I thought that someone on the list might be interested in this chart. I hope it helps someone. Linda --------------------- Forwarded message: From: debbiem@waymark.net (Debbie Mauelshagen) To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com ('SW_VA-L') Date: 97-11-18 08:34:09 EST >>>250 lines it will be split into two postings. >>> >>> >>>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 ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== If I receive multiple error messages or a message that your mailbox is full, I will UNSUBSCRIBE your address. If it happens often you will be locked out. It is your duty to UNSUBSCRIBE if your mailbox is going to be full. -sysop