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Hidden Illness in the White House

Author	: Kenneth R. Crispell
Publisher	: Duke University Press
Release Date	: 1988-09-30
ISBN 10	: 0822308398
Pages	: 300 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (83 users)

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Download or read book Hidden Illness in the White House written by Kenneth R. Crispell and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1988-09-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the serious illnesses of three presidents, the inadaquate mechanisms in place at the time of their sicknesses and changes that would resolve problems

Hiddle Illness in the White House

Author	: Kenneth R. Crispell, Carlos F. Gomez
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1988
ISBN 10	:
Pages	: 290 pages
Rating	: 4./5 ( users)

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Download or read book Hiddle Illness in the White House written by Kenneth R. Crispell, Carlos F. Gomez and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The White House Physician

Author	: Ludwig M. Deppisch, M.D.
Publisher	: McFarland
Release Date	: 2007-07-30
ISBN 10	: 9780786429769
Pages	: 267 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (864 users)

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Download or read book The White House Physician written by Ludwig M. Deppisch, M.D. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-07-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When President George Washington fell ill six short weeks after his inauguration, he summoned Samuel Bard, one of the most prominent physicians of the day. Thereafter, when residing at his presidential home in Manhattan, Washington consistently relied on Bard for medical care. Thus Bard became the first in a line of presidential physicians, the providers of medical care for America's chief executive. From George Washington to George W. Bush, this volume examines 217 years of health care in the White House and the men and women who ministered to these presidential patients. Beginning with that first presidential physician's visit on June 13, 1789, it analyzes the relationships--sometimes fruitful and sometimes disastrous--of the presidents with their physicians. While biographical sketches detailing the background of each physician are included, the main focus of the work is the especially complex physician-patient relationship and the ways in which it has changed over time. The evolution of the presidential physician's responsibilities is also discussed, as are developments in American medicine during presidential terms.

Real Life at the White House

Author	: John Whitcomb
Publisher	: Psychology Press
Release Date	: 2002
ISBN 10	: 0415939518
Pages	: 540 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (395 users)

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Download or read book Real Life at the White House written by John Whitcomb and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Accidental Presidents

Author	: Jared Cohen
Publisher	: Simon & Schuster
Release Date	: 2020-01-28
ISBN 10	: 9781501109836
Pages	: 528 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (11 users)

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Download or read book Accidental Presidents written by Jared Cohen and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times bestselling “deep dive into the terms of eight former presidents is chock-full of political hijinks—and déjà vu” (Vanity Fair) and provides a fascinating look at the men who came to the office without being elected to it, showing how each affected the nation and world. The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Eight men have succeeded to the presidency when the incumbent died in office. In one way or another they vastly changed our history. Only Theodore Roosevelt would have been elected in his own right. Only TR, Truman, Coolidge, and LBJ were re-elected. John Tyler succeeded William Henry Harrison who died 30 days into his term. He was kicked out of his party and became the first president threatened with impeachment. Millard Fillmore succeeded esteemed General Zachary Taylor. He immediately sacked the entire cabinet and delayed an inevitable Civil War by standing with Henry Clay’s compromise of 1850. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded our greatest president, sided with remnants of the Confederacy in Reconstruction. Chester Arthur, the embodiment of the spoils system, was so reviled as James Garfield’s successor that he had to defend himself against plotting Garfield’s assassination; but he reformed the civil service. Theodore Roosevelt broke up the trusts. Calvin Coolidge silently cooled down the Harding scandals and preserved the White House for the Republican Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression. Harry Truman surprised everybody when he succeeded the great FDR and proved an able and accomplished president. Lyndon B. Johnson was named to deliver Texas electorally. He led the nation forward on Civil Rights but failed on Vietnam. Accidental Presidents shows that “history unfolds in death as well as in life” (The Wall Street Journal) and adds immeasurably to our understanding of the power and limits of the American presidency in critical times.

The Hidden Campaign FDR s Health and the 1944 Election

Author	: Hugh E. Evans
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2016-07-08
ISBN 10	: 9781315499031
Pages	: 208 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (154 users)

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Download or read book The Hidden Campaign FDR s Health and the 1944 Election written by Hugh E. Evans and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 1944, with the outcome of World War II by no means certain, many in the United States felt that FDR, as wartime Commander-in-Chief, was an indispensable part of prosecuting the war to a victorious conclusion. Yet although only 62, Roosevelt was mortally ill with congestive heart disease - a fact that was carefully shielded from the American public prior to the election of 1944. In a media environment where we get more details about politicians' health than we sometimes prefer, it is hard to imagine how a paper as authoriative as The New York Times could describe FDR's death as "sudden and unexpected" on its front page. Dr. Hugh Evans looks at the issue of Roosevelt's health not only from a medical ethics perspective, but also with a keen eye for the political and media considerations that led to the decision to run and not disclose the extent of Roosevelt's illness.

