| ABLEPSY - Blindness |
ICTERUS
- Jaundice |
| AGUE - Malarial Fever |
IMPETIGO
- Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules |
| AMERICAN PLAGUE - Yellow fever |
INANITION - Physical condition resulting from lack of food |
| ANASARCA - Generalized massive adema |
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
- Polio |
| APHONIA - Laryngitis |
INTESTINAL COLIC
- Abdominal pain due to bad diet |
| APHTHA - The infant disease “Thrush” |
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| APOPLEXY - Paralysis due to stroke |
JAIL FEVER
- Typhus |
| ASPHYCSIA/ASPHICSIA
- Cyanotic and lack of oxygen |
JAUNDICE - condition caused by blockage of intestines |
| ATELECTASIS -
defective expansion of the pulmonary alveoli at birth |
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| ATROPHY - Wasting away or diminishing in size. |
KING’S EVIL
- Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands |
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KRUCHHUSTEN
- Whooping cough |
| BAD BLOOD
- Syphilis |
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| BILIOUS FEVER
- Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile emesis |
LAGRIPPE
- Influenza |
| BILIOUSNESS
- Jaundice associated with liver disease |
LOCKJAW - Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw. Untreated, it is fatal in 8 days |
| BLACK PLAGUE or DEATH
- Bubonic plague |
LONG SICKNESS
- Tuberculosis |
| BLACK FEVER
- Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate |
LUES DISEASE
- Syphilis |
| BLACK POX - Black small pox |
LUES VENERA
- Venereal disease |
| BLACK VOMIT
- Vomiting old black blood sue to ulcers or yellow fever |
LUMBAGO - Back pain |
| BLACKWATER FEVER
- Dark urine associated with high temperature |
LUNG FEVER -
Pneumonia |
| BLADDER IN THROAT
- Diphtheria |
LYING IN - Time of delivery of infant |
| BLOOD POISONING
- Bacterial infection; septicemia |
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| BLOODY FLUX
- Bloody stools |
MALIGNANT SORE THROAT
- Diphtheria |
| BLOODY SWEAT
- Sweating sickness |
MANIA - Insanity |
| BONE SHAVE -
Sciatica |
MARASMUS - Progressive wasting away of body, like malnutrition |
| BRAIN FEVER
- Meningitis |
MEMBRANOUS CROUP
- Diphtheria |
| BREAKBONE FEVER
- Meningitis |
MENINGITIS -
Inflammation of brain or spinal cord |
| BREAKBONE - Dengue Fever |
METRITIS - Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge |
| BRIGHT’S DISEASE
- Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys |
MIASMA - Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air |
| BRONZE JOHN
- Yellow fever |
MILK FEVER -
Disease from drinking |
| BULE - Boil, tumor or swelling |
MILK LEG - Post partum thrombophlebitis |
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MILK SICKNESS
- Disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonous weeds |
| CACHEXY
- Malnutrition |
MORMAL - Gangrene |
| CACOGASTRIC
- Upset stomach |
MORPHEW - Scurvy blisters on the body |
| CACOSPYSY - Irregular pulse |
MORTIFICATION
- Gangrene of necrotic tissue |
| CADUCEUS - Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy |
MYELITIS - Inflammation of the spine |
| CAMP FEVER -
Typhus; aka Camp diarrhea |
MYOCARDITIS - Inflammation of heart muscles |
| CANINE MADNESS
- Rabies, hydrophobia |
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| CANKER - Ulceration of mouth or lips; herpes simplex |
NECROSIS - Mortification of bones or tissue |
| CATALEPSY - Seizures/traces |
NEPHROSIS - Kidney degeneration |
| CATARRHAL - Inflammation of a mucous membrane, esp. effecting the nose and air passages |
NEPRITIS - Inflammation of kidneys |
| CEREBRITIS -
Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoning |
NERVOUS PROSTRATION
- Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and mental activities |
| CHILBLAIN - Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to cold |
NEURALGIA - Described as discomfort, such as “Headache” was neuralgia in head |
| CHILD BED FEVER – Infection following birth of a child |
NEURASTHENIA
- emotional and psychic disorder characterized esp. by fatigability and
often lack of motivation |
| CHILD COUGH
- Whooping cough |
NOSTALGIA - Homesickness |
| CHLOROSIS - Iron deficiency anemia |
