Headache was also common (about 80%). These symptoms overlap with those of Meniereâs disease as well as to lesser extent, migraine (Sperling et al, 2001) Signs of a significant Chiari malformation often include downbeat nystagmus, poor visual pursuit for age, and alternating skew deviation. Occasionally patients will have sensorineural hearing loss Heuer et al., 2008). A few individuals with the Chiari malformation develop progressive neurological symptoms. These may include unsteadiness, vertigo, headache, weakness or numbness.
Eight of our early leaders (including Mt. Rushmore mainstays George Washington and Thomas Jefferson) owned slaves. Author Elizabeth Dowling Taylor writes for the Huffington Post: Here it is again, the intersection of Presidents Day and Black History Month.
When George Washington took over Mount Vernon at age 22 there were 18 slaves. When he married he gained control of 200 more which technically belonged to the estate of his wifeâs first husband. By 1786 he owned 216 slaves. (Flexner, P.114) While George Washington was serving as President in Philadelphia a Pennsylvania law was passed freeing slaves whose owners had been citizens of the state for six months.