Mary Lincoln and the American "Sweet Tooth"

[BettyO]

Thanks for an interesting synopsis. Diabetes was, I'm sure, very prelevant in the Victorian era as it is today. It more likely than not, went undiagnosed and thus untreated. It is also believed that Lew Powell's mother died in the 1870s with the same condition.

Here is an interesting site regarding the disease in the Victorian era:

http://www.victorianweb.org/science/heal...lth12.html