1855 Prussian death record

[rlw254]

Hoping for some help reading the cause of death (left) and note of heirs (right) for this death recorded in 1855 for the sixth line down. It looks like 5 minors are left behind.

Thanks for any assistance.

[arthurk]

At first glance it looks like Nervenfieber (nervous fever), but others read this script better than I do, so I'd advise waiting for confirmation of that.

The second column has (I think) Ehefrau und 5 minor. Kinder - wife and 5 minor children. The words following, which have been cut off, might be relevant - I'm not sure about the first one, but the fragment looks like Eh-, which could be the start of 'wife'.

[davecapps]

Yes thats what i read too
The cut off bit could read "ersten Ehe...?"
A larger clip would help

[davecapps]

Btw
Nervenfieber is another expression for Typhoid fever.

Wiki says
Delirium can occur, where the patient is often calm, but sometimes becomes agitated. This delirium has led to typhoid receiving the nickname "nervous fever".

[rlw254]

Oops! I had re-cropped the image so the last bit wasn't cut off but posted the wrong one. Here's a close-up.

Thank you for the help.

[davecapps]

Ehefrau = wife

[arthurk]

So are the last two words erster Ehe - of first marriage?

[davecapps]

I read ersten Ehe, First marriage

[arthurk]

Being slightly pedantic, if the definite article is omitted shouldn't it be 'erster'? Or is it that where the article is omitted (in a phrase on a form, say, as here, rather than in a complete grammatical sentence) it's written as though it were present ('der ersten Ehe'), making 'ersten' correct?

(I can remember quite a lot of the German I was taught, but if I ever did know the answer to this, it's one of the bits I've forgotten.)