Part of me hates I've pared Ida's life down to a cause of death defined post. Ida Lee was born 11 October 1885 in Gwinnett County, Georgia to W. S. and Francis (Bailey) Fowler. She married Norton N. Pruett after 1911. Ida was just 36 years old when she died on 24 January 1922. Cause of death, per her death certificate available at FamilySearch.org, was noted as Puerperal Septicemia . Septicemia is essentially blood poisoning. If not treated promptly, it can lead to "circulatory collapse, profound shock, and death." Puerperal Septicemia, also known as puerperal or childbed fever , is "an infectious, sometimes fatal, disease of childbirth; until the mid-19th century, this dreaded, then-mysterious illness could sweep through a hospital maternity ward and kill most of the new mothers. Puerperal fever results from an infection, usually streptococcal, originating in the birth canal and affecting the endometrium. This infection can spread throughout the bod...
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