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WHAT DOES MILK SICKNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Milk sickness

Milk sickness, also known as tremetol vomiting or, in animals, as trembles, is a kind of poisoning, characterized by trembling, vomiting, and severe intestinal pain, that affects individuals who ingest milk, other dairy products, or meat from a cow that has fed on white snakeroot, which contains the poison tremetol. Although very rare today, milk sickness claimed thousands of lives among European-American migrants to the Midwest in the early 19th century in the United States, especially in frontier areas along the Ohio River Valley and its tributaries where white snakeroot was prevalent, because the new settlers were unfamiliar with the plant and its properties. A notable victim was Nancy Hanks Lincoln, the mother of Abraham Lincoln. Nursing calves and lambs may have died from their mothers' milk contaminated with snakeroot, although the adult cows and sheep showed no signs of poisoning. Cattle, horses, and sheep are the animals most often poisoned. Anna Pierce Hobbs Bixby, called Dr. Anna on the frontier, is credited today by the American medical community with having identified white snakeroot as the cause of the illness.

Definition of milk sickness in the English dictionary

The definition of milk sickness in the dictionary is an acute disease characterized by weakness, vomiting, and constipation, caused by ingestion of the flesh or dairy products of cattle affected with trembles.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MILK SICKNESS

milk leg
milk of magnesia
milk pan
milk parsley
milk powder
milk products
milk pudding
milk punch
milk round
milk run
milk saucepan
milk shake
milk snake
milk stout
milk sugar
milk thistle
milk tooth
milk train
milk truck
milk vetch

WORDS THAT END LIKE MILK SICKNESS

African sleeping sickness
blackness
bleakness
business
darkness
decompression sickness
homesickness
morning sickness
motion sickness
mountain sickness
pinkness
quickness
radiation sickness
seasickness
semi-darkness
sickness
slackness
slickness
thickness
travel-sickness
weakness

Synonyms and antonyms of milk sickness in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «milk sickness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MILK SICKNESS

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Translator English - Chinese

牛奶病
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enfermedad de la leche
570 millions of speakers

English

milk sickness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दूध बीमारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المرض الحليب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

молоко болезни
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

doença leite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুধের রোগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la maladie du lait
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyakit susu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Milch Krankheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ミルク病気
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우유 병
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Susu penyakit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bệnh sữa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பால் நோய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दूध आजार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Süt hastalığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

malattia latte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

choroba mleko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

молоко хвороби
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

boală lapte
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ασθενείας γάλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

melk siekte
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

mjölk sjukdom
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

melk sykdom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of milk sickness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MILK SICKNESS»

The term «milk sickness» is used very little and occupies the 166.173 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MILK SICKNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about milk sickness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MILK SICKNESS»

