Medical History of American Presidents

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This is cool!

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 03:16 (twenty-two years ago)

The picture on a November 2002 book's dust jacket clearly shows prominent creases in both of Bush's ear lobes [16]. Comment: The significance of ear lobe creases has been controversial. They were proposed as a marker for increased cardiovascular risk in the 1970s. Why ear lobe creases should be associated with arterial pathology has never been clearly explained; a tendency to "fibrosis" has been a common but unsatisfactory explanation. The multiple studies of ear lobe creases and cardiovascular disease have yielded conflicting results. Most physicians place little stock in the sign, but that does not mean it should be ignored, even in an aerobically fit man such as Bush.
The Time Magazine cover of Dec. 1, 2003 confirms the ear lobe crease on his right and suggests the presence of hair in the ear canal. The combination of and ear lobe crease and hair in the ear canal has been reported as more predictive of coronary artery disease than either alone [12] [13].

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 03:18 (twenty-two years ago)

During the smallpox epidemic of 1764 in Massachusetts, Adams, pressured by his mother [1b], decided to be inoculated. This was no small matter, as vaccination eventually became in the 20th century. Patients prepared themselves days ahead of time, and were often sick for weeks afterwards [2]. Comment: Inoculation is different from vaccination. Inoculation introduces smallpox virus into the recipient. Vaccination introduces vaccinia virus into the recipient. Vaccinia confers protection against smallpox infection, but with far fewer side effects, since it is a much less virulent virus. Edward Jenner, the inventor of vaccination, should be high on everyone's list of greatest-ever human beings.

Ultimately, Adams was inoculated and spent three weeks in the hospital, suffering headaches, backaches, kneeaches, gagging fever, and eruption of pock marks .

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 03:19 (twenty-two years ago)

this is fucking fascinating!

― mark cunningham (robotsinlove), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 03:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Mark -- have you met with the dude from the Int'l Museum of Surgical Science yet?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 06:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Reagan was a smoker, but quit [2a]. Comment: Easily quitting smoking can be one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer disease.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

six years pass...

alcoholic
"Pierce was an alcoholic, as everyone close to him was well aware; a fondness for drink was not something to hide in those times". At the end of his term, when asked what a President should do after leaving office, he sighed: "There's nothing left... but to get drunk"

could easily have been about George W.

― velko, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:48 (fifteen years ago)

traveler's diarrhea
Developed diarrhea while visiting Kenya, circa 1988. A relative gave him an herbal preparation as treatment. Obama did not report if it was effective.

― velko, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:49 (fifteen years ago)

"Reagan was a smoker, but quit [7a], supposedly after his brother developed cancer of the voice box [2]. Comment: Easily quitting smoking can be one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer disease."

uh wut?

― hobbes, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:24 (fifteen years ago)

rectal feeding
For some period after the shooting, Garfield was fed rectally. Comment: It would be interesting to know if this was an innovation at the time and whether, due to absorptive peculiarities of the rectum, this could have led to a deficiency state of any kind.

― velko, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:30 (fifteen years ago)

seven years pass...

Happy Presidents' Day! Two U.S. presidents accidentally killed themselves by drinking sewage. https://t.co/L9MTkJhM7v pic.twitter.com/WYagzbsXM5
— Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) February 18, 2018

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 16:02 (seven years ago)

make american presidents drink sewage again

― NEW CHIMP THREAT (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 16:03 (seven years ago)

While researching this article for Presidents' Day, I came across an 1874 contract between the D.C. Board of Health and the Odorless Excavating Apparatus Company https://t.co/L9MTkJhM7v pic.twitter.com/kjXufUt37a
— Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) February 18, 2018

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 16:08 (seven years ago)

a less accomplished internet smartass than i would surely have something facetious to say about washington literally being built on a pile of shit but i refuse to lower myself to such depths

― NEW CHIMP THREAT (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 16:14 (seven years ago)

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