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| CHOLERA - Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing |
PALSY
- Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles. |
| CHOLERA MORBUS
- Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, elevated temperature; possible appendicitis |
PARESIS -
Slight or partial paralysis |
| CHOLECYSTITUS
- Inflammation of the gall bladder |
PAROXYSM - Convulsion |
| CHOLELITHIASIS
- Gall stones |
PEMPHIGUS - Skin disease of watery blisters |
| CHOREA - Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancing |
PERICARDITIS
- Inflammation of heart |
| COLD PLAGUE
- Ague which is characterized by chills |
PERIPNEUMONIA
- Inflammation of lungs |
| COLIC - Abdominal pain and cramping |
PERITONITIS
- Inflammation of abdominal area |
| CONGESTIVE CHILLS
- Malaria |
PERTUSSIS -
Whooping Cough |
| CONSUMPTION
- Tuberculosis |
PETECHIAL FEVER
- Fever characterized by skin spotting |
| CONGESTION - Any collection of fluid in an organ, i.e. lungs |
PHTHIRIASIS
- Lice infestation |
| CONGESTIVE FEVER
- Malaria |
PHTHISIS - Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis |
| CORRUPTION - Infection |
PLAGUE - An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality rate. |
| CORYZA - A cold |
PLEURISY- Any pain in the chest |
| COSTIVENESS
- Constipation |
PODAGRA - Gout |
| CRAMP COLIC
- Appendicitis |
POLIOPOTTER’S ASTHMA
- Fibroid phthisis |
| CROP SICKNESS
- Overextended stomach |
POTT’S DISEASE
- Tuberculosis of spine |
| CROUP - Laryngitis, diphtheria, or strep throat |
PUERPERAL EXHAUSTION
- Death due to child birth |
| CYANOSIS - Dark skin color from lack of oxygen in blood |
PUERPERAL FEVER
- Elevated temperature after giving firth to an infant |
| CYNANCHE - Diseases of throat |
PUKING FEVER
- Milk sickness |
| CYSTITIS - Inflammation of the bladder |
PUTRID FEVER
- Diphtheria |
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| DAY FEVER
- Fever lasting one day; sweating sickness |
REMITTING FEVER
- Malaria |
| DEBILITY - Lack of movement or staying in bed |
RHEUMATISM -
Any disorder associated with pain in joints |
| DECREPITUDE
- Feebleness due to old age |
RICKETS - Disease of skeletal system |
| DELIRIUM TREMENS -
Hallucinations die to alcoholism |
ROSE COLD - Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy |
| DENGUE - Infectious fever endemic to East Africa |
ROTANNY FEVER
- (Child’s disease) ?? |
| DENTITION - Cutting of teeth |
RUBEOLA - German measles |
| DEPLUMATION
- Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss |
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| DIARY FEVER
- A fever that lasts on day |
SCARLATINA
- Scarlet fever |
| DIPTHERIA - Contagious disease of the throat |
SCARLET RASH
- Roseola |
| DISTEMPER - Usually animal disease with malaise, discharge from nose and throat, anorexia |
SCIATICA - Rheumatism in the hips |
| DOCK FEVER -
Yellow fever |
SCIRRHUS - Cancerous tumors |
| DROPSY - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease |
SCOTOMY - Dizziness, nausea and dimness of sight |
| DROPSY OF THE BRAIN
- Encephalitis |
SCRIVENER’S PALSY
- Writer’s cramp |
| DRY BELLYACHE
- Lead poisoning |
SCREWS - Rheumatism |
| DYSCRASY - An abnormal body condition |
SCROFULA - Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Progresses slowly with abscesses and pustules develop. Young person’s disease |
| DYSENTERY - Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous and blood |
SCRUMPOX - Skin disease, impetigo |
| DYSOREXY - Reduced appetite |
SCURVY - Lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness, spongy gums and hemorrhages under skin |
| DYSPEPSIA - Indigestion and heartburn. Heart attack symptoms |
SEPTICEMIA -
Blood poisoning |
| DYSURY - Difficulty in urination |
SHAKES - Delirium tremens |
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SHAKING - Chills, ague |
| ECLAMPSY
- Symptoms of epilepsy or convolutions during labor |
SHINGLES - Viral disease with skin blisters |
| ECSTASY - A form of catalepsy |
SHIP FEVER -
Typhus |
| EDEMA - Nephritis; swelling of tissues |
SIRIASIS - Inflammation of the brain due to sun exposure |
| EDEMA OF LUNGS
- Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy |
