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The Final Illness of Herbert Hoover.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Pappas, TN
Published in: Am Surg
April 2021

Herbert Hoover, the archetypal self-made man, was the 31st president of the United States. His term in office was overwhelmed by the Great Depression and he was defeated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1932 November presidential election. His post-presidential years were spent writing and serving 4 subsequent presidents. Near the end of his life, he underwent a cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstones and a colectomy for colon cancer. His health care was complicated by the development of cirrhosis and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. After his 90th birthday, he died in October 1964 from massive bleeding due to a Dieulafoy lesion of the gastric cardia. This manuscript will review the details of his health and the physicians who cared for Hoover during his final years.

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Am Surg

DOI

EISSN

1555-9823

Publication Date

April 2021

Volume

87

Issue

4

Start / End Page

532 / 537

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Surgery
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 19th Century
  • Government
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
  • Famous Persons
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Pappas, T. N. (2021). The Final Illness of Herbert Hoover. Am Surg, 87(4), 532–537. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003134820942284
Pappas, Theodore Nick. “The Final Illness of Herbert Hoover.Am Surg 87, no. 4 (April 2021): 532–37. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003134820942284.
Pappas TN. The Final Illness of Herbert Hoover. Am Surg. 2021 Apr;87(4):532–7.
Pappas, Theodore Nick. “The Final Illness of Herbert Hoover.Am Surg, vol. 87, no. 4, Apr. 2021, pp. 532–37. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/0003134820942284.
Pappas TN. The Final Illness of Herbert Hoover. Am Surg. 2021 Apr;87(4):532–537.

Published In

Am Surg

DOI

EISSN

1555-9823

Publication Date

April 2021

Volume

87

Issue

4

Start / End Page

532 / 537

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Surgery
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 19th Century
  • Government
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
  • Famous Persons
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences