{"id":1782,"date":"2007-09-29T22:21:58","date_gmt":"2007-09-30T05:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/29\/saturday-at-pgsa-the-liber-mortuorum\/"},"modified":"2007-09-29T22:21:58","modified_gmt":"2007-09-30T05:21:58","slug":"saturday-at-pgsa-the-liber-mortuorum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/1782","title":{"rendered":"Saturday at PGSA &#8211; The Liber Mortuorum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday at the Polish Genealogical Society of America Conference, Dr. Ma\u0142gorzata Nowaczyk presented a seminar on the <em>Liber Mortuorum<\/em> or the <em>Book of Deaths<\/em>, a register written in Latin containing details\u00c2\u00a0of all deaths in a Polish parish. In addition to information on the date of death and name and age of the deceased, the <em>Liber Mortuorum<\/em> frequently includes the cause of death, and the cause of death was the subject of the bulk of Ma\u0142gorzata&#8217;s talk.<\/p>\n<p>All too often, the cause of death is listed simply as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Senectus<\/em>, marasmus senilis: old age<\/li>\n<li><em>Naturalia<\/em>: death of natural causes<\/li>\n<li><em>Ordinaria<\/em>: ordinary cause of death<\/li>\n<li><em>Indetermina<\/em>: cause unknown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, if one is lucky, the disease may be described by a description of the external signs of the disease or the name of the diseased organ:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Dolor ventris<\/em>: abdominal pain<\/li>\n<li><em>Dolor pectoris<\/em>: chest pain (e.g. heart attack, pleurisy)<\/li>\n<li><em>Subita mortis<\/em>: sudden death (e.g. heart attack, brain hemorrhage)<\/li>\n<li><em>Tussis<\/em>: cough (e.g. tuberculosis, pneumonia)<\/li>\n<li><em>Dyspnea<\/em>: difficulty breathing (e.g. cancer, tuberculosis, asthma)<\/li>\n<li><em>Hydropsis<\/em>: edema<\/li>\n<li><em>Dolor capitis<\/em>: headache (e.g. brain hemorrhage, stroke, brain cancer)<\/li>\n<li><em>Delirium<\/em>: delerium (e.g. fever, brain infection)<\/li>\n<li><em>Paralysis<\/em>: paralysis (e.g. stroke, chronic nervous system disease)<\/li>\n<li><em>Apoplexis<\/em>: apoplexy (e.g. stroke)<\/li>\n<li><em>Convulsio<\/em>: convulsions (e.g. epilepsy, stroke, tetanus)<\/li>\n<li><em>Tumor, massa, tuber<\/em>: cancer<\/li>\n<li><em>Variola<\/em>: smallpox<\/li>\n<li><em>Varicella<\/em>: chicken pox<\/li>\n<li><em>Rubeola<\/em>: measles<\/li>\n<li><em>Febris<\/em>: fever<\/li>\n<li><em>Mors puerpera, mors ad partum<\/em>: Complications due to pregnancy, labor, or delivery<\/li>\n<li><em>Morte in aqua embrio<\/em>: neonatal death<\/li>\n<li><em>Trucidatio, homicidio<\/em>: murder<\/li>\n<li><em>Venetatus, venetata<\/em>: poisoned<\/li>\n<li><em>Casus bellicus<\/em>: victim of war<\/li>\n<li><em>Grassans<\/em>: highway robbers<\/li>\n<li><em>Submersus aquii<\/em>: drowning<\/li>\n<li><em>Combustion<\/em>: death by fire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\">Copyright \u00a9 2007 by Stephen J. 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