Cause of death

[Ayashi]

Sorry, no, this is my William BRADY in Northumberland

[LizzieW]

Senile Endarteritis Obliterans - if that could be artherosclerosis, it is what laymen used to call hardening of the arteries.

For bulbar paralysis, go to www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/thomas/paralysis-bulb.html.  It does state near to the bottom of the page

Diagnosis.—This is generally quite easy, the above symptoms being so striking and characteristic that no one need make a mistake in the diagnosis

which might explain why a PM wasn't required.

[Ayashi]

Thank you

I was more thinking about the first cause of death in relation to the Post Mortem

[LizzieW]

My uncle died late 1950s or thereabouts   oops it was June 1970, from artheroclerosis, but there wasn't a PM for him.  I think to a doctor the symptoms are pretty obvious, so a PM wouldn't have been required.

Symptoms

A blockage in the arteries can occur anywhere in the body although the most common site is the arteries of the legs, either high in their course in the pelvis, or further down in the calf. Once blockage becomes severe, exertion of the muscles which receive blood supply from the affected artery causes pain due to insufficient blood. This is known as intermittent claudication and often causes an aching pain in the muscle which is relieved by rest and worsened by resumed physical activity. If pain is present even at rest, the problem is serious and unless treated, could necessitate amputation of the limb.

In the advanced stages, the limb becomes cold, pale, discoloured, and sores form on the skin from gangrene to the area involved. Infection may set in, and ultimately the leg must be amputated to save the life of the patient./quote]

Lizzie

[Ayashi]

I feel awful for this poor chap

<-- He seems like one of those neat, strong, in control kind of man and I can imagine what an amazing indignity it must have been for him to be reduced to someone who can't move, speak and who might well have been drooling at the end. At least his family was there with him, there are many who are alone in these times. Life can be a terrible thing.

[Jeuel]

My great-grandmother died of arteritis obliterans and gangrene.  My Dad remembered the smell when he visited her in hospital, he was only 7. 

A horrible end, but she did live to be 83.  All my other gt grandmothers were dead before 40!

[Ruskie]

With fairly obvious causes of death in an 'older' person I wouldn't expect them to do a Post Mortem. Surely it would only be if there was something unexplained or suspicicous or a person was young that this would be done. I wouldn't expect it to be routine.

[dobfarm]

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xco9aJ_Y9XIC&pg=PA102&dq=Endarteritis+Obliterans&hl=en&ei=WVUlTdOSNIHKhAfrh_2AAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Endarteritis%20Obliterans&f=false

http://www.google.co.uk/search?tbs=bks%3A1&tbo=1&q=+Endarteritis+Obliterans+&btnG=Search+Books

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eBisTLKIZbsC&pg=PA104&dq=Pseudobulbar+Paralysis&hl=en&ei=kFYlTf6ME8OHhQf7qICiAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Pseudobulbar%20Paralysis&f=false

[Ayashi]

I had one death cert that says "probably old age" on it. "Hey, he was 94 years old, who cares what he died of, it was probably old age!" lol