1. In early September 1818, some residents started coming down with milk sickness . 2. In 1818, as many as half of the residents of the county died of milk sickness . 3. During their conversations, the Shawnee told her that the white snakeroot plant caused milk sickness in humans. 4. Most of those in Little Pigeon Creek with milk sickness became deathly ill, including Abraham's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. 5. Farmers found that only clearing the riverbanks and grazing cattle on tended fields ended the occurrence of milk sickness . 6. When cattle consume the plant, their meat and milk become contaminated and cause the sometimes fatal condition milk sickness . 7. When milk sickness broke out, Anna Hobbs studied the characteristics of the illness and noted the results in her diary. 8. In the nineteenth century before people understood the cause of the illness, thousands in the Midwest died of milk sickness . 9. Tom and Elizabeth Sparrow died of milk sickness a few weeks before Nancy's death and they are all buried together. 10. In October 1818, Nancy died of milk sickness } } and was buried within a half mile of the homestead.
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