TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-L Archives

Archiver > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM > 2010-05 > 1274813852


From: "Julie & Frank George" <>
Subject: Re: [TGF] Social Commentary from beyond the grave
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 11:57:32 -0700
In-Reply-To: <mailman.7402.1274812008.25148.transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com>


Cheryl:

Dunglison's "Medical Lexicon. A Dictionary of Medical Science" (available on
CD from Archive CD Books USA) defines spotted fever as typhus gravior. If
you Google "typhus gravior" you will get a number of hits that discuss it as
an epidemic, and severe, form of typhus. Hope this helps--it does fit with
your other information.

Julie George


Message: 1
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 06:08:14 -0500 (CDT)
From:
Subject: Re: [TGF] Social Commentary from beyond the grave
To:
Message-ID: <>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"




Actually, the "spotted fever" I am referring to was in southern Indiana
in
the 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s. It would take out entire families within
hours or days of each other, as evidenced by the burials in various
cemeteries, where one can see the dates on the stones. The children
seemed
to be most effected, though adults died of it too.




Cheryl Proctor
Old Capitol Research Genealogical and Historical Services
www.oldcapitolresearch.com
May 25, 2010 03:23:39 AM,
wrote:

*******

This thread: