I hope someone can help here. The death certificate of one of my ancestors gives the cause of death as "affection of the bowels". He was 37 years old when he died, a yeoman farmer. I'm struggling to find out what precisely was an affection of the bowels? Would it have been a long, debilitating illness? What were the symptoms, or likely causes? Any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks Doug

Hi Doug, A dictionary that gives a medical definition of "Affection" says: Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. Hope this helps in some way, regards, Jon

Cancer seems a likely cause. Regards Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Stewart" <list@higherbound.net> To: "Middlesex list" <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 5:56 AM Subject: [MDX] Cause of death query >I hope someone can help here. The death certificate of one of my ancestors >gives the cause of death as "affection of the bowels". He was 37 years old >when he died, a yeoman farmer. I'm struggling to find out what precisely >was an affection of the bowels? Would it have been a long, debilitating >illness? What were the symptoms, or likely causes? > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > Many thanks > > Doug > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message