The "milk-sick" came to the Lincoln family

[Donna McCreary]

Betty - I have always been told that pasteurization prevents the illness today. However, drinking raw milk (which many people do) increases the chance of milk-born diseases. My uncle was a dairy farmer, not a doctor, so there is probably much more information available elsewhere.

Is it possible the Brooner family and the Sparrow family were drinking milk from the same cow? or at least eating milk products from the same cow? If the cow is infected, does the cow also die?