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The Mary Lincoln Mind-Body Sourcebook: Including a Unifying Diagnosis to Explain Her Public Decay, Manifest Insanity, and Slow Death
The Mary Lincoln Mind-Body Sourcebook Including a Unifying Diagnosis to Explain Her Public Decay Manifest Insanity and Slow Death Author:John G. Sotos Mary Lincoln is the most mysterious person to ever inhabit the White House. Undeniably smart, savvy, and cultured, the world watched her mis-steps as First Lady and widow turned both her public and private lives into disasters. At long last the mystery of her life has been solved... with science. In this scholarly book, renowned Presidential m... more »edical historian John Sotos, MD examines the tell-tale clues in Mary Lincoln's life to arrive at a diagnosis -- pernicious anemia -- that explains her insanity, irritability, poor judgment, and early death, while explaining how her personal tragedies intensified the disease. Mary Lincoln's faults were in her metabolism, not in her character. Primarily a reference work, this book is a must-have for anyone with a deep interest in Mary Lincoln or in a tale of how history can be wrong for 150 years.« less