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From: "Olive Tree Genealogy" <>
Subject: Re: [UPPER-CANADA] Bowel Consumption
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:32:12 -0500
In-Reply-To: <00ba01c7456d$c32433f0$0200a8c0@Annandale>


On 31 Jan 2007 at 13:26, Cliff. Johnston wrote:

> Well, I know what Consumption is...TB associated commonly
> with the lungs, but bowel consumption - that's a twist that
> I haven't seen before. I associate bowels with the
> intestines...

According to
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/disease.shtml

consumption is "A wasting away of the body"

It also says to see marasmus and when you check that you
see "Malnutrition occurring in infants and young children,
caused by an insufficient intake of calories or protein"

So I think you could safely say that consumption of the
bowels was wasting away of the bowels - perhaps cancer, or
perhaps this malnutrition in infants (depending on the age
of the deceased)

Lorine
-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

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