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Pernicious anemia ruined Mary Lincoln's life and reputation. And, almost certainly, it got her husband killed.
Undeniably smart, savvy, and cultured, her unaccountable lapses of judgment as First Lady and widow made her one of the most controversial figures in American history.
But now the central mystery of her life has been solved... with science.
In this scholarly book, renowned Presidential medical historian John Sotos, MD examines the tell-tale clues in Mary Lincoln's turbulent life to arrive at a diagnosis -- pernicious anemia -- that explains her insanity, irritability, poor judgment, innumerable physical symptoms, and early death, while explaining how her personal tragedies intensified the disease. Mary Lincoln's faults were in her metabolism, not in her character.
Primarily a reference work, this book is a must-have for anyone with a deep interest in Mary Lincoln or in a tale of how history can be wrong for 150 years.
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The Mary Lincoln Mind-Body Sourcebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction 9 Overview 10 Parts of the Book 12 How the Book Came to Be 13 Mary Lincoln and Pernicious Anemia 15 Alternate Universe Speculations 20 Acknowledgements 22 Personal Histories 23 Lincoln, Mary Todd ......... First Lady............. 24 Mary's Ancestors ........... both branches.......... 128 Mary's Full Siblings ........Parkerbranch........... 131 Mary's Half Siblings ........Humphreys branch ...... 136 Special Topics -- Pernicious Anemia 141 Topic 1 -- PA: The Diagnosis 143 Topic 2 -- PA: Historical Addenda 163 Topic 3 -- PA: Diagnostic Addenda 196 Topic 4 -- PA: Bibliography 206 Special Topics -- Historical Compilations 218 Topic 5 -- Mary's Symptoms 220 Topic 6 -- Rage at City Point 251 Topic 7 -- The Insanity Trial 260 Topic 8 -- At the Asylum 267 Topic 9 -- Mary's End 274 Bibliography & Personae 289
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One of the Top Lincoln Books of the Year
"So compelling, revelatory, and well-written as to be a remarkable and truly recommendable reading experience."
-- American Heritage Magazine
"The most original -- and arguably the most astonishing -- book about Abraham Lincoln in decades... other Lincoln scholars [will] sit back after reading and think, I wish I had written that book."
-- Lincoln Herald Magazine
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The Physical Lincoln:
A Photo-Medical Solution to the Puzzle of Abraham Lincoln's Height, Face, Pseudo-Depression, and Imminent Cancer Death. by John G. Sotos, MD |
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If not assassinated, what would have been Abraham Lincoln's destiny?
Based on hundreds of eyewitness accounts of Lincoln and on all 130 surviving photographs of him,
The Physical Lincoln provides the surprising answer:
cancer would have killed Lincoln in less than a year.
In The Physical Lincoln, Dr. John Sotos, of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine,
shows how a master diagnostician would analyze Lincoln's hands, feet, lips, heart, and more,
to reach the inescapable conclusion that Lincoln and four members of his family
had a rare genetic cancer syndrome called MEN2B.
With over 200 illustrations and clear, engaging prose that high schoolers will grasp,
The Physical Lincoln is a captivating tour of Lincoln's body and a fascinating
Sherlock Holmes examination of
a fascinating man. It offers fundamental new insights
into Lincoln and brings you closer to him than ever before.
A must-read for history enthusiasts, it is also
the perfect book to stimulate a young person's interest in science and medicine.
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The essential all-in-one guide:The Physical Lincoln Complete |
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For scholars and Lincoln enthusiasts. Includes the full contents
of two separate books: The Physical Lincoln and The Physical Lincoln Sourcebook.
From more than 300 sources, the Sourcebook portion reprints 5900 physical and mental
observations about Lincoln and his family members. Each observation is fully referenced, and
organized to resemble a modern medical record.
In addition, family trees show Lincoln's ancestors and
descendants. Nine "Special Topics" thoroughly explore major Lincolnian health issues,
including his bout with smallpox, his gait, his shooting, and the possibility that he had
syphilis. And, for the first time, Mary Lincoln's puzzling litany of physical symptoms is tabulated.
This self-contained encyclopedia of all things physical about Abraham Lincoln and his family
is indispensible to anyone truly seeking to understand Lincoln the man.
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The things I want to know is in books.
My best friend is the man who'll git me one. |
-- Lincoln, about age 10 |
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