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1(! milk sickness. counties have an elevation of about two tliousand feet ahove the tide. The crests of the mountains are usually tifteen hundred or two thousand feet higher, saying nothing of their peaks and do}nes. The slopes from the summit of the mountairLs to the valleys below are of various degrees of steepness�some almost perpendicular, others beautiful inland plains. The level lauds lying near large streams and the gently rolling, hilly lands, are chiefly in cultivation and contain a pretty good pojmlation, while the mountainous portions are sparsely settled. In these nujuntain-gorges there are many deep coves, surrounded on two or three sides so as to exclude the vertical rays of the sun, and for a portion of the year any direct influence of the sun whatever. The disintegration of rocks from the nnnintain-sidcs and the decomi)osition of vegetable matter for centuries, give these coves a rich, loamy soil, producing annually a luxuriant growth of grass, weeds and vines, and heavily shaded with trees of immense size. lu such localities the cattle are supposed to And the poison, whatever it be, that causes the disease called Milk Sickness. Some of these localities are cpiite near the densely populated valleys, but usually more remote. According to the information I have been able to procure, both during my acquaintance with the disease and for many years previous, even to the flrst settlement of the country by the whites, the counties of Haywood and Macon (then including Jackson and Swain) suflered more from this disease and from the loss of property than all other sections of our mountain country. From the statements of the early settlers of the country its ravages must have been fearful. And now let the reader pardon a digression. The publication of a treatise I had prepared on this subject several years ago, was suppressed lest it might |�rove unfavorable to immigration and to the sale of mountain lands in this country. Notwithstanding, Haywood county has made as fair improvements in her agricultural products as any other in the AVest, and produces more good cattle for market than any county in the State. My first contact with this disease was in Haywood county forty-three years ago. Previous to that time it was seldom treated hy physicians. But few resided in the country, and they at inconvenient distances from the infected localities. And what Avas still more to be regretted, they Avere not conversant with the disease, either from reading or observation. The idea was then popular
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-19: North Carolina Medical Journal [1878-1899] |
Document Title | North Carolina Medical Journal [1878-1899] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Publisher | Wilmington; Charlotte : The Journal?, 1878-1899. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1878 |
Identifier | NCHH-19-001 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 1 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1318861 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 16 |
Document Title | North Carolina Medical Journal [1878-1899] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Publisher | Wilmington; Charlotte : The Journal?, 1878-1899. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1878 |
Identifier | NCHH-19-001-0024 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Filename | northcarolinamed01jack_0024.jp2 |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 1 |
Issue Number | 1 |
Page Number | 16 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 1(! milk sickness. counties have an elevation of about two tliousand feet ahove the tide. The crests of the mountains are usually tifteen hundred or two thousand feet higher, saying nothing of their peaks and do}nes. The slopes from the summit of the mountairLs to the valleys below are of various degrees of steepness�some almost perpendicular, others beautiful inland plains. The level lauds lying near large streams and the gently rolling, hilly lands, are chiefly in cultivation and contain a pretty good pojmlation, while the mountainous portions are sparsely settled. In these nujuntain-gorges there are many deep coves, surrounded on two or three sides so as to exclude the vertical rays of the sun, and for a portion of the year any direct influence of the sun whatever. The disintegration of rocks from the nnnintain-sidcs and the decomi)osition of vegetable matter for centuries, give these coves a rich, loamy soil, producing annually a luxuriant growth of grass, weeds and vines, and heavily shaded with trees of immense size. lu such localities the cattle are supposed to And the poison, whatever it be, that causes the disease called Milk Sickness. Some of these localities are cpiite near the densely populated valleys, but usually more remote. According to the information I have been able to procure, both during my acquaintance with the disease and for many years previous, even to the flrst settlement of the country by the whites, the counties of Haywood and Macon (then including Jackson and Swain) suflered more from this disease and from the loss of property than all other sections of our mountain country. From the statements of the early settlers of the country its ravages must have been fearful. And now let the reader pardon a digression. The publication of a treatise I had prepared on this subject several years ago, was suppressed lest it might |�rove unfavorable to immigration and to the sale of mountain lands in this country. Notwithstanding, Haywood county has made as fair improvements in her agricultural products as any other in the AVest, and produces more good cattle for market than any county in the State. My first contact with this disease was in Haywood county forty-three years ago. Previous to that time it was seldom treated hy physicians. But few resided in the country, and they at inconvenient distances from the infected localities. And what Avas still more to be regretted, they Avere not conversant with the disease, either from reading or observation. The idea was then popular |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-19/nchh-19-001.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-e; nchh-19 |
Article Title | Milk Sickness |
Article Author | Woodfin, H. G. |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-19-001 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-19 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1318861 |
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