Most authentic Lincoln bust ever?

[civilwarincolor]

I have not researched this in detail but I still think many doctors felt he had a serious, eventually fatal disease which could be passed on to his children and was. I should have read more b4 I Posted this. Yet, I feel my basic facts are correct. u r correct that many thought it was Marfans but now the consensus is that he had MENS2B cancer.....

When I looked up MEN2B it seems to be related to Marfan's I found this about Lincoln possibly having it.

In 2007, Dr. John Sotos proposed that President Abraham Lincoln suffered from MEN2B. This theory suggests Lincoln had all the major features of the disease: a marfan-like body habitus, large, bumpy lips, constipation, muscular hypotonia, a history compatible with cancer and a family history of the disorder - his sons Eddie, Willie, and Tad, and probably his mother. The "mole" on Lincoln's right cheek, the asymmetry of his face, his large jaw, his drooping eyelid, and "pseudo-depression" are also suggested as manifestations of MEN2B. Lincoln's longevity is the principal challenge to the MEN2B theory, which could be proven by DNA testing. (Lincoln's reputed muscular strength does not contradict hypotonia; resting muscle tone is distinct from maximal muscle tension.)
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I also found this on Lincoln's health which repeated much of what is listed above, but added this important statement:

Lincoln's longevity is the principal challenge to the MEN2B theory: Lincoln lived long enough to be assassinated at age 56, while untreated MEN2B is generally understood to result in death by the patient's mid-thirties. There are, however, several reported cases of MEN2B patients surviving into their 50s with no or little treatment. The theory could be proven by DNA testing.
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And finally this:

After months of work the testing was only able to find some genetic mutations that could be minor contributors to MEN2B but no conclusive evidence that he had the disease. Only by obtaining further samples from other sources will it be possible to come to a definitive answer.
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So, basically the jury is still out.

 

[TerryB]

Well there is a little bit around the temples, but if you look at contemporary paintings of him there was not much gray hair in those portraits.

More so in photos, I think.

 

[Billy Yank]

Incredibly lifelike. Puts Madame Toussaint to shame.