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Health and Medical History of President Herbert HooverPresident #31: 1929-1933
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"A sound doctor must be opposed to exercise and in favor of tobacco." 1a |
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 croup |
Almost suffocated from croup at age 2. His Aunt Agnes wrote: "We all thought he was dead.
... The eyes of the infant were pressed closed with pennies; and a sheet was drawn over his
body; but after resuscitation by his uncle, John Minthorn, Herbert stirred to life."
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 childhood ills |
Hoover had several health problems as a child, including measles, mumps, diphtheria, earache,
and chicken pox. He badly burned a foot when he stepped, barefoot, on a hot iron in his father's
blacksmith shop. Another time, he almost chopped off his right index finger while playing with
a hatchet.
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 snored |
Reliability of this information is uncertain.
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 healthy |
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 handshake problems |
The annual White House reception, in which Hoover had to shake hands with thousands of visitors,
was a problem. His hand was at times so swollen that he could not write for days. Once he received
a bad cut from a diamond ring that was turned inward; the reception was abruptly halted.
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 gall bladder |
Hoover had a gall bladder attack in 1949 (age 75), which he described to reporters as "Much
ado about nothing." In 1958, while attending the Brussels World Fair, he developed abdominal
pain and was diagnosed with cholecystitis. His gall bladder was removed.
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shingles |
Shingles, while working with the Truman Commission (?1947).
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 intestinal cancer |
A malignant intestinal tumor was removed in his 88th year. Ten months later he had severe gastrointestinal
bleeding and seemed terminally ill. He improved. In early 1964, he was frail, but his mind
was clear and he maintained a great deal of correspondence.
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  deaf and nearly blind |
In his later he years he was "deaf and nearly blind."
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Hoover could use this to his advantage. In 1963 there were several celebratory events upon
the successful conclusion of NASA's Project Mercury... Finally there was another banquet, with a lot of speeches. Former president Herbert Hoover was there, sitting next to Walt Williams at the head table. When Jim Webb [the chief of NASA] got up to talk, I noticed Hoover whispering in Williams's ear. I asked about it later. "He asked who that was," Williams said. "When I told him Jim Webb, he turned his hearing aid off and asked me to poke him when Webb was finished." 3a |
 GI hemorrhage |
Gastrointestinal bleeding recurred in February 1964, and was complicated by pneumonia. He lingered
until October, when a severe gastrointestinal hemorrhage occurred. He refused to be hospitalized,
and died in a coma on October 20, 1964.
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a p.203 b p.201 c p.202 d p.204 e pp.201-202
Comment: Devotes one chapter to each President, through Clinton. Written for the layperson, well-referenced, with areas of speculation clearly identified, Dr. Zebra depends heavily on this book. Dr. Bumgarner survived the Bataan Death March and has written an unforgettable book casting a physician's eye on that experience.
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