Its deciperhing time again.....

delmarco · Post by **delmarco** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:04 am

Hi all:

Need help with tiny Sarah's second cause of death, I can read, burn, but is that peritonitis?? Could she have swallowed something caustic?? Give me your opinion.....
poor poor baby....

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thanks
karen

image url added by JustJean

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:51 am

Hi Karen

Well...my guess is riding on Peritonitis. Can't really speculate what the cause was though but yes very sad.

Best wishes
Jean

mmuir · Post by **mmuir** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:35 am

I think the peritonitis is likely related to the effects of the burn. Peritonitis is the inflammation of the peritoneum (membrane lining the abdominal cavity). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peritonitis describes it quite well. My guess is that the burns got infected.

I think children were quite suceptible to burns. My grandfather's brother was scalded (burned) by boiling water that broke the glass it was being poured into (for a hot toddy). He died 9 days later. So a death 6 days after a burn, the burn didn't directly kill her, just the effects of the burn

You are quite right poor child.

Mary

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:42 pm

Peritonitis it is, the dot on the first "i" is hardly separated from the rest of the letter.

David

delmarco · Post by **delmarco** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:59 pm

Thank you all, Spot on as always.....Its a shame to have to add her to the family history in this manner, poor wee babe.

Karen