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Re:Old disease names frequently found on death certificates by Normille on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @04:08AM (#27115481)
Interesting list. When doing genealogy, I have sometimes wondered what terms on ancestors' death certificates equated to in modern parlance.

One or two odd ones in that list though. Especially considering they've supposedly appeared as causes on a death certificate.

For example: Scrivener's palsy - Writer's cramp

The mind boggles!

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Re:Old disease names frequently found on death certificates by tomgp on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @11:17AM (#27119113)
Clearly you’ve never played “Trauma Centre” on the Nintendo DS for the entire duration of a LHR to LAX flight
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Re:Old disease names frequently found on death certificates by WarOnPrivacy on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @02:07PM (#27121401)
A lot of occupations from early 1900's census are fairly weird and awesome.
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