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Yesterday evening while I was cooking dinner I was watching
this show on the History Channel called 'High Hitler'. In it
they discussed the primary ailments he had and how his (quack)
doc ,Morel, treated them. Before and when he came to power,
his primary illness was IBS-C. Yes, believe it or not! Now,no
,they did not say IBS on the show. However, every symptom
they described was perfect IBS-C. Because of it, he abused
laxatives. His doc actually claimed the C was due to his
vegetarian diet! There is a well shown pic of him sitting
slumped back in a chair staring with starry eyes at the
ceiling just before Barbarossa. They said the look was
because he was constipated. However, I'll bet he got a bad
case of D after Stalingrad.
Now, if Hitler had IBS, it is likely other people had it
too. So it would seem as though IBS was around at the turn
of the century. Does anybody know just how long it has been
around and who was the first victim, and who were other
notable victims? It's a known fact that Robert E. Lee had
a bad case of D at Gettysburg. No, he did not get it after,
he had it before and during the battle. There's no other
mention of him having bowel problems however. Thus, from
what I know it is uncertain that he had IBS. It brings up
the question, was IBS around then? Maybe not, their diets
were significantly different than ours, and the pace of
life was a lot slower back then, i.e., not a lot of stress.
So, does anybody have other anecdotal evidence or know any
other facts about the history of this unwelcome 'syndrome'?
-Bob

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