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    One set of 5x great grandparents died on the same day in 1804, in the Netherlands. According to the registers they died of "catarrh fever" (Zinking koorts in Dutch). Googling it only seems to bring up a disease in cattle or goats. Can anyone think of what it might be in English?

    Thanks
    Linda


    My avatar is my Grandmother Carolina Meulenhoff 1896 - 1955

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    Find out about catarrh, including what the symptoms are, what you can do to help ease it, when to get medical help, and treatments that may be recommended.
    Lennon. Phillips. Thomas. Peacock. Tubridy. Burton.

    I am the girl from that town & I'm darn proud of it.

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    • #3
      An extract taken from a book on Internet Archives


      In my 17th year I was attacked by " Zinking koorts," a disease
      which, according to the dictionary, is " catarrhal fever," but the
      popular translation of which is, I believe, " Rheumatic fever."
      This fever was very common among the youth of those days, it
      generally attacked them between the ages of 16 and 20, and was in
      very many cases fatal. One of the characteristics of the malady
      was that in those who recovered it often reappeared after twelve
      months. In my case it was so severe that at one stage it looked
      as if my biography would never be written. It is an unexplained
      mystery that this " Zinking koorts " is now never heard of, and
      that instead of it Typhoid and Enteric fever have become endemic
      diseases, though they were unknown here fifty, or even forty years
      ago. This phenomenon has to my knowledge attracted no attention
      hitherto. Will not one of our medical experts attempt the solution
      of this problem, which would supply material for a highly interesting
      treatise? The disappearance of the one and the appearance of the
      other is certainly remarkable.
      Elaine







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      • #4
        Thank you Elaine, that's wonderful! Although my lot were in their 60's when they died of it - I knew some time ago they had died on the same date and have been wondering for ages what they died of.
        Linda


        My avatar is my Grandmother Carolina Meulenhoff 1896 - 1955

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        • #5
          Not something I've come across before!
          How sad for them to have both died on the same day.
          Elaine







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          • #6
            Strangely enough I have another pair of 5x Great Grandparents who died on the same day, but these were on my mothers side, and they died in Somerset in 1803 from Scarlet fever. It does say that Rheumatic fever can develop from Scarlet fever, so I wonder if this was the original cause.
            Linda


            My avatar is my Grandmother Carolina Meulenhoff 1896 - 1955

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