Open AccessAbraham Lincoln, aortic regurgitation and abscesses
Author(s) -
Douglas R Hammond,
S. Bhatia,
Manoj Brahmbhatt,
Almoi’zzlideenillah Mustafa,
J. Joseph Perry
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
faculty dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2042-6860
pISSN - 2042-6852
DOI - 10.1308/204268515x14163115404818
Subject(s) - regurgitation (circulation) , face (sociological concept) , medicine , art , anatomy , general surgery , art history , cardiology , philosophy , linguistics
Abraham Lincoln was an exceptionally tall man with a long, thin face and huge hands and feet. His mother had a similar build – an observation that in 1962 led AM Gordon to first propose that President Lincoln had Marfan syndrome. 1