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Subject: Nacmoptysis
Category: Science
Asked by: jeanlouis-ga
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Posted: 28 Jun 2002 16:03 PDT
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Question ID: 34694
This term found on Death record as a cause of death in  1880

Request for Question Clarification by mvguy-ga on 28 Jun 2002 19:00 PDT
Is the record handwritten or typed?  If the former, could the word be
something else?  Thanks!

Clarification of Question by jeanlouis-ga on 30 Jun 2002 16:21 PDT
The word is handwritten clearly With  a fancy initial letter which I
have viewed as an N - it is different than the H shown in the word
Hemeo?age.


A second occurance of the word allows for a clearer view of the
third letter which appears to be an e rather than a c as the
third letter was originaly given.

In the second occurance the primary cause of death is Phthisis which
is shown in several cases.

Thanks to all for their interest.
is shown on other entries on the same listing.
So "spitting blood"
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Subject: Re: Nacmoptysis
From: googlebrain-ga on 28 Jun 2002 16:56 PDT
 
Well, -ptysis means spitting, as in Hemoptysis (Spitting up blood)

NO idea Nacmo-

googlebrain-ga
Subject: Re: Nacmoptysis
From: mother-ga on 28 Jun 2002 20:27 PDT
 
googlebrain is on to something. Visualize the older, alternate
spelling for hemoptysis (listed above) as "haemoptysis" and then
switch out the "h" for an "n" and the "e" for a "c" to get
"nacmoptysis".
   
   h a e moptysis  
   n a c moptysis

A likely mixup if the entry was hand-written, especially by a doctor!

"hemoptysis" from the Miller-Keane Medical Dictionary, 2000 (WebMD)
http://my.webmd.com/content/asset/miller_keane_15312

-- mother
Subject: Re: Nacmoptysis
From: mother-ga on 29 Jun 2002 12:04 PDT
 
Out of curiosity, I wondered if many typewriters were even around in
1880. Seems unlikely. The "Remington No. 2" was the first commercially
successful typewriter made by Sholes and Glidden ca. early 1890's.

"The First Typewriter" by Darryl Rehr
http://home.earthlink.net/~dcrehr/firsttw.html

Also, this first typewriter typed in caps only. So, here are the two
words in all caps:

   H A E MOPTYSIS   
   N A C MOPTYSIS

The document's age could blur these letters, in any assortment of
capitalization. I hope this helps or at least provides some amusement!

-- mother
Subject: Re: Nacmoptysis
From: huntsman-ga on 29 Jun 2002 18:01 PDT
 
Using Copernic, there are zero results for "Nacmoptysis" on:

Alta Vista
AOL
Compuserve
FAST
google
Hotbot
Lycos
MSN Search
Netscape
Open Directory
Teoma
WiseNut
Yahoo!

"Nacmo" (or a related term) is not in my Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, either.
Subject: Re: Nacmoptysis
From: sparky4ca-ga on 30 Jun 2002 01:28 PDT
 
Ouch. I thought I'd search to see what might come up. SO far, no hits,
but
www.metacrawler.com
has links for:
yellow pages results for Nacmoptysis
Pricing on Nacmoptysis
and metacrawler suggests --> web hosting and domain registraiton for
only $6.67 a month!

there's no reference in:
dogpile
alltheweb
metacrawler
northern light
pubmed database
nih.gov library of medicine
medline
webMD
national library of medicine old books gateway
merriam webster medical dictionary
multi-lingual glossary of medical terms in 8 european languages
online medical dicitonary (cancerweb)
office of rare diseases terms and definiitons
international classifications of disease, revision 9. (maybe in rev. 1
1900-1910 but I couldn't find it to view)
it's not listed at CDC (centres for disease control)
not listed at WHO site, or the WHOlis database
Adam medical dictionary
national organization for rare disorders databases
department of defense glossary of health care
medical and surgical glossary
technical and medical terms (english)
U-Penn's glossary of pathology terms
medicinenet's medical dictionary (www.medicinenet.com) - please check
this one. the site crashed whilst I was searching.
british medicdirect online dictionary
electronic doctor dictionary (from new zealand)
merck.com home medicine guide
medical transcriptionist index of terminology
the lightning hypertext of disease
elibrary

I'm sorry I couldn't igive any better answer.

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