from my 4G grandfather's family: Out of nine children, only my 4G and three others survived. Four died of "psotník" and one from smallpox. I learned from two different people it was a result of calcium and magnesium deficiency. That's not true?
I'm very late to this discussion. However, my great grandparents in the 1880s lost 4 out of 5 children born in Pisek, 3 of them to "psotnik." Once they immigrated to the Midwest in 1891, they had 7 more children, and all of those survived to adulthood. One odd fact about the word "psotnik"; it's the Polish word for "elf." That has made me wonder if there was a "failure to thrive and grow" element to the condition, which of course might stem from any number of causes.
Well, now at least we know. :)
ReplyDeletefrom my 4G grandfather's family: Out of nine children, only my 4G and three others survived. Four died of "psotník" and one from smallpox. I learned from two different people it was a result of calcium and magnesium deficiency. That's not true?
ReplyDeleteI'm very late to this discussion. However, my great grandparents in the 1880s lost 4 out of 5 children born in Pisek, 3 of them to "psotnik." Once they immigrated to the Midwest in 1891, they had 7 more children, and all of those survived to adulthood. One odd fact about the word "psotnik"; it's the Polish word for "elf." That has made me wonder if there was a "failure to thrive and grow" element to the condition, which of course might stem from any number of causes.
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