Ablepsy- Blindness
Addison's Disease- Symptoms are weakness, weight loss low blood pressure gastrointestinal distress as well as a brownish skin pigmentation.
Aglutition- found in records of colonial deaths…the inability to swallow.
Ague- Malaria Fever
American Plague- Yellow Fever
Anasarca- Massive Edema
Ancome- an ulcerous swelling or boil.
Aphonia- Laryngitis
Aphtha- Thrush(infant disease)
Apoplexy- The paralysis caused by a stroke
Asphycsia/Asphicsia- Cyanotic and lack of oxygen
Asthenia- lack of movement…bed-fast
Atrophy- wasting away or diminishing in size
Bad Blood- Syphilis
Barrel Fever- Sickness associated with drinking alcoholic beverages.
Bilious Fever- Jaundice caused by liver disease
Black Jaundice- disease cause by contact with infected rat's urine.
Black Lung- Disease caused by inhaling of coal dust.
Black plague or Black Death- Bubonic plague
Black Fever- Acute infection associated with high fever and darks skin lesions and in most cases death
Black Pox- Black Small Pox
Black Vomit- caused by ulcers or yellow fever
Blackwater Fever- Dark urine associated with Fever
Bladder in throat- Diphtheria
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 inflammation of the kidneys
Bronchial Asthma- Breathing disorder with spasming of bronchial tubes wheezing and difficulty breathing outward. May also be accompanied by coughing and tightness in chest.
Bronze John- Yellow Fever
Bule- swelling usually associated with tumor or boil
Cachexy- Malnutrition
Cacogastric- upset stomach
Cacospysy- irregular pulse
Caduceus- epilepsy or falling sickness
Camp Fever- Typhus; aka camp diarrhea
Canine Madness- Rabies; hydrophobia
Carditis- Inflammation of the heart wall.
Canker- ulcers of the mouth of herpes simplex
Catalepsy- Seizures/trances
Catarrhal- Nose or throat discharge from cold or allergy
Cerebritis- Inflammationof the cerebrum or lead poisoning
Chilblain- Swelling of the arms or legs due to extreme exposure to cold temp
Child Bed Fever- Infection following birth of a child
Chin cough- Whooping cough
Chlorosis- anemia(iron deficiency)
Cholera- Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing
Cholera morbus- adominal cramps nausea fever(somes appendicitis is called this)
Cholecystotis- Inflammation of the gall bladder
Cholelithiasis- Gall stones
Chorea- convultion and dancing are symptoms of this disease
Cold Plague- Ague with chills
Colic- abdominal pain and cramping
Commotion- Concussion
Congestive Chills- Malaria with loose diarrhea
Consumption- Tuberculosis
Congestion- any build up of fluid in an organ(usually lungs)
Congestive fever- Malaria
Corruption- Infection
Coryza- a cold
Costiveness- Constipation
Cramp colic- Appendicitis
Crop sickness- verextended stomach
Croup- laryngitis, diphtheria or strep throat
Cyanosis- Dark skin color due to lack of oxygen in the blood
Cynanche- Disease of the throat
Cystitis- Inflammation of the Bladder
Day Fever- Fever lasting one day; sweating sickness
Debility- Lack of movement or staying in bed
Decrepitude- Feebleness due to old age
Delirium tremens- Hallucinations due to alcoholism
Dengue- Infectious fever (primarily found in East Africa)
Dentition- Cutting of Teeth
Deplumation- Tumor of the eyelids(causes hair loss)
Diary Fever- A fever that lasts one day
Diptheria - Contagious disease of the throat
Distemper- usually an animal disease symptoms are malaise, nose and throat discharge and anorexia
Dock Fever- Yellow Fever
Domestic Illness- a "nice" way of saying mental breakdown, depression or other illness which renders its victim housebound and most times in need of medical support.
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, convultions during labor
Ecstasy- A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason
Edema- Nephrosis; swelling of tissue
Edema of lungs- Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy
Eel thing- Erysipelas
Elephantiasis- a form of Leprosy
Encephalitis- swelling of brain also known as sleeping sickness
Enteric Fever- Typhoid Fever
Enteritis- Inflammation of the bowels
Enterocolitis- Inflammation of the intestines
Epitaxis- Nose bleed
Erysipelas- Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci with lesions
Excrescense- disfiguring outgrowth of skin.
