- Caroline Gade 24yrs, single, a servant died of endocarditis and acute rheumatism. Informant was C M Farr undertaker
[Endocarditis is an infection of a heart valve or the inner lining of the heart (the endocardium). Infection can damage or destroy the heart valves and damage the heart. Endocarditis usually occurs in patients with congenital (i.e., present at birth) or acquired heart conditions (e.g., atrial septal defects, valve disease). ]
[Rheumatic disorder is a non-specific term for medical problems affecting the heart, bones, joints, kidney, skin and lung. The study of, and therapeutic interventions in, such disorders is called rheumatology. The term "rheumatism" is still used in colloquial speech and historical contexts, but is no longer frequently used in medical or technical literature; it would be fair to say that there is no longer any recognized disorder called, simply, "rheumatism". The traditional term covers such a range of different problems that to ascribe symptoms to "rheumatism" is not to say very much: arthritis and rheumatism between them cover at least 200 different conditions.]
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