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Milk Plant Monthly
There is reason to expect that it will be shown that milk is in no wise responsible for this affection, except perhaps occasionally as an innocent carrier, and if such turns out to be the case the name "milk sickness" ought to be eradicated, as it ...
‎1918
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The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Rawlings, J. W. "Trembles in stock, and milk-sickness in man," Tr. Drake Acad. Med., Evansville, 1874, 1, p. 50. Reagan, J. A. "Milk-sickness," Med. World, Phila., 1884, 2, p. 140. Reed, N. "The milk-sickness," Boston Med. and Surg. Jour., 1856  ...
‎1909
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Blue Ridge Nature Journal: Reflections on the Appalachian ...
But the cattle drovers never thought to associate the plant with milk sickness. Various authorities attributed the sickness to “a poisonous dew on the grass,” razorback hogs, a non-existent “milk sick fly,” toxic gases, poisonous minerals and so ...
George Ellison, 2006
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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's ...
1874. xxiv. 113-129 —I£vanl (-l. 11.) Milk sickness-a mineral poison. Nashville J. M. 6; S.. 1800. xviii. Hit—Fisher (G.) Milk sickness. (.'hicago M. Evans. 1861. ii. 538-542.--Fulton (.'-\.) Milk sickness. (.'incin. Lancet 61'. ()bs., 18711. xvi. 641-648 .
‎1888
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Foodborne Disease Handbook, Second Edition,: Volume 3: Plant ...
A. Milk Sickness The disease in humans referred to as milk sickness. was first noted in North Carolina hy the time of the American Revolution and today it still remains the classic example of milk poisoning. ln animals. the disease is called ...
Y. H. Hui, Roy Smith, David G. Spoerke, 2000
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Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-general's ...
Illinois M. SOP“ ('liit'ugo, lh'ñl. i. 33-37.—.Ylillcr (W. B.) Pathology and treatment of milk-sickness. Atlanta M. 8!. S. J., 1867—8. viii, 57.— Nagle (I. 16.) Milk sickness. Nashville J. M. 6L S, 18511. mil. 251F205 —Newman (1.. l'.) Milk sickness.
Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.), 1888
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International Poisonous Plants Checklist: An Evidence-Based ...
J Agric Res 9(11):397-404. Doyle JT (1947) Milk sickness. N C Med J 8(Jul):404- 410. Doyle LP, Walkey FL (1923) White snakeroot poisoning in livestock. Indiana Agric Exp Sta Bull #270:15 pp. Finno CJ, Valberg SJ, Wünschmann A, et al.
D. Jesse Wagstaff, 2008
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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-general's ...
Crookshank (N.) Observations on the milk sickness, sick stomach, or gastro- enteritis. 16°. Cincinnati, 1840. Alexander (J. W.) Milk sickness. Illinois M. J., SpringiJeld. 1905, vii, 64-66,— Collins (W. J.) Milk sickness. Med. Standard, Chicago ...
National Library of Medicine (U.S.), 1905
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The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
readily adopt it as most rational of all theories for explaining the phenomena of milk-sickness, for in no other disease is there so complete a parallelism of facts corresponding to malarial disease as is found in the development and course of ...
‎1893
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Bulletin
Beach, W. M. Milk-Sickness. Trans. Ohio State Med. Soc, vol. 38, pp. 128, 130, 1884.— Lea, W. W. Cursory Remarks on a Disease Vulgarly Called Milk Sick. Philn. Jour. Med. and Phys. Sci., vol. 2, p. 51, 1821.— Way, J. H., 1. c, p. 312.
‎1908

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MILK SICKNESS»

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Green Thumb: Horticultural horrors on display at 'Wicked Plants'
Consumption of white snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum) causes cows to produce poison milk, resulting in the deadly milk sickness that killed ... «Memphis Commercial Appeal, Jul 15»
2
Asheville Genealogy: What did granny call that illness?
Milk sickness (also called “the milksick”): Disease resulting from drinking the milk of cattle that had eaten white snakeroot plant; quite often fatal ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 15»
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Tales of Morels and Other Wild Edibles
According to the Library of Illinois website (www.library.illinois.edu) so called “milk sickness” claimed thousands of lives in the early 1800s. «The Epoch Times, May 15»
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Backyard plants can pose dangers to humans, animals
Known as milk sickness, the affliction killed many, including Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy, who was said to have died of the illness in 1818. «Press & Sun-Bulletin, May 15»
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Hike of the Week: Middle Creek Loop
The milk sickness killed a number of early settlers, including Abraham Lincon's mother. Lucy Braun's snakeroot can be found in several places ... «Independent Herald, May 15»
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Useful Family Recipes for Curing Diseases of Man and Beast part 2 …
When humans drink the milk of cows or goats that ate snake root they can get milk sickness. Thousands of people died by drinking the milk of ... «Examiner.com, Apr 15»
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State penalizes dairy for Durand raw milk sickness
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin officials have penalized a dairy farm blamed for a raw-milk illness that sickened players and coaches from ... «WEAU, Feb 15»
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Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Facts: Little-Known Trivia About The 16th …
Lincoln's mom died of milk sickness, which is caused by a victim eating meat or drinking milk from a cow that has been poisoned by the white ... «International Business Times, Feb 15»
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'The Better Angels': Film traces Lincoln's boyhood
His mother, Nancy (Brit Marling), dies of “milk sickness,” a form of food poisoning, and his stern father, Tom (Jason Clarke), remarries. «SFGate, Nov 14»
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Like Terrence Malick? Make time for 'The Better Angels'
Things get even trickier in the merciless Indiana wilderness when Nancy succumbs to milk sickness, a poisoning contracted by drinking milk ... «Berkeleyside, Nov 14»

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