Cookeville Herald November 12, 1931
Milk poisoning took its toll at 4 o'clock Friday morning as Arthur Moss, 14, oldest son of James Moss, 10th district farmer, succumbed to a seige of illness resulting from drinking poisoned milk.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the Leftwich graveyard in the 12th district by the Rev J O Davis, former pastor of the Chestnut Mound Methodist church.
While burial services were being conducted for the poison victim, three other members of the same family lay critically ill with the same malady. Mrs. Moss, a daughter, Ina Mae, 18 and a son, Ray, 11, who were defined as being 'hovering between life and death' this week took a turn for the better, and Tuesday were reported as greatly improved. None of them was able to be up, however.
Search is being made by residents of the county for the dreaded milk weed, and many theories were advanced as to the cause of the sickness. White snake root was said to have been a possible source of the distribution of the poison from the cow to the family. The cow from which the family got milk and a steer which grazed on the same pasture died last week.
Led by Dr L M Freeman of Granville, physicians fought the disease with every force at their command, and today a partial victory seemed assured. The State Department of Public Health lent its aid in combatting what was believed at first a possible epidemic. No other cases have been reported.
Milk poisoning took its toll at 4 o'clock Friday morning as Arthur Moss, 14, oldest son of James Moss, 10th district farmer, succumbed to a seige of illness resulting from drinking poisoned milk.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the Leftwich graveyard in the 12th district by the Rev J O Davis, former pastor of the Chestnut Mound Methodist church.
While burial services were being conducted for the poison victim, three other members of the same family lay critically ill with the same malady. Mrs. Moss, a daughter, Ina Mae, 18 and a son, Ray, 11, who were defined as being 'hovering between life and death' this week took a turn for the better, and Tuesday were reported as greatly improved. None of them was able to be up, however.
Search is being made by residents of the county for the dreaded milk weed, and many theories were advanced as to the cause of the sickness. White snake root was said to have been a possible source of the distribution of the poison from the cow to the family. The cow from which the family got milk and a steer which grazed on the same pasture died last week.
Led by Dr L M Freeman of Granville, physicians fought the disease with every force at their command, and today a partial victory seemed assured. The State Department of Public Health lent its aid in combatting what was believed at first a possible epidemic. No other cases have been reported.
Cookeville Herald November 12, 1931
Milk poisoning took its toll at 4 o'clock Friday morning as Arthur Moss, 14, oldest son of James Moss, 10th district farmer, succumbed to a seige of illness resulting from drinking poisoned milk.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the Leftwich graveyard in the 12th district by the Rev J O Davis, former pastor of the Chestnut Mound Methodist church.
While burial services were being conducted for the poison victim, three other members of the same family lay critically ill with the same malady. Mrs. Moss, a daughter, Ina Mae, 18 and a son, Ray, 11, who were defined as being 'hovering between life and death' this week took a turn for the better, and Tuesday were reported as greatly improved. None of them was able to be up, however.
Search is being made by residents of the county for the dreaded milk weed, and many theories were advanced as to the cause of the sickness. White snake root was said to have been a possible source of the distribution of the poison from the cow to the family. The cow from which the family got milk and a steer which grazed on the same pasture died last week.
Led by Dr L M Freeman of Granville, physicians fought the disease with every force at their command, and today a partial victory seemed assured. The State Department of Public Health lent its aid in combatting what was believed at first a possible epidemic. No other cases have been reported.
Milk poisoning took its toll at 4 o'clock Friday morning as Arthur Moss, 14, oldest son of James Moss, 10th district farmer, succumbed to a seige of illness resulting from drinking poisoned milk.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the Leftwich graveyard in the 12th district by the Rev J O Davis, former pastor of the Chestnut Mound Methodist church.
While burial services were being conducted for the poison victim, three other members of the same family lay critically ill with the same malady. Mrs. Moss, a daughter, Ina Mae, 18 and a son, Ray, 11, who were defined as being 'hovering between life and death' this week took a turn for the better, and Tuesday were reported as greatly improved. None of them was able to be up, however.
Search is being made by residents of the county for the dreaded milk weed, and many theories were advanced as to the cause of the sickness. White snake root was said to have been a possible source of the distribution of the poison from the cow to the family. The cow from which the family got milk and a steer which grazed on the same pasture died last week.
Led by Dr L M Freeman of Granville, physicians fought the disease with every force at their command, and today a partial victory seemed assured. The State Department of Public Health lent its aid in combatting what was believed at first a possible epidemic. No other cases have been reported.
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