Unclear handwriting: anyone wanna take a shot at it? [closed]

Question

I've been able to decipher nearly all of this death certificate (this is a direct link to image on Ancestry, if you can see it). I'm having trouble with the "Immediate cause of death" in the right column of the certificate. This is what I can read it as so far: Gunshot wound of abdomen + irreversible(?) ___________.

As an aside, I've never seen a "USUAL RESIDENCE OF DECEASED" as detailed as this one: R. F. D. #3. Cross railroad turn to Rt. at Hollins crossing.

Thanks!

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Hi Pip, I do not have an Ancestry account so can not look at the image of the death certificate. I can look at it as a screenshot/snippet if you would like then delete the snippet.

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Free shared link:  https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/17694970?h=167b79

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Looks like gun shot wound of abdomen and legs and irreversible shock.

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Great title, asking folks to take a shot at figuring out the effects of the shot.

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Accidental. I’m not that clever! 

Answer 1

shock!!!

Edit to add, there is a better copy at family search

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The second word is Stomach. It goes with Perforated Stomach written below it.

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In the Major findings section, the words are  "Perforation of Stomach [illegible word] & laceration of liver"

I think the illegible word is some kind of reference to intestines...got it!  "Jejunum."  Isn't Google great?

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Thanks, Dallace! I couldn't find it there.

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Excellent detective work, Julie! That's the word, jejunum.

Answer 2

Gunshot wound of abdomen + legs & irreversible shock.

Although I think it is spelt irreversable on the document.

(As Dallace said .. it is clearer on FS: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9GZ-8XBG?i=678&cc=1417492&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFG18-WBQ) 

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Yes, Melanie, I'm sure you're right, except that the "c" with the line above it stands for "with," doesn't it?

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Yes it does Julie. 

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Thanks, Melanie. Solves the mystery. Along with the laceration of the liver, I think that blood loss led to shock. Not sure that Uncle Johnny would have survived even today with those kinds of injuries.

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Sorry couldn't do more .. or respond sooner, but I was *gasp* out of the house  and on spotty internet.

Answer 3

Also some times the International Classification of Diseases code can be useful, although this one, 166, is just homicide by firearms.

See the lists by year here.