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coma, etc., of (name origin: "Cancer" is less definite; avoid use of "Tumor" for malignant neoplasms); Mcasles; Whooping cough; Chronic valvular heart discase; Chronic interstitial nephritis, etc. The contributory (second- ary or intercurrent) affection need not be stated unless im- portant. Example: Measles (disease causing death), 29 ds .; Broncho-pneumonia (secondary), 10 ds. Never report mere symptoms or terminal conditions, such as "Asthenia," "An- acmia" (merely symptomatic), "Atrophy," "Collapse," "Coma," "Convulsions," "Debility" ("Congenital," "Senile," etc.), "Dropsy," "Exhaustion," "Heart failure," "Hacmorrhage," "Inanition," "Marasmus," "Old agc," "Shock," "Uracmia," "Weakness," etc., when a definite discase can be ascertained as the cause. Always qualify all discases resulting from childbirth or miscarriage, as "PUER- PERAL scpticaemia," "PUERPERAL peritonitis," etc. State eause for which surgical operation was undertaken.
Cases for the Medical Examiners. - Under the provi- sions of chapter 24 of the Revised Laws deaths under the fol- lowing conditions must be referred to the Medical Examiners:
1. Deaths following injury or violence, as Burns, Falls, Drowning, Gas poisoning, Suicide, Homicide, etc.
2. Deaths supposedly caused by violence, as Criminal abortion, Poisoning, Starvation, Suffocation, Ex- posurc, etc.
3. Sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, as A death upon the street, or one supposed to be duc to Alcoholism, etc.
4. Deaths under circumstances unknown, as A person found dcad, etc.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
1 PLACE OF DEATH Winchnot (No. 130 Washin y los- Casa
St. :
Ward)
[If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number.]
2 FULL NAME
[If married or divorced woman or widow give maiden name, also name of husband.] ......
Widow of Frederick. It. Mclaughlin @RESIDENCE
Registered No.
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX
temale
4 COLOR OR RACE
article -
5 SINGLE,
MARRIED,
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED
(Write the word)
widow
6 DATE OF BIRTH
(Month)
20
1866
(Day)
(Year)
7 AGE 47 .........
1 day ......... hrs.
yrs.
11
mos.
1
.ds.
or ...
.min. ?
8 OCCUPATION
(a) Trade, profession, or
particular kind of work,
C/ Hora
(b) General nature of industry,
business, or establishment in
which employed (or employer).
S BIRTHPLACE
(State or country)
13ator - Micas.
PARENTS
12 MAIDEN NAME
OF MOTHER
Calista Hoyes
13 BIRTHPLACE
OF MOTHER
(State or country)
new Ourkam Helt
" THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
(Informant)
(Address)
14
Filed 191
....
REGISTRAR
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
16 DATE OF DEATH
(Month)
21ch
(Day)
1914
(Yéar)
17
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased from
roth
1914
..... ,
to.
fau . 210%
1957
that I last saw her alive on
1. 20th
1914.
6am.
and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at.
The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows :,
Valvular, heart disease.
.
Indefinite
(Duration)
yrs.
mos. ds.
Contributory
Couto Indirection
(SECONDARY)
(Duration)
yrs. ...
ds.
mos.
(Signed)
A.J. Partir
M.D.
- Jan. 23.1916
(Address).
* If death followed injury or violence the certificate of death must be made out by the Medical Examiner.
18 LENGTH OF RESIDENCE (FOR HOSPITALS, INSTITUTIONS, TRANSIENTS, OR RECENT RESIDENTS).
At place
of death
. yrs.
.mos.
In the
ds.
State
yrs.
mos.
....
Where was dlsease contracted, If not at place of death ?.
Former or usual residence.
1º PLACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL
DATE OF BURIAL
191.7
20 UNDERTAKER
ADDRESS
- 1800
N. B .- Every item of information should be carefully supplied. AGE should be stated EXACTLY. PHYSICIANS should state
Mary Calista M: Laughe
(City or town.)
CAUSE OF DEATH in plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very important. See instructions on back of certificate.
