Presidential Health Matters: The Medical History of the United States as Seen Through the Lives of Forty-Six Presidents

Presidential Health Matters explores the medical history of the U.S through the lives of forty-six presidents. Dr. Goldberg brings the perspective of a practicing primary care internist to this account. He asks how and why medical events took place as they did. From the Siege of Boston in 1775 to Covid 19 in 2020, the history of the advance of medicine and the history of the United States were intertwined. Unfortunately, history has kept on repeating itself.