Literature Network » Charles Lamb

Mad-Cow Fear Raises Concerns in Md. Death

Content courtesy of

From: The Washington Post
Date: 20040111
Author:Elizabeth Williamson

Early last February, Carolyn Lamb, a 64-year-old office administrator at a Bethesda school, phoned her husband. She had a headache and felt dizzy, she told Charles Lamb. Could he come and drive her home?

It was job stress, the Silver Spring couple reasoned. Then the headaches worsened, and Lamb began getting lost in her own home. Within two months, Carolyn Lamb was dead, believed to be the victim of a brain-wasting illness known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease that affects one in a million people.

Her age and symptoms, doctors say, pointed to a strain that is related to -- but not caused by -- ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

Other Articles on Charles Lamb

About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.