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From: "Clare Higgins" <>
Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] Grave Experiences: to Jeff Scism
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:50:26 -0400
In-Reply-To: <469FF315.9010606@roadrunner.com>


Fascinating; thank you.

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On Behalf Of Jeff Scism
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] Grave Experiences

Clare Higgins wrote:
> My GGGF died of something called "knotting of the
> intestines." Makes you wonder what the modern diagnosis would be.


Intestinal inversion? Gastric distension? Appendicitis ( Peritonitis?)
> The
> strangest cause of death (this did not happen to a member of my family,
but
> it caught my eye) was "gathering in the brain."

A gathering is an infection, sometimes referenced as 'brain fever', now
days they might say encephalitis.


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Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG
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