to whom it may concern, cerebellum in the dictionary states; "the part of the brain at the back of the scull, which co-ordinates muscular activity" Ken B ----- Original Message ----- From: "RaKay Dance" <rakaydance@hotmail.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 5:44 AM Subject: Re: [B'ham] General Hospital Birmingham > "itis" is typically an infection (at least here in the US). Could it > have > been some kind of menengitis or sinusitis? Rakay Dance > > >>From: "Fay Lewis" <fay.lewis@virgin.net> >>Reply-To: eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com >>To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> >>Subject: [B'ham] General Hospital Birmingham >>Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:52:53 -0000 >> >>Hi members, I appreciate this message is not Birmingham Specific so if I >>am >>wrong in posting here then I do apologise. >> >>I have a copy of my g g g granfathers death certificate which states he >>died in General Birmingham Hospital in 1839 aged 28 of an abscess to the >>brain. I visited Birmingham Central Library today to look at the hospital >>records to find when he had been admitted and to read the hospital notes. >> >>Unfortunately the details were very faint and I couldn't decipher the word >>that had been written when he was first admitted 13 days before he died. >>In brackets was written "abscess to the cerebellum" which was added after >>he died. >> >>I am sure I have come accross a web site which lists diseases/terms used >>in >>that era of causes of death - has anyone else come accross that site? >> >>The word that was written when he was first admitted looked like >>"Th...tis? >>or possibly could have been a little longer with another couple of >>letters. >> I think the "tis" stands for inflammation. >> >>Regards >> >>Fay >> >>_____________________________________________ >>Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: >>http://www.bham.de/ >> >>Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >>ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > All-in-one security and maintenance for your PC. Get a free 90-day trial! > http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwlo0050000002msn/direct/01/?href=http://www.windowsonecare.com/?sc_cid=msn_hotmail > > _____________________________________________ > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >