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Cardiovascular Research 1999 44(2):229-231; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00241-2
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Copyright © 1999, European Society of Cardiology

Wasting away. What a waste. Part 2

Karl T Weber*

* Tel.: +1-573-882-8580; fax: +1-573-884-4691 weberkt@health.missouri.edu

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Wednesday, July 3, 1996. On his ride over to Lloyd Benton's office early Wednesday morning, C.O. recapitulated information he had obtained Tuesday evening about the mysterious illness in Hawk Point (see Cardiovasc Res 1999;44:1–4). Five people had died, four during the first week of June. Four were adults, one a child, and four were residents, one a visitor to the area. At the same time, there was a gastrointestinal disorder that featured diarrhea without constitutional symptoms. One of the two men who died was a trucker visiting friends. The other was Doc Murphy, the town's practitioner for more than 30 years. Murphy's death occurred on June 22, when his car ran off the road. He had become confused after fishing in the Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge. One woman who succumbed died in her sleep. She was being treated for heart failure when she developed diarrhea. C.O. knew little about . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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