10 NAME OF
FATHER
Eugene. H. Hartstone
11 BIRTHPLACE
OF FATHER
(State or country)
ds
If LESS than
Lau
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.
Statement of occupation. - Precise statement of occupa- tion is very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits can be known. The question applies to each and every person, irrespective of age. For many occupations a single word or term on the first line will be sufficient, e. g., Farmer or Planter, Physician, Compositor, Architect, Loco- motive engineer, Civil engineer, Stationary fireman, etc. But in many cases, especially in industrial employments, it is necessary to know (a) the kind of work and also (b) the nature of the business or industry, and therefore an additional line is provided for the latter statement ; it should be used only when needed. As examples: (a) Spinner, (b) Cotton mill; (a) Sales- man, (b) Grocery ; (a) Foreman, (b) Automobilefactory. The material worked on may form part of the second statement. Never return "Laborer,""Foreman,"" Manager,""Dealer," etc., without more precise specification, as Day laborer, Farm laborer, Laborer - Coal mine, etc. Women at home, who are engaged in the duties of the household only (not paid Ilouse- keepers who receive a definite salary), may be entered as Housewife, Housework, or At home, and children, not gain- fully employed, as At school or At home. Care should be taken to report specifically the occupations of persons engaged in domestic service for wages, as Servant, Cook, Housemaid, etc. If the occupation has been changed or given up on account of the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH, state occupation at beginning of illness. If retired from business, that fact may be indicated thus: Farmer (retired, 6 yrs.). For persons who have no occupation whatever, write None.
Statement of cause of death. - Name, first, the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH (the primary affection with respect to time and causation), using always the same accepted term for the same disease. Examples: Cerebro-spinal fever (the only definite synonym is "Epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis") ; Diphtheria (avoid use of "Croup") ; Typhoid fever (never ro- port " Typhoid pneumonia ") ; Lobar pneumonia ; Broncho- pneumonia ("Pneumonia," unqualified, is indefinite) ; Tuber-
culosis of lungs, meninges, peritonacum, etc., Carcinoma, Sar- coma, etc., of ........ .. (name origin: "Cancer" is less definite ; avoid use of " Tumor" for malignant neoplasms) ; Measles; Whooping cough; Chronic valvular heart disease; Chronic interstitial nephritis, etc. The contributory (second- ary or intercurrent) affection need not be stated unless im- portant. Example: Measles (disease causing death), 29 ds .; Broncho-pneumonia (secondary), 10 ds. Never report mere symptoms or terminal conditions, such as " Asthenia," " An- aemia " (merely symptomatic), " Atrophy," "Collapse," "Coma," "Convulsions," "Debility " ("Congenital," "Senile," etc.), "Dropsy,""Exhaustion," "Heart failure," "Haemorrhage," " Inanition," " Marasmus," " Old age," "Shock," "Uraemia," " Weakness," etc., when a definite disease can be ascertained as the cause. Always qualify all diseases resulting from childbirth or miscarriage, as "PUER- PERAL septicaemia," " PUERPERAL peritonitis," etc. State cause for which surgical operation was undertaken.
Cases for the Medical Examiners. - Under the provisions of chapter 24 of the Revised Laws deaths under the following conditions must be referred to the Medical Examiners :
1. Deaths following injury or violence, as Burns, Falls, Drowning, Gos Poisoning, Suicide, Homicide, etc,
2. Deaths supposedly caused by violence, as Criminal Abortion, Poisoning, Starvation, Suffocation, Ex- posure, etc.
3. Sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, as A death upon the street, or one supposed to be due to Alcoholism, etc.
4. Deaths under circumstances unknown, as A person found dead, eto.
[Form fl . ]
COPY OF THE RECORD ATH Tenho Mas
Returned to the clerk of as is provided in Section 27 of the Law re- lating to the registration of Vital Statistics.
Name,
Eunice A Light
Place of Death,
Bach Mario
Street,
Ninschifo
No. 28 Ward 6
Date of Death: Year, 919 Month, Day, 22
....
Age: Years,
33
Months, -
Days,
....
