I am cross-posting this to several Lists, hoping to find a Lister with knowledge of medical terms (presumably ancient ones). I have found several deaths listed, first in the Orkney OPRs and now in some Perthshire OPRs, giving the cause of death as "of a Gravel". When I first saw it a couple of years ago I thought it was a "one-off" odd expression. Now I find several instances of it, and so realize it was not so uncommon. Can anyone explain the meaning of this? The cases I have found were all in the 1600s and 1700s. Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada Only a genealogist regards a step backwards as PROGRESS ... HARRISON Yorkshire > Staffordshire > London (Highgate/Hampstead) POTCHIT Yorkshire FISHER London (Highgate/Hampstead) GREAVES Yorkshire > London GRIFFIN Staffordshire STANLEY Staffordshire SMELLIE Lanark > Orkney > Glasgow > Canada + Tasmania STIRRAT Ayrshire > Glasgow BAIN Caithness MILLER Caithness > Swaziland + S. Africa SPENCE Orkney FOTHERINGHAM Orkney TRAILL Orkney SELKRIG Lanark WICKETSHAW Lanark MORRISON Perthshire > Dumbarton > Glasgow > Australia (Vic) MORRISON Islay > Ontario BAIRD Renfrew HAM Australia (Vic) THOMPSON Suffolk > Yorkshire AGGUS Suffolk BRIGHTWELL Suffolk LAWSON Clackmannanshire > Ontario McNABB Islay > Ontario MURRAY Dumfries > Renfrew SINCLAIR Perthshire > Renfrew GILLESPIE Dumfries HENDERSON Dumfries TICKET (TAKET) Dumfries + Lanark CALDWELL Tyrone > Renfrew GRAHAM Tyrone > Ontario Genealogists never die ... they just lose their census. Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission.
[email protected] wrote: >I am cross-posting this to several Lists, hoping to find a Lister with >knowledge of medical terms (presumably ancient ones). > >I have found several deaths listed, first in the Orkney OPRs and now in some >Perthshire OPRs, giving the cause of death as "of a Gravel". When I first saw >it a couple of years ago I thought it was a "one-off" odd expression. Now I >find several instances of it, and so realize it was not so uncommon. > >Can anyone explain the meaning of this? The cases I have found were all in >the 1600s and 1700s. > Ken, the only definition I can find is for stones in the urinary tract. Could they have been fatal? -- Mike Clouston
Generally refers to urinary tract stone but is also used less commonly for gall bladder stones. Without the aid of X-ray or Surgery for diagnosis, 1600- 1700 cases would likely be urinary tract and the blockage they can cause, could lead to a fatal result. Ron Garson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Clouston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Orkney] Death by "Gravel" > [email protected] wrote: > >>I am cross-posting this to several Lists, hoping to find a Lister with >>knowledge of medical terms (presumably ancient ones). >> >>I have found several deaths listed, first in the Orkney OPRs and now in >>some Perthshire OPRs, giving the cause of death as "of a Gravel". When I >>first saw it a couple of years ago I thought it was a "one-off" odd >>expression. Now I find several instances of it, and so realize it was not >>so uncommon. >> >>Can anyone explain the meaning of this? The cases I have found were all >>in the 1600s and 1700s. >> > Ken, the only definition I can find is for stones in the urinary tract. > Could they have been fatal? > -- > Mike Clouston > > > ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== >>>>>TIP: To unsubscribe, send an e-mail message to: >>>>>[email protected] In the body include only one word: >>>>>unsubscribe > Use Orkney-D if you're receiving digests.<<<< > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >
> I am cross-posting this to several Lists, hoping to find a Lister with > knowledge of medical terms (presumably ancient ones). I've always found Paul Smith's website to be of great help, it's got loads of archaic medical terms plus some other useful info too. It's at: http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm Fiona Orkney -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/204 - Release Date: 15/12/05