Even fairly recently the actual cause of death wasn't known. As recently as
the late 1800s, my great grandmother died of 'apoplexy', which I understand
is what we would now call a 'stroke' and even that's a layman's term which
is subdivided by the medical profession.
She was in good company - that's what Charles Dickens died of too (in 1870?). It's Medway Register Office's most prized death entry!
Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/
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