Place of Birth,
Winthrop Mass
Sex,
I Colo
Color,
Married, Single,
Widowed or
Divorced, )
Single
Occupation,
Domestic
Name of Father scan Light
Maiden Name of Mother Sarah bellison
Birthplace of Father,
Wiseadat Zur
Birthplace of Mother,
Oldtown Marie
Occupation of Father,
Stows lutter
Deceased was wife of.
Widow of
Cause of Death,
Typhoid fever
If death was in a hospital, or other institution, give its
name,
Barto lecty Hospital
How long an inmate,
2 woke
Previous residence,
Madridlo Viano
[OVER]
Lincoln IN D
P. 0. Bath Mano
Place of Burial,
Winthrop Abass
Undertaker,
Fred S. Curtis
P. O. Address,
Basta Mario
State of Alaine.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the
Record of a Death made by the clerk of
Bath me
in the month of farmary
19 1 4
(Albert & Grassy
Clerk of
Bacto theani
2
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
(City or town)
Registered No.
(Place of death)
Registered No ..
(Place of residence)
St., Ward
(If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number)
(If in the Army or Navy of the United States, give rank, organization, etc.)
(a) Residence. State.
(Usual place of abode)
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred
years
months
City or Town 6 No. Jan - 22, 14
days.
How long in U. S., if of foreign birth? years
months
days
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX
4 COLOR OR RACE
5 SINGLE, MARRIED, WIDOWED, OR DIVORCED (write the word)
'f married, widowed, or divorced , LUSBAND of .or) WIFE of
Years
Months
Days
If LESS than 1 day, ____ hrs. or ____ mm.
¥ STILLBORN, enter that fact here
7 OCCUPATION OF DECEASED (a) Trade, profession, or particular kind of work (b) Name of employer
8 BIRTHPLACE (city or town) (State or country)
9 NAME OF FATHER
PARENTS
10 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (city or town)
(State or country)
11 MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
(Signed)
, M. D.
(Address)
Date
13
Informant (Address)
14
Filed
.19
Registrar of city or town where death occurred
Filed , 19
Registrar of city or town where deceased resided
00
18 PLACE OF BURIAL, CREMATION, OR REMOVAL
DATE OF BURIAL
(Cemetery)
(City or town)
, 19
19 UNDERTAKER
ADDRESS
PFADF
Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very important. See instructie.
(duration)
yrs.
mos. ds.
CONTRIBUTORY.
(SECONDARY)
(duration) .. yrs ..
mos. ds.
17 Where was disease contracted
if not at place of death?
Did an operation precede death? Date of
Was there an autopsy ?.
What test confirmed diagnosis ?.
12 BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (city or town) (State or country )
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
15 DATE OF DEATH. (Month) (Day)
(Year)
16 I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from
, 19 , to
, 19
that I last saw h.
alive on
, 19
and that death occurred, on the dated stated above, at
m. The CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows:
cate.
1 PLACE OF DEATH
County
State
City or town.
No.
2 FULL NAME
Emily a. Light
St.
(Approved by U. S. Census and American Public Health Association)
Statement of occupation .- Precise statement of occupation ie very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits can be known. The question applies to each and every person, irre- spective of age. For many occupations a single word or term on the first line will be sufficient, e. g., Farmer or Planter, Physician, Composi- tor, Architect, Locomotive engineer, Civil engineer, Stationary fireman, etc. But in many cases, especially in industrial employments, it is necessary to know (a) the kind of work and also (b) the nature of the business or industry, and therefore an additional line is provided for the latter state- ment; it should be used only when needed. As examples: (a) Spinner, (b) Cotton mill; (a) Salesman, (b) Grocery; (a) Foreman, (b) Automobile factory. The material worked on may form part of the second state- ment. Never return "Laborer," "Foreman," "Manager," "Dealer," etc., without more precise specification, as Day Laborer, Farm Laborer, Laborer-Coal mine, etc. Women at home, who are engaged in the duties of the household only (not paid Housekeepers who receive a defi- nite salary), may be entered as Housewife, Housework, or Athome, and el ildren, not gainfully employed, as At school or At home. Care should be taken to report specifically the occupations of persons engaged in domestic service for wages. as Servant, Cook, Housemaid, etc. If the occupation has been changed or given up on account of the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH, state occupation at beginning of illness. If retired from business, that fact may be indicated thus: Farmer (retired, 6 yrs.). For persons who have no occupation whatever, write None.
