milksickness

milksickness
milk sickness n.
1. An acute, now rare disease characterized by trembling, vomiting, and severe intestinal pain that affects individuals who eat dairy products or meat from a cow that has fed on white snakeroot.
2. See tremble.

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Universalium. 2010.

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  • white snakeroot — a North American boneset, Eupatorium rugosum, that has heads of white flowers and causes trembles and milk sickness. Also called Indian sanicle. [1810 20, Amer.] * * * ▪ plant also called  White Sanicle        (Eupatorium rugosum), poisonous… …   Universalium

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