Daily AncestorGall stones
Gall stones were hard stones formed in the gall bladder or bile passages; old records also call them biliary calculi.
Webster's 1913 defines a gallstone as a concretion formed in the gall bladder or bile passages. Doctors called them biliary calculi, the name IPUMS and the 1911 Census Bureau manual use for the title.
They are different from the stone and gravel of the kidney and bladder.
As seen in a recordCause of death line, state death certificate, 1910s to 1930s
Cause: Gall stones. Operation for removal.
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