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