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Ablepsy
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Blindness |
| Ague |
Malarial Fever |
| American plague |
Yellow Fever |
| Apoplexy |
Paralysis due to stroke |
| Bad Blood |
Syphilis |
| Bilious fever |
Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and
bile emesis |
| Black plague or death |
Bubonic plague |
| Black fever |
Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin
lesions |
| Black pox |
Black Smallpox |
| Black vomit |
Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or Yellow Fever |
| Blackwater fever |
Dark urine associated with high temperature |
| Bladder in the throat |
Diphtheria |
| Bloody flux |
Bloody stools |
| Bloody sweat |
Sweating sickness |
| Bone shave |
Sciatica |
| Bronze John |
Yellow Fever |
| Cachexy |
Malnutrition |
| Caduceus |
Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy |
| Camp fever |
Typhus also known as camp diarrhea |
| Canine madness |
Rabies, hydrophobia |
| Cerebritis |
Lead poisoning |
| Chilblain |
Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to cold |
| Chin cough |
Whooping cough - |
| Chlorosis |
Iron deficiency anemia |
| Cholera |
Severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining
sloughing |
| Cholera morbus |
Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps,
& elevated temperature |
| Chorea |
Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and
dancing |
| Cold plague |
Ague which is characterized by chills |
| Congestive chills |
Malaria |
| Consumption |
Tuberculosis |
| Congestive chills |
Malaria with diarrhea |
| Congestive fever |
Malaria |
| Coryza |
A cold |
| Costiveness |
Constipation |
| Cramp colic |
Appendicitis |
| Crop sickness |
Overextended stomach |
| Cynanche |
Throat Disease |
| Debility |
Lack of movement or staying in bed |
| Decrepitude |
Feebleness due to old age |
| Deplumation |
Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss |
| Diary fever |
A fever that lasts one day |
| Diphtheria |
Contagious disease of the throat |
| Dock Fever |
Yellow Fever |
| Dropsy or Dropsey |
Contraction of hydropsy which is edema or fluid retention
usually due to heart or kidney failure |
| Dry Bellyache |
Lead poisoning |
| Dysentery |
Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous &
blood |
| Dysorexy |
Reduced appetite |
| Dysury |
Difficulty in urination |
| Ecstasy |
A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason |
| Elephantiasis |
A form of leprosy |
| Enteric fever |
Typhoid Fever |
| Enterocolitis |
Inflammation of the intestines |
| Enteritis |
Inflations of the bowels |
| Erysipelas |
Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci with
vesicular & bulbous lesions |
| Extravasted blood |
Rupture of a blood vessel |
| Falling sickness |
Epilepsy |
| Fits |
Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity |
| Flux |
An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or
diarrhea |
| French pox |
Syphilis |
| Gravel |
Kidney or Gallstones |
| Great pox |
Syphilis |
| Green fever or sickness |
Anemia |
| Grippe |
Influenza like symptoms |
| Grocer's itch |
Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour |
| Heart sickness |
Condition caused by loss of salt from body |
| Hectical complaint |
Recurrent fever |
| Hip gout |
Osteomylitis |
| Horrors |
Delirium tremens |
| Hydrocephalus |
Enlarged head, water on the brain |
| Hydropericardium |
Heart dropsy |
| Hydrophobia |
Rabies |
| Hydrothroax |
Dropsy in chest |
| Hypertrophic |
Enlargement of organ, like the heart |
| Impetigo |
Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules |
| Inanition |
Physical condition resulting from lack of food |
| Jail fever |
Typhus |
| Jaundice |
Condition caused by blockage of intestines |
| King's Evil |
Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands |
| Kruchhusten |
Whooping cough |
| Lagrippe |
Influenza |
| Lockjaw |
Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the
neck and jaw untreated, it is fatal in 8 days |
