Need help reading a death certificate from 1935

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I am doing a school project and my great great grandmother died in Michigan in 1935. I can read "endocarditis" but I cannot read the line above that. Can anyone with medical experience please help with this?

Jonathan H.

 

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I think it's arteriosclerosis.

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chare said:

I think it's arteriosclerosis.

Bingo! Confusing because it's misspelled.

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Thank you so much! Yes, I see how the other letters in other words are consistent with "arteriosclerosis". Here's a sentence about her: "Though not a practical nurse, she aided Dr. Armstrong when the neighborhood women had their babies at home, and then brought hot chocolate to the recuperating mothers."

Can I lean on your expertise one more time? I think this one should be easier. This is my great great grandfather. Travelled by boat from Michigan to Massachusetts in 1910 (I didn't know this was possible). I just can't read one word:

"acute <what -is-this-word> of heart"

"paraplegia from cerebral thrombosis"

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Looks like dilatation.  As with arteriosclerosis in your grandmother's certificate, it's possible these are colloquial or regional spellings.

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Great Grandmother looks like old school Dx. Cardiac Schelorsis  "the end-point of passive hepatic congestion from heart failure" fits with endocarditis.

Great grandfather acute dilatation of heart.  

Lost art of reading handwriting with nursing students who worked with me past 2 summers, unable read ped docs notes as used to EMR!

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NRSKarenRN said:

Great Grandmother looks like old school Dx. Cardiac Schelorsis  "the end-point of passive hepatic congestion from heart failure" fits with endocarditis.

Great grandfather acute dilatation of heart.  

Lost art of reading handwriting with nursing students who worked with me past 2 summers, unable read ped docs notes as used to EMR!

Makes ya wonder how much history we lost in the switch

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Thanks again! I never would have worked these out.

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(1) arteriosclerosis 

(2)  Acute dilation of heart (10 days) Paraplegia on cerebral  thrombosis (living 3 days after)

(Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) | American Heart Association)

(Dilated cardiomyopathy - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic)

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Thank you, londonflo. This has been quite a challenge.

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