White House Physician A History from Washington to George W. Bush
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Ludwig M. Deppisch, M.D., is a professor emeritus of pathology, Northeast Ohio Medical University. A native of New York, he lives in Tucson, Arizona.“impressively researched...fascinating”—<i>Arizona Daily Star</i>; “very well researched...a significant contribution to the understanding of presidential health care”—<i>Journal of the History of Medicine</i>; “an essential-read for any Navy medical recruiter”—<i>Navy Medicine</i>; “Deppisch has done his homework”—<i>Bulletin of the History of Medicine.</i>
When President George Washington fell ill six short weeks after his inauguration, he summoned Samuel Bard, one of the most prominent physicians of the day. Thereafter, when residing at his presidential home in Manhattan, Washington consistently relied on Bard for medical care. Thus Bard became the first in a line of presidential physicians, the providers of medical care for America's chief executive.
From George Washington to George W. Bush, this volume examines 217 years of health care in the White House and the men and women who ministered to these presidential patients. Beginning with that first presidential physician's visit on June 13, 1789, it analyzes the relationships--sometimes fruitful and sometimes disastrous--of the presidents with their physicians. While biographical sketches detailing the background of each physician are included, the main focus of the work is the especially complex physician-patient relationship and the ways in which it has changed over time. The evolution of the presidential physician's responsibilities is also discussed, as are developments in American medicine during presidential terms.
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Samuel Bard: The First Presidential Physician
2. The Pillars of the Profession: Presidential Physicians, 1812–1865
3. The Military Steps In, Part I: The Early Days, 1823–1865
4. The Military Steps In, Part II: Conflicts and Cooperation, 1865–1898
5. Admiral Presley Rixey: The First Authentic White House Physician
6. Captain Joel Boone and the Institutionalization of the Office of the White House Physician
7. The Military Keepers of the Stethoscope: Doctors Cary Grayson, Ross McIntire and Howard Snyder
8. Physician Anecdotes: The Returnee, the Academic, the Consultant and the Defendant, 1953–1981
9. Civilian Interlude, Part I: Medical Chaos in Camelot
10. Civilian Interlude, Part II: The Specialist Physicians of Presidents Reagan and Bush I
11. The White House Medical Unit Today
12. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment and Its Impact on the White House Medical Unit
13. Psychiatry and the Presidency
14. The Medical Care of Vice Presidents
15. Presidential Physicians After Their Tenures
Final Thoughts
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index