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Ablepsy
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Blindness
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| Addison's Disease |
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Severe weakness, low blood pressure |
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Ague
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Malarial Fever
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| Air-Swellings |
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Tympanites; air or gas in the intestines |
| Albuminuria |
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see Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. |
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American plague
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Yellow Fever
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Anasarca
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Generalized massive edema. Also see Dropsy.
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| Anchylosis |
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Stiff joints |
| Anidrosis |
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Too little perspiration |
| Anthrax |
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A carbuncle or boil which is larger and more painful than a normal boil. |
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Aphonia
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Laryngitis
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Apoplexy
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Paralysis due to stroke
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| Appendicitis |
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see Cholera Morbus |
| Arachnitis |
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Inflammation of the arachnoid and pia mater which are membranes located in the brain. |
| Ascites |
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Dropsy of the belly; a collection of water in the stomach. |
| Asthenia |
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Decay of strength, feebleness. |
| Asphyesia or Asphicsia |
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Cyanotic and lack of oxygen. |
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Atrophy
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Wasting away or diminishing in size
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Bad Blood
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Syphilis
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| Barber's Itch |
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Ring-worm of the beard. |
| Bibious Colic |
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Tortuous pain in the belly. |
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Bilious fever
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Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile emesis.
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Biliousness
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Jaundice associated with liver disease
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Black fever
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Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions.
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Black plague or death
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Bubonic plague
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Black pox
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Black small pox
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Black vomit
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Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or yellow fever
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Blackwater fever
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Dark urine associated with high temperature
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Blood poisoning
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Bacterial infection; septicemia
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Bloody flux
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Bloody stools
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Bloody sweats
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Sweating sickness
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| Blue Disease |
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A blue tinge over the entire body; commonly known as Cyanosis; body warmth is reduced, causing severe complications in ability to breathe, usually results in death. |
| Boanthropy |
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A rare form of insanity described in the 19th century, in which a man imagined himself to be the manifestation of an ox. |
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Bone shave
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Sciatica
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Brain fever
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Meningitis
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Breakbone
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Dengue fever
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Bright’s Disease of the Kidneys
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Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys
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| Bronchorrhea |
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A bronchial flu; known today as pneumonia. |
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Bronze John
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Yellow fever
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| Brown Tail Rash |
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An irritating, itching rash on the skin caused by small shed hairs of the gypsy moth (or it caterpillar) carried by the wind and lodging in the pores of human skin. |
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Cachexy
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Malnutrition
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Caduceus
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Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy
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| Calenture |
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Related to Yellow Fever, a disease that caused severe high fever and blood-filled vomiting. |
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Camp fever
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Typhus
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Canine Madness
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Rabies
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Canker
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Ulceration of mouth or lips or herpes simplex
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| Catarrhal |
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Associated with the common cold. Inflammation of the mucous membranes; runny nose; sinusitis. |
| Cerebritis |
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Lead poisoning |
| Chilbains |
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A painful sore or swelling on the foot or hand caused by exposure to severe cold conditions. |
| Child-Bed Fever |
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Puerpetual fever; septicemia; blood poisoning during pregnancy. |
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Chin Cough
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Whooping cough
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| Chlorosis |
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Iron deficiency anemia, see Green Sickness. |
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Cholera
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Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing
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| Cholera Infantum |
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Non contagious diarrhea of children, prevalent during hot weather; also known as summer complaint. Often caused by poorly kept meat and dairy foods. |
| Cholera Morbus |
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Nausea, abdominal cramps; often Appendicitis. |
| Clap |
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Gonorrhea. |
| Colic |
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Any type of abdominal pain or cramping. |
| Colitis |
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See Bloody-Flux or Dysentery. |
| Congestion |
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Ay collection of fluid in an organ, like your lungs. |
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Congestive chills
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Malaria
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Consumption
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Wasting away of body, usually from Tuberculosis
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| Convulsions |
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Involuntary violent muscel contrations, probably epilepsy |
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Coryza
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A cold
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Costiveness
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Constipation
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Cramp colic
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Appendicitis
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Crop sickness
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Overextended stomach
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| Croup |
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Obstruction of trachea or larynx leading to a bark-like cough |
| Crusted Tetter |
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Impetigo. |
| Cyanosis |
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Dark skin color associated with lack of oxygen in blood. Also known as Blue Disease. |
| Cystitis |
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Inflammation of the bladder |
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| Debility |
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Decay of strength of the body |
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Decrepitude
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Feebleness due to old age
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| Delirum Tremens |
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Hallucination due to alcoholism, also known as the "DT's" |
| Dentition |
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Cutting of teeth |
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Deplumation
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Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss
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| Devonshire Colic: |
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See Painter's Colic. |
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Diary fever
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A fever that lasts one day
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Diphtheria
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Contagious disease of the throat
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| Distemper, Throat |
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Diphtheria or Scarlet Fever. Symptoms included malaise, discharge from nose and throat, anorexia. |
| Dropsy |
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Abnormally large amounts of fluid in tissue or body cavities |
| Dropsy of Brain |
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Encephalitis |
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Dry Bellyache
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Lead poisoning. See Painter's Colic.
