A simple search for the word using Google produces the following: NOUN: An infectious disease producing lesions especially of the lungs. No longer in scientific use: consumption (no longer in scientific use), phthisic (no longer in scientific use), tuberculosis, white plague. See HEALTH. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. ----- Original Message ----- From: tracey f manning <kiltonya@eircom.net> To: <CountyCork-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 3:49 PM Subject: [Cork] Re: CountyCork-D Digest V02 #97 > >died of something that looks like Phthisis > > I have this on a death certificate too, although the deceased was elderly, > if I > recall correctly. > If any of you out there are medically minded I would be very interested in > knowing what it is. > TIA, > Tracey. > > > ==== CountyCork Mailing List ==== > ** CountyCork Mailing List homepage http://community.webtv.net/shamrockroots/countycork ** > >