Medical History of U.S. Presidents

George Washington · John Adams · Thomas Jefferson · James Madison · James Monroe · John Q. Adams · Andrew Jackson · Martin van Buren · William Harrison · John Tyler · James Polk · Zachary Taylor · Millard Fillmore · Franklin Pierce · James Buchanan · Abraham Lincoln · Andrew Johnson · Ulysses Grant · Rutherford Hayes · James Garfield · Chester Arthur · Grover Cleveland · Benjamin Harrison · William McKinley · Theodore Roosevelt · William Taft · Woodrow Wilson · Warren Harding · Calvin Coolidge · Herbert Hoover · Franklin Roosevelt · Harry Truman · Dwight Eisenhower · John Kennedy · Lyndon Johnson · Richard Nixon · Gerald Ford · James Carter · Ronald Reagan · George Bush · William Clinton · George W. Bush · Barack Obama · Donald Trump

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Washington, George

1

multiple serious infections	malaria	smallpox	tuberculosis	diphtheria	muscular	height	recurrent dysentery	"gloomy apprehensions"	quinsy	sterile	"Stallion"	snored	presbyopia	deafness	pneumonia	skin lesion	teeth	epiglottitis, doctors	proposed reanimation

2

small, but muscular	breakfast beer	respiratory infection	smallpox inoculation	healthy youth	baldness	depression	diet, heartburn, purging	seasickness	smoked and chewed	somatization	somatization #2	erratic	maybe hyperthyroid	liked alcohol	boils	snored	tremor	poor vision	no teeth, lisped	rheumatism	old age

Jefferson, Thomas

3

severe headaches	smallpox inoculation	arm fracture	right wrist fracture	dysentery	back injury	depression	jaw infection	reading glasses	rheumatism and constipation	buttock boils	wrist and arm fracture	weakening	hearing loss	prostatic enlargement	teeth	Asperger Syndrome?	sleep	slaves	timing

4

small	infection fears	"ill"	functional disorders	epilepsy?	frostbite	chronic cholecystitis	arthritis	aging	infirm	faded away

5

tall and broad	gunshot wound	recurrent malaria	unknown	fever	seizure	general decline	wrist injury	?tuberculosis

6

inbred	baldness	snored	stroke	stroke

Jackson, Andrew

7

slobbering	head and left hand	smallpox	depression	beanpole	chest bullet	left arm and shoulder	malaria	dysentery	bullet removal	diarrhea	addicted?	dropsy

van Buren, Martin

8

short, trim, and vain	heavy drinker	bald and short	snored	colds, etc.	"influenza"	nervous indigestion	gout	asthma	circulatory failure

Harrison, William

9

teetotaler	ulcer?	stress?	pneumonia

10

thin	symmetric paralysis	dysentery	frequent colds	general ills	stroke

11

hand shaking	cholera

Taylor, Zachary

12

yellow fever	dysentery	malaria #1	chewed tobacco	like a barrel	nearsighted	double vision	malaria #2?	malaria #3	fever	cholera?	tired and haggard	typhoid?	poisoned?

Fillmore, Millard

13

nondrinker	nonsmoker	snored

Pierce, Franklin

14

horse injury	train accident	snored	depression	alcoholic	tuberculosis

Buchanan, James

15

eye defect	eye twitch	serious drinking	snored	dysentery #1	dysentery #2	beaten?

