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Ablepsy
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Blindness
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| Addison's Disease |
Severe weakness, low blood pressure |
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Ague
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Malarial Fever
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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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Aphonia
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Laryngitis
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Apoplexy
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Paralysis due to stroke
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| Asthenia |
Decay of strength, feebleness |
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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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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 and high rate
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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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| Boanthropy |
Rare form of insanity described in 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
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Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys
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Bronze John
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Yellow fever
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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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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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| Catarrh |
Associated with the common cold. An inflammation of the mucous membranes; runny nose; sinusitis |
| Cerebritis |
Lead poisoning |
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Chin cough
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Whooping cough
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| Chlorosis |
Iron deficiency anemia |
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Cholera
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Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing
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| Cholera Infantum |
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 |
Nausea, abdominal cramps; often appendicitis |
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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 |
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 |
Obstruction of trachea or larynx leading to a bark-like cough |
| Cystitis |
Inflammation of the bladder |
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| Debility |
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 |
Hallucination due to alcoholism, also known as the "DT's" |
| Dentition |
Cutting of teeth |
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Deplumation
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Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss
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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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| Dropsy |
Abnormally large amounts of fluid in tissue or body cavities |
| Dropsy of Brain |
Encephalitis |
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Dry Bellyache
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Lead poisoning
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| Dysentery |
Inflammation of the intestines with abdominal pain |
| Dyspepsia |
Indigestion and heatburn, often symptoms of a heart attack |
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| Edema of Lungs |
Congestive heart failure |
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Eel thing
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Erysipelas
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Elephantiasis
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A form of leprosy
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| Enterocolitis |
Inflammation of the intestines |
| Erysipelas |
Infectious bacterial discease, causing brght red rash or inflammation of the skin |
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Falling sickness
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Epilepsy
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Fatty liver
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Cirrhosis of liver
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| Fits |
Sudden seizures of muscles |
| Fotadl |
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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Grocer’s itch
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Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour
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| Grippe or Grip |
Influenza |
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Heart sickness
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Condition caused by loss of salt from body
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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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| Hypertropy of Heart |
Enlarged heart |
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| Inanition |
Starvation |
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Infantile paralysis
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Polio
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Jail fever
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Typhus
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King’s evil
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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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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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Lung fever
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Pneumonia
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Lung sickness
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Tuberculosis
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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
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Membranous croup
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Diphtheria
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Miasma
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Poisonous vapors thoughts to infect the air
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Milk fever
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Disease from drinking contaminated milk
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Milk sickness
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Disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonous weeds
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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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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 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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Palsy
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Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscle - often used as a cause of death
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| Paristhmitis |
Acute inflammation of the tonsils |
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Paroxysm
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Convulsion
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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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| Peritonotis |
Inflammation of the abdonimal area |
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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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Petechial fever
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Fever characterized by skin spotting
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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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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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Puerpal exhaustion
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Death due to child birth
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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 child birth
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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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Pott’s disease
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Tuberculosis of spine
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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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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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| Scarlatina |
Scarlet fever |
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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 |
See King's Evil |
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Scrumpox
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Skin disease, impetigo
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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 |
Caused by stroke or brain hemorrhage |
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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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Affected skin areas are bright red
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St. Vitas Dance
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Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex involuntary jerking movements
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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 |
Diarrhea, usually caused by spoiled milk |
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Thrush
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Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and throat
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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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Variola
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Smallpox
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Viper’s Dance
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St. Vitus Dance
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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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Yellowjacket
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Yellow fever
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