what disease did abe lincoln have?
Marfan syndrome Smallpox Strabismus
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 The deaths of their sons had profound effects on both parents . Later in life , Mary struggled with the stresses of losing her husband and sons , and Robert Lincoln committed her temporarily to a mental health asylum in 1875 . Abraham Lincoln suffered from " melancholy " , a condition which now is referred to as clinical depression . 

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 The strain took a toll , and by June he was being laid up for days on end with stomach problems , headaches and heart symptoms . For the rest of his life , he was repeatedly incapacitated with episodes of stomach pains , vomiting , severe boils , palpitations , trembling and other symptoms , particularly during times of stress , such as attending meetings or making social visits . The cause of Darwin 's illness remained unknown , and attempts at treatment had little success . 

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 In the summer of 1884 , Grant complained of a soreness in his throat , but put off seeing a doctor until late October where he finally learned it was throat cancer . Before being diagnosed , Grant was invited to a Methodist service for Civil War veterans in Ocean Grove , New Jersey , on August 4 , 1884 , receiving a standing ovation from more than ten thousand veterans and others ; it would be his last public appearance . In March of the following year , the New York Times finally announced that Grant was dying of cancer and a nationwide public concern for the former president began . Later , Grant , who had forfeited his military pension when he assumed the presidency , was honored by his friends and the Congress when he was restored to the rank of General of the Army with full retirement pay . 

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 The disease carries the names of Sir William Osler , Henri Jules Louis Marie Rendu , and Frederick Parkes Weber , who described it in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . 

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 Doctor Charles Leale , an Army surgeon , found the President unresponsive , barely breathing and with no detectable pulse . Having determined that the President had been shot in the head , and not stabbed in the shoulder as originally thought , he made an attempt to clear the blood clot , after which the President began to breathe more naturally . The dying President was taken across the street to Petersen House . After remaining in a coma for nine hours , Lincoln died at 7 : 22 am on April 15 . Secretary of War Stanton saluted and said , " Now he belongs to the ages . " 
