| Explanation
of Diseases
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
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; 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
Devil's
Grip - Pleurisy / bronchitis
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
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
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 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. |