My Great great grandmother died from "Dropsy"........can anyone tell me what that is? "Genealogy is the art of irritating the living and confusing the dead!"

Dropsy is an old time term for the Edema (fluid) of Congestive Heart Failure. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia M Warner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 7:33 AM Subject: Question > My Great great grandmother died from "Dropsy"........can anyone tell me > what that is? > > > "Genealogy is the art of irritating the living and confusing the dead!" > > > ==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== > Have you seen the GEN-NYS-L mailing list archives? > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GEN-NYS-L/ > >