Presidential Physician: James Julius Richardson
Presidents
Education
- Medical school: University of Maryland, 1889
Notes
- A "Washington Correspondent," Jerry A. Mathews, knew Richardson and introduced him to Taft in Sept. 1908, praising Richardson's care of many prominent government officials, including then-President Theodore Roosevelt.
- Specialty was "throat and vocal cords"
References
- Roos CA. Physicians to the Presidents, and their patients: a bibliography. Bull Med Library Assoc. 1961; 49(3): 291-360.
- Library of Congress, Papers of William Howard Taft, Sept. 14, 1908. https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss42234.mss42234-094_0020_1143/?sp=367&r=-0.211,-0.387,1.431,1.432,0 (Thanks to Walter Stahr for this reference.)