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Amentia Senilis
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The intelectual
deficiancy of the aged. [Tuke1892]
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Caducity
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The portion of
human life which is comprised generally between 70 and 80 years.
The age which precedes decrepitude. It is so termed in consequence
of the limbs not usually possessing sufficient strength to support
the body. [Dunglison1855]
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Debility / Debilitas
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Weakness.
[Buchan1798]
The state of being weak in health or body (especially
from old age) [syn: infirmity, frailty, feebleness, frailness].
[Wordnet]
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Example
from a Civil War Hospital Record:
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Debility from Old Age
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Senility.
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Example from an 1890 death record
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Decay
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A decline of
the normal condition of a substance or of a the whole or a part
of an organism, especially putrefactive decomposition; also the
condition of having undergone such a decline; figuratively, the
gradual failure of health and strength incident to old age.
[Appleton 1900].
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Decline
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Tabes. A gradual
sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting
disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline. --Dunglison.
[Webster1913]
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Example
from an 1898 Cemetery record
from Maine:
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Decrepitude / Decrepitus
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The quality or condition of being weakened, worn out, impaired,
or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use. [Heritage]
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Feebleness
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The state of being weak in health or body
(especially from old age) [syn: infirmity]. [Wordnet]. |
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Example from an 1869 death certificate
from West Virginia: |
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General Debility
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Senility
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Example from an 1868 death certificate
from West Virginia: |
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General
Decay
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Decay; decline.
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Example from
an 1874 Death Certificate form Gloucester, England:
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Geromarasmus
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Senile Atrophy
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Infirmity
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Any disease
which has become habitual, either owing to its chronic
character, or its numerous relapses. [Dunglison1868].
A bodily ailment or
weakness, especially one brought on by old age. [American
Heritage].
The state of being
infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an
unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady;
as, infirmity of body or mind. [Webster]. |
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Example from an 1856 death certificate
from West Virginia: |
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Marasmus Senilis
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Gerontatrophia.
Progressive atrophy of the aged. [Dunglison 1874].
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Example
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Natural
Causes
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In medicine, death by
natural causes is a loosely-defined term used by coroners
describing death when the cause of death was a naturally
occurring disease process, or is not apparent given medical
history or circumstances. Thus, deaths caused by active human
intervention (as opposed to the failure of medical intervention
to prevent death) are excluded from this definition.
[Wikipedia].
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Example from a 1919 Death
Certificate from Georgia.
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Senectus
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Old Age.
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Senectus Ultima
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Decrepitude.
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Senile
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Mentally or physically infirm with age. [Wordnet].
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Senile Asthenia
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Want of strength. Debility. Infirmity. [Dunglison1874]
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Example from an 1883 death certificate
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Senile Atrophy
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Wasting of tissues and organs with advancing age from decreased
catabolic or anabolic processes, at times due to endocrine changes,
decreased use, or ischemia. [CancerWEB].
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Senile Debility
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Senility.
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Example from a 1920 Death
Certificate from Louisiana:
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Senile Decay
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Refers to the
progressive loss of mental capacity that leads to dementia and
personal helplessness. The majority of the cases recorded were
most likely Alzheimer's disease.
[Schmidt2007].
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Example from an 1889 Infirmary Death
Record from England:
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Senile Dementia
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A progressive, abnormally accelerated deterioration of mental faculties
and emotional stability in old age, occurring especially in Alzheimer's
disease. [Heritage].
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Example from a 1919 Death
Certificate from Georgia:
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Senile Gangrene
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Dry gangrene occurring in the aged in consequence of occlusion
of an artery, particularly affecting the extremities. [CancerWEB].
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Example from a 1919 Death
Certificate from Georgia:
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Senile Insanity
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A form of insanity,
in which there is a hopeless decadency or loss of the mental
faculties. [Dunglison 1874].
Example from a 1919 death certificate
from Georgia:
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Senility
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The quality or state
of being senile; specifically : the physical and mental
infirmity of old age. [Merriem Webster].
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Example from a 1926 Death
Certificate from Louisiana:
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