Craig Calcaterra on the bill in the Minnesota House that would unseal Lou Gehrig’s file at the Mayo Clinic. Money shot:
Should Lou Gehrig’s Files Be Opened?
↵↵Personally I would hope that a bill like the one proposed here is driven less by mere historical curiosity and more by actual medical utility (i.e. researchers can find value in looking over old medical records). But really, if you’re dead 50 years, you’re dead 50 years and I don’t see any grounds for objection beyond appeals to amorphous privacy concerns.
↵↵It’s a strange thing for a state legislator to worry about, but of course Craig’s right. Where does all this end? I would argue that even if Gehrig did have direct descendants (he doesn’t) who objected, they should be brushed aside. This is history, and history should belong to the historians (and their fans).
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