Handwriting interpretation

Waitsian

Guys and gals - can I ask a favor please? Can you take a look at this Scottish death cert and see if you can make out the 'cause of death'? It's rather lengthy.

Thanks.

Edit: oops, forgot the attachment.

Waitsian

The first term is a medical term presumably.

After that I get "1 month 6 days. Sudden

---

waste cause of death which followed

---

---

---

head

---

lasting three weeks as......"

More words follow 'as' but they're a blur. Anyone do any better? Even the first term would be great.

lottpaul

Is the first word Anaemia?

Catsmeow

I agree that the 1st word is Anaemia.
My interpretation is:

Anaemia ---
1 month 6 days
Sudden ---
cause of death which
followed after ---
--- headaches lasting
three weeks, as cert. by
--- Charles M--- ---

P. Breathnach

Anaemia (C-li----)
1 month 6 days
Sudden C--- was the
cause of death which
followed after long(?) and(?)
painful(?) headaches lasting
three weeks, as cert. by
W. Charles M--- MB Ch.B

lottpaul

definitely "after long and painful headaches lasting three weeks"

Waitsian

Thanks all. I would never have got all that!

I have retired nurses and a GP, (wider) family members, on the case. If we work it out I'll report back.

Pretzill

Agree with most of the interpretation but could the first word be Amnesia - which may link in with the headache?

Amnesia (confusion?)
I month 6 days
Sudden c...(no idea)
Cause of death.
Which followed after long and
Painful headache lasting
three weeks as cert. by
Dr Charles M....MD c...

Jellybaby1

I'd go along with everything you said Pretzill, except it looks more like Anaemia than Amnesia.

Waitsian

So the relatives have reported back and we're all stumped by the second word.

But my brother came up with a pretty good shout for the word after 'sudden'. He thinks maybe it's 'crisis' given that 'cerebral crisis' is another term for a stroke and she was having severe headaches.

Jellybaby1

Funnily enough, now I can see 'sudden ? was the cause of death'.

Jellybaby1

I posted this, and deleted it again, only to go with my instinct again.....is it 'sudden COMA'?

Darkglasses

I think the second word in the brackets is a mis-spelling of Cholemia, a blood disorder which can induce coma. Supports the "sudden coma"