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Ideas as to what death by 'Decline' was
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Karen | Report | 13 Nov 2006 18:33 |
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Found on the death certificate of a male releative dated 1844 who died aged 35 yrs cause of death = decline Does any one have an idea as to what it may be. Ideas so far are TB, a none tumour cancer. He was a sadler by trade so is there a idustrial illness linked with this? Just really curious Karen |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 13 Nov 2006 18:39 |
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means according to the antiques morbus site ,,, A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline. --Dunglison. [Webster1913] Shirley |
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Ted | Report | 13 Nov 2006 18:58 |
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karen, probably means they dont know why he was dieing, he was just wasting away, thats it. Theres no way of you every find out what it was! like you said, it could be TB cancer, even a disease off leather, after all, I suppose you know what they used to soften leather in those days? Well the youths of the time were paid to collect horse pee and dogs droppings! now I canimagine the diseases you would get from that! TED. |
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Suzanne | Report | 13 Nov 2006 20:44 |
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it means his condition got worse,xxxx |
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