From: chris@dickinson.uk.net   
      
   On Sunday, 2 September 2018 13:01:41 UTC+1, Doug Laidlaw  wrote:   
   > On 31/08/18 06:38, Chris Dickinson wrote:   
   > > On Thursday, 30 August 2018 21:23:53 UTC+1, Jenny M Benson  wrote:   
   > >> On 30-Aug-18 09:05 PM, Chris Dickinson wrote:   
   > >>> I'm looking at the death certificate of a 'silk weaver' in Leek, aged   
   60, in 1845. A dominant industry there.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> The cause of death was stated bluntly as 'Decayed Bone' - which sounds   
   to me as though the doctor was all too familiar with the problem (arthritis,   
   perhaps?).   
   > >>   
   > >> Possibly osteoporosis?   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > Indeed. More common in women than men though? Sorry, should have said that   
   this was a male.   
   > >   
   > > If either, that wouldn't suggest any particular causal relationship from   
   silk weaving -  but maybe it was very common in the area or maybe medical   
   histories have mentioned this (like a tailor's bunion; or jaw decay in   
   match-making factories)?   
   > >   
   > > Chris   
   > >   
   > At https://sackettfamily.info/ui46.htm, TB is mentioned as a possible cause.   
   >   
   > "A decayed bone was extracted without anaesthetic. Brother Walton held   
   > his hand."   
   >   
   > It is a site about students for the Ministry, and not very well   
   > structured sentences.  According to Wikipedia, TB can affect "the bones   
   > and joints (in Pott disease of the spine), among others."   
   >   
   > HTH,   
   >   
   > Doug.   
      
   Ah, thank you.   
      
   I would have preferred it to be an occupational hazard, but I shall put TB in   
   my notes as the likely cause.   
      
   Chris   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)