Name of Condition Today's Name or Definition or Disease Ablepsy
Blindness Ague
Malarial Fever American Plague
Yellow Fever Anasarca
Generalized massive edema Aphonia
Laryngitis Aphtha
The infant disease "thrush" Apoplexy
Paralysis due to stroke Asphicsia
Cyanotic and lack of oxygen Asphycsia
Cyanotic and lack of oxygen Atrophy
Wasting away or diminishing in size. Bad Blood
Syphilis Bilious fever
Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated
temperature and bile emesis Biliousness
Jaundice associated with liver disease Black plague
Bubonic plague Black fever
Acute infection with high temperature and dark
red skin lesions and high mortality
rate Black pox
Black Small pox Black vomit
Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or
yellow fever Blackwater fever
Dark urine associated with high temperature Bladder in throat Diphtheria
(Seen on death certificates) Blood poisoning
Bacterial infection; septicemia Bloody flux
Bloody stools Bloody sweat
Sweating sickness Bone shave
Sciatica Brain fever
Meningitis Breakbone
Dengue fever Bright's disease
Chronic disease of kidneys Bronze John
Yellow fever Bule
Boil, tumor or swelling Cachexy
Malnutrition Cacogastric
Upset stomach Cacospysy
Irregular pulse Caduceus
Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy Camp fever
Typhus; aka Camp diarrhea Canine madness
Rabies, hydrophobia Canker
Ulceration of mouth or lips or herpes simplex Catalepsy
Seizures / trances Catarrhal
Nose and throat discharge from cold or allergy Cerebritis
Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoning Chilblain
Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to
cold Child bed fever
Infection following birth of a child Chin cough
Whooping cough Chlorosis
Iron deficiency anemia Cholera
Acute severe contagious diarrhea with
intestinal lining sloughing Cholera morbus
Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal
cramps, elevated temperature,
etc. Could be appendicitis Cholecystitus
Inflammation of the gall bladder Cholelithiasis
Gall stones Chorea
Disease characterized by convulsions,
contortions and dancing Cold plague
Ague which is characterized by chills Colic
An abdominal pain and cramping Congestive chills Malaria Consumption
Tuberculosis Congestion
Any collection of fluid in an organ, like the
lungs Congestive chills Malaria
with diarrhea Congestive fever
Malaria Corruption
Infection Coryza
A cold Costiveness
Constipation Cramp colic
Appendicitis Crop sickness
Overextended stomach Croup
Laryngitis, diphtheria, or strep throat Cyanosis
Dark skin color from lack of oxygen in blood Cynanche
Diseases of throat Cystitis
Inflammation of the bladder Day fever
Fever lasting one day; sweating sickness Debility
Lack of movement Decrepitude
Feebleness due to old age Delirium tremens
Hallucinations due to alcoholism Dengue
Infectious fever endemic to East Africa Dentition
Cutting of teeth Deplumation
Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss Diary fever
A fever that lasts one day Diptheria
Contagious disease of the throat Distemper
Usually animal disease with malaise, discharge
from nose and throat, anorexia Dock fever
Yellow fever Dropsy
Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or
heart disease Dropsy of the Brain Encephalitis Dry Bellyache
Lead poisoning Dyscrasy
An abnormal body condition Dysentery
Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of
mucous and blood Dysorexy
Reduced appetite Dyspepsia
Indigestion and heartburn. Heart attack symptoms Dysury
Difficulty in urination Eclampsy
Symptoms of epilepsy, convulsions during labor Ecstasy
A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of
reason Edema
Nephrosis; swelling of tissues Edema of lungs
Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy Eel thing
Erysipelas Elephantiasis
A form of leprosy Encephalitis
Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sickness Enteric fever
Typhoid fever Enterocolitis
Inflammation of the intestines Enteritis
Inflations of the bowels Epitaxis
Nose bleed Erysipelas
Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci
with vesiculas and bulbous lesions Extravasted blood Rupture
of a blood vessel Falling sickness
Epilepsy Fatty Liver
Cirrhosis of liver Fits
Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity Flux
An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like
hemorrhage or diarrhea Flux of humour
Circulation French pox
Syphilis Gathering
A collection of pus Glandular fever
Mononucleosis Great pox
Syphilis Green fever
Anemia Grippe/grip
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 Heat stroke
Body temperature elevates because of
surrounding environment temperature and
