- Apoplexy:
- stroke
- Consumption:
- pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting sickness
- Debility:
- the state of being weak or feeble; infirmity
- Heart Dropsy:
- edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease
- Mental Aberration:
- is a significant deviation from normal mental activity (could be caused by any number of internal or external influences)
- Requiescat:
- a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person
- Paris Green:
- Arsenic was used in the compound, Paris Green, which was used as a pigment in paints, wallpaper and fabrics. Throughout the 1800s, there were reports of people becoming ill from living in houses decorated with the poisonous wallpaper, or when used as a paint to protect wood from insect/weather rot.