title: The medical history of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826).
abstract: Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the USA, was often the victim of a panoply of disorders including episodic headaches, dysentery, rheumatism, multiple bone fractures, malaria, possibly tuberculosis, dental problems, diabetes and urinary tract obstruction. Intermittently he experienced anxiety, depression and insomnia; he was an anxious, striving perfectionist, a compulsively controlled man.
authors.affiliation: 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA. normsnow5@verizon.net
authors.forename: Norman G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Schneeberg
mesh_terms: D003967:Diarrhea / Q000266:history; D005197:Famous Persons; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000266:history; D006261:Headache / Q000266:history*; D006304:Health Status; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000266:history; D014481:United States