Presidents

Question 1

Gerald Ford

Answer 1

Abscess on tongue

Question 2

George Washington

Answer 2

Dentures made of ivory

Died of respiratory distress from infection of epiglottis- epiglottitis

Question 3

Andrew Jackson

Answer 3

Drank calomel, which has mercury.

Excessive salivation.

Question 4

Rutherford Hayes

Answer 4

Chronic tonsillitis

Question 5

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 5

Died of throats cancer

Question 6

Grover Cleveland

Answer 6

Palatine cancer. Had palate removed on a boat.

Question 7

John Adams

Answer 7

GERD

Question 8

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 8

Used a mechanical pump to remove excess acid from stomach

Question 9

Dwight Eisenhower

Answer 9

Crohn’s disease- an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the ileum.

Question 10

Ronald Reagan

Answer 10

Colon cancer- polyps

Question 11

Lyndon Johnson- LBJ

Answer 11

Had gallbladder removed

Question 12

William McKinley

Answer 12

Was shot- bullet pierced pancreas causing necrosis

Question 13

Franklin Pierce

Answer 13

Died from cirrhosis of the liver from alcohol abuse

Question 14

Calvin Coolidge

Answer 14

Many sinus infections- chronic inflammation of nasal cavity

Question 15

William Harrison

Answer 15

Died in office of pneumonia

Shortest serving president