Causes of death

[James Griffin]

I've attached 2 clips re the causes of death of my relatives. The first clip is fairly legible but I still can't make it out clearly enough. It reads Fracture of ? neck 7 days and broncho pneumonia (I think).
The Second clip I think I can make out Cardiac failure ? days but after that I'm stuck.
I'd be grateful (as always) for any help.
Many thanks.

James

[AlanBoyd]

First one–I see femoral neck.

The femur is the thigh bone; at its ball and socket joint with the pelvis the section of the bone between the ball or head and the main section of the bone is the neck.

[AlanBoyd]

Second one– I see cholecystectomy which is removal of the gall bladder.

correction: I think it is cholecysostomy, drainage of the gall bladder,

Line 5 something about chloroform?

[AlanBoyd]

Is it

5] …chloroform
6] poisoning…

?

[James Griffin]

Thanks so far Alan - at least that's cleared up the first problem! I don't hold out much hope for the second because the writing's horrendous - but I live in hope!

[AlanBoyd]

Can you provide a date for the second one (Thomas Stein), in case there is something in the newspapers – assuming that you haven’t already searched?

[James Griffin]

Thomas died 1957 in Stirling, Scotland and Sarah died 1927 in Glasgow Royal Infirmary. I think it's Sarah you're referring to as the second one?

[AlanBoyd]

Thanks, yes, I got them mixed up. Unfortunately I cannot find anything about her  death in a newspaper report.

I now think its says:

Cardiac failure 2 days
after cholecystostomy
with acetonuria and
glyconuria
? Delayed chloroform poisoning as … by
??

Having skimmed some old medical literature on cases of delayed chloroform poisoning it seems that it was thought to result from liver failure which causes the appearance of acetone in the urine (acetonuria). Glyconuria would be glucose in the urine, as in diabetes, but I haven’t seen that mentioned as a symptom.

However this 1997 article suggests that it was overdiagnosed in the first part of the 20th century:

https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(17)39872-0/pdf

And if line 5 does indeed start off with a question mark, then the suggested cause of death was speculation.

[James Griffin]

Alan - many thanks for all your efforts. You were the only one to respond which shows how difficult that second clip was to decipher!
Can't understand how you got so much info from the clip as I'm still struggling to make sense of it. I'm pleased with the details you managed to provide and I can update the tree with that info.
Thanks again & take care.

James