> ... Richard, in case you don't know this title, i think you'd find it interesting (and anyone else in the medical talk here) - Limeys by Davis Harvie, Sutton Publishing, 2002. It's about the Scottish naval surgeon, James Lind, and his discovery of a cure for scurvy. ... John, thank you for posting these deaths in Grenada from your Scottish notes. I've been trying to pinpoint the number of Dumfries-Galloway-Ayr crowd heading towards St. Vincent to Grenada for awhile and these really help. Thanks. Just for a bit of trivia - John La Grenade's father, Louis, was the first planter to have nutmegs although a "white" planter was later given credit in 1843. best wishes all, Cindy > > Penicillin was not disovered until 1928 by Alexander Fleming. Until > 1942, it was used to treat mainly military injuries. After the Boston > Fire of that year when two hundred people were treated for extensive > burns it came into general use. > > Malaria was long known by the Chinese, East Indians and Egyptians and > mentioned in ancient manuscripts. In 1640 that Cinchona bark was used > by Huan del Vego to treat it, but this was long used by Peruvian > natives to treat fevers. By 1696 Morton gave a detailed description of > it, but no-one yet knew what caused it. By 1717, Lancisi linked it to > poisonous vapours of swamps or bad air, hence the name Malaria. It was > not until between 1880 and 1897 that the parasites were identified, > and linked to the mosquito and to the female anopheles in particular, > and methods developed to identify the parasite and a treatment with > methylene blue proved effective. It was not until between 1928 and > 1944 that compounds were synthesized for treatment malaria and > eradication of mosquitos. > > It was not until literally the turn of the century that Walter Reed, > was certain that it was the aedes egypti mosquito was the vector of > yellow fever. It was not until the 1930's that methods were developed > which enabled the identification of a broad range of viruses that > caused human disease, although from the time of Pasteur it had been > known that some-thing smaller than a bacterium could cause disease. > > Cheers! Richard > > ____ > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > For what they are worth, here are a few deaths relating to > Grenada, > jotted down in Scotland many years ago. > John > > GRENADA DEATHS > > Linton, David Dr died before July 1818; physician in > Grenada; > dau Mary R Linton [d 19.7.1818] was buried Ayr. > [Ayr Auld Kirk] > > Beattie, John died 5 Feb 1773 age 28 'in Grenada', > son of William B in Todhillwood. > [Canonbie Ch MI] > > Beattie, William died 7 Sept 1776 'in Grenada', > son of William B in Todhillwood. > [Canonbie Ch MI] > > Paterson, William died 5 Feb 1812 'planter in the island of > Grenada', > son of William P, merchant in Stirling. > [Dumfries & Galloway Courier 26/5/1812] > > Douglas, John died 31 July 1838 age 36 'in the Island of > Grenada', > eldest son of Robert D [d 17.4.1830 age 57 at Castle > Douglas]. > [Kelton Ch MI] > > Todd, James died 11 Aug 1853 'at Belmont, Grenada' age 44, > 4th son of William T in High Curghie [1774-1863] who died > at Drumore, Mull of Galloway. > [Kirkmaiden Ch MI] > > La Grenade, John died 30 May 1824 in his 17th yr, > son of Louis La Grenade 'of the Island of Grenada' > [Lancaster St Leonard with St Anne Churchyard MI]. > > Telfer, William d 18 Aug 1789 'at Granada..where..interred' > in his 33rd yr. > Some years Surgeon in RN then doctor in Grenada; > son of John Telfer, late tenant in Waulkmilln. > [Westerkirk/Bentpath: Westerkirk Ch MI] > > Wilson, Alexander died 1845 at Retreat Cottage, Grenada in > 37th year, > no date, formerly of Stranraer. > [Wigtown Free Press 1845; 31/07 1f] > > Ritchie, Alexander d 22 Aug 1855 age 34 in Grenada; > late Ch Engineer RMSS Eagle - 'comrades have erected > a stone .. his grave there' > son of William R, tenant in Wiston Mains [d 10.7.1864 age > 76]. > [Wiston Ch MI] >

Hi Cindy, Thanks. I did know about scurvy and the British Navy, but did not even think that Lind was a Scot. Regards, Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "cindy kilgore" <minke@wcvt.com> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 4:32 PM Subject: medical & old deaths > > > ... Richard, in case you don't know this title, i think you'd find it > interesting (and anyone else in the medical talk here) - Limeys by > Davis Harvie, Sutton Publishing, 2002. It's about the Scottish naval > surgeon, James Lind, and his discovery of a cure for scurvy. >