The strangest story about presidential belly buttons was that of President James Buchanan. One of the shortest of our chief executives it was discovered at his death that every opening or orifice on his body had been stretched or opened to an unusual degree. His nostrils, ear holes and belly button were stretched and almost disfigured and distended. While no know medical condition could have caused this strange disfigurement it was given the medical name of titusitis for reasons that are unexplained to this very day.
(The Long and the Short of It, Presidential Penises by Doris Kearns Goodwin, St. Martins Press)
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