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Addresses many of the controversies about Lincoln's health, including the extent to which he suffered from depression and whether he had such conditions as Marfan syndrome, ataxia, MEN2B, or mercury poisoning. Schroeder?Lein takes a captivating look at the medical conditions of Lincoln's wife and children, delving into such issues as Mary Lincoln's alleged insanity and commitment to Bellevue Place Sanitarium, Robert Todd Lincoln's eye troubles and nervous breakdown, and Tad Lincoln's untimely death at age 18 from 'dropsy of the chest'.

Produktbeschreibung
Addresses many of the controversies about Lincoln's health, including the extent to which he suffered from depression and whether he had such conditions as Marfan syndrome, ataxia, MEN2B, or mercury poisoning. Schroeder?Lein takes a captivating look at the medical conditions of Lincoln's wife and children, delving into such issues as Mary Lincoln's alleged insanity and commitment to Bellevue Place Sanitarium, Robert Todd Lincoln's eye troubles and nervous breakdown, and Tad Lincoln's untimely death at age 18 from 'dropsy of the chest'.
Autorenporträt
Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein is manuscripts librarian for the non-Lincoln manuscripts at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois. Her previous publications include The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine, Confederate Hospitals on the Move: Samuel H. Stout and the Army of Tennessee, and Andrew Johnson: A Biographical Companion (with Richard Zuczek).