Cause of death

[pwl1951]

Here is the complete certificate

[AlanBoyd]

Apparently not delirium tremens:–

Detroit Free Press 9 October 1906
 

Peter Ferguson Killed by Car.
Struck by a Sherman car at Rivard and Macomb streets Saturday morning, Peter Ferguson, a butcher living Waterloo street, died at St. Mary's hospital yesterday morning. Ferguson's death was due to a fracture of the skull. He was 38 years old and had a shop at 615 Gratiot avenue. A widow survives. Coroner Morgan Parker was called and at the request of the relatives sent the body to the house, whlle he is investigating the case.

[dublin1850]

Inquest pending.
Shock check(?) Deleria Tremens(?)

[shanreagh]

I think it will be the deleria associated with a 'brain injury'.

[AlanBoyd]

maybe the last word is “accidens”

added: which is indeed the Latin word for accident

[pwl1951]

Thank you everyone for your input and special thanks to Alan Boyd for finding the newspaper article.

[Karen McDonald]

Hi everybody,

I'm a bit late on this one and the important words have been identified but I thought I'd reply anyway. :-)

I think the word after "Shock" is simply "and". The downstroke from the "q" in "Inquest" on the previous line confuses things a bit.

[pwl1951]

Thank you Karen.