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Ablepsy |
Blindness |
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Ague |
Malarial Fever |
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American Plague |
Yellow fever |
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Anasarca |
Generalized massive edema |
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Aphonia |
Laryngitis |
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Aphtha |
The infant disease thrush |
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Apoplexy |
Paralysis due to stroke |
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Asphycsia/Asphicsia |
Cyanotic and lack of oxygen |
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Atrophy |
Wasting away or diminishing in size. |
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Bad Blood |
Syphilis |
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Bilious Fever |
Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile emesis |
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Biliousness |
Jaundice associated with liver disease |
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Black Plague or Death |
Bubonic plague |
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Black Fever |
Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate |
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Black Pox |
Black Small pox |
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Black Vomit |
Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or yellow fever |
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Blackwater Fever |
Dark urine associated with high temperature |
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Bladder in Throat |
Diphtheria (Seen on death certificates) |
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Blood Poisoning |
Bacterial infection; septicemia |
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Bloody Flux |
Bloody stools |
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Bloody Sweat |
Sweating sickness |
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Bone Shave |
Sciatica |
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Brain Fever |
Meningitis |
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Breakbone |
Dengue fever |
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Bright's Disease |
Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys |
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Bronze John |
Yellow fever |
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Bule |
Boil, tumor or swelling |
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Cachexy |
Malnutrition |
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Cacogastric |
Upset stomach |
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Cacospysy |
Irregular pulse |
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Caduceus |
Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy |
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Camp Fever |
Typhus; aka Camp diarrhea |
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Canine Madness |
Rabies, hydrophobia |
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Canker |
Ulceration of mouth or lips or herpes simplex |
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Catalepsy |
Seizures / trances |
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Catarrhal |
Nose and throat discharge from cold or allergy |
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Cerebritis |
Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoning |
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Chilblain |
Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to cold |
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Child Bed Fever |
Infection following birth of a child |
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Chin Cough |
Whooping cough |
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Chlorosis |
Iron deficiency anemia |
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Cholera |
Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing |
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Cholera Morbus |
Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitis |
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Cholecystitus |
Inflammation of the gall bladder |
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Cholelithiasis |
Gall stones |
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Chorea |
Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancing |
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Cold Plague |
Ague which is characterized by chills |
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Colic |
An abdominal pain and cramping |
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Congestive Chills |
Malaria |
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Consumption |
Tuberculosis |
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Congestion |
Any collection of fluid in an organ, like the lungs |
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Congestive Chills |
Malaria with diarrhea |
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Congestive Fever |
Malaria |
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Corruption |
Infection |
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Coryza |
A cold |
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Costiveness |
Constipation |
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Cramp Colic |
Appendicitis |
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Crop Sickness |
Overextended stomach |
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Croup |
Laryngitis, diphtheria, or strep throat |
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Cyanosis |
Dark skin color from lack of oxygen in blood |
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Cynancie |
Diseases of throat |
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Cystitis |
Inflammation of the bladder |
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Day Fever |
Fever lasting one day; sweating sickness |
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Debility |
Lack of movement or staying in bed |
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Decrepitude |
Feebleness due to old age |
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Delirium Tremens |
Hallucinations due to alcoholism |
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Dengue |
Infectious fever endemic to East Africa |
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Dentition |
Cutting of teeth |
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Deplumation |
Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss |
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Diary Fever |
A fever that lasts one day |
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Diptheria |
Contagious disease of the throat |
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Distemper |
Usually animal disease with malaise, discharge from nose and throat, anorexia |
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Dock Fever |
Yellow fever |
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Dropsy |
Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease |
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Dropsy of the Brain |
Encephalitis |
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Dry Bellyache |
Lead poisoning |
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Dyscrasy |
An abnormal body condition |
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Dysentery |
Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous and blood |
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Dysorexy |
Reduced appetite |
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Dyspepsia |
Indigestion and heartburn. Heart attack symptoms |
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Dysury |
