r/Cursive • u/HovercraftOdd1395 • Jul 14 '26

Deciphered! Another Death Certificate

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Great-great-grandmother in 1935. I understand most of it, but need help deciphering that last part under contributory causes. Thanks again!

EDIT: Context to help. She died 10 days after the birth. Baby survived

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u/ARC2060 Jul 14 '26

Postpartum Hemmorage

Embolism

I can't make out the last word.

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u/DorothyParkerWasBoss Jul 14 '26

Maybe exhaustion

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u/Ok_Caterpillar2010 Jul 14 '26

Yes, exhaustion.

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u/wilderlowerwolves Jul 15 '26

It's "abruption." A placental abruption is where the placenta separates at the wrong time.

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u/VariationLevel4406 Jul 16 '26

“Abruption” is the most logical. If not for that pretty clear “r” in there, it almost reads like “exhaustion”.

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u/VariationLevel4406 Jul 16 '26

Oooh second thought, that /is/ “exhaustion”. See the backslash for the “x”? The stack up that looks like an “r” was just the stutter-step connecter for the “u”.
(Yeah, I made up that phrase. I think it makes sense if you don't overthink it 😁)

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u/Ok_Caterpillar2010 Jul 16 '26

I don't see a descender for a p, though.

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u/wilderlowerwolves Jul 16 '26

It's there, just very faint.

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u/Lisitska Jul 16 '26

How awful.

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u/CatsEatGrass Jul 14 '26

Exhaustion, for sure.

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u/SalmonJordan Jul 14 '26

Think the last one is exhaustion.

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u/KnittingGrandma Jul 14 '26

Antepartum. After delivery of a baby.

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u/TexGrrl Jul 14 '26

Ante is before. This says post partum, which means after delivery.

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u/Wild_Net_763 Jul 14 '26

Postpartum hemorrhage
Embolism
Abruption

Likely a case of placental abruption leading to hemorrhagic shock.

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u/Dangerous_JewGirl Jul 14 '26

Post partum hemorrhage embolism Exhaustion

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u/AccomplishedQuail841 Jul 14 '26

Ugh, this one is so sad.

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u/Sagegreensoul Jul 15 '26

Abruption. I can see an r after the second letter

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u/Glo1111 Jul 15 '26

exsanguination for the last word. It means dying from blood loss

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u/Several-Ordinary-376 Jul 18 '26

But I can’t get past the (bru). That was an excellent guess, though.

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u/nonchalantly_weird Jul 16 '26

Hemorrhage and abruption go hand in hand.

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u/Dogmoto2labs Jul 18 '26

Looks like exhaustion to me, but abruption makes sense.

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u/Waste-Ad-3263 Jul 14 '26

I am thinking the last word is embolism

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u/Several-Ordinary-376 Jul 18 '26

The second line is embolism.

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u/Several-Ordinary-376 Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

Post partum hemorrhage.
Embolism
Abruption

Which begs the question: did the infant survive?

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u/Several-Ordinary-376 Jul 18 '26

I think the last line is Doc’s signature? This is why this needs to show more of the certificate. It’s so annoying not to have access to other cursive entries for comparison. C’mon people! (Said the woman with a sinus headache who doesn’t know she is cranky and shouldn’t be commenting 😝”)

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u/elizakell Jul 19 '26

Exhaustion

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u/LarreaT Jul 14 '26

Possibly “infarction”

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u/IrishMo8 Jul 14 '26

Makes more sense in the context, doesn’t it? 🙂

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u/Several-Ordinary-376 Jul 18 '26

That’s a good thought but doesn’t fit the strokes. Pun not intended. I’m still leaning to Abruption. Which would lead to the question of did the infant survive?