| Old
Name |
Explanation |
| 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 or 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 fever |
Acute infection with
high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate |
| Black plague |
Bubonic plague |
| 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 |
| Cholecystitus |
Inflammation of the gall bladder |
| Cholelithiasis |
Gall stones |
| Cholera |
Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal
lining sloughing |
| Cholera morbus |
Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps,
elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitis |
| Chorea |
Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and
dancing |
| Cold plague |
Ague which is characterized by
chills |
| Colic |
An abdominal cramping |
| Congestion |
Any collection of fluid in an organ, like the
lungs |
| Congestive chills |
Malaria |
| Congestive chills |
Malaria with diarrhea |
| Congestive fever |
Malaria |
| Consumption |
Tuberculosis |
| 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 |
Hallucination due to alcoholism |
| Dengue |
Infectious fever endemic to East
Africa |
| Dentition |
Cutting of teeth |
| Deplumation |
Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair
loss |
| 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 or convultions during
labour |
| Ecstasy |
A form of catalepsy |
| 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 |
| Enteritis |
Inflations of the bowels |
| Enterocolitis |
Inflammation of the intestines |
| Epitaxis |
Nose bleed |
| Erysipelas |
Contagious skin disease, due to |
| 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 temperatureand 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 bad 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| PolioPotter's asthma |
Fibroid pthisis |
| Pott's disease |
Tuberculosis of spine |
| Puerperal exhaustion |
Death due to child birth |
| 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 |
| Screws |
Rheumatism |
| Scrivener's palsy |
Writer's cramp |
| 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 |
| Streptococci with vesicular |
Bulbous lesions |
| 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 |
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 or 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. |