Statement of cause of death .- Name, first, the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH (the primary affection with respect to time and causation), using always the same accepted term for the same disease. Examples: Cere- brospinal fever (the only definite synonym is "Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis"); Diphtheria (avoid use of "Croup"); Typhoid Fever (never report "Typhoid pneumonia"); Lobar pneumonia; Bronchopneumonia ("Pneumonia," unqualified, is indefinite); Tuberculosis of lungs, men- inges, peritoneum, etc., Carcinoma, Sarcoma, etc., of. (name origin; "Cancer" is less definite; avoid use of "Tumor" for malignant neoplasms); Measles; Whooping cough; Chronic valvular heart disease; Chronic interstitial nephritis, etc. The contributory (secondary or inter- current) affection need not be stated unless important. Example: Measles (disease causing death), 29 ds .; Bronchopneumonia (secondary), 10 ds. Never report mere symptoms or terminal conditions, such as · "Asthenia," "Anemia" (merely symptomatic), "Atrophy," "Col- lapse," "Coma," "Convulsions," "Debility" ("Congenital," "Senile," etc.), "Dropsy,""Exhaustion," "Heart failure," 'Hemorrhage,""Ina- nition," "Marasmus," "Old age," "Shock," "Uremia," "Weakness," etc., when a definite disease can be ascertained as the cause. Always qualify all diseases resulting from childbirth or miscarriage, as "PUER- PERAL septicemia," "PUERPERAL peritonitis," etc.
State cause for which surgical operation was undertaken.
(Recommendations on statement of cause of death approved by Com- mittee on Nomenclature of the American Medical Association.)
Bronchopneumonia: If primary cause, write the word "pri- mary;" if secondary, give primary cause.
Certificates will be returned for additional information which give any of the following diseases, without explanation, as the sole cause of death: Abortion, cellulitis, childbirth, convulsions, hemorrhage, gangrene, gastritis, erysipelas, meningitis, miscar- riage, necrosis, peritonitis, phlebitis, pyemia, septicemia, tetanus.
FROM THE LAWS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNING THE RETURN OF CERTIFICATES OF DEATH
A physician or registered hospital medical officer shall forthwith, after the death of a person whom he has attended during his last illness, at the request of an undertaker or other authorized person or of any member of the family of the deceased, furnish for registration a stand- ard certificate of death, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the name of the deceased, his supposed age, the disease of which he died, defined as required by section one, where same was contracted, the du- ration of his last illness, when last seen alive by the physician or officer and the date of his death. ...- Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 9.
No undertaker or other person shall bury a human body .. until he has received a permit from the board of health or its agent. . or ... from the clerk of the town where the person died ;. . . No such permit shall be issued until there shall have been delivered to such board, agent or clerk ... a satisfactory written statement con- taining the facts required by law to be returned and recorded, which shall he accompanied, in case of an original interment, by a satis- factory certificate of the attending physician, if any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if, for sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained early enough for the purpose, or is insuffi- cient, a physician who is a member of the board of health, or em- ployed by itor by the selectmen for the purpose, shall upon ap- plication make the certificate required of the attending physi- cian. If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall make such certificate ... The person to whom the permit is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary information which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as to the manner or cause of the death, which the clerk or registrar may require .- Gen. Laws, Chap. 114, Sec. 45.
Medical examiners shall make examination upon the view of the dead bodies of only such persons as are supposed to have died by vio- lence .- Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 6.
... He shall in all cases certify to the town clerk or registrar in the place where the deceased died his name and residence, if known; other- wise a description as full as may be, with the cause and manner of death. -Gen. Laws, Chap. 38, Sec. 7.
