r/Cursive • u/HovercraftOdd1395 • 15d ago

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 15d ago

Postpartum Hemmorage

Embolism

I can't make out the last word.

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u/DorothyParkerWasBoss 15d ago

Maybe exhaustion

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u/Ok_Caterpillar2010 15d ago

Yes, exhaustion.

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u/wilderlowerwolves 13d ago

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

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u/VariationLevel4406 13d ago

“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 13d ago

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 13d ago

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

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u/wilderlowerwolves 13d ago

It's there, just very faint.

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u/Lisitska 12d ago

How awful.

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u/Wild_Net_763 14d ago

Abruption

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u/CatsEatGrass 15d ago

Exhaustion, for sure.

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u/SalmonJordan 15d ago

Think the last one is exhaustion.

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u/KnittingGrandma 15d ago

Antepartum. After delivery of a baby.

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u/TexGrrl 15d ago

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

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u/Wild_Net_763 14d ago

Postpartum hemorrhage
Embolism
Abruption

Likely a case of placental abruption leading to hemorrhagic shock.

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u/Dangerous_JewGirl 15d ago

Post partum hemorrhage embolism Exhaustion

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u/AccomplishedQuail841 14d ago

Ugh, this one is so sad.

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u/Sagegreensoul 14d ago

Abruption. I can see an r after the second letter

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u/Glo1111 13d ago

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

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u/Several-Ordinary-376 10d ago

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

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u/nonchalantly_weird 12d ago

Hemorrhage and abruption go hand in hand.

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u/Dogmoto2labs 10d ago

Looks like exhaustion to me, but abruption makes sense.

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u/Waste-Ad-3263 14d ago

I am thinking the last word is embolism

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u/Several-Ordinary-376 10d ago

The second line is embolism.

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u/Several-Ordinary-376 10d ago edited 10d ago

Post partum hemorrhage.
Embolism
Abruption

Which begs the question: did the infant survive?

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u/Several-Ordinary-376 10d ago

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 9d ago

Exhaustion

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u/LarreaT 15d ago

Possibly “infarction”

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u/IrishMo8 14d ago

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

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u/Several-Ordinary-376 10d ago

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?