Betsy
04-26-05, 10:02 PM
This is a not an opportunity for someone to pipe in saying that JLC has intersex or AIS, as that is simply an urban legend and remains so until she chooses to reveal it on her own, if at all.
Dead people are fair game though...
However, I went to see a new dentist today to get a broken filling fixed and he commented that it is rumoured George Washington had Klinefelters. He validated it by pointing out that he was exceptionally tall, never had facial hair, no kids, and supposedly a feminine body.
So in doing a search, I also discovered this:
(from http://rumkin.com/fun/trivia/index.php?category=10) 2004-05-11: Napoleon's hormones have been implicated as having important roles in his personality. These include suggestions of hyperthyroidism, Foehlich's Syndrome (pituitary deficiency), hypogonadism, Klinefelter's Syndrome (an extra X chromosome) and, as a bonus, undefined latent homosexuality.
(from http://www.booknotes.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1609)
Prof. BURSTEIN: John Randolph is--he was a character. He was the
most entertaining member of Congress for the several decades that he
served in Congress, mostly in the House. But in the year 1826, he was
a member of the United States Senate from Virginia. John Randolph--I
think if it doesn't sound too anachronistic, if you could imagine the
comedian Robin Williams in the House or the Senate, that was the kind
of character that John Randolph was. He came dressed in white
buckskin gloves. Henry Clay, a speaker of the House, one time had to
throw out--order Randolph to remove his dog. He brought his hunting
dog to Congress with him.
BURSTEIN: He was from--he was called John Randolph of Roanoke.
He was from south central Virginia, one of the old, distinguished
families of early America.
But what I wanted to just point out, too, was his--his physical
stature, because this is one of the reasons why people, in his time,
paid so much attention to him, why newspapers constantly wrote about
him. He's really androgynous in appearance, and in consultation with
some people from the medical field, it--I--I've concluded that he had
a genetic condition called Klinefelter's syndrome. And this means
that he was born--of course they didn't know this at the time, but he
was born with two X and one Y chromosome, which means he was very
tall, rail-thin. One observer described that he--his head looked like
that of a child. And he was only 13 inches across from shoulder to
shoulder and that--his legs seemed to--he was was formed sort of like
a pyramid. He was beardless and he had a shrill soprano voice. So he
was a man that people commented on all the time and, yes, he was a
headline grabber. And in the course of the year 1826, he fights a
sensational duel on the banks of the Potomac with Secretary of State
Henry Clay.
(from http://www.heightsite.com/2_tallbody/2_tallconditions.htm) In fact it has been suggested that George Washington, first President of the United States, may have had it. This is in part due to his lanky physique, lack of facial hair and no children, despite a healthy marital relationship.
So, there it is. Any others?
Betsy
Dead people are fair game though...
However, I went to see a new dentist today to get a broken filling fixed and he commented that it is rumoured George Washington had Klinefelters. He validated it by pointing out that he was exceptionally tall, never had facial hair, no kids, and supposedly a feminine body.
So in doing a search, I also discovered this:
(from http://rumkin.com/fun/trivia/index.php?category=10) 2004-05-11: Napoleon's hormones have been implicated as having important roles in his personality. These include suggestions of hyperthyroidism, Foehlich's Syndrome (pituitary deficiency), hypogonadism, Klinefelter's Syndrome (an extra X chromosome) and, as a bonus, undefined latent homosexuality.
(from http://www.booknotes.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1609)
Prof. BURSTEIN: John Randolph is--he was a character. He was the
most entertaining member of Congress for the several decades that he
served in Congress, mostly in the House. But in the year 1826, he was
a member of the United States Senate from Virginia. John Randolph--I
think if it doesn't sound too anachronistic, if you could imagine the
comedian Robin Williams in the House or the Senate, that was the kind
of character that John Randolph was. He came dressed in white
buckskin gloves. Henry Clay, a speaker of the House, one time had to
throw out--order Randolph to remove his dog. He brought his hunting
dog to Congress with him.
BURSTEIN: He was from--he was called John Randolph of Roanoke.
He was from south central Virginia, one of the old, distinguished
families of early America.
But what I wanted to just point out, too, was his--his physical
stature, because this is one of the reasons why people, in his time,
paid so much attention to him, why newspapers constantly wrote about
him. He's really androgynous in appearance, and in consultation with
some people from the medical field, it--I--I've concluded that he had
a genetic condition called Klinefelter's syndrome. And this means
that he was born--of course they didn't know this at the time, but he
was born with two X and one Y chromosome, which means he was very
tall, rail-thin. One observer described that he--his head looked like
that of a child. And he was only 13 inches across from shoulder to
shoulder and that--his legs seemed to--he was was formed sort of like
a pyramid. He was beardless and he had a shrill soprano voice. So he
was a man that people commented on all the time and, yes, he was a
headline grabber. And in the course of the year 1826, he fights a
sensational duel on the banks of the Potomac with Secretary of State
Henry Clay.
(from http://www.heightsite.com/2_tallbody/2_tallconditions.htm) In fact it has been suggested that George Washington, first President of the United States, may have had it. This is in part due to his lanky physique, lack of facial hair and no children, despite a healthy marital relationship.
So, there it is. Any others?
Betsy