Hi Anita, From: http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/ Bilious A term very generally made use of, to express diseases which arise from too copious a secretion of bile: thus bilious colic, bilious diarrhea, bilious fecver, etc. [Hooper1829]. That which relates to bile, contains bile, or is produced by bile. An epithet given to certain constitutions and diseases, which are believed to be the effect of superabundance of the biliary secretion; as bilious fever, but often used, without any definite idea, as regards the bile, being attached to it. Biliousness is the state of being bilious. [Dunglison1874] Biliousness Gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder. [Wordnet] Stitch A spasmodic action of the muscles of the side, accompanied with pain, produced by running, etc. [Hoblyn1855] A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side. [Webster] A symptom of Pleurisy. [Buchan1785] A Happy Easter to you also. Bobbi ----- Original Message ----- From: Anita To: "Hesse List" <hesse@rootsweb.com> Sent: 23 April, 2011 10:55 AM Subject: [HESSE] cause of death - translation > > Hi Everyone - I have a cause of death in 1811 as "an gallichtem Seitenstich", which I think translates to a bilious side stitch. Does anyone know what it means? Is it gall bladder disease of some kind? I also saw Seitenstich as a symptom of pleurisy. > Thanks and Happy Easter, > Anita