Infectious mononucleosis, also called mono, is a contagious disease. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the most common cause of infectious mononucleosis, but other viruses can also cause this disease. It is common among teenagers and young adults, especially college students.
Abraham Lincoln's mother died 1818 of milk sickness. This means she drank milk from a cow that had eaten the poisonous white snakeroot plant. Abraham Lincoln's mother died 1818 of milk sickness. This means she drank milk from a cow that had eaten the poisonous white snakeroot plant.
Lincoln's mother died in 1818, and the following year his father married a Kentucky widow, Sarah Bush Johnston. She proved a good and kind mother.. In later years Lincoln could fondly and poetically recall memories of his childhood home.. In 1828 he was able to make a flatboat trip to New Orleans.