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Medical History of the
Presidents of the United States

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George Washington · John Adams · Thomas Jefferson · James Madison · James Monroe · John Q. Adams · Andrew Jackson · Martin van Buren · William Harrison · John Tyler · James Polk · Zachary Taylor · Millard Fillmore · Franklin Pierce · James Buchanan · Abraham Lincoln · Andrew Johnson · Ulysses Grant · Rutherford Hayes · James Garfield · Chester Arthur · Grover Cleveland · Benjamin Harrison · William McKinley · Theodore Roosevelt · William Taft · Woodrow Wilson · Warren Harding · Calvin Coolidge · Herbert Hoover · Franklin Roosevelt · Harry Truman · Dwight Eisenhower · John Kennedy · Lyndon Johnson · Richard Nixon · Gerald Ford · James Carter · Ronald Reagan · George Bush · William Clinton · George W. Bush · Barack Obama · [Cheney] · McCain
1 --
Washington,
George		 multiple serious infections malaria smallpox tuberculosis diphtheria height dysentery "gloomy apprehensions" quinsy sterile "Stallion" snored presbyopia deafness pneumonia skin lesion teeth Death:
epiglottitis, doctors		 Death:
proposed reanimation
2
Adams,
John		 small, but muscular breakfast beer respiratory infection smallpox inoculation healthy youth baldness depression diet, heartburn, purging seasickness smoked and chewed somatization somatization #2 erratic maybe hyperthyroid liked alcohol boils snored tremor poor vision no teeth, lisped rheumatism Death:
old age
3
Jefferson,
Thomas		 severe headaches smallpox inoculation arm fracture right wrist fracture dysentery back injury depression jaw infection reading glasses rheumatism and constipation buttock boils wrist and arm fracture weakening hearing loss prostatic enlargement teeth Asperger Syndrome? sleep slaves Death:
timing
4 --
Madison,
James		 small functional disorders frostbite chronic cholecystitis arthritis aging Death:
faded away
5
Monroe,
James		 tall and broad gunshot wound recurrent malaria unknown fever seizure general decline wrist injury Death:
?tuberculosis
6 --
Adams,
John Q.		 inbred baldness snored stroke Death:
stroke
7 --
Jackson,
Andrew		 slobbering head and left hand smallpox depression beanpole chest bullet left arm and shoulder malaria dysentery bullet removal diarrhea addicted? Death:
dropsy
8
van Buren,
Martin		 short, trim, and vain heavy drinker bald and short snored colds, etc. "influenza" nervous indigestion gout asthma Death:
circulatory failure
9 --
Harrison,
William		 teetotaler ulcer? stress? Death:
pneumonia
10
Tyler,
John		 thin symmetric paralysis dysentery frequent colds general ills Death:
stroke
11 --
Polk,
James		 hand shaking Death:
cholera
12
Taylor,
Zachary		 yellow fever dysentery malaria #1 chewed tobacco like a barrel nearsighted double vision malaria #2? malaria #3 fever cholera? tired and haggard Death:
typhoid?		 poisoned?
13 --
Fillmore,
Millard		 nondrinker nonsmoker snored
14 --
Pierce,
Franklin		 horse injury train accident snored depression alcoholic tuberculosis
15 --
Buchanan,
James		 eye defect eye twitch serious drinking snored dysentery #1 dysentery #2 beaten?
16
Lincoln,
Abraham		 two apologies MEN 2B not color blind near-drowning concussion clubbed in head axe cut malaria - 1830 frostbitten feet malaria - 1835 syphilis blood type A marfanoid habitus pectus excavatum pseudo-depression vertical strabismus presbyopia jaw fracture penetrating voice swollen feet scarlet fever? domestic violence asymmetries premature aging face, neck, beard corns constipation food poisoning dentist phobia cancer Willie's death pulsations smallpox strong receding hairline gas leak upset stomach Death:
assassination & resuscitation
17 --
Johnson,
Andrew		 big head and chest typhoid fever not a drunkard snored
18 --
Grant,
Ulysses		 complexity aversion abuse? snored Death:
throat cancer
19 --
Hayes,
Rutherford		 poison ivy snored
20 --
Garfield,
James		 writing "ague" bad cold anal fissure "weak stomach" height & weight assassination rectal feeding abdominal cramping foot pain Death:
infarct		 malpractice
21
Arthur,
Chester		 trim as youth lavish lifestyle abdominal troubles Bright's disease malaria? cardiovascular disease mental changes snored heart failure Death:
cerebral hemorrhage
22 & 24 --
Cleveland,
Grover		 leg laceration obesity typhoid fever liked beer cigars temper daughter jaw cancer hearing loss early nephritis sleep apnea risk gout diphtheria prophylaxis Death:
mental state
23
Harrison,
Benjamin		 shape cigar smoker food poisoning scarlet fever hand irritation pale? breakdown #1 breakdown #2 breakdown #3? poor stamina a cold and toothache wife's death Death:
pneumonia
25 --
McKinley,
William		 memory height cried in office the grippe Death:
assassination
26 --
Roosevelt,
Theodore		 asthma myopia polo unconsciousness tiring campaign shot at snored obese? blind in one eye otitis media & thigh abscess deaf in left ear trouble sleeping chief characteristics ? infection Death:
died in his sleep
27
Taft,
