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Offline MarieC

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Re: decline as cause of death in 1841?
« Reply #45 on: Wednesday 28 April 10 10:06 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Annie65115 on Tuesday 27 April 10 13:27 BST (UK)
Marie, I wish I did because I've got more than one ancestor who apparently suffered from the same thing at arond the same time. It must have been another of those catch-all phrases.



Thought you might say something like that, Annie!  It was just a question asked in desperate hope.  There are many possibilities that I can think of, and I'll never know.  I haven't seen any cases of "disease of the brain" in his descendants - of course I don't want to, but if there HAD been something it might have been a clue... ::) :-\

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Re: decline as cause of death in 1841?
« Reply #46 on: Wednesday 28 April 10 13:44 BST (UK) »
On 'disease of the brain'...

Quote from: Redroger on Tuesday 27 April 10 19:22 BST (UK)
Two possibilities spring to mind 1) Some type of brain tumour. 2) Some type of mental illness, but unless there is further evidence of some type impossible to say.

Meningitis might be another candidate, especially if the final illness is listed as acute on the certificate (i.e. days rather than weeks/months/years).

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Re: decline as cause of death in 1841?
« Reply #47 on: Wednesday 28 April 10 14:10 BST (UK) »
Don't forget the nowadays v rare causes of "diseases of the brain" which were much commoner in those days -- TB meningitis, as previously mentioned; or brain abscess, spreading from untreated ear or lung infections.
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Re: decline as cause of death in 1841?
« Reply #48 on: Wednesday 28 April 10 20:29 BST (UK) »
My great, great, great grandmother died in 1886 of pericarditis, bronchitis and erysipelas.
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