I found out what Tympany is or was...for one thing the Curate didn't spell it properly did he...that didn't help one bit. But I remembered I have an extensive list of historical names for diseases...sorry.
Tympany was a 'bloated distension of gases' it sounds pretty grim...'the belly would bloat until it was as hard as a drum' quite why this caused the poor woman's death I don't know...it could have affected the internal organs perhaps.
Thank you to everyone who contributed their ideas as to what it was.
Chest infection from spraying Flea Spray (or was it just bad luck, flu season or allergy?)
Nobody said it was easy!!!! (Keeping fit through the winter)
Was It Worth Appling for DLA.
It was a beautiful day today
DLA or ESA or what ever it is now.
