Who needs to buy a book when we have Betty. Thank you for sharing this information. Next instalment please regards Maggie ----- Original Message ----- From: "betty TELFORD" <telfordbm@yahoo.co.uk> To: <LindaInverness@aol.com> Cc: <sct-wigtownshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] McGuigan deaths query > Not for the faint-hearted! > Sorry to prolong this correspondence but I enjoy trying to solve a > mystery. Apologies to any medical specialists > who will probably know far more about this subject . > The McGuigan granddaughter at 13 dying of senile gangrene sounds odd > especially as a few days after the death of her > grandmother and one wonders whether there is another common factor i.e an > accident (run over by a cart for example?) > At that date without antibiotics any wound might deteriorate far rapidly > than today. > > Looking a bit further it seems that senile gangrene may be due to > arteriosclerosis not necessarily in the old, i.e it relates to the > state of circulation in a limb. Playing medical detective I think it is > possible that one or both of these deaths could be due to > a tuberculous infection (then very common especially before the > introduction of pasteurised milk) and this would affect > both young and old. The result of this infection used to be seen some > years ago when many people had to wear a very thick > soled boot or shoe and had to use a walking stick..in other words it > caused shortening of a leg. > > Could the deaths so shortly one after the other just be a sad coincidence? > I have found an excellent web site which gives medical terminology for > genealogists in case anyone interested.. > some old fashioned terms in there. > > Sedgleymanor.com > > > > B > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > Yahoo! Photos is now offering a quality print service from just 7p a > photo. http://uk.photos.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >