CT scan showing radiofrequency ablation of a liver lesion. RFA may be performed to treat tumors in the lung, liver, kidney, and bone, as well as other body organs less commonly. Once the diagnosis of tumor is confirmed, a needle-like RFA probe is placed inside the tumor.
After the completion of the iron staircase in the monument's interior, the Washington Monument was first accessible to the public in 1886, closed much of 1887 until it could be better protected from vandals, and reopened in 1888 with a public elevator.
First U.S. President George Washington dies. On this day in 1799, George Washington, the man described by fellow soldier and Virginian Henry Lee as âfirst in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymenâ dies at his Mount Vernon estate in Virginia.