| Name
|
What was it? |
| Ablepsy |
Blindness |
| Ague |
Malarial Fever |
| American plague |
Yellow fever |
| Anasarca |
General massive
edema |
| Aphonia |
Laryngitis |
| Aphtha |
Infant disease
"thrush" |
| Apoplexy |
Paralysis from
stroke |
| Asphycsia/Asphicsia |
Cyanotic ( lack
of oxygen ) |
| Atrophy |
Wasting away |
| Bad Blood |
Syphilis |
| Bilious fever |
Typhoid,
malaria, hepatitis or high temperature and bile emesis |
| Biliousness |
Jaundice from
liver disease |
| Black plague or death |
Bubonic plague |
| Black fever |
Acute infection
with high temperature and dark red skin lesions, high mortality
rate |
| Black pox |
Black Small pox |
| Black vomit |
Vomiting
black blood due to ulcers or yellow fever |
| Blackwater fever |
Dark urine 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 or Camp
diarrhea |
| Canine madness |
Rabies,
hydrophobia |
| Canker |
Ulceration of
mouth or lips or herpes simplex |
| Catalepsy |
Seizures or
trances |
| Catarrhal |
Nose and throat
discharge from cold or allergy |
| Cerebritis |
Inflammation of
cerebrum or lead poisoning |
| Chilblain |
Swelling of
extremities from exposure to cold |
| Child bed fever |
Infection
following child birth |
| 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
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, staying in bed |
| Decrepitude |
Feebleness from
old age |
| Delirium tremens |
Hallucinations
due to alcoholism |
| Dengue |
Infectious
fever endemic to East Africa |
| Dentition |
Cutting of
teeth |
| Deplumation |
Tumor of the
eyelids causing 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 or sleeping sickness |
| Enteric fever |
Typhoid fever |
| Enterocolitis |
Inflammation of
the intestines |
| Enteritis |
Inflations of
the bowels |
| Epistaxis |
Nose bleed |
| Erysipelas |
Contagious skin
disease, from 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 |
| King's evil |
Tuberculosis of
neck and lymph glands |
| 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 with by pustules |
| Inanition |
Physical
condition resulting from lack of food |
| Infantile paralysis |
Polio |
| Intestinal colic |
Abdominal pain
from improper diet |
| Jail fever |
Typhus |
| Jaundice |
Condition
caused by blockage of intestines |
| 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
with watery blisters |
| Pericarditis |
Inflammation of
heart |
| Peripneumonia |
Inflammation of
lungs |
| Peritonotis |
Inflammation of
abdominal area |
| Petechial Fever |
Fever with skin
spotting |
| Puerperal exhaustion |
Death from
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 |
PolioPotter's
asthma |
| Pott's disease |
Tuberculosis of
spine |
| Puerperal exhaustion |
Death from
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 |
Children's
disease |
| Rubeola |
German measles |
| Sanguineous crust |
Scab |
| Scarlatina |
Scarlet fever |
| Scarlet fever |
A disease with
a 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
developing. Usually occurs in the young. |
| Scrumpox |
Skin disease,
impetigo |
| Scurvy |
Lack of vitamin
C. Symptoms of weakness, spongy gums, hemmoraging under skin. |
| Septicemia |
Blood poisoning
Shakes |
| Shaking |
Chills, ague |
| Shingles |
Viral disease
with skin blisters |
| Ship fever |
Typhus |
| Siriasis |
Inflammation of
the brain from exposure to the sun |
| 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 with 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 environmental 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 with high fever, headache and dizziness |
| Thrombosis |
Blood clot
inside blood vessel Thrush |
| 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 with 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, high temperature or diarrhea |
| Yellowjacket |
Yellow fever. |
