The Health of the First Ladies: Medical Histories from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama (58 page)

“Services Today for President’s Son,”
New York Times
, July 9, 1924.

“Stable: Barbara Bush Learned After Two Hours of Tests,”
Orlando Sentinel
, November 29, 1989.

“Standing by for Mrs. Nixon,” editorial,
Chicago Tribune
, July 10, 1976.

“Stroke Hospitalizes Mrs. Truman,”
Los Angeles Times
, September 28, 1981.

“Successful Neck Surgery for First Lady Laura Bush,”
Fox News,
September 8, 2007.

“Teddy Roosevelt’s Widow Dies at 87.”
Chicago Daily Tribune
, October 1, 1948.

“Temperance Lecture on a Large Scale,”
New Hampshire Sentinel
, December 29, 1841.

Tennessee Williams letter to the editor,
New York Times
, December 6, 1972.

“Therapy Expert Aids Mrs. Nixon,”
Los Angeles Times
, July 15, 1976.

Trafford, Abigail. “Me, Bush and Graves’ Disease: Many Thyroid Patients Face an Emotional Roller Coaster,”
Washington Post
, May 26, 1991.

“Truman’s Widow Bess Dead at 97,”
Chicago Tribune
, October 19, 1982.

“2009 Historians Presidential Leadership Survey,” C-SPAN, 2012.

“Van Valzah Renounces Allopathy,”
New York Times
, November 29, 1882.

“What Laura Bush Can Teach You About Skin Cancer,”
ABC News
, December 19, 2006.

“White House Defends Laura Bush’s Decision Not to Disclose Skin Cancer Removal,”
Fox News,
December 19, 2006.

“White House Stayed Quiet on Laura Bush Cancer Surgery,”
Independent
(UK), December 20, 2006.

“Wife of Sen. Kennedy Loses Unborn Baby,”
Chicago Daily Tribune
, August 24, 1956.

“World Briefing,”
New York Times
, October 1, 2003.

Axson, Ellen. Savannah, Georgia, to Ellen Axson Wilson, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1887.

Axson, Stockton. Brooklyn, New York, to Ellen Axson Wilson, Princeton, New Jersey, November 7, 1897.

Brown, Louisa Hoyt. Gainesville, Georgia, to Ellen Axson Wilson, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1885.

_____. Gainesville, Georgia, to Woodrow Wilson, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, April 16, 17, 1886; March 16, 1887.

Churchville, Lida Holland. Washington, D.C., to the author, September 5, 2009.

Daugherty, Harry. To Florence Harding, February 16, 1923.

Davis, Edward P. Philadelphia, to Dr. Cary T. Grayson, Washington, D.C., July 22, 1913; February 12, 1914; February 24, 1914.

_____. Philadelphia, to Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the White House, April 7, 1914; May 16, 1914.

Dimmick, Mary Lord. Diary entries, May 20, 1892. Benjamin Harrison Home.

_____. Indianapolis, to Mrs. Putzi, September 23, 1891. Benjamin Harrison Home.

_____. Loon Lake, New York, to May Saunders Harrison, Cape May, New Jersey, July 28, 1892.

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Versailles, France, to Mamie Eisenhower, Washington, D.C., September 23, 1944.

Erwin, Beth. To Ellen Axson Wilson, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1885.

Fillmore, Millard. Buffalo, New York, to Julia, his sister, April 12, 1953. Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society.

_____. Note: “Funeral Expenses of Mrs. F at Washington,” April 17, 1853. Special Collections, Penfield Library, SUNY Oswego.

_____. Washington, D.C., to Franklin Pierce, Washington, D.C., March 28, 1853. Special Collections, Penfield Library, State University of New York at Oswego.

Gardner, Franklin A. Letters to Benjamin Harrison, September 5, 1898; January 15, 22, 1899. Library of Congress Benjamin Harrison collection.

Gardner, Mrs. Franklin. Notes to Benjamin Harrison, March 18, 1892; April 1, 1892.

Grayson, Cary. Letter to Colonel Edward House, August 20, 1914. House Papers.

Hardin, B.L. To Florence Harding, December 11, 1922.

_____. To Florence Harding, undated.

Harding, Florence. To Evalyn McLean, February 5, 1923.

Harrison, Benjamin. Indianapolis, to Dr. F.E. Doughty, New York, November 10, 1897; June 3, 1898.

_____. Indianapolis, to Dr. E.L. Trudeau, Saranac Lake, New York, March 22, 1899. Library of Congress Benjamin Harrison Collection.

_____. To Russell Harrison, October 11, 1892. Library of Congress, Benjamin Harrison Collection.

_____. United States Senate, to Dr. Thomas A. Emmet, New York, June 13, 1883.

_____. United States Senate, to his cousin Maggie, February 12, 1883.

Howe, George. To Ellen Axson Wilson, Gainesville, Georgia, May 2, 1886.

