This is the celebrated home page of John SotosThe genetic affliction ofAbraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln was not like you and me.  He, his mother, and three of his sons carried a lethal genetic illness.  It made them odd looking, too. A sparkling book tells the story. . . . Read more   →Find a medical expert, freeExpertscapeObjective, patented ranking of medical expertsin 26,000 topics, including:· World experts in pancreatic cancer· American experts in Crohn disease· California experts in insomniaThe medical history ofU.S. Presidents Many Presidents, especiallythe sick ones, have kept their illnesses from the public -- even when it affected their job. Read the histories here, and press candidates to come clean.   →The clinical medicine classicZebra CardsEeveryone loves Zebra Cards! The Canadian Medical Association Journal says: "Has given me more fun at the bedside and at rounds than I have had in a long time."   Get yours today!   →Pernicious anemia andMary Lincoln Sleep apnea andWilliam Howard TaftLoads ofFun StuffVox clamantisAmplifications BlogThey're all hereMajor WritingsA novel of nuclear confrontationPlateau of ChainsOutdatedDustbinThin gruelAbout MeMajor WritingsThe word "major" is used here in a relative sense, meaning only "not minor."  Even so, many minor publications are included.BooksSotos JG. The Mary Lincoln Mind-Body Sourcebook. Mt. Vernon, VA: Mt. Vernon Book Systems, 2017. WebsiteSotos JG. The Physical Lincoln. Mt. Vernon, VA: Mt. Vernon Book Systems, 2008. WebsiteSotos JG. The Physical Lincoln Sourcebook. Mt. Vernon, VA: Mt. Vernon Book Systems, 2008. WebsiteSotos JG. Zebra Cards: An Aid to Obscure Diagnosis. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians, 1989.  Revised edition 1991.  Reprinted 2006. WebsitePresidents and First FamiliesThe Mary Lincoln Mind-Body Sourcebook, as above.The Physical Lincoln, as above.The Physical Lincoln Sourcebook, as above.Sotos JG. How the health of presidential candidates should be evaluated. Wall Street Journal Expert Panel on Healthcare. 2016 Sept. 25 OnlineSotos JG. "What an affliction" -- Mary Todd Lincoln's fatal pernicious anemia. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 2015;  58: 419-444. (Published in July 2016.) PaywallSotos JG. Corpulence and correspondence: President William H. Taft and the medical management of obesity [Letter]. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2014 Apr 15; 160(8): 580. PaywallSotos JG. Abraham Lincoln's marfanoid mother: the earliest known case of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B? Clinical Dysmorphology. 2012 Jul;21(3):131-6. PaywallSotos JG. Herndon's Lincoln [Book review]. Lincoln Herald. 2012 Summer; 114(2): 144-146.Englert R, Sotos J. The battle of Gettysburg: how today's technology connected Jennie Wade to Abraham Lincoln after 145 years [Abstract]. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 2012 (Feb.); 17: 8.Sotos JG. Abraham Lincoln did not have type 5 spinocerebellar ataxia. Neurology. 2009 Oct 20;73