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cause of death in 3year old
« on: Thursday 13 January 22 17:41 GMT (UK) »
something convulsions - can anyone help ?

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Re: cause of death in 3year old
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 13 January 22 17:46 GMT (UK) »
Could be" tabes mesentrica" a form of TB I believe.

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Richardson - Northumberland and Durham
Briggs - Durham and Sth Wales
Proud, Chapman - Durham and North Yorkshire
Hetherington - Cumberland/Northumberland and Durham
Eeles - Durham
Blair, Herd - Scotland
Murphy, McKenna, Connery - Ireland
also - Corps - Wear - Hutchinson & Fawell .

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Re: cause of death in 3year old
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 13 January 22 17:46 GMT (UK) »
Tabes Mesenterica (= Tuberculosis of the mesenteric and retroperitoneal lymph nodes)


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Re: cause of death in 3year old
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 13 January 22 17:47 GMT (UK) »
Yep, very common in the past.
Bradbury (Sedgeley, Bilston, Warrington)
Cooper (Sedgeley, Bilston)
Kilner/Kilmer (Leic, Notts)
Greenfield (Liverpool)
Holyland (Anywhere and everywhere, also Holiland Holliland Hollyland)
Pryce/Price (Welshpool, Liverpool)
Rawson (Leicester)
Upton (Desford, Leics)
Partrick (Vera and George, Leicester)
Marshall (Westmorland, Cheshire/Leicester)

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Re: cause of death in 3year old
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 13 January 22 17:47 GMT (UK) »
Tabes mesenterica.

According to the Free dictionary it is:
   "a wasting disease of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration"

Oh, others have got there first!
Somerset: Poole, Hutchings/Hutchin(s), Harvey/Harvie, Bullen
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Re: cause of death in 3year old
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 13 January 22 19:00 GMT (UK) »
Gosh you guys are good aren't you! Thank you very much for your speedy responses ,

Poor little George . :(
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