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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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