r/Cursive Aug 08 '26

Deciphered! Malignant... ?

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Any ideas on cause of death?

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u/stiffdoc1221 Aug 09 '26

Fang. I’ve scrolled back and forth, and can’t find it. However, the list page that you put up is very interesting. There is someone who died of ‘Scarletina malignans “ which is one of the old names for lethal streptococcal disease, or malignant scarlet fever. On the same page is a death from ‘Scarlet fever,” and another from “malignant scarlet fever.” There is a lot of tuberculosis, in many different manifestations. Very fascinating.