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.
In addition, he said, her parents were cousins, with ancestors from a part of Scotland where pernicious anemia was found in the 1960s to be unusually common. Dr. Sotos said he hoped the diagnosis would lead historians to look more kindly on Mrs. Lincoln as âsimply a woman with a biochemically injured mind.â.