Daily AncestorMalignant pustule
Malignant pustule was the 1800s name for anthrax of the skin, caught from infected animals, hides or wool, and often fatal.
Webster's 1913 describes malignant pustule as a disease passed to people from animals, starting as a blister that breaks down into an ulcer, with deep exhaustion, and usually fatal. It also gives charbon as a name.
Anthrax spreads from infected animals and their products, such as skin, wool and meat. The lung form was called woolsorters' disease. IPUMS gives anthrax its own code for the 1850 to 1880 mortality schedules.
As seen in a recordCause of death column, 1850 to 1880 federal mortality schedule
Abram Ott, 38, M, W, Tanner, Malignant pustule
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