ABLEPSY - Blindness
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ICTERUS - Jaundice
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AGUE - Malarial Fever
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IMPETIGO - Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules
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AMERICAN PLAGUE - Yellow fever
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INANITION - Physical condition resulting from lack of food
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ANASARCA - Generalized massive edema
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INFANTILE PARALYSIS - Polio
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APHONIA - Laryngitis
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INTESTINAL COLIC - Abdominal pain due to bad diet
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APHTHA - The infant disease “Thrush”
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APOPLEXY - Paralysis due to stroke
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JAIL FEVER - Typhus
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ASPHYCSIA/ASPHICSIA - Cyanotic and lack of oxygen
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JAUNDICE - condition caused by blockage of intestines
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ATELECTASIS - defective expansion of the pulmonary alveoli at birth
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ATROPHY - Wasting away or diminishing in size.
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KING’S EVIL - Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands
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KRUCHHUSTEN - Whooping cough
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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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LAGRIPPE - Influenza
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BILIOUSNESS - Jaundice associated with liver disease
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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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BLACK PLAGUE or DEATH - Bubonic or pnuemonic plague
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LONG SICKNESS - Tuberculosis
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BLACK FEVER - Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate
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LUES DISEASE - Syphilis
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BLACK POX - Black small pox
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LUES VENERA - Venereal disease
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BLACK VOMIT - Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or yellow fever
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LUMBAGO - Back pain
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BLACKWATER FEVER - Dark urine associated with high temperature
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LUNG FEVER - Pneumonia
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BLADDER IN THROAT - Diphtheria
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LYING IN - Time of delivery of infant
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BLOOD POISONING - Bacterial infection; septicemia
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BLOODY FLUX - Bloody stools
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MALIGNANT SORE THROAT - Diphtheria
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BLOODY SWEAT - Sweating sickness
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MANIA - Insanity
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BONE SHAVE - Sciatica
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MARASMUS - Progressive wasting away of body, like malnutrition
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BRAIN FEVER - Meningitis
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MEMBRANOUS CROUP - Diphtheria
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BREAKBONE FEVER - Meningitis
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MENINGITIS - Inflammation of brain or spinal cord
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BREAKBONE - Dengue Fever
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METRITIS - Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge
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BRIGHT’S DISEASE - Nephritis or Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys
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MIASMA - Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air
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BRONZE JOHN - Yellow fever
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MILK FEVER - Disease from drinking
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BULE - Boil, tumor or swelling
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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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CACHEXY - Malnutrition
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MORMAL - Gangrene
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CACOGASTRIC - Upset stomach
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MORPHEW - Scurvy blisters on the body
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CACOSPYSY - Irregular pulse
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MORTIFICATION - Gangrene or necrotic tissue
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CADUCEUS - Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy
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MYELITIS - Inflammation of the spine
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CAMP FEVER - Typhus; aka Camp diarrhea
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MYOCARDITIS - Inflammation of heart muscles
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CANINE MADNESS - Rabies, hydrophobia
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CANKER - Ulceration of mouth or lips; herpes simplex
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NECROSIS - Mortification of bones or tissue
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CATALEPSY - Seizures/traces
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NEPHROSIS - Kidney degeneration
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CATARRHAL - Inflammation of a mucous membrane, esp. effecting the nose and air passages
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NEPHRITIS - Inflammation of kidneys
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CEREBRITIS - Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoning
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NERVOUS PROSTRATION - Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and mental activities
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CHILBLAIN - Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to cold
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NEURALGIA - Described as discomfort, such as “Headache” was neuralgia in head
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CHILD BED FEVER – Infection following birth of a child
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NEURASTHENIA - emotional and psychic disorder characterized esp. by fatigability and often lack of motivation
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CHILD COUGH - Whooping cough
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NOSTALGIA - Homesickness
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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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PALSY - Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles.
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CHOLERA MORBUS - Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, elevated temperature; possible appendicitis
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PARESIS - Slight or partial paralysis
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CHOLECYSTITUS - Inflammation of the gall bladder
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PAROXYSM - Convulsion
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CHOLELITHIASIS - Gall stones
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PEMPHIGUS - Skin disease of watery blisters
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CHOREA - Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancing
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PERICARDITIS - Inflammation of heart
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COLD PLAGUE - Ague which is characterized by chills
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PERIPNEUMONIA - Inflammation of lungs
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COLIC - Abdominal pain and cramping
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PERITONITIS - Inflammation of abdominal area
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CONGESTIVE CHILLS - Malaria
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PERTUSSIS - Whooping Cough
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CONSUMPTION - Tuberculosis
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PETECHIAL FEVER - Fever characterized by skin spotting
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CONGESTION - Any collection of fluid in an organ, i.e. lungs
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PHTHIRIASIS - Lice infestation
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CONGESTIVE FEVER - Malaria
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PHTHISIS - Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis
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CORRUPTION - Infection
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PLAGUE - An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality rate.
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CORYZA - A cold
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PLEURISY - Any pain in the chest
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COSTIVENESS - Constipation
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PODAGRA - Gout
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CRAMP COLIC - Appendicitis
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POLIOPOTTER’S ASTHMA - Fibroid phthisis
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CROP SICKNESS - Overextended stomach
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POTT’S DISEASE - Tuberculosis of spine
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CROUP - Laryngitis, diphtheria, or strep throat
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PUERPERAL EXHAUSTION - Death due to child birth
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CYANOSIS - Dark skin color from lack of oxygen in blood
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PUERPERAL FEVER - Elevated temperature after giving firth to an infant
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CYNANCHE - Diseases of throat
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PUKING FEVER - Milk sickness
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CYSTITIS - Inflammation of the bladder
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PUTRID FEVER - Diphtheria
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DAY FEVER - Fever lasting one day; sweating sickness
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REMITTING FEVER - Malaria
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DEBILITY - Lack of movement or staying in bed
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RHEUMATISM -Any disorder associated with pain in joints
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DECREPITUDE - Feebleness due to old age
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RICKETS - Disease of skeletal system
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DELIRIUM TREMENS - Hallucinations die to alcoholism
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ROSE COLD - Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy
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DENGUE - Infectious fever endemic to East Africa
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ROTANNY FEVER - (Child’s disease) ??
