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The Mystery Of Lincoln’s Last Days

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We all know how Abraham Lincoln died in 1865, but what about the way he lived during the final years of his life?  Just maybe the 16th president suffered from a rare genetic disorder called multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B.

Dr. John Sotos–author of ‘The Physical Lincoln‘ and a consultant on the TV series ‘House‘–would like to run DNA analysis of the president’s blood.  He believes Lincoln was already dying, before the assassination, from cancer.

Why such speculation?  (more…)

May 6th, 2009 Tags: , ,
by Sheril Kirshenbaum in Culture, History of Science, Politics and Science | 8 Comments » | RSS feed | Trackback >