Thanks for that. James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Agar" <emagar@hotkey.net.au> To: <ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 2:03 AM Subject: RE: [N'Yorks] STRANGE CAUSES OF DEATH ? > Hi James, > > I couldn't find anything on Paul Smith's site at > http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm > but going from OED definitions - > > nates = (1) buttocks or haunches > (2) the anterior and larger pair of the optic lobes of the brain. > > slough = Of diseased skin, tissue, etc.: > (a) To come away or off, to be shed, as a slough. > 1720 Quincy tr. Hodges' Loimologia 138 Those which went no > further than the skin, would oftentimes slough off. > 1787 Med. Comm. II. 160 A large portion of the integuments.. > sloughed away. > 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflamm. 269 The injured part of the > artery sloughed off with the ligature. > 1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 160/2 The diseased part..sloughs away, > and new and healthy skin is reproduced. > > (b) To become covered or encrusted with a slough; to form or > develop necrosed tissue. > 1787 Med. Comm. II. 160 It was evident that some part of the > urethra had also sloughed. > 1804 Abernethy Surg. Obs. 54 The exposed tumour inflamed and > sloughed progressively, till it entirely came away. > 1846 F. Brittan tr. Malgaigne's Man. Oper. Surg. 319 The columna.. > sloughed from the fourth day, and was removed with the scissors. > 1880 MacCormac Antiseptic Surg. 14 In the other case of > protracted recovery, a large portion of skin sloughed. > fig. > > 2. trans. To eat away, to throw off, by the formation of a slough or > sloughs. > 1762 R. Guy Pract. Obs. Cancers 48 Four large Ulcers were > sloughing the Breast away. > 1844 H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 612 The portion of the vertebra > which has been cut through will have to be sloughed off before the > wound can heal. > > So, did he die of bed sores or a brain tumour?? > > Perhaps an email to Paul Smith will help with this too!! > > Cheers, > Liz in Melbourne > > On Friday, September 12, 2003 9:44 AM, James Harrison [SMTP:jh004e4234@blueyonder.co.uk] wrote: > > Has anyone come across 'Sloughing of the Nates'. This is what my great great great great grandfather was certified as dying fom in 1860. > > > > James Harrison > > Halesowen > > West Midlands. > > > > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > > ROLL CALLS? Not permitted unless instituted by the List Admin. But post > > your interests and areas of search often. New members join every day. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > This List is dedicated to the North Riding, Yorkshire, England! If you > have a problem, question, need direction or to report a virus, please > contact Kathleen off-list at Administration@KathleensKorner.net. Thanks. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >