*THE DOCTORS' REPORT-

One of history's most remarkable public documents last week gave the world an unprecedented look at the health of the President of the U.S. Excerpts:

General Condition. Continues good. He is physically active and mentally alert. His appearance, appetite and digestion are excellent. His height is 71 inches and his weight is 168 pounds.

Eyes. No organic disease. The retinal arteries showed no evidence of sclerosis. A minor error in refraction was properly corrected by glasses.

Ear, Nose, Throat & Sinuses. No abnormalities noted. The tonsils had been previously removed.

Dental. The teeth and gums were in excellent condition.

Thyroid. No abnormalities noted.

Chest. The lungs were clear to auscultation. The determination of vital capacity was within normal limits.

Cardiovascular. The blood pressure was 118/80. Since recovery from infarction, it has averaged 120/80. It has seldom reached higher levels, and occasionally has been lower. The heart sounds were good. The pulse was 70 per minute. The myocardial infarction of September 1955 was well healed. The electrocardiogram showed residual changes consistent with healed infarction. There were no symptoms or findings of myocardial insufficiency (muscle weakness) or coronary insufficiency (angina). The arteries of the extremities showed no evidence of sclerosis. The circulatory tone was good. The President has shown good tolerance to increasing physical activity over the past six months. He remains on anticoagulant therapy with excellent control.

Nerves, Muscles, Bones & Joints. Nerve reflexes were normal. The muscle tone was good. The bones and joints were normal, with the exception of a nondisabling athletic injury to the left knee incurred at West Point in 1912. The previously noted bursitis [in Ike's shoulders] was found to be inactive.

Abdomen. Healed scar in the right lower abdominal wall from an appendectomy in 1923.*

Genito-Urinary System. No disease of the urinary tract. The prostate showed minimal benign enlargement--normal for his age.

X Ray. The X ray, when compared with numerous previous films of the heart and lungs dating from 1946, showed no changes in the lungs and no changes in the general configuration or size of the heart. The fluoroscopic examination of the heart showed a normal rate and rhythm. The healed infarction on the anterolateral wall of the left ventricle was again noted and appeared as an area approximately 2.5 centimeters (nearly one inch) in extent in which the amplitude of the pulsations was diminished. There was no evidence of bulging in the scar. Action of the diaphragm and aortic pulsations were normal.

Gall Bladder. Normal by dye test.

Digestive Tract. Barium studies showed it functioning normally.

All Normal. Urinalysis, blood count, sedimentation rate, hematocrit and blood chemistry tests.

*A memento of young Ike's determination to let nothing interfere with his Army career. On the theory that his appendix "might kick up sometime when I was real busy," he had it removed during a period of relative inactivity.

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