Death Cert - What they died of..

[kellysmith1976]

Hi, I have just received a death cert, From 1858. He was a baby.. He was just 1yr old..
Cause of death - Tabes Mesenterica, 6-7months certified...
I looked up what this meant, and this is the description :
Tuberculosis of lymph glands inside the abdomen. An illness of children caused by drinking milk from cows infected with tuberculosis

I would have thought he would still be being breast fed?... What were the treatments in them days of TB?.. were there any?

Also another death cert from 1862, i received states the cause of death was phthisis pul, 6months, which again i think is another form or word for TB...

[RobinC]

Phthisis is a form of TB, I'm not sure about Tabes Mesenterica though.

[Jan1954]

Hi, I have just received a death cert, From 1858. He was a baby.. He was just 1yr old..
Cause of death - Tabes Mesenterica, 6-7months certified...
I looked up what this meant, and this is the description :
Tuberculosis of lymph glands inside the abdomen. An illness of children caused by drinking milk from cows infected with tuberculosis

I would have thought he would still be being breast fed?... Not necessarily; there could have been a number of reasons why not: the mother could not produce enough milk, she may have been having another babe - who is to know how accurate the reference is to the child having it for 6-7 months?

What were the treatments in them days of TB?.. were there any? Not a lot - have a read of the History of Tuberculosis (http://www.micklebring.com/oakwood/ch18.htm).


Also another death cert from 1862, i received states the cause of death was phthisis pul, 6months, which again i think is another form or word for TB...Yes - further information is in the link above.

One of my great uncles died of TB in 1906 at the age of 21. His occupation was "Milk Carrier" and my Gran always suspected that there was a connection.

[susan-y]

Did they perhaps live on a farm or was Dad an Ag lab?

Sue

[kellysmith1976]

Thanks for that link Jan, Ive had a good read through..
No they didnt live on a farm, They lived in the middle of a town centre...Ive checked Baptisms and Dad was a laborer in 1851, Also on babies baptism dad was still a Laborer, And by 1861 he was now a Greengrocer/fruiterer(?) & fishmonger... Bit of a leap!...