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Title: Cause of death
Post by: yorkshirelass on Friday 27 May 05 14:10 BST (UK)
I've gota death certificate that says cause of death was: Phllusis
Does anybody know what this is?

Rachel
Title: Re: Cause of death
Post by: Ceci on Friday 27 May 05 14:15 BST (UK)
Any chance it could say phthisis?
Title: Re: Cause of death
Post by: yorkshirelass on Friday 27 May 05 14:20 BST (UK)
copy i have says phllusis but i'm not really trusting it, cant find anything about it.
Whats's phthisis?
Title: Re: Cause of death
Post by: Ceci on Friday 27 May 05 14:27 BST (UK)
Phthisis is an old word for tuberculosis. This website is good for causes or death, but I couldn't find phllusis. I'll get back to you if I find anything else.

http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/English/English.htm

Good luck
Ceci
Title: Re: Cause of death
Post by: yorkshirelass on Friday 27 May 05 14:37 BST (UK)
thats a great site thankyou  :)

Rachel
Title: Re: Cause of death
Post by: newbie on Saturday 28 May 05 12:17 BST (UK)
Hi,
This has been discussed before on Rootschat, I did a search of the site by just typing "Phthisis" and up came lots of information/threads.
Try this link
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,31769.0.html
has lots of information on this thread.
Good luck
Newbie
Title: Re: Cause of death
Post by: yorkshirelass on Saturday 28 May 05 16:40 BST (UK)
thankyou newbie  :)

seeing as though i still cant find anything on 'phllusis' i think this is what its supposed to say. The copy i have is in print but the person who did the copy might have been having a rough day.

Phllusis:Phthisis   hmmmm

I did find some more on Phthisis, prounounced TIE-tis, its a greek word meaning "dwindling or wasting away"
Title: Re: Cause of death
Post by: newbie on Sunday 29 May 05 11:39 BST (UK)
Just a thought, what about pertussis (whooping cough) or syphillis?
Don't know the age or gender of the person your death certificate is for, or when the death was registered. sometimes the spoken word (with local accents) can be difficult I suppose when the person writing the certificate is not sure of what is said, especially if the informant can't write/read.
As you say the person copying/transcribing the certificate for you could also have got it wrong? if it was a handwritten certificate she was copying the writing may not have been very legible, then you have a problem..
hmm, pertussis, syphillis, phthisis..
Newbie
Title: Re: Cause of death
Post by: yorkshirelass on Tuesday 31 May 05 19:21 BST (UK)
Its a female aged 25, the death was 1875 in sheffield. It says that she's a widow, he was the same age as her and died somewhere between 1871-1874. I also think one if not 2 of their daughters died.
Either it was just bad luck or it was something catching.

Rachel
Title: Re: Cause of death
Post by: Mobo on Tuesday 31 May 05 22:47 BST (UK)
 :D :D :D

I too think it is probably phthisis

So many certificates in those days showed this as the Cause of Death, and there were many variants of the spelling as well. 

 :D :D
Title: Re: Cause of death
Post by: yorkshirelass on Monday 06 June 05 17:17 BST (UK)
Unless any info comes up about phllusis i'm going to stick with phthisis.

Thanks guys  :D

Rachel