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what did he die from?????
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moggyrud | Report | 21 Mar 2005 13:30 |
l am hoping that some clever person can tell me what my grt grandfather died from.....the death cert. says ....Tubercle of knee joint and exhaustion....and he was only 58!!!! many thanks maureen |
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moggyrud | Report | 21 Mar 2005 13:41 |
thanks christopher......excuse ignorance but is tubercle part of the knee....and why would it make you exhausted?? maureen |
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Anne | Report | 21 Mar 2005 13:43 |
Surely this is tuberculosis?. It can affect other parts of the body as well as the lungs. Exhaustion is quite a common term on death certificates. Basically they were so sick they had no more energy and just died. Anne |
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Anna | Report | 21 Mar 2005 13:44 |
I googled and got this Tubercle TB OF THE KNEE TB does not only affect the chest - it affects other organs as well, and the knee is a favourite bone for this destructive organism to grow in. In can these days be successfully treated - but in the knee it is important to cure the infection before the joint is destroyed. Anna |
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moggyrud | Report | 21 Mar 2005 13:47 |
Thanks anna....sounds horrible doesn't it..l suppose Tb was very common then. Maureen |
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moggyrud | Report | 21 Mar 2005 13:57 |
thank you liz....now at least l know.....poor man...l do feel sorry fo him...funnily enough...his son...my grandad..had severe poblems ith his legs, and from a child can only remember him with walking sticks..and he died when only 58 too....very weird! maureen |