Decapitation of the Union

[John Fazio]

However, it has been written that after 1860 "he went continuously downhill"

There is a theory that Lincoln was poisoning himself by taking blue mass pills during the early months of his presidency. The Smithsonian has a short video about this theory here:

http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/videos...ills/16052

Roger:

I have heard this theory, which is based on the fact that "Blue Mass" contains mercury, a known toxin. But this would have been a slow poisoning over a long period of time, not likely to cause sudden symptoms of a kind that would catch someone's attention.

John