'The first academic study of this peculiar illness was conducted by Dr. Geroge Beard, a Boston neurologist and psychiatrist, for the American Neurological Association in 1878 (it seems possible, although unconfirmed, that Beard himself is the author of the newspaper article cited above).  Beard had worked with a number of interesting cases, and had even defended Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President James Garfield, on grounds of insanity.'

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'He didn’t get the diplomatic job. On one visit to the State Department, Secretary of State James Blaine barked at Guiteau, “Never bother me again about the Paris consulship as long as you live.”

The words stung, and set Guiteau off on a bizarre chain of logic, which would result in his demise. Blaine was a menace to the Republican Party. To get rid of Blaine, he reasoned, he had to kill the president. After all, it was Garfield’s fault that such a man served in the State Department. '

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