| Long sickness |
Tuberculosis |
| Lung fever |
Pneumonia |
| Lung sickness |
Tuberculosis |
| Lying in |
Time of delivery of infant |
| Malignant sore throat |
Diphtheria |
| Marasmus |
Progressive wasting away of body, like malnutrition |
| Membranous Croup |
Diphtheria |
| Meningitis |
Inflammation of brain or spinal cord |
| Metritis |
Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge |
| Miasma |
Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air |
| Milk Fever, undulant fever or brucellosis |
Disease from drinking contaminated milk |
| Milk leg |
Post partum thrombophlebitis |
| Milk sickness |
Disease caused by drinking milk from cows which had eaten
poisonous weeds |
| Mormal |
Gangrene |
| Morphew |
Scurvy blisters on the body |
| Mortification |
Gangrene of necrotic tissue |
| Myelitis |
Inflammation of the spine |
| Myocarditis |
Inflammation of heart muscles |
| Necrosis |
Mortification of bones or tissue |
| Nephrosis |
Kidney degeneration |
| Nephritis |
Inflammation of kidneys |
| Nervous prostration |
Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and
mental activities |
| Pemphigus |
Skin disease of watery blisters |
| Pericarditis |
Inflammation of heart |
| Peripneumonia |
Inflammation of lungs |
| Peritonotis |
Inflammation of abdominal area |
| Petechial Fever |
Fever characterized by skin spotting |
| Phthiriasis |
Lice infestation |
| Plague |
An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high
fatality rate |
| Pleurisy |
Any pain in the chest area with each breath |
| Podagra |
Gout |
| Polio Potter's Asthma |
Fibroid Pthisis (Chronic wasting away or another name for
tuberculosis) |
| Pott's Disease |
Tuberculosis of the Spine |
| Puerperal Exhaustion |
Death due to childbirth |
| Puerperal Fever |
Elevated temperature after giving birth |
| Puking Fever |
Milk Sickness |
| Putrid Fever |
Diphtheria |
| Quinsy |
Tonsillitis |
| Remitting Fever |
Malaria |
| Rheumatism |
Pain in the joints |
| Rose cold |
Hay fever |
| Rottany Fever |
A form of child's fever |
| Rubeola |
Measles |
| Sanguineous crust |
Scab |
| Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever |
A disease characterized by a red rash |
| Scarlet Rash |
Roseola |
| Scirrhus |
Cancerous tumors |
| Scotomy |
Dizziness, nausea & dimness of sight |
| Scrivener's Palsy |
Writer's cramp |
| Screws |
Rheumatism |
| Scrofula |
Tuberculosis of the neck lymph glands |
| Scrumpox |
Skin disease or impetigo |
| Scurvy |
Lack of vitamin C |
| Septicemia |
Blood poisoning |
| Shakes |
Delirium tremens (DT's) |
| Shaking |
Chills or ague |
| Siriasis |
Inflammation of the brain caused by sun exposure |
| Ship fever |
Typhus |
| Sloes |
Milk sickness |
| Smallpox |
Contagious disease with fever & blisters |
| Softening of the brain |
Stroke or hemorrhage in the brain resulting in softening
of the tissue in that area |
| Sore throat distemper |
Diphtheria or quinsy Spanish influenza |
| Spotted fever |
Typhus or meningitis |
| Sprue |
Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders
and sore throat |
| St. Anthony's fire or Erysipelas |
Named because the affected areas of the skin are bright
red in appearance |
| St. Vitas or Viper's Dance |
Involuntary rapid jerking movements that don't cease |
| Stomatitis |
Inflammation of the mouth |
| Stranger's fever |
Yellow Fever |
| Strangery |
Rupture |
| Sudor anglicus |
Sweating sickness (see below) |
| Summer complaint |
Diarrhea, usually caused by spoiled milk |
| Swamp sickness |
Malaria, typhoid or encephalitis |
| Sweating sickness |
Infectious & fatal disease common to United Kingdom in the
15th century |
| Tussis Convulsiva |
Whooping Cough |
| Typhus (Typhoid Fever) |
Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache &
dizziness |
| Variola |
Smallpox |
| White swelling |
Tuberculosis of the bone |
| Winter fever |
Pneumonia |
| Womb fever |
Infection of the uterus |
| Worm fit |
Convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevated
temperature or diarrhea |
| Yellowjacket |
Yellow fever |
