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Wiz Imp

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48. From Wikipedia:
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 01:57 PM
11 hrs ago
On Wednesday, March 24, 1841, Harrison took his daily morning walk to local markets, without a coat or hat. Despite being caught in a sudden rainstorm, he did not change his wet clothes upon return to the White House. On Friday, March 26, Harrison became ill with cold-like symptoms and sent for his doctor, Thomas Miller, though he told the doctor he felt better after having taken medication for "fatigue and mental anxiety". The next day, Saturday, the doctor was called again, and arrived to find Harrison in bed with a "severe chill", after taking another early morning walk. Miller applied mustard plaster to his stomach and gave him a mild laxative, and he felt better that afternoon. At 4:00 a.m. Sunday, March 28, Harrison developed severe pain in the side and the doctor initiated bloodletting; the procedure was terminated when there was a drop in his pulse rate. Miller also applied heated cups to the president's skin to enhance blood flow. The doctor then gave him castor oil and medicines to induce vomiting, and diagnosed him with pneumonia in the right lung. A team of doctors was called in Monday, March 29, and they confirmed right lower lobe pneumonia.

No official announcements were made concerning Harrison's illness, which fueled public speculation and concern the longer he remained out of public view. Washington society had noticed his uncharacteristic absence from church on Sunday. Conflicting and unconfirmed newspaper reports were based on leaks by people with contacts in the White House. A Washington paper reported on Thursday, April 1, that Harrison's health was decidedly better. In fact, Harrison's condition had seriously weakened, and Cabinet members and family were summoned to the White House—his wife Anna had remained in Ohio due to her own illness. According to papers in Washington on Friday, Harrison had rallied, despite a Baltimore Sun report that his condition was of a "more dangerous character". n the evening of Saturday, April 3, Harrison developed severe diarrhea and became delirious, and at 8:30 p.m. he uttered his last words, to his attending doctor, assumed to be for Vice President John Tyler: "Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of the government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more." Harrison died at 12:30 a.m. on April 4, 1841, Palm Sunday, nine days after becoming ill and exactly one month after taking the oath of office.

The prevailing theory at the time was that his illness had been caused by the bad weather at his inauguration three weeks earlier. Jane McHugh and Philip A. Mackowiak did an analysis in Clinical Infectious Diseases (2014), examining Miller's notes and records showing that the White House water supply was downstream of public sewage, and they concluded that he likely died of septic shock due to "enteric fever".


So it appears he did catch pneumonia, perhaps partly due to walking outside without a coat or hat and then not changing clothes after being caught in a rainstorm, only it wasn't at the inauguration but a few weeks later. Once he caught pneumonia, he also came down with the enteric fever which likely killed him.

