The Treatment Was Worse Than the Disease
The Treatment Was Worse Than the Disease
by Joseph Varon at Brownstone Institute
On December 12, 1799, George Washington returned to Mount Vernon after several hours on horseback in snow, hail, and freezing rain. The next day he developed a sore throat and hoarseness, and in the early morning of December 14 he awoke struggling to breathe and swallow. Doctors were called, and what happened next is now one of the most talked-about medical cases in American history.
Washington did not lack medical care. In fact, he received a lot of attention from three skilled physicians, who used the…
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