Joseph was the fifth of nine children born to John & Anna Mary (Minnerath) Neis. Born on the family farm in Saint Joseph (Township) in Stearns County, MN.
Joseph died at just over 12 months of age.
The "cause of death" listed on his death certificate = teething.
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NOTE: "Until the advancements of scientific medicine, such as vaccines for instance, children frequently died or suffered through a variety of common ailments during the same time period as teething. And, of course, the true cause of these afflictions was unknown.
"So it became widely accepted that teething was a source of fever, diarrhea, vomiting, seizures, tetanus and meningitis; to name just a few, and even death. It was not uncommon for teething to be listed as the cause of death in children prior to the late 19th century. Unfortunately, many of these children probably died as a result of the misguided attempts at treating the perceived symptoms of teething."
Joseph died at just over 12 months of age.
The "cause of death" listed on his death certificate = teething.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOTE: "Until the advancements of scientific medicine, such as vaccines for instance, children frequently died or suffered through a variety of common ailments during the same time period as teething. And, of course, the true cause of these afflictions was unknown.
"So it became widely accepted that teething was a source of fever, diarrhea, vomiting, seizures, tetanus and meningitis; to name just a few, and even death. It was not uncommon for teething to be listed as the cause of death in children prior to the late 19th century. Unfortunately, many of these children probably died as a result of the misguided attempts at treating the perceived symptoms of teething."
Joseph was the fifth of nine children born to John & Anna Mary (Minnerath) Neis. Born on the family farm in Saint Joseph (Township) in Stearns County, MN.
Joseph died at just over 12 months of age.
The "cause of death" listed on his death certificate = teething.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOTE: "Until the advancements of scientific medicine, such as vaccines for instance, children frequently died or suffered through a variety of common ailments during the same time period as teething. And, of course, the true cause of these afflictions was unknown.
"So it became widely accepted that teething was a source of fever, diarrhea, vomiting, seizures, tetanus and meningitis; to name just a few, and even death. It was not uncommon for teething to be listed as the cause of death in children prior to the late 19th century. Unfortunately, many of these children probably died as a result of the misguided attempts at treating the perceived symptoms of teething."
Joseph died at just over 12 months of age.
The "cause of death" listed on his death certificate = teething.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOTE: "Until the advancements of scientific medicine, such as vaccines for instance, children frequently died or suffered through a variety of common ailments during the same time period as teething. And, of course, the true cause of these afflictions was unknown.
"So it became widely accepted that teething was a source of fever, diarrhea, vomiting, seizures, tetanus and meningitis; to name just a few, and even death. It was not uncommon for teething to be listed as the cause of death in children prior to the late 19th century. Unfortunately, many of these children probably died as a result of the misguided attempts at treating the perceived symptoms of teething."
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