Ailing Aging Addicted

Author	: Bert E. Park
Publisher	: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date	: 2021-10-21
ISBN 10	: 9780813185651
Pages	: 288 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (131 users)

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Download or read book Ailing Aging Addicted written by Bert E. Park and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role did drug abuse play in John F. Kennedy's White House, and how was it kept from the public? How did general anesthetics and aging affect the presidency of Ronald Reagan? Why did Winston Churchill become more egocentric, Woodrow Wilson more self- righteous, and Josef Stalin more paranoid as they aged—and how did those qualities alter the course of history? Was Napoleon poisoned with arsenic or did underlying disease account for his decline at the peak of his power? Does syphilis really explain Henry VIII's midlife transformation? Was there more than messianism brewing in the brains of some zealots of the past, among them Adolf Hitler, Joan of Arc, and John Brown? Most important of all, when does one man's illness cause millions to suffer, and when is it merely a footnote to history? To answer such questions requires the clinical intuition of a practicing physician and the scholarly perspective of a trained historian. Bert Park, who qualifies on both counts, offers here fascinating second opinions, basing his retrospective diagnoses on a wide range of sources from medicine and history. Few books so graphically portray the impact on history of physiologically compromised leadership, misdiagnosis, and inappropriate medical treatment. Park not only untangles medical mysteries from the past but also offers timely suggestions for dealing with such problems in the future. As a welcome sequel to his first work, The Impact of Illness on World Leaders, this book offers scholars, physicians, and general readers an entertaining, albeit sobering, analysis.

Presidential Term Limits in American History

Author	: Michael J. Korzi
Publisher	: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date	: 2013-03-28
ISBN 10	: 9781603449915
Pages	: 233 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (34 users)

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Download or read book Presidential Term Limits in American History written by Michael J. Korzi and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative historical study of the longstanding debate over executive term limits in American politics . . . By successfully seeking a third term in 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt shattered a tradition that was as old as the American republic. The longstanding yet controversial two-term tradition reflected serious tensions in American political values. In Presidential Term Limits in American History, Michael J. Korzi recounts the history of the two-term tradition as well as the “perfect storm” that enabled Roosevelt to break with that tradition. He also shows that Roosevelt and his close supporters made critical errors of judgment in 1943-44, particularly in seeking a fourth term against long odds that the ill president would survive it. Korzi’s analysis offers a strong challenge to Roosevelt biographers who have generally whitewashed this aspect of his presidency and decision making. The case of Roosevelt points to both the drawbacks and the benefits of presidential term limits. Furthermore, Korzi’s extended consideration of the seldom-studied Twenty-second Amendment and its passage reveals not only vindictive and political motivations (it was unanimously supported by Republicans), but also a sincere distrust of executive power that dates back to America’s colonial and constitutional periods.

John Tyler

Author	: Harold D. Moser
Publisher	: Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date	: 2001
ISBN 10	: 0313281688
Pages	: 336 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (816 users)

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Download or read book John Tyler written by Harold D. Moser and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 2001 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excellent starting point for those wishing to research Tyler and the critical period in which he lived and served.

Sarah Childress Polk

Author	: John R. Bumgarner
Publisher	: McFarland
Release Date	: 1997-03-01
ISBN 10	: 9780786403660
Pages	: 177 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (864 users)

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Download or read book Sarah Childress Polk written by John R. Bumgarner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1997-03-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians generally consider James K. Polk one of the most effective presidents in United States history. Many of them doubt, however, that President Polk would have been successful without the counsel of his wife Sarah. The president dominated his cabinet and trusted no one--except for his wife. Sarah Childress Polk (1803-1891) was a highly educated woman who became President Polk's virtual secretary and more: She critiqued his speeches, evaluated his Cabinet decisions, and worked side by side with her husband. Mrs. Polk was praised for her astute views on matters of state by both Polk's supporters and his opponents. She outlived her husband by 42 years, and was often consulted by politicians who respected her opinions and trusted her instincts, including Confederate and Union officers in the Civil War. This is the story of a powerful and tireless first lady who became one of the most influential Americans of the middle and late nineteenth century.

Choosing Truman

Author	: Robert H. Ferrell
Publisher	: University of Missouri Press
Release Date	: 2013-05-31
ISBN 10	: 9780826272980
Pages	: 155 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (262 users)

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Download or read book Choosing Truman written by Robert H. Ferrell and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Franklin D. Roosevelt's health deteriorated in the months leading up to the Democratic National Convention of 1944, Democratic leaders confronted a dire situation. Given the inevitability of the president's death during a fourth term, the choice of a running mate for FDR was of profound importance. The Democrats needed a man they could trust. They needed Harry S. Truman. Robert Ferrell tells an engrossing tale of ruthless ambition, secret meetings, and party politics. Roosevelt emerges as a manipulative leader whose desire to retain power led to a blatant disregard for the loyalty of his subordinates and the aspirations of his vice presidential hopefuls. Startling in its conclusions, impeccable in its research, Choosing Truman is an engrossing, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the nation's thirty-third president.

