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.
She was everything Thomas was not, and that made Abraham endear himself to her. She was smart, quick with tall tales and jokes, upstanding among the community womenfolk, and doting to her children, Abraham and his older sister, Sarah. When she died of milk sickness, young Lincoln was devastated.