The first word is what Bo has written. I have not been able to find a translation for either the 1st or 2nd words. So I guess I will just write the Swedish words without a translation as the cause of death. Thank you for your suggestion. Naomi in Illinois ------------------------------------------------------ Wayne/Lanny Sangster wrote Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:27:46 Could the first word be *Erysipelas*, a form of strep, now treatable with antibiotics? My grandfather (from Sweden) died of this disease in 1917 in Minnesota. Lou Sangster On 11/16/2012 4:05 PM, Naomi Swanson wrote: > Hi Bo, > Thank you for your help. But if you don't know what the cause of death is I don't think anyone else would know as you are a fountain of knowledge. > > Naomi in Illinois > --------------------------------- > > Bo Johansson wrote Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:57:33 > > Naomi Swanson wrote 2012-11-16 17:08: >> I would like a translation of the cause of death for Gerda Lovisa Svensson > > d. 16 Feb 1920 Madesjö Kalmar län. Her death is number 16 and is > listed at: >> Madesjö FI:5 (1912-1929) Image 114 / page 114 (AID: v174445.b114.s114, NAD: SE/VALA/00241) > Erybipelas(?) eruris(?) + Emolia art. pulmon. > > Whatever that can mean... > > // Bo Johansson

Naomi Swanson wrote 2012-11-17 04:20: > > The first word is what Bo has written. I have not been able to find > a translation for either the 1st or 2nd words. So I guess I will just > write the Swedish words without a translation as the cause of death. --- Well it is Latin, not Swedish, and since what we see is what a priest or parish clerk copied from a doctor's perhaps less-than-readable handwriting, the word might actually have been "Erysipelas". And the second line might be intended as "Embolia art. pulmon." (pulmonary arterial embolism). // Bo Johansson > > Wayne/Lanny Sangster wrote Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:27:46 > > Could the first word be *Erysipelas*, a form of strep, now treatable > with antibiotics? My grandfather (from Sweden) died of this disease in > 1917 in Minnesota. > Lou Sangster

According to the Google translation from Latin to English the word "Erysiplas" is shown to be a noun which is "holy fire". I guess if she had strep it might have felt like fire. On the second line, I felt that "pulom." had something to do with the pulmonary system. Thank you for helping me further with the cause of death for Gerda Lovisa as she was only 33 years old at her death. Naomi in Illinois ---------------------------------------------------- Bo Johansson wrote Sat, 17 Nov 2012 03:11:24 Naomi Swanson wrote 2012-11-17 04:20: > > The first word is what Bo has written. I have not been able to find > a translation for either the 1st or 2nd words. So I guess I will just > write the Swedish words without a translation as the cause of death. --- Well it is Latin, not Swedish, and since what we see is what a priest or parish clerk copied from a doctor's perhaps less-than-readable handwriting, the word might actually have been "Erysipelas". And the second line might be intended as "Embolia art. pulmon." (pulmonary arterial embolism). // Bo Johansson > > Wayne/Lanny Sangster wrote Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:27:46 > > Could the first word be *Erysipelas*, a form of strep, now treatable > with antibiotics? My grandfather (from Sweden) died of this disease in > 1917 in Minnesota. > Lou Sangster