In this Book
- Lincoln and Medicine
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Southern Illinois University Press
- Series: Concise Lincoln Library
Since his assassination in 1865, Lincoln has been diagnosed with no less than seventeen conditions by doctors, historians, and researchers, including congestive heart failure, epilepsy, Marfan syndrome, and mercury poisoning. Schroeder-Lein offers objective scrutiny of the numerous speculations and medical mysteries that continue to be associated with the president’s physical and mental health, from the recent interest in testing Lincoln’s DNA and theories that he was homosexual, to analysis of the deep depressions, accidents, and illnesses that plagued his early years. Set within the broader context of the prevailing medical knowledge and remedies of the era, Lincoln and Medicine takes into account new perspectives on the medical history of Abraham Lincoln and his family, offering an absorbing and informative view into a much-mythologized, yet underinvestigated, dimension of one of the nation’s most famous leaders.
Best of the Best by the Univeristy Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries, 2013
Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- 1. Young Lincoln, 1809–42
- pp. 1-8
- 2. The Lincoln Family, 1843–60
- pp. 9-16
- 4. Lincoln and the Medical Bandwagon
- pp. 37-55
- 6. The Assassination of Lincoln
- pp. 74-79
- 7. Lincoln’s Family after the War
- pp. 80-92
- Bibliography
- pp. 111-120
- Author Biography
- p. 129
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2012