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Ablepsy - Blindness Ague - CW term for Malarial Fever American plague - Yellow fever........ Anasarca - Term for generalized massive edema... Aphonia - Laryngitis Aphtha - Term for the infant disease "thrush"... Apoplexy - Term for paralysis due to stroke...... Asphyesia/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 Fever - Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate Black Plague/Black Death - Bubonic Plague Black Pox - Black Small Pox Black Vomit - Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers Black fever - Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate Black plague/Black death - Bubonic plague Blackwater Fever - Dark urine associated with high 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 inflammatory disease of kidneys..... Bule Boil - Tumor or swelling....... Cachexy - Malnutrition...... Cagogastric - Upset stomach Cadudeus - Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy..... Canine Madness - Rabies, hydrophobia....... Canker - Ulceration of mouth or lips or herpes simplex Catalepsy - Seizures or trances Catarrhal - Nose and throat discarge due to cold or allergis.... 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...... Cholecystitus - of the gall bladder......... Cholelithiasis - Gall stones......... Cholera - Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing Cholera mrbus - Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, elevated temperature.....Could also be appendicitis...... Chorea - Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancing...... Cold plague - Ague characterized by chills........ Colic - An abdominal pain and cramping............ Congestion - Any collection of fluid in an organ, ie: lungs.... Congestive chills - Malaria with diarrhea...... Congestive fever - Malaria.......... Coryza - Common cold................ Costiveness - Constapation............. Cramp colic -Appendicitis........... Crop sickness - verextended stomach Croup - Laryngitis -Diptheria or strep throat...... Cyanosis - Dark skin color from lack of ozygen in blood...... Cynanche - Diseases of the throat.......... Cystitis - Inflammation of the bladder.......... D.O.W. - Abbreviation for "Died Of Wounds" Day Fever - Fever lasting one day; sweating sickness Debility - Weakness; lack of movement; staying in bed Decriptitude - Feebleness due to old age......... Delirium tremens - Hallucinations due to alcoholism........ Dengue fever - Infectious fever endemic to East Africa Dentition - Cutting of teeth........... Deplumation - Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss..... Diary Fever - 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, often caused by kidney disease........ Dropsy of the Brain - Encephalitis............. Dry Bellyache - Lead poisoning............ Dyscrasy - Abnormal body condition........ Dysentery - Inflammatioin of colon with frequent passage.............. Dysorexy - Reduced appetite, due to mucous and blood Dyspepsia - Indigestion and/or heartburn........... 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, a skin disease Elephantiasis - A form of leprosy........ Encephalitis - Swelling of brain; sleeping sickness....... Enteric Fever - Typhoid fever.......... Enteritis - Inflation of the bowels........ Enterocolitis - Inflammation of the intestines........ 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 - Excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea.... Glandular Fever - Mononucleosis...... Great Pox - Syphilis........... Green fever/Green sickness - Anemia..... Gripe - Influenza 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 the body Hip Gout - Osteomylitis......... Hydrocephalus - Enlarged head, water on the brain........ Hydropericardium - Heart dropsy.......... Hydrophobia - Rabies........ Hydrothroax/Hydrothorax - Dropsy in the chest..... Hypertrophic - Enlargement of organ...ie: heart....... Impetigo - Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules Impetigo - Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules Intestinal colic - Abdominal pain due to improper diet Jail fever - Typhus...... Jaundice - Condition caused by blockage of intestines... Characterized by yellowing of skin color..... Lagrippe - Influenza...aka grip, grippe, gripe Lockjaw - Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the the muscles of the neck and jaw.....Untreated can be fatal within 8 days..... Long sickness/Lung sickness - Tuberculosis.... Lues Disease - Syphilis....... Lues Venera - Venereal disease... Lumbago - Back pain....... Lung fever - Pneumonia...... Lying in - Time of delivery of infant.......... Malignant sore throat - Diphtheria..... Mania - Insanity...... Marasmus - Progressive wasting away of the body..ie: malnutrition.... Meningitis - Inflammation of brain or spinal cord........ Metritis - Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge........ Miasma - Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air..... Milk Leg - Post partum thrombophelebitis..... Milk fever - Disease from drinking contaminated milk, ie: undulant fever or brucellosis....... Milk sickness - Disease 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..... Nephrosis - Kidney degeneration Nepritis - Inflammation of kidneys....... Nervous Prostration - Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and mental activities.... Neuralgia - Discomfort...such as headache, "neuralgia of the head"...... Nostalgia - Homesickness.... Noxious effluvia - A medical term for camps odors that doctors believed could make soldiers ill. Palsy - Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles...Was often listed as "cause of death".... Paroxysm - Convulsion Pemphigus - Skin disease of watery blisters...... Pericarditis - Inflammation of heart........ Peripneumonia - Inflammation of lungs..... Peritonitis/Peritonotis - Inflammation of abdominal area........ Petechial fever - Fever characterized by spotting of the skin.... Phthiriasis - Lice infestation..... Phthisis Chronic - Wasting away; also another name for tuberculosis.... Plague - Acute febrile, highly infectious disease with high mortality rate Pleurisy - Affects chest area resulting in pain with each breath..... Podagra - Gout.... Poliomyelitis - Polio, Infantile paralysis... Pott's Disease -Tuberculosis of the spine Potter's Asthma - Fibroid pthisis.... Puerperal Exhaustion - Death due to childbirth.... Puerperal fever - Elevated temperature after giving birth Puking fever - Milk sickness....... Putrid fever – Diphtheria Quinine/Old Quinine - Soldiers' derogatory nickname for a doctor Quinine and whiskey - A drink used and administered as a tonic. hospitalized soldiers became very familiar with it. Ouinsy - Tonsillitis...... Remitting fever - Malaria... Rheumatism - Any disorder associated with pain in joints..... Rickets Disease - Affects skeletal system.... Rose Cold - Hay fever or nasal symptoms of allergies.... Rotanny Fever - Evidently a childhood disease, but so far have found no further info Rubeola - German measles...... Sanguinous Crust - Scab Scarlatina - Scarlett fever..... Scarlet Fever - Disease characterized by high fever and a red rash Scarlet Rash - Roseola.... Sciatica - Rheumatism in the hips..... Scirrhus - Cancerous tumors.... Scotomy - Dizziness, nausea and dimness of sight..... Screws - Rheumatism..... Scrivener's palsy - Writer's cramp Scrofula - Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands...Usually found in young people.... Scrumpox - Skin disease, impetigo.... Scurvy - Lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness, spongy gums and hemorrhages under the 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 the brain - Result of stroke or hemorrhage in the brain, with an end result of the tissue softening in that area.... Spasms - Sudden involuntary contraction of muscle or group of muscles, like a convulsion Spotted Fever - Typhus or meningitis..... St. Anthony's Fire - Also Erysipelas, but so named because affected skin areas are bright red in appearance.... St. Vitus Dance - Ceaseless occurance of rapid, complex jerking movements performed involuntarily.... Stomatitis - Inflammation of the mouth..... Stranger's Fever - Yellow fever...... Sudor Anglicus - Sweating sickness..... Summer Complaint - Diarrhea, usually in infants due to spoiled milk.. Sunstroke - Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due to environment heat. Lack of sodium in the body is a perdisposing cause..... Swamp Sickness - Malaria, typhoid or encephalitis..... Tetanus - Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache and dizziness... 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 by high fever, headache and dizziness.... Variola - Smallpox Venesection - Bleeding Viper's Dance - St. Vitus Dance Water on the 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 |