You will find all the old names for diseases at http://www.bignell.uk.com/disease_in_history.htm. Flux was dysentery. Meg Galley -----Original Message----- From: eng-lan-wigan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lan-wigan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carolgriff@aol.com Sent: 31 March 2007 17:29 To: ENG-LAN-WIGAN@rootsweb.com Subject: [WIGAN] FLUX- cause of death Hi can anyone point me to a description of what Flux asa cause of death would mean circa1800. The poor souls was a blaecher in the mills. I have found this on an american site circa 1880 and wonder if this would apply or whether special circumstances would apply to a mill worker FLUX - An unnatural discharge of blood or liquid matter from the body. Thanks carol ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wigan F&LHS: http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/familyhistory The list administrator can be reached at ENG-LAN-WIGAN-admin@RootsWeb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LAN-WIGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message