Death Cert. 1896

[Smukke]

Hello 

I have a death cert that I am having problems reading the cause of death, certainly is seems to be premature labour however there is something that looks like "SynCore" underneath. Can anyone help please.

Regards from a very cold and windy Denmark.

[BumbleB]

"Syncope" =

Syncope is the medical term for fainting or passing out. It is caused by a temporary drop in the amount of blood that flows to the brain. This leads to loss of consciousness and muscle control. The person then falls down or over, which allows blood flow to return to the brain.

[Milliepede]

Syncope I believe is fainting, losing consciousness.

[softly softly]

Syncope

Syncope is also called fainting or "passing out." It most often occurs when blood pressure is too low (a condition called hypotension) and the heart doesn't pump enough oxygen to the brain. It can be harmless or a symptom of an underlying medical condition.

SS

[Smukke]

Thankyou, this explains why mother and baby died 

[Annie65115]

Syncope does indeed, nowadays, mean a faint. But I think that in the past it was used more to cover any loss of consciousness but especially due to shock (as in physiological shock, eg blood loss, not psychological shock eg fear or surprise!!)

So this poor lady had a prolonged labour before the baby was actually due, and may well have lost too much blood during this, causing hypovolaemic shock = syncope.

(but if so, nowadays the order of these two would be reversed on the death certificate. The cause of death would be the shock, which in turn was caused by the labour).