Adolf Hitler had Parkinson’s
Adolf Hitler, one of the most notorious tyrants in the history of civilization. What is least known about him is the fact that he suffered from Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease as some of you may know it as is characterised by tremors in certain parts of the body. Hitler’s condition was apparent by the lack of movement in his left arm. Some guy called Dr. Abraham Lieberman studied about 300 hours of videos on Hitler and declared that the first symptom of Hitler’s condition was apparent in 1934 (age 45). Parkinson’s disease not only induces tremors in muscles but can also cloud the patient’s thinking. Around 1940 (age 51) or so, Hitler was diagnosed by his doctors as having Parkinson’s Disease. The disease did not have a cure at that time and the diagnosis meant certain death. Hitler knew that his time had come and in an effort to realize his dream of conquering all of Europe, he rushed into World War II. During the war, Hitler’s condition had worsened and his disease was taking its toll on him. It is pretty much a known fact that the inability of the Germans to respond in time to the 1944 Normandy invasion changed the course of the war and led to the fall of Germany. Many neurologists believe that Hitler had lost the ability to reason and grasp quickly due to his disease and this in part contributed to the downfall of Germany.
Hitler had micrographia, a small, compressed and cramped handwriting characteristic of Parkinson disease. (parkinson.org)
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May 19th, 2003 at 3:10 pm
So, did you actually get to your books? or was this from the tv movie that aired on CBS? Man, finishing on saturday felt so good. Food Luck!
May 20th, 2003 at 10:49 am
You finished on Saturday! Damn, that must feel good. This thing is not actually from CBS but from a tape from Discovery Health. I don’t know if they aired concurrently or not but yes, this post was inspired by a documentary on TV.
May 21st, 2003 at 9:49 pm
hey pranav. nice work on the website. its great. hi mukta. how are you? by the way, i learned from somewhere that they still have the whole genome of adolf hitler’s genes, and that terrorists could create a similar-minded person if they get those codes. i guess we dont have to worry. a deadly man with a parkinson’s disease can’t do much in today’s world. hehe. later.
May 21st, 2003 at 10:24 pm
Shrey, thanx for visiting. I am of the belief that although these scientists may be capable of making a clone of Hitler, rest assured, it’ll just be the flesh. The mind is a product of the environment and there is a very low chance that this clone would think like Hitler.