From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon May 29 14:25:34 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 k4TKPYjb011214; Mon, 29 May 2006 14:25:34 -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 k4TKPWPt014096 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 14:25:32 -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 k4THoTFI022574 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 13:50:29 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k4THoT3P022573 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 29 May 2006 13:50:29 -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 k4TEHAFI021985 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 10:17:10 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k4TGq0w6005353 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 29 May 2006 10:52:00 -0600 X-Envelope-From: elizhgene@gmail.com Mon May 29 10:52:00 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 k4TGq0jb005342 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 10:52:00 -0600 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4TGpuw0002245 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 10:51:57 -0600 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m3so159723uge for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 09:51:57 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=n87/hymFDrk7/I69gznypDRKQZ4MmnivjVssasG2zyqvZOSKMiJjlySFeX6F1p8zsregEDmQxxG9DSp+MjZlD/caCLfWtrpQsxZu0vZLAcblBhvGzaPfDYUA2Q16YJoV5aaV1gmJLcAbGFw8A1Po00/qt/d06lHc83dahHapXyo= Received: by 10.66.216.6 with SMTP id o6mr2025585ugg; Mon, 29 May 2006 09:51:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.233.12 with HTTP; Mon, 29 May 2006 09:51:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 12:51:51 -0400 From: "Eliz Hanebury" To: "K E" Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] need help reading cause of death on death certificate Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <20060529014639.99862.qmail@web36110.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed References: <20060529014639.99862.qmail@web36110.mail.mud.yahoo.com> 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 It could be anything but myocarditis is one (and it is also cardiomyopathy) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000149.htm it could be myocardial infarction, your classic heart attack *What is cardiomyopathy?* Cardiomyopathy is a serious disease in which the heart muscle becomes inflamed and doesn't work as well as it should. There may be multiple causes including viral infections. Cardiomyopathy can be classified as primary or secondary. Primary cardiomyopathy can't be attributed to a specific cause, such as high blood pressure, heart valve disease, artery diseases or congenital heart defects. Secondary cardiomyopathy is due to specific causes. It's often associated with diseases involving other organs as well as the heart. Eliz On 5/28/06, K E wrote: > > Greetings, > > 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 > > >