Cause of Death

[Jenny M Benson]

I have just come across "Titanis" as the cause of death on an American
record (Michigan, 1923.) It is an original, typed record and that is
the exact spelling.

The only online reference I can find to "titanis" is to an extinct bird.
Has anyone any idea what the word should be if it's a typo or what
that means if it is correct?

[john]

Post by Jenny M Benson
I have just come across "Titanis" as the cause of death on an American
record (Michigan, 1923.)  It is an original, typed record and that is
the exact spelling.
The only online reference I can find to "titanis" is to an extinct bird.
 Has anyone any idea what the word should be if it's a typo or what
that means if it is correct?

Tetanus?

[Jenny M Benson]

Post by john

Post by Jenny M Benson
I have just come across "Titanis" as the cause of death on an American
record (Michigan, 1923.)  It is an original, typed record and that is
the exact spelling.
The only online reference I can find to "titanis" is to an extinct
bird.   Has anyone any idea what the word should be if it's a typo or
what that means if it is correct?

Tetanus?

Oh, how stupid of me not to think of that! Thank you -and thank you,
Graeme, also.

[Graeme Wall]

Post by Jenny M Benson
I have just come across "Titanis" as the cause of death on an American
record (Michigan, 1923.)  It is an original, typed record and that is
the exact spelling.
The only online reference I can find to "titanis" is to an extinct bird.
 Has anyone any idea what the word should be if it's a typo or what
that means if it is correct?

Mis-spelling of tetanus?