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Death cert help please!

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Unknown Report 21 Aug 2004 17:03

Amy Please also see replies to your similar query on the General Topics board. Nell

Pat

Pat Report 21 Aug 2004 16:56

Elaine, I reckon that killed a lot of ladies way back. Another bad one is haemorrage before childbirth (placenta first) which I had and it was traumatic, reckon that may have killed both mothers and children way back. Pat x

Elaine

Elaine Report 21 Aug 2004 16:52

Amy, Just had a quick look through the dictionary- Phthisis-old term for wasting disease esp. tuberculosis of the lungs. Rheumatic fever-A fever where the joints ache and swell and the heart becomes inflamed. Apoplexy-Another word for a stroke-A blood vessel in the brain becomes blocked or breaks, resulting in sudden paralysis + loss of consciousness. Visceral Disease- Affecting the internal organs of the body(rather vague that one!) Post Partum Haemorrhage- My mother almost died of this. Sudden loss of blood in childbirth involving the placenta-( after the child is delivered i believe). Elaine x.

Amy

Amy Report 21 Aug 2004 16:50

Thanks Pat! You're a star found them all on there! Amy x

Amy

Amy Report 21 Aug 2004 16:46

Thanks Pat, will have a look! Amy x

Pat

Pat Report 21 Aug 2004 16:42

Amy Post Partus Haemorrage This lady died after Childbirth excessive bleeding. check this website http://www.paul_smith.doctors(.)org(.)uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm Dont forget to remove BRACKETS Pat x

Amy

Amy Report 21 Aug 2004 16:30

Can anyone help me out here and tell me what these people would have died of? I've sent off for some death certificates for various people in my tree and can't for the life of me work out what they've died of! Help! Post-Partus 2 hours Haemorrhage. Phthisis. Rheumatic Fever – 17 days. Apoplexy. Visceral Disease Anyone have any ideas?! These are all different entries by the way! Amy x