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From: Leonard Campbell <>
Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Softening of the Brain
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:26:45 -0500
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My ggggrandfather was a hatter and died at the age of 40. He had a
period of declining health and had no death record. He was a resident
of Lunenburg, near Westminster.

But as a hatter he would have used mercury, and this would have led to
many symptoms including "softening of the brain", or madness.

> My ancestor, Tabitha (Walker) Raymond, died in 1868 in Westminster, at
> age
> 73, of "softening of the brain", according to the death record.


Pax,

Len
Leonard Campbell
Center Harbor, NH 03226

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