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	Presidential Physician: Anson G. Henry

Presidents

Abraham Lincoln

- Before presidency: physician

Notes

• Henry evaluated Lincoln's mental state after the broken engagement between Lincoln and Mary Todd in January 1841 [Bumgarner].
 

• Henry, whose office was next to Lincoln's in Springfield, is described as a friend of Lincoln [Gary]. Dr. William Wallace had an office on the first floor [Gary].

References

1. Bumgarner, John R. The Health of the Presidents. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1994; 92.
 

2. Gary, Ralph. Following Lincoln's Footsteps. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2001; 149.
 

3. "Dr. Anson G. Henry," Harry E. Pratt, Lincoln Herald. October 1943. [cited by Gary, p. 426]