Daily AncestorAlbuminuria
Albuminuria meant albumin, a protein, found in the urine; in a woman who died in childbirth it was grouped with puerperal convulsions.
Webster's 1913 defines albuminuria as a condition in which albumin is present in the urine. It was a sign doctors could test for, not a disease of its own.
IPUMS puts puerperal albuminuria with puerperal convulsions and Bright's disease, and the 1911 Census Bureau manual has a title for puerperal albuminuria and convulsions.
As seen in a recordCause of death column, 1850 to 1880 federal mortality schedule
Mrs. Cath. Vollrath, 24, F, W, Apr., Albuminuria, childbed
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