William		 wagon accident sunburn typhoid fever severe obesity generally abstained perineal abscess food poisoning #1 food poisoning #2 heartburn voice strain #1 sleep apnea cold bug injures eye wife's stroke horse fall lumbago gout cold strong voice strain #2 car accidents hypertension pink eye motion sick headache/ TMJ bald spot sunburn cold mosquito netting constipation? minor trauma cried in office writers' ache digestive ill car accident atrial fibrillation "internal inflammation" prostate achy knee mental decline Death:
wearing out
28 --
Wilson,
Woodrow		 late reader eye twitches eyeglasses habit atherosclerosis terrible teeth stroke #1 stroke #2 stroke #3 cerebro-vascular events #4,5,6 cerebro-vascular events #7,8 cold hypertensive headaches? pre-stroke stroke sanity? complicity
29 --
Harding,
Warren		 race nervous breakdowns? mumps orchitis minor ails aphasia? mastoid surgery sterile? no hypertension + diabetes tobacco habits suspected heart disease signs of heart disease influenza? Death:
infarct
30 --
Coolidge,
Calvin		 much sleep depression
31
Hoover,
Herbert		 croup childhood ills snored healthy handshake problems gall bladder shingles intestinal cancer deaf and nearly blind Death:
GI hemorrhage
32 --
Roosevelt,
Franklin		 polio alcohol intake? snored hypertension anemia from hemorrhoids melanoma? GI problem hypertensive cardiomyopathy minor ails cosmetic surgery? cholecystitis weight loss angina during speech? clubbing Death:
hemorrhage		 cover-up? embalming
33
Truman,
Harry		 diphtheria farsightedness childhood accidents car accident stress headaches WW1: horse fall sore throat cardiac asthma smallpox vaccine stress intestinal flu gall bladder medication allergy hernia operation bathroom fall slowing down Death:
heart failure
34 --
Eisenhower,
Dwight		 appendectomy "melanoma" chimney, then quit arthritis Crohn disease infarct post-infarct mental state bowel obstruction deciding to operate deciding to run again stroke cholecystectomy 4 infarcts, 14 arrests intestinal obstructions prostatic hypertrophy balloon pump Death:
cardiac decompensation
35 --
Kennedy,
John		 a mess scarlet fever measles jaundice sports injuries minor childhood ills sickly child reading glasses in youth colitis height and weight blood type AB+ (?) pernicious anemia (?) hypothyroidism gonadal function steroid complications ?sexually transmitted disease back coral wound malaria? and green skin cigars campaign exhaustion fatigue or hypersomnolence Addison disease moon facies year-round tan celiac disease? libido invasion diarrhea and UTI post-invasion depression psycho-active poly-pharmacy head movement Death:
resuscitated?		 Death:
three last rites
36 --
Johnson,
Lyndon		 height infarct #1 ER angina type A personality cholecystectomy Death:
sudden death
37 --
Nixon,
Richard		 1960 debate phlebitis psychology eye blinking clot and pulmonary embolism chronically ill phenytoin use? Death:
stroke
38
Ford,
Gerald		 unnecessary appendectomy stutter weak knees pipe smoker clumsy swine flu immunization tongue abscess stroke dizziness in heat "horrible cold" pneumonia shortness of breath pacemaker, coronary angioplasty hospitalization for tests Death:
undisclosed cause
39 --
Carter,
James		 pancreatic cancer height "runner's high" tear gas eye irritation hemorrhoids
40
Reagan,
Ronald		 birth & childhood severely nearsighted pneumonia femur fracture quit smoking prostate stones severe cold TMJ degeneration thumb arthritis drank little chronic hay fever general health height blood type O-positive shot hearing aids dyed hair exercised colon cancer colonic polyps skin cancer prostate enlargement gastroenteritis adhesions bleed Alzheimer disease hip fracture Death:
pneumonia
41
Bush,
George		 staph infection forehead gash bleeding ulcers fitness enthusiast height blood type O-positive eye blinking physical exams arthritis mucoid cyst mild glaucoma eye sty dyed hair atrial fib Graves disease depression? conjugal Graves Japan puke stops Halcion stress actinic keratoses actinic keratoses
42
Clinton,
William		 tonsillectomy GE reflux rectal bleeding strained knee ligament cardiac risk height & weight hearing aids vocal cords allergic rhinitis refused anthrax vaccine counseling torn knee tendon cyst removed nose lesion removed basal cell carcinoma acne rosacea coronary bypass decortication surgery
43
Bush,
George W.		 tonsillectomy appendectomy "fatty cyst" back surgery hemorrhoid flight physical many fillings blood type O alcohol abuse cocaine use tobacco chewing colonic polyps escape dive physically fit actinic keratoses height & weight cigars facial lesions syncope colonic polyps smallpox vaccine Segway fall torn meniscus ear lobe creases and ?hair cancelled physical debate medicine internet hoaxes bicycle falls jaw mannerism
44
Obama,
Barack		 childhood infections infectious exposures minor childhood travails forearm laceration cigarettes drug use traveler's diarrhea snores? head cold physician's letter 2008 exercises height & weight
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