Tracking the Human Fallout From 'Mad Cow Disease'

摘要

Edinburgh, Scotland—When neurologist Andrea Lowman is called in on a case, the news is seldom good. The patient she had come to see earlier this summer was no exception. A young woman in her early 20s had been admitted to a hospital in England after her speech became increasingly slurred and she began having difficulty walking. By the time Lowman examined her, she was almost totally incoherent, her body jerked with involuntary movements, and she was suffering from ataxia, a loss of motor coordination.