Hoyt, Mary E. Rome, Georgia, to Ellen A. Wilson, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1885; November 7, 1885, December 13, 1885, February 23, 1887; March 13, 1887.

_____. Rome, Georgia, to Woodrow Wilson, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1885; August 30, 1887.

Monroe, James. Albemarle County, Virginia, to Charles Everett, Albemarle County, Virginia, January 13, 1810.

_____. Albemarle County, Virginia, to Charles Everett, Albemarle County, Virginia, July 1, 1820.
Tyler’s Historical Quarterly
5: 18. New York: Kraus Reprint, 1967.

_____. Albemarle County, Virginia, to Charles Everett, Albemarle County, Virginia, July 9, 1820.

_____. Albemarle County, Virginia, to Elizabeth Trist, Albemarle County, Virginia, March 6, 1810.

_____. Oak Hill, Virginia, to James Madison, Montpelier, Virginia, March 20, 1829.

_____. Oak Hill, Virginia, to Samuel Gouverneur, New York, New York, February 24, 1826.

_____. Oak Hill, Virginia, to Samuel Gouverneur, New York, New York, December 29, 1826. James Monroe Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library.

_____. Oak Hill, Virginia, to Samuel Gouverneur, New York, New York, September 23, 1830. James Monroe Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library.

_____. Washington, D.C., to Charles Everett, July 6, 1824.

_____. Washington, D.C., to Charles Everett, Albemarle County, Virginia, November 13, 1823.
Tyler’s Historical Quarterly
5: 21. New York: Kraus Reprint, 1967.

_____. Washington, D.C., to Charles Everett, September 1, 1824.
Tyler’s Historical Quarterly
5: 23. New York: Kraus Reprint, 1967.

_____. Washington, D.C., to Dr. Charles Everett, Richmond, Virginia, December 2, 1822.
Tyler’s Historical Quarterly
5: 18. New York: Kraus Reprint, 1967.

Pierce, Jane. To her deceased son Bennie, January 23, 1853. New Hampshire Historical Society Manuscript, Franklin Pierce Papers, accession no. 1929–001.

Scott, John. To Henry Scott, May 3, 1858. Benjamin Harrison Home.

Taft, William. To Helen Herron Taft, October 31, 1909. Physicians in William Howard Taft’s Life. http:///www.apneos.com/physicians.html (accessed September 8, 2012).

_____. To Robert Taft, May 18, 1909. Physicians in William Howard Taft’s Life. http:///www.apneos.com/physicians.html (accessed September 8, 2012).

Taylor, (Colonel) James, M.D. To General Howard Snyder, M.D., October 27, 1950.

Tyler, Letitia. To Mary Tyler Jones, March 25, 1836. Library of Congress, John Tyler Collection.

Wilson, Woodrow. To Mary Allen Hulbert, June 21, 1914.

_____. To Alfred P. Wilson, July 23, 1914.

_____. To E.P. Davis, July 26, 1914.

_____. To J.R. Wilson, August 6, 1914.

Young, Hugh. Baltimore, to Joel Boone, Washington, D.C., April 18, 1928. Library of Congress, Joel Boone Papers.

Anthony, Carl. E-mail July 28, 2013.

Calhoun, Charles W. E-mail, March 27, 2012.

Capps, Jennifer. E-mail, March 30, 2012.

Cole, Tiffany. James Madison’s Montpelier, e-mail November 8, 2011.

Davidson, Jonathan. E-mail, April 18, 2012.

Eisenhower, Julie Nixon. E-mail, May 31, 2010.

Ellis, Joseph. Telephone, December 3, 2011.

Husu, Emanuel. E-mail, September 22, 2013.

Lein, Howard. E-mail, November 18, 2009.

Levenson, Alan. E-mails, April 15, 2011; April 18, 2012; August 10, 2011.

Mariano, Connie. E-mail, July 1, 2013.

Miller, Kristie. E-mail, March 7, 2013.

Miller, Nancy R. University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center. E-mail February 4, 2005.

Patterson, Nancy Hord. Telephone, June 13, 2011.

Schermer, Craig. E-mail, September 6, 2008.

Smith, Hugh. Personal, April 19, 2013.

Tubb, Richard. Personal, August 13, 2011.

