Hi Joy,
   Is that the disease that one of the Pharoh's (sp) of Egypt had? Linda
At 07:48 PM 12/30/99 EST, you wrote:
>Hi, Beth,
>Marfan's Disease is symbolic with  a small torso with long lanky arms and 
>legs, which Mr. Lincoln had.  The face is sunken and gaunt.  Not as visible 
>due to the beard.  There are some other things that go with it, but the 
>person with it usually does not or did not live much past 40.  Not only that, 
>Mr. Lincoln wore that tall top hat which emphasized his lankiness.  You can 
>probably check it out on the web.  I haven't read up on it in a while.
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>Joy
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