DEATH RECORDS: Illinois, Iroquois County.
Date of Death: April 11, 1844
Cause of Death: "Milk Fever" caused by eating beef stew made from meat of a cow that had eaten milkweed plants (aka snake-root plants).
PHYSICIAN'S MEDICAL DICTIONARY (1890):
Milk Sickness/Trembles: disease caused by eating milkweed plant, a.k.a. snake-root or by eating meat from animals who have grazed on such plants; indications (symptoms) are nausea, fever, vomiting, general debility, peculiar breath odor ending in death within hours. No known cure.
DEATH RECORDS: Illinois, Iroquois County.
Date of Death: April 11, 1844
Cause of Death: "Milk Fever" caused by eating beef stew made from meat of a cow that had eaten milkweed plants (aka snake-root plants).
PHYSICIAN'S MEDICAL DICTIONARY (1890):
Milk Sickness/Trembles: disease caused by eating milkweed plant, a.k.a. snake-root or by eating meat from animals who have grazed on such plants; indications (symptoms) are nausea, fever, vomiting, general debility, peculiar breath odor ending in death within hours. No known cure.
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