Archaic terms of death?

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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 31 Send Message	Deborah	Report	9 Apr 2005 18:35
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 31 Send Message	Had a death cert for an ancestor stating cause of death as 'shitheses'or poss 'phitheses' (writing not too clear) Anyone with any ideas what this was in modern terms?
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Susanne	Report	9 Apr 2005 18:39
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Hi Deborah, You could check out this site, it lists a lot of the old terms. http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ Sue:-)
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 2,364 Send Message	Carol	Report	9 Apr 2005 18:41
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 2,364 Send Message	Found this via genuki Phthisis: Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis.
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Susanne	Report	9 Apr 2005 18:42
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Sounds like this could be it Phthisis [ty'sis] Literally, means a wasting disease but almost invariably will mean pulmonary tuberculosis Any debilitating lung or throat affections; a severe cough; asthma Sue:-)
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 32 Send Message	Lisa	Report	9 Apr 2005 20:12
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 32 Send Message	This was on one of my death certificates and found it to be TB