FDR s Deadly Secret

Author	: Eric Fettmann
Publisher	: Hachette UK
Release Date	: 2010-01-05
ISBN 10	: 9780786746255
Pages	: 296 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (867 users)

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Download or read book FDR s Deadly Secret written by Eric Fettmann and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in 1945, his lifelong physician swore that the president had always been in perfect health. Twenty-five years later, his cardiologist admitted that the president suffered from hypertension, and that contrary to what the public was led to believe, his death was "a cataclysmic event waiting to happen." But even this was a carefully constructed deceit, designed to protect the reputation of a man that led a country through war, and maintained until now. This persuasive re-examination of Roosevelt's last years reveals a more profoundly disabled president than the nation knew, and asks whether Roosevelt should be criticized or celebrated for shouldering the weight of a wartime presidency in his compromised state.

Caring for the Heart

Author	: W Bruce Fye
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Release Date	: 2015-02-03
ISBN 10	: 9780199982370
Pages	: 704 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (999 users)

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Download or read book Caring for the Heart written by W Bruce Fye and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book weaves together three important themes. It describes major developments in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in the twentieth century, explains how the Mayo Clinic evolved from a family practice in Minnesota into one of the world's leading medical centers, and reveals how the invention of new technologies and procedures promoted specialization among physicians and surgeons. Caring for the Heart is written for general readers as well as health care professionals, historians, and policy analysts. Unlike traditional institutional or disease-focused histories, this book places individuals and events in national and international contexts that emphasize the interplay of medical, scientific, technological, social, political, and economic forces that have resulted in contemporary heart care. Patient stories and media perspectives are included throughout to help general readers understand the medical and technological developments that are described. The book is a synthetic study, but it is written so that readers may pick and choose the chapters of most interest to them. Another feature of the book is that readers may follow the stories without looking at the notes. Those who are interested in delving deeper into the main topics will find a wealth of carefully chosen references that offer greater detail and additional perspectives. The descriptions and interpretations that fill the book benefit from the fact that the author has been a practicing cardiologist and medical historian for almost four decades. This is mainly a twentieth-century story, but it begins earlier--before there were physicians who were identified as cardiologists and at a time when medical specialization was just emerging in America. The final chapter, which addresses present-day concerns about health care costs, counterbalances earlier ones that might be read as celebrations of new technologies.

Some Choice

Author	: George J. Annas
Publisher	: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date	: 1998
ISBN 10	: 0195118324
Pages	: 332 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (183 users)

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Download or read book Some Choice written by George J. Annas and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest collection of George Annas's essays, almost all of which appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine but were revised for this volume. The theme is constraints on the actual choices Americans have in health care as opposed to the political rhetoric of choice.

How Roosevelt Failed America in World War II

Author	: Stewart Halsey Ross
Publisher	: McFarland
Release Date	: 2006-05-03
ISBN 10	: 9780786425129
Pages	: 255 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (864 users)

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Download or read book How Roosevelt Failed America in World War II written by Stewart Halsey Ross and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-05-03 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reeling from the devastation of World War I, many Americans vowed never again to become involved in European conflicts. This stance was formalized in 1935 when Congress passed the first Neutrality Act, which was not only designed to keep America out of foreign wars but also called for the president to declare an immediate embargo of arms and munitions to all belligerent countries. As war loomed and eventually erupted in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt instituted several policies that aided the Allies, and American neutrality was questionable many months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. This work examines how Roosevelt navigated prewar neutrality to push the United States toward intervention on the side of the Allies in World War II, and considers critically his wartime policy of unconditional surrender and his unprecedented acceptance of a fourth term. It covers his prewar policies that sidestepped neutrality, including covert submarine warfare, air patrol of the North Atlantic, the Lend Lease Act and coordination between the American and British navies, and critiques his plans for rebuilding postwar Europe. Thirteen appendices parallel prewar planning by Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and reproduce such key documents as the Atlantic Charter and the Potsdam Declaration.

The White House

Author	: John M. Cooper, Jr.
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1994
ISBN 10	: UVA:X002330095
Pages	: 248 pages
Rating	: 4.X/5 (2 users)

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Download or read book The White House written by John M. Cooper, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the cornerstone was laid on October 13, 1792, the history of the White House has mirrored the American experience. In many ways, the White House represents living history, a beautiful and powerful symbol of American political culture. In this collection, historians and journalists reflect on and assess the first two hundred years of the White House to provide insights into the evolution of the "people's house" from its limited role in a struggling new nation to its present role as the embodiment of America's view of the presidency. Among the topics addressed are the ways in which presidents shaped and reflected national taste in the arts, how the national tragedy of the Civil War translated into a personal ordeal for the Lincoln family, the changing public roles of the First Ladies, the White House as a site for protests, and the often manipulative relationship between the media and the presidency. These papers are an outgrowth of the two-hundredth anniversary symposium sponsored by the White House Historical Association.

Advising Ike

Author	: Herbert Brownell
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1993
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015029478883
Pages	: 448 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (91 users)

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Download or read book Advising Ike written by Herbert Brownell and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former Attorney General under President Eisenhower recounts his life as a prominent member of the Republican party, including his stint as party chairman, his management of Thomas Dewey's two campaigns for president, and more.