Help to transcribe an old record

Question

Is there anyone good at reading handwriting who could tell me what the cause of death listed on this one is?? All I can make out is "------???-----" 6 mos certified.

The first word is obviously some disease or illness but I can't read it.

Death Record of George Ellis

Answer 1

I believe it is an iteration of the Marasmus, which, according to this article, Old Diseases and Obsolete Medical Terms: Definitions (thoughtco.com), was "A wasting of the flesh without fever or apparent disease; severe malnutrition."

Comments

Thank you Denise. I think you are right, it looks very like "Marasmus". I had never heard of that before! Much appreciated.

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My pleasure!

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I put an acknowledgement for your help on his profile:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ellis-22302

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Thank you Eric for pointing out that typo! I will correct it now.