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There was more good news for Johnson. That scar, his doctor reported last week, is in "excellent condition." Vice Admiral George Burkley, the White House physician, added that in every other respect as well, Lyndon Johnson's recovery is in the "normal range." Last week was the sixth since Johnson left the hospital after his gall-bladder operation. It marked the end of the period mentioned by his doctors as the time it would take the President to resume full "physical activity...
...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...
Live Without It. X rays ordered by the White House physician, Vice Admiral George G. Burkley, confirmed his suspicion of a poorly functioning gall bladder. A second set of X rays, forwarded to the President's longtime friend and personal physician, the Mayo Clinic's Dr. James C. Cain, gave added evidence that the gall bladder contained stones. Since some bile always passes directly through the common duct from the liver to the duodenum, and the duct seems able to develop some storage capacity of its own, man can live without his gall bladder. Thus surgery to remove...
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...
...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...