Cause of Death - Help req'd ***Completed***

[DotBrennan]

Hi All

Need help with the cause of death in 1a.

what I can read is:
1b. Bulbar paralysis
2a. 1 month
2b. 3 days

Thanks

Dot.

[PrueM]

Hi Dot

Looks like "Alcoholic neuritis".

Added: 

Alcoholic neuritis occurs as a result of constant steady drinking, particularly in those who drink beer rather than spirit. The earliest symptom is numbness of the feet and later of the hands, then painful cramps in the legs appear and there is pain on moving the limbs, or the patient complains of deadness, tingling and burning in the hands and feet, and superficial tenderness is occasionally present. In other varieties of the disease the earliest symptoms are weakness of the legs and extreme fatigue, leading to a characteristic "steppage gait," or marked inco-ordination of movement may occur and the gait become ataxic. Trophic changes soon appear, in some cases early and rapid muscular wasting occurs, the skin becomes dry and glossy, the nails brittle and the hair thin. In time actual contractures takes place, the hip and knee-joints become flexed and the foot dropped at the ankle. In cases that recover there may be permanent deformity. Should the case progress the patient may become bedridden and powerless, and degenerative mental changes may take place, loss of memory, irritability of temper and emotional instability. Various complications such as bronchitis, fatty changes in the heart, albuminuria and a liability to pulmonary tuberculosis, tend to carry off the victim of chronic alcoholic neuritis.

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Neuritis


Cheers
Prue

[ennael]

agree alcoholic neuritis

Leanne

[DotBrennan]

Thanks Prue & Leanne.

So very obvious now that you have pointed it out - could'nt see past it being a "small k" or a "capital R".

Thanks also for the description Prue - her 2nd husband was a Publican.........

Dot