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It's a sign, God is displeased. sop 13 hrs ago #1
That's what happens when you decide to raise the flag that had been lowered out of respect to Pres. Carter. nt Tommy Carcetti 13 hrs ago #3
MTG must hold a hearing on this newdeal2 13 hrs ago #7
don't give her any ideas......lmao vapor2 13 hrs ago #19
Strange Rebl2 13 hrs ago #21
Covid-19 will be there Habitation 13 hrs ago #22
Damn. greatauntoftriplets 13 hrs ago #2
'Cause you know his speech would (will) be loooooooong! momta 9 hrs ago #69
And nonsensical. greatauntoftriplets 8 hrs ago #71
Which president was it that stayed out in the cold so that he died soon after that? patricia92243 13 hrs ago #4
William Henry Harrison nt Tommy Carcetti 13 hrs ago #6
The inauguration didn't kill him. He got sick three weeks later after running around in the cold rain. LeftInTX 13 hrs ago #15
From Wikipedia: Wiz Imp 11 hrs ago #48
Sounds like they both happened at once. He was probably starting with enteric fever stuff and the pneumonia happened LeftInTX 11 hrs ago #50
Agreed. Wiz Imp 11 hrs ago #52
It sounds like the medical treatment didn't help MadameButterfly 10 hrs ago #60
This message was self-deleted by its author LeftInTX 10 hrs ago #63
Hahaha newdeal2 13 hrs ago #5
Cold day in hell... 😈 Arazi 13 hrs ago #8
Look on the bright side EYESORE 9001 13 hrs ago #9
Inside the arena? Isn't that where the circus is usually held? dem4decades 13 hrs ago #10
They'll have a WWE bout in the center. nolabear 12 hrs ago #38
Trump will pretend to hate it. gab13by13 13 hrs ago #11
Yesterday I saw a Picture of workers setting up what seemed to a godzillion chairs OUTdoors. Those riversedge 13 hrs ago #12
It's All About the Hair Starbeach 13 hrs ago #13
He worked so hard to get in, it feels karmic. Baitball Blogger 13 hrs ago #14
Honestly, I think fear of getting sick is part of why he is OK with this. Wiz Imp 12 hrs ago #41
Have republicans cleaned up The Shit that they shit there on J6? BoRaGard 13 hrs ago #16
Those damn Democrats and their weather manipulation apparatus! Hugin 13 hrs ago #17
The scene of the J6 crime mcar 13 hrs ago #18
Yes, I was just thinking that Walleye 13 hrs ago #27
Trump will use images of his followers storming the Capitol on 1/6 and claim it was the overflow crowd outside sop 13 hrs ago #32
Trump's going to HATE this. Maybe not. republianmushroom 13 hrs ago #20
He wants to upstage Carter. EndlessWire 13 hrs ago #23
Bwahahahaha sheshe2 13 hrs ago #24
Melania says she "doesn't care". Ping Tung 13 hrs ago #25
Weather weenie! Walleye 13 hrs ago #26
The Capitol Rotunda? Have they really thought that out? His farting will loudly echo thru the chamber. FSogol 13 hrs ago #28
Not at all Traildogbob 13 hrs ago #29
What a bold and courageous leader! NameAlreadyTaken 13 hrs ago #30
A MANLY MAN!!!! Give Peace A Chance 11 hrs ago #45
They'll try to turn it into, NameAlreadyTaken 11 hrs ago #47
Chickenshit bastard! Jilly_in_VA 13 hrs ago #31
Isn't he having a rally on Sunday? SARose 13 hrs ago #33
Sunday rally is indoors at the arena Wiz Imp 12 hrs ago #39
Yes but SARose 10 hrs ago #66
I agree that crowds will likely not be as big as Trump expects Wiz Imp 9 hrs ago #68
No prob SARose 8 hrs ago #70
Mike Johnson will order the weather to warm up. WestMichRad 12 hrs ago #34
Just wear some damn mittens! progressoid 12 hrs ago #35
How can he take over Greenland if he can't even handle 20 degree weather?" Ray Bruns 12 hrs ago #36
Bwah! electric_blue68 11 hrs ago #46
"Dangerously cold" Prairie Gates 12 hrs ago #37
Wind chills are expected to be around zero to low single digits at the highest. Wiz Imp 12 hrs ago #40
LOL Prairie Gates 12 hrs ago #42
This is 100% to protect his comb-over from blowing away in the wind JoseBalow 12 hrs ago #43
Mother Nature off to a roaring start. May she continue. Lemons UK 12 hrs ago #44
For the record, this will almost certainly be the coldest inauguration since Reagans 2nd in 1985. Wiz Imp 11 hrs ago #49
Nothing ever goes his way. William769 11 hrs ago #51
Excuses Lotusflower70 11 hrs ago #53
Isn't the Rotunda where they have state funerals?? [end] Anna Dault 11 hrs ago #54
He's a orange welp Pas-de-Calais 11 hrs ago #55
I heard they were trying to get Capital One Arena, where the Wizards & Captials play. Capacity 20,356 n/t aggiesal 11 hrs ago #56
He doesn't want his diaper to freeze. CentralMass 11 hrs ago #57
At least the cold wind will disperse the stench IzzaNuDay 9 hrs ago #67
They will be there and... S/V Loner 11 hrs ago #58
He's also afraid his comb over will fly off. Beck23 11 hrs ago #59
It's not the cold.... CapnSteve 10 hrs ago #61
He'll say "1 million "Patriots" showed up" just couldn't see them as they were all outside. Fla Dem 10 hrs ago #62
Can I still hope for pneumonia? CaptainTruth 10 hrs ago #64
He can say millions, even billions were outside & for once he wouldn't be lying. CaptainTruth 10 hrs ago #65
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