Difficulty in urination |
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Eclampsy |
Symptoms of epilepsy, convulsions during labor |
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Ecstasy |
A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason |
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Edema |
Nephrosis; swelling of tissues |
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Edema of Lungs |
Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy |
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Eel thing |
Erysipelas |
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Elephantiasis |
A form of leprosy |
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Encephalitis |
Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sickness |
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Enteric Fever |
Typhoid fever |
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Enterocolitis |
Inflammation of the intestines |
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Enteritis |
Inflations of the bowels |
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Epitaxis |
Nose bleed |
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Erysipelas |
Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci with vesicular and bulbous lesions |
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Extravasted Blood |
Rupture of a blood vessel |
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Falling Sickness |
Epilepsy |
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Fatty Liver |
Cirrhosis of liver |
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Fits |
Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity |
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Flux |
An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea |
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Flux of Humour |
Circulation |
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French Pox |
Syphilis |
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Gathering |
A collection of pus |
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Glandular Fever |
Mononucleosis |
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Great Pox |
Syphilis |
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Green Fever / Sickness |
Anemia |
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Grippe/Grip |
Influenza like symptoms |
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Grocer's Itch |
Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour |
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Heart Sickness |
Condition caused by loss of salt from body |
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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 |
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King's Evil |
Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands |
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Hectical Complaint |
Recurrent fever |
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Hematemesis |
Vomiting blood |
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Hematuria |
Bloody urine |
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Hemiplegy |
Paralysis of one side of body |
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Hip Gout |
Osteomylitis |
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Horrors |
Delirium tremens |
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Hydrocephalus |
Enlarged head, water on the brain |
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Hydropericardium |
Heart dropsy |
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Hydrophobia |
Rabies |
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Hydrothroax |
Dropsy in chest |
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Hypertrophic |
Enlargement of organ, like the heart |
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Impetigo |
Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules |
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Inanition |
Physical condition resulting from lack of food |
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Infantile Paralysis |
Polio |
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Intestinal Colic |
Abdominal pain due to improper diet |
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Jail Fever |
Typhus |
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Jaundice |
Condition caused by blockage of intestines |
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Kruchhusten |
Whooping cough |
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Lagrippe |
Influenza |
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Lockjaw |
Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw. Untreated, it is fatal in 8 days |
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Long Sickness |
Tuberculosis |
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Lues Disease |
Syphilis |
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Lues Venera |
Venereal disease |
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Lumbago |
Back pain |
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Lung Fever |
Pneumonia |
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Lung Sickness |
Tuberculosis |
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Lying In |
Time of delivery of infant |
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Malignant Sore Throat |
Diphtheria |
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Mania |
Insanity |
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Marasmus |
Progressive wasting away of body, like malnutrition |
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Membranous Croup |
Diphtheria |
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Meningitis |
Inflations of brain or spinal cord |
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Metritis |
Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge |
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Miasma |
Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air |
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Milk Fever |
Disease from drinking contaminated milk, like undulant fever or brucellosis |
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Milk Leg |
Post partum thrombophlebitis |
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Milk Sickness |
Disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonous weeds |
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Mormal |
Gangrene |
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Morphew |
Scurvy blisters on the body |
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Mortification |
Gangrene of necrotic tissue |
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Myelitis |
Inflammation of the spine |
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Myocarditis |
Inflammation of heart muscles- |
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Necrosis |
Mortification of bones or tissue |
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Nephrosis |
Kidney degeneration |
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Nepritis |
Inflammation of kidneys |
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Nervous Prostration |
Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and mental activities |
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Neuralgia |
Described as discomfort, such as Headache was neuralgia in head |
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Nostalgia |
Homesickness |
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Palsy |
Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles. It was listed as Cause of death |
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Paroxysm |
Convulsion |
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Pemphigus |
Skin disease of watery blisters |
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Pericarditis |
Inflammation of heart |