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| Dysentery |
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Inflammation of the intestines with abdominal pain |
| Dyspepsia |
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Indigestion and heatburn, often symptoms of a heart attack |
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| Edema of Lungs |
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Congestive heart failure |
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Eel thing
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Erysipelas
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| Egyptian Chlorosis |
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Hookworm. |
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Elephantiasis
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A form of leprosy
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| Enterocolitis |
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Inflammation of the intestines |
| Epidemic |
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The rapid spread of any contagious disease among many people. |
| Erysipelas |
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An infectious bacterial disease, causing bright red rash or inflammation of the skin |
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Falling sickness
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Epilepsy
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| False Measles |
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See Rose Rash. |
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Fatty liver
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Cirrhosis of liver
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| Fits |
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Sudden seizures of muscles |
| Flatulent Colic |
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See Wind Colic. |
| Flux |
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Any type of intestinal disorder, such as diarrhea or dysentery, characterized by an excessive flow or discharge of fluid, like hemorrhage. |
| Fotadl |
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Foot disease or gout. |
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French pox
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Syphilis
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Great pox
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Syphilis
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Green fever
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Anemia
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| Green Sickness |
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Also known as Chlorosis; a green tinge to the skin of a young girl going through the puberty stage. |
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Grocer’s itch
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Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour
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| Grippe or Grip |
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Influenza |
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Heart sickness
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Condition caused by loss of salt from body
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| Heat Stroke |
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Body temperature elevates because of surrounding environmental temperature. Body does not perspire to reduce the temperature. Coma and death soon occur if conditions are not reversed. |
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Hip gout
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Osteomylitis
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Horrors
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Delirium tremens
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Hydrothorax
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Dropsy in chest
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| Hydrocephalus |
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Also known as Water on the Brain, enlarged head. |
| Hydrophobia |
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Rabies. |
| Hypertropy of Heart |
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Enlarged heart. |
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| Idrosis |
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Greatly increased perspiration. |
| Inanition |
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Starvation |
| Indican in the Urine |
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Poisonous material being thrown back into the system. |
| Infantile Debility |
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See Marasmus. |
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Infantile Spinal Paralysis
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Polio
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| Interalgia |
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See Wind Colic. |
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Jail fever
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Typhus
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King’s Evil
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Scrofula, or swelling of the neck glands; Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands
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Kruchhusten
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Whooping cough
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Lagrippe
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Influenza
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| Lead Palsy |
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A sequel to Painter's Colic; muscles of the forearm are palsied from lead in the body also known in contemporary terms as "lead poisoning". |
| Lockjaw |
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Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw. If untreated, the condition is fatal within 8 days. |
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Long Sickness
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Tuberculosis
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Lues Disease
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Syphilis
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Lues Venera
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Venereal disease
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| Lumbago |
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Rheumatic pain in the back. |
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Lung fever
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Pneumonia
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Lung sickness
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Tuberculosis
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| Lying In |
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Time of the delivery of an infant. |
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Malignant sore throat
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Diphtheria
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Mania
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Insanity
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Marasmus
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Progressive wasting away of body, usually in young children.
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Membranous croup
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Diphtheria
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| Metritis |
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Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge. |
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Miasma
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Poisonous vapors thoughts to infect the air
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| Milk Crust |
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Small red, itchy pimples on the face or scalp of infants or children which eventually burst and exclude a sticky fluid forming a yellow crust. |
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Milk Fever
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Disease from drinking contaminated milk.
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| Milk Leg |
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Phlebitis or inflammation in the leg beginning two to seven weeks after giving birth. |
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Milk Sickness
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Disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonous weeds. Also known as the Trembles, a disease contracted by eating a plant which grows in level, heavily-timbered, wet oak-land (mainly in the Western States), or by eating meat wherein the animal has graved upon such plants.
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Mormal
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Gangrene
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Morphew
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Scurvy blisters on the body
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Mortification
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Gangrene of necrotic tissue
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| Mother's Marks |
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Dilation of minute blood-vessels, varying in size, the smaller being the "spider mark" |
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Myelitis
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Inflammation of the spine
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Myocarditis
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Inflammation of the heart muscles
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Necrosis
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Mortification of bones or tissue
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Nephosis
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Kidney degeneration
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Nephritis
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Inflammation of the kidneys
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Nervous prostration
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Extreme exhaustion from the inability to control physical and mental activities
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Neuralgia
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Described as discomfort, such as "headache" was neuralgia in the head
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Nostalgia
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Homesickness
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| Osmidrossis |
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Perspiration with a peculiar sell. |
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Palsy
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Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscle - often used as a cause of death
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| Paristhmitis |
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Acute inflammation of the tonsils |
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Paroxysm
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Convulsion
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| Pellagra |
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A disease caused by eating spoiled maize (corn) but could also include any type of food. Symptoms would include vomiting, diarrhea, followed by a swollen and sore tongue, and a red, ulcerated mouth, rashes throughout the body and body sores. |
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Pemphigus
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Skin disease of watery blisters
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Pericarditis
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Inflammation of the heart
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Peripneumonia
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Inflammation of the lungs.
