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is a medical dr. is board certified neurologist current president of the neurological association of new jersey. as a former former president of medical history. he is also an avid magazine collector published in conjunction which i remember it very clearly. at the rn mask 73 years of medical coverups that rewrote history. it is now available we would like to welcome you today. >> good morning. a brief excerpt from chapter 12. the weather in washington d.c. on the morning of march 4 , 33

fdr's first inauguration day was frigid and gloomy. match in the country's mood. americans were facing a future certain only in its bleakness. bank failures and foreclosures on farms and homes were on the rise. the new york stock exchange had suspended trading. acquiescing to tradition a dour herbert hoover road with his successor a one half mile parade route h from the white house to the capitol. flashes famous and ran in response to the cheering crowds. the inability to walk back to dr carey to grayson woodrow wilson's no stranger coverups had a wooden passageway constructed from the capitol rotunda was swearing in on the east front.

vilma franklin traversing the final 35 feet down a ramp to the speaker's podium upper body swing back and forth as he propelled himself neither his cane nor his vice grip on james' arm is visible. even the oath of office had to be staged franklin was standing unassisted facing chief justice charles evans hughes his right hand raised his left grasping for support. open to the first epistle to the corinthians before him. once he had been sworn in the 32nd president spoke of the words that become the most memorable he ever uttered.

great nation will endure as it has endured. we revive and prosper the firm belief the only thing we have to fear is fear itself nameless and reason the unjustified terriert which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance he says. many listing across the nation to the new presidents voice were thinking what does he know about fear the everett worry about going without amiri think a job ellison brought intoo the rink f death. every time he went out and public he had flat on his face. and in 1930 he heard the most three most you have cancer.

my name is steven lomazow doingg our 40 years as a neurologist is unraveling medical mysteries and clear understandable language. the last 18 years when you my greatest passions the most complex most highly guarded most historically important medical mystery of all. the truth of franklin delano roosevelt the conclusions i have drawn are based on the weight of the evidence. much presented and analyzed in this book. this medical biography for the first time. some of my assertions are not entirely documentable the scenario of another of his illnesses is his prostate cancer. much of what you are about to

hear is not speculation but fact. fdr unmasked swarms of illnesses that he is confronted with crippling polio frequent viral and bacterial infections and nearly fatal hemorrhage of what has the front yacht in 1934. life-threatening intestinal to humorous and deflect from another of his medical crises. countless surgeries to camouflage and treat the lesion above his left eye and in his last years cardiovascular disease and frequent epileptic seizures. new revelations includes information you befriended fdr

and began treating him while he was governor of new york. discuss in detail the relationship between fdr and his relative by b mary marriage. the closest mail friendship of his m life. medical coverups that begin to decades after reading the subtitle of this book one might ponder how they could last for 73 years for a man who lives for only 63 years. first began in 1921 and vice presidential candidates contracted a children's disease. franklin's political mentor, louis howe told him the extent of his paralysis ever becamer public his career it was, using

his words, kaput. disability from pole it was intentionally minimized. foley was a roadblock took fdr seven years to get to run for public office. the disease did not provide him with an infusion of empathy was probably more intellect determination and ambition attributes tempered in his youth polio medical problems have intervened at virtually every milestone of his career. when fdr was about to run for a second term as it new york statt

senator landed flat on his back with a potentially fatal case of typhoid fever. the visible candidate and after the victory in 1912 addressed a letter of congratulations to bill levitt and future president. even eleanor's emotional break with her husband came to a head and that 1918 after he had contracted a severe case of spanish flu. the deadliest pandemic in human history. but sammy had public life of the governor of new york franklin, his family in teams of physicians disguise the state of his health. of a robust leader who is always excellent physical condition and why did i choose the image of fdr as a sphinx for the book

cover? the ancient egyptian relic renowned for continuouslyy telling never answer reporters are so baffled for an unprecedented thirdrd term papier-mâché image of him fashion as a sphinx. cigarette holder and glasses. presented it to him at the gridiron club banquet. the president was so fond of this parity he used it as a centerpiece for the oddities room when he opened his library later. his now been returned to a prominent position in the permanent exhibition only a few yards from here and i urge you to go see it.

