A Diva’s Death:  Tuberculosis during the Presidency of Herbert Hoover

By Thomas F. Schwartz COVID-19 symptoms—fever, chills, cough, night sweats, fatigue, and weight loss---bear a striking similarity to a disease that was prominent during the presidency of Herbert Hoover.  Tuberculosis [TB] has afflicted people from earliest recorded history.  It usually affects the lungs and was often referred to as consumption because of weight loss and … Continue reading A Diva’s Death:  Tuberculosis during the Presidency of Herbert Hoover

I Might as well Finish my Smoke…

Herbert Hoover, 1931. A while back, I wrote on Hoover’s smoking as President.  Given the times, this was not a surprise.  No further surprise to learn that Hoover smoked all of his adult life.  Thus there are six folders in box 286 of his Post-Presidential Subject Files related to smoking.   These document various aspects of … Continue reading I Might as well Finish my Smoke…