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From: Douglas Burbury <>
Subject: Re: Cause of Death
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 12:49:59 +1000


At 12:09 2000-04-12 +1000, Jennie Chapman wrote:
>Hi
>
>Just found a cause of death on a certificate that is very hard to read and
I was wondering if anyone out there might be able to make out what it is.
It appears to be:
>
>PH?HISIS

Perhaps "phthisis"? According to my Concise Oxford Dictionary, this is a
"progressive wasting disease, now esp. pulmonary tuberculosis".

Hope this helps,

Douglas

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