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Death certificate or my Great Granddad. hand writing is very hard to make out.

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  • 03-09-2012 8:05pm
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    GS540
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    Hello all. My family is having quite a hard time understanding the handwriting on my Great Granddads Death certificate. Here is a picture of the Cause of death section. It's all we really want to know. http://imgur.com/azcod Any help would be great.


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    MagicMarker
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    Top 3 words look like "congestive heart failure"

    Last word "certified", middle 2 words look like a name, Claire something...


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    GS540
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    Top 3 words look like "congestive heart failure"

    Last word "certified", middle 2 words look like a name, Claire something...[/QUOT

    Thank you so much.


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    nuac
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    Agree with above

    I think other two words are

    "Chronic myocarditis " or similar


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    GS540
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    Okay so what does this mean then? He got Chronic myocarditis and then died due to congestive heart failure? am I understanding this right?


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    nuac
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    from distant memories of learning Greek and Latin

    chronic = constant, recurring

    -itis - inflammation

    card- = heart

    looks like swelling of one of the heart muscles, or maybe there is just one heart muscle - ask a med

    Seems your ancestor died from heart trouble


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    goose2005
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    chronic myocarditis

    inflammation of the myocardium that persists after an acute bacterial infection. Chronic myocarditis is characterized by degeneration of muscle tissue and fibrosis or infiltration of interstitial tissues.


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    HellFireClub
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    The last word is "Certified", which is also on my great grandfathers death cert, it means that the condition was certified as having been present before death.


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