PRESIDENT COOLIDGE 'SUFFERING FROM SLIGHT COLD'
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On February 17, 1926, The Evening Star reports that President Calvin Coolidge "is suffering from..a slight cold."
The President was taken ill last evening but attempted to start his usual day at his desk. After a short span of time, he cancelled his appointments and was back in bed before 10 a.m.
Major James F. Coupal*, the President's physician, assured reporters that Mr. Coolidge's condition is "no cause of alarm."
*James Francis Coupal (1884-1935) was born in Boston, Massachusetts & educated at Tufts University & Tufts U. School of Medicine. At the time of his appointment as White House doctor, he was curator of the Army Medical Museum in Washington, D.C.
SOURCES
"James Francis Coupal," Family Search, www.ancestors.familysearch.org/
"James Major Coupal White House Doctor; President Formally Appoints Him to Succeed Brig. Gen. Sawyer," The New York Times, June 28, 1924, www.newyorktimes.com/
"President Suffering From Cold, Drops Business for Rest in Bed," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., February 17, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
