ok so me and my dad are doing are family tree thing, and we found a death certificate for my great great great uncle, that died in 1937, and it said the cause of death but we can barely make it out and i looked some more on it and it said it was found in a physical exam, so i was wondering if you people would help me find a list of medical diseases found in physical exams,
oh and by the way its something like pont but thats the only thing i can make out of it. thanks!
2007-09-29 05:12:28 · 6 answers · asked by *♥Loveable♥* 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I think they meant the autopsy that examined the person to determine the cause of death - not a routine physical that living people get.
I tried googling "pont" but all I can find was "Pontiac Disease", a form of flu (that is not usually fatal although maybe the medical treatment that far back was not too good).
Possibly it was from a stab wound and that word was part of "puncture." There was also an epidemic of poisoning from contaminated bread that made all the papers in 1951, occuring in "Pont-St-Esprit" in France.
2007-09-29 05:28:26 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that literally you could find hundreds and hundreds of diseases in a physical.
Without a hint of what the word might be it would be impossible to make a guess.
This document might be on file in the county in which your uncle died.
2007-09-29 05:16:24 · answer #2 · answered by rann_georgia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I went to webmd.com and put "pont" in the search bar, and two entries came up for testicular cancer. You might want to read those articles and see if there's a word in there that starts with "pont."
2007-09-29 05:20:20 · answer #3 · answered by gator girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only problem with knowing this now is that diseases now, were probably much different than in 1937.
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2007-09-29 05:16:26 · answer #4 · answered by Dana 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-10 00:41:37 · answer #5 · answered by bhuwan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi genealogist!! try this site for some insight:
http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm
I have found it very interesting reading and very illuminating as well.
2007-09-29 07:30:19 · answer #6 · answered by Nana Lamb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