Daily AncestorSarcoma
Sarcoma meant a fleshy malignant tumor; by the early 1900s it named a cancer of the body's connective tissue rather than of skin or glands.
The name comes from Greek sarx, flesh. Webster's 1913 says sarcoma was once used for many kinds of fleshy tumor, but by then was restricted to one kind of malignant growth.
The 1911 Census Bureau manual counted sarcoma under cancer and asked doctors to write sarcoma of the organ or part affected, so a certificate may read sarcoma of thigh or of jaw.
As seen in a recordCause of death line, state death certificate, 1910s to 1930s
Cause: Sarcoma of femur. Duration: 1 yr.
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