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From: Geoffrey <>
Subject: Re: [SOG-UK-L] Cause of Death
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 12:26:56 +0000

At 10:32 AM 7/3/1999 -0000, Diana Mehew wrote:
>I have a death certificate dated 1866 which is difficult to read. The cause
>of death seems to be "Anasarca 6 months". Does anyone know whether I've
>interpreted it correctly, and if so, what does it mean?

Yes you read it correctly:-
Anasarca = General dropsy - a dropsical condition of the whole body.

Dropsy = An accumulation of water under the skin, producing a swollen
condition; watery serum. Nowadays this would be called oedema.

Caused by diseases of the circulatory, respiratory or urinary systems. I
am not a doctor, but I would guess that heart or kidney failure might have
been the underlying cause.

There are at least 24 doctors on this list, but I don't know which are
doctors of medicine, but I am sure that one of them can help further.

Regards,
Geoff

Geoffrey Stone, SoG Mailing List Administrator.

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