Lew Powell's Frostbitten Feet

[BettyO]

I agree and apologize for letting things go off topic in such a direction!

No problem, Natty! There is nothing in that direction regarding Lew that I have ever heard of or know of.....

Personally, I think Lew's ill health stemmed from one of two things or both -
his bad teeth or the effects of the pneumonia. Dr. Houmes thinks he may have even had rheumatic fever sometime in his life which is totally understandable. Also a strong possibility - his supposed "inability to withstand long marches, fainting and falling to the ground, etc."