Old Time Disease Names... Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/disease.htm Luci --- On Sat 08/27, J Hansen < jrsh9999@earthlink.net > wrote: From: J Hansen [mailto: jrsh9999@earthlink.net] To: OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:28:43 -0400 Subject: FW: [OH-HAMILT] What is "dropsy?"- derivation of word For those of you who enjoy etymology :-) my dictionary (Webster's 7th<br>collegiate, 1970) gives the following as the source of the word: <br>from Middle English dropesie, short for ydropesie, from Old French, from<br>Latin hydropisis, modification of Greek hydrops, from hydor meaning water:<br>EDEMA<br><br>Probably, more than you wanted to know, but just in case you were more<br>interested in the derivation of the word, rather than just the definition.<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: NatrLvrnMT@aol.com [mailto:NatrLvrnMT@aol.com] <br>Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 9:22 AM<br>To: OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com<br>Subject: Re: [OH-HAMILT] What is "dropsy?"<br><br>Several of my family members in the 1800s and very early 1900s died of <br>something called 'dropsy.' I heard somewhere that it had something to do<br>with <br>edema (swelling) but why would that be called "Dropsy?" The name would<br>lead me <br>to believe that maybe they dropped things, like Parkinsons, with the<br>associated <br>tremors, or maybe they fell down a lot, maybe from weakness?... but that <br>sounds too simple. Does anyone know the exact meaning of the word in this <br>context?<br>Thanks for any help you can give. I'm curious what it is that killed so <br>many of my ancestors.<br>Donna<br><br>______________________________<br><br>-- <br>No virus found in this outgoing message.<br>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<br>Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.16/83 - Release Date: 8/26/2005<br> <br><br>-- <br>No virus found in this outgoing message.<br>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<br>Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.16/83 - Release Date: 8/26/2005<br> <br><br><br><br>==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ====<br>~*~*~*~ The Resources in the USGenWeb's Parade of States Awaits! ~*~*~*~<br>-- Table of all States: http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks-table.html<br><br>==============================<br>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the<br>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months.<br>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx<br><br> _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com