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From: "Brady" <>
Subject: Re: [Spanish flu/Parkinsons reopened]
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 11:38:41 +0200
References: <20011201033833.26104.qmail@cpdvg203.cms.usa.net>


Keith, I'm sure it's a prerequisite for genealogists to split hairs! If I
think how I interrogate clues over & over... The reason I posted this info
(maybe I should have made myself more clear) is that deaths in the 1920s
&/or later medical conditions seem to take on a new dimension when one
factors in the possible after-effects of the Spanish Flu epidemic.

Thanks for the correction on Parkinsonism.

Regards
Maureen

----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Meintjes <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 5:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Spanish flu/Parkinsons reopened]


Splitting hairs, but the result of the 1918 flu was Parkinsonism - symptoms
similar to Parkinson's, but not Parkinson's itself.

To the victim, I am sure this distinction did not matter.

In the same way, I imagine that encephalitis, whether viral or bacterial,
may
result in symptoms similar to any number of nervous system disorders.

Keith
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"Brady" <> wrote:
Hi Listers

I've come across an interesting snippet that follows on the debate we had
some time back on the possible link between getting Parkinsons & having
survived the Spanish flu.


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