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DENTITION - Cutting of teeth
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RUBEOLA - German measles
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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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SCARLATINA - Scarlet fever
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DIPTHERIA - Contagious disease of the throat
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SCARLET RASH - Roseola
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DISTEMPER - Usually animal disease with malaise, discharge from nose and throat, anorexia
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SCIATICA - Rheumatism in the hips
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DOCK FEVER -Yellow fever
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SCIRRHUS - Cancerous tumors
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DROPSY - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease
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SCOTOMY - Dizziness, nausea and dimness of sight
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DROPSY OF THE BRAIN - Encephalitis
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SCRIVENER’S PALSY - Writer’s cramp
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DRY BELLYACHE - Lead poisoning
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SCREWS - Rheumatism
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DYSCRASY - An abnormal body condition
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SCROFULA - Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Progresses slowly with abscesses and pustules develop. Young person’s disease
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DYSENTERY - Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous and blood
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SCRUMPOX - Skin disease, impetigo
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DYSOREXY - Reduced appetite
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SCURVY - Lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness, spongy gums and hemorrhages under skin
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DYSPEPSIA - Indigestion and heartburn. Heart attack symptoms
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SEPTICEMIA -Blood poisoning
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DYSURY - Difficulty in urination
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SHAKES - Delirium tremens
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SHAKING - Chills, ague
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ECLAMPSY - Symptoms of epilepsy or convulsions during labor
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SHINGLES - Viral disease with skin blisters
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ECSTASY - A form of catalepsy
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SHIP FEVER -Typhus
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EDEMA - Nephritis; swelling of tissues
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SIRIASIS - Inflammation of the brain due to sun exposure
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EDEMA OF LUNGS - Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy
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SLOES - Milk sickness
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EEL THING (Erysipelas) - Contagious skin disease, due to streptococci with vesicular bulbous lesions
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SMALL POX - Contagious disease with fever and blisters
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ELEPHANTIASIS - a form of leprosy
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SOFTENING OF BRAIN - Result of stroke or hemorrhage in the brain, with an end result of tissue softening in that area
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ENCEPHALITIS - Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sickness
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SORE THROAT DISTEMPER - Diphtheria or quinsy
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ENTERIC FEVER - Typhoid fever
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SPANISH INFLUENZA - Epidemic influenza
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ENTEROCOLITIS - Inflammation of the intestines
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SPASMS - Sudden involuntary contraction of muscle or group of muscles, like a convulsion
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ENTERITIS - Inflation of the bowels
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SPINA BIFIDA - Deformity of spine
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EPITAXIS - Nose bleed
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SPOTTED FEVER - Either typhus or meningitis
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ERYSIPELAS -Contagious skin disease, due to streptococci with vesicular bulbous lesions
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SPRUE - Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore throat.
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EXTRAVASTED BLOOD - Rupture of a blood vessel
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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 involuntarily
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FALLING SICKNESS - Epilepsy
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STOMATITIS -Inflammation of the mouth
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FATTY LIVER - Cirrhosis of liver
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STRANGER’S FEVER - Yellow fever
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FITS - Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity
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STRANGERY - Rupture
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FLUX - An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea
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SUDOR ANGLICUS - Sweating sickness
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FLUX OF HUMOUR - Circulation
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SUMMER COMPLAINT - Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milk
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FRENCH POX - Syphilis
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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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GATHERING - A collection of pus
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SWEATING SICKNESS - Infectious and fatal disease common to UK in 15th century
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GLANDULAR FEVER - Mononucleosis
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GREAT POX - Syphilis
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TETANUS - Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache and dizziness
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GREEN FEVER/SICKNESS - Anemia
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THROMBOSIS -Blood clot inside blood vessel
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GRIPPE/GRIP - Influenza like symptoms
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THRUSH - Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and throat
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GROCER’S ITCH - Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour
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TICK FEVER -Rocky mountain spotted fever
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TOXEMIA - Eclampsia
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HEART SICKNESS - Condition caused by loss of salt from body
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TRENCH MOUTH - Painful ulcers found along gumline, caused by poor nutrition and poor hygiene
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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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TUSSIS CONVULSIVA - Whooping cough
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HECTICAL COMPLAINT - Recurrent fever
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TYPHUS - Infectious fever characterized by high fever headache and dizziness
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HEMATEMESIS - Vomiting blood
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HEMATURIA - Bloody urine
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VARIOLA - Smallpox
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HEMIPLEGY - Paralysis of one side of body
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VENESECTION - Bleeding
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HIP GOUT - Osteomylitis
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VIPER’S DANCE - See St. Vitus Dance
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HORRORS - Delirium tremens
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HYDROCEPHALUS - Enlarged head, water on the brain
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WATER ON BRAIN - Enlarged head
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HYDROPERICARDIUM - Heart dropsy
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WHITE SWELLING - Tuberculosis of the bone
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HYDROTHROAX - Dropsy in chest
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WINTER FEVER - Pneumonia
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HYPERTROPHY - Excessive development of an organ (as thickening of muscle fibers)without multiplication of parts
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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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YELLOW JACKET - Yellow fever
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