Hi, We can but guess. Could he have had some kind of fall or altercation that resulted in a massive bruise on his head - very obvious - hiding an underlying, fatal brain haemmorhage? Magdalena On 20 June 2012 11:55, CHRISTINE WILLOTT <christine.willott@btopenworld.com>wrote: > Hi > > I too was confused. Magdalena is right to say puerperal haemorrhage is a > post partum haemorrhage and so only affects women after the placenta > is delivered but I thought this cause of death related to the man. In > which case the technical term for bruises is pupura. It is difficult to say > at this length of time exactly what the type of bleed would have been to > have caused the death. Whatever caused the bleed it must have been > substantial. > > Chris > -- AIIC Mail - A service provided by the International Association of Conference Interpreters --- http://aiic.net <http://aiic.net%20>