Lincoln, Abraham

16

Introduction	MEN 2B	not color blind	near-drowning	concussion	clubbed in head	axe cut	malaria - 1830	frostbitten feet	malaria - 1835	syphilis	blood type A	marfanoid habitus	pectus excavatum	pseudo-depression	vertical strabismus	presbyopia	jaw fracture	penetrating voice	swollen feet	scarlet fever?	domestic violence	asymmetries	premature aging	face, neck, beard	corns	constipation	food poisoning	dentist phobia	cancer	Willie's death	pulsations	smallpox	strong	receding hairline	gas leak	upset stomach	assassination & resuscitation

Johnson, Andrew

17

big head and chest	typhoid fever	not a drunkard	kidney stones	snored	stroke

18

complexity aversion	abuse?	snored	throat cancer

Hayes, Rutherford

19

poison ivy	snored

Garfield, James

20

writing	"ague"	bad cold	anal fissure	"weak stomach"	height & weight	assassination	rectal feeding	abdominal cramping	foot pain	infarct	malpractice

Arthur, Chester

21

trim as youth	lavish lifestyle	abdominal troubles	Bright's disease	malaria?	cardiovascular disease	mental changes	snored	heart failure	cerebral hemorrhage

Cleveland, Grover

22 & 24

leg laceration	obesity	typhoid fever	liked beer	cigars	temper	daughter	jaw cancer	hearing loss	early nephritis	sleep apnea risk	gout	diphtheria prophylaxis	mental state

Harrison, Benjamin

23

shape	cigar smoker	food poisoning	scarlet fever	hand irritation	pale?	breakdown #1	breakdown #2	breakdown #3?	poor stamina	a cold and toothache	wife's death	pneumonia

McKinley, William

25

memory	height	cried in office	the grippe	assassination

Roosevelt, Theodore

26

asthma	myopia	polo unconsciousness	bleeding tendency	tiring campaign	shot at	snored	obese?	blind in one eye	otitis media & thigh abscess	deaf in left ear	trouble sleeping	chief characteristics	? infection	died in his sleep

27

wagon accident	sunburn	typhoid fever	severe obesity	generally abstained	perineal abscess	food poisoning #1	food poisoning #2	heartburn	voice strain #1	sleep apnea	cold	bug injures eye	wife's stroke	horse fall	lumbago	gout	cold	strong	voice strain #2	car accidents	hypertension	pink eye	motion sick	headache/ TMJ	bald spot sunburn	cold	mosquito netting	constipation?	minor trauma	cried in office	writers' ache	digestive ill	car accident	atrial fibrillation	"internal inflammation"	prostate	achy knee	mental decline	wearing out

Wilson, Woodrow

28

late reader	eye twitches	eyeglasses habit	atherosclerosis	terrible teeth	stroke #1	stroke #2	stroke #3	cerebro-vascular events #4,5,6	cerebro-vascular events #7,8	cold	hypertensive headaches?	pre-stroke	stroke	sanity?	complicity	appearance

Harding, Warren

29

race	nervous breakdowns?	mumps orchitis	minor ails	aphasia?	mastoid surgery	sterile? no	hypertension + diabetes	tobacco habits	suspected heart disease	mental inadequacy	signs of heart disease	influenza?	infarct

Coolidge, Calvin

30

much sleep	depression

Hoover, Herbert

31

croup	childhood ills	snored	healthy	handshake problems	gall bladder	shingles	intestinal cancer	deaf and nearly blind	GI hemorrhage

Roosevelt, Franklin

32

polio	alcohol intake?	snored	hypertension	anemia from hemorrhoids	melanoma?	GI problem	hypertensive cardiomyopathy	minor ails	cosmetic surgery?	cholecystitis	weight loss	angina during speech?	clubbing	hemorrhage	cover-up?	embalming

33

diphtheria	farsightedness	childhood accidents	car accident	stress headaches	WW1: horse fall	sore throat	cardiac asthma	smallpox vaccine	stress	intestinal flu	gall bladder	medication allergy	hernia operation	bathroom fall	slowing down	heart failure

Eisenhower, Dwight

34

appendectomy	"melanoma"	chimney, then quit	arthritis	Crohn disease	infarct	post-infarct mental state	bowel obstruction	deciding to operate	deciding to run again	stroke	cholecystectomy	4 infarcts, 14 arrests	intestinal obstructions	prostatic hypertrophy	balloon pump	cardiac decompensation

