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Adolf Hitler 's medical health has long been a subject of popular Controversy . There has also been speculation regarding his mental health. DOCTORS AND DRUGS Unknown to most people today, and especially to many Germans at the time, Hitler suffered from several medical ailments. In 1934 , the young SS officer and surgeon Dr. Karl Brandt , assisted by Professor Werner Haase , was assigned as his ''escort physician''. Professor Theodore Morell , who was reputed for Syphilis treatment prescription, became Hitler's physician and a member of the Führer's inner circle by the late 1930s and may have been responsible for worsening his health. Hitler suffered from at least two health problems when he first met Morell, including Gastro-intestinal Pain with accompanying Flatulence , which has also been attributed to his vegetarian diet, and Skin Lesion s on his thighs. Later during the war, while still under Morell's care, he developed an irregular heartbeat and aggressive tremors throughout the left side of his body. He also became dependent on Methamphetamine that Morell supplied to him daily with other compounds, including ''Nux Vomica'' which contains Strychnine . Initially described as "vitamultin", the mix later became "vitamultin forte". This was administered via injection and small tablets packaged in gold wrappers. By 1945, Hitler was using Cocaine as well, which Morell applied via Eye Drops for Hitler's vision troubles. Other attending doctors are known to have criticized Morell, only to be brushed off by Hitler. During the 1920s and 1930s in Germany, both cocaine and Methamphetamine were routinely prescribed for many ailments. Hitler occasionally smoked Cigarette s, but only in private; Albert Speer recalls him joking that the Führer could not be seen doing such a mundane thing. His Teeth were stained brown despite a reported obsession with brushing them. DIET ''Related article: Vegetarianism Of Adolf Hitler ''. Although beginning in the early 1930s, Hitler gradually reduced his meat intake and more or less eschewed Alcohol until the war went badly (when he used it to aid his sleep), his eating habits in general could be unhealthy and irregular. He reportedly had a sweet tooth and as a result ate large amounts of Chocolate and Pastries , sometimes to the exclusion of a balanced diet. According to the Wagner family, for example, he added at least seven teaspoons of Sugar to every cup of Tea he drank. Combined with his refusal to engage in any regular Exercise aside from walking, Hitler put on weight as he aged. His penchant for sweets seems to have contributed to bad Dental health. By the 1930s, Hitler had many bridges and fillings (which were used by the Soviets to identify his body in 1945). Some observers have offered this as one reason why Hitler rarely smiled in public and when laughing often covered his mouth with one hand. SYPHILIS Hitler's tremors and irregular heartbeat during the last years of his life could have been symptoms of tertiary Syphilis . Along with another doctor, Morell diagnosed them as such by early 1945 in a joint report to Heinrich Himmler . Some historians have also cited Hitler's discussion of syphilis across fourteen pages of '' Mein Kampf '', which he called a "Jewish disease", leading to speculation he may have had the disease himself, since it may be difficult to imagine another reason for such a tirade. Since the 1870s , however, it was a common rhetorical practice on the Völkisch'' Right to associate Jews with diseases such as syphilis. Historian Robert Waite claims Hitler tested negative on a Wassermann Test as late as 1939 although this does not prove that he did not have the disease as the Wasserman test was prone to false results. Regardless of whether he actually had syphilis or not, Hitler lived in constant fear of the disease and took treatment for it no matter what doctors told him. In his biography of member Joseph Kessel wrote of how in the winter of 1942 Kersten heard of Hitler's medical condition. Consulted by his patient, Heinrich Himmler, as to whether he could "assist a man who suffers from severe headaches, dizziness and insomnia", Kersten was shown a top secret twenty-six page report. It detailed how Hitler had contracted syphilis in his youth and was treated for it at a hospital in Pasewalk , Germany . However in 1937 symptoms re-appeared, showing the disease was still active, and by the start of 1942 , signs were evident that progressive syphilitic paralysis ( Tabes Dorsalis ) was occurring. Himmler advised Kersten that Dr Theodore Morell was in charge of Hitler's treatment, and that it was a state secret. The book also relates how Kersten learnt from Himmler's secretary, Rudolf Brandt that, at that time, probably the only other people privy to the report's information were Martin Bormann and Hermann Göring . OTHER POSSIBLE HEALTH ISSUES It has also been speculated Hitler had Parkinson's Disease . Newsreels of Hitler show he had tremors in his hand and a shuffling walk (also a symptom of tertiary syphilis, see above) which began before the war and continued to worsen until the end of his life. Morell treated Hitler with an agent commonly used to treat this condition in 1945, although Morell is viewed as an unreliable doctor by most historians and any diagnoses he may have made are subject to doubt. A more reliable doctor, Ernst-Guenther Schenck , who worked at an emergency casualty station in the Reich Chancellory during April of 1945, also claimed Hitler might have Parkinson's disease. However, Schenck only saw