on june 101940 franklin dona roosevelt 58 years old or movement.scheidler 1644 son of a country gentleman and the bell of the hudson valley was ahead of the last great democracy still at peace. with 33 weeks left of his second term. eighth year as president although he had moved, works, eaten, exhorted, praise the tone of his voice that mannerism the dark mole over his left eyebrow the mole on his right cheek intimates every u.s. citizen still there is no man in the u.s. who can answer the question who is franklin roosevelt?

during his lifetime, no photograph or even any political cartoon of fdr in a wheelchair or in a compromising position came to light. became a regular platform of fdr's superhuman vitality. beginning with a speech numbing al smith to the presidency in 19208 fdr heard directly from him on the radio. newspapers and magazines and what they saw edited news reels and retouch photographs. forty-five years after his death and only as part of a new and a larger cover up to conceal other serious medical. problems. still dominate the narrative of franklin's health. the scheme was so successful

that in fact except for polio, virtually nothing is known about his health for decades after he died. 57written in 1957 stated quote e evidence shows only partial signs or traces of a deteriorated through the condition of the most critical time the election of 1944. only and our mission forecast the succeeding events with certainty." orchestrated in his press secretary have been a wildly successful. the full extent of his polio do not appear in print until his 1985 book fdr's splendid deception. o two decades after his death fdr's daughter and her husband

her physician conspired withd doctor howard bruen the cardiologist who had treated him for the last two years to rewrite history. the hoax was perpetrated by literally manufacturing a detailed false medical narrative and a bogus account and a prominent medical journal. fdr having been. neurological problems at all. the deception was specifically to hoodwink the greatest story. and woodley accepted a false narrative he was being fed enthusiastically that set of falsehoods soldier of freedom. that book won the pulitzer prize in 1971.

and in january 1970 burns had written to bruen to inform have the release of soldier of freedom to fill that gap would be writing a article to raise a cover feature of saturday review. in april 1970 at the 25th anniversary here's the cover of that magazine. the young cardiologist has an emergency summons to conduct a heart examination characterization is another part of the deception. was not young but rather a full professor of p medicine and onef america's leading clinical f cardiologist 1942 at the age of

37 with one child and another on the way specifically he incidentally also treatedr eleanor. which are full and authoritative likely to have on the matter of forces to revise the most interpretations of the significance ofin roosevelt's medical condition during his final year. who burns book remains the primary source for most subsequent biology's with respect to fdr's and the pilot years. i call that the gospel according to bruen. ana never said anything publicly she died in 1975. but continue to promote and enhance the deception so shortly

before his death in 1995 at age 90 his last interview with kearns goodwin. which also won the pulitzer prize for biography in 1995. still holds other than polio fdr was completely healthy until march 1944 when he diagnosed wholly unsuspected conductive heart failure after allegedly examining him for the firstr time. bosley took place because ana had felt the presidential physician was not delivering good medical care to her father. until his death caused by a stroke came out ofqu a bolt outf the blue uncooked on april 12, 1945 fdr had no serious medical problems other than high blood

pressure and gallstones. this dramatically obvious weight loss was due to a self enforced diet. never asked doctors anything. about it because he had a job to do unquote. none of this is true. his closest companion has aptly labeled her perpetrated her own cover-up many of serious life-threatening illnesses and completeintentionally document under her bed to be discovered after her death in 1991 at age 99. equally important daisy had been the archivist of its labor 1941 likely exerted editorial content

sshe retired in 1963. one must understand the incredibly magnetic personality fdr. those fortunate enough to be taken to his inner circle. two weeks before fdr died he sat down with daisy and told her quote all people who work with this man i loved him. if he told me too jump out of a window i would do it without hesitation unquote. the good dr. and are unlikely jump at that window for half a century. fdr's epilepsy at somend shockig first described the secret my 2010 biography will have by my

neurological colleagues the most prestigious medical journal. the seizures occurred frequently after 1943 of the best way to ascertain whom was a participating in a medical cover by virtue of their silence of supporting. these shocking events though not understood at the time for the true medical significance, would nonetheless described by well over a dozen observers. yet others who surely witness scores of them campaign agents,s doctors, his daughter and his wife, did not. the first female cabinet member, frances perkins, who had known fdr from his days as a new york state senator, described the seizures to >> the seizures of columbia university historians in 1955. quote, the change in his appearance had todo do with the oncoming of a glass city eye and an extremely drawn look around the eyes and cheeks and even a sort of dropping of the muscles of the jaw and the mouth as though they weren't working exactly.

