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The life of America’s sixteenth president has continued to fascinate the public since his tragic death. Now, Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein unveils an engaging volume on the medical history of the Lincoln family. Lincoln and Medicine,the first work on the subject in nearly eighty years, investigates the most enduring controversies about Lincoln’s mental health, physical history, and assassination; the conditions that afflicted his wife and children, both before and after his death; and Lincoln’s relationship with the medical field during the Civil War, both as commander-in-chief and on a personal level.

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.

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• File Size: 1403 KB
• Print Length: 152 pages
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st Edition edition (October 18, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B009AV7SUK
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Lincoln and Medicine PDF

schroeder-Lein's excellent scholarship manages to cover the President, Mary from their marriage, and their boys. She effectively debunks some speculation on illnesses--especially the President's supposed conditions. Second half deals with assasination and family, chiefly Mary, afterwards. This small volume is full of interesting info.
Recommend the book, even for scholars.

By Miss Chris

I have read a number oh biographies of Lincoln over the years. Often times much of the content is just regurgitated information, but this book is different and in some regards more personal.

By Kim Snyder