Death cause *complete*

[matt94]

Hello,

Can anyone help me read this 1898 death certificate - i think it says Phthisis Polmonalis... decay of the lungs ?? Tuberculosis of the Lungs? Something along those lines? Can anyone offer a second opinion?

Thanks
Matt 

[lizdb]

The last bit is
Certified by W H Coates M R C S

the cause of death is Phthisis and  pulmon...

[Ecneps]

I read that as phthisis pulmonalis   

According to a couple of websites, including this one http://rmhh.co.uk/medical.html

Phthisis was:

wasting away of the body due to tuberculosis or consumption

pulmonary tuberculosis


Barbara 

[matt94]

Thanks for that - she was only 57 at death.

Matt