when he fainted, as he did occasionally, not not for many years, but for several years that was all accentuated. it would be momentary, very brief, and he'd be back again. unquote with. evenen adams took these episodes for what she called as little brain c burstings. a record of that conversation was found at the herbert hoover library at west branch, iowa, things that never made it to hyde park. fdr unmasked also presents for the first time the story of his relationship with vincent as to. one cannot truly understand fdr without examining that close relationship. among other events, astor hosted finishing dr on his 263-foot yacht for medical treatment and acted as a personal spymaster for over a decade. vincent was the son of john

jacob as or to have iv, the wealthiest man to go down on the titanic in 1912 which has just claimed another 5 victims. astor had named his best friend and brother-in-law to be his executor who just happened to be the fdr's half-brother who signed franklin's law firm to represent the astor family. while franklin was nearly 10 years older, by the time their friendship blossomed in 1912, they had, in vincent's words, grown to become the same age. vincent and franklin shared a love for the sea and used voyages as a retreat to avoid the press. mr. astor discovered early the solace of the sea, he wrote in 1928. reporters could not infest the oceans, said vincent. the social gulf between

americans is not so much measured in money as in newspaper headlines. fdr harbored similar sentiments, referring to cruises as, quote, the only place i can get away from people, telephones and uniforms. to learn more about this fascinating relationship, simply googlego vincent astor and franklin roosevelt and a highly inform iftive and exquisitely documented article written by a researcher while employered -- employed at this library will be found at the top of the list. fkr's first cruise -- fdr's first cruise was in early 1933, just is after he'd been elected president, and ended with an assassination attempt on him during a speech in miami, florida, by an immigrant bricklayer that instead killed the mayor of chicago. the other g guests who regularly sailed a aboard that yacht were almost exclusively the gentry that astor was most comfortable socializing with. one member of that gang though

was very different. dr. w. leslie haider, a physician of moderate means from moacialg alabama, had trained in new york city in 1929 as a cancer surgeon at the institution that became today's memorial sloan debtorring cancer center -- sloan-kettering, and thenen in 1930 at corps mel's prestigious new york hospital. haider was introduced by the the chief of staff of that hospital, anotherth member of the gang. a young heiress, helen hooper brown, had been treated at the hospital and became enamored with his confidence and demeanor, likely recommending the young doctor to the chief of staff. helen hooper brown was the wife of lathrop brown, fdr's schoolmate at brown and his apartment mate at harvard. fdr had served as best man at the hooper brown wedding and lathrop hadad done likewise for franklin and eleanor in 1905. dr. higher's previously unknown

archive provides rock solid evidence that he began treating fdr while he was governor of new york. shortly before that fatey ifful cruise which likely involved surgical treatment of the president-elect, vincent had written dr. heiledder to tell him, quote, for obvious reasons are on this particular trip it will be absolutely essential to have a member of your particular profession o onboard. finish and i don't know of anybody who would fit in as well as you. a stunning handwritten postscript added, quote, our primary preliminary trip will have to be kept under the hat until our principled guest gives it out, unquote. another previously unknown meter from dr. heiledder to his father is the best eyewitness record of his intimate if friendship with fdr and as a to have as well as the events surrounding the assassination attempt. though strange bedfellows, they remained lifelong friends. paperwork for every trip taken

by fdr during his presidency is preserved in frat files in the library -- separate files. fdr's third cruise over easter, 1934, was particularly ventful. a telegram in the file addressed to fdr at the white house from a jacksonville, florida, cancer radiation treatment specialist requests a meeting just before the departure aboard ship to demonstrate how to use a medical device he had invented that would be of, quote, great benefit to the cancer patient, unquote. dr. hyder was the ship's doctor. the file reveals an unexpected medical complication and its cover-up which necessitated a week's extension of the crude. franklin's sons james and elliott were huredly summoned to the ship likely as transfights if donors. -- transfusions.

