John Wheeler Watson died in Pittsburgh in 1893 of apoplexy at the age of 28. The term apoplexy refers to bleeding into an organ or loss of blood flow to an organ. Sometimes the organ is specified but when it is not, the term generally refers to sudden stroke symptoms caused by a brain blood clot or bleeding into the brain.
Functional apoplexy is when a person appears to be having stroke-like symptoms but there is no brain abnormality ... from this comes the slang term we sometimes use currently "she went apolplectic".
Snippets from my GPS (genealogy puzzle solving) will be included in the blog along with tales woven from the facts found. Some will be quite detailed, others will have to stretch the imagination, as there's little detail to start with. All of it adds up to a wonderful, ongoing excursion through history.
About Me
- Ms Sherlock
- Third Coast
- I am an obsessed investigator searching libraries, historical repositories, government archives, newspapers, books, cemeteries and any other source that might be useful in piecing together family histories for my own family and for others who have requested my assistance. I spend long hours at my computer assessing the many resources now available online. I struggle to stop my searching long enough to write out what I've already found. Perhaps this blog will help me with that challenge.
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