SLOES - Milk sickness |
| EEL THING (Erysipelas) - Contagious skin disease, due to streptococci with vesicular bulbous lesions |
SMALL POX - Contagious disease with fever and blisters |
| ELEPHANTIASIS
- a form of leprosy |
SOFTENING OF BRAIN
- Result of stroke or hemorrhage in the brain, with an end result of tissue softening in that area |
| ENCEPHALITIS
- Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sickness |
SORE THROAT DISTEMPER
- Diphtheria or quinsy |
| ENTERIC FEVER
- Typhoid fever |
SPANISH INFLUENZA
- Epidemic influenza |
| ENTEROCOLITIS
- Inflammation of the intestines |
SPASMS - Sudden involuntary contraction of muscle or group of muscles, like a convulsion |
| ENTERITIS - Inflation of the bowels |
SPINA BIFIDA
- Deformity of spine |
| EPITAXIS - Nose bleed |
SPOTTED FEVER
- Either typhus or meningitis |
| ERYSIPELAS -
Contagious skin disease, due to streptococci with vesicular bulbous lesions |
SPRUE - Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore throat. |
| EXTRAVASTED BLOOD
- Rupture of a blood vessel |
ST. ANTHONY’S FIRE
- Also Erysipelas, but named so because of affected skin areas are bright red in appearance |
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ST. VITAS DANCE -
Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex jerking movements performed involuntarily |
| FALLING SICKNESS
- Epilepsy |
STOMATITIS -
Inflammation of the mouth |
| FATTY LIVER
- Cirrhosis of liver |
STRANGER’S FEVER
- Yellow fever |
| FITS - Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity |
STRANGERY - Rupture |
| FLUX - An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea |
SUDOR ANGLICUS
- Sweating sickness |
| FLUX OF HUMOUR
- Circulation |
SUMMER COMPLAINT
- Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milk |
| FRENCH POX -
Syphilis |
SUNSTROKE - Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due to environment heat. Lack of sodium in the body is a predisposing cause |
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SWAMP SICKNESS
- Could be malaria, thphoid or encephalitis |
| GATHERING
- A collection of pus |
SWEATING SICKNESS
- Infectious and fatal disease common to UK in 15th century |
| GLANDULAR FEVER
- Mononucleosis |
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| GREAT POX - Syphilis |
TETANUS
- Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache and dizziness |
| GREEN FEVER/SICKNESS
- Anemia |
THROMBOSIS -
Blood clot inside blood vessel |
| GRIPPE/GRIP
- Influenza like symptoms |
THRUSH - Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and throat |
| GROCER’S ITCH
- Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour |
TICK FEVER -
Rocky mountain spotted fever |
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TOXEMIA - Eclampsia |
| HEART SICKNESS
- Condition caused by loss of salt from body |
TRENCH MOUTH
- Painful ulcers found along gumline, caused by poor nutrition and poor hygiene |
| HEAT STROKE
- Body temperature elevates because of surrounding environment temperature and body does not perspire to reduce temperature. Coma and death result if not reversed |
TUSSIS CONVULSIVA
- Whooping cough |
| HECTICAL COMPLAINT
- Recurrent fever |
TYPHUS - Infectious fever characterized by high fever headache and dizziness |
| HEMATEMESIS
- Vomiting blood |
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| HEMATURIA - Bloody urine |
VARIOLA
- Smallpox |
| HEMIPLEGY - Paralysis of one side of body |
VENESECTION
- Bleeding |
| HIP GOUT - Osteomylitis |
VIPER’S DANCE
- See St. Vitus Dance |
| HORRORS - Delirium tremens |
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| HYDROCEPHALUS
- Enlarged head, water on the brain |
WATER ON BRAIN
- Enlarged head |
| HYDROPERICARDIUM
- Heart dropsy |
WHITE SWELLING
- Tuberculosis of the bone |
| HYDROTHROAX
- Dropsy in chest |
WINTER FEVER
- Pneumonia |
| HYPERTROPHY
- Excessive development of an organ (as thickening of muscle fibers)
without multiplication of parts |
WOMB FEVER -
Infection of the uterus |
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WORM FIT - Convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevated temperature or diarrhea |
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YELLOWJACKET
- Yellow fever |
