(07-31-2012, 05:11 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Donna, have you read the research of Drs. Hirschhorn and Feldman regarding Mary and tabes dorsalis? If so, what do you think?
(Those same doctors also published an article on Abraham Lincoln's odd gait which they attributed to possible sensory nerve damage related to mercury poisoning from taking blue mass.)
I read this article many years ago, and can not find my copy of it to refresh my memory as to their conclusions. However, if you are wondering if think Mary suffered from tabes dorsalis -- my answer is probably not.
While some of the conditions of this illness are symptoms which Mary suffered, they are also symptoms of other illnesses as well. Without a body, without an autopsy, we will never know exactly which diseases Mary contracted.
Someone else wish to answer this one?
What would you ask?
