Daily AncestorInflammation of the liver
Inflammation of the liver was the plain English for hepatitis; on old records it might mean infection, abscess or other liver disease.
Webster's 1913 defines hepatitis simply as inflammation of the liver. Today hepatitis is often traced to a virus, but an old record that names it gives no cause, so treat it as a general label for liver disease.
IPUMS codes cirrhosis and other diseases of the liver together in its scheme for the 1850 to 1880 mortality schedules.
As seen in a recordCause of death column, 1850 to 1880 federal mortality schedule
Anna Kirk, 39, F, W, Inflammation of liver
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