| Name of Disease |
Description |
| 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/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 plague or death |
Bubonic plague |
| Black fever |
Acute infection with high temperature
and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate |
| 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 |
| Cholera |
Acute severe contagious diarrhea
with intestinal lining sloughing |
| Cholera morbus |
Characterized by nausea, vomiting,
abdominal cramps, elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitis |
| Cholecystitus |
Inflammation of the gall bladder |
| Cholelithiasis |
Gall stones |
| Chorea |
Disease characterized by convulsions,
contortions and dancing |
| Cold plague |
Ague which is characterized by
chills |
| Colic |
An abdominal pain and cramping |
| Congestive chills |
Malaria |
| Consumption |
Tuberculosis |
| Congestion |
Any collection of fluid in an
organ, like the lungs |
| Congestive chills |
Malaria with diarrhea |
| Congestive fever |
Malaria |
| 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 |
Hallucinations 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, convulsions
during labor |
| Ecstasy |
A form of catalepsy characterized
by loss of reason |
| 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 |
| Enterocolitis |
Inflammation of the intestines |
| Enteritis |
Inflations of the bowels |
| Epitaxis |
Nose bleed |
| Erysipelas |
Contagious skin disease, due to
Streptococci with vesicular and bulbous lesions |
| 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 temperature and 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 improper
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, like undulant fever or brucellosis |
| 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 |
| Nephritis |
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. It was listed as "Cause of death". |
| 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 |
| Puerperal exhaustion |
Death due to child birth |
| 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 |
| Poliomyelitis |
Polio Potter's asthma |
| Fibroid pthisis |
|
| Pott's disease |
Tuberculosis of spine |
| Puerperal exhaustion |
Death due to childbirth |
| Puerperal fever |
Elevated temperature after giving
birth to an infant |
| Puking fever |
see 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 |
| Scrivener's palsy |
Writer's cramp |
| Screws |
Rheumatism |
| 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: 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 |
| 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 of pregnancy |
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 |
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 |
