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Hitler's bowel poblems may have contributed to his defeat
No, really!Guests at the Berghof, Hitlers private chalet in the Bavarian Alps, must have endured some unpleasant odors in the otherwise healthful mountain air. It may sound like a Woody Allen scenario, but medical historians are unanimous that Adolf was the victim of uncontrollable flatulence. Spasmodic stomach cramps, constipation and diarrhea, possibly the result of nervous tension, had been Hitlers curse since childhood and only grew more severe as he aged. . . . Hitlers stomach problems may even have played their part in his losing the war, thanks to this shadowy figure of Dr. Morell, an incompetent quack who took over Hitlers medical care in 1937. . . . To the irritation of other Nazi doctors, Hitler then proceeded to swallow any of Morells advice, no matter how hair-brained, for the next eight years. For example, to combat recurrences of the volcanic stomach problems, Morell plied him with a remedy called Dr. Kösters Anti-gas pills, which contained significant amounts of strychnine and Hitler often took as many as 16 of the little black pills a day. The sallow skin, glaucous eyes and attention lapses noted by observers later in the war are consistent with strychnine poisoning; another ingredient in the pills, antropine, causes mood swings from euphoria to violent anger. Even more peculiar were the injections of amphetamines that Morell administered every morning before breakfast from 1941, which may have exacerbated the erratic behavior, inflexibility, paranoia and indecision that Hitler began to display increasingly as the war ground on. Between the strychnine and the antropine and the uppers, it would explain a lot. And there was a barrage of other supplements -- vitamins, testosterone, liver extracts, laxatives, sedatives, glucose and opiates, all intended to combat the dictators real or imagined ailments. After the war, U.S. intelligence officers discovered that Morell was pumping Hitler with 28 different drugs, including eye-drops that contained 10 percent cocaine (up to 10 treatment a day), a concoction made from human placenta and potency pills made from ground bulls testicles. . . . So Hitler was a junkie, with gas. Wonder how many of the world's other egomaniacal, whacked-out tyrants (I'm lookin' at you Chavez! And you, Kimmie Boy! Saddam!) and tyrant wannabees (*cough* Soros! *cough*) are/were junkies as well? Posted by: Mike 2007-10-31 |
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