Hitler briefly on two occasions and, by his own admission, was extremely exhausted and dazed during these meetings (at the time, he had been in surgery for numerous days without much sleep.) Also, some of Schenck's opinions were based on Hearsay from Dr. Haase. Some doctors dismiss his ailments as Hypochondria , pointing out the apparently drastic decline of Hitler's health as Germany began losing World War II . MENTAL HEALTH AND SEXUAL INCLINATIONS If Hitler's medical issues are controversial, his Mental Health is a minefield of theories and speculation. The topic can become argumentative, since many believe that if a Psychological cause can be found for Hitler's behavior, it may serve as an explanation for his atrocities. Waite, who authored an extensive Psychohistory of Hitler, concluded he suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder , which manifested its symptoms in numerous ways and would imply Hitler was in full control of himself and his actions. Others have proposed he may have been Schizophrenic , based on claims he was hallucinating and delusional during his last year of life. If true, this might be explained by a series of Brief Reactive Psychoses in a Narcissistic Personality which could not withstand being confronted with reality (in this case that he was not the "superman" or "savior of Germany" he envisioned as his plans and apparent early achievements collapsed about him). However, Hitler never visited a Psychiatrist , and under current methodology, any such diagnosis is speculation. Hitler's who derives sexual pleasure from having a woman squat over him while she urinates or Defecate s in his face".2 According to interviews with Otto Strasser , Hitler made his niece, Angela Raubal (whom he called Geli), "squat over his face ... {Link without Title} demanded that she Urinate on him and this gave him sexual pleasure".3 It should be noted, however, that this conclusion is not without its detractors. In "Hitler and Psychohistory", Hans Gatzke argues that many of the report's conclusions are "based on nonexistent, unreliable, or misinterpreted evidence" which "historians would not accept ... as valid".4 Journalist Ron Rosenbaum , in his book ''Explaining Hitler'', actually made a point of tracking down the psychologists who contributed to this OSS report (but whom Langer did not directly acknowledge), and found that they denied ever making such diagnoses or claims on Hitler's Paraphilias . According to his interviews, Rosenbaum found that much of the claims in the OSS report were apparently made up by its author, Langer. Rosenbaum suggested that Langer may have written such claims for entertainment value, noting that in the preface of the original report, Langer himself admitted that by the time he wrote it (1943), the Allies already considered the war against the Axis won, and as such, the report may not have had much strategic value. In his autobiography, '' Inside The Third Reich '', Albert Speer , based on conversations with Eva Braun , claimed Hitler was Impotent . Shortly before his execution, Hans Frank claimed Hitler was afraid of Sexual Intercourse because of a fear he was partly Jewish (although Frank's allegations were gradually discounted during the decades following the war). In 1945 a Jewish historian by the name of Samuel Igra published "Germany's National Vice" {Link without Title} (In the 1920s and 30s, , based primarily upon the 'Mend Protocol', a series of allegations made to the Munich Police in the early 1920s by a former soldier colleague of Hitler's. HITLER BIOGRAPHERS' REACTIONS TO ALLEGATIONS ABOUT HITLER'S SEXUALITY Hitler's main biographers have long been sceptical of claims of his homosexuality as being based on unproven and unreliable sources. Machtan's arguments, which were based mainly upon the 'Mend Protocol' have been criticised by Anton Joachimsthaler in particular, on the grounds of the suspect nature of the source. The Munich police in the 1920s had a reputation for forging testimonies, and the Bavarian authorities at the time were trying to discredit Hitler. Mend was a convicted felon (whose crimes included fraud). Other arguments that Hitler might have had homosexual relations are regarded as even weaker. Likewise, rumoured heterosexual relationships are also either dismissed or seen as minor. According to biographer Brigitte Hamann , Hitler was essentially asexual. A BBC documentary in 2002 carried interviews with members of Hitler's staff at the Berghof in Berchtesgaden , who were adamant he had no sexual relations with anyone during his period in office. In his book '' Explaining Hitler '', Rosenbaum sarcastically remarked that theories concerning Hitler's mental state and sexual activity shed more light on the theorists than on Hitler. AUTOPSY COMMENT ON ANATOMY The Soviet Autopsy stated Hitler's left Testicle was missing, but this was post-war Propaganda (see '' Hitler Has Only Got One Ball ''). Lev Bezymenski, who authored the autopsy report, later admitted it was falsified. Hitler was routinely examined by many doctors throughout his childhood, military service and later political career, and no clinical mention of any such condition has ever been discovered. Records do show he was wounded in 1916 during the Battle Of The Somme , and some sources describe his injury as a wound to the groin. Hitler's World War I company commander said a VD exam found that Hitler had only one testicle, but this individual was known to be politically critical of Hitler, and no documentation of the exam seems to exist. 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