body does not perspire to reduce temperature. Hectical complaint Recurrent
fever Hematemesis
Vomiting blood Hematuria
Bloody urine Hemiplegy
Paralysis of one side of body 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 Infantile paralysis Polio Intestinal colic
Abdominal pain due to improper diet 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 Lues disease
Syphilis Lues venera
Venereal disease Lumbago
Back pain Lung fever
Pneumonia Lung sickness
Tuberculosis Lying in
Time of delivery of infant Malignant sore throat Diphtheria Mania
Insanity Marasmus
Progressive wasting away of body, like
malnutrition Membranous Croup
Diphtheria Meningitis
Inflations of brain or spinal cord Metritis
Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal
discharge Miasma
Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air Milk fever
Disease from drinking contaminated milk, like
undulant fever or brucellosis Milk leg
Post partum thrombophlebitis Milk sickness
Disease from milk of cattle 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 Nepritis
Inflammation of kidneys Nervous prostration Extreme exhaustion
from inability to control
physical and mental activities Neuralgia
Described as discomfort, such as "Headache" was
neuralgia in head Nostalgia
Homesickness Palsy
Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of
controlled muscles. Paroxysm
Convulsion 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 Phthisis
Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis Plague
An acute febrile highly infectious disease with
a high fatality rate Pleurisy
Any pain in the chest area with each breath Podagra
Gout Poliomyelitis
Polio, Potter's asthma Pott's disease
Tuberculosis of spine Puerperal exhaustion Death due to childbirth Puerperal fever
Elevated temperature after giving birth to an
infant Puking fever
Milk sickness Putrid fever
Diphtheria. Quinsy
Tonsillitis Remitting fever
Malaria Rheumatism
Any disorder associated with pain in joints Rickets
Disease of skeletal system Rose cold
Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy Rotanny fever
(Child's disease) ??? Rubeola
German measles Sanguineous crust Scab Scarlatina
Scarlet fever Scarlet fever
A disease characterized by red rash Scarlet rash
Roseola Sciatica
Rheumatism in the hips Scirrhus
Cancerous tumors Scotomy
Dizziness, nausea and dimness of sight Scrivener's palsy Writer's
cramp Screws
Rheumatism Scrofula
Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Progresses
slowly with abscesses and pistulas develop.
Young person's disease Scrumpox
Skin disease, impetigo Scurvy
Lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness, spongy
gums and hemorrhages under skin Septicemia
Blood poisoning Shakes
Delirium tremens Shaking
Chills, ague Shingles
Viral disease with skin blisters Ship fever
Typhus Siriasis
Inflammation of the brain due to sun exposure Sloes
Milk sickness Small pox
Contagious disease with fever and blisters Softing of brain
Result of stroke or hemorrhage in the brain,
with an end result of the tissue softening
in that area Sore throat distemper Diphtheria or quinsy Spanish influenza Epidemic
influenza Spasms
Sudden involuntary contraction of muscle or
group of muscle, like a convulsion Spina bifida
Deformity of spine Spotted fever
Either typhus or meningitis Sprue
Tropical disease characterized by intestinal
disorders and sore throat St. Anthony's fire Also erysipelas,
but named so because of
affected skin areas are bright red in
appearance St. Vitas dance
Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex jerking
movements performed involuntary Stomatitis
Inflammation of the mouth Stranger's fever
Yellow fever Strangery
Rupture Sudor anglicus
Sweating sickness Summer complaint
Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled
milk Sunstroke
Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due
to environment heat. Lack of sodium in the
body is a predisposing cause Swamp sickness
Could be malaria, typhoid or encephalitis Sweating sickness Infectious
and fatal disease common to UK in
15th century Tetanus
Infectious fever characterized by high fever,
headache and dizziness Thrombosis
Blood clot inside blood vessel Thrush
Childhood disease characterized by spots on
mouth, lips and throat Tick fever
Rocky mountain spotted fever Toxemia of pregnancy Eclampsia Trench mouth
Painful ulcers found along gum line, Caused by
poor nutrition and poor hygiene Tussis convulsiva Whooping
cough Typhus
Infectious fever characterized high fever,
headache, and dizziness Variola
Smallpox Venesection
Bleeding Viper's dance
St. Vitus Dance Water on brain
Enlarged head 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
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