The Physical Lincoln

[RJNorton]

Anita, Dr. Sotos (of course) is very focused on his own theory. Here, for example, are what he has to say about the deaths of Eddie, Willie, and Tad:

Eddie - "Was Eddie's death, one month shy of his fourth birthday, the result of MEN2B? It is impossible to be sure, but we can speculate....Eddie may indeed had died of tuberculosis, but he may also have died of a different wasting disease - cancer. Age 4 is not too early to die from cancer in MEN2B. Moreover if Eddie did not die of cancer directly, cancer may have weakened him such that another disease, such as tuberculosis, was able to take hold and kill him."

Willie - "The precise diagnosis of Willie's infection is disputed, but of little importance to us. The riddles of Eddie's case apply here, too: did cancer or MEN2B somehow predispose Willie to an infection? Again the answer is unknown."

Tad - "For me Tad's greatest mystery has been his death at age 18. The final illness included weight loss, the inability to sleep flat, fluid around the lungs, an illness lasting weeks to months, and probably no fever. A cancer in the chest could explain all these findings."