What did it say on the death certificate ?

Or what did aunt Peggy say he died of ?

Or, what did you say she had when a child ?

Half of the time when looking in old documents or certificates the meaning of terms can be very strange, take for instance – Atrophy, Bronze John, camp fever, long sickness, morphew, scotomy or spru.

If you heard the description, you would know what the problem was.

But anyway, pop along to the medical terms section on Wakefield Family History Sharing and see how many you can decipher without looking.

Medical Terms can be found here