The Patient Is Fine: President Makes Quick Recovery
The Patient Is Fine: President Makes Quick Recovery
The Bethesda Naval Hospital is housing its most famous patient. President Johnson was operated on there, successfully, for the removal of his gall bladder. Five hours after the operation he took a few steps and attending physicians marveled at his rapid recovery. The operation didn't slow the President's Administrative capacity in the least. He kept in touch with Vice President Humphrey and Congressional leaders and signed a dozen bills into law. Several exterior shots of the hospital. Sign, "National Naval Medical Center. MS - Camera pans the exterior of the hospital. Interior, LBJ looking somewhat unhappy, reclining in chair, with family members around him (all posing for the camera) Lady Bird and the President's two daughters Lucy Baines and Lynda Bird. MS - The President in his reclining chair again, this time with Hubert Humphrey. LBJ hands papers to Humphrey, signs something, chats with his VP.