Cause of Death

[meggles]

Hi - I have a cause of death as - Chronic Organic Distate of the Lungs, Liver and uteris.  The girl was only 21 years old and she died in Victoria, Australia in 1856.
I have shown this to a copy of doctors who have the opinion that distate should be Disease - but on the certificate it is clearly distate.
So I was wondering if anyone out there has ever seen this word and if so what is its meaning?
Kind Regards
Megan

[LizzieW]

Megan

I've looked on two websites, Archaic Medical Terms and Causes of Death in the Late 19th Century and neither has the word distate included.  Perhaps the registrar was copying a doctor's handwriting when he wrote out the death certificate and couldn't read it properly!!

Liz

[meggles]

Hi Liz - that makes sense, I didn't think of that.
Thank you
Megan