MEDICAL TERMS

AGUE  -  Malarial Fever

ADDISON'S DISEASE -  anemic condition caused by kidney disease

APOPLEXY - stroke

BAD BLOOD - Syphilis

BRAIN FEVER - Meningitis

BRIGHTS DISEASE - kidney disease

BLOODY FLUX - dysentery

CATARRH - inflamatory affection of a mucous membrane, expecially the nose and air passages

CHILD BED FEVER - Infection following birth of a child

CHOREA - (St. Vitus' Dance) - disease characterized by convulsions & contortions

CONGESTVE FEVER - malaria

CONSUMPTION - tuberculosis

CROUP - laryngitis, diphtheria, or strep throat

DIPTHERIA - contagious disease of the throat

DROPSY - edema, congestive heart failure

DYSENTERY - Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous and blood

ENTERITIS - inflammation of bowels

FALLING SICKNESS - epilepsy

GLANDULAR FEVER - Mononucleosis

GRAVE'S DISEASE - disorder of the thyroid gland

GRIPPE - influenza

GROCER'S ITCH - Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour

INFANTILE PARALYSIS - polio

LUES - syphilis

LUNG FEVER - Pneumonia

LUNG SICKNESS  -  tuberculosis

MALIGNANT SORE THROAT  -  diphtheria

MANIA - Insanity

MEMBRANOUS CROUP - marked by a hoarse, ringing cough, it could bring on death if the membrane blocked the trachea.

MILK SICKNESS  -  disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonous weeds

MORMAL - Gangrene

PALSY - paralysis or loss of muscle control

PUERPERAL EXHAUSTION - Death due to child birth

PODAGRA -  gout

PUERPERAL FEVER  -  elevated temperature after giving birth to an infant

QUINSY - Severe attack of tonsilitis which resulted in abscess near the tonsils

RHEUMATISM  -  any disorder associated with pain in joints

SEPTICEMIA - blood poisoning

SHIP FEVER  -  typhus

ST. VITAS DANCE - Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex jerking movements performed involuntary

SUMMER COMPLAINT - Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milk

THRUSH  -  childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and throat

TRENCH MOUTH  -  painful ulcers found along gum line, caused by poor nutrition and poor hygiene

TYPHUS  -  infectious fever characterized high fever, headache, and dizziness

WINTER FEVER - Pneumonia

WOMB FEVER  -  infection of the uterus

YELLOW JACKET  -  yellow fever