Lincoln and Medicine

Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext 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'.

Product details

• Authors: SCHROEDER LEIN GLENNA R, Glenna Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein
• Publisher: Southern illinois univ.press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2012
• EAN: 9780809331949
• ISBN: 978-0-8093-3194-9
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Concise Lincoln Library; Concise Lincoln Library
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education