Unlike chickenpox, shingles is not contagious, but it does cause painful symptoms such as headache, sensitivity to light, rashes, blistering, and trouble thinking clearly. There is no cure for shingles, but there are treatments that can reduce the pain and symptoms associated with it, including medical marijuana.
On November 21, 1963, Robert Stroud died at the Springfield Medical Center at the age of 73, having been incarcerated for the last 54 years of his life, of which 42 were spent in solitary confinement. He had been studying French near the end of his life. Stroud is buried in Metropolis, Illinois (Massac County).
Stroud's Main Street circa 1900. Stroud Public Library Collection. Located in eastern Lincoln County, Stroud is situated at the intersection of State Highways 66 and 99 and one mile south of the midpoint of the Turner Turnpike between Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Stroud originated in 1892 when James Wrexel Stroud built a store and post office on his homestead, located one mile west of the present townsite. A community developed there but soon moved to Stroud's present location in order to be on the route of the Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad (sold to St. Louis ...