Health and Medical History of President
John Q. Adams
President #6: 1825-1829
Lived 1767-1848
Lived 1767-1848
"Where could death have found him but at the post of duty?"
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Health and Medical History of President
John Q. Adams
President #6: 1825-1829
Lived 1767-1848
Lived 1767-1848
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Lived 1767-1848
2023
1776
Revolutionary War1776-1783
War of 18121812-1815
Mexican-American War1846-1848
Civil War1861-1865
Spanish-American War1898-1899
World War 11917-1918
World War 21941-1945
Korean War1950-1953
Viet Nam War1964-1975
Desert Storm1990-1991
Bush's Wars2001-2021
Lived 1767-1848
2023
1776
Revolutionary War1776-1783War of 18121812-1815Mexican-American War1846-1848Civil War1861-1865Spanish-American War1898-1899World War 11917-1918World War 21941-1945Korean War1950-1953Viet Nam War1964-1975Desert Storm1990-1991Bush's Wars2001-2021
"Where could death have found him but at the post of duty?"
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION |
Maladies & Conditions
· inbred · baldness · snored · stroke · stroke
Odds & Ends ·
Doctors ·
Resources ·
Cited Sources
Maladies and Conditions
He was the product of a consanguineous union. His father, President
John Adams,
was the third cousin of his mother, Abigail
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Chrome-dome baldness ran in the family, including Adams
OMIM 109200.
This can be a sign of carrying a variant of the polyscystic ovary gene
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Dr. Zebra has not seen evidence that Adams was "abnormally hairy," which is
another sign of males carrying the variant gene
OMIM 184700.
Reliability of this information is uncertain.
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Paralytic stroke in 1846, assumed atherosclerotic. Recovered the full use of his body and returned
to Congress the following year. "When he walked into the House, slightly tottering, on
the morning of February 13, everyone rose spontaneously and applauded."
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In 1848, he collapsed on the floor of the House from ?another stroke. He was carried to the
Speaker's Room, where two days later he died.
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Odds and Ends
- Adams liked to exercise. He was an excellent swimmer. Often, he would rise early in the morning, walk from the White House to the Potomac River, strip, and swim. On one occasion, someone stole his clothes, and the naked President had to ask a passing boy to run to the White House and fetch him some others! 1c
- This web page long stated that Adams was the only President to serve in Congress after leaving the White House. This is untrue, if "Congress" is defined as either of the two houses. Andrew Johnson served briefly as a senator from Tennessee after his Presidency.
- Through his mother, Adams could trace several lines of descent from King Edward I of England 2b.
- John Adams II, who was the grandson of John Adams and the son of John Quincy Adams, married his first cousin in the White House on Feb. 25, 1828. Nine months and 7 days later, Mary Louisa Adams was born at the White House. In 1853 she married one of her cousins, who was descended from President John Adams 2c. This was the first intermarriage between the descendants of two Presidents: both bride and groom were descended from John Adams, but only the bride from John Quincy Adams 2b.
Doctors
During Presidency
After Presidency
Resources
Cited Sources
- Boller, Paul F. Jr. Presidential Anecdotes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981.
a p.61, spoken by Senator Thomas Hart Benton b p.61 c p.63
- Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (ed). Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America. 2nd ed. London: Burke's Peerage Limited, 1981.
a pp.57, 69 b p.156 c p.153Comment: Maps -- in great detail -- the ancestors and descendants of American presidents through Ronald Reagan. They would have had an exhausting time with President Obama's family tree! MORE
- Carey, A. H.; Chan, K. L.; Short, F.; White, D.; Williamson, R.; Franks, S. Evidence for a single gene effect causing polycystic ovaries and male pattern baldness. Clin. Endocr. 1993; 38: 653-658. Pubmed: 8334753.
- Dugan, James. Bedlam in the boudoir. Colliers. 22 Feb. 1947; pages 17, 69-70.
Comment: Credibility is dubious. Just before a list of Presidents, the article states: "Twenty of the 32 Presidents ... are proved or believed on a thick web of circumstance to have been nocturnal nuisances in the White House."
Other Sources
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