#ginger thomas

[miablurry]

Madison and his epilepsy

And

Jefferson with his chronic wrist pain.

●In particular, according to Lynne Cheney in her bookJames Madison: A Life Reconsidered, he was prone to “sudden attacks, somewhat resembling epilepsy,” which historians in the past dismissed as “epileptoid hysteria.” However, based on new research and the opinions of many medical experts, modern historians claim that, to the contrary, Madison wasn’t some manic hypochondriac. In fact, Madison did, indeed, suffer from a mild form of epilepsy.

●In September 1786, Thomas Jefferson dislocated his right wrist in a fall. An entry in his memorandum book records payment to two surgeons on September 18th. According to contemporary reports, the injury occurred when Jefferson attempted to jump a fence in the Cours-la-Reine in Paris. Two surgeons set his bones, but not well, and he suffered wrist pain for the rest of his life.

[moandieu]

Ginger Thomas Thoughts of Long Ago, acrylic/mixed media on canvas

[faguscarolinensis]

Tecoma stans / Yellow Elder at the Peace River Botanical & Sculpture Gardens in Punta Gorda, FL

[20th-century-scrapbook]

At the time, General Morgan was working on the plans for the D-Day invasion, so my work was extremely ...