From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon May 29 14:24:26 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k4TKOQjb010328; Mon, 29 May 2006 14:24:26 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4TKOPeC013063 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 14:24:25 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k4THnMFI022518 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 13:49:22 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k4THnMnP022517 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 29 May 2006 13:49:22 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k4T91GFI021425 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 05:01:16 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k4TBa6D1025684 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 29 May 2006 05:36:06 -0600 X-Envelope-From: juanita2@cox.net Mon May 29 05:36:06 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k4TBa6jb025675 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 05:36:06 -0600 Received: from centrmmtao02.cox.net (centrmmtao02.cox.net [70.168.83.82]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4TBa24S025896 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 05:36:04 -0600 Received: from DH433L51 ([24.255.150.191]) by centrmmtao02.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060529113557.UTI12772.centrmmtao02.cox.net@DH433L51>; Mon, 29 May 2006 07:35:57 -0400 From: "juanita" To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com, K E Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 06:36:07 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] need help reading cause of death on death certificate Message-ID: <447A9657.21930.4669DDA4@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <20060529014639.99862.qmail@web36110.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.21c) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Kenneth, I think you'll find cause of death was due to myocarditis. Here's an excerpt from a medical website: juanita ================== Myocarditis Synonyms and related keywords: heart inflammation, dilated cardiomyopathy, inflammatory changes in the heart muscle, myocyte necrosis, viral myocarditis, acute myocarditis, inflammatory myocarditis, Chagas disease, coxsackievirus B, influenza virus, echovirus, herpes simplex virus, varicella-zoster virus, Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, hepatitis C, HIV, diphtheria, Bartonella species, Brucella species, Leptospira species, Salmonella species, endocarditis, Borrelia burgdorferi, toxic myocarditis, parasitic myocarditis > > This subject may have come up before, but I am having > an awful time reading the handwriting on my > grandfather's death certificate. > > It is for one Kennie Smith of Perry County Kentucky (b > 05 May 1904 to Larkin Smith and Eliza Combs) who died > 02 Feb 1943. > > Kennie Smith seems to have died from complications > relating to surgery (to remove a bullet lodged near > his heart) at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota (he > apparently returned home before dying). > > We're still unsure how or when he was shot, although > it seems likely to have been years earlier. He had > been in the service in the 1920s, and although there > were no foreign conflicts at the time there may have > been an accident of some sort. > > The cause of death seems to be something like "Mayo(?) > Car-something...or Cor-something". Anyone have any > insights? > > Best regards, > > Kenneth > >