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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: pwl1951 on Friday 12 May 23 18:48 BST (UK)
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Looking for help with cause of death from this US death certificate
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deliria tremens ?
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Looks like Deleria but not tremens.
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Deleria
1. a state of excitement and mental confusion, often accompanied by hallucinations, caused by high fever, poisoning, brain injury, etc
2. violent excitement or emotion; frenzy
The death was subject to an inquest so may be felt to be out of the ordinary and the usual medical Dr was not able to sign. The addtional text states 'shock' as well.
Not sure when this certificate was issued. This can have an effect on what illnesses were known as.
A modern day definition of delerium is here
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15252-delirium
Where it comes on suddenly as a result of fever etc they try to reduce the fever so that the delerium is minimised.
You might be able to locate the results of the inquest.
letting us know the date of the certificate might help as well
My brain keeps telling me the word is 'praecox' but I don't think it is.
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Looks like Deleria but not tremens.
I believe it is Tremens, as shanreagh has said. Capital T with a bonnet instead of a flat cap. The r is disguised by a leading hook (on the left). The rest of the letters as marked below.
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The upward arrow in between the two words indicates that maybe Pending should come between Deleria and the next word.
Carol
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The upward arrow in between the two words indicates that maybe Pending should come between Deleria and the next word.
Carol
The first and second lines have been written by different people. I would agree with Bookbox. The way the writer forms his "n" can also be seen in "and", and the "m" is is a similar style.
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Date of death was 8 October 1906
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Could you please put up the complete certificate so we can see how the letters are formed in other places. Or give reference so we can look for ourselves. Thanks
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Here is the complete certificate
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Apparently not delirium tremens:–
Detroit Free Press 9 October 1906
Peter Ferguson Killed by Car.
Struck by a Sherman car at Rivard and Macomb streets Saturday morning, Peter Ferguson, a butcher living Waterloo street, died at St. Mary's hospital yesterday morning. Ferguson's death was due to a fracture of the skull. He was 38 years old and had a shop at 615 Gratiot avenue. A widow survives. Coroner Morgan Parker was called and at the request of the relatives sent the body to the house, whlle he is investigating the case.
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Inquest pending.
Shock check(?) Deleria Tremens(?)
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I think it will be the deleria associated with a 'brain injury'.
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maybe the last word is “accidens”
added: which is indeed the Latin word for accident
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Thank you everyone for your input and special thanks to Alan Boyd for finding the newspaper article.
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Hi everybody,
I'm a bit late on this one and the important words have been identified but I thought I'd reply anyway. :-)
I think the word after "Shock" is simply "and". The downstroke from the "q" in "Inquest" on the previous line confuses things a bit.
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Thank you Karen.