35

a mess	scarlet fever	measles	jaundice	sports injuries	minor childhood ills	sickly child	reading glasses in youth	colitis	height and weight	blood type AB+ (?)	pernicious anemia (?)	hypothyroidism	gonadal function	steroid complications	?sexually transmitted disease	back	coral wound	malaria? and green skin	cigars	campaign exhaustion	fatigue or hypersomnolence	Addison disease	moon facies	year-round tan	celiac disease?	libido	invasion diarrhea and UTI	post-invasion depression	psycho-active poly-pharmacy	head movement	resuscitated?	three last rites

Johnson, Lyndon

36

height	infarct #1	ER angina	type A personality	daily naps	cholecystectomy	sudden death

37

1960 debate	phlebitis	smoked pipe	psychology	psychology	eye blinking	despondent	clot and pulmonary embolism	chronically ill	phenytoin use?	stroke

38

unnecessary appendectomy	stutter	sold his blood	weak knees	shoulder dislocation	pipe smoker	skimped on sleep	"clumsy"	swine flu immunization	voice strain	election-loss blues	facial aging	weight	his routine	knee replacements	tore ankle ligament	food sensitivities	tongue abscess	stroke	dizziness in heat	"horrible cold"	pneumonia	shortness of breath	pacemaker, coronary angioplasty	hospitalization for tests	undisclosed cause

39

pancreatic cancer	height	"runner's high"	tear gas eye irritation	hemorrhoids

40

birth & childhood	severely nearsighted	pneumonia	femur fracture	quit smoking	prostate stones	severe cold	TMJ degeneration	thumb arthritis	drank little	chronic hay fever	general health	height	blood type O-positive	shot	hearing aids	dyed hair	exercised	colon cancer	colonic polyps	skin cancer	chainsaw laceration	prostate enlargement	gastroenteritis	Alzheimer harbingers	Alzheimer disease	adhesions	bleed	hip fracture	pneumonia

41

staph infection	forehead gash	bleeding ulcers	fitness enthusiast	height	blood type O-positive	eye blinking	physical exams	arthritis	mucoid cyst	mild glaucoma	eye sty	dyed hair	atrial fib	Graves disease	depression?	conjugal Graves	Japan puke	stops Halcion	stress	actinic keratoses	actinic keratoses

Clinton, William

42

tonsillectomy	near drowning	GE reflux	rectal bleeding	strained knee ligament	cardiac risk	height & weight	hearing aids	vocal cords	allergic rhinitis	refused anthrax vaccine	counseling	torn knee tendon	cyst removed	nose lesion removed	genital morphology	basal cell carcinoma	acne rosacea	coronary bypass	decortication surgery

Bush, George W.

43

tonsillectomy	appendectomy	"fatty cyst"	back surgery	hemorrhoid	flight physical	many fillings	blood type O	alcohol abuse	cocaine use	tobacco chewing	colonic polyps	escape dive	physically fit	actinic keratoses	height & weight	cigars	facial lesions	syncope	colonic polyps	smallpox vaccine	Segway fall	torn meniscus	ear lobe creases and ?hair	cancelled physical	debate medicine	internet hoaxes	bicycle falls	jaw mannerism	coronary stent

44

childhood infections	infectious exposures	minor childhood travails	forearm laceration	cigarettes	drug use	traveler's diarrhea	snores?	head cold	physician's letter 2008	exercises	height & weight

45

Introduction	Medical data	family history: good and bad	appendectomy	hay fever	no heel spurs	birthmarks	height, weight, and obesity	substance avoidance	fear of sexually transmitted disease	small hands	orange skin; tanning	rosacea	physical fears	debate cold	stamina	exhaustion	hair anomalies	diet	presbyopia	no dentures	circus-like physicals	coronary artery disease	vascular prevention	genital morphology	sleep, schedule, and somnolence	frequent doctor contact	unexpected weekend hospital consultation	"Germaphobe"	mental status