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Health and Medical History of President William McKinleyPresident #25: 1897-1901
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"Mrs. McKinley -- Be careful, Courtelyou, how you tell her. Oh, be careful." 1a |
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Boller
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says:
McKinley had a remarkable memory for faces and names... Once, while waiting for ceremonies to begin at the dedication of a monument at the Antietam battlefield, he walked over to the edge of the platform and called down to an old veteran in blue, "Hello, comrade, I saw you in the crowd at Gettysburg last month when I spoke there, didn't I?" Astonished, the veteran exclaimed, "Yes, but how did you recognize me?" Queried about his memory afterward, McKinley shrugged it off: "Oh, I don't know, it just comes naturally." |
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McKinley was 5 feet 7 inches tall, shorter than the average man. He was ridiculed as a "little
boy" when he ran for President in 1896
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Comment:
This is a clear illustration that politics always has been, and always will be, a nasty business.
McKinley's manhood should not have been open to challenge, given that he enlisted in the Army
at age 17, just weeks after the Civil War began at Ft. Sumter, and that he served in the
field virtually the entire war, including the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Winchester,
Cedar Creek, and countless others
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"At the beginning of the next season [1899?] a New Year's reception was held. After that
the President was taken sick with the grip [sic], and consequently all the receptions and dinner
parties were over for that season."
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McKinley was shot twice at close range on Sept. 6, 1901. One bullet bounced harmless off
his sternum and did not enter his body
1b.
The other entered the left upper quadrant of his abdomen, piercing the front and back
walls of the stomach
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He underwent surgery within hours. He survived
the operation, but died on the ninth post-operative day. Both his post-operative course
MORE
7a
and his autopsy
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7b
have been meticulously documented
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There was intense controversy about McKinley's medical care
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Some thought that McKinley could have been saved had renowned surgeon Roswell Park performed
the operation
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More recent commentators believe, however, that McKinley died from pancreatic necrosis, a condition
which is still difficult to treat today, and which the surgeons of McKinley's time could not
have treated or prevented
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McKinley's handshake was famous. To save wear and tear on his right hand at receptions, the President developed what came to be called the "McKinley grip." In receiving lines, he would smile as a man came by, take his right hand and squeeze it warmly before his own hand got caught in a hard grip, hold the man's elbow with his left hand, and then swiftly pull him along and be ready to beam on the next guest. MOREPendel says 6b: "The President always took great delight in shaking hands with the people. He told one of the officials at the White House that he took more delight in shaking hands with the people than he did at one of the state dinners. It seemed to be a great gratification to him to meet the masses of the people."
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a p.60 b p. xii c p.77
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a p.189 b p.188 c pp.189-190
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a pp.114-121
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a pp.156-157 b p.160 c p.166 d p.161
Comment: Pendel was door-keeper at the White House from the time of Lincoln to the time of Theodore Roosevelt. Full text is available on-line at loc.gov. It is a rather dry book, and reads as if it were written by an old man. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?lhbcbbib:1:./temp/~~ammem_rEou::
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a pp.51-70 b pp.71-82 c pp.454-461
Comment: Dr. Rixey was the White House physician for both William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
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a pp.28, 382
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