[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] re infant mortality

[MacDerk at aol.com]

Not only infants were susceptible to early deaths - it  apparently was rare 
for people to die of old age!  With death in  childbirth, cholera, typhus, 
tuberculosis and accidents, it was not an easy life  - whether in Europe or 
Britain or North America.  
 
 
 
 
Around the world... it is not  war in isolation...  there is a "shot heard 
around" ... then the 'dominoes' fall and keep falling  long after the walls 
have been breached ... the temples torched... and new  banners...evident...
 
 


 
 



_1918 flu pandemic - Wikipedia, the free  encyclopedia_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic) 
 
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic_Cached_ 
(http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:NWVFfFPOcv8J:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandem
ic+world+war+1+the+resultant+flue+and+pestilence&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us)  
- _Similar_ 
(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1253&bih=654&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic+world+war+1+the+resultant+flue+and+pe
stilence&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=H7NdUIyvBpK70QHRj4FQ&ved=0CCQQHzAA) 
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The flu  pandemic was implicated in the outbreak of encephalitis lethargica 
in the 1920s.  ... World War I did not cause the flu,  but the close troop 
quarters and massive .... 8,573 deaths were  attributed to the 1918 pandemic 
influenza, resulting in a  ..... Encyclopedia of plague and pestilence: 
from  ancient times to the present.

 


 


 
 


 
 



_Plague of Athens - Wikipedia, the free  encyclopedia_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Athens) 
 
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Athens_Cached_ 
(http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:O-C5cxRXcPAJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Athens
+pestilence+in+ancient+athens+pericles&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us)  - 
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After the death of  Pericles, Athens was led by a succession of  leaders 
Thucydides ... 430 and 426 BC, have been found just outside  Athens' ancient 
Kerameikos cemetery.  .... Rats, Lice and History: A Chronicle of Pestilence  
and Plagues.

 


 
 


 
 



_Athens on Fire_ 
(http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his101/Notes/AthensFire.html) 
 
novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his101/Notes/AthensFire.html_Cached_ 
(http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uK7yYgreP7kJ:novaonline.nvcc.ed
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&ct=clnk&gl=us) 
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But the  Persians occupied the hill opposite the  Acropolis and began a 
siege. ... buildings, gymnasia,  houses, factories, schools and warehouses to 
the  torch.






 


 
 



_Pericles - Wikipedia, the free  encyclopedia_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericles) 






In a message dated 9/21/2012 7:01:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
hgillespie at rogers.com writes:

And my  two cents worth   

Not only infants were susceptible to early  deaths - it apparently was rare 
for people to die of old age!  With death  in childbirth, cholera, typhus, 
tuberculosis and accidents, it was not an easy  life - whether in Europe or 
Britain or North America.  My grandmother's  brother was injured in a 
woodcutting accident - his back was broken.  He  was only in his early 30s. Taking 
him to hospital in Rowno meant a very  painful and bumpy ride in a wagon 
only 15 km. away, a very difficult  journey.  He did not live long time. The 
outbreak of the Spanish Flu just  at the end of the First World War killed 
millions around the world, including  a number of my ancestors - just after 
they returned from Siberia..

This  article explains it  simply....

http://www.understandingyourancestors.com/wea/death.aspx



Helen

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The  wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he 
is a  parent of the future. --Herbert Spencer

--- On Fri, 9/21/12, Henry and  Alice Schmidt <h_aschmidt at hotmail.com> 
wrote:

From: Henry and  Alice Schmidt <h_aschmidt at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia]  re infant mortality
To: "ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org"   
&<ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Date: Friday, September 21,  2012, 9:16 PM

Many causes can be listed, however convulsions were  usually the result of 
high fevers.  You are correct in mentioning small  pox and other 
communicable diseases snuffed out their little lives.   Unfortunately they did not have 
the antibiotics we have today.  I might  add, many times the cause of death 
was unknown.
Alice
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