My great great grandfather John B. Gorham wrote about being unable to do any work for nearly two months as he was suffering from erysipelas in the "Letters to Mary BURNS Gorham (letter #03). My research said it was an acute inflamation of the skin formerly called St. Anthony's Fire. I didn't know it could be fatal, but I suppose under the right conditions any bacterial infection can. Dave Kester Read the "Letters to Mary BURNS Gorham" at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/kester/dkoo1.htm ----------------original message------------------ >From : "Jane Webb" <[email protected]> To : [email protected] Subject : [Tri-Counties] old illness Date : Wed, 22 May 2002 21:56:38 -0700 Does anyone on the list know what kind of illness "erepipelas" might be? I've looked in all of my dictionaries and on line with no luck. I am typing an obit for the Tri-County site and am curious what killed this poor old man. Jane Webb ______________________________ >From : Sylvia <[email protected]> To : [email protected] Subject : Re: [Tri-Counties] old illness Date : Wed, 22 May 2002 22:04:05 -0700 Could it be: Erysipelas - Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci with vesicular and bulbous lesions Sylvia Jane Webb wrote: >Does anyone on the list know what kind of illness "erepipelas" might be? >I've looked in all of my dictionaries and on line with no luck. I am typing an obit for the Tri-County site and am curious what killed this poor old man. >Jane Webb > >==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== >Tri-Counties Site includes nearly 700 Cemetery Listings available from the >township pages and from the Cemetery Index at http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm ______________________________ >From : [email protected] (Catherine Madigan) To : [email protected] Subject : [Tri-Counties] Erysipelas Date : Thu, 23 May 2002 01:35:47 -0400 (EDT) Hi Jane, I think this is the right spelling. It is cellulitis primarily of the face and arms caused by a staph infection. Cathy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.