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Chris in 1066Land
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Hi John
Have just consulted my Oracle to give you the following:
I have just rcvd a death cert for my grandmother which shows the causes of death as:
a)Septicenia
b)abortion
c)evacuation of uterus
Taken from Newnes Family Health Encyclepaedia
Septicaemia – condition of blood-poisoning due to the entry of disease germs into the bloodstream where they continue to live. The original infection may be in some wound of the skin, apparently trivial, or from some inflammation of a bone, joint, vein or heart valve.
Abortion – This is the term used to denote the sudden termination of a pregnancy during the first three months. When expulsion from the womb takes place from the fourth to the seventh months, it is described as a miscarriage, whilst after the seventh month, the term premature delivery is used.
Uterus – is of course the womb, (evacuation I think is self explanatory)
Feel free to make up your own mind
Chris in 1066Land
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Sylviaann
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I think you are making too much of this. As Chris has told you Abortion is the normal term for a baby lost in the first three months. We now call it a miscarriage because abortion is a dirty word. I think she lost her baby and got septacaemia because she didn't get a D & C. Women were not looked after in those days and she would probably not have thought anything of it until it was too late.
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I'm pretty sure if it was as a result of an illegal act it would mention an autopsy or inquest or at least the illegality. It would in Scotland - not sure about England though.
For interest in Scotland there are lots of different causes of death given which amount to the same thing.
I've seen early delivery, miscarriage, abortive gestate and others. As others have said abortion does not necerssarily mean a deliberate act therefore you're stuck with not knowing unfortunately.
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Jane Masri
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John, I've spoken to my Niece, who is an MD and she says the following. Going by the wording, it would appear that your grandmother had a partial miscarriage, nessitating a D & C, which probably went wrong, possibly perforating the uterus which caused the septicaemia, which caused her untimely death. So, I would think this was not any 'back street' job that went wrong.
Hope that sets your mind at rest,
Jane
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