Could anyone help with the following terms on death certificates?......
Nervous debility Pyoemia
Fibroid Phthisis Honouthe Asthemia 2 days
underlined words are hard to decipher.
Just out of interest I have a certificate where the cause of death was Locomotor Ataxia which, apparently, is final stage syphillis.
Also in 1900 a 33 year old woman died of Anorexia nervosa and exhaustion.
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Thread: Causes of death?
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25-04-2010, 8:40 PM #1
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Causes of death?
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25-04-2010, 8:44 PM #2RobinCGuest
Hi DebbieLou,
Phthisis is TB if I remember correctly as one of my great grandmother's died from it in 1922.
"Pyaemia (or pyemia) is a type of septicaemia that leads to widespread abscesses of a metastatic nature. It is usually caused by the staphylococcus bacteria by pus-forming organisms in the blood. Apart from the distinctive abscesses, pyaemia exhibits the same symptoms as other forms of septicaemia. It was almost universally fatal before the introduction of antibiotics."
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25-04-2010, 8:49 PM #3Jan1954Guest
Could this be Pyaemia?
Fibroid Phthisis Honouthe Asthemia 2 days
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25-04-2010, 8:56 PM #4
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Thanks for your replies - the pyaemia sounds awful - poor woman.
I'll have a go at scanning the certificate when our scanner is fired up!!!
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25-04-2010, 11:10 PM #5
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21-10-2020, 1:51 PM #6
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Well, it's taken a while but I have scanned the cause of death on the certificate that I couldn't read!!!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nHY...ew?usp=sharing
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21-10-2020, 2:11 PM #7
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I've just had an answer from a FB group member - 4 months!!!
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