| 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 sweat |
Sweating sickness |
| Bone shave |
Sciatica |
| Brain fever |
Meningitis |
| Breakbone |
Dengue fever |
| 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 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 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 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 |
| 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 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 involuntarily |
| 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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