Old Disease names and their modern definitions

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Quick reference to the medical terms used on your ancestors record of death.A -B -C -D -E -F -G -H -I -J -K -L -M -N -P -Q -R -S -T -V -W -Y -Z A TOPAblepsy - BlindnessAgue - Malarial FeverAmerican plague - Yellow feverAnasarca - Generalized massive edemaAphonia - LaryngitisAphtha - The infant disease "thrush"Apoplexy - Paralysis due to strokeAsphycsia/Asphicsia - Cyanotic and lack of oxygenAtrophy - Wasting away or diminishing in size. B TOPBad Blood - SyphilisBilious fever - Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile emesisBiliousness - Jaundice associated with liver diseaseBlack plague or death - Bubonic plagueBlack fever - Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high ortality rateBlack pox - Black Small poxBlack vomit - Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or yellow feverBlackwater fever - Dark urine associated with high temperatureBladder in throat - Diphtheria (Seen on death certificates)Blood poisoning - Bacterial infection; septicemiaBloody flux - Bloody stoolsBloody sweat - Sweating sicknessBone shave - SciaticaBrain fever - MeningitisBreakbone - Dengue feverBright's disease - Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneysBronze John - Yellow feverBule - Boil, tumor or swelling C TOPCachexy - MalnutritionCacogastric - Upset stomachCacospysy - Irregular pulseCaduceus - Subject to falling sickness or epilepsyCamp fever - Typhus; aka Camp diarrheaCanine madness - Rabies, hydrophobiaCanker - Ulceration of mouth or lips or herpes simplexCatalepsy - Seizures / trancesCatarrhal - Nose and throat discharge from cold or allergyCerebritis - Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoningChilblain - Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to coldChild bed fever - Infection following birth of a childChin cough - Whooping coughChlorosis - Iron deficiency anemiaCholera - Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughingCholera morbus - Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitisCholecystitus - Inflammation of the gall bladderCholelithiasis - Gall stonesChorea - Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancingCold plague - Ague which is characterized by chillsColic - An abdominal pain and crampingConfinement - Died of, or shortly after childbirthCongestive chills - MalariaCongestion - Any collection of fluid in an organ, like the lungsCongestive chills - Malaria with diarrheaCongestive fever - MalariaConsumption - TuberculosisCorruption - InfectionCoryza - A coldCostiveness - ConstipationCramp colic - AppendicitisCrop sickness - Overextended stomachCroup - Laryngitis, diphtheria, or strep throatCyanosis - Dark skin color from lack of oxygen in bloodCynanche - Diseases of throatCystitis - Inflammation of the bladder D TOPDay fever - Fever lasting one day; sweating sicknessDebility - Lack of movement or staying in bedDecrepitude - Feebleness due to old ageDelirium tremens - Hallucinations due to alcoholismDengue - Infectious fever endemic to East AfricaDentition - Cutting of teethDeplumation - Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair lossDiary fever - A fever that lasts one dayDiptheria - Contagious disease of the throatDistemper - Usually animal disease with malaise, discharge from nose and throat, anorexiaDock fever - Yellow feverDropsy - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart diseaseDropsy of the Brain - EncephalitisDry Bellyache - Lead poisoningDyscrasy - An abnormal body conditionDysentery - Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous and bloodDysorexy - Reduced appetiteDyspepsia - Indigestion and heartburn. Heart attack symptomsDysury - Difficulty in urination E TOPEcstasy - A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reasonEdema - Nephrosis; swelling of tissuesEdema of lungs - Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsyEel thing - ErysipelasElephantiasis - A form of leprosyEncephalitis - Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sicknessEnteric fever - Typhoid feverEnterocolitis - Inflammation of the intestinesEnteritis - Inflations of the bowelsEpitaxis - Nose bleedErysipelas - Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci with vesicular and bulbous lesionsExtravasted blood - Rupture of a blood vessel F TOPFalling sickness - EpilepsyFatty Liver - Cirrhosis of liverFits - Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activityFlux - An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like haemorrhage or diarrheaFlux of humour - CirculationFrench pox - Syphilis G TOPGathering - A collection of pusGeneral paralysis of the insane - syndrome of madness and weakness occurring in tertiary syphilis.Glandular fever - MononucleosisGreat pox - SyphilisGreen fever / sickness - AnemiaGrippe/grip - Influenza like symptomsGrocer's itch - Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour H TOPHectical complaint - Recurrent feverHematemesis - Vomiting bloodHematuria - Bloody urineHemiplegy - Paralysis of one side of bodyHip gout - OsteomylitisHorrors - Delirium tremensHydrocephalus - Enlarged head, water on the brainHydropericardium - Heart dropsyHydrophobia - RabiesHydrothroax - Dropsy in chestHypertrophic - Enlargement of organ, like the heart I TOPImpetigo - Contagious skin disease characterized by pustulesInanition - Physical condition resulting from lack of foodInfantile paralysis - PolioIntestinal colic - Abdominal pain due to improper diet J TOPJail fever - TyphusJaundice - Condition caused by blockage of intestines K TOPKing's evil - Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glandsKruchhusten - Whooping cough L TOPLagrippe - InfluenzaLaryngismus Stridulus - Spasmodic croupLockjaw - Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw. Untreated, it is fatal in 8 daysLong sickness - TuberculosisLues disease - SyphilisLues venera - Venereal diseaseLumbago - Back painLung fever - PneumoniaLung sickness - TuberculosisLying in - Time of delivery of infant M TOPMalignant sore throat - DiphtheriaMania - InsanityMarasmus - Progressive wasting away of body, like malnutritionMembranous Croup - DiphtheriaMeningitis - Inflations of brain or spinal cordMetritis - Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal dischargeMiasma - Poisonous vapors thought to infect the airMilk fever - Disease from drinking contaminated milk, like undulant fever or brucellosisMilk leg - Post partum thrombophlebitisMilk sickness - Disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonous weedsMormal - GangreneMorphew - Scurvy blisters on the bodyMortification - Gangrene of necrotic tissueMyelitis - Inflammation of the spineMyocarditis - Inflammation of heart muscles N TOPNecrosis - Mortification of bones or tissueNephrosis - Kidney degenerationNepritis - Inflammation of kidneysNervous prostration - Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and mental activitiesNeuralgia - Described as discomfort, such as "Headache" was neuralgia in headNostalgia - Homesickness P TOPPalsy - Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles. It was listed as "Cause of death"Paroxysm - ConvulsionPemphigus - Skin disease of watery blistersPericarditis - Inflammation of heartPeripneumonia - Inflammation of lungsPeritonotis - Inflammation of abdominal areaPetechial Fever - Fever characterized by skin spottingPuerperal exhaustion - Death due to child birthPhthiriasis - Lice infestationPhthisis - Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosisPiles - HemorrhoidsPlague - An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality ratePleurisy - Any pain in the chest area with each breathPodagra - GoutPoliomyelitis - Polio Potter's asthma - Fibroid pthisisPott's disease - Tuberculosis of spinePuerperal exhaustion - Death due to childbirthPuerperal fever - Elevated temperature after giving birth to an infantPuking fever - Milk sicknessPutrid fever - Diphtheria. Q TOPQuinsy - Tonsillitis. R TOPRemitting fever - MalariaRheumatism - Any disorder associated with pain in jointsRickets - Disease of skeletal systemRose cold - Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergyRubeola - German measles S TOPSanguineous crust - ScabScarlatina - Scarlet feverScarlet fever - A disease characterized by red rashScarlet rash - RoseolaSciatica - Rheumatism in the hipsScirrhus - Cancerous tumorsScotomy - Dizziness, nausea and dimness of sightScrivener's palsy - Writer's crampScrews - RheumatismScrofula - Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Progresses slowly with abscesses and pistulas develop. Young person's diseaseScrumpox - Skin disease, impetigoScurvy - Lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness, spongy gums and hemorrhages under skinSepticemia - Blood poisoningShakes - Delirium tremensShaking - Chills, agueShingles - Viral disease with skin blistersShip fever - TyphusSiriasis - Inflammation of the brain due to sun exposureSloes - Milk sicknessSmall pox - Contagious disease with fever and blistersSoftening of brain - Result of stroke or hemorrhage in the brain, with an end result of the tissue softening in that areaSore throat distemper - Diphtheria or quinsySpanish influenza - Epidemic influenzaSpasms - Sudden involuntary contraction of muscle or group of muscles, like a convulsionSpina bifida - Deformity of spineSpotted fever - Either typhus or meningitisSprue - Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore throatSt. Anthony's fire - Also erysipelas, but named so because of affected skin areas are bright red in appearanceSt. Vitas dance - Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex jerking movements performed involuntarilyStomatitis - Inflammation of the mouthStranger's fever - Yellow feverStrangery - RuptureSudor anglicus - Sweating sicknessSummer complaint - Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milkSunstroke - Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due to environment heat. Lack of sodium in the body is a predisposing causeSwamp sickness - Could be malaria, typhoid or encephalitisSweating sickness - Infectious and fatal disease common to UK in 15th century T TOPTetanus - Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache and dizzinessThrombosis - Blood clot inside blood vesselThrush - Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and throatTick fever - Rocky mountain spotted feverToxemia of pregnancy - EclampsiaTrench mouth - Painful ulcers found along gum line, Caused by poor nutrition and poor hygieneTussis convulsiva - Whooping coughTyphus - Infectious fever characterized high fever, headache, and dizziness V TOPVariola - SmallpoxVenesection - BleedingViper's dance - St.Vitus Dance W TOPWater on brain - Enlarged headWhite swelling - Tuberculosis of the boneWinter fever - PneumoniaWomb fever - Infection of the uterus.Worm fit - Convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevated temperature or diarrhea Y TOPYellowjacket - Yellow feverTechnical Questions/Comments on Site

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Old disease names and their modern definitions. Quick reference to the medical terms used on your ancestors record of death.

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