Cause of death?

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I can read Morbus Cordis (heart failure), but the word beneath?

[AussieGenealogy]

certified by.... but can't read the rest properly

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certified by.... but can't read the rest properly

Thanks Annie, but it's the word between "morbus cordis" and "certified by" that I'm interested in.

I think it's certified by Naunton Rueb followed by qualifiction initials and Lond (London).

[PrueM]

It looks like "Syncope" to me - something to do with a drop in blood pressure, I believe.  I have lots of "Syncopes" on death certs for my ancestors.
Prue

[PrueM]

...here's a web page with details about Syncope - it's loss of consciousness caused by low blood pressure and not enough blood to the brain: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4749

Prue

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It looks like "Syncope" to me - something to do with a drop in blood pressure, I believe.  I have lots of "Syncopes" on death certs for my ancestors.
Prue

Thanks Prue, the copy is that bad it's difficult to make out the tail of the "y".

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I think the third word is 'syncope', which means 'sudden' so means something like 'sudden (previously unidentified?) heart disease'.
Hope that helps!
Robin

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I think the third word is 'syncope', which means 'sudden' so means something like 'sudden (previously unidentified?) heart disease'.
Hope that helps!
Robin

Blimey, woke me up from a deep slumber to attend this near 15yo thread. 

Where did you find your definition of 'syncope'?

Synope, more commonly known as fainting - ref: wikipedia.

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Good question! I've been trying to retrace my steps of a few days ago when I was searching for an explanation of a cause of death given in some Pensions Appeal paperwork dating from April 1925. The cause of death was 'Endocarditis and failure of compensation. Cardiac Syncope'.

Although I can't seem to re-discover the actual site that I found before posting, I've found something along similar lines where the definition is - "Syncope, a sudden, transient loss of consciousness and postural tone" and "cardiac syncope is often indicative of a potentially fatal, underlying disease process, carrying a one-year mortality rate of 30%. Cardiac syncope occurs when the source of one's loss of consciousness stems from a problem in the heart that prevents it from supplying enough nutrients and oxygen to the brain".

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK526027/

So, yes 'fainting' 'sudden' and (with 'cardiac') 'heart (failure)' are all there, I suppose, but maybe not quite as I originally explained! Sorry..... 

Blimey, woke me up from a deep slumber to attend this near 15yo thread. 

Where did you find your definition of 'syncope'?

Synope, more commonly known as fainting - ref: wikipedia.