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Offline LeedsHipPriest69

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Cause of Death
« on: Tuesday 06 October 09 09:23 BST (UK) »
Hi, I have an ancestor, George Dickinson 1823-1867, who died of "Liver phthisis puls tuberculata"

Is this TB or being a disease of the liver is this more akin to excessive alcohol consuption ?
Benn (Yorkshire), Cock (Ashill, Norfolk), Dickinson (Newton on Trent and Saxilby, Lincolnshire)  Rhodes (Yorkshire), Tew (Shropshire/Staffordshire), Wilks (Yorkshire)

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Re: Cause of Death
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 06 October 09 09:49 BST (UK) »
Booth, Hornsby, Northumberland & Durham
Jackson, Northumberland & Durham
Douthwaite, N Yorks & Durham
Geldard, N Yorks
Ward, Cheshire & W Yorks
Swallow, Boid, W Yorks
Kirby, Lowe, Studholme, Geary, Emery, Baldock

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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 06 October 09 09:59 BST (UK) »
This link is also interesting although you cannot get to read the full article

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/pdf_extract/s1-3/21/410

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Booth, Hornsby, Northumberland & Durham
Jackson, Northumberland & Durham
Douthwaite, N Yorks & Durham
Geldard, N Yorks
Ward, Cheshire & W Yorks
Swallow, Boid, W Yorks
Kirby, Lowe, Studholme, Geary, Emery, Baldock

census info is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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