The Medical Casebook of Adolf Hitler - Softcover

Heston, Leonard L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815410662 ISBN 13: 9780815410669

Publisher: Cooper Square Pub, 2000

Synopsis

The Medical Casebook of Adolf Hitler illuminates the darkest and most baffling aspects of Hitler's behavior. Militarily and domestically, he ruled with a rigidity that defied reason. Toward the end of the war Hitler's closest companions watched as he succumbed to ever-increasing episodes of indecision, irritability, paranoia, and delusion.

Leonard and Renate Heston's study reveals a man who required almost constant attention for a variety of ailments. Hitler's main physician, Dr. Theo Morell, supplied daily injections of an unspecified and untested mixture of vitamins, hormones, and amphetamines. While Hitler praised the restorative powers of these chemicals, his contemporaries described a man beset by illness, addiction, and stress.

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Starting in the early 1930s, Adolf Hitler began experiencing episodes of sharp, cramping pain in his right upper abdomen. The pain appeared shortly after meals, and when it did, Hitler would usually leave the room. Sometimes he returned `after the spasm had passed', as Albert Speer described it, and sometimes he did not return at all. `After every meal the pain begins!'

Review:

Nothing so much as my own descriptions from that period convinced me that Professor Heston and his wife have come to the correct conclusion. (Albert Speer)

[Filled with] fresh evidence [that] throws new light on Hitler's performance....Impressive. (The New York Review Of Books)

About this edition

• Publisher: Cooper Square Pub
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0815410662
• ISBN 13: 9780815410669
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192