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Peripneumonia |
Inflammation of lungs |
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Peritonotis |
Inflammation of abdominal area |
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Petechial Fever |
Fever characterized by skin spotting |
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Puerperal Exhaustion |
Death due to child birth |
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Phthiriasis |
Lice infestation |
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Phthisis |
Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis |
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Plague |
An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality rate |
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Pleurisy |
Any pain in the chest area with each breath |
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Podagra |
Gout |
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Poliomyelitis |
Fibroid pthisis |
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Pottís Disease |
Tuberculosis of spine |
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Puerperal Exhaustion |
Death due to childbirth |
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Puerperal Fever |
Elevated temperature after giving birth to an infant |
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Puking Fever |
Milk sickness |
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Putrid Fever |
Diphtheria. |
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Quinsy |
Tonsillitis. |
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Remitting Fever |
Malaria |
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Rheumatism |
Any disorder associated with pain in joints |
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Rickets |
Disease of skeletal system |
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Rose Cold |
Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy |
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Rotanny Fever |
(Child's disease) |
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Rubeola |
German measles |
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Sanguineous Crust |
Scab |
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Scarlatina |
Scarlet fever |
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Scarlet Fever |
A disease characterized by red rash |
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Scarlet Rash |
Roseola |
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Sciatica |
Rheumatism in the hips |
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Scirrhus |
Cancerous tumors |
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Scotomy |
Dizziness, nausea and dimness of sight |
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Scrivenerís palsy |
Writer's cramp |
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Screws |
Rheumatism |
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Scrofula |
Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Progresses slowly with abscesses and pistulas develop. Young personís disease |
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Scrumpox |
Skin disease, impetigo |
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Scurvy |
Lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness, spongy gums and hemorrhages under skin |
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Septicemia |
Blood poisoning |
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Shakes |
Delirium tremens |
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Shaking |
Chills, ague |
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Shingles |
Viral disease with skin blisters |
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Ship Fever |
Typhus |
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Siriasis |
Inflammation of the brain due to sun exposure |
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Sloes |
Milk sickness |
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Small Pox |
Contagious disease with fever and blisters |
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Softening of Brain |
Result of stroke or hemorrhage in the brain, with an end result of the tissue softening in that area |
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Sore Throat Distemper |
Diphtheria or quinsy |
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Spanish Influenza |
Epidemic influenza |
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Spasms |
Sudden Involuntary contraction of muscle or group of muscles, like a convulsion |
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Spina Bifida |
Deformity of spine |
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Spotted Fever |
Either typhus or meningitis |
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Sprue |
Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore throat |
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St. Anthony's Fire |
Also erysipelas, but named so because of affected skin areas are bright red in appearance |
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St. Vitas Dance |
Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex jerking movements performed involuntary |
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Stomatitis |
Inflammation of the mouth |
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Stranger's Fever |
Yellow fever |
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Strangery |
Rupture |
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Sudor Anglicus |
Sweating sickness |
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Summer Complaint |
Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milk |
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Sunstroke |
Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due to environment heat. Lack of sodium in the body is a predisposing cause |
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Swamp Sickness |
Could be malaria, typhoid or encephalitis |
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Sweating Sickness |
Infectious and fatal disease common to UK in 15th century |
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Tetanus |
Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache and dizziness |
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Thrombosis |
Blood clot inside blood vessel |
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Thrush |
Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, llps and throat |
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Tick Fever |
Rocky mountain spotted fever |
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Toxemia of Pregnancy |
Eclampsia |
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Trench Mouth |
Painful ulcers found along gum line, Caused by poor nutrition and poor hygiene |
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Tussis Convulsiva |
Whooping cough |
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Typhus |
Infectious fever characterized high fever, headache, and dizziness |
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Variola |
Smallpox |
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Venesection |
Bleeding |
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Viper's Dance |
St. Vitus Dance |
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Water on Brain |
Enlarged head |
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White Swelling |
Tuberculosis of the bone |
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Winter Fever |
Pneumonia |
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Womb Fever |
Infection of the uterus. |
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Worm Fit |
Convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevated temperature or diarrhea |
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Yellowjacket |
Yellow fever |
