Probably not a stroke. 'Phrenetic' (frenetic) is just a Latin word for intense agitation or frenzy. It is a descriptive term for the symptom (an involuntary behavior), which could have been caused by a number of conditions or organisms. It was some kind of feverish illness, possibly but not necessarily encephalitis, that had caused a wild agitation and possibly delirium. Liz J 2009/8/24 Vincent E. Summers <[email protected]>: > I think, I do believe, I have found my Samuel CHILDS listed as Samuel CHILD, > died November 7, 1806, buried Christ Church. > > Death: Phrenetic Fever.  Any idea what that is?  I get an inkling that it might > have something to do with a cerebral hemmorhage?  or a stroke? > > Vince

From: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sam/disease.html *PHRENITIS - formerly infammation of the brain, with acute fever and delirium; infammation of the diaphragm*