Medical History of U.S. Presidents -- Infections

Medical History of U.S. Presidents - Infections

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President	Infections Issue	While in Office?
George Washington	multiple serious infections	-
George Washington	malaria	-
George Washington	smallpox	-
George Washington	tuberculosis	-
George Washington	diphtheria	-
George Washington	recurrent dysentery	-
George Washington	quinsy	-
George Washington	pneumonia	Yes
George Washington	epiglottitis, doctors	-
John Adams	respiratory infection	-
John Adams	smallpox inoculation	-
Thomas Jefferson	smallpox inoculation	-
Thomas Jefferson	dysentery	-
Thomas Jefferson	jaw infection	Yes
Thomas Jefferson	buttock boils	-
James Monroe	recurrent malaria	-
James Monroe	fever	Yes
Andrew Jackson	smallpox	-
Andrew Jackson	malaria	-
Andrew Jackson	dysentery	-
Martin van Buren	colds, etc.	-
Martin van Buren	"influenza"	-
William Harrison	pneumonia	Yes
John Tyler	frequent colds	-
James Polk	cholera	-
Zachary Taylor	yellow fever	-
Zachary Taylor	dysentery	-
Zachary Taylor	malaria #1	-
Zachary Taylor	malaria #2?	-
Zachary Taylor	malaria #3	-
Zachary Taylor	fever	-
Zachary Taylor	cholera?	Yes
Zachary Taylor	typhoid?	Yes
Franklin Pierce	tuberculosis	-
James Buchanan	dysentery #1	-
James Buchanan	dysentery #2	Yes
Abraham Lincoln	malaria - 1830	-
Abraham Lincoln	malaria - 1835	-
Abraham Lincoln	syphilis	-
Abraham Lincoln	scarlet fever?	-
Abraham Lincoln	food poisoning	Yes
Abraham Lincoln	smallpox	Yes
Andrew Johnson	typhoid fever	-
James Garfield	"ague"	-
James Garfield	bad cold	-
Chester Arthur	malaria?	Yes
Grover Cleveland	typhoid fever	-
Grover Cleveland	diphtheria prophylaxis	-
Benjamin Harrison	food poisoning	-
Benjamin Harrison	scarlet fever	-
Benjamin Harrison	a cold and toothache	Yes
Benjamin Harrison	pneumonia	-
William McKinley	the grippe	Yes
Theodore Roosevelt	otitis media & thigh abscess	-
Theodore Roosevelt	? infection	-
William Taft	typhoid fever	-
William Taft	perineal abscess	-
William Taft	food poisoning #1	-
William Taft	food poisoning #2	-
William Taft	cold	Yes
William Taft	cold	Yes
William Taft	pink eye	Yes
William Taft	cold	Yes
William Taft	mosquito netting	Yes
Woodrow Wilson	cold	Yes
Warren Harding	mumps orchitis	-
Herbert Hoover	croup	-
Herbert Hoover	childhood ills	-
Herbert Hoover	shingles	-
Herbert Hoover	GI hemorrhage	-
Harry Truman	diphtheria	-
Harry Truman	farsightedness	-
Harry Truman	sore throat	Yes
Harry Truman	smallpox vaccine	Yes
Harry Truman	intestinal flu	Yes
John Kennedy	scarlet fever	-
John Kennedy	measles	-
John Kennedy	reading glasses in youth	-
John Kennedy	?sexually transmitted disease	-
John Kennedy	malaria? and green skin	-
Richard Nixon	1960 debate	-
Gerald Ford	swine flu immunization	Yes
Gerald Ford	tongue abscess	-
Gerald Ford	"horrible cold"	-
Gerald Ford	pneumonia	-
Ronald Reagan	pneumonia	-
Ronald Reagan	severe cold	-
Ronald Reagan	pneumonia	-
George Bush	staph infection	-
William Clinton	refused anthrax vaccine	Yes
George W. Bush	smallpox vaccine	Yes
Barack Obama	childhood infections	-
Barack Obama	infectious exposures	-
Barack Obama	traveler's diarrhea	-
Barack Obama	head cold	-

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