a letter written just after the crisis by his press secretary reads, quote: robbie -- which was an alias for fdr -- was really, really very -- was really very, very ill, unquote. james contacted dr. hyder about the soy isage while preparing his 1958 memoir and and acknowledged without a doubt that he knew i that hyder had been the president's doctor, yet made no mention of hydeare r in the final man you scent. he also concocted a detailed, false story to explain his brother elliott's presence. so why does all of this matter? the present-day narrative of the life of the most consequential person of the united states of the 20th century is highly incomplete and in many cases false. the gospel according to bruin with. fdr was, indeed, a very sick man at yalta and had battled serious

ill fitness nor -- illness for decades previously. until the narrative of franklin's life has been set straight especially with respect to his health, the magnitude of his accomplishments cannot be properly aaccessedded. fdr -- g assessed. unmasked goes a long way towards achieving that end. thank you, i look forward to your questions. [applause] s very gratifying, i believe. if anybody has a question you've been asked to step up to the microphone microphone, all we question was. yes, sir. on. to what degree was eleanor apprized of fdr actual circumstances and condition. well, the only medical records we have from fdr his health come

from illinois's files. now as you know fdr and eleanor had had parallel lives, but she was aware of and in fact, when asked about his health, she generally denied there was any problem. that's in the book. uh huh. the great catherine smith wrote the book on resilience. thank you. you've met a lot of resistance in the fdr industry, i guess about your theories and your proof. can you talk a little bit about that. well, again, i've been doing what i do for the last 50 years. i entered medical school in 1972. i am this all unfolded my eyes and we had some some interesting success in 2010. but book goes a lot farther, particularly with respect to

being treated as for cancer. while he was. dr. heider is a dr. hightower's records are brand new and all things about vincent astor who was indeed his most is closest male friendship of his adult life. also enhance is exactly what we're talking about history historians have pretty well burned into the stone and sometimes it's hard to rewrite history. that's why that's the subtitle of the book. i am confident that with time the truth which is i'm talking about will come out now. always, always, again. like i said, the end. does this make fdr as accomplishments worse or does it does it shine a good on him? and the answer to that is, as i said, that if understand what he had to go through, the time that he was going through it fighting terminal diseases, making up diagnoses, doing anything you can to get what he had done, his

fortitude and his determination and his marvelous carried him to be the greatest of the 20th century. and it enhances what he did. it doesn't diminish it from diminish it at all. dr. lemay as we talked your book a couple of times, when it was in progress, what i found most compelling was your analysis of the mole or the or whatever on his left eyebrow, which was obviously visible. so how that over the course of time, i wonder you could elaborate on that. well again, interestingly, as you know fdr founded warm springs and his his idea about hydrotherapy caused him to buy warm springs and literally roosevelt was one of the most

one of the best and most rehabilitative physicians in the 1920s. and if not american history. but one of the things that he liked to do and one of his treatments for his men, for his for his polio, he felt that being in the sun was a very, very important thing. and he wrote letters to people saying. it's even best if you do it completely naked. but if you can't do that, do it with the bathing suit. this letters or that was his treatment. now, of course, when you have a a blotch over your eye and what wasn't known at the time, was the relationship between radiation of the sun and the development of melanoma. so sometime around 29, 1930, he heard those three words and heider, just like dr. bruen was recruited to take care of it, is an interesting person. his own son is he had a son was born in 1945. so have had long conversations with him.

he actually shunned the the lifestyle of the rich and famous. went back to mobile, alabama, and became an obstetrician where he delivered babies and operated on people often for very minimal amount of recompense. he was very friendly. vincent throughout his life, the richest man in world would come to visit him in alabama. his latest, i know of 1952, because that's the last time bill remembers it. so there's so many things in this. go to that website. you, my friend. my, my, my coworker cohort will villanova wrote it at the library. it's a fab list document and you'll learn all about things you really never knew before after your life. what we don't we know something about after his life. what we don't know is what we don't know. and now i think we've learned a lot more. but there's a long way to go even as yet. so i thank you for that. okay. thank you.

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