Thanks everyone!Cookie you should have a idea now what the disease is/or was. This page is an excellant resource for this type of info http://www.gpiag-asthma.org/drpsmith/amt1.htm And yes I guess it was mispelled by the undertaker in the records,I assume they or the transcriber were in error in spelling. Tamara's Kincaid/Vincent/Gish Genealogy http://www.angelfire.com/in/tamaraspage/index.html Genealogists who care will share.