Marasmus. From an article about an orphanage in the late 1890's to early 1900's: However, the cause of death for some was listed as "marasmus," or the wasting of an infant for no discernible cause. As an interpretive exhibit declares, today the diagnosis would likely be "failure to thrive for lack of love." And from the dictionary: A progressive wasting of the body, occurring chiefly in young children and associated with insufficient intake or malabsorption of food. [New Latin, from Greek marasmos, from marainein, to waste away]. Fred Tossick -----Original Message----- From: aida kraus [mailto:akibb1@verizon.net] Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 6:25 PM To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] marasmus The term marasmus was used for malnutrition, go to this link for particulars. Aida http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marasmus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Tauer" <jmtauer@execpc.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 4:12 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/ > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== Forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist/mailinglist.html