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Title: Death certificate
Post by: Greaves on Monday 05 August 19 23:17 BST (UK)

Hi

Can anyone make out what this says. I got as far as "Chronic bronchitis" but then run into trouble.

Title: Re: Death certificate
Post by: philipsearching on Monday 05 August 19 23:32 BST (UK)

My best effort is:
Secretions of
?? and
Dropsy
Certified

Title: Re: Death certificate
Post by: Ayashi on Monday 05 August 19 23:39 BST (UK)

Maybe "liver"?

Title: Re: Death certificate
Post by: Greaves on Monday 05 August 19 23:56 BST (UK)

You could both be right, but what are secretions of the liver?

Title: Re: Death certificate
Post by: Jtyner on Tuesday 06 August 19 00:37 BST (UK)

i agree with ayashi. looks like liver to me. it could be something to do with alcoholism, but im no expert!
jtyner

Title: Re: Death certificate
Post by: Bookbox on Tuesday 06 August 19 00:39 BST (UK)

I think it’s written Scirrhocis (or similar) of Liver and Dropsy, and is probably meant to be Cirrhosis.

ADDED - in general, could you please post much smaller images for deciphering purposes? Reading at this size is rather difficult.

Title: Re: Death certificate
Post by: suzyvan on Tuesday 06 August 19 00:47 BST (UK)

Chronic Bronchitis and Scirrhous of Liver and Dropsy.

Title: Re: Death certificate
Post by: Drosybont on Tuesday 06 August 19 21:27 BST (UK)

According to various sources online, a scirrhous carcinoma is a hard, slow-growing malignant tumour having a preponderance of fibrous tissue.  Still remember how sad it was seeing that on the death certificate of an ancestor, even though I knew from her diaries that she had had breast cancer.

Drosybont