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Peritonitis
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Inflammation of abdominal area
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| Pessary |
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A device worn in the vagina for birth control or to give support to a displaced uterus. |
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Petechial fever
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Fever characterized by skin spotting
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| Phisic |
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Medicine |
| Phlebitis |
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Tenderness or hardness of an infected vein; treatment with leeches and lotion. |
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Phitiriasis
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Lice infiltration
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Phthisis
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Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis
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| Piles |
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Hemorrhoids. |
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Plague
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An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality rate
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Pleurisy
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Any pain in the chest area with each breath
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Podagra
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Gout
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Poliomyelitis
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Polio
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Potter's asthma
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Fibroid phthisis
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| Pott’s disease |
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Tuberculosis of spine |
| Pox |
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Syphilis. |
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Puerperal fever
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Elevated temperature after giving birth to an infant
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Puerperal exhaustion
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Death due to childbirth
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Phthiriasis
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Lice infection
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Podagra
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Gout
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| Purple Disease |
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Pupura hemorrhagic; a rash of spots on the body (like freckles but different color), small, round, and bright red, which changes to a purple color or dark-red spots in irregular livid patches. |
| Putrid Fever |
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See Typhus Fever. |
| Pyemia |
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A form of blood poisoning from pus in the blood carried to various parts of the body. |
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Quinsy
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Tonsillitis
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Remitting fever
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Malaria
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| Rheumatism |
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Any disorder associated with pain in joints. |
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Rickets
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Disease of skeletal system
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Rose cold
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Hay fever
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| Rose Rash |
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"false measles" or roseola. |
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| Saint Vitus's Dance |
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Chorea; nervous disorder that creates involuntary muscular contradictions. |
| Scarlatina |
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Scarlet fever. |
| Scarlet Fever |
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Disease marked by bright red rash, high fever, and sore throat. Highly contagious. |
| Sciatica |
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Painful condition in the hip(s) or thigh(s). |
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Scirrhus
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Cancerous tumors
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Scotomy
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Dizziness, nausea and dimness of sight
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Scrivener’s palsy
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Writer’s cramp
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Screws
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Rheumatism
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| Scrofula |
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Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Progresses slowly with abscesses and fistula developing. Usually associated with younger people. See King's Evil. |
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Scrumpox
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Skin disease, impetigo
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| Scurvy |
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Lack of Vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness, spongy gums and hemorrhages under the skin. |
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Ship fever
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Typhus
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Sloes
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Milk sickness
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| Softening of Brain |
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Caused by stroke or brain hemorrhage. |
| Sore Throat Distemper |
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Diphtheria or quinsy. |
| Spasms |
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Sudden involuntary contraction of muscle or group of muscles, like a convulsion. |
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Spotted Fever
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Either typhus or meningitis
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Sprue
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Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorder and sore throat
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St. Anthony’s Fire
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Erysipelas; infectious disease with inflammation of the skin and fever.
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St. Vitas Dance
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Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex involuntary jerking movements performed involuntarily.
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Stomatitis
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Inflammation of the mouth.
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Stranger’s fever
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Yellow fever
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Swamp sickness
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Could be malaria, typhoid or encephalitis
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Sweating sickness
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Infectious and fatal disease common to the United Kingdom in the 15th century
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| Summer Complaint of Infants |
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Diarrhea, usually caused by spoiled milk. |
| Sunstroke |
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Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due to environmental heat. Lack of sodium in body a predisposing cause. |
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Thrush
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Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and throat
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| Tick Fever |
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Another name for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. |
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Trench Mouth
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Painful ulcers found along gum line; caused by poor nutrition and hygiene
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| Typhoid Fever |
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Also known as Putrid Fever or Ship Fever; contagious disease transmitted to man by the bite of fleas, lice, etc. |
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| Uremia |
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Blood in the urine. |
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Variola
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Smallpox
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Viper’s Dance
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St. Vitus Dance
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| Water-Brash |
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Pyrosis; similar to heartburn; belching of a thin, watery fluid. |
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White swelling
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Tuberculosis of the bone.
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Winter Fever
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Pneumonia
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| Womb Fever |
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Infection of the uterus. |
| Wool Starter's Disease |
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See Anthrax. |
| Worm Fever |
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Convulsions associated with teething, worms. |
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Yellow Jack or Yellow Fever
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Yellow fever, also known as Bronze John. Infectious tropical disease transmitted by a yellow fever mosquito.
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