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Offline fallingonabruise

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Death certificate , cause of death ,
« on: Tuesday 20 August 24 22:18 BST (UK) »
Hi,
can anyone tell me what on earth this poor child died of,
cheers
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Re: Death certificate , cause of death ,
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 20 August 24 22:24 BST (UK) »
Looks like tabes mesenterica - a type of tuberculosis

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tabes_mesenterica

But looks like a term also used for diarrhœa in children

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Re: Death certificate , cause of death ,
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 20 August 24 23:36 BST (UK) »
brilliant thank you, I spent ages typing in google all the letters and coming up with nonsense !!
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