"Died of "summer complaint" or "stomach flu" as it was sometimes called in those days. Today we call it a virus and it is easily controlled, but at that time children and old people would die of dehydration from this disorder. Mama always felt guilty about Marie's death, saying she had let her eat some green plums. Mama found her dead in her little bed. She was 20 months old."
"Died of "summer complaint" or "stomach flu" as it was sometimes called in those days. Today we call it a virus and it is easily controlled, but at that time children and old people would die of dehydration from this disorder. Mama always felt guilty about Marie's death, saying she had let her eat some green plums. Mama found her dead in her little bed. She was 20 months old."
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