Hi Jean, This is a useful link to several resources of this type. http://www.coraweb.com.au/medico.htm<http://www.coraweb.com.au/medico.htm> The first choice gives information on marasmus for both children and adults. Just click the letter of the alphabet that you need--in this case, M. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: Jean Tauer<mailto:jmtauer@execpc.com> To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 5:12 PM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] marasmus Hope someone can help me out. I recently had some research done and the cause of death for several of my ancestors was listed as "marasmus". Does anyone know what this is? Jean Tauer ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the list? To browse the archives, go to: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L/<http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L/>