his death, June 24, 1908 equipped. The disease did not become publicly known until an article was published 22. September 1917 in the Saturday Evening Post, came from William W. Keen, written during the operation.

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