RULES OF PRACTICE
The fulfilment of the purpose of these laws calls for the observance of the following rules of practice:
(1) Attending Physicians will certify to such deaths only as those of persons to whom they have given bedside care during a last illness from disease unrelated to any form of injury.
(2) Board of Health Physicians will certify to such deaths only as those of persons who, though disabled by recognized disease unrelated to any form of injury, have died without recent medical attendance or whose physician is absent from home when the certificate of death is needed.
(3) Medical examiners will investigate and certify to all deaths supposably due to injury. These include not only deaths caused directly or indirectly by traumatism (including resulting septicemia), and by the action of chemical (drugs or poison), thermal, or electrical agents, and deaths following abortion, but also deaths from disease resulting from injury or infection related to occupation, the sudden deaths of persons not disabled by recognized disease, and those of persons found dead.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
RETURN OF A DEATH-1914.
CITY OF BOSTON. 845
FULL NAME
Place of Death { and Residence
Boston
Date of Death
JAN . 23
1914.
Age
56
years
months days.
STATISTICAL DETAILS.
SEX.
COLOR.
SINGLE, MARRIED, WID., DIV.
M
W
WID.
Maiden Name
GIST
RAR'S
ST PATRIBUS. S
Primary ( Duration)
TOXAEMIA - 21 DYS
Birthplace
AUSTRIA
Name of Father
LOUIS SCHWARTZ
BOSTO
N MASS
Contributory : { ( Duration)
1
Maiden Name of Mother
Birthplace of Mother AUSTRIA
Occupation TAILOR
Informant
SPECIAL INFORMATION from Hospitals, Institutions, Transients, or Recent Residents.
Place of Burial or removal
WOBURN ( PRIDE OF BOSTON)
WINTHROP (I CORONA AVE)
Usual Residence
Undertaker J. STANETSKY
Filed
1914.
A true copy. Attest :
JAN.29 ErMSlenen
Registrar.
O
PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased during last illness,
1914,
from 1914, to that to the best of my knowledge and belief death occurred, on the date stated above, and that the CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows :
Husband's Name
CITY R
SICO
FICE
BOSTONIA
CONDITA A.
TYTTATISR IM HE DONATA .D
.D.1822
Birthplace of Father AUSTRIA
DIABETES - YEARS
T. W. WICKHAM
M.D.
(Signed) JAN. 24 1914
MORRIS SCHWARTZ
Registered No.
CARNEY HOSPT.
Jace 2 3-19 14
Important. See Instructions on back of certificate. 16 N. B. - Every Item of Information should be carefully supplied. AGE should be stated EXACTLY. PHYSICIANS should state CAUSE OF DEATH In plain terms, so that it may be properly classified. Exact statement of OCCUPATION is very PARENTS
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
1 PLACE OF DEATH
Manthrow Mass
(No.
metcal Hospital
St. : Ward)
BOSTON (City or town.) [If death occurred in a hospital or institution, give its NAME instead of street and number.]
Joseph Jancher
2 FULL NAME
[If married or divorced woman or widow
give maiden name, also name of husband.]
@RESIDENCE
Registered, No.
9 Kame H mmmtre parras
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
3 SEX
m
4 COLOR OR RACE
5 SINGLE,
MARRIED,
WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED
(Write the word)
10 DATE OF DEATH
(Month)
24
1914
(Year)
(Day)
6 DATE OF BIRTH
(Month)
(Day)
(Year)
7 AGE
21
.yrs.
mos.
ds.
or ......... min. ?
8 OCCUPATION
(a) Trade, profession, or
particular kind of work
Laboros
(b) General nature of Industry, business, or establishment In which employed (or employer).
9 BIRTHPLACE
(State or country)
Wattrop Masy
Contributory
Sm kyRenia
(SECONDARY)
(Duration)
......
yrs. ....
2
.mos.
.ds.
(Signed)
Jum 2b 1914 (Address)
M.D.
It death followed injury or violence the certificate of death must be made out by the Medical Examiner.
