Word: burkley
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...thought was that it might have been something he ate. Then, perhaps mindful of the pains that accompanied his near-fatal heart attack in 1955, Lyndon woke Lady Bird, talked it over with her, and agreed that he had better summon the White House physician, Vice Admiral George G. Burkley, asleep in the guesthouse 100 strides down the road. Burkley quickly diagnosed a malfunctioning gall bladder...
Poetry & a Refuse Bin. The President's official week was climaxed by a physical that disclosed no evidence of any worrisome aftereffects of his 1955 heart attack. Johnson's personal physician, Dr. George G. Burkley, repeated the tactful fiction that his patient weighs only 200 Ibs., but added emphatically: "His health is comparable to that of any man of his age. And he is more active than most...
...developed a scratchy throat and cough. On Friday night-with Lady Bird and Lynda gone, and Luci Baines out on a date-the President was pretty much alone in the White House and, according to aides, feeling a little sorry for himself. The White House physician, Rear Admiral George Burkley, gave him aspirin, some Declomycin and a dose of "the brown mixture," a generation-old cough remedy...
...President called Burkley again, complained of heavy coughing and pains in his throat and chest, and Burkley decided that it would be best to send Johnson to the hospital. Luci, who had just come home from her date, climbed into the ambulance with her father and got a room near his at the hospital...
...Lingering Thought. After a series of tests-including an electrocardiogram, which proved normal-Dr. Burkley summed it up: "A respiratory infection similar to that which is prevailing at this time of year." So prevalent was the infection that Lady Bird too checked into the hospital the same...