Word: astrocytoma
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Dates: during 1966-1966
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...autopsy showed that Whitman had a pecan-size brain tumor, or astrocytoma, in the hypothalamus region, but Pathologist Coleman de Chenar said that it was "certainly not the cause of the headaches" and "could not have had any influence on his psychic behavior." A number of Dexedrine tablets?stimulants known as "goofballs" ?were found in Whitman's possession, but physicians were not able to detect signs that he had taken any before he died...
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