1ª LENGTH OF RESIDENCE (FOR HOSPITALS, INSTITUTIONS, TRANSIENTS, OR RECENT RESIDENTS). AKplace
of death.
... yrs.
mos.
State ...
3 ds.
In the 2
1º 21 yrs.
moz ds .............
Where was disease contracted,
V not at place of death ?...
Painett woodbury
Former or
usual residence.
Paine ST womthings
19 PLACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL maldi
DATE OF BURIAL
... .
191 9
Flied 191
REGISTRAR
17 I HEREBY CERTIFY that I attended deceased from
1914, to
Jan 24
1914
that I last saw him alive on
Jan 24
1914
and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 6:30pm.
6,30pm
The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows :
(prengitis (Septic)
(Duration)
.......
.. yrs.
......
.mos.
ds.
10 NAME OF
FATHER
11 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (State or country) It Jahr 12am
12 MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER Cathrine Q'nes
1ª BIRTHPLACE
OF MOTHER
(State or country)
It Dal na
"THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE (Informant)
(Address)
20 UNDERTAKER
ADDRESS
EBarter
If LESS than
1 day ........ hrs.
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.
1
Statement of occupation. - Precise statement of occu- pation is very important, so that the relative healthfulness of various pursuits can be known. The question applies to each and every person, irrespective of age. For many occupations a single word or term on the first line will be sufficient, c. g., Farmer or Planter, Physician, Compositor, Architcet, Loeo- motive engincer, Civil engineer, Stationary fireman, etc. But in many cases, especially in industrial employments, it is necessary to know (a) the kind of work and also (b) the nature of the business or industry, and therefore an additional line is provided for the latter statement; it should be used only when needed. As examples: (a) Spinner, (b) Cotton mill; (a) Sales- man, (b) Grocery; (a) Foreman, (b) Automobile factory. Tho material worked on may form part of the second statement. Never return "Laborer," "Foreman," "Manager," "Dealer," etc., without more precise specification, as Day laborer, Farm laborer, Laborer-Coal mine, etc. Women at home, who are engaged in the duties of the household only (not paid House- keepers who receive a definite salary), may be entered as Housewife, Housework, or At home, and children, not gain- fully employed, as At school or At home. Care should be taken to report specifically the occupations of persons engaged in domestie service for wages, as Servant, Cook, Housemaid, etc. If the occupation has been changed or given up on account of the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH, state occupation at beginning of illness. If retired from business, that fact may be indicated thus: Farmer (retired, 6 yrs.). For persons who have no occu- pation whatever, write None.
Statement of cause of death. - Name, first, the DIS- EASE CAUSING DEATH (the primary affection with respect to time and causation), using always the same accepted term for the same disease. Examples: Cerebro-spinol fever (the only definite synonym is "Epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis"); Diphtheria (avoid use of "Croup"); Typhoid fever (never re- port "Typhoid pneumonia"); Lobar pneumonia; Broncho- pneumonia ("Pneumonia," unqualified, is indefinite) ; Tuber-
culosis of lungs, meninges, peritonacum, etc., Careinoma, Sar- eoma, etc., of (name origin: "Cancer" is less definite; avoid use of "Tumor" for malignant neoplasms) ; Measles; Whooping cough; Chronic valvular heart disease; Chronic interstitial nephritis, etc. The contributory (second- ary or intercurrent) affection need not bo stated unless im- portant. Example: Mcasles (disease causing death), 29 ds .; Broncho-pneumonia (secondary), 10 ds. Never report mere symptoms or terminal conditions, such as "Asthenia," "All- acniia" (merely symptomatic), "Atrophy," "Collapse," "Coma," "Convulsions," "Debility" ("Congenital," "Senile," etc.), "Dropsy," "Exhaustion," "Heart failure," "Hacmorrhage," "Inanition," "Marasmus," "Old age," "Shock," "Uracınia," "Weakness," etc., when a definite disease can be ascertained as the cause. Always qualify all diseases resulting from childbirth or miscarriage, as "PUER- PERAL septicacmia," "PUERPERAL peritonitis," etc. State cause for which surgical operation was undertaken.
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