Old Diseases
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. Asphycsia/Asphicsia =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 or death = 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 inflammatory 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 or staying in bed 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 Dysorexy = Reduced appetite of mucous and blood 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 vesicular 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 / sickness = 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. Coma and death result if not reversed 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. It was listed as "Cause of death" 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 Puerperal exhaustion Death due to child birth 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 = Fibroid pthisis 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 fistulas 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 Softening 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 muscles, like a convulsion Spina bifida = Deformity of spine Spotted fever = Either typhus or meningitis Sprue = Tropical disease characterized by intestinaldisorders 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