Extraverted blood- Rupture of a blood vessel
Falling sickness- Epilepsy
Fatty Liver- Cirrhosis of the 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
Galloping Consumption- Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Gathering- a collection of pus
Glandular Fever- Mononucleosis
Goiter- non-cancerous enlargement of thyroid glands associated with iodine deficiency
Gout- Painful inflammation, usually of the joints in the hands or feet and is found mostly in males
Gravel- Kidney Stones
Graves Disease- Disorder of the Thyroid Gland
Great pox- Syphilis
Green Fever or Green Sickness- anemia
Grippe/Grip- Influenza like symptoms
Grocer’s Itch- skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour
Heart Sickness- condition cause by sodium deficiency
Heat stroke- Body temp. elevates because of environment and body does not perspire to reduce temp
Hectical Complaint- Recurrent fever
Hematemesis- Vomiting blood
Hematuria- Bloody urine
Hemiplegy- Paralysis of one side of the body
Hip Gout- Osteomylitis
Horrors- Delirium Tremens
Hydrocephalus- enlarged head, water on the brain
Hydro pericardium- Heart dropsy
Hydrophobia- Rabies
Hydrothorax- 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- Polo
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- A sympton of Tetanus(which see)
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- Progessive 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
Milk Leg- Postpartum 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
Narrowchestedness- emphysema
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 Neuralgia in head….(headache)
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
Phrenitis- at one time inflammation of the brain with fever and delirium: later inflammation of the diaphragm
Phthiriasis- Lice infestation
Phthisis- Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis
Pityriasis Rosea- skin condition usually mild and sometimes is confused with ringworm
Plague- 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; Fibroid pthisis
Pott’s Disease- Tuberculosis of spine
Pox - Syphilis
Protein Disease- Once a common childhood disease that caused the kidneys to leak protein; Secondary allergic reaction to some kinds of Strep Infections.
Puerperal exhaustion- Death due to child birth
Puerperal Fever- Fever after giving birth
Puking Fever- Milk Sickness
Putrid Fever- Diphtheria
Pyaemia- Blood-poisoning caused by pus-forming bacteria released from an abscess.
Quinsy-Tonsillitis
Remitting Fever- Malaria
Rheumatism- any disorder associated with pain in the joints
Rickets- disease of the skeletal system
Rose Cold- Hay Fever or allergy symptoms
Rubella- 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 and usually found in a young person)
Scrumpox- Skin disease impetigo
Scurvy- Lack of vitamin C symptoms are spongy gums, weakness, 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
Spanish Influenza- Epidemic Influenza
Spina Bifida- Deformity of the spine
Spotted Fever- Either typhus or meningitis
Sprue- Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sores in the throat
St. Anthony’s Fire- characterized by bright red areas of skin
St. Vitas Dance- Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex involuntary jerking movements
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- elevated temperature due to environment as well as sodium deficiency
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 and "lockjaw". Untreated, it is fatal in 8 days
Thrombosis- Blood clot inside the blood vessel
Thrush- spots on the mouth lips and throat (usually in infants)
Tick Fever- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Toxemia of Pregnancy- Eclampsia
Trench Mouth- Painful ulcers found on gum line, caused by poor nutrition and poor hygiene
Tussis convulsive- Whooping cough
Typhus- Infectious fever characterized high fever, headache and dizziness
Variola- Smallpox
Venesection- Bleeding
Viper’s Dance- St. Virus Dance
Water on Brain- Enlarged head(hydrocephalus)
White Plague- Tuberculosis
White Swelling- Tuberculosis of the bone
Whitlow--a boil or ulcerous swelling
Wiel's Disease- Disease passed by contact with the urine of infected Rats.
Winter Fever- Pneumonia
Womb Fever- Infection of the Uterus
Worm Fit- Convulsions associated with worms, teething, high fever and diarrhea
Yellowjacket-Yellow Fever
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