Tyler, Harrison. Telephone, July 3, 2009.

abscesses

Adams, Abigail

Adams, Abigail “Nabby” (later Smith, daughter of Abigail Adams)

Adams, Charles Francis

Adams, George Washington

Adams, Henry

Adams, John

Adams, John (son of Louisa Adams)

Adams, John Quincy (husband of Louisa Adams)

Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson

Adams, Thomas

addictions

Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium

Adventures of a Nobody
(Adams)

Affordable Care Act

alcohol abuse, rumors and reality

Alley Clearing Act

Allgor, Catherine

American Medical Association

America’s First Ladies
(Gould)

Ames, Mary Clemmer

Ammon, Harry

amphetamines

Anderson, Jack

anemia, Eleanor Roosevelt’s

ankle injury, A. Fillmore’s

Anthony, Carl Sferrazza

Anthony, Katherine

aplastic anemia, Eleanor Roosevelt’s

Appleton, Elizabeth Means

Appleton, Jane (later Pierce)

Appleton, Jesse

apraxia of speech, N. Taft’s

Auchincloss, Janet 

back problem, P. Nixon’s 

Bailey, George Wray 

Baldwin, James Fairchild 

Barker, Lewellys F. 

Baxter, Jedediah 

Beahrs, Ollie 

Beall, Mr. 

Beaumont, William 

Beauvais, Augustin Jacob Landre

Bedynek, Julius L.

benzyl benzoate treatments

Bernhard, William 

Bernstein, Carl 

Betty Ford Center 

Bishop, J.N. 

bladder stones, J. Polk’s 

Bliss, Mary Elizabeth “Betty” (earlier Taylor) 

Bliss, William 

blistering treatments 

Bloedorn, Walter 

blood clot, H. Clinton’s 

bloodletting treatments

Bloomer, Betty (later Ford)

Boller, Paul F.

Bolling, Robert

Boone, Joel

Boone, Suzanne

Boynton, Silas

breast cancer

Brennan, John

Brennan, Mary C.

Bright, Richard

Bright’s disease

bromide treatments

bronchitis

Brooks, Noah

Brown, Dr.

Brown, Louisa

Brown, Thomas R.

Brust, James S.

Bryant, Joseph

Buchanan, James

Buckley, Dr.

Bullfinch, Thomas

Bullitt, William

Bumgarner, John Reed

Busey, Samuel

Bush, Barbara Pierce

Bush, George H.W.

Bush, George W.

Bush, Laura Welch

Bush, Robin

Butler, Paul

Butt, Archie

cadaver availability

Calhoun, Charles

calomel treatments

cancers:

Cannibals of the Heart
(Shepherd)

Caputy, Anthony

Carnegie, Andrew

Caroli, Betty Boyd

carotid artery hypersensitivity

Carow, Edith Kermit (later Roosevelt)

Carow, Emily

Carter, James

Carter, Rosalynn

Challinor, Joan Ridde

children, deaths of (during the 1800s)

children, deaths of (during the 1900s)

Childress, Sarah (later Polk)

cholera

cigarette smoking

cinchona bark

Clay, Henry

Cleveland, Esther

Cleveland, Frances “Frankie” (earlier Folsom)

Cleveland, Francis Grover (daughter of Frances)

Cleveland, Grover

Cleveland, Marion

Cleveland, Ruth

Clifford, Stephen

Clinton, Bill

Clinton, Chelsea Victoria

Clinton, Hillary

codeine treatments, G. Coolidge’s

Colburn, Nettie

Colchester, Charles

confidentiality practices, overview

Conkling, Roscoe

Connor, Kathryn M.

conversion disorder, I. McKinley’s

Coolidge, Calvin

Coolidge, Calvin, Jr.

Coolidge, Grace Goodhue

Coolidge, John (father-in-law of Grace)

Coolidge, John (son of Grace)

Cooper, Priscilla (earlier Tyler)

Coupal, Charles

Craik, James

Cranch, Mary

Crispen, Elaine

Crowninshield, Mrs.

Cruise, Joseph

cupping treatments, A. Fillmore’s

Curtis, Daniel Parke

Curtis, John Parke

Cushing, Clinton

Custis, Ann

Daniels, Josephus

Davidson, Jonathan R.T.

Davis, Edith (earlier Luckett, then Robbins)

Davis, Edward P.

Davis, Jefferson

Davis, Loyal

Davis, Nancy (earlier Robbins, then Reagan)

Davis, Sarah Knox (earlier Taylor)

Dayton, Katherine

Deaver, John B.

deep vein thrombosis (DVT), H. Clinton’s

DeLaney, Matthew A.

depression, during the 1800s

depression, during the 1900s

Dercum, Francis X.

DeToledo, John C.

Dexedrine treatments

Dickens, Paul

dictionaries, First Lady term

Dictionary of American History
(Pillsbury)

Dimmick, Mary (later Harrison)

diphtheria

Diseases of the Mind
(Rush)

Diseases of the Stomach
(Van Valzah)

Doughty, Francis E.

Drobaugh, James E.

drug dependency

Dubovoy, Sina

Easter egg roll, White House

eclampsia

Edson, Susan

Edwards, Elizabeth Todd

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Eisenhower, Julie Nixon

Eisenhower, Mamie

Emerson, Jason