Medicine: The Next President's Health

The next President of the U.S. will be a man who today has no chronic disease, no sign of heart trouble, and normal or rather low blood pressure. These facts became clear this week when, for the first time in any presidential election, the personal physicians to the two major candidates answered detailed press questionnaires on their patients' health.

In many medical respects, Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson are remarkably alike. Both are 5 ft. 10 in. tall and both are heavyweights, though the general (62 next week) barely makes